Penance RPG

Penance RPG

Penance RPG is a homebrew style of RPG podcast created out of the belief that actual play storytelling should allow for not only free player choice for any and every decision but equal consequences to these decisions. We believe this allows for an organic style of storytelling rarely seen anywhere else whilst still retaining a deep love for fantastical tales of castles and characters. As all bard’s tales should, we work to not only tell our own tales of heroism and heretics, but also blend our own ideas with tales that have passed around the fires many times over to create fresh blood for older stories, telling them in such a manner that breathes new life and a different style to a tale that some of you may have heard more than 956877 times before.... We offer lovable characters, dastardly villains, dangerous scenery and chaotic situations all in an attempt to bring you something different from your standard dungeon crawl.

Episodes

September 21, 2025 54 mins

A roadside graveyard isn't too odd a sight, one with a campfire, however, is. So ofc, our Grey Wardens just have to sate their curiosity!

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch our games at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
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Ruth is deeply concerned when their next stop is blocked by a group of Qunari. What is going on?

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch our games at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on TwitterFacebook or Instagram
Visit our Teespr...

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August 24, 2025 51 mins

Getting out the boat is tricky when the pier is on fire. Plan B? Another landing spot ofc! 

(Our annual 24hr stream raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support just finished, you can catch up on the fun on twitch or donate at https://www.justgiving.com/page/pencanceandfriends)

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch our games at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are...

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August 10, 2025 56 mins

Travelling over water is usually quite a peaceful time, but a jetty with a strange mechanism and net blocks the way. What weirdness is afoot this time?

 

(PS. when Dragon discovers who was sitting too close to their mic, they will be reprimanded. Please ignore the occasional heavy breathing!)

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch our games at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op...

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July 13, 2025 54 mins

A blockaded village, with a barrier of furniture? Were the locals keeping people out? Or preventing something from leaving... 
Will our Grey Wardens find a haven? Perhaps by fleeing, or racing, to the sea…

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch our games at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penance...

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June 30, 2025 67 mins

After the creepy command to sleep, presumably from the skull they were transporting, our Wardens awake in an unexpected place...

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on Twitter,...

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When strange things start happening, they always wonder about a wizard...

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on TwitterFacebook or Instagram
Visit our Teespring store
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June 1, 2025 72 mins

Finally, our Grey Wardens are back in Orzammar! Doubtless, they will find or create chaos!

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on TwitterFacebook or Instagram
Visit our Te...

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Following their negotiations with the Dalish, our group start to head back towards Orzammar, on the border of Felrelden.

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on TwitterFaceb...

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This week we bring you another extended collection of tangents, questions and bizarre situations from the cutting room floor of Penance RPG episodes from some point in the past year or few.

 

Featuring rambles on: 2115 Characters, Bees, Teleportation, Rattrun characters, Anime, sign language, scottish castles & tourism, Rain,  living on islands/in the country, Hades, the many many tales of Rowan & Tom Playing wow on a private BC se...

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Have you been enjoying our The Varlastan Circle series? 

As Sillik awakes, Mal and Ari-ah update him on the happenings since he was bespelled in Gl'th.

This usefully works as a catch up for our viewers before the finale of Season 3! Our DM is Lunrwolf, an occasional variety streamer and creator of the Varlastan setting who will be guiding our cast through the trials that await them. 

This is our only DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on tw...

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March 30, 2025 50 mins

A confusing battlefield confronts our Grey Wardens, some of the fallen resemble Dalish, and others, dwarves?

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with us on TwitterFacebook or Insta...

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March 16, 2025 92 mins

As our brave novice Grey Wardens travel on, they meet an oncoming rush of evacuating villagers

"He's done it again, he's done it again"...?

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
Come talk with u...

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This week we bring you another extended collection of tangents, questions and bizarre situations from the cutting room floor of Penance RPG episodes from some point in the past year or few.

 

Featuring rambles on: ghosts, bees. amy's voice, being on a speedboat, the woes of doing visual novels on stream, toms laptop, laundry, sword fighting, bees (continued), Scottish things, pomegranades ,spaghetti, cooking on the cheap, audiobook...

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Conflicting orders require some juggling by our novices, and strange noises abound!

 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Check out our episode sponsor Newsly!
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February 23, 2025 96 mins

This week we bring you another extended collection of tangents, questions and bizarre situations from the cutting room floor of Penance RPG episodes from some point in the past year or few.

 

Featuring rambles on: traffic, bananas, drinking games, animatronic tails, chainsaw man plots, distracting things in manga, Scottish terms, getting old, pickling & fermenting, vegan food, elephants, potatoes, shouting "DAVE", songs you hate & ...

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Is it truly Dragonmeet if we havent found a oneshot, not looked at it at all before recording starts and then it all descends into a fever dream?
In 2023 we tried "Attorneys at Jaw" and other homebrew ideas...  Hopefully you enjoy! 

"Attorneys at Jaw" can be found at:
https://potatocubed.itch.io/attorneys-at-jaw


Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
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February 9, 2025 53 mins

Its the return of Dark Tide!!

Rejoin our intrepid Grey Wardens as they struggle to survive and fight back Dark Spawn in this alternate timeline! 

This is our first streamed non-DnD TTRPG campaign, watch on Sunday 2.30pm UK at https://www.twitch.tv/penancerpg or catch up on YouTube
Horror, co-op & puzzle games are played most days with more co-op games weekly.

Check out our episode sponsor Newsly!
Get a free 1 month premium subscri...

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Is it truly Dragonmeet if we havent found a oneshot, not looked at it at all before recording starts and then it all descends into a fever dream?
This year we tried 2...  Hopefully you enjoy! 

Both "vVampire Cowboys" and "Alien Festival" are one page RPGs by Maddy Searle

https://maddysearle.itch.io/  Instagram  Bluesky

Learn more at Penancerpg.com
Support us on Ko fi and Patreon
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December 15, 2024 60 mins

Its the return of Dark! You begin in an unknown place with no light, no memory and no idea who or what you are...

To keep things suitably random we incorporated some of our favourite storytelling aids - Gemhammer & Sons Gaming's Deck of Wonder (& Deck of Wonder After Dark) - affiliate link below

usually we use Rory's Story Cubes in Animalia aswell but we forgot to bring them this year so instead we used a random 100 animals list ...

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