Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast

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Dice, dread and first chapters from the RQ network.

The gist

Rusty Quill Gaming is a tabletop role-playing feed, and it also hands its slot to other productions through episodes titled RQ Network Feed Drop. The range is wide, from improvised Call of Cthulhu horror to a Dungeons & Dragons crew whose ship loses its front end to a kraken.

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About Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast

Rusty Quill Gaming is a tabletop role-playing feed. Helen introduces one of its guest drops and is named as the voice of Azu from the show. The feed is also a doorway. Episodes titled RQ Network Feed Drop give the slot to other productions on the RQ network, and each one follows the same shape: a short spoken welcome, the episode itself, then directions to where the rest of that series lives. Several people deliver the welcomes, including Lowri, Billy Hindle and Kareem, who is introduced as the voice of Simon Fairchild from the Magnus Archives. Several of the drops are a series' first episode, which makes them an easy point of entry. The shows share roots in tabletop play or audio fiction but do very different things with them. Role Britannia is the rowdiest example. It is a comedy Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition show whose players have little to no experience of the game, and in its remastered pilot a kraken breaks the front off their ship while the table tallies damage and prays over the dice. Push the Roll with Ross Bryant is darker. It plays improvised Call of Cthulhu, where failing a pushed roll means something terrible happens, and one scene lingers in a dusty used bookshop over a weathered paperback with an oil-painted cover. The dropped chapter, part one of The Butterfly Factory, has Brennan Lee Mulligan as a guest. Planet Arcana is presented by two game runners through a D&D 5e framework and drops its characters into a casino in a retro-futuristic world of humans and androids. In the excerpt, they agree to keep secrets from a naive bot and watch a figure called Harley Highstakes over an earpiece. Then the format changes. Last Dance is billed as a dark fantasy audio drama with a full cast of Northern Irish voices, following Jericho Rake, a battlefield scavenger in a godless world. In one tense exchange, a threatening figure promises to kill the scavenger, but only after learning his language. [REDACTED] is a monster-of-the-week procedural in which Jacob Kane, a failing actor, steps into his late twin's life and ends up in a covert unit that contains impossible creatures. Its excerpt stays small and human, with grief over a brother and an unwelcome call from the landlord. Soul Operator sits between play and drama, turning solo tabletop games into narrated stories that follow Tessa Whitlock. The mix is what makes the feed useful. One place holds table comedy, cosmic horror, science fantasy and grim war fiction, and each drop points to more of the same show.

Made for: Suits a listener who enjoys tabletop role-playing in audio form and wants to try new actual-play and audio-drama series from their first episode before committing.

What sets it apart: Besides its own table, the feed carries episodes from sister shows with a short introduction, so comedy D&D, improvised Call of Cthulhu, science fantasy and dark fantasy drama all sit in one place, each with a clear path to the full series.

In their own words

All the latest episodes of the Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast, a weekly ‘actual play’ podcast following a group of comedians as they play original, extended, table-top Role-Playing Games. Expect epic battles, critical misses and the occasional special guest as the party strive for fame and glory whilst cracking wise and trying not to kill one another. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why you'd press play

A casino stakeout stalls for hat talk; your taste for odd detours has found a feed drop.

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  • a network preview where casino intrigue pauses for sincere hat appreciation
  • a horror game that makes a cheap paperback feel like a very bad purchase
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Best episodes of Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast

Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.

RQ Network Feed Drop – Planet Arcana: Episode 1–Welcome to RiskothequeApr 13, 2026

A casino mystery pulls a naive android, stolen organs, and tarot-inspired gods into one playful orbit.

Planet Arcana begins at the Risco Tech casino, where a gentle, naive android has accepted a job every other scrapper refused. That choice gives the premiere an immediate sense of risk without crowding out its stranger pleasures.

RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee MulliganFeb 11, 2026

A weathered paperback opens into 1970 New York, where improvised comedy and cosmic horror begin tugging the story downtown.

Ross Bryant turns a blank page into a 1970 New York nightmare, steering an improvised Call of Cthulhu adventure from a dusty bookstore toward the Butterfly Factory.

RQ Network Feed Drop – Last Dance “S1E1 -Lesser Gods”Dec 19, 2025

A battlefield scavenger bargains for his life as a strange gauntlet and stolen words tighten the danger.

Last Dance begins with a battlefield scavenger making survival out of what the dead have left behind, then tightens around his encounter with an Ardash soldier who means to kill him.

RQ Network Feed Drop – [REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)Nov 10, 2025

A grieving actor inherits a dangerous new life as overdue rent meets paranormal forces.

Grief drives Redacted's opening without turning it solemn. After his twin's death, failing actor Jacob Kane steps into his late brother's life and the Redacted unit, a covert agency charged with containing impossible creatures and phenomena.

