The Esoteric Order of Roleplayers

The epic conclusion! Charlemagne's army comes under treacherous attack in the Vale of Thorns, and our intrepid heroes earn their place in the pantheon of legends. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. And...Edie the Dog

This session was run literally right after Larkins and Desiree got back from attending Greg Stafford's memorial in Berkeley, and they brought back some of the same fun, chaotic energy that always surrounded Greg. In this, our penultimate session of this campaign arc, we bounce through a wild Winter Phase and begin tying up loose ends in an abbreviated but satisfying session revolving around Bradamant's search for decent husband material. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. (eventually) Renae And...Edie the Dog

After a year of fussin' & feudin', the rival Claremont and Baldwin clans assemble under the watchful eye of Charlemagne, who has brought in his lifelong friend Ganelon to work out a long-term solution for peace. But will everyone go along with the plan? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

Desiree laid out an amazing table! Our second Spookathon session sees us return to the haunted halls of Bluebeard's Bride, this time with Des at the helm. What horrors await the Bride this time? In addition to our games, we also did a super-spooky unboxing of a Mysterious Package, so be sure to check that out! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade David L. David S. Renae

For the first of our 2018 Halloween "Spookathon" gaming marathon, we sit down to play the forthcoming Call of Cthulhu scenario "The Dare" by Kevin Ross. In addition to our games, we also did a super-spooky unboxing of a Mysterious Package, so be sure to check that out! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jade Des David L. Alexander

We raise a glass to Greg Stafford and his legacy at the top of the session, then take on the final act of the the first adventure out of the Paladin Scenarios book, "The Gardens of Fortune." Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

An action-packed session sees jousts, judicial combats, enchanted fountains, magical rings, enchanted weapons, tense standoffs, and earnest debates on the nature of honor and justice. Oh, and someone goes mad and runs off into the woods! The campaign's award-winning wiki may be found here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

An abbreviated session this week, owing to the Order convening its very own real-life Michaelmas feast! (See the link to our food blog below for pictures.) In the end, we had just enough time to get through Winter Phase for 774 and tease an intro for the following year's adventure. Esoteric Eats Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BoX8nYnDSRP/ Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Jade Des David S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

We pick up where we left off last time, with a Saxon attack on the frontier village of Fritzlar imminent and help on the way from Mort. Can the rest of our heroic knights survive long enough to see the light once again? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Renae And...Edie the Dog

After a particularly juicy winter phase, we move into the year with an exorcism and a dangerous mission to Saxony—in other words, a pretty tame year for the Baldwin clan. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

Charlemagne's armies march south once more to Lombardy, risking the hazardous Alps yet again—with bloody consequences for our knights...and yet more surprises await outside the walls of Verona... Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Renae Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

Bradamant becomes a knight, but Avissa remains the lady-knight to watch this year as she works towards fulfilling her outré ambition, culminating in an unforgettable Good Friday at Reims. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Renae David S. Des Jen Jade And...Edie the Dog

We get our Winter Phase on before joining the knights in media res, and in the middle of a Saxon forest, where a certain axis mundi is being set alight. Old feuds are resolved amidst much bloodshed as Maugis pulls the last of his tricks...for now. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Renae Des Jen Jade And...Edie the Dog

The EOR proper is off for the next couple weeks for Gen Con season, but we've got a special session to share in the meantime. Our own David Schimpff leads the Frivolous Gaming podcast crew through a session of Changeling: The Lost set in our shared Chronicles of Darkness continuity. For some additional "previously on" action, check out Frivolous Gaming's "All Cranes" sessions. Note that this session was recorded at a local brewery, and on one of the EOR's old USB mics, so the quality isn't up to our usual standards. Nevertheless, it's a fun listen, and we hope you enjoy! Featuring: Randy Susan Josh Russel

The fight against Sir Renaud and his rebellious brothers takes a dirty turn, and our heroes are caught up in the middle of it. What better ways to forget your troubles than with an awesome feast? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Renae Des Jen Jade And...Edie the Dog

Charlemagne's army is on the march, and our knights are along for the fun! But will they ever wet their blades with the blood of their enemies? I hear northern Spain is nice this time of year... Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Renae Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

