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Maia’s Game Room

Maia's Game Room is a narrative actual play anthology featuring rules-light, story-driven TTRPGs from both indie and major publishers. Each season delivers a self-contained tale with a new system, setting, and cast, all crafted with cinematic sound design, emotional depth, and tight editing.Because every season is a completely standalone story, you can start listening anywhere.Part of the Many Sided Network.

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51:44

Haunted RPG: The Dead Don’t Testify — Ep. 2: Shadows...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/10/01

Description: Faye and George follow Orion’s trail into the frozen tenements of Palermo Block, where a ransacked room, a frightened witness, and lingering echoes of an old disaster point toward something larger than a single killing. As official pressure closes in, the investigators must decide who to trust before the city buries another truth.Listen to the episode 1 and 2 Post-Session Talkback: https://audio.com/maias-game-room-misc/audio/haunted-ep1-2-talkbackContent Warnings: Home invasion,

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66:07

Haunted RPG: The Dead Don’t Testify — Ep. 1: The Pier...

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2026/09/24

Description: On a freezing December night in 1929, the murder of Orion Bellwether draws medium Faye Bellwether and private investigator George Valentine into the fog-choked South Docks of Bellweather City. With the police eager to close the case and something strangely silent beyond the Veil, the investigators begin following Orion’s final clues into a mystery of grief, ghosts, and buried city secrets.Content Warnings: Gun violence, murder, blood, police corruption, grief, alcohol use, supernatural

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21:14

EP 8 (Talkback) | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone |...

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2026/07/02

Content warning: None – out‑of‑character discussion, light spoilers for the full series.Synopsis: The story is over. Now, the players and Game Master pull back the curtain as they discuss the making of this Old Gods-inspired miniseries, why Liminal Horror was the right system for Appalachian dread, and what it was like to bring Adelaide's tragedy to life. There is also discussions of some behind‑the-scenes moments and character choices. Light spoilers ahead – listen after Episode 7.CastMaia

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32:00

EP 7 (Finale) | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone |...

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2026/06/25

Content warning: Violence, death (supernatural and human), emotional goodbye, grief, resolution.Synopsis: Deep in the cave, the Mander Witch waits – bound and powerless. To free her, two men must face a corrupted enemy and make a final choice. The debt from childhood comes due. Not with blood, but with memory. And in a clearing long forgotten, a ghost says goodbye.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo

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24:15

EP 6 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

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2026/06/18

Content warning: Supernatural water threat, tense negotiation, environmental peril.Synopsis: The river rises with a fury – and a voice. It wants answers. It wants revenge. To survive the crashing wave, two men must convince the water to listen before it drowns them both. But the river remembers who took its protector. And it does not forgive easily.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo CuevaCredit: Set in

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28:01

EP 5 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/06/12

Content warning: Tense atmosphere, supernatural threat, water peril, mild horror imagery.Synopsis: Fifty miles north, the river waits. Somewhere along its banks lives a witch who can speak to the water – the only one who can stop what's coming. But the road is long, the woods are dark, and the current is rising. By the time they reach her door, it may already be too late.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by

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21:10

EP 4 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

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2026/06/04

Content warning: Violence, gore (animal bites), injury, supernatural threats, stress fallout.Synopsis: The debt from childhood is called in. To stop a dam that threatens to wake something ancient, two men must find a witch who speaks to rivers. But first, they have to survive the creature who holds their promise – and the darkness they carry within.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo CuevaCredit: Set in

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19:04

EP 3 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/05/28

Content warning: Grief, funeral setting, ghostly apparition, supernatural dread.Synopsis: Two men, bound by a childhood promise, return to their hometown for a funeral. But the old fort in the woods calls them back. And in the clearing where they once played, a voice from the past speaks – and an old debt stirs.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo CuevaCredit: Set in the world of the Old Gods of

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21:13

EP 2 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/05/21

Content warning: Supernatural bargaining, temporary child death (off-screen reversal), body horror (rabbit imagery), stress, panic.Synopsis: In the dark of the Appalachian woods, a creature offers a second chance – at a price. Two children must decide how far they will go for a friend. Decades later, a funeral brings them home. But some bargains are never truly paid.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo

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25:44

EP 1 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/05/14

Content warning: Death of a child (temporary), supernatural horror, body horror (rabbit imagery), childhood trauma, suffocation/death imagery, stress-induced panic.Summer, 1908. Deep in the Appalachian woods, three children play at being musketeers, throwing bang snaps and building a secret fort around a rabbit-shaped stone. Then one snap changes everything.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke” GreeneMusic by Guillermo

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20:33

EP 0 | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Unofficial Old...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/05/14

Content warning: Emotional neglect of a child (implied), mild peril, no graphic violence or death.This prologue is an unscripted "origin story" designed to build the emotional bond between the characters as children. It establishes the childhood friendship and blood pact that will haunt these same individuals as they return home as adults following a tragic event.While this origin story provides deep context for the characters' bonds, it is an optional listen before the main series

