Ross Payton
@rosspayton.bsky.social
Podcaster and writer. I focus mostly on tabletop RPGs, and obscure electronic music. Host of Role Playing Public Radio, Ludonarrative Dissidents, and Night Clerk Radio.
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Ross Payton
@rosspayton.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I published an architectural horror RPG scenario for fans of liminal spaces, creepy hotels, and infinite labyrinths. Check out The Night Clerk! www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Ni...
Could a demon high priest become a boxer or learn how to dance? The Palladium Rifts book Hades, answers these important questions and more! Check out the latest RPPR After Hours episode featuring @j-k.games and I as we explore hell and the Minion Wars! www.patreon.com/posts/143278...
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Could a demon high priest become a boxer or learn how to dance? The Palladium Rifts book Hades, answers these important questions and more! Check out the latest RPPR After Hours episode featuring @j-k.games and I as we explore hell and the Minion Wars! www.patreon.com/posts/143278...
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Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
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www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heads up Dissidents! We've just put episode 17 of the podcast live, covering Greg Porter's incredibly complete END ALL BE ALL set of RPG rules (aka EABA), a fascinating look at generic systems and their uses. We had a lot of fun with this one.
www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
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www.ludonarrativedissidents.com/season-3-epi...
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new episode of @nightclerkradio.bsky.social on VHS pop, a subgenre of vaporwave, known as the upbeat and optimistic cousin of late night lo-fi.! www.nightclerkradio.com/episodes/wer... and on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWb...
We’re VHS Poppin’ | Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews
Wow, another genre episode! It’s been a while. What will they talk about this time? Will they talk about Bandcamp tags for an uncomfortable amount of time? Will they get hung up on overly niche hyper ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
new episode of @nightclerkradio.bsky.social on VHS pop, a subgenre of vaporwave, known as the upbeat and optimistic cousin of late night lo-fi.! www.nightclerkradio.com/episodes/wer... and on Youtube www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJWb...
went out a few days ago to enjoy the weather and took some nature photos #photography - the leaf and tree photos were taken with a vintage mamiya sektor 55mm F1.4 lens on a Lumix gh6 - you can see more photos on my Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/52253...
November 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
went out a few days ago to enjoy the weather and took some nature photos #photography - the leaf and tree photos were taken with a vintage mamiya sektor 55mm F1.4 lens on a Lumix gh6 - you can see more photos on my Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/52253...
Batman is a subgenre, not a character.
November 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Batman is a subgenre, not a character.
Fall of Delta Green – Borellus Connection – Operation NEPENTHE – Part 2 – Episode 18
The necromancer's plot is uncovered and its apocalyptic ramifications are revealed to the agents. They must stop him from breaking time and space in a final confrontation in a dark and twisted lair. The campaign…
The necromancer's plot is uncovered and its apocalyptic ramifications are revealed to the agents. They must stop him from breaking time and space in a final confrontation in a dark and twisted lair. The campaign…
Fall of Delta Green – Borellus Connection – Operation NEPENTHE – Part 2 – Episode 18
The necromancer's plot is uncovered and its apocalyptic ramifications are revealed to the agents. They must stop him from breaking time and space in a final confrontation in a dark and twisted lair. The campaign finale for the Borellus Connection is here! Caleb as Agent Garrison Aaron as Dr. Alexandar Quinn Tom as Agent Timothy
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November 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Fall of Delta Green – Borellus Connection – Operation NEPENTHE – Part 2 – Episode 18
The necromancer's plot is uncovered and its apocalyptic ramifications are revealed to the agents. They must stop him from breaking time and space in a final confrontation in a dark and twisted lair. The campaign…
The necromancer's plot is uncovered and its apocalyptic ramifications are revealed to the agents. They must stop him from breaking time and space in a final confrontation in a dark and twisted lair. The campaign…
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Nan mais y'a un moment quand on charge avec des T'au aussi faut pas s'étonner du résultat
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nan mais y'a un moment quand on charge avec des T'au aussi faut pas s'étonner du résultat
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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Boards of Canada! Table top role-playing games! Economic anxiety in horror films! All this and more via Twitch VOD of our episode last night with Birk and @rosspayton.bsky.social from @nightclerkradio.bsky.social. Check it out via the link below if you couldn’t be there for the live broadcast!