The knights pass a fairly uneventful winter outside the gates of Vienne, gossiping about their king's love life. But when summer arrives, things turn very bloody indeed... Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

Photograph by Philip-Lorca diCorcia Back in Los Angeles, Aaron reconnects with old friends and foes alike and is made an offer he can't refuse. Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

The knights are tasked with the seemingly impossible—how do you keep a sorcerer locked up against their will? But first: a hunt! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

Aaron continues his fall, both literally and metaphorically. He finds a new love and bids farewell to an old one as he leaves Las Vegas for the second time and comes home at last. Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

Welcome back to our play-through of "Panacea" from Petersen's Abominations. We left off last month with a bit of a cliffhanger, as the bat-toad thing formerly known as Brad assaulted our intrepid investigators. How will they fare, and will they ever make it out of ZyMedBio alive? Let’s find out... Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Miika Des And...Edie the Dog

In the wake of Pippin's disastrous wedding feast, the group embarks (along with Charlemagne and his Paladins) on a pilgrimage to the east. After a brief shopping trip in Jerusalem, they travel north to Constantinople, where they encounter the legendary Emperor Hugo the Strong at last. We wrap up the session with a Winter Phase. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

Aaron is back in Vegas, and someone knew he was coming! What's been going on in the time since he left, and what repercussions await him from his first visit? Someone's gonna die tonight—who will it be? Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter

Things take a turn for the strange this session as the player-knights wrap up their delicate negotiations with the Clermonts, get lost in an enchanted forest, and attend the most uncomfortable wedding ever...hosted by one of them! The campaign wiki may be found here. Handy-dandy Paladin pronunciation guide by Stephen Pennisi (DadsAngry). Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Jade And...Edie the Dog

The chronicle moves in strange new directions as Aaron is vexed from within and without by spirits of the past and the death toll piles up. Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

The feud with House Clermont reaches new heights and high drama ensues at Charlemagne's coronation tournament, with repercussions that reverberate through the winter and into the following year, but it's not just the Clermonts who are targeted by our knights... The campaign wiki may be found here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

We're back, and picking up right where we left off: in a dreamy, fiery flashback to Dawn's burning apartment, with Mike Evans holding a gun on his brother. Things only heat up from there... Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

Welcome back, listener! When we left off, Wade and Marina had concocted a plan to infiltrate the ZyMedBio campus. What sanity-blasting secrets will they uncover within? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Miika Des And...Edie the Dog

The knights gather for their big family feast day, Michaelmas. Unfortunately, ill portents abound, and things just keep getting worse. And that's even before the haslet is served... The campaign wiki may be found here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

The party has been split! Some of the knights have been taken captive by the Saracens, while others languish back at camp. How will they get out of this sticky situation? The campaign wiki may be found here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

The Battle of the Humble Squires continues, and there is much peril still to face. Later, the survivors of the battle learn a little more about their foes, and even find some common ground...before everything is swept out from under their feet. The campaign wiki may be found here. Pre-order PALADIN here! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des David S. Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

It's a new era for Short Orders, with our first patron-funded series. A couple weeks ago we met up online and played our first quarterly game, a Call of Cthulhu scenario out of the recently released Petersen’s Abominations. The name of this particular scenario is “Panacea,” and we had a blast with it. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Miika Des And...Edie the Dog

Welcome back, Citizen! When we last left our Troubleshooters, they had been causing plenty of trouble of their own, with many accusations and even much physical violence. It’s not too late for them to straighten up and fly right, however! The Computer believes in them—don’t you? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae Des

War in the south puts Prince Charlemagne (and our humble squires) on the march across the Alps. What deadly hazards will they encounter in those snow-capped peaks, and what opportunities for heroism await them on the blood-soaked fields beyond? The campaign wiki may be found here. Pre-order PALADIN here! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

Welcome back, Citizen! When we last left our Troubleshooters, they had been causing plenty of trouble of their own, with many accusations and even much physical violence. It’s not too late for them to straighten up and fly right, however! The Computer believes in them—don’t you? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae Des

