Preview: Fight Back the Storm - TTRPG Dark Urban Fantasy
Our flagship show, the Tabletop Revolution (TTR) audio podcast, is coming soon, and we want to tell you about one of the campaigns that inspired us to form TTR in the first place: FIGHT BACK THE STORM!
“Fight Back the Storm” is a dark urban fantasy story, using Magpie Games’s Urban Shadows system. Our story is set in an alternate fantasy San Francisco Bay Area, where powerful magic, conniving fae courts, and restless vampires share a world with greedy tech CEOs and opportunistic politicians. Climate change has driven many beings of the supernatural world to near extinction, paramilitary kidnappings and violence are increasingly commonplace, and and the ruthless pursuit of money at any cost has made life harder for everyone but a select few of the very wealthiest individuals. Sadly, it’s not too hard to see the parallels to our own world in this alternate dystopia.
Yes, the night is dark…but there is hope.
Into these troubling times step a knight of the fae Winter Court, a human freed from the clutches of their demonic overlord, a melancholy vampire who seeks a different path from his family’s bloody legacy, and a powerful wizard who’s created an entirely new sphere of magic itself.
We made this story because we wanted to plumb the vulnerable depths of what it means to survive (and even overcome) in an era of repression, authoritarianism, and darkness.
To tackle this incredible, powerful challenge, we brought on an amazing cast! Meet the cast behind “Fight Back the Storm:”
Anna Maeve: Anna Maeve is an award-wining actual play producer, performer, and podcaster, and executive producer for the Dareful Archives Podcast Network. Find more of Anna Maeve’s work at https://bloomandblight.com/.
Candace: Candace is an award-winning TTRPG performer and GM, writer, casting director, and a co-host of 3 black halflings. Find more of Candace’s work at https://linktr.ee/candacethemagnificent.
Kian: Kian is a TTRPG performer and can be seen on many different channels including Entropy Emporium, Live from the Apocalypse, and High Shelf Collective. Find more of Kian’s work at uptightchiffon or uptight-chiffon, like on Kian’s Bluesky.
Taylor: Taylor is a video editor, graphic designer, TTRPG performer and producer, GM on the Bloom & Blight podcast, Creative Director at High Shelf Collective, and admin on Apochromatic Unlimited. Find more of Taylor’s work at https://linktr.ee/_potaytayto.
John (“NerdyAdoptee”), facilitator/GM: John is the owner and founder of Tabletop Revolution (that’s us!), a progressive podcast and media network that centers welcoming inclusivity, emotional storytelling, and radical fun.
I cannot wait to show you the incredible campaign we’ve been cooking up for you! If you’d like to be the first to know when we launch, sign up for our email list and keep an eye on the TTR website and social media.