Pretending to be People
Pretending to be People is a mystery/horror role-playing podcast. Join Zach, Thomas, Luke, and Joe as they navigate a terrifying campaign filled with twists, turns, and laughs - all decided on a roll of the dice. Can the officers of the Contention Police Department unravel the mysteries suddenly plaguing their sleepy town? Will they die – or worse – in the attempt? This is an actual play utilizing the game systems of Delta Green and Pulp Cthulhu. This is Pretending to be People.
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The Fruition Five, or whatever you want to call them, head up to Kansas City to talk to the violinist/streamer -- and things get Unnatural™.
This episode features Juicy Garland.
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It's time to meet The Country Fair Five.
This episode features Juicy Garland.
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Soundtrack by WAAAVV.
Wolf the Dog played "anguish" by faulter.
Published by arrangement with the Delta Green Part...
Will our intrepid heroes unravel the awful avian enigma before they're all exsanguinated? Find out NOW in this thrilling conclusion to Operation: Zoonotic!
This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebanon Games and Delta Green.
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I see miracles all around me
Stop and look around, it's all astounding
Water, fire, air, and dirt
Fucking magnets, how do they work?
This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebanon Games and Delta Green.
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A police officer named Gilbert Mackey. A conservation agent named Lem McLamb. A former exotic animal trainer/dealer named Billy Ray Weaver. And Billy Ray Weaver's parole officer, Melissa Brundle. These four drew the short straw and must perform a compliance check on Claussie Baxter and her Ozarks Family Bird Rescue and Conservation, a rundown hillbilly aviary in Stone County, Missouri.
This episode features Caleb Stokes from Hebano...
Ike S. Lovell, Cyrus Zuto-James, Simon Hopper, and Dr. Osiris Pelops are jammed between duty and morality. Will they help April Technologies recover the mysterious canister? Find out now in the thrilling finale of Mission: Unnatural.
This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.
Come to our first ever LIVE SHOW.
Here's the link to the Scenario Contest 2026 Submissions.
Ike S. Lovell, Cyrus Zuto-James, and Dr. Osiris Pelops entered a warehouse in St. Louis, Missouri to retrieve the requested cannister while Simon Hopper kept an eye on things with his surveillance drones from across the street. Will they make it out alive? Find out now in Part Two of Mission: Unnatural.
This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.
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This is a homebrewed Pulp Delta Green scenario in the style of Mission: Impossible.
This episode features Ross Bryant from Push the Roll with Ross Bryant.
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Soundtrack by WA...
This is a homebrewed Delta Green oneshot set in one of the best places on Earth to bleed out before you die.
This episode features Beth May from Dungeons and Daddies.
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...This is the end of the line for some of Jasper Saffir's team.
This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath.
"I don't love the seduction plan." - Jared
We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004.
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Jasper Saffir's cell of cowboys run into a few more unnatural vectors from previous operas at Cowboy Watkins' car auction before needing to leave.
This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath.
We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004.
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It's finally happening. We're performing LIVE in PERSON in REAL LIFE.
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The Prince of Denver is revealed at a mentor's funeral.
This episode features Jared Logan from Glass Cannon Network and LPN Bloodbath.
We are playing Operation: STOP REPO, the 2017 winner of the Delta Green Shotgun Scenario Contest, from author Elendil004.
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This is the second Q&A episode (of two) to end Season Two.
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Soundtrack by WAAAVV.
Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
This is the first Q&A episode (of two) to end Season Two.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
This is the finale of Season Two.
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Soundtrack by WAAAVV.
Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3 and "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
The actual penultimate episode of Season Two is here. It's Part One of a Two-Part Finale! Definitely the next episode is the last one, I don't know why you're looking at me like that. It is. For real. Trust me. Actually, though. We already recorded it.
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The penultimate episode of Season Two finds Algernon, Beck, and Cal scattered, covered, and smothered.
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Soundtrack by WAAAVV.
Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
Some fight. Some flee. Some freeze. So get ready to fawn.
Alternate titles include:
Strong Sartorial Opinions
Probably Pretty Cool and Brutal Footage
Our Beck (Who Art Right Here)
This White Brick Road
You're Free; We're Freeze
There's a Stripper Pole in Your Dining Room
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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Welcome back.
Alternate titles include:
As Last Words Go
You're In the South Now
Look At Me, I'm a Raincloud
Cal-mulonimbus
The Ol' Mom Spit
A Horrible, Little Man
Welcome to Our Family
Because You Ruined It
The ASMR God
Bouncy Bouncy
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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