This Month on Party of One: 400 Episodes!
Hey Party People!
This is a big newsletter, with a lot of fun weird stuff in it. So let’s dive right in, shall we?
400 Episodes of Party of One
I don’t really have words. 400 episodes. I keep looking at that number and feeling my mind melt a little. I don’t know when it happened, but it did.
Thanks for hanging out with us for 400 episodes. Here’s to a bunch more.
“But Jeff, how did you celebrate 400 episodes?” By saving the multiverse, that’s how. We played an experimental game of Project ECCO, using 400 episodes of the Po1 backlog as inspiration instead of a year planner. The finished episode is weird, and personal, and fun, and goofy, and vulnerable, and I love it a lot. You should give it a listen.
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Bonus: Party of One #400 Episode Trivia
What you hear on this episode is the fourth playthrough of Project ECCO I did trying to find the right vibe for the episode. At one point, Jeff-Prime was revealed to be ECCO, and the Time Agency was revealed to be the villains all along in a sort of Braid-like twist. It… didn’t work.
The idea for this episode came to me while sitting in the Dallas airport, having missed my flight and thoroughly run out of things to do. This was in November; I recorded the final episode the Sunday before we released. Sometimes good ideas take time.
This is Jeff-Prime’s second appearance on the podcast, after Party of One #200, in which he fought off a different podcast-themed alien invasion.
I’m fine, I promise.
Last Month on Party of One
Last Year with Joshua Pangborn
The Gilded Phoenix Hotel is excited to welcome you. If you’d like to survive your stay… you need to remember what happened last year.
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The Links Between with Ell
TONIGHT, IN THE MAIN EVENT: “BRIGHT LIGHTS” RICK BROADWAY VS. ATLAS SATURNALIA IN A DOG COLLAR MATCH! THE FUTURE OF WRESTLING HINGES ON ONE NIGHT.
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Tangled Blessings with Cat McDonald
The Underclassman Years! The Brackroot Academy is proud to welcome the Green brothers (and their exceptional potential, and seemingly supernatural destinies) to their prestigious campus. What happens next… they take no responsibility.
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Runecairn: Wardensaga with Jesse Stanchak
The age of Man has ended. Ragnarok has split the earth. Only flickering bonfires and huddled masses remain. But on the outskirts of those flames… lies treasure for those bold enough to claim it.
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What’s Coming Next Month
3/6: Tangled Blessings with Cat McDonald
The Upperclassmen Years! The Green brothers have been wrapped up in all the trappings of Brackroot University… but can they make it alive without accidentally triggering the apocalypse?
3/13: Ironsworn Starforged with Joshua Meehan
What do you do when you’re stranded on an alien planet with a downed spaceship? Try to find the parts you need to get home… and hope you’re not the only one on the hunt.
3/20: FULL COURT with Riley Hopkins
In 1992, NCAA teams from Troy State University and DeVry University of Atlanta played the highest scoring game in recorded basketball history. Until now.
Coming This Month to Patreon
Party of One Patreon Exclusive: Galaxy: A Super-Story with Jadzia Axelrod
A (Super)Powered by the Apocalypse fanfiction adventure!
Party of None: LEVON: A Star Wars Tale: Chapters 1 & 2
On a distant mining planet, a bounty hunting droid without a purpose lashes out against the remnants of the Empire…
Party of One #400: Behind-the-Scenes Q&A
If you've got questions about our weird, multiverse-hopping celebration, let me know and I'll discuss them live on-mic!
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Bonus: Party of One Patchwork Memories (Actual Play)
You can check out Patchwork Memories right here!
10 patches for 10 memories, in honor of 400 episodes of Party of One. I will not elaborate on what the memories represented by each patch represent.
Total XP: 18
A scrap of paper, with “There Goes
My HeroJOHN CENA” written on it. (1 XP)A kaleidoscopic pattern of various Ks, intersecting and surrounding, but never fully touching, the Party of One logo. (3XP)
Several rows of theater seats, filled to capacity with excited, smiling faces. (1XP)
Those same theater seats, completely empty. (3XP)
Three links in a chain, with the second link having been shattered. There is blood at the points where the chain is broken, but flowers growing out of those same break-points. (3XP)
An honorary WGA strike pin. (1XP)
Two margarita glasses, toasting. (1XP)
A military-style insignia, made of gears and diesel pistons, shaping angel wings. (1XP)
The threadbare remains of a patch that has been ripped off and thrown in the trash. (3XP)
The words “Take it, Past Me / Thanks Future Me.” (1XP)
Something I Liked, That You Might Too
Encounter Party
Do you know how good a D&D TV show has to be for me to recommend it in the year of Cody Rhodes 2024? Encounter Party is just that good. The performances are incredible, the story captivating, the presentation on a whole other level. This show fucks.
Until next time, thank you for reading. Remember to fight the forces of fascism every single day. Remember that self-love and self-care are radical, defiant act of resistance. And as always…
Party On.