Eidolon Playtest

Eidolon Playtest is an actual-play podcast with the primary aim of playtesting the in-development tabletop roleplaying game, EIDOLON: Become Your Best Self. It started airing on 31st March, 2020, and remains on-going to this day.

Eidolon POP
(See also: Eidolon POP)

Eidolon POP is the first campaign of Eidolon Playtest, running concurrently with Eidolon ROCK. It is two seasons long, with Season 1 following the class of Narrative Musicology and the Occult Philosophy of Stories as they venture into and fight against The Estate. Season 2 follows both Sloane Parker and her neighbors as they make their way to the Humanity Bank, and Strix and his neighbors as they try to find Sloane and her group.

Starring:

● Luke Varner as the GM and various non-player characters

● Crystal Zaslavchik as


 * ● Alexis Lorentzen (Original)


 * ● Cactus Jack (Original)


 * ● Ana Borba


 * ● Alexis Lorentzen (FBI)


 * ● Burgess Aethelwulf Joseph


 * ● Needlemouse

● Fabby Garza as


 * ● Ursula-Ursa Bexar


 * ● Ursula "Baby Bear" Bexar


 * ● Caroline Rose (Baby Bear)

● Mike Painter as


 * ● James Studebaker (Original)


 * ● Ron Moreau (Original)


 * ● Strix


 * ● James Studebaker (Webb Capital)

● Tyberius Wilson as


 * ● Quentin Brooks (Original)


 * ● Quentin Brooks (Young)


 * ● Quentin Brooks (Baby Bear)


 * ● Ron Moreau (Sloane)

● Zoe Tunnell as


 * ● Sloane Parker


 * ● Caroline Rose (Original)


 * ● Abby Morrison (Sloane)

Guest Starring:

● Iris Christianson as Christopher Masters II

● Lexi Waltner as Valerie Danger Masters (Detective)

● Maxie Knightley as Hekaton Zeccarius

● Molly Rhinebeck as Ginny Valentine

Eidolon ROCK
(See also: Eidolon ROCK)

Eidolon ROCK is the second campaign of Eidolon Playtest, running concurrently with Eidolon POP. It is two seasons long, with Season 1 following the Alta Drive Jawbreakers as they take a road trip across The United States of America delivering a briefcase of stolen drugs. Season 2 follows the original and alternate versions of the Jawbreakers as they deal with the new multiverse.

Starring:

● Luke Varner as the GM and various non-player characters.

● Iris Christianson as


 * ● Chris Masters (Original)


 * ● Chris Masters (Killers)


 * ● Bartholomew Lightkill (Jawbreakers)


 * ● Mary


 * ● Christina Masters


 * ● Kit

● Lexi Waltner as


 * ● Chili the Fox (Original)


 * ● Jenny Calbert (Jawbreakers)


 * ● Cecilia Citadel (Original)


 * ● Chili the Fox (College)


 * ● Valerie Danger Masters (Animal Shelter)

● Maxie Knightley as


 * ● Harvey D. Godlove


 * ● Henry Lucard Day-Eastman


 * ● Ruby Thursday


 * ● Harvey Faustus Stoker


 * ● Sabrina Bryan


 * ● Lisa Fratelli


 * ● Howard "Howie" Williams Rockdove

● Molly Rhinebeck as


 * ● Virginia Valentine (Original)


 * ● Virginia Valentine-Day


 * ● Holly Wilson (Jawbreakers)


 * ● Lady Luck


 * ● Virginia Valentine (College)

Our Stormy Present
(See also: Our Stormy Present)

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Design Sessions
(See also: Design Session 0)

The Design Sessions are monthly episodes featuring Luke Varner and Molly Rhinebeck discussing the changes they're making to EIDOLON: Become Your Best Self. The 1st Edition Design Sessions cover the changes they make to the First Edition in response to their experiences on Eidolon Playtest. The 2nd Edition Design Sessions cover their development work on the Second Edition once the first became feature complete.

Currently only Design Session 0 is available publicly. Every other Design Session is available to those who pay $3/month or more to the Eidolon Patreon.

Bumper to Bumper
(See also: Bumper to Bumper, Episode 7: Sexy Bowl)

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Eidolon Playlist
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Eidolon Pasta
Eidolon Pasta was publically announced in a tweet from the Eidolon Playtest twitter account on October 16th, 2021. It will be a limited-run miniseries hosted by Zoe Tunnell about "various forms of pasta" recorded and released if the Patreon hits $850/month. The same announcement also mentioned that Luke Varner would change the name of the podcast to Luke-a di Beppo (at $5,000/month).