Hot Takes Season 5 Episode 3: Night Clerk Radio - hottakesvapor on Twitch
hottakesvapor went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Music VOD now.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Boards of Canada! Table top role-playing games! Economic anxiety in horror films! All this and more via Twitch VOD of our episode last night with Birk and @rosspayton.bsky.social from @nightclerkradio.bsky.social. Check it out via the link below if you couldn’t be there for the live broadcast!
I've made a public poll on the RPPR Patreon to see what kind of RPG material you want to see next year - vote now and let me know! www.patreon.com/posts/what-r...
What RPG content do you want me to write? | Ross Payton
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November 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've made a public poll on the RPPR Patreon to see what kind of RPG material you want to see next year - vote now and let me know! www.patreon.com/posts/what-r...
Hilarious Random Tables and Rogue Trader: Soul Reaver – After Hours Revised
Aaron, Dan, Tom, and I discuss an adventure for Rogue Trader. It's called Soul Reaver and Aaron has no knowledge of the 40k setting, which makes him the perfect reviewer for this adventure. We then devolve into madness,…
Aaron, Dan, Tom, and I discuss an adventure for Rogue Trader. It's called Soul Reaver and Aaron has no knowledge of the 40k setting, which makes him the perfect reviewer for this adventure. We then devolve into madness,…
Hilarious Random Tables and Rogue Trader: Soul Reaver – After Hours Revised
Aaron, Dan, Tom, and I discuss an adventure for Rogue Trader. It's called Soul Reaver and Aaron has no knowledge of the 40k setting, which makes him the perfect reviewer for this adventure. We then devolve into madness, thanks to random roll tables in Mutant Chronicles, System Failure, Immortal: The Invisible War, and fan-created critical hit tables for Warhammer Fantasy.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hilarious Random Tables and Rogue Trader: Soul Reaver – After Hours Revised
Aaron, Dan, Tom, and I discuss an adventure for Rogue Trader. It's called Soul Reaver and Aaron has no knowledge of the 40k setting, which makes him the perfect reviewer for this adventure. We then devolve into madness,…
Aaron, Dan, Tom, and I discuss an adventure for Rogue Trader. It's called Soul Reaver and Aaron has no knowledge of the 40k setting, which makes him the perfect reviewer for this adventure. We then devolve into madness,…
the real treasure is the friends we made along the way because now we finally have a full group to raid the dungeon where the gold is
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
the real treasure is the friends we made along the way because now we finally have a full group to raid the dungeon where the gold is
new cyberpunk item: Instead of wearing sunglasses, wear GUNglasses: they're like sunglasses but have tiny guns in the frames so you can shoot anyone you look at
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
new cyberpunk item: Instead of wearing sunglasses, wear GUNglasses: they're like sunglasses but have tiny guns in the frames so you can shoot anyone you look at
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Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
October 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey everyone, here's a real simple way to disable "Super Resolution" on your channels:
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
• YouTube Studio
• Settings
• Channel
• Advanced settings
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance visual quality"
• Uncheck "Let YouTube enhance audio quality"
cool cool cool
The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
November 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
cool cool cool
I'm running two games of Delta Green this month for patrons! Both are civilian games where the PCs work for Phenomen-X, a new media platform investigating the occult. Join the Patreon to secure a slot in a game today.
www.patreon.com/posts/142617...
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Online Game Announcements for November 2025 | Ross Payton
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November 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'm running two games of Delta Green this month for patrons! Both are civilian games where the PCs work for Phenomen-X, a new media platform investigating the occult. Join the Patreon to secure a slot in a game today.
www.patreon.com/posts/142617...
www.patreon.com/posts/142617...
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It's time we hear from another vaporwave podcast! Birk and @rosspayton.bsky.social from @nightclerkradio.bsky.social agreed to join the "Hot Takes" broadcast on Monday, November 3 at 8PM ET with @luxurynoise.co and @yungshiro.bsky.social, so tune 'er in at twitch.tv/hottakesvapor for the crossover!
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's time we hear from another vaporwave podcast! Birk and @rosspayton.bsky.social from @nightclerkradio.bsky.social agreed to join the "Hot Takes" broadcast on Monday, November 3 at 8PM ET with @luxurynoise.co and @yungshiro.bsky.social, so tune 'er in at twitch.tv/hottakesvapor for the crossover!
