Cosmic Crit: A Starfinder Actual Play Podcast

The crew of the Nova Rush battled against the space station’s scrap rats while they began to explore this ancient structure. Who built this pre-gap station and why was it wedged perfectly between two asteroids? What is the purpose of the arcane holographic projector and why is it short circuiting? The mysteries will deepen and more will reveal themselves in this week’s episode!

Attacked as soon as they step through the airlock of this ancient space station, the crew of the Nova Rush have to stick together to survive. What manner of beast can survive this coffin of a rock and will the heroes be able to escape this dark star tomb? Those questions and more are answered on this week’s exciting combat filled Cosmic Crit!

The crew of the Nova Rush head into the Drift to cross the PACT system in a couple of days. The crew trades downtime with bridge duty, learning a little about one another as they make the journey. But you’ll have to listen if you want to find out what that odd code is they picked up and just what exactly this odd space rock is described to look like…here on this week’s episode of Cosmic Crit.

With the Nova Rush back under their control the crew of the starship heads to their job interview as Space citadel Theodrane with the Dwarven mining consortium of Ulrikka Clanholdins. Will they be able to navigate their job and make a good first impression on the impressionable dwarves? What is the odd rock in the possession of one of the dwarves and just what is this odd asteroid their being tasked to survey? The only way you will find out is by diving into this week’s Cosmic Crit!

It’s time to take out the trash, while the pirates of the bridge spring their trap our fearless crew does its best to retake the bridge. Can the heroes overcome this ambush or will Captain Firestorm throw them out an airlock? Listen to this week’s exciting adventure to find out!

The hastily thrown together and still groggy prisoners of the Nova Rush rally and attempt to take back their ship. They have hurdles to get through as the pirates of Phaedra Firestorm have left traps behind. Can they make friends with the monotone marauder Brinn or will they walk the plank on this week’s Cosmic Crit?

Where are we and what are we doing here? Questions that both the players and their characters have to be asking one another as we kick off gameplay for Series 1 of Cosmic Crit! Meet the new crew as they meet one another, after losing some memories they find themselves in quite a predicament to start off episode numero uno! Join us weekly for Starfinder Roleplaying Game 2nd Edition adventures as the party discovers the mystery of the Nova Rush and their part in this series' AP "Guilt of the Grave World"!

This week Patrick sits down to talk turkey with Tyler about his first Operative character in Starfinder. After getting raked over the coals and buried in the 2025 draft can his PC come together next year for a fun Adventure? Find out as we finish off this final character building preview and return next week for Episode 1 of "Guilt of the Grave World"!!!

Rebecca knew what she wanted going into the SF2E 2025 Draft, but does she really have her hulking hero all figured out already? Patrick join's the Ace of Cosmic Crit 2.0 for an interview and preview of what we are likely to see from her Vesk in Series 1!

Gibert and Patrick talk this week and have a dog-gone good time doing it. We talk about how familiar he is with this randomly rolled character and class already having played a few magic users in his day. Will this be one for the dogs or are we barking up the wrong tree? Find out on this episode of "Space Dog Puns"

Patrick and Myles talk about a tubular tabby coming up in Series 1 and what mayhap will happen in the confluence of his ABCs. We talk about what it means to be have a Versatile Heritage in 2nd edition and riff on some cool cats this week.

This week Patrick sits down with Drew to tip the scales one way or another on his clammy and likely lugubrious Fish Wizard! How many times can Patrick say the phrase "you're a wizard, Drew!" in a Hagrid voice, well you have to listen to find out!

This week on the podcast we kick off Series 1 of Cosmic Crit 2.0 with a fully fleshed out set of rules for drafting player characters (Ancestries, Background and Classes) in Starfinder 2nd Edition. To avoid folks fighting over what class they will play, and to make it less likely to choose character options that they made in Seasons 1-5, we are drafting characters this time around. We recorded this behind the scenes episode 0 and if you don't want to be spoiled then SKIP THIS EPISODE as we will reveal the base elements of their characters!

