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Merely Players

Welcome to the show where every tabletop"s a stage...and we are Merely Players!Join Merely Players at the table as they travel through Saretta unravelling the strands of Fate. Confronting monarchs, traversing planes, one thing’s for sure they have no idea what they’re doing…A UK based D&D Podcast, Merely Players creates a variety work across genres. From comedy, horror and sci-fi, we’re here to bring you along for the adventure!Find us on Instagram and TikTokFor more bonus content including

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1:07:00

Dreams of Saretta Ep10: 'I Spy With My Little Scry'

Merely Players ·

2023/07/17

It's one fight after another as the gang comes out of the wreckage of the Tomb of Rogon with fists swinging. They've got a race against the clock to get back across the desert and make the antidote that can save not only Tük, but also Alluin, Reveriel, and Dyrt from slowly turning to stone. Will these heroes live to fight another day?*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we

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1:13:06

United City Ep10: 'Meeting of the Minds'

Merely Players ·

2023/07/10

It's an experimental episode this week folks! Jumping back in time, we explore what went on from the moment that Jack Watts laid his hands on the orb inside The GamesHouse and his meeting with the mysterious AI that they found there. How will he get out of his own head? Who will save him this time, with his friends having gone off on their own adventure? And will he ever get to see them again?It's Jack Watts and Company versus the world this week in United City: 2173*United City: 2173 will feature

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Dreams of Saretta Ep9: 'A Petrifying Encounter'

Merely Players ·

2023/07/03

It's tunin' time! Deep beneath the Temple of Rogon, our Sarettan heroes come face to face with a demi-god. Heads and arrows roll in this combat! Will they all make it out in one piece?*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes that are difficult to listen to, we ask that you look after yourselves. Any scenes or descriptions of darker material will come with

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1:28:25

United City Ep9: 'Making Friends and Influencing People'

Merely Players ·

2023/06/26

Welcome back to United City - or should I say, welcome to the Underground! Our heroes, along with their new companion, Aurin, have made their way to the Ealings, where things are locked down and tense. But in this absolutely chaotic ride, leave it to Sylvester Ecks to break all the ice. Please remember to wash your hands!*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to

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53:30

Dreams of Saretta Ep8: 'Puzzles for Algernon'

Merely Players ·

2023/06/22

The gang is crawling deeper into the tomb of Rogon, where some strange happenings are afoot - and there are plenty of puzzles and traps to be set on them! It's time for a dungeon-crawl, gang!*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes that are difficult to listen to, we ask that you look after yourselves. Any scenes or descriptions of darker material will come

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1:31:34

United City Ep8: 'Sssee it. Sssay it. Sssorted.'

Merely Players ·

2023/06/12

Welcome back to United City! Having dropped (quite literally) Jack Watts off with The Black Hand, the remaining trio rest for the evening in V's flat above the bar and make a few revelations about themselves and who this figure may be, before being whisked down below the surface of the city, into the abandoned rail system that once made up the Underground, where they meet the strange and horrifying Dr. Alter Coti and his top officer, Aurin.Content Advisory:1:30:30-1:30:40: Direct threat of

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1:13:35

Dreams of Saretta Ep7: '*knock knock*...Housekeeping?'

Merely Players ·

2023/06/05

Welcome back to Saretta! The team has reached the temple of Rogon and seem to be...expected? What could possibly go wrong when a temple hidden in a desert needs housekeepers to come clean up? Well, our gang is more than happy to find out - for a price!*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes that are difficult to listen to, we ask that you look after

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1:03:58

United City Ep7: 'Minutes to Midnight'

Merely Players ·

2023/05/28

Trapped in The GamesHouse with a now-unconscious, but possibly still possessed, Jack Watts, the gang needs to make a break for it as the clock comes winding down and the New Year is upon us: could these new tidings bring about something much larger and much stranger afoot? And where do they turn for help in their investigation into the murdered Cloy Breck and their new companion's larger problems?*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is

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1:30:25

Dreams of Saretta Ep6: 'We Should Have Brought A Horse'

Merely Players ·

2023/05/21

...are we there yet?On a mission to save a new ally, the Saretta team crosses the wide expanse of the desert, fending off heat stroke and sand storms; truly the first time they've had to experience the open wilds of this land and not always coming out the better for it! It's time to get hot with your friends, everyone.*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes

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52:33

United City Ep6: 'With Friends Like These...'