We continue with "The Adventure of the Jewel" as the young squires encounter a mysterious hermit, some angry villagers, and a dastardly lord. But no challenge is greater than that which confronts them from within the group... The campaign wiki may be found here. Pre-order PALADIN here! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

Welcome back, Citizen! When we last left our Troubleshooters, they were on their way to rendezvous with R&D and find out the details of their first mission, the diagnosis and repair of the malfunctioning Robot Imana-665-C. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae Des

We get into our first proper session of PALADIN with an overview of how the system differs from the core PENDRAGON rules before kicking things off with a small feast and an important mission from Duke Thierry. The campaign wiki may be found here. Pre-order PALADIN here! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

Greetings, Citizen, and welcome to Alpha Complex. Today’s mission involves three hapless Red-level Troubleshooters and their first assignment: to diagnose what has gone wrong with Robot Imana-665-C. Easy enough...right? Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae Des

The spine-chilling conclusion! Our intrepid duo of investigators put the final pieces of the puzzle together and are forced into making an impossible decision. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae

The Order returns to the King Arthur Pendragon system for a jaunt through its cousin, Paladin: Warriors of Charlemagne. Join us as we go through the character creation rules and roll up four earnest young squires about to embark on untold adventures! Pre-order PALADIN here! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Des Renae Jade And...Edie the Dog

Aaron arrives in Kansas and finally catches up with Dawn, only to find someone else has caught up with her first. And that's only the beginning of his troubles... Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

The investigators finally make contact with Rossi and discover unexpected layers of nuance in his tale. And also a delicious recipe for Dominican stew! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae

For this one-shot session, the group takes the 7th Sea: Khitai Quickstart rules for a spin. The lust for wealth and power leads to death, destruction, and shattered lives. Can our rag-tag band of heroes foil the sinister machinations of the villainous puppet master? Tune in to find out! Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Sage Des Jade Renae David L. And...Edie the Dog

Aaron has an unexpected encounter at an El Paso truck stop, kicking off a harrowing journey along the benighted interstate, where he is both hunter and hunted. Our primary recorder pooped out midway through the session. Fortunately, we caught the problem pretty quickly and only lost about 10 minutes of action (which we then summarize). However, you'll probably notice a drop in overall audio quality once we switch to our backup. Apologies. Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

In this second episode, "Getting Into the Ring," our duo meets another duo (in the form of the mysterious Eliot brothers) and begins peeling back the layers of the onion. How long before they start crying? And a big congratulations to Darker Hues Studios for landing Harlem Unbound in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution Anacostia Community Museum and The Newark Museum. These acquisitions are an acknowledgement of book's "artistic, scholarly and educational value"! Wowza! More details may be found here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae

We bring our brief Shadowrun experiment to an end in this, our 300th episode(!), wrapping up loose ends and establishing what becomes of our various runners, who begin the episode hunted by the authorities and in hiding. Can they forge a positive outcome from such inauspicious circumstances? Follow the wiki here. Music by Nitro Nova. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Sage Des Jade Renae David S. And...Edie the Dog

Aaron crosses paths with an old frenemy in the most unlikely of places and must decide between vengeance and forgiveness...and this is only the first fight in what turns out to be a blood-soaked and fractious evening. Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus

This month, a travel/illness-reduced crew is taking Darker Hue Studios' Harlem Unbound for a spin with the scenario "The Contender—A Love Story" by Bob Geis. The book is dual-statted for both Trail of Cthulhu and Call of Cthulhu; we opted for the latter system. The scenario is a slow-burn noir procedural that builds ever more to a truly unsettling climax, and we think you're going to really enjoy the ride. In this first episode, "Sparring with the Champ," we meet our investigative duo and follow them to the Cotton Club, where they take a job from former heavyweight champion Jack Johnson to look into a mysterious death in the boxing ring. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus Featuring: Jen Renae

We kick off the second Story of the Chronicle, trying out a somewhat experimental improvisatory narrative approach. Where will Aaron's road lead him? Neither of us know! Let's find out together... Follow the wiki here. Support our Patreon! Follow us on social media! Facebook Twitter Google Plus