RQ Network Feed Drop – Soul Operator – 1.01 The AwakeningNov 3, 2025

A memoryless awakening turns a strange welcome into a compact, unsettling audio mystery.

Soul Operator begins with Tessa Whitlock waking in a disordered house, stripped of memory and surrounded by frightening writing that offers more alarm than explanation.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    RQG 216 - Death From Above

    ·42m
  2. 2

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Last Dance “S1E1 -Lesser Gods”

    ·45m
  3. 3

    RQ Network Feed Drop – [REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)

    ·22m
  4. 4

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Soul Operator – 1.01 The Awakening

    ·24m
  5. 5

    Title: RQ Network Feed Drop – Ep. 1: We Be Shipwrecked - Chapter 1 (Remastered) | #DND

    ·1h 1m
  6. 6

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Myth & Moon

    ·58m
  7. 7

    RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Obverse of the Mirror Part 1

    ·50m
  8. 8

    Announcement: 2024 Holiday Update from Rusty Towers

    ·3m
  9. 9

    Announcement: 2023 Holiday News from Rusty Towers

    ·8m
  10. 10

    Special Announcement: Magnus, Recent Network Shows and More

    ·4m
  11. 11

    Announcement: RQ Network Introducing Wave 3

    ·3m
  12. 12

    RQG - Goodbye for Now

    ·3m
  13. 13

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 3

    ·42m
  14. 14

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 2

    ·55m
  15. 15

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 1

    ·45m
  16. 16

    Updates, Upcoming Shows, We're Alive: Descendants

    ·3m
  17. 17

    RQG Post Campaign Q&A - Part 3

    ·1h 11m
  18. 18

    RQG - Return of the Roman Rogues - Part 3

    ·53m
  19. 19

    RQG - Return of the Roman Rogues - Part 2

    ·44m
  20. 20

    RQG Roman Rogues Return - Part 1

    ·44m
  21. 21

    RQG - The Making of RQG

    ·1h 4m
  22. 22

    RQG Post-Season Q&A - Part 2

    ·1h 16m
  23. 23

    RQG - Post-Campaign Q&A Part 1

    ·1h 5m
  24. 24

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 3 (Declassified)

    ·1h 6m
  25. 25

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 2 (Declassified)

    ·54m
  26. 26

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 1 (Declassified)

    ·1h
  27. 27

    RQG Epilogue - Part 3

    ·46m
  28. 28

    RQG Epilogue - Part 2

    ·47m
  29. 29

    RQG 212 - Final Rest

    ·44m
  30. 30

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 3

    ·59m
  31. 31

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 2

    ·58m
  32. 32

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 1

    ·39m
  33. 33

    RQG Epilogue - Part 1

    ·1h 1m
  34. 34

    RQG 218 - Erasing the Line

    ·56m
  35. 35

    Join us for Rusty Quill Gaming and Giving 2021!

    ·1m
  36. 36

    RQG 217 - Last Stand

    ·48m
  37. 37

    RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee Mulligan

    ·56m
  38. 38

    RQG 215 - Tower Defence

    ·49m
  39. 39

    RQG 214 - Guivres

    ·49m
  40. 40

    RQG - Audio Fiction Week/ Halloween 2021 Special - The Skeleton Crew Part 2

    ·1h 44m
  41. 41

    RQG - Audio Fiction Week/ Halloween 2021 Special - The Skeleton Crew Part 1

    ·1h 31m
  42. 42

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 3

    ·53m
  43. 43

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 2

    ·50m
  44. 44

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 1

    ·46m
  45. 45

    RQG 213 - Be Prepared

    ·50m
  46. 46

    RQG 211 - The Writer's Tale

    ·49m
  47. 47

    RQG 210 - Nuff Said

    ·54m
  48. 48

    RQG 209 - Shades of Red

    ·46m
  49. 49

    RQG 208 - Threshold

    ·39m
  50. 50

    Announcement: RQ Network Introducing Wave 2

    ·2m
  51. 51

    RQG 207 - Hold the Line

    ·39m
  52. 52

    RQG 206 - It's Inside

    ·42m
  53. 53

    RQG 205 - A Barret Problem

    ·52m
  54. 54

    RQG 204 - Gifts!