The heroes of the Ghost Levels finish their explorations and find what looks to be a means to restart the elevator and escape, but first they have some enemies to take care of inside the cosmic orrery. Can a robot and an electrovore, the unlikeliest of friends, take out the 4 adventurers? Find out on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0!

Adventuring in the hidden extradimensional ghost levels gets more complicated as humanoid foes begin to stalk the halls. Can the heroes survive the ruthlessness of Ysoki mercenaries and the rigors of the trapped passageways? The only way to find out is to smash play and listen to Cosmic Crit 2.0!

The adventurers continue to explore the dank and stank corridors of the Ghost Levels, and while they find no real ghosts they do find ghosts in the machines. Malfunctioning holographic traps abound this week on Cosmic Crit 2.0!

While still seeking a way out of the Ghost Levels the adventurers here find a set of large stone statues. But when the Vesk statue attacks and the heroes have little to no means of damaging it will they stay in fight or beat a retreat from that pesky Vesk? Well you will have to pledge your allegiance to this podcast to find out on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0

The Ghost Level explorers are sure that they will need to power the elevator to stand any chance at leaving this extradimensional space, so they set out for the dimly lit corridors. When they enter a workman's office what they find is dripping goop from the ceilings down on them. Will they survive a five round fight with an ooze beast or will this be the last episode of Cosmic Crit 2.0?!

The Absalom Adventurers find themselves stuck in a multidimensional malfunctioning robot, so that means another long commute to their job. When they finally get the doors open though they’ve accessed the fabled Ghost Levels of the space station, and in seeking advice from a security robot promptly get attacked for their troubles, all that and more action on this week’s Cosmic Crit 2.0!

Patrick is joined by most of the Cosmic Crit crew to play some Starfinder 2.0 Playtest with the beginning of “A Cosmic Birthday”. Can four weirdos come together after having a noxious nightmare about the end of a world and do the unthinkable: Find a job in this economy? Find out on the this week’s episode of Cosmic Crit 2.0!

Patrick and 4 of his luckiest players (not Myles) come together to make their characters and talk about their excitement about the Starfinder 2E Playtest. Find out the PCs they will be playing early with this Session Zero and get hyped for some “A Cosmic Birthday action over the next few months.

The Kronus burns with violence and betrayal as the crew makes their final bid for survival. But with monsters loose and loyalties crumbling, escape may be the one thing no one truly earns.

When tension finally boils over, the horror becomes unmistakably real. As flesh twists and bones break, the crew faces a monstrous rebirth that shatters any illusion of safety aboard the Cronus.

The survivors of the Montero try to piece together what’s left of the Cronus—and of their sanity. A synthetic awakens, old secrets bubble to the surface, and new deals are struck in the shadow of Weyland-Yutani’s reach.

When something small and hungry crawls from the shadows, panic spreads faster than fire. The crew must face their first true nightmare aboard the Kronus—and not everyone is ready to fight.

As the long-dead ship stirs back to life, so too does its forgotten crew. But with the air failing and strange shapes skittering in the dark, rescue may be the last thing anyone has in store.

Exploring the Kronus reveals broken labs, shattered lives, and something far stranger than a simple salvage job. But as alarms sound and the Montero’s fate is sealed, the crew finds themselves trapped on a haunted ship drifting into the unknown.

The Cosmic Crit crew takes on Alien: The Roleplaying Game from Free League Publishing! When the crew of the USCSS Montero awakens early from hypersleep, a mysterious distress call pulls them off course. As they close in on the long-lost Cronus, secrets stir in the dark, and every choice could mean the difference between survival and catastrophe. Player Characters Patrick is Game Mother, and standing...

This week Patrick kicks of Crittecon 8, our Charity Convention for Doctors Without Borders with Paizo freelance author Michael Bramnik, the writer of the first full SF2E AP "Guilt of the Grave World". Listen to us talk about the upcoming adventure and what secrets he put in it, and where Patrick might spin the story in series 1 of Cosmic Crit 2.0.

