Four of the best friends you’ve never met play the best roleplaying games you’ve never heard of. Join Sophie Hughes, Simon Fox, Matthew Melton and Dylan Hunter as they embrace the chaos of TTRPGs, following the twists and turns of the dice wherever they lead. From hilarious heists to dramatic reveals, the only way to know what comes next is to play around and find out!
PAFOr The People: The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse LIVE @ Liquid!
Recorded LIVE at the Liquid Lounge Underground in beautiful Boise, Idaho, we bring you The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse from Fantasy Flight Games. Simon, Dylan and Matt play themselves(!) while Sophie runs the boys through a fictional zombie outbreak happening in the City of Trees right as they were about to record a live PAFO episode. Is Sophie using this game to find out how much we actually like her? Do we miss the P.F. Chang's horses downtown? You'll have to listen to us Play Around and Find Out!
Thanks as always to the amazing Liquid Lounge for hosting us and to you for listening. An additional thanks for following us on all the good social medias @playaroundpod and leaving an Apple Podcasts rate/review.
CW: Zombies and zombie-related horror/violence
GM:
Sophie Hughes
Players:
Simon Fox- Simon Fox
Matthew Melton- Matthew Melton
Dylan Hunter- Dylan Hunter
Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro Music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse is designed by Tim Cox and Tim Flanders and published by Fantasy Flight Games
25 Jun 2026
PAFOr The People: Oh Dang, Bigfoot Stole My Car... LIVE @ Liquid Underground!
Deep in the Frank Church Wilderness, the "Culinary Cryptology” podcast crew gets carjacked by the very cryptid they’ve been searching for. Live from the Liquid Laughs Underground, special guests Austin Von Johnson and Kat Lizarraga join Simon and Dylan in a rip-roaring game of Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend’s Birthday Present Inside.
We'll get back to the Canal Street Crooks next episode, in the meantime please share, rate and review far and wide! @playaroundpod on all the good social medias
GM/Bigfoot:
Dylan Hunter
Players:
Austin Von Johnson - Terrance
Kat Lizarraga - Sammy
Simon Fox - J.J.
Edited by Simon Fox
Intro Music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend’s Birthday Present Inside is designed by Paul Ettin and published by Weird Age Games
7 May 2026
PAFOr The People: Dread LIVE @ Treefort Music Fest 2026!
Here for your listening pleasure is our Podfort 2026 live show as part of the Treefort Music Festival in Boise, Idaho! Sophie takes the DM reins as she guides Simon, Dylan, and special guest Jess Ellis (IG: @jessziter) through a summer camp from Hell playing Dread, a fabulous Jenga tower-based horror TTRPG as tense and wobbly as the wood block tower with which its played.
Our thanks to the festival for having us and to you for listening, and double thanks for following us @playaroundpod on all the good social medias and leaving an Apple Podcasts rate/review. We'll be back next to our current season of Blades in the Dark next ep!
CW: descriptions of horror-genre violence and adult situations
GM:
Sophie Hughes
Players:
Simon Fox
Dylan Hunter
Jess Ellis
Edited by Matthew Melton
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Dread is designed by Epidiah Ravachol and Nathaniel Barmore and published by The Impossible Dream
22 Apr 2026
Episode 4: You Can't Walk Around With Your Own Dead Body
Having pulled off a two-for-one score, the Crooks set out to enjoy some hard-won downtime; but a loose end gets, well, loose.
Find us @playaround pod on Instagram and be a lamb and leave an Apple Podcasts review!
Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” Coalburn
Matt Melton - Edward “Hardway” Ellerby
Simon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad
Sophie Hughes - The city of Duskvol
Edited by Simon Fox
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions
9 Apr 2026
Episode 3: Less-Than-Ethical Leatherworking
It’s a simple plan: break into a barrister’s house through his sex dungeon. What could possibly go wrong for the Canal Street Crooks?
CW: Brief description and allusions to torture.
Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” Coalburn
Matt Melton - Edward “Hardway” Ellerby
Simon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad
Sophie Hughes - The city of Duskvol
Edited by Simon Fox
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions
25 Mar 2026
Episode 2: Stop It!
In the wake of the Booker job, the Canal Street Crooks get their due. Traumatized and in debt to dangerous forces, the trio plan a daring score to buy time. There’s no stopping now.
Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” Coalburn
Matt Melton - Edward “Hardway” Ellerby
Simon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad
Sophie Hughes - The city of Duskvol
Edited by Simon Fox
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions
25 Mar 2026
Episode 1: The Canal Street Crooks
Meet the Canal Street Crooks, an ambitious trio of thieves trying to make a name for themselves in the haunted, industrial city of Duskvol. On this first score, a simple robbery turns deadly when family history gets involved.
Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” Coalburn
Matt Melton - Edward “Hardway” Ellerby
Simon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad
Sophie Hughes - The city of Duskvol
Edited by Simon Fox
Intro music by Thomas Newby
Album art by Erin Archambeault
Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions
12 Jan 2025
Coming Soon: Play Around & Find Out, an Actual Play Podcast
Sophie Hughes, Simon Fox, Matt Melton, and Dylan Hunter explore the world of Blades in the Dark, an immersive steampunk RPG that blurs the line between scoundrels and heroes.
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