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

  • Episode 260: Sharp Dressed Man, Part 2 (3 Goblins in a Trenchcoat)

    December 18th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 9 secs
    3 goblins in a trenchcoat, actual play, rpg

    The South Pole operatives have found Krampus' prison cell. What well thought through plan will they execute next?

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    Episode 261: Man About Town (And They All Lived...)

    December 25th, 2024  |  Season 4  |  33 mins 54 secs
    actual play, and they all lived, rpg, solo rpg

    Alex plays through a session of And They All Lived... by Angela Craft. New to the London social scene, Nate tries his hand at... love? Yeah, let's call it that.

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    Episode 262: Dark Arts and Memos (Merger)

    January 1st, 2025  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 5 mins
    actual play, merger, rpg, solo rpg

    Daniel plays a game of Merger by Michael Elliot. Deep in the macrocosmic horror of the corporate body, will Malia rise and free herself, or fall to corruption?

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    Episode 263: A Turducken of Horror, Part 1 (Die RPG)

    January 8th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  59 mins 28 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    We kick off another adventure in Die RPG! A B-list actor, a prolific author, and a TikTok "influencer" find themselves trapped in a horror of their own making.

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    Episode 264: A Turducken of Horror, Part 2 (Die RPG)

    January 15th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  49 mins 44 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    Our three involuntary villains begin their monstrous trek.

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    Episode 265: A Turducken of Horror, Part 3 (Die RPG)

    January 29th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 17 secs
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    We delve deeper as our villains find themselves within the second act of their film.

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    Episode 266: A Turducken of Horror, Part 4 (Die RPG)

    February 12th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 16 mins
    actual play, die rpg, rpg

    The villains enter the final act where decisions must be made.

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    Episode 267: Field Trip, Part One (Triangle Agency)

    February 19th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 15 mins
    actual play, rpg, triangle agency

    We are joined by special guest, Daniel Rodriguez as we play our first game of Triangle Agency by Haunted Table. A team of specialists from the branch office head out on their first field mission!

  • Episode 268: Field Trip, Part Two (Triangle Agency)

    March 19th, 2025  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 16 mins
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    We conclude our game of Triangle Agency with special guest Daniel Rodriguez!

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    Episode 269: Rage in the Streets

    April 15th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  54 mins 15 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    We return to the Ninth World and come to grips with bad news about the enclave.

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    Episode 270: Too Big to Fail

    May 7th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  45 mins 55 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew consults with Ferdinand to compare notes on the many threats they are facing and to make a plan of action.

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    Episode 271: Games of War

    June 19th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  52 mins 55 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew plans for their next assault on the Transit Guild.

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    Episode 272: Release schedule update

    June 20th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  3 mins 2 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    Daniel provides an update on upcoming changes to our release schedule and how they got that way.

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    Episode 273: Truth or Toe

    July 2nd, 2025  |  Season 5  |  50 mins 26 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew abducts a senator and performs an improvised interrogation.

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    Episode 274: A Dramatic Delivery

    July 16th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  47 mins 13 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew antagonize the powers that be in Lathe.

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    Episode 275: A Visit to the Shore

    July 30th, 2025  |  Season 5  |  58 mins 27 secs
    actual play, numenera, rpg

    The crew regroups in the wake of military mobilization, and searches for inspiration.