Characters Without Stories

About Characters Without Stories

Characters Without Stories is a tabletop role playing game podcast about the roads not yet traveled. Every episode I bring in a friend to tell me about their unplayed character and their approach to creating characters. I cover all kinds of RPGs - from indies to D&D. I've had some fascinating conversations about how our characters intersect with and reveal our identities and how play is a gateway to understanding ourselves. I hope you'll give it a listen. Thank you and may all your characters find their stories.

Publisher

Star

Category

leisure · leisure · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jul 2022

Latest episode

2 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

55 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Mar 2025

   Mogmoden, Sheltered Academic - Being Curious with Rene Legault (Fabula Ultima)

   Rene Legault brings Mogmoden to the table. Mog is a teenage academic in the pursuit of practical knowledge and answers to intellectual mysteries in his first time venturing out into the world. Rene and I discuss creating characters who are curious about the world, imaginary bestiaries, and the drama of JRPGs. Mogmoden is built for Fabula Ultima by Emanuele Galletto. Rene Legault is one of the founding members of the DMs After Dark streaming group focused on highlighting small publisher and in...

2. 

   15 Feb 2025

   Petty Dreadful, a Survivor - Breaking the Game with Rowan Zeoli (Deathmatch Island)

   Rowan Zeoli brings Petty Dreadful to the table. Petty is a rage-fueled, attention-seeking drag queen Playing to Win. Rowan and I discuss gender performance, radical imagination, and the parallels between reality television and actual plays. Petty Dreadful is built for Deathmatch Island by Tim Denee. Rowan Zeoli is a journalist covering the intersection of progressive thought and niche cultural movements. She is co-founder of Rascal News, a worker-owned, reader-supported, tabletop journalism o...

3. 

   1 Feb 2025

   Sarge, Norma, and Harmony - Troupe Style Play with Andrew Beauman (Out of Orbit)

   Andrew Beauman brings Sarge and Norma to the table, and we create Harmony together. Sarge, Norma, and Harmony are survivors of a spaceship crash hoping to make it back out of orbit. Andrew and I discuss troupe-style mechanics and playing multiple characters - and how that changes the way we create characters. We discuss finding empathy through TTRPGs and learning that not everything is made for our perspective. These characters are built for Out of Orbit, currently Kickstarting as part of Zin...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

29,355

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77

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