An actual play TTRPG podcast where your favourite authors swap their pens for dice and gather together to tell tales. Join them as they explore games including Call of Cthulhu, Delta Green, Alien, The One Ring and many more through immersive world-building and high-stakes storytelling (with fun and drama in equal measure!) Between scenarios, we sit down with TTRPG legends for deep-dive interviews.
Craft worlds. Roll dice. Tell stories.
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A Royal Reception | City of Whispers: Part 3 | Blades in the Dark Actual Play
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Fresh from one (sort of) successful jewellery heist, The Haunts set course for another one - this time, in the presence of Doskvol Royalty... What could go wrong??
Welcome to Doskvol, where the sun has been shattered and the city is shrouded in mist and soot. Giant lightning towers keep out the spirits of the dead as most of the people in the city struggle to makes ends meet.
Cast:
C.L. Clark (author of The Unbroken and Fortune's Wake) as Vey Basran
David Goodman (author of A Reluctant Spy and Solitary Agents) as Weaver Dalmore
Claire Schultz (author of Even Your Bones Would Do) as Mara Keel
Rafael Torrubia (author of The Shipwright and The Shroudweaver) as Nev Twist
With Marco Rinaldi as Game Master
00:00 Previously on City of Whispers
03:24 Opening Credits
05:25 Intro and recap
11:17 The story continues...
Narrative Damage is the TTRPG show that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.
Check out our other actual plays in a variety of systems on the channel now, along with interviews with creators from the TTRPG world. Visit our website (https://www.narrativedamage.com/) to catch all our episodes.
This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/ (http://www.bladesinthedark.com/)), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)).
Music by Monument Studios.
Detailed maps of Doskvol used with permission of Tim Denee of Old Dog Games - buy them here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/307609/doskvol-street-maps-detailed-maps-for-blades-in-the-dark
Spinning map and cinder graphics by EricVulgaris (https://www.youtube.com/@EricVulgaris (https://www.youtube.com/@EricVulgaris))
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8 Oct 2026
Dinner with the Dimmers | City of Whispers: Part 2 | Blades in the Dark Actual Play
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Our crew broke into the house of the mysterious Dimmer Sisters last time around and are now invited to a dinner they will never forget... can they escape with the necklace they came to steal - and their spirits intact?
Welcome to Doskvol, where the sun has been shattered and the city is shrouded in mist and soot. Giant lightning towers keep out the spirits of the dead as most of the people in the city struggle to makes ends meet.
Cast:C.L. Clark (author of The Unbroken and Fortune's Wake) as Vey Basran
David Goodman (author of A Reluctant Spy and Solitary Agents) as Weaver Dalmore
Claire Schultz (author of Even Your Bones Would Do) as Mara Keel
Rafael Torrubia (author of The Shipwright and The Shroudweaver) as Nev Twist
With Marco Rinaldi as Game Master
00:00 Previously on City of Whispers
02:20 Opening Credits
04:05 Intro and player intros
08:30 The story continues...
Narrative Damage is the TTRPG show that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together.
Check out our other actual plays in a variety of systems on the channel now, along with interviews with creators from the TTRPG world. Visit our website (https://www.narrativedamage.com/) to catch all our episodes.
This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/ (http://www.bladesinthedark.com/)), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)).
Music by Monument Studios.
Detailed maps of Doskvol used with permission of Tim Denee of Old Dog Games - buy them here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/307609/doskvol-street-maps-detailed-maps-for-blades-in-the-dark
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1 Oct 2026
Welcome To Doskvol | City of Whispers: Part 1 | Blades in the Dark Actual Play
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Welcome to Doskvol, where the sun has been shattered and the city is shrouded in mist and soot. Giant lightning towers keep out the spirits of the dead as most of the people in the city struggle to makes ends meet.
While the nobles of the Imperium claim to run the city, the real power lies with the many gangs of Doskvol, different factions vying to seize control. Newest among them is a small group calling themselves The Haunts; 4 desperate scoundrels who have decided to make their own bid for power...
Cast:
C.L. Clark (author of The Unbroken and Fortune's Wake) as Vey Basran
David Goodman (author of A Reluctant Spy and Solitary Agents) as Weaver Dalmore
Claire Schultz (author of Even Your Bones Would Do) as Mara Keel
Rafael Torrubia (author of The Shipwright and The Shroudweaver) as Nev Twist
With Marco Rinaldi as Game Master
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to Doskvol
01:57 Opening Credits
03:43 Intro and player intros
06:35 The story begins...
Narrative Damage is the TTRPG show that asks authors to put down their pens, pick up the dice and tell stories together. Check out our other actual plays in a variety of systems on the channel now, along with interviews with creators from the TTRPG world.
This work is based on Blades in the Dark (found at http://www.bladesinthedark.com/), product of One Seven Design, developed and authored by John Harper, and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
Music by Monument Studios.
Detailed maps of Doskvol used with permission of Tim Denee of Old Dog Games - buy them here (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/307609/doskvol-street-maps-detailed-maps-for-blades-in-the-dark)
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