Horror

Stories designed to frighten and terrify.

30
Apr
2025

451 – See Issue X with Third Person

Third Person (Matt, Sara, and Xen) are the trio of writers/performers behind Midst, one of my actual favorite audio fiction shows of all time. I love Midst so much in fact, that we decided to turn Party of One into… Party of Three for an episode to get to share a table with them. We sat down to play See Issue X, a solo RPG about superheroes and the incredible absurdity of comic book continuity. Get ready for the epic showdown between Captain Cardboard, Mirror Man, and Humanity! 

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06
Feb
2025

440 – Demonic Deals with Morgan Eilish

Demonic Deals is a two-player TTRPG about a summoner, a demon, and a contract. You want something. The demon wants your soul.

I sat down with the game’s designer, Morgan Eilish, to get a taste of the game in action.

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24
Dec
2024

436 – Blood Yule with Brandon Leon-Gambetta

It’s Christmas Eve and you know that means–time for some holiday magic with my dear friend Brandon Leon-Gambetta. This year, we’re fighting off evil holiday spirits in Blood Yule, a winter-themed expansion for Bar the Windows, Bolt the Doors. Can we survive murderous elves, robot toys, and The Toymaker? Listen and find out!

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21
Nov
2024

433 – Mothership with Jess Parks

Jess is a Hollywood sound professional and DM of I Seduce the Dragon, a D&D AP podcast in which rocket scientist, a cowgirl, a pornstar, and a mom walk into a dungeon … and those are just the players. We blast off to the horrifying reaches of the unknown in Mothership, the award-winning sci-fi horror RPG!

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31
Oct
2024

430 – Ever Dream This Man? with Adam Vass

Adam Vass is one of my favorite game designers in the world, full stop. And I don’t say that lightly–look how many game designers have been on the pod. We sat down to play Ever Dream This Man?, a game about confronting the mysterious figure that haunts your dreams.

Part Two of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular — check out part 1, Press Play with Eric Prister, also on the feed right now!

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31
Oct
2024

429 – Press Play with Eric Prister

Eric Prister is the producer and GM for Nature of My Game, a horror-themed story-focused Actual Play podcast. We sat down for (what else?) a spook-tacular session of Press Play, a found footage horror game about people recording their encounter with the supernatural, paired with the people doomed to watch the footage.

Part One of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular — check out part 2, Ever Dream This Man? with Adam Vass, also on the feed right now!

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13
Sep
2024

422 – Desperation (The Isabel) with Jason Morningstar

Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks, and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them… and then Hell comes with it.

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23
Aug
2024

421 – Desperation (Dead House) with Sam Dunnewold

Sam is the host of Dice Exploder, an ENnie-nominated podcast where game designers break down the specific mechanics of their favorite TTRPGs (as well as an incredible game designer in his own right). We sat down to play Desperation (Dead House), a historical horror RPG, based on real history, about a small community in Kansas facing an oppressive, deadly winter. Who will survive being pushed to their limits?

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