Science & Sorcery

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Actual play tabletop roleplaying adventures with a scientific twist! | Monthly one shots, re-launching January 2026 https://www.youtube.com/@scienceandsorcery https://sciandsorcery.carrd.co/#

Poster of an orange-feathered bambiraptor dinosaur on a background of golden sands and dry trees. Text at the top reads "Hummalou as Bambi", and at the bottom reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy" next to the Science & Sorcery logo.
Poster of a pale purple iguanodon dinosaur giving a thumbs up with its spiked thumb, on a background of dusty plains. Text at the top reads "Khalil Thirlaway as Clive", and at the bottom reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy" next to the Science & Sorcery logo.
Poster of a brown and white parasaurolophus dinosaur with a magenta crest, on a background of hills. Text at the top reads "Gina Susanna as Dot", and at the bottom reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy" next to the Science & Sorcery logo.
Poster of an orange-feathered orcytodromeus dinosaur on a background of salt flats. Text at the top reads "RahRah as Bright Weather", and at the bottom reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy" next to the Science & Sorcery logo.
Poster of an orange-feathered bambiraptor dinosaur on a background of golden sands and dry trees. Text at the top reads "Hummalou as Bambi", and at the bottom reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy" next to the Science & Sorcery logo.
The S&S crew at their Dragonmeet table in the podcast zone
An infographic with a pale background. Black text reads "Science & Sorcery's messages" Four information boxes include the following: A blue box with a raised fist icon. "Empowerment through STEM. Understanding the world through science is a joyful and empowering experience." A green box with a positive/negative icon. "Science is not neutral. It influences and is influenced by a wide variety of social, historical, political and cultural factors" A yellow box with an icon of our planet. "Recognising the flaws. The world we live in is deeply flawed in terms of humanity's treatment of power, wealth, the planet and each other." An orange box with a lightbulb icon. "Building a better future. By imagining new worlds we can identify problems, solutions and alternatives that we can transfer into reality through our actions."
A blue, red and turquoise advert for the British Science Festival. Headline is "All events are FREE - book now!"
A promo graphic for "Hearts of Cloud and Chorus, a Mappa Mundi story"
A mountain scape background. The mappa mundi logo is shown and white text reads "Hearts of Cloud and Chorus. A Mappa Mundi story. 2nd June @ 7pm BST"
Six people talking on screen with woodland creature artwork
A title card with a desert background. A title says "The Land out of Time. A Ten Candles Tragedy". Inset images of people are shown plus text that reads "Hummalous as Bambi", "Rahrah as Bright Weather", "Gina as Dot", "Khalil as Clive"
A red squirrel carries a clipboard and wears a high vis jacket and helmet
A short clip from our recent AP.
A clip from our upcoming AP
"Whispers from the Grove. When the forest cries out in pain, will you answer the call?" Silver text against a loch side background is shown.
A crested tit wearing a green jacket, and a purple tie and jumper
A fox with a scar over its left eye wears a blue-green cloak and a mysterious scale pendant
A dinosaur walks across a desert with an orange red haze. Text reads "The Land Out of Time: A Ten Candles Tragedy"
A painterly style anthropomorphic rooster holding a bread basket. Imagine the chicken from Disney's Robin Hood.
A short advert for Whispers from the Grove
A drawing of an eye, plus text in black and red reads "The Horrors Persist but so do Aye-Aye"
A red dragon background with a pink banner that says "The Red Dragon's Blessing. A Thirsty Sword Lesbians Actual Play" Images of three players and a logo for "hanging sloth" is shown.
Three of the five science and sorcery team and Emily from the RPGeeks smile at the camera
A red dragon background with a pink banner that says "The Red Dragon's Blessing. A Thirsty Sword Lesbians Actual Play" Images of three players and a logo for "hanging sloth" is shown.
A clip from an actual play
A red dragon background with a pink banner that says "The Red Dragon's Blessing. A Thirsty Sword Lesbians Actual Play" Images of three players and a logo for "hanging sloth" is shown.
a clip of four people talking
A sunny rainforest background, with theMappa Mundi logo shown. Text reads "There's no place like home. A Mappa Mundi story. 17th February @ 7pm GMT" Images of a white-Arab man, a black femme person, a white man and a white woman are shown with text that reads "Khalil, He/Him. Rachel, She/They. Sam, He/Him. Emily, She/Her"
A clip from our recent one shot, with four people on screen and a red background
A sunny rainforest background, with theMappa Mundi logo shown. Text reads "There's no place like home. A Mappa Mundi story. 17th February @ 7pm GMT" Images of a white-Arab man, a black femme person, a white man and a white woman are shown with text that reads "Khalil, He/Him. Rachel, She/They. Sam, He/Him. Emily, She/Her"
A clip of 4 players in an actual player
A Red filtered Sheffield in the background, next to the S&S and Pride in STEM logos. Text reads Veins of Resistance, a Paint the Town Red actual play. Season of Queer Communities England. Images of a mixed-racewoman with black hair, a Black non-binary person with dreaded black hair, a Black non-binary person with a beanie and scarf, and a Black femme with long black and brown dreads are shown.
