Channels S1E2 | A New Adventure Pt. 2 — Character Creation
Okay, so that's where the monster came from: A decades-old online RPG. All we have to do is… go inside the video game and solve the problem from the inside out, right? But when you go into a place this different, will you be the same person when you walk out?-------If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review to help us spread the word and don't forget to share with your friends. We love friends!Subscribe to our Patreon: Head to our Patreon for bonus content you won’t want to miss out on. Support the Show: Follow us on social media, buy some merch, support us on Ko-fi, and check out our Wiki by heading to our DirectMe Profile. Join us on Discord! Come hang out with the cast on The Monster's Playbook Discord server where we can discuss the latest episodes, trade theories, answer questions, and get to know you, our listeners, a little better. This week's promo is for Monster Hour. Check them out on their website, and be sure to listen to them wherever you listen to podcasts. -------Cast:Jonny as the KeeperLauren as Jack Harrow (The Crooked)Drew as Robert V. Slaughter (The Mundane)Miah as Sutton Malone (The Monstrous)This episode was edited by Miah and Lauren.Theme song by Jonny.Cover art by Mygie.Incidental music from Epidemic Sound.
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Channels: S1E1 | A New Adventure Pt. 1 — Friends and Neighbors
Welcome to Broken River, Minnesota. There's a lot to see here. From the huge but forbidding dive bar Dog Tags to the iconic underground canal tunnels to the historic apartment building where our three heroes lay their heads. But there's even more that you can't see. Like the creature that's just gotten loose in town… from somewhere far away.-------If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review to help us spread the word and don't forget to share with your friends. We love friends!Subscribe to our Patreon: Head to our Patreon for bonus content you won’t want to miss out on. Support the Show: Follow us on social media, buy some merch, support us on Ko-fi, and check out our Wiki by heading to our DirectMe Profile. Join us on Discord! Come hang out with the cast on The Monster's Playbook Discord server where we can discuss the latest episodes, trade theories, answer questions, and get to know you, our listeners, a little better. This week we're also featuring a promo for another actual-play podcast, Pest Control. Check out this fellow Monster of the Week pod here, and be sure to listen to them wherever you listen to podcasts. -------Cast:Jonny as the KeeperLauren as Jack Harrow (The Crooked)Drew as Robert V. Slaughter (The Mundane)Miah as Sutton Malone (The Monstrous)This episode was edited by Miah and Lauren.Theme song by Jonny.Cover art by Mygie.Incidental music from Epidemic Sound.
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Off the Books: The Conservatory—Driving School of Doom ft. Pest Control
It’s The Pest’s Playbook! Sam R., William, and Sam D from Pest Control join Lauren, Miah, and Jonny for “The Conservatory.” A tarot-based world-building game. Join us as we turn the most mundane organization we could think of—a local driving school—into something very weird, very frightening, and very very Wisconsin-y.-------Thank you to Pest Control for joining us for this episode, be sure to check out their new season on June 1st! If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review to help us spread the word and don't forget to share with your friends. We love friends!Subscribe to our Patreon: Head to our Patreon for bonus content you won’t want to miss out on. Support the Show: Follow us on social media, buy some merch, support us on Ko-fi, and check out our Wiki by heading to our DirectMe Profile. Join us on Discord! Come hang out with the cast on The Monster's Playbook Discord server where we can discuss the latest episodes, trade theories, answer questions, and get to know you, our listeners, a little better. -------Cast:Jonny, Lauren , and Miah from the Monster’s PlaybookSam R., William, and Sam D. from Pest ControlThis episode was edited by Miah and Lauren.Theme song by Jonny.Cover art by Mygie.Incidental music from Epidemic Sound.
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Channels: Session Zero
These are the players. But this is no game. Welcome to Channels. It's a whole new campaign in a whole new world with a whole new player! Let's check in with Jonny, Miah, Lauren, and new player Drew! Meet Sutton Malone, a vampire doing her best to lie low. Jack Harrow, a former thief doing her best to stay on the straight and narrow. And Robert V. Slaughter, an aging custodian who is just the best. Plus, we'll talk a bit about what's new and what's not in campaign two of the Monster's Playbook. It all starts here! So jump in!-------If you liked this episode, please leave a rating and review to help us spread the word and don't forget to share with your friends. We love friends!Subscribe to our Patreon: Head to our Patreon for bonus content you won’t want to miss out on. Support the Show: Follow us on social media, buy some merch, support us on Ko-fi, and check out our Wiki by heading to our DirectMe Profile. Join us on Discord! Come hang out with the cast on The Monster's Playbook Discord server where we can discuss the latest episodes, trade theories, answer questions, and get to know you, our listeners, a little better. -------Cast: Jonny as the KeeperLauren as Jack Harrow (The Crooked)Drew as Robert V. Slaughter (The Mundane)Miah as Sutton Malone (The Monstrous) This episode was edited by Miah and Lauren.Theme song by Jonny.Cover art by Mygie.Incidental music from Epidemic Sound.
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Channels Teaser Trailer
Reality is fragile in Broken River, Minnesota. There’s been a weakening of the walls between what is real and what isn’t. And three unsuspecting citizens will find themselves unwitting adventurers in… a late-90s online video game?? Yes, elderly custodian Robert V. Slaughter, former thief Jack Harrow and literal vampire Sutton Malone will fight scary monsters, meet colorful characters, and hopefully stay alive long enough to figure out what’s going on here. In their seemingly normal home of Broken River, and in the wilds of the Sega Dreamcast game Kings of Bolera, they’ll have to explore two worlds of weirdness to get to the truth.Join us in Channels, our new Monster of the Week campaign, premiering June 3rd.
The Monster's Playbook is an actual play Monster of the Week podcast where the real world gets supernatural and the supernatural world gets REAL.
Set in Minneapolis, MN, our current campaign (The Cover Story) follows the exploits of journalist and ex-cultist Kira Ashwood, supernatural social outcast Mark Clayton, Special Agent Casey Davis, and professional sorceress Theo Nessos as they battle monsters threatening the city.