Patrick leads the podcast in an episode this week talking about the shows future and direction. Join us this week to hear about Crittercon 8 announcements, learn secrets about the next series of Cosmic Crit 2.0 and find out about other changes to the format.

Join the Cosmic Crit crew one last time as we look back on Season 5: Horizons of the Vast. From colony building to swarm slaying, we reflect on the highs, lows, and lessons learned from our biggest campaign yet. Plus, we share our final thoughts on saying goodbye to Starfinder 1E before charting a new course into the future.

In the finale of Season 5, The Season Ending Story, the heroes of Cosmic Crit return to New Golarion with Rami’s aid, their long journey finally coming full circle. In Veridian Colony, they share hard-won wisdom, forge new bonds, and reflect on the battles that brought them here. One chapter closes, but the story lives on in the hearts of those they’ve saved.

Locked in battle atop the drifting crystal planetoid, the crew faces Umbriax’s devastating blasts of radioactive cold. As desperate gambits unfold, Jamphram and Zillex bring the mighty dragon down. With Krulveth restoring the orb and Rami arriving in the nick of time, the team seizes their chance to escape home.

Drawn toward the deadly gravity well of an undead white star, the crew navigates a perilous ring of crystal and rock in search of their prize. But their approach is cut short when Krulveth’s warship slams into the Peridot Peregrine, sparking a brutal showdown. Victory comes at a cost, as before Praedir can claim the altar, a vast winged avatar of Misaxanoi descends from the heavens.

This week on Cosmic Crit, the battle against the towering construct rages on as it unleashes devastation across Golarion World. A bold teleportation brings the crew face-to-face with their foe, and a decisive strike brings it crashing down -- almost. But as the dust clears, the true threat begins to rise again.

This week on Cosmic Crit, the Drift Rider crew assembles once more in Golarion World—but their reunion is cut short by the sudden rise of a towering, construct-like menace. Its purpose is unknown, its power unmistakable. As the dust settles, the crew prepares for a battle unlike any they’ve faced before.

Amid golden circuitry and the eerie glow of the Pulsar, the crew finds more than just silence aboard the lost Shirren vessel. A trance has taken hold—but not all minds are beyond reach. Tensions rise, memories resurface, and ancient patterns begin to make sense… or grow more dangerous. As stars align and past meets future, one truth becomes clear: the Weydana system lies directly in the shadow’s path.

Leaving New Golarion behind, the crew sets course for the heart of darkness—where a shadow older than memory waits. But not all attempts to shut it out go as planned. As they drift through shattered remains and twisted gravity, the crew boards a ghost ship with no crew… only questions. What happened to the explorers aboard the Space Foam? And what secrets does their youngest survivor hold? The mystery deepens, in the shadow of Misaxenoi.

As two paths diverge across space and shadow, one crewmate is called to confront something beyond the veil—while the others must decide what to do with what he brings back. With ancient forces stirring and strange tremors rocking New Golarion, the crew splits their focus between cosmic threats and planetary warnings. Beneath the surface of the Isle of Kortos, something is waiting... and it’s closer than anyone expected.

Thrown headfirst into a desperate battle against the relentless Swarm, the crew must fight not just for survival—but for the secrets buried deep within the hive. As the fight rages on, every choice could mean the difference between victory and annihilation.

A wrecked dreadnought. A missing enemy. And something waiting in the crater below. As the crew ventures deeper into the ruins of the Golden Key, unlikely allies emerge—and the shadows they thought they’d escaped prove harder to outrun.

The crew descends into the wreckage of the Golden Key in search of answers—and survivors. But the deeper they go, the stranger things become, as old threats vanish, new allies emerge, and something waits in the crater below… watching.

As one team searches the moon for the elusive Speaker Krulveth, another prepares Golarion for the battles to come. Among the ruins of a lost ship, a grim discovery is made—but there’s no time to mourn, as deadly foes strike from the shadows. Good thing our heroes brought the crits! 🌕🚀⚔️💥