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The Paradox Factory
Welcome to The Paradox Factory
This is an online tabletop role-playing game group which is aimed at those tabletop role-players who want to play and run more story teller based tabletop role-playing systems.All the tabletop role-playing games run by the group are run using Discord on dedicated Discord servers maintained by the group itself.As a group we are always looking for both new and experienced story tellers/players to join our merry band of role-players.Finally if you want to find out more about the The Paradox Factory please feel free to explore this web site.
The Games
[Systems Run]
The Paradox Factory
Welcome to the games run by The Paradox Factory
The following are the tabletop role-playing game systems which have been run by The Paradox Factory and those tabletop role-playing systems which could be run by The Paradox Factory in the future:
These are some of the tabletop role-playing systems have been run as part of The Paradox Factory so far include:* Liminal
* Mage: The Ascension (20th Anniversary)
* Over the Edge (2nd Edition)
* Shadowrun: Anarchy
* The Sprawl (Powered by the Apocalypse)
* Unknown Armies (2nd Edition)
* Vampire: The Masquerade (5th Edition)
* Vampire: The Masquerade (Revised)
* Werewolf: The Wild West
But we are always open to new tabletop role-playing systems and some of the possible tabletop role-playing systems which could be run as part of The Paradox Factory could include:* Changeling: The Dreaming (20th Anniversary)
* Cyberpunk 2020
* Cyberpunk Red
* Kult: Divinity Lost
* Mage: The Ascension (20th Anniversary: Victorian Age)
* Wraith: The Oblivion (20th Anniversary)
The Events
[Current And Upcoming Events]
The Paradox Factory
Welcome to the events run by The Paradox Factory
The following are the current and future tabletop role-playing game events being run as part of The Paradox Factory.* Events marked with a [*] are one-off events.
* Events marked with a [>] are future events which are still to be scheduled.Go to the online calendar
Shadowrun: Absolute Anarchy I [SR(A)] Campaign Session
Scheduled: Monday 8th April 2025 starting at 4:15pm GMT
This game is currently full
SR:AA is a Shadowrun Anarchy game set in the sprawling metropolis of Seattle in the 2080s. Riffraff of all sorts (i.e., any metatypes and archetypes) are welcome. The style will be somewhere in the middle of the Trenchcoats/Mohawk spectrum, with the possibility of going more Pink Mohawk if things go wild. This is, after all, Anarchy. But remember, omaes: Watch your back, shoot straight, conserve ammo, and never, ever, cut a deal with a dragon.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
Rising Devil: Leeds [M20] Chronicle Session
Scheduled: Monday 14th April 2025 starting at 7pm BST
This Chronicle is currently full
This is a Mage:The Ascension (20th Anniversary) tabletop role-playing game Chronicle.It all starts with the player characters being asked at short notice to follow the trail of a Grimoire which has gone missing off a van en route from the British Library in London to the British Library’s archive facility in Holbeck in Leeds.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
[>] Battle of the Bands (Al Amarja Style) [Over the Edge] Session
Scheduled: To be Scheduled starting at 7pm BST
This is a possible future game so the date and time on the event are provisional
This is the 6th Over the Edge series I, The Steam Powered Story Teller, have run for The Paradox Factory which continues from the previous series. Once again the players are thrown into the weirdness and chaos of The Edge on Al Amarja. It currently has spaces for up to 2 Players.The players are charged with looking after one of the bands taking part of a Battle of