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David Martel (G.I.Joe RPG Stories)
@lemarteau.bsky.social
Writer, GI Joe geek, gamer, and hockey enthusiast.

Check out my blog about the GIJoe RPG and original fiction:
https://gijoerpgstories.wordpress.com/
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Ryan accidentally makes a tree pun, and deliberately makes 50 other tree puns, as he builds an original Decepticon Arboreal Infiltrator in the latest Essential Builds on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Last night, on the BAMF Podcast, I ran the #GIJoe rpg, where they fought the Decepticon Pretender Bludgeon.
Here is the Threat Build that I used.

This is unofficial, fan-made material using the #Transformers #Essence20 #rpg by @renegadegamestudios.com

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Bludgeon Threat Build (Transformers Essence20 rpg)
As of this posting, last night I ran a short session of the GIJoe Roleplaying Game for some folks on the BAMF Podcast. You can find the vide...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you don't know about the #GIJoe #RPG #Energon Protocols #ActualPlay #Podcast, you are missing something! :)
Energon Protocols 9 is now out.

Available at:
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And be sure to join us next month. Yo Joe!
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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If you want to recreate your favourite childhood scaring moment for a spooky #Essence20 session, Ryan and Charles have you covered.
The latest episode of Upshift is available on the #KnowDirectionNetwork.
knowdirectionpodcast.com/2025/10/upsh...
October 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Indeed, much more than a jersey. Thank you @avalanche.bsky.social.
More than just a jersey.
October 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Celebrating our roots.
October 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The end of Season 3 is approaching in my #GIJoe #RPG campaign. This #After-action features a solo #espionage mission, to flush out possible #Cobra double agents, at the Ottawa Parliament, in #Canada. I hope you'll like the result, and I am very interested to read your thoughts.

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Episode 309 – Serpents and Daggers
After-Action Report by David Martel September 26, 1988Ottawa, Canada In gratitude for their intervention in the North Atlantic and their investigation aboard the HMCS Normandy to unmask Cobra doubl…
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October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our next #GIJoe #RPG story goes back to the #USSR as #OktobdrGuard agents investigate the wreckage of a #Canadian #antisubmarine aicraft. Another #ColdWar #Intrigue that features cool players that I met through @renegadegamestudios.com's gaming community.

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Episode 308 – Ghosts and a half-truth
An after-action report by David Martel Latvia, Soviet Union, September 21, 1988 After a four weeks round trip to the North Atlantic, the Lithuanian salvage ship Viltingas delivered the wreck of a C…
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October 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Here's the table that I prepared for our latest session in the @renegadegamestudios.com #GIJoe #RPG. It features the flight deck of the #HMCS Normandy, the sole (although fictional) aircraft carrier of the #RoyalCanadianNavy #RCN. Click the link for a #ColdWar era #intrigue #story.

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Episode 307 – Daggers on Deck
An after-action report by David Martel NOTE: The session took place on September 19, but the story continued a couple of days after the Summit. August 20 1988, the North Atlantic The HMCS Normandy,…
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September 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In this #GIJoe #TTRPG #Story the #OktoberGuard investigates why Cobra tried to ignite an open war between the United States and the #USSR, while pinning it on the Soviets. The wreck of a Canadian antisubmarine warfare aircraft, may hold the answers.

#RCN #RoyalCanadianNavy

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Episode 306 – Deep Sea Salvage
After-action report by David Martel August 1988, Baltic Sea. Shortly after the events of the Launvík summit, a Mil Mi-8 helicopter transporting a small contingent of Oktober Guard agents was flying…
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September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
In this #GIJoe #RPG story set in the #ColdWar, a political summit nearly sparks an all-out war between the United States and the #USSR. It also features a fictional take on the magnificent HMCS Bonaventure #AircraftCarrier, crown jewel of the #RCN.

