Danse Macabre Live: The Blood Thieves
Don’t miss the biggest actual-play TTRPG event of Spooky Season!
To celebrate the launch of the new historical-apocalypse game Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying by Christopher Pickett, three members of the cast of the popular actual play podcast Fun City are teaming up with the indie game publishers of the Stillfleet Studio for a one-night-only actual-play event.
Come out to join the amazing Jenn de la Vega, Mike Rugnetta, and Bijan Stephen as well as game designers Wythe Marschall and Christopher Pickett for one unforgettable dark, multi-hour quest. This unique show involves a literal blood heist, brutal mutant combat, and social intrigue among the scheming Greco-Ottoman elite of the game’s rich alt-history setting.
The old school-inspired but innovative tabletop roleplaying game Danse Macabre combines the best of dark fantasy, new-school player-empowerment, zombie-apocalypse vibes, and historically grounded design.
Tickets are $19 ahead of time, $22 the day of the event. Ticketholders who back the Danse Macabre campaign on Kickstarter will receive a special gift at the show. Attendees are encouraged to dress up to match the game’s medieval vibe.
This is a great chance to meet some of NYC’s finest actual-play performers in the absolutely epic setting of Stone Circle Theatre, a not-for-profit creative and cultural performing arts venue at the Ridgewood Presbyterian Church (59-14 70th Avenue, Queens), which hosts a variety of concerts and other events. (Yes, this invent is bringing zombies to church.)
The cast
Jenn de la Vega (she/her) is a Filipina-American chef and author at Family Party Catering, based in Brooklyn. She is known for her Randwiches or “random sandwiches” in Brooklyn and is the creator of the gourmet hot dog menu at Wonderville. She has appeared on Guy’s Grocery Games: The Cheesy Special (Food Network) and Gastronauts (Dropout). Jenn serves on the Board of Directors for indie theater The Tank. She is also an ENNIE Award- and CRIT Award-nominated player on the Shadowrun podcast, Fun City. Her Instagrams are @randwiches and @familypartycatering.
Mike Rugnetta (he/him) is a writer, host, producer of digital series (videos, podcasts, &c), and the GM of Fun City. Mike is also a sound designer and audio engineer. In addition to Fun City, Mike’s current shows include Never Post, Reasonably Sound, Think Twice, and RIP Corp. You can also see Mike in Crash Course: World Mythology, Crash Course: Theater, and Idea Channel.
Bijan Stephen (he/him) is a writer and game designer. He plays T.K. & Remy on the actual-play podcast Fun City. Currently, Bijan is a writer at Compulsion Games and a music critic at The Nation. He was previously a contract writer at Valve Software, the host of the podcast Chameleon: Gallery of Lies, and the host and executive producer of the podcast Eclipsed from Campside Media. Before that he worked as a correspondent for VICE on HBO, as a magazine editor at The New Republic, and as a reporter at The Verge. Find him on Bluesky, Twitter, Twitch, Instagram, or his website.
Christopher Pickett (they/them) is the creator of Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying. Chris is an eclectic multidisciplinary artist residing in the heart of Brooklyn, NYC. Their creative pursuits span the realms of illustration, tattooing, and tabletop game design. Chris is a member of the Stillfleet Studio and the cohost of the Studio’s TTRPG design podcast, Why We Roll.
Wythe Marschall (he/him) is an experienced writer and game designer focused on the future of food and medicine. He founded the Stillfleet Studio, wrote the sci-fi game Stillfleet, and created the underlying Grit System. He is the co-developer of Blister Critters by Anthony Grasso, the lead editor of Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying, and the author of the early modern fantasy game PICARO! for Plus One Exp. With Christopher Pickett, he is the cohost of Why We Roll.
The Stillfleet Studio creates high-quality, innovative, replayable story-driven games from a Leftist perspective, with a focus on roleplaying, player agency, weird body horror, and social change. The Grit System games include Stillfleet (far-future satire), Blister Critters (mutant cartoon animals), Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying (dark historical fantasy), and The Sometimes Kingdom RPG (high, queer-friendly portal fantasy). SFS also publishes the fast-play card game Robot Hospital. Learn more at Stillfleet.com.
Tickets available now: Stillfleet.com/DanseLive
