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Orphans - Episode 1 - Video Draft

Hey everyone! Please enjoy a working draft of my work so far on the next video series. You may have seen some of my progress on the Discord already.

There's a bunch of tweaks left to go and refinement of the graphics but it's quite watchable in this state. I will also need to record a intro blurb up top on camera so I can announce a cool c...

Podcast Update August 2025 - Orphans Public Release Date and YouTube Video

Hey everyone!

Man July just flew by, lots of things happening at the Bugbear household, both personally and creatively.

Orphans Episode 3 was just released on the Patreon feed, this series turned out to be one of the best we've done and it was an absolute slog to edit and get just right but it's now complete and ready to be enjoye...

Orphans - Episode 3 - The Kids Aren't Alright

The search for the kids continues aboard Imuen Station as strange verdant manifestations continue to manifest.

The thrilling finale of our actual play of Orphans by Luke Gearing for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG from Tuesday Knight Games.

This episode pretty much destroyed me lol, so so many hour...

Orphans - Episode 2 - Dirty Deeds

Disaster has fallen upon Imuen Station, blood and soil mix together in it's verdant halls. The crew encounter a survivor who will hopefully shed some light on the situation.

The continuation of our actual play of Orphans by Luke Gearing for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG from Tuesday Knight Games.

There's...

Orphans - Episode 1 - No Departures

A crack team is contracted to rescue two teenagers from the clutches of Tri-Sun Products and their clandestine plans. Here we go! The first

A crack team is contracted to rescue two teenagers from the clutches of Tri-Sun Products and their clandestine plans.

Here we go! The first episode of our actual play of...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 12 - The Hunter

Walking right into it's trap, the Troubleshooters come face to face with The Hunter.

What an episode! We hope you enjoy a bit of action, sometimes confusing action but we got there in the end!

The mid-season break has begun, Trouble In The Deep will now go on a little break while I begin wor...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 11 - Lies, And Audiotape

The journey to the COMMFEED room is not without incident, as the teams personal comms are disrupted.

Back to good form with this episode I think!. Apologies for the delay, I'm back into my usual editing rhythm after last weeks YouTube video and this week recording of-oh I dunno, a little oneshot of ORPHANS! :D 2025-06-29 18:14:58 +0000 UTC View Post

Small Update - Ten Weeks of Trouble in The Deep, Mothership Month 25, Orphans Released!

Hey everyone! We're 10 weeks into the new campaign, pretty crazy huh?

I'm enjoying it a lot so far, it certainly feels separate from our previous venture into The Deep, I was worried it might be too similar but I think the characters and their actions so far are very separated from the last crew. I hope you are all enjoying it also, let m...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 10 - The Commfeed's Connected To The...

The Troubleshooters establish a beachhead within the Control Room of Floor 6 as they decide their next move.

Well, we got there in the end I think.

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com

All other sound...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 9 - Does Anyone Else Hear Knocking?

With their designated landing zone compromised the Troubleshooters seek out other options.

It's finally done, this episode took me almost 3 weeks to finish! I only have myself to blame for not splitting it up, but it's good to have a challenge every once in a while eh?

This episode is about as peak Bugbear a...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 8 - Into The Fold

Commander Kilroy calls the Troubleshooters in for a special briefing and the promise of a new assignment.

Hello!

Sorry I was a bit late with this one I actually got caught up in a game of PUBG which I haven't played for years lol. Anyways this is the last of the 'downtime' episodes, it's back off to The Deep...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 7 - Conscientious Objection

While the newly returned crew struggle to wind down from their first raid, elsewhere on the ship more experienced Troubleshooters go about their daily duties with ease.

Hi everyone! Another downtime episode with a couple of great scenes, especially the one between Alana and Conleth, make sure you drop in the disco...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 6 - Chain Of Command

Licking their wounds the Troubleshooter team returns to the Troopship for some much needed R&R.

Let the downtime begin! What a great first dive, we hope you have been enjoying the show so far. Let me know if you hear any issues, I didn't have a full time to listen back to the latest version!

Thanks for t...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 5 - Into The Breach

Gunfire rings out over the comms as the other half of the Troubleshooter team calls for reinforcements.