A Red filtered Sheffield in the background, next to the S&S and Pride in STEM logos. Text reads Veins of Resistance, a Paint the Town Red actual play. Season of Queer Communities England. Images of a mixed-racewoman with black hair, a Black non-binary person with dreaded black hair, a Black non-binary person with a beanie and scarf, and a Black femme with long black and brown dreads are shown.
A Red filtered Sheffield in the background, next to the S&S and Pride in STEM logos. Text reads Veins of Resistance, a Paint the Town Red actual play. Season of Queer Communities England. Images of a mixed-racewoman with black hair, a Black non-binary person with dreaded black hair, a Black non-binary person with a beanie and scarf, and a Black femme with long black and brown dreads are shown.
A blue planet background with the S&S logo and Pride in STEM logo overlaid on top. Multicoloured text reads "Season of Queer Communities. Scotland. Jellyfish Jive. An orbital blues actual play." Images of a white person with short black gair and glasses, a white person with green face paint and long black hair, a black person holding dice and with black and blue hair, and an asian person white a white shirt holding a microphone are shown.
An elephant in black and white is surrounded by a red blotch. White text overlaid on the image says "Wild Crimes". The NHM logo is shown in the top left.
A blue planet background with the S&S logo and Pride in STEM logo overlaid on top. Multicoloured text reads "Season of Queer Communities. Scotland. Jellyfish Jive. An orbital blues actual play." Illustrations of a white person with short black hair, a white person with green face paint and long black hair, a black person with short pink and black hair, and an asian person with long black hair and a chin goatee are shown.
A screenshot from our Mappa Mundi recording, with both Sam (a man with white skin, glasses and beard) and Khalil (a man with light brown skin and a shaved head) shown on either side of the screen with an image of a sun bear in the middle. Text showing their names, and a call to action for buying Mappa Mundi is shown next to a QR code. The background is an early evening rainforest view, with vine leaves snaking up the sides of the screen.
A Red filtered Sheffield in the background, next to the S&S and Pride in STEM logos. Text reads Veins of Resistance, a Paint the Town Red actual play. Season of Queer Communities England.
A blue planet background with the S&S logo and Pride in STEM logo overlaid on top. Multicoloured text reads "Season of Queer Communities. Scotland. Jellyfish Jive. An orbital blues actual play." Illustrations of a white person with short black hair, a white person with green face paint and long black hair, a black person with short pink and black hair, and an asian person with long black hair and a chin goatee are shown.
A blue planet background with the S&S logo and Pride in STEM logo overlaid on top. Multicoloured text reads "Season of Queer Communities. Scotland. Jellyfish Jive. An orbital blues actual play." Images of a white person with short black gair and glasses, a white person with green face paint and long black hair, a black person holding dice and with black and blue hair, and an asian person white a white shirt holding a microphone are shown.
A looping clip from our current one shot
A 16 bit image, in green with text thats says "Never Stop Blowing Up with the National Videogame Museum" White text reads £5 - Introduce a complication £10 - Introduce a new video game NPC £15 - Blow up a dice of your choosing £50 - Restart the level
A short clip of our next show advert
A starry background, plus the logo for Terry Pratchett's Discworld TTRPG. Coming soon. 3 December 2024 in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK. Images of 4 different people are inset with headshots. A white femme with blonde bob, pink shirt and yellow cardigan holds up a dice, a tan woman with black hair smiles, a Desi man with a blue shirt smiles, and a white man with brown beard and dark jumper smiles. Plus white text reads " Michelle, She/Her, Lou, They/She, Chirag, He/Him, Rhys, He/Him
A starry background, plus the logo for Terry Pratchett's Discworld TTRPG. Coming soon. 3 December 2024 in aid of Alzheimer's Research UK. Images of 4 different people are inset with headshots. A white femme with blonde bob, pink shirt and yellow cardigan holds up a dice, a tan woman with black hair smiles, a Desi man with a blue shirt smiles, and a white man with brown beard and dark jumper smiles. Plus white text reads " Michelle, She/Her, Lou, They/She, Chirag, He/Him, Rhys, He/Him
The front cover of Eat the Reich by Rowan, Rook and Decard