The players create the unsettling, troubled trio upon whose shaken faith the fate of Ornglen now depends. Coming next on 11 November – It Feeds on Fire, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. CREDITS STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-silt-verses-roleplaying-game.html MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Stone fists on riot shields. Banish hesitation. Awe and terrify. Faiths are founded on less; who’s playing god in Ornglen? Custodians Billie, Nim and Jasper gather clues. Coming next on 4 November – Custodians (It Feeds Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Matt’s other podcast, I Need A Miracle, is doing a live show at Audio Drama Hubfest on 1 November. You can get an evening ticket for just the live shows or a day ticket that includes all sorts of voice acting-related panels and activities. https://www.audiodramahub.com/ Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other https://www.buttondown.com/foggyoutline CREDITS STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/the-silt-verses-roleplaying-game.html MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Well what the fuck happens now? PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: Nasus, Nipperkin, Sacramento, how the fuck does your garden grow? Coming next on 23 September – After the end (Tipping Point Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy Support Apocalypse World: Burned Over, the new edition of the roleplaying game we’re playing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lumpleygames/apocalypse-world-burned-over Get ready for our next production by listening to The Silt Verses https://www.thesiltverses.com/ And watching our guest appearance on What Am I Rolling?’s two-part series playing The Between, run by its designer, Jason Cordova https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qm_6DGiC8gY&list=PLCMIHyd_TMSpTTlOcHhe4xYeZt5GWteHE CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Who’s side-eyeing who? Who’s flush with jingle a fucker could relieve them of? And who’s bartered it all away? Coming next on 16 September – Tipping Point, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: What the fuck happened to Weird Sammy and them up at that house? Someone should see what Nasus knows. Coming next on 9 September – The Hx network (Tipping Point Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy A few of our ensemble are going to London Podcast Festival on Sunday 7 September to see the Camlann and Wooden Overcoats live shows. Shout if you spot us and want to hang out, luvvies. https://www.kingsplace.co.uk/whats-on/london-podcast-festival/ CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

What fuckin weirdos survive and thrive in a world like this? Got plenty wrong with them, ‘s for sure. Coming next on 2 September – Tipping Point, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Who the fuck’s this Dremmer think he is, rolling in tooled up with bandits in tow? Someone should tell him what’s what. Coming next on 26 August – Who survives (Tipping Point Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other https://www.buttondown.com/foggyoutline CREDITS STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

This fuckin world’s gonna burn and drown, scrap and starve. Take it from the experts. Here’s what we’re in for. Coming next on 19 August – Tipping Point, Act 1 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline https://foggyoutline.com/environmental-literacy CREDITS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: - Richard Boothman and Karen Boothman – climate educators from Foggy Outline, and Matt’s parents ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. http://apocalypse-world.com/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

