Hello all! My name is Nick, I also go by Flux (@TheFlux) and I'm the GM of the Bones and Story Actual Play Podcast! As of writing, we are currently 4 "Chapters" in to our first game; playing Monster of the Week. We're currently on break due to health matters while one of our players recovers. But that makes it a great chance to check us out and get caught up!
We've got more information below the read-more but if you want to jump straight in, check out our setup episode RIGHT HERE! We hope you enjoy this world and set of characters just as much as we do!
Okay! Thanks for clicking. Lets talk more about Bones and Story. Our inaugural story is called "FRINGE THEORY." A story about a group of outcasts and freaks investigating a strange, lakeside tourist and fishing town; Fringewater Michigan. As I said above, we are playing Monster of the Week (A favorite system of mine.) though in potential future seasons, we want to explore an even wider plethora of independent, fiction-forward games. A lot of this show is born out of us wanting there to be a show based on the way that our circle play RPG's, and to share our experiences and methodology with you, the listener.
As a show, our goal is to give you snappy, right-to-the-point action, as well as a cast of hunters that are memorable, flawed, and dramatic! We're driving this train at a hundred miles an hour, and we don't know where we're going! We're no AP professionals or industry veterans, just a group of friends who have a love for theatrics and storytelling that want to make an enjoyable show for you; and give you an authentic roleplaying games experience. If that sounds like fun, come join us for the ride! We'd be glad to have you.
Wanna know more about the cast before giving it a shot? Here's a short blurb about each of our intrepid hunters that we're positive you'll grow to love!
MIDAS GOLD - THE SEARCHER
Midas Gold, host of America's Favourite "Show Me the Money" (Sundays 8/7c) had it all. Fame... Money... He was on top of the world. Until one day, the day before a talkshow interview, he saw that thing in his hotel room. His mind shaken by the paranormal, he had a breakdown on live TV, and his empire has crumbled. Now nothing more than a wash-up, he hopes to, if nothing else, find answers.
HALLOW'S EVE VENISON - THE MONSTROUS
Hallow never got a chance at a normal life. Born to fae nobility of the unseelie court and the daughter of a parent who made an enemy of the wrong person, she was cursed at birth, only for her parents to switch her out with a healthy child. Growing up a changeling, that unseelie curse began to manifest: She had to eat people. If it weren't for the other hunters grace, she'd be nothing more than a filler episode monster.
MILLY BIZAAR - THE SPOOKTACULAR
Come one, come all, the the Bedlam Carnival! Where you can see such gruesome sights like the trapeze artists who miss their catches, what a REAL human cannonball would look like, and so much more! Do the performers really get dismembered, or is it just the most gruesome of horror special effects? If you ask Ringleader and adept Hemomancer Milly Bizaar, the truth is stranger than fiction!
FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR - THE DIVINE
All things in this world are made of thoughts. Ideas. Collective Unconscious. And those thoughts can come to life. Take the suburbs, for example. An unflinching cornerstone of the American dream. That's where your Friendly Neighbor comes in. Angel to Perfect Suburbia. If there's 3 things he as an angel is proud of, its his grill and barbecue abilities, his perfectly mowed lawn, and his old high school football pennants.
You can find us currently on Youtube, Spotify, or Apple Podcasts; as well as any other podcatcher that grabs from these places! Though if you have any other sites you want us to add an RSS feed to, let us know! It's an ongoing process, but we'd love to get it on as many platforms as possible! If twitter's more your jam for updates, we also post over there.
As I said above, we're currently on break as one of our hunters recovers from a medical incident, but we'll be back before you know it, and we'll be posting here when we do! In the meantime, feel free to check us out and get caught up. See you soon!