    ·52m
  55. 55

    RQG Root Special - BenQuest Part 3

    ·54m
  56. 56

    RQG Root Special - BenQuest Part 2

    ·48m
  57. 57

    RQG Root Special - BenQuest Part 1

    ·55m
  58. 58

    RQG METACAST 9 - Relationships

    ·1h
  59. 59

    RQG 202 - Nom Nom Nom

    ·42m
  60. 60

    RQG 201 - A Colourful Encounter

    ·49m
  61. 61

    RQG 200 - Bossing It

    ·51m
  62. 62

    RQG 199 - Rock and a Thorn Place

    ·47m
  63. 63

    RQG 198 - Tourist Traps

    ·46m
  64. 64

    RQG 197 - Sounds in the Deep

    ·46m
  65. 65

    RQG 196 - A Brief Catchup

    ·45m
  66. 66

    Announcement: Rusty Quill Network

    ·3m
  67. 67

    RQG 195 - The One That Got Away

    ·48m
  68. 68

    RQG 194 - Full Circle

    ·51m
  69. 69

    RQG 193 - Cult Classics

    ·47m
  70. 70

    RQG 192 - Sown Seeds

    ·50m
  71. 71

    RQG 191 - Friends in Low Places

    ·43m
  72. 72

    RQG 190 - Mind the Gap

    ·44m
  73. 73

    RQG 189 - Reality Check

    ·42m
  74. 74

    RQG 188 - Wibble Wobble

    ·56m
  75. 75

    RQG 187 - It Tolls For Tree!

    ·51m
  76. 76

    RQG 186 - For Whom The Bell Tolls

    ·52m
  77. 77

    RQG 185 - Silent Silver

    ·50m
  78. 78

    RQG 184 - Monster Mash

    ·48m
  79. 79

    RQG 183 - Strength in Numbers

    ·46m
  80. 80

    RQG/RQ Streams Crossover - What Is Here? Part 2

    ·49m
  81. 81

    RQG/RQ Streams Crossover - What Is Here? Part 1

    ·49m
  82. 82

    RQG 182 - The Garden of Yerlik

    ·52m
  83. 83

    RQG 181 - Baggage

    ·50m
  84. 84

    RQG 180 - Visitation

    ·48m
  85. 85

    RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 3

    ·49m
  86. 86

    Announcement: Seasons Greetings 2020

    ·2m
  87. 87

    RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 2

    ·45m
  88. 88

    RQG Bite Marks Holiday Special - Part 1

    ·51m
  89. 89

    RQG 179 - Eat, Drink and Be Merry

    ·51m
  90. 90

    Announcement: Rusty Quill Gaming and Giving 2020

    ·1m
  91. 91

    RQG 178 - Frost and Fire

    ·45m
  92. 92

    RQG 177 - Last Words (Part 2)

    ·52m
  93. 93

    RQG 176 - Last Words (Part 1)

    ·51m
  94. 94

    RQG 175 - Ascension

    ·48m
  95. 95

    RQG/STL Halloween Crossover Special 2020 - Part 3

    ·44m
  96. 96

    RQG/STL Halloween Crossover Special 2020 - Part 2

    ·1h
  97. 97

    RQG/STL Halloween Crossover Special 2020 - Part 1

    ·52m
  98. 98

    RQG 174 - Impact

    ·1h
  99. 99

    RQG Post Campaign Q&A - Part 4

    ·1h 3m
  100. 100

    RQG 203 - Excessively Sneaky

    ·43m
  101. 101

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Planet Arcana: Episode 1–Welcome to Riskotheque

    Hidden gem

    Lowri introduces Planet Arcana as a science-fantasy audio fiction set in a retro-futuristic world of humans and androids, then the story drops into Riskotech’s neon casino and a heist involving a small statue of a dog.

    Apr 13, 2026·1h 34m·5 clips
  102. 102

    RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Butterfly Factory Part 1 with Brennan Lee Mulligan

    Hidden gem

    Push the Roll with Ross Bryant turns a Patreon-picked title, “The Butterfly Factory,” into an improvised Call of Cthulhu story set in Warhol-era New York, with Brennan Lee Mulligan at the table.

    Feb 11, 2026·56m·3 clips
  103. 103

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Last Dance “S1E1 -Lesser Gods”

    Hidden gem

    Last Dance’s "S1E1 - Lesser Gods" opens with Billy Hindle framing Jericho Rake as a battlefield scavenger in a godless world, then cuts into a war-torn Great South where the Northmen have landed and the Eightfold House may have fallen.

    Dec 19, 2025·45m·3 clips
  104. 104

    RQ Network Feed Drop – [REDACTED] S1E1: False Start (Part 1)

    Hidden gem

    A feed drop introducing the new audio drama Redacted, where a man assumes his dead twin's identity and joins a secret agency fighting paranormal threats.

    Nov 10, 2025·22m·1 clip
  105. 105

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Soul Operator – 1.01 The Awakening

    Hidden gem

    A feed drop episode introducing the podcast Soul Operator, an actual play blended with narrative storytelling where solo TTRPGs are adapted into audio dramas.

    Nov 3, 2025·24m·1 clip
  106. 106

    Title: RQ Network Feed Drop – Ep. 1: We Be Shipwrecked - Chapter 1 (Remastered) | #DND

    A comedy Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast featuring inexperienced British players embarking on a high seas adventure.

