Episode #162: The Zone with Roleplay Retcon Pt. 2

Episode #162: The Zone with Roleplay Retcon Pt. 2

From What Am I Rolling? by WAIR Podcast

February 1, 2026 · 1h 23m

About this episode

Fiona is joined by guests from Roleplay Retcon to explore The Zone, a surreal play-to-lose horror RPG.

Content Warnings The Zone has mature sci fi horror themes. Specific content warnings for the game include: Violence and self injury Arson Mentions of Warfare and guns Descriptions of mutations, body horror and gore Hallucinations and variations there upon. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Jenise, Alex and Ben from ⁠Roleplay Retcon⁠ for ⁠The Zone⁠: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG by ⁠Raph D’Amico⁠. ⁠⁠The Zone⁠ is a tabletop roleplaying game about a doomed expedition into a mysterious quarantine zone, whose center will grant one survivor their deepest wish. With prompts cards, easy-to-learn rules, and no need for a gamemaster, The Zone is the perfect way to spend an evening telling a deeply immersive and spooky tale of hubris & mutation in the dark. Find out more information about ⁠The Zone⁠ and grab your own copy on the ⁠official website⁠. Timestamps Content Warnings: 00:00:00 Intro: 00:00:41 Gameplay overview: 00:01:59 The oneshot starts: 00:03:29 Outro and credits: 01:20:15 Credits The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'What Am I Rolling?'⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. This episode's players were Jenise, Alex and Ben…

People in this episode

Host: Fiona Howat

Guests: Jenise, Alex, Ben

Topics covered

  • sci-fi horror
  • tabletop roleplaying
  • improvisation
  • surreal gameplay
  • mutations
  • quarantine zone

Keywords

  • The Zone
  • sci-fi horror
  • tabletop RPG
  • Roleplay Retcon
  • Raph D’Amico
  • body horror
  • quarantine zone

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roleplay Retcon, Twin Musicom

Books & works: The Zone

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