Respect The Crit

An inclusive actual play, ttrpg podcast about exploring new worlds, characters, and game systems through campaign, improvised story telling. Current campaign: "Endless Equinox" in Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed. by Chaosium Inc.

Whatever the system, whether it's a miss or a hit, you always gotta respect the crit!

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Empire's Edge - Ep. 24: Tension in the Tunnels
Back on Socorro, The fringers, Beegax and Elo have struck a deal with the off world gangster, Zalto the Hutt.  In exchange for faking the Hutt’s death, giving him an excuse to go to war with the local Socorran crime lords, Elo and Beegax have...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 23: To Kill a Hutt
On the return trip couriering from the Imperial base on Scarif, the crew of The Way panicked after plowing into a pod of pesky purrgils, knocking their ship out of light speed.  Elo believed they were on the verge of understanding their strange...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 22: Depths of a Droid
CONTENT WARNING: dismemberment, loud W.A.P. in the episode tag Heading back to the planet Socorro, Elo interfaced with their ship, The Way, in an attempt to scan for pirate threats when entering the system. But Elo was unexpectedly drawn into some...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 21: Strange Fog
DONATE: Bond funds to support Wisconsin protesters: Directory of community bail funds by state: Donate to help with Jacob Blake's medical bills and recovery: Donate to these national civil liberty organizations: Visit  to donate and find the...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 20: Factions
Against Beegax’s own advice, the fringers have taken a job for Zalto the Hutt, who has hired them to make an exchange on the Imperial outpost of Scarif. Now they are caught in the middle of a dangerous power struggle between the corpulent criminal...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 19: Relax, Beegax!
Beegax and Elo have accepted a job from gregarious gangster, Zalto the Hutt.  Transporting cargo and materials between the Outer Rim world of Socorro, and the Imperial occupied paradise of Scarif.  In exchange they learned of a Bothan...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 18: High Rise Hutt
While avoiding the Empire presence on Socorro, Elo and Beegax took the opportunity to re-equip and rearm themselves, and came away with a rare Jedi weapon from a less than reputable source.  After recouping their losses, the fringers make their...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 17: Occupation and Recupera...
IT'S A SHOPPING EPISODE! The Empire is on Socorro!  Imperial forces arrive after a clash with Saw Gerrera's Partisans on the Outer Rim frontier.  Looking to put down any rebellious uprising, storm troopers patrol the cities, continuing...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 16: Shattered
The renegade slicer, Beegax Botano, and the modified medical droid, Elo, attempted a high speed escape from Imperial troopers, targeting Beegax’s specialized slicing computer. With Elo’s glitches getting worse, and their contacts unable to help...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 15: Into the Fire
!!IMPORTANT LINKS AND TOOLS!!! Use to identify your state and federal reps AND use their scripts to make phone calls to the offices of your representatives.  They also have an app. Use to identify and contact the offices of many of your...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 14: Sortie on Socorro
Beegax & Ello, along with their new allies, Verse & Kreed, planned a risky mission to rescue Verse's comrade, hiding out on an Imperial outpost in an occupied, war torn system.  While infiltrating the Empire’s marshaling station near...
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Empire's Edge - Q&A and Mailbag
This self quarantine record peaks beneath the Jedi robe & answers listener questions about the campaign, the characters, and the nerdy people behind it all!   For more info and scheduling GM - Ian Duncan Elo - Jamie Lee-Bonés Beegax...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 13: Journey to Geonosis Pt. 2
Having successfully recovered a ship from the dunes of the Socorran Badlands, Ello, Beegax and the crew begin the journey to Geonosis, a battleground of the Clone Wars and a system completely occupied by the Galactic Empire.  Elo and Beegax have...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 12: Journey to Geonosis Pt. 1
Dragging themselves out of the Socorran Badlands, Beegax, Elo and Verse returned to their ship, only to find the fractured freighter grounded with gravity locks.  More complications arose when they discover the body of the Black Sun bounty hunter...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 11: Buried in the Badlands
After stealing from a group of Nikto gangsters Elo, Beegax and Verse fled into the night, only to be chased across the sands.  Their plans of escape where further flurried by one of Socorro’s harrowing hazards, a deadly sandstorm! ...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 10: Black Winds
Deep in the Socorran Badlands, Elo, Beegax, and their new partner in crime, Verse, successfully steal several crates of contraband, and race back to civilization.  They are pursued by a group of Nikto gangsters, looking to reclaim their purloined...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 09: The Placebo Job
After a tense meeting with the human Socorron, Vers, Elo and Beegax agree to help her rescue a friend from the nearby system of Geonosis.  In exchange, their new ally agrees to assist them with a dubious deed for the Rodian, Placeebo, whose...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 08: Dust and Debt
Elo and Beegax land on the planet Socorro, an Outer Rim world far from the concerns or control of the ever expanding Empire.  Only hours after arriving and already in debt, the fearless fringers look for a means to make repairs to their badly...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 07: Warm Welcome
Elo and Beegax limp into Socorro after narrowly escaping a pirate attack within the asteroid belt surrounding the planet.  The crew of the Crooked Horn, led by captain D’Vreq Nemenox left the intrepid spacer’s ship broken and damaged,...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 06: Ambush in the Asteroids
Leaving Bothawui behind, Beegax and Elo have finally arrived at their destination, the remote world of Socorro in the Outer Rim.  A system at the edge of the empire and the boundaries of uncharted, wild space. The intrepid fringers plot their...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 05: Loose Ends at Lightspeed
After discovering the possible last known location of Gir Tu’Tey, newly allied Elo and Beegax Botano are anxious to leave Bothawui for the Socorro system.  But before they could set out, the two tangled with a tough and treacherous...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 04: Storm on The Way
Returning to Bothawui, the droid Elo and renegade slicer Beegax Botano smuggled their way onto a doonium ore facility down on the planet. Disguising themselves as common transporters, they attempted to access a Bothan Spy Net intelligence drop, hidden...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 03: Bound to Bothawui
Floating above the Bothan homeworld, the droid Elo and the renegade slicer, Beegax Botano, recuperate from their skirmish down on the planet. Both are anxious to leave Bothan space after escaping a terrifying Trandoshan bounty hunter set on capturing...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 02: Can You Dug It?
It is a time of celebration on Bothawui. Fugitive slicer, Beegax Botano, avoids the crowds and consequences of the bounty on his head, but a sinister assailant stalks him from the shadows. Meanwhile, the masterless droid, Elo makes their way through...
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Empire's Edge - Ep. 01: Empire's Edge
It is a period of uncertainty and fear. The Clone Wars are over, the Jedi are destroyed, and the newly formed GALACTIC EMPIRE controls the galaxy through oppression and tyranny. In this dark era, the lone droid LO-RNA returns with their recently...
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