Merely Players ·

2023/05/15

The team takes on their biggest challenge yet - Jack Watts. It's a fight for their friend between our trio of misfits and the strange AI that has been developed in The Gameshouse. Will anyone make it out unscathed?*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to the improvisational structure of the show, if you find that we wander into material that's not safe for you,

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1:18:37

Dreams of Saretta Ep5: 'Alluin's Big Day'

Merely Players ·

2023/05/08

The gang is learning about the gods this week! But all knowledge comes with a price and our team takes on a task to help save Tuk from the poison that is slowly turning him to stone. As they prepare to leave for a desert trek, they do what anyone would naturally do on a night of rest - fighting pits, gambling, and drinking.*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into

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1:04:18

United City Ep5: 'Child's Play'

Merely Players ·

2023/04/30

The team, now separated (which is *always* a good idea), explores deep into The GamesHouse, on the hunt for what could have caused ALBION to crash - and what they find may be a bit more than they bargained for. Will they all make it out in one piece? Here there be dragons, friends.*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to the improvisational structure of the show,

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1:08:36

Dreams of Saretta Ep4: 'Lemmings'

Merely Players ·

2023/04/23

If your friends jump down into a pit in an underground hideout, would you? If you answered yes, you’re correct! Join the Arcane Investigators as they literally dive deeper into the mysteries surrounding the leader of the Thieves’ Guild, Tuk Quickly (as well as maybe poisoning themselves, possibly for fun, but hey - they met a cool tree, so it all worked out)*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also

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1:09:49

United City Ep4: 'Desiderium Dreams'

Merely Players ·

2023/04/16

Marcus Fletcher goes home for the first time - but how much of it is real? And how much of another man is conscious in his mind? The team dive deep into the memories of their companion and venture into the home of the virtual world of ALBION in The Gameshouse.*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to the improvisational structure of the show, if you find that we

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1:34:50

Dreams of Saretta Ep3: 'Tük You Long Enough'

Merely Players ·

2023/04/09

It's a day of Arcane Investigations, folks! From visions of a cloudy past to asking a very specific number of questions to certain creatures, the gang learns more about the kidnapping of the boy they're set to find - and wander deeper into the bowels of Boranor to meet a dangerous man. Welcome back to Saretta!Credits:Jacob Cesar as DyrtAustin Hayes as ReverielEmily Sawtell as EtherleafOli Towse as AlluinMax Aspen as Dungeon MasterExecutive Producer: Austin HayesProduced by: Max AspenSound Design by:

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1:18:33

United City Ep3: 'Sign Your Death Away'

Merely Players ·

2023/04/02

Inside The Black Hand bar-turned-nightclub, our team meets and negotiates with V for their freedom and the possibility of learning more about who they all are; but in this world, everything comes with a price.*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to the improvisational structure of the show, if you find that we wander into material that's not safe for you, we

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1:19:48

Dreams of Saretta Ep3: 'A Seemingly Innocent Apple'

Merely Players ·

2023/03/26

Tavern brawls! Bartering with merchants! And…seemingly strange magic afoot? It’s D&D at its finest, my friends, and we are back in Saretta as our gang of misfits bumble their way through the shady outlaw town of Boranor: trust no one and keep your secrets close. *Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes that are difficult to listen to, we ask that you look

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1:22:39

United City Ep2: 'The Clutch of The Hand'

Merely Players ·

2023/03/20

Caught in an alley outside The Black Hand, our team celebrates New Year's Eve by facing off with two would-be assassins and venturing into the headquarters of one of United City's most powerful criminal organizations.(This is the episode where Austin gets the year wrong several times. (Honestly, my bad...). The year IS 2172, about to be 2173, which is the title.)*CONTENT WARNING:Discussions and allusions to off-screen torture from 1:18:50 - 1:20:10.United City: 2173 will feature darker themes,

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1:23:59

United City Ep1: 'YesterYear, Tomorrow'

Merely Players ·

2023/03/13

Having met at a crime scene which seems to link them all together on the South Side of the Central Ward, a trio arrives at a strange hotel and make a new connection as the time ticks away on New Year's Eve (2172)*United City: 2173 will feature darker themes, imagery, and descriptions. Listener discretion is advised. Specific instances will be called out in episode descriptions, but due to the improvisational structure of the show, if you find that we wander into material that's not safe for you, we

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1:01:55

Dreams of Saretta Ep1: 'Fumbled Beginnings'

Merely Players ·

2023/03/13

Dreams of SarettaEpisode 1On a mission to find a missing boy, the team has just taken down a Bugbear encampment and found a letter of safe passage to the mercenary town of Boranor -if they can manage to find it; and thus begins our tale of heroes as they try their best to make some friends.*Dreams of Saretta is an improvisational show in nature and strong language may be used throughout. Our goal is to keep this show light but also meaningful, so if we fall into scenes that are difficult to listen

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