Got my copy of Blue Planet: Recontact. Absolutely beautiful! Congrats to @biohazardjeff.bsky.social for creating such an incredible game!
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Got my copy of Blue Planet: Recontact. Absolutely beautiful! Congrats to @biohazardjeff.bsky.social for creating such an incredible game!
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The Dead Letter Bureau is featuring the first chapter of Performance, my #RedMarkets novel. It’s performed by the fantastic Fae Kells and based on one of the worst jobs I ever had!
Give it a listen, just in time for Halloween! dead-letter-bureau.captivate.fm/episode/red-...
Give it a listen, just in time for Halloween! dead-letter-bureau.captivate.fm/episode/red-...
First Shift - Performance: A Red Markets Novel - Chapter One - Dead Letter Bureau - Delta Green
By Caleb Stokes Read by Fae Kells The following is the first chapter of Performance, a novel set in the world of Red Markets: A Game of Econom...
dead-letter-bureau.captivate.fm
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Dead Letter Bureau is featuring the first chapter of Performance, my #RedMarkets novel. It’s performed by the fantastic Fae Kells and based on one of the worst jobs I ever had!
Give it a listen, just in time for Halloween! dead-letter-bureau.captivate.fm/episode/red-...
Give it a listen, just in time for Halloween! dead-letter-bureau.captivate.fm/episode/red-...
Labyrinth Signal: Alienation of the Flesh
Three patients at a secretive corporate medical facility awaken with strange new scars on their chests. Parasites writhe within their bodies, surgically implanted. Screams echo from down the hall. To survive the night, the patients must fight off feral…
Three patients at a secretive corporate medical facility awaken with strange new scars on their chests. Parasites writhe within their bodies, surgically implanted. Screams echo from down the hall. To survive the night, the patients must fight off feral…
Labyrinth Signal: Alienation of the Flesh
Three patients at a secretive corporate medical facility awaken with strange new scars on their chests. Parasites writhe within their bodies, surgically implanted. Screams echo from down the hall. To survive the night, the patients must fight off feral mutants and find a way to deal with the parasites growing in their bodies before it's too late. Get this scenario now on the RPPR Patreon!
actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Labyrinth Signal: Alienation of the Flesh
Three patients at a secretive corporate medical facility awaken with strange new scars on their chests. Parasites writhe within their bodies, surgically implanted. Screams echo from down the hall. To survive the night, the patients must fight off feral…
Three patients at a secretive corporate medical facility awaken with strange new scars on their chests. Parasites writhe within their bodies, surgically implanted. Screams echo from down the hall. To survive the night, the patients must fight off feral…
I realize I just wrote a Philomena Cunk question
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I realize I just wrote a Philomena Cunk question
can't wait to spit my hot takes on vaporwave next week!
The only thing better than a Hot Takes episode is two of ‘em back to back! We’re bringing Birk and @rosspayton.bsky.social from @nightclerkradio.bsky.social on next Monday, November 3 at 8PM ET! @luxurynoise.co and @yungshiro.bsky.social on hosting duty, so be there via twitch.tv/hottakesvapor!
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
can't wait to spit my hot takes on vaporwave next week!
if the rule is "Show don't tell" why are there are storytellers and not storyshowers?
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
if the rule is "Show don't tell" why are there are storytellers and not storyshowers?
I really enjoyed the Gargoyles of Vyones! It set a high bar for all future barber beats albums for me
Thanks to @nightclerkradio.bsky.social for the awesome review! It's not often that someone does a deep dive like this on an album of mine, so I really appreciate it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE_m...
October New Music The Gargoyles of Vyônes and INFINITY VOL.II
YouTube video by Night Clerk Radio
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October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I really enjoyed the Gargoyles of Vyones! It set a high bar for all future barber beats albums for me
I put a few PDFs of mine on sale! Check them out itch.io/s/165586/hal...
Halloween Sale 2025 by Role Playing Public Radio
A bundle by Role Playing Public Radio, $6.00 for Reflections in Tears, The Night Clerk: Architectural Horror Zine
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October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I put a few PDFs of mine on sale! Check them out itch.io/s/165586/hal...