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RPG Stress Test is an actual play podcast where members of the DSM crew get together and ruin various RPG systems by running one-shot campaigns with idiotic settings and even dumber characters. New episodes release every two weeks!

46 Episodes

Stress Test - Squires of the Night Part 1 - Thousand Year Old Vampire
8/28/2026
57:31
Stress Test - Squires of the Night Part 1 - Thousand Year Old Vampire Adam and Elk play the one-player RPG Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings. Listen as they create a timeline that fully encapsulates the loneliness of living forever as an undead Frenchman. Check out Thousand Year Old Vampire by Tim Hutchings! https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/ -Cast- Prompter/Facilitator - Eldritch Elk Player - A-Mac - Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - Phallus: A Game of Seduction - Dallas: The Television RPG
8/14/2026
1:38:46
Phallus: A Game of Seduction - Dallas: The Television RPG We're back and we're playing Dallas: The Television Role-playing Game, an 80's crunchy-as-hell role-playing system based on the hit tv show, Dallas! We'll explore common soap opera tropes like seduction and murder. We'll even solve the age-old question. Who shot JR? -Cast- DM- Dallas Welk Players- Kat Murray - Bobby Ewing Zach Amory - Cliff Barnes ACheckeredPast - Jock Ewing A-Mac - Sue Ellen Ewing - Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
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Dead Set Media Update
8/3/2026
3:33
Dead Set Media Update A quick update on what we're working on. The New Dead Set Media RSS Feed - https://open.spotify.com/show/7HUUiHOxtvyWcOoOYPCo91?si=43c14693410642b6 Blood & Sun - https://open.spotify.com/show/2BcCLWiSzckbMYhm21FPwL?si=c4cda53390da4c9b Listen to The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne - https://www.lydiadisappears.com/
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Wreck the Halls
12/24/2025
1:55:06
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Wreck the Halls We're wrapping up season 4 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Wreck the Halls, a post-apocalyptic one page RPG by Thryn Henderson and Grant Howitt. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 5! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Teller Machine - Dallas Welk Finnabe Chrismass - Zach Amory Claus Bell De Saint Nikolaus - A-Mac Gribb Snubnose - ACP Check out Wreck the Halls - https://gshowitt.itch.io/wreck-the-halls - Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - Jolly Road - Witness Me
12/23/2024
1:10:53
Jolly Road - Witness Me We're wrapping up season 3 with another Christmas special! This time we're playing Witness Me, a Mad Max inspired one page RPG. We continue the saga of Nuclear Christmas and are again blessed by Elk's inspired world building and DMing abilities. See you next year for Season 4! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Lentil, Legume, Winsel, Pinsel - Dallas Welk Shiny Tim, Fetacheeser Scrooge - Zach Amory Fizz Wizz Twinkle Toes - Kat Murray Missile Tow, Ted - A-Mac Zelda, Ricky Rouse - TheWhiteShadow Check out Witness Me - https://www.reddit.com/r/onepagerpgs/comments/utqvk4/witness_me_seek_glorious_death_on_the_fury_road/#lightbox Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - Escape From Tinseltown - Goblin With a Fat Ass
12/25/2023
1:06:10
Escape From Tinseltown - Goblin With a Fat Ass It's another Christmas bonus! SURPRISE!!! This time we're taking on the WIDEly requested system Goblin with a Fat Ass by @Orbitaldropkick. We save Christmas yet again, this time as blessedly thicc goblins. Happy holidays folks, we'll see you next year for Season three! -Cast- DM- Eldritch Elk Players- Little Lord Grork - Dallas Welk Saint Thiccolas - Zach Amory Lil' Bit - Kat Murray Wizard King Bumtale Squattsalot - A-Mac Check out Goblin With a Fat Ass by @Orbitaldropkick-https://twitter.com/Orbitaldropkick/status/1728889290040680461 Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - DSM Royale: Mordal Combat - We Hardly Knew Ye
12/20/2023
2:00:30
DSM Royale: Mordal Combat - We Hardly Knew Ye The season 2 finale happens to also be the epic return of We Hardly Knew Ye and we saved the best for last. We attempt to service every fan by having our key Stressters reprise roles from episodes past. Join us as we fight for the sake of our universe in Mordal Combat. -Cast- DM- TheWhiteShadow Players- Kat Murray Dallas Welk Zach Amory Eldritch Elk A-Mac Furin Check out We Hardly Knew Ye by Caravansary! - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1z4AeHUT5rMY6l33IfXmykQiNWVaeZh8r - Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - 2 Guys 1 Moon - Two Guys on the Moon
12/6/2023
50:15
2 Guys 1 Moon - Two Guys on the Moon On this week's episode, we play yet another 2-player RPG, Two Guys on the Moon by Brendan McLeod. We figure out what it takes to appease the Digital Media Devil and fulfill a forgotten blood pact. Cast- TheWhiteShadow - TheWhiteShadow Dallas Welk - Dallas Welk Check out Two Guys on the Moon on Itch.io! - https://sulcata.itch.io/two-guys-on-the-moon Check out Brendan's website! - https://sulcata.carrd.co/ Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - A Night of Mostly Murders - Be Gay Solve Crime
11/22/2023
43:17
A Night of Mostly Murders - Be Gay Solve Crime This week Adam is Stresstin' our first one-player RPG, Be Gay Solve Crime by Oliver Darkshire. Adam's boyfriend, Chris, guest stars in this episode so we can introduce REAL sexual tension in the game! Cast- Detective William Scott- A-Mac Lieutenant Bob Johnson - Chris (Adam's Boyfriend) Sanctimony Brown - Dallas Welk Madame DeSplatt, Vivienne - Kat Murray Check out Oliver Darkshire's Linktree! - https://linktr.ee/oliverdarkshire Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com
Stress Test - The Spring Formal Part 2 - Let's Be Magical!
11/8/2023
1:16:04
The Spring Formal Part 2 - Let's Be Magical! After kicking a bunch of asses in the gym, the Magical Girls have to find the perfect dresses to wear to the Spring Formal. Will they wrap up every plot thread Kat throws at them, or are they doomed to banish the biggest evil and call it a day? Cast- DM- Kat Murray Methany- Dallas Welk B3- Zach Amory Smelly Beef- Mavaney Christianson Synnamon The Diamond- TheWhiteShadow Check out Let's Be Magical by Nick Potter! - https://sustain-a-spell.itch.io/lets-be-magical Check out Breathless by Fari RPG! - https://fari-rpgs.itch.io/breathless-srd Check out RPG Stress Test on social media! Twitter - https://twitter.com/RPGStressTest Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RPGStressTest Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWptBHBc3no9bht-EpZO8wQ Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/deadsetmedia Check out our merch store! - https://deadsetmedia.bigcartel.com

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46 Episodes

Stress Test - Squires of the Night Part 1 - Thousand Year Old Vampire

Stress Test - Phallus: A Game of Seduction - Dallas: The Television RPG

Dead Set Media Update

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - Wreck the Halls

Stress Test - Jolly Road - Witness Me

Stress Test - Escape From Tinseltown - Goblin With a Fat Ass

Stress Test - DSM Royale: Mordal Combat - We Hardly Knew Ye

Stress Test - 2 Guys 1 Moon - Two Guys on the Moon

Stress Test - A Night of Mostly Murders - Be Gay Solve Crime

Stress Test - The Spring Formal Part 2 - Let's Be Magical!