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0:59

Trailer | Best Leave Them Ghosts Alone | Old Gods of...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/05/07

Step into the shadows of Appalachia. A new standalone horror story steeped in the world of Old Gods of Appalachia.A childhood promise. A blood debt. And something ancient waiting in the dark, hungry and patient. This is an unofficial actual play story from Maia's Game Room, played using the brutal, tension-filled Liminal Horror system.► First two episodes arrive May 14th, 2026.CastMaia Wilson: Gamemaster / Narrator / EditorAndrew Park: as W.E. WhaleyMichael Gilbert: as Ezekiel “Zeke”

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19:15

Hiberia Lost: A Mech x Kaiju Solo Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/04/09

A year after the Kaiju first breached the Blockade, Pilot Ana Rossi and her sister Helia, the Engineer, are the sharp edge of Hiberia's spear. This is a story about the ultimate cost of survival, where the sisters sacrifice everything to hold back the tide of extinction.This audio drama is an edited, immersive retelling of a completed solo tabletop game session.Home is a solo role-playing game where you create and play out a tragic arc of a Pilot, their Mech, and the world they are fighting to

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83:21

S3E9: Iron Rising Series Talkback | A Starforged...

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/03/19

Step behind the scenes of Iron Rising Season 1 as the cast dissects the devastating conclusion to our Starforged actual play. In this talkback, we dive deep into the creative "bleed" and emotional exhaustion of the finale, exploring how the sibling bond between Dorian and Selene fractured under the weight of duty and ideology.We also discuss our evolution from heavy session prep to a more fluid, "fast and loose" style, the mechanical challenges of inevitable PvP, and the

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56:40

S3E8: The Choice (Finale) | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/03/05

Everything comes to a head as Selene and Dorian stand at the edge of a choice that will define who they are beyond rank, family, and doctrine. ==CAST==Maia Wilson: https://bsky.app/profile/maiasgameroom.bsky.socialMichael Gilbert: https://bsky.app/profile/morkallgm.bsky.social==COMPANION BLOG==https://starforged-iron-rising.bearblog.dev/iron-rising-episode-8-the-choice/==THE GAME==https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforgedSupport the show: https://ko-fi.com/maiaw

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41:50

S3E7: Peace Offerings | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/02/19

Trapped in the icy silence of the Venture following their violent fallout, the Kelvarus siblings attempt to navigate their fractured bond through peace offerings and guidance from home. As they approach the derelict Calypso, a confession about the target’s true nature forces them to confront whether duty to the state outweighs the loyalty of blood.==CAST==Maia Wilson: https://bsky.app/profile/maiasgameroom.bsky.socialMichael Gilbert: https://bsky.app/profile/morkallgm.bsky.social==COMPANION

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31:01

S3E6: Stalemate | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/02/05

Selene and Dorian push the investigation as far as it will go, only to find themselves locked in a tense deadlock. The hunt pauses, not because it’s over, but because both sides are waiting to see who blinks first.==CAST==Maia Wilson: https://bsky.app/profile/maiasgameroom.bsky.socialMichael Gilbert: https://bsky.app/profile/morkallgm.bsky.social==COMPANION BLOG==https://starforged-iron-rising.bearblog.dev/iron-rising-episode-6-stalemate/==THE

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44:08

S3E5: The Fool’s Gambit | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/01/22

This episode explores the secret pasts of the Kelvarus siblings through two defining flashbacks. In the Violet District, Selene reveals a hidden desire to be as unburdened as a legendary "Sable" during a private meeting with the artist Kaelle (KAY-elle). Simultaneously, the origins of Dorian’s bond with the Red leader, Ross, are unmasked during a high-stakes game at the Pulse Lounge, where a fateful wager binds them to the impending "Fool's Gambit".==CAST==Maia Wilson:

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44:30

S3E4: My Brother’s Lie | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2026/01/08

While Selene celebrates a breakthrough in the hunt for the Red leader, Dorian faces the mounting pressure of a secret that could shatter the trust between the Kelvarus siblings. As they prepare to leave Hyperion City for the derelict dreadnought Calypso, a deep-dive into surveillance data brings them face-to-face with an impossible truth.==CAST==Maia Wilson: https://bsky.app/profile/maiasgameroom.bsky.socialMichael Gilbert: https://bsky.app/profile/morkallgm.bsky.social==COMPANION

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48:23

S3E3: System Shock | A Starforged Actual Play

Maia’s Game Room ·

2025/12/18

A failed hack leaves Dorian in critical condition. As Selene stabilizes him, a digital ghost from the past reveals the android uprising is personal.==CAST==Maia Wilson: https://bsky.app/profile/maiasgameroom.bsky.socialMichael Gilbert: https://bsky.app/profile/morkallgm.bsky.social==COMPANION BLOG==https://starforged-iron-rising.bearblog.dev/iron-rising-episode-3-system-shock==THE GAME==https://tomkinpress.com/pages/ironsworn-starforgedSupport the show: https://ko-fi.com/maiaw

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