    Oct 13, 2025·1h 1m·2 clips
  107. 107

    RQ Network Feed Drop – Myth & Moon

    Sep 29, 2025·58m
  108. 108

    RQ Network Feed Drop - Push the Roll with Ross Bryant: The Obverse of the Mirror Part 1

    An improvised Call of Cthulhu actual play podcast blending cosmic horror and dark comedy.

    Sep 10, 2025·50m
  109. 109

    Announcement: 2024 Holiday Update from Rusty Towers

    Dec 23, 2024·3m
  110. 110

    Announcement: 2023 Holiday News from Rusty Towers

    Dec 14, 2023·8m
  111. 111

    Special Announcement: Magnus, Recent Network Shows and More

    Oct 24, 2022·4m
  112. 112

    Announcement: RQ Network Introducing Wave 3

    May 16, 2022·3m
  113. 113

    RQG - Goodbye for Now

    Apr 27, 2022·3m
  114. 114

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 3

    Apr 20, 2022·42m
  115. 115

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 2

    Apr 13, 2022·55m
  116. 116

    RQG - Raging Grannies - Part 1

    Apr 6, 2022·45m
  117. 117

    Updates, Upcoming Shows, We're Alive: Descendants

    Apr 6, 2022·3m
  118. 118

    RQG Post Campaign Q&A - Part 4

    Mar 30, 2022·1h 3m
  119. 119

    RQG Post Campaign Q&A - Part 3

    Mar 23, 2022·1h 11m
  120. 120

    RQG - Return of the Roman Rogues - Part 3

    Mar 16, 2022·53m
  121. 121

    RQG - Return of the Roman Rogues - Part 2

    Mar 9, 2022·44m
  122. 122

    RQG Roman Rogues Return - Part 1

    Mar 2, 2022·44m
  123. 123

    RQG - The Making of RQG

    Feb 23, 2022·1h 4m
  124. 124

    RQG Post-Season Q&A - Part 2

    Feb 16, 2022·1h 16m
  125. 125

    RQG - Post-Campaign Q&A Part 1

    Feb 9, 2022·1h 5m
  126. 126

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 3 (Declassified)

    Feb 2, 2022·1h 6m
  127. 127

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 2 (Declassified)

    This episode is a promotional segment for the RQ Network, featuring ads for Binge streaming service and the horror podcast Malevolent.

    Jan 26, 2022·54m
  128. 128

    RQG - Into the Wilds Part 1 (Declassified)

    A promo for the horror podcast Malevolent, followed by the start of a side quest in the RQG series heading north.

    Jan 19, 2022·1h
  129. 129

    RQG Epilogue - Part 3

    Jan 12, 2022·46m
  130. 130

    RQG Epilogue - Part 2

    Jan 5, 2022·47m
  131. 131

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 3

    Dec 29, 2021·59m
  132. 132

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 2

    A comedic actual play RPG podcast episode featuring a holiday-themed treasure hunt with humorous characters.

    Dec 22, 2021·58m
  133. 133

    RQG Holiday Special - Himbo Treasure Hunt Part 1

    Dec 15, 2021·39m
  134. 134

    RQG Epilogue - Part 1

    Dec 8, 2021·1h 1m
  135. 135

    RQG 218 - Erasing the Line

    Dec 1, 2021·56m
  136. 136

    RQG 217 - Last Stand

    Nov 24, 2021·48m
  137. 137

    RQG 216 - Death From Above

    Nov 17, 2021·42m
  138. 138

    RQG 215 - Tower Defence

    Nov 10, 2021·49m
  139. 139

    RQG 214 - Guivres

    Nov 3, 2021·49m
  140. 140

    RQG - Audio Fiction Week/ Halloween 2021 Special - The Skeleton Crew Part 2

    Oct 31, 2021·1h 44m
  141. 141

    RQG - Audio Fiction Week/ Halloween 2021 Special - The Skeleton Crew Part 1

    Oct 30, 2021·1h 31m
  142. 142

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 3

    Oct 27, 2021·53m
  143. 143

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 2

    Oct 20, 2021·50m
  144. 144

    RQG The Quiet Year Halloween Special - Part 1

    Oct 13, 2021·46m
  145. 145

    RQG 213 - Be Prepared

    Oct 6, 2021·50m
  146. 146

    RQG 212 - Final Rest

    Sep 29, 2021·44m
  147. 147

    RQG 211 - The Writer's Tale

    Sep 22, 2021·49m
  148. 148

    RQG 210 - Nuff Said

    Sep 15, 2021·54m
  149. 149

    RQG 209 - Shades of Red

    Sep 8, 2021·46m