James Barbarossa
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The first ever Blood on the Clocktower live-play podcast! Each episode is brimming with betrayal! Follow along for a new episode every month and guests from No Rolls Barred, The Pandemonium Institute & beyond!
CY_BORG II pickups up mere moments after the end of the first series as things go from bad to worse for Edge, Blythe, Kei and Pyrex.
A dark secret in Zongroff's past has come back to haunt her and her fellow classmates and team members on the school Duelerball team... This is one of Realms of Peril & Glory’s collaborations with Actual Play UK!
A mysterious Carnival has appeared on the outskirts of New Harbour, pulling patrons in to experience the wonders with its supernatural allure. After one of their party goes missing, the heroes of New Harbour must seek the help of a mysterious professor with knowledge of the Carnival.
Someone has attempted to kill Franco Rapscallion, patriarch of the Rapscallion Crime Family that owns the streets of New Harbour. Now enforcers of the crime family must investigate the attempt and understand just what is going down on the streets of the Ash Lanes and who is coming for the Rapscallions.
The city of CY sprawls impossibly across the landscape like the corpse of an ancient predator. Four Ne'er-do-well in the city of CY have been given a job that could clear out their enormous debt.
It’s a swashbuckling good-time in an alternative history version of the French Revolution! Rufus, Voleur, Lady Victoria and Belladonna arrive in the village of DeGaul after receiving a letter from a former lover in a desperate search for help!
The Lythwyn Festival has descended upon Vael. Torbrennan and Zongroff have been invited to join the Gral'Shaak family for celebrations! But soon enough family tensions rise alongside a supernatural mystery that ensnares the Gral’Shaak family home! Can Torbrennan, Zongroff and a hilarious collection of family members same Lythwyn?
Follow Cantae, Calliope and Himboculese as they sail across the Aegean sea with their crew, returning home to Crete after war. But along the way they stumble upon islands that contain spirits, monsters and a dreaded pirate queen! In the name of the gods these Mythological heroes will save the day!
Welcome to Nibiru, a space station the size of a planet. In the darkness at the edge of the world four Vagabonds are found washed up with no memory of this world or their place in it.
It’s Saturday and the trouble-making students of Shermer High School are headed to detention! What they don’t realise is that something is stalking the halls, hunting them and dragging them to an early grave! Cheesy horror and hilarious thrills abound!
Every episode GM James Barbarossa arrives with a new set of guests who have arrived completely unprepared! Live at the table they improvise the setting, characters and even the rules of the game! Ready for a chaotic good time? Get ready for You Awaken in a Strange Place!
When Jack Frost steals Santa’s Hat right from within his workshop the North Pole goes into high alert! Christmas is coming and without Santa’s Hat Christmas cannot go ahead!
Vael, world of Magic, Monsters and Machines! Four unlikely heroes receive visions of the city in peril. Nothing is quite as it seems as subterfuge spreads to every corner of this magical city. Join Zongroff, Maerydyth, Torbrennan and Isadora as they race against the clock to save New Harbour City!
Meet James (He/Him)
Frequent player, occasional GM, and semi-professional tune wrangler for Realms of Peril and Glory, James Barbarossa, is a co-creator and in-house composer for The Light and Tragic Company.
Hey James – tell us about yourself!
What was your first TTRPG? ✏️
D&D 5e, because I’m basic.
What’s your favourite TTRPG? 📚
D&D 5e, because I’m basic.
Okay then! Tell me your favourite D&D Class! ⚔️
Swashbuckler Rogue x Drunken Master Monk (The Swashdrunkler)
Which Realms series has been your favourite to be a part of? 🎤
Nibiru, I cried.
So what is your favourite colour? 🎨
Red or Purple
Favourite Dinosaur? 🦖
Bowser
What’s the best dice? 🎲
d100, when it really hits the fan.