A Wasteland Story - a fallout solo-rpg podcast
A fallout solo-rpg podcast. Combining audio from the table, scripted narration and atmospheric soundscapes, A Wasteland Story follows the travel of a young girl, lost and alone, struggling to survive in the wasteland. SosKaid finds herself inexplicably rescued from the jagged rusty saw of a security robot by a young Brotherhood of Steel initiate. She had taken refuge in a factory building escaping the horrific events that overran her village and (presumably) wiped out her family and everyone she knew. Over the course of the season a plot will unfold involving Super Mutants, the Brotherhood, the New California Republic and a town run by ghouls. SosKaid will get caught up in political intrigue, raider conflicts, an abandoned vault, and the search to find her estranged uncle far to the north....probably. Based on the Fallout series of video games and Modiphius’ Fallout 2D20 tabletop rpg (ttrpg) system, this narrative driven meets actual play podcast brings together the creativity and interpretation of the player, and the randomness and unpredictability of the dice to tell an evolving story set in the fallout universe. Experience how a ttrpg can be played solo and still contain all of the drama, narrative, crits and complications of a game played at the table, all wrapped up in a narrative audio adventure put together by a professional audio engineer and podcaster. Join me PJ and our character SosKaid as we roll tape (and dice) to tell A Wasteland Story.
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Episodes
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Hello and Welcome Back to another episode of A Wasteland Story.
In this episode, your heroine and mine SosKaid and her fellow Brotherhood captive find themselves in the sleazy grip of a nasty raider.
Can they escape? Will he get what's coming to him? and...are there any Iguana's in the wasteland?
Find out the answer to some of these questions and more in this daring, death defying and positively putrid smelling episode of A Wasteland Story.
You can get in touch with me on:
awastelandstorypodcast@gmail.com, PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free membership will get you access to the community chat and my public newsletters
Links & Recs
You can listen to my other SoloRPG Interview/Actual play The Solo RolePlayers Podcast
If you would like to check out the Fallout 2D20 system for yourself you can visit the Modiphius website.
Creators that helped me discover this weird and wonderful hobby:
Man Alone
Boardgames with Thomas - Fallout Series
Geek Gamers
The Dungeon Dive
Lords of the Dungeon (The Secret Cabal)
Girls Who Don’t DnD
Me Myself & Die
Reading Materials that helped me figure out what the hell I am doing:
Mythic GM Emulator 2E
Solo Game Masters Guide - geekgamer
Music and Sound Effects in this series are credited to:
Epidemic Sound
Archive.org (public domain)
Fallout: Cascadia (see individual composers below)
And a special credit to the wonderful talent of Mark Morgan who composed the original (Fallout 1&2) and Wasteland 2 soundtracks, and Inon Zur (New Vegas, Fallout Tactics, etc.) which are also available on Archive.org
Fallout: Cascadia Composers
Alex Catana - https://soundcloud.com/alexcatana
Garrett Beelow - https://soundcloud.com/garrettb
Jaimy Kortenhoff - https://soundcloud.com/see4urself
Sylwester Faustmann - https://soundcloud.com/sylwester-faustmann
Sergey Neiss - https://soundcloud.com/sergeyneiss
Kalle "TheSurpriser" Nilsson
What Is Solo Roleplaying?
Solo Roleplaying is a set of techniques that can be used to play traditional table-top rpg games without the need for someone else (a GM or similar) to run it. The experience is obviously quite different to that of sitting around a table with friends and having adventures. Different...but potentially just as rich in imagination, narrative, gameplay ad creativity. Solo roleplaying has been around in various forms nearly as long as the hobby itself but has seen a significant rise in popularity in the last few years. So much so that major ttrpg developers are beginning to include solo-rules out of the box. If you want to try it for yourself there are a wealth of resources on YouTube and reddit (for example) for you to explore.