Pretending to be People
Pretending to be People
Pretending to be People is a mystery/horror role-playing podcast. Join Zach, Thomas, Luke, and Joe as they navigate a terrifying campaign filled with twists, turns, and laughs - all decided on a roll of the dice. Can the officers of the Contention Police Department unravel the mysteries suddenly plaguing their sleepy town? Will they die – or worse – in the attempt? This is an actual play utilizing the game systems of Delta Green and Pulp Cthulhu. This is Pretending to be People.
- 1 hour 3 minutesS2E91 - The Absence of The Lord (with Scott Dorward)
Welcome back.
Alternate titles include: As Last Words Go You're In the South Now Look At Me, I'm a Raincloud Cal-mulonimbus The Ol' Mom Spit A Horrible, Little Man Welcome to Our Family Because You Ruined It The ASMR God Bouncy Bouncy
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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Soundtrack by WAAAVV.
Wolf the Dog played "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
31 January 2026, 6:43 am - 1 hour 8 minutesS2E90 - I Think This Is All Just Your Bad Dream (with Scott Dorward and Ellinor DiLorenzo)
Did you get got? 833, 834, 835...
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl and "What Kind of World Are You Living In" by Dragon Inn 3.
17 January 2026, 2:36 am - 1 hour 32 minutesPatreon Bonus // The Quiet Year: Part One, Spring and Summer // Well and With Wet Balls
This here formerly-exclusive episode is the first of two sessions we played of The Quiet Year, a collaborative map building game that we absolutely fell in love with!
From the book itself... "This is a map-drawing game. Together, you play as a community rebuilding after the collapse of civilization. Your decisions will define the values and future of this community, and these decisions will get added to a map which is constantly evolving. This map blends literal cartography with symbols, creating a rich visual record of land and people. Players collaborate to steer the fate of the community, while also introducing problems and tensions along the way."
Listen to the rest of the story and support the show on Patreon.
Enter the scenario contest (under 1500 words, theme of "Pretending to be People") by emailing [email protected] with the subject line "Scenario Contest 2026."
Enter the fanart contest / drawing by commenting on the pinned thread on the subreddit.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
3 January 2026, 7:00 am - 1 hour 7 minutesS2E89 - I Think I Beefed It (with Scott Dorward and Ellinor DiLorenzo)
Time to see who listens closely. Those who do will understand. Mostly.
Alternative titles include: Equality and Dads More Blood Magic Wish For War, Please Don't Sl*t-Shame My Daughter War's Back on the Menu
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Ellinor DiLorenzo from The Lost Mountain Saga and The Glass Cannon Network's Androids & Aliens.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
19 December 2025, 8:42 am - 1 hour 1 minuteS2E88 - Why Do You Think It's Called The Equatorial (with Scott Dorward)
Alternative titles include: What About A World... She's a Beautiful Bird Diggory Was Always Wrong We're Brainstorming
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
6 December 2025, 7:48 am - 49 minutes 33 secondsS2E87 - The I.D.I.O.T. Feature (with Scott Dorward)
Alternative titles include: Turns Out There's One Right God An Acceptable Compromise Everybody's Full Father Figure You Are Magic Man Mast Vajority The NASCARhole I'll Follow You Into the Dark Ionic Dirt Is Over There Aunt Crawling
This episode features Scott Dorward from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
22 November 2025, 2:30 am - 57 minutes 57 secondsS2E86 - A Million Dead Penguins (with Scott Dorward)
One Cattle After Another would work as an episode title, but no one said it. Though I don't think that movie was out yet when we recorded this episode.
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
8 November 2025, 10:29 am - 1 hour 6 secondsS2E85 - Beck M**** Wilder (with Scott Dorward)
Can The Bastard stop The Dastard? Fird ord nord!
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
24 October 2025, 11:54 pm - 1 hour 3 minutesS2E84 - Bro
The Expanded City Action News Team tours the Fred Factory.
Alternate titles include: A Regret of God Horndog for Raw Footage Cryptopods Full of NFT Monkeys
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
11 October 2025, 9:07 am - 4 minutes 24 secondsOctober 2025 Announcement
IT'S CHARITY MONTH AT 694.2 PTBP!
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
2 October 2025, 7:13 pm - 54 minutes 48 secondsS2E83 - 6
Shoutout to Giboticus on Discord for the episode title suggestion -- nailed it.
Alternate titles include: Deep in the Beer River City Life is Beautiful (Roberto Benigni) The World of the Dead and the Damned Leave the Body; Take His Head
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Wolf the Dog played "My Life is Great and It's All My Fault" by Altar Girl.
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