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Act I of III: With a world losing meaning at their backs, the Rogue Linguists present their library cards and enter the nonsense that the Forbidden Library has become. Coming next on 3 February – Rogue Linguists (Use Your Words Backstage) Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as J_, the K_ U_ - Natalie Winter as T_, the J_ K_ - Ellie Pitkin as S_, the M_ B_ - Strat as E_, the V_ N_ - Matt Boothman as B_, the L_ Y_ ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act II of III: Words bleed meaning as False Librarian logophagy value extraction. Demonstration: yassified bakery explosion, lava (not hazardous), horizontal eruption, ceramic skullet Coming next on 17 February – Lost for words (Use Your Words Backstage) Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer and H_, the W_ X_ - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act II of III: The False Librarian acquaints the Rogue Linguists with the red acid slap of their own words. Coming next on 3 March – A to Z (Use Your Words Backstage) Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Harrison, the Wonky Xerox; J, R_ U_; and C, the O_ U_ - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer and G_, the B_ S_ - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty and R_, the I_ B_ - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller and N_, the G_ I_ ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The players scry and speak their Rogue Linguists into being. (You heard a speedrun of this bit in Act I. This is longer and sillier.) Coming next on 10 February – Use Your Words, Act II Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Utterances deemed unpalatable by even the False Librarian. (The recording got giddy and I cut a lot out. Here some of it is.) Coming next on 24 February – Use Your Words, Act III Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer and Harrison, the Wonky Xerox - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

With what words they have left, the Rogue Linguists expound on their experiences of the Forbidden Library. Coming up in the Main House – Vigil: The Long Night Programme notes This production contains strong language, choking sounds, violence (including gun violence) and gore, harm to children and animals, death and bereavement (including death of a parent figure), body shaming, and references to sex and drugs. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Jehova, the Knowledge Undoer; Harrison, the Wonky Xerox; Jaguar, Readers Unknown; and Courtney, the Overachieving User - Natalie Winter as Tabitha, the Jazz Knight - Ellie Pitkin as Simon, the Monster Botherer and Gary, the Blood Slinger - Strat as Ernest, the Very Naughty and Ralph, the Ignored Boy - Matt Boothman as Basil, the Lithe Yodeller and Nerm, the Gold Inventor ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Bibliocalypse from All Eyes No Games MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Stone fists on riot shields. Banish hesitation. Awe and terrify. Faiths are founded on less; who’s playing god in Ornglen? Custodians Billie, Nim and Jasper gather clues. Coming next on 4 November – Custodians (It Feeds Backstage) Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Matt’s other podcast, I Need A Miracle, is doing a live show at Audio Drama Hubfest on 1 November. You can get an evening ticket for just the live shows or a day ticket that includes all sorts of voice acting-related panels and activities. Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other. Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: Sky falling at the SSPC. Heavy hearts at Ornglen Unbroken. The trains don’t run any more. Nowhere to run. RUN. The Custodians have a theory. Coming next on 18 November – Altars (It Feeds Backstage) Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it! Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: Stockstill in the searchlight. Stand together. Yes, banish hesitation, but it’s okay to look back sometimes too. A god must feed, so can one starve? The Custodians strive for resolution. Coming next on 2 December – Next assignment (It Feeds Backstage) Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it! Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

The players create the unsettling, troubled trio upon whose shaken faith the fate of Ornglen now depends. Coming next on 11 November – It Feeds on Fire, Act 2 Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Anywhere can be an altar, and anything can be an offering. The players offer and accept some sacred (and sometimes useful) things. Coming next on 25 November – It Feeds on Fire, Act 3 Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

No rest for the wicked, they of shaken faith. The players look back on the assignment – and forward to the next…? Coming next in January – Use Your Words, Act 1 Programme notes This production contains violence, body horror, grotesque religious imagery, cults, religious trauma, family trauma, government corruption and oppression, police violence, and references to ritual sacrifice. Play the Assignment we’re playing in this production, The Stone Shackle, with your own Silt Verses RPG gaming group. And let us know how your Custodians resolve it! Credits STARRING: - Marta Da Silva (The Silt Verses) as Nim Harrow, of The Watcher in the Wings - B Narr (The Silt Verses) as Jasper Finch, of The Pox-Martyr - Fiona KT Howat (What Am I Rolling?) as Billie Fletcher, of The Waxen Scrivener ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: The Silt Verses RPG, by Gabriel Robinson and Jason Cordova, published by The Gauntlet. MUSIC BY: Matt Boothman EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 1 of 3: Who the f**k’s this Dremmer think he is, rolling in tooled up with bandits in tow? Someone should tell him what’s what. Coming next on 26 August – Who survives (Tipping Point Backstage) Programme notes This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline. Subscribe to Professional Relations, the Foggy Outline newsletter, for monthly backstage updates and more of Matt and his parents interviewing each other. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 2 of 3: What the f**k happened to Weird Sammy and them up at that house? Someone should see what Nasus knows. Coming next on 9 September – The Hx network (Tipping Point Backstage) Programme notes This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline. A few of our ensemble are going to London Podcast Festival on Sunday 7 September to see the Camlann and Wooden Overcoats live shows. Shout if you spot us and want to hang out, luvvies. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com

Act 3 of 3: Nasus, Nipperkin, Sacramento, how the f**k does your garden grow? Coming next on 23 September – After the end (Tipping Point Backstage) Programme notes This production contains climate breakdown, allusions to sex, conspiracy theories, gun violence, psychic coercion, and death. It mentions people in cages and dying of thirst. What caused the apocalypse and how can we avoid it happening in the real world? Learn all about climate breakdown (and who you need to yell at to do something about it) with videos and online courses from Foggy Outline. Support Apocalypse World: Burned Over, the new edition of the roleplaying game we’re playing. Get ready for our next production by listening to The Silt Verses and watching our guest appearance on What Am I Rolling?’s two-part series playing The Between, run by its designer, Jason Cordova. Credits STARRING: - Alexander Pankhurst as Sacramento del Barco, the News - Natalie Winter as Sundown, the Brainer - Chris Starkey as Nasus Nest, the Waterbearer ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Apocalypse World, second edition, by Vincent D Baker and Meguey Baker. The News playbook with Josh Savoie. MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman Find us On Instagram On Tumblr www.MerelyRoleplayers.com