What epic future storylines could these events have set up? The Shadowfall cast speculates. Coming next on x August – How it happens (Tipping Point Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Five of Five: Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Can Mayor’s unspecified scandal derail historic property deal? Coming next on 22 July – Post-credits scene (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Four of Five: What happens when you mix ancient Albion’s divine magic with the gray psyche of the urban USA? Not a riddle: we’re about to find out. Coming next on 15 July – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 5 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. Matt played Coiled Spæce with Maddy Searle on A Game Of One’s Own. https://snazzytapir.com/581-2/podcasts/a-game-of-ones-own/ DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons https://freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/104954/ (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution. EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Three of Five: The library is a gateway to knowledge and, since they installed the revolving door, to dark places too. Coming next on 1 July – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 4 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. Matt’s Mum interviews him about Merely Roleplayers in the next edition of Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, dropping into inboxes on Friday 27 June https://buttondown.com/foggyoutline DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons https://freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/104954/ (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution. EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Two of Five: In the deepest darkest basement, the former Mayor has a lead that could go all the way to the top. Coming next on 17 June – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 3 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. In chapter 3 of Camera Obscura, Matt’s actual play of Outliers by Samantha Leigh, the RAs do battle with a dæmon-haunted server. https://www.foggyoutline.com/cameraobscura DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons https://freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/104954/ (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution. EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The Shadowfall cast check the status of their characters’ relationships, and check Matt’s fit for clues. Coming next on 3 June – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 2 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act One of Five: If you don’t cast a shadow, are you really there? Not a riddle: we’re about to find out. Coming next on 27 May – Other selves (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, gunfire, and references to child abduction. Find Matt at UK Games Expo, 30 May–1 June at the NEC in Birmingham. He’s running some roleplaying game sessions you can sign up to join. https://www.foggyoutline.com/appearances DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS MELODY BANTHAM: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since. HARPER: A US exchange student trying to sever her ties to the Shadow realm she sometimes enters through revolving doors. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. BRIER: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed - Marta Da Silva as Harper, the Searcher - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Strat as Brier, the Monstrous ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons https://freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/104954/ (CC BY 4.0); and may include others made available to use without attribution. EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The cast of Vigil: Ill Wind talk about the parts of the story that came out in the wash, and the parts that might stink up the Main House for a while to come. Coming next on 20 May – Vigil: Shadowfall, Act 1 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. GRAHAM: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse. PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong. JESS BUTTERWORTH: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Vikki as Renko, the Flake - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned - Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked - with Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Five of Five: To save Sherrydown from its own waste, someone’s going to have to get their hands dirty. Coming next on 29 April – Lingering effects (Vigil Backstage) PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal. DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. GRAHAM: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse. PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong. JESS BUTTERWORTH: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Vikki as Renko, the Flake - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned - Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked - with Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Four of Five: Did the Tailors cause all this? Yes. Can they fix it? Also yes. But maybe they’re not the only ones. Coming next on 22 April – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 5 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal. Want to reduce waste so it can’t come blobbing through town, dissolving everything in sight? Matt’s Dad is organising a clothes swap to reduce clothing waste in the Settle, North Yorkshire area, for Action on Climate Climate Emergency. https://foggyoutline.com/appearances/2025/3/16/settle-clothing-swap DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. GRAHAM: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse. PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong. JESS BUTTERWORTH: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Vikki as Renko, the Flake - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned - Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked - with Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Pigeons taking off by Glaneur de sons on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/104954/ (CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act Three of Five: An old friend invites Peggy to get drunk. Gwynned holds her nose and flies to the rescue. Coming next on 8 April – Vigil: Ill Wind, Act 4 PROGRAMME NOTES This production contains fantasy violence, retching sounds, toxic friendship, and betrayal. Camera Obscura is Matt’s new actual play of Outliers, a single-player roleplaying game of weird science by Samantha Leigh. Read a new chapter every month at foggyoutline.com/serials DRAMATIS PERSONAE AND OTHER DEFINITIONS RENKO: A DoOm agent assigned to Sherrydown, furloughed since the office closed. GWYNNED, THE SHIELDMAIDEN: A former shieldmaiden of the triple goddess Morrigan, exiled to live as a duck for the crime of saving a mortal man from her mistress’ cruel whim, now freed from her curse and elevated to a third of the godhead herself. GRAHAM: The demon equivalent of an accountant, summoned to Earth in error and now trying to make the best of it. He is destined to bring about the Apocalypse. PEGGY TAILOR: The prodigal daughter of a local family that dabbles in fey frolicking and organised crime, back in town to lay low after a grift gone horribly wrong. JESS BUTTERWORTH: A twenty-something shift worker, Sherrydown born and bred. While working the tarot tent at Amazement Park, she was approached by Kit, a being claiming to be her spirit guide. DEPARTMENT OF OMISSIONS (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres. SHERRYDOWN, BRACKSHIRE: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office. OMISSION EFFECT: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Recently lifted. CREDITS COMPERE: Matt Boothman STARRING: - Vikki as Renko, the Flake - Natalie Winter as Gwynned, the Divine - Alexander Pankhurst as Graham, the Summoned - Ellie Pitkin as Peggy Tailor, the Crooked - with Ellen Gould as Jess Butterworth ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands https://genericgames.co.nz/motw/ MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: atmos small pub 10 people by v_hazard on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/v_hazard/sounds/319547/ EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman FIND US On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/merelyroleplayers/ On Tumblr https://merelyroleplayers.tumblr.com/ www.MerelyRoleplayers.com