Great energy in this episode, I hope you enjoy it! If you spot any audio issues let me know :)

It's been 5 weeks already, how time flies! Thanks for the comments so far, give us more! We're at 8 episodes ...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 4 - Light Of Mine

With their first contact with the enemy completed the team continue the sweep and clear of Level 6.

Let me know what intro was better :D

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio https://karlcasey.bandcamp.com

Music: Hall of the Mount...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 3 - Baptism Of Fire

The Troubleshooters are off to a fiery start on their first Raid of The Deep.

Alright here we go, lets get to some real adventuring. But before that we make you suffer for at least 20 minutes while we talk shop lol, for that I apologize!

What can I say, we tried :D

Thanks for listening, it's GREAT to g...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 2 - This Is How You Die

After their formal induction aboard the Troopship Zhuangzi, the fresh recruits are given a crash course in the internal politics of the Troubleshooters.

Here already? Who could blame you after that little cliffhanger. Nothing like a good hazing to welcome you to a new group, lets hope Conleth gets away with only a...

Trouble In The Deep - Part 1 - Enter The Troubleshooters

The Cloudbank Synthetics Production Facility, now known as The Deep is blockaded by a private army of corporate backed Troubleshooters. Their mission, ensure no androids escape The Deep. Aboard the Troopship Zhuangzi Cyro-pods are opening, more fresh marines for the meat grinder.

Here we go! We're heading back int...

Mothership Campaign #2 - Trouble In The Deep - Release Date!

Alright soldiers listen up! 
Our next campaign begins on the 19th of April 2025, so get your headphones on and be ready to be thrown into the shit with TWO back-to-back episodes. 

• Trouble In The Deep - Part 1: ...

  2025-04-09 05:00:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Decagone - Episode 3 - Draft

It's episode 3 draft!

Almost done on this one, a few art fixes left to do but it's pretty much complete. I'll have to finish it on Monday as I need to go back to prepping for the next campaign session on Sunday, exciting!

Thanks!

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 2025-04-05 02:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

Mothership Campaign #2 - Trouble In The Deep - Teaser

Only one group stands between Monarch and the rest of the galaxy, enter the Troubleshooters.

A teaser trailer for our second ever Mothership RPG campaign: Trouble In The Deep.

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Podcast Update March 2025 - Trouble In The Deep

Hello everyone! I also posted this update to the Discord but I thought I'd better put it here also :)

The New Campaign

We had our first recording session of our new Mothership RPG campaign a couple of weeks ago. The campaign will be called Trouble In The Deep and will focus on the Troubleshooter faction in Gradient D...

Decagone - Episode 2 - Draft

Hello!

Back again to the video grind. We recorded the first two episodes of the campaign last Sunday, it feels good to have more content in the bank for later. Anyways here is my progress on the Decagone episode 2 video, not much to report!

Thanks for the support as usual! Hopefully I can have this finished and on YouTube by the end ...

Dinoplex - Character Reveal

A miss matched group of travelers take some shore leave at the exciting Dinosaur theme park: Dinoplex.

Hello! Here is a quick cut of our characters for the next oneshot. We played Dinoplex: Cataclysm by Ian Yusem. It was nice to have a nice relaxing shore leave session rather than constant sci-fi horror where noth...

Decagone - Episode 1 - Draft

Hi all!

Here is the draft of the YouTube video for your perusal, most of the assets are done it's just missing some finishing touches and fixes, see if you can spot any errors!

The rest of March I will be working on getting these released to YouTube and then I can work on the Dinoplex audio. We are scheduled to start recording the n...

The next Oneshot is...

Dinoplex: Catacylsm! from Anodyne Printware written by Ian Yusem.

It's Oneshot time again folks! between looking after the kids full time at the moment I don't have the mental capacity to start the campaign this month, I may not even have enough for a oneshot, we'll see :D

Also we're down a player due to the dreaded sore throat, so ...

Decagone - Character Creation WIP

Hello! Here is a work in progress on the character creation sequence for Decagone. I decided it would be better to have a separate video of this for the YouTube so Episode 1 can be a bit more immersive :)

A few bugs here and there I'm sure as I haven't had the chance to watch it back yet, I have to work out a better way to do the waves as...

Decagone - Episode 3 - Over and Out

The remaining staff at the Moroi Technology Lab desperately try to return to the surface.

The chaotic conclusion of our Actual Play of Decagone A thrilling scenario for the Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG 1st edition written by ...