Explorers Wanted

A weekly Numenera Actual Play podcast about exploration, intrigue, and friendship.

About the show

We are a weekly actual play podcast using the Numenera Discovery and Destiny rules. Set one billion years in the future, we journey across the Ninth World. There have been eight worlds before this, where civilizations rose to intergalactic heights only to fall into ashes, leaving a world of strange relics behind them. Join our ragtag crew of messy adventurers as they navigate weird ruins, contend with criminal intrigue, and ignore their own better judgment... Repeatedly.

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Campaign Two: Hearts in Orbit

Three figures, from left: Ezri stands stolidly in armor with brown hair covering half of her face (the unscarred part) holding a large clawed sledgehammer. Ilsene in joyous motion with billowing cloak and thieve's gear. Her hair poking out of her hood above her face which highlights the her green eyes and matching vitiligo against her dark skin. Magpie looking playful in earthtones that align with her light brown hair, pulled back and curled tresses falling on either side of her face, wearing a sisk at her side. All three carry gas masks at their belts.

Campaign One: Night's Hope

Our cast of three explorers from campaign one walking towards camera.. From left to right: Nix - a warrior woman with green hair and serpent fangs cracks her knuckles and smiles. Her left leg is a metal prosthetic with jade green seams. Dili - a short dark haired man with dark green eyes looks distractedly past his pushed up goggles at multi-colored shapes floating above his head. ChaCha - An even shorter fair-skinned woman with blonde hair stares strangely forward with blue eyes. She has extended her left arm flourishing out her bright red hooded cloak to reveal the short-legged lime-green romper she wears beneath.

Character art by @kisunuki.

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Episodes

  • 164: Navarene Rim

    February 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 3 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Kaiju battle? KAIJU BATTLE!

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    165: Paying Debts

    March 1st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  57 mins 2 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Buddy Cop has called ChaCha's debt due, and the crew must grapple with the consequences.

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    166: Oops, We Did It Again

    March 8th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  41 mins 5 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew's position is compromised across multiple dimensions and things go from bad to worse.

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    167: How It Ends, Part 1

    March 15th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  55 mins 3 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    A lot happens in this one. Just saying...

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    168: How It Ends, Part 2

    March 22nd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 9 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Nix, Astor, and Bastian grapple with the consequences of the final battle.

  • 169: The Safety Job, Part 1 (Stealing Stories for the Devil)

    March 29th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 9 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    We're playing a quick game of Stealing Stories for the Devil by Monte Cook Games! Taro and White Lotus are sent to deal with a Zone of Improbability that is causing strange hauntings in a private hospital.

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    170: The Safety Job, Part 2 (Stealing Stories for the Devil)

    April 5th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  56 mins 33 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    An alarm has been tripped, and things go from bad to worse as Taro and White Lotus are escorted to a compulsory meeting with Hospr CEO, Pricilla Ward.

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    171: Campaign Two Preview: Hearts In Orbit Setting Trailer

    April 7th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  2 mins 27 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Here's a little teaser for the new Ninth World setting we'll be using for campaign two!

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    172: Digging Deep, Part 1 (Claim the Sky)

    April 12th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 8 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Our team of misfit superheroes find themselves in a compromising position deep beneath the earth.

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    173: Digging Deep, Part 2 (Claim the Sky)

    April 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 19 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    After freshening up, our heroes return to save the city from the strange influences of the dig site.

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    174: Welcome Home, Part 1 (Die RPG)

    April 26th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 5 mins
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    This time we dive into playing DIE from Rowan, Rook, and Decard! Four high school friends reunite 10 years after they drifted apart for one more TTRPG session, but their GM has something more immersive in mind.

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    175: Welcome Home, Part 2 (Die RPG)

    May 3rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 12 mins
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    We continue our adventure with DIE from Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Transported to another world, a group of messy adults must contend with monsters that they once knew only as stat blocks, as the Fallen descend upon them.

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    176: Welcome Home, Part 3 (Die RPG)

    May 10th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 1 sec
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    We continue our adventure in Die RPG! Our heroes return to town just in time for a natural disaster, and later learn the most important rules of the game.

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    177: Welcome Home, Part 4 (Die RPG)

    May 17th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  50 mins 17 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    Grappling with new knowledge provided by the Fair, our paragons continue on their quest, but divine intervention sends them to the circus.

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    178: Welcome Home, Part 5 (Die RPG)

    May 24th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  52 mins 49 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    After a pitched battle with the circus, our heroes journey towards the Shining City in search of a magic gem.

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    179: Welcome Home, Part 6 (Die RPG)

    May 31st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  44 mins 43 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    After coming to an arrangement with a familiar looking fence, the crew has a series of important heart-to-heart conversations.