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Episode 305 – The Summit
After-action report by David Martel On August 15, 1988, U.S. President Gerald P. Winston and U.S.S.R. General Secretary Leonid Kirov met in Launvík, Iceland, a neutral ground reasonably halfway bet…
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August 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Do you have #TTRPG characters that go way back? In our campaign, #GIJoe PC Lone Wolf dates all the way to 1999. My friend Ian and I created him for a story I was writing. He wasn’t posing as a #Dreadnok back then, but he had already infiltrated #Cobra.

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Episode 103 – A Venomous Encounter
After-action report by David Martel February 2, 1987 – South Florida At the Dreadnoks’ clubhouse, Reaper—Lone Wolf’s cover identity—was working on his motorcycle, keeping his hands busy while tryin…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I hinted at this stuff already, but I felt it would be fun to actually write about it. The spark to reignite all this passion was an interview that @costello.bsky.social gave to @whatsonjoemind.bsky.social about the then-upcoming
#GIJoe #TTRPG.

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The origins of a passion
By David Martel Today, I decided to do something a little different and talk to you about why I love the G.I. Joe Roleplaying Game so much, and where some of the stories in my campaign originate. I…
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July 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Carlos Cabrera, project manager of Renegade Game Studios’ Welcome To Night Vale RPG talks about the development of the project, why Essence20 was the right system to bring the cult and occult radio drama to the tabletop, and how the new cross-compatible options can influence other Essence20 settings
July 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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At 1 pm PST, on www.youtube.com/@G.I.Joe_Hea..., we talk about issue #66 of the #GIJoe #ComicBook. We also discuss the Skeletons in the Closet #Cartoon episode with writer #FlintDille (Script director on #Transformers) Join the discussion and follow @headcast.bsky.social on Bluesky!
July 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Just a head's up. Rrecording this Saturday at 1:00 pm PST for Bravo Team, looking at Special Missions 7.

Then Sunday the 27th at 1:00 pm PST, recording episode 66. and the episode Skeletons in the Closet with Flint Dille!

Join us at www.youtube.com/@G.I.Joe_Hea...

Yo Joe!
July 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Any #AnimalMan #ComicBook fans out there? @headcast.bsky.social is currently discussing his origins live on Real American Headcast Channel! Join the discussion!

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Animal Man origins and issue 1
YouTube video by G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast
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July 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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G.I. Joe: A Real American Headcast episode 63 is now out.
Available at
www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...
or at the website headcast.headspeaks.com

Email us at GIJoe@Headspeaks.com

@lemarteau.bsky.social @notbradabraham.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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ZACHARY BOLDUC CONTRE LOGAN MAILLOUX! 💥💣
July 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
How do you introduce new PCs in your #TTRPG campaigns? For #GIJoe PC Needle, I developed a brand new drug cartel and biker gang based in #SierraGordo. Inspired by shows like #Narcos and #Mayans, I now had two fun new assets to create #Stories with.

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Episode 102 – La Sombra de la Muerte
The date was December 15, 1986. Deployed to Sierra Gordo, in Central America, player characters Contact, Cracker, and Jack (his drone) met with Needle (a new player character being introduced to th…
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June 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
On ne repêchera pas en 1ère ronde à moins d'un échange, mais un joueur d'impact, ça le fait aussi. :)
rds.ca RDS @rds.ca · Jun 27
Noah Dobson s'amène à Montréal contre les deux choix de 1re ronde du repêchage de 2025 et Emil Heineman! Qui gagne la transaction selon toi? 😉

Tous les détails : shorturl.at/tjDO9
June 27, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My buddy Aaron Moss is now on Bluesky! Be sure follow him for regular videos about #GIJoe #Comics #Unboxings and more, like the #EnergonProtocols podcast!

Here is last video! Come join the fun and discuss the awesome franchise we all love!

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June 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Just realized my 25 #GIJoe #RPG after-action reports total over 33,750 words—plus background docs, locations, secrets, & research. It all started with Episode 101, which rekindled my love for writing and GMing.

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Episode 101 – Weapons sale in Moldova
It was November 21, 1986. Beach Head led a small team consisting of Low-Light, along with player characters Knockout and Max Power, into Moldova. Their mission was to clandestinely enter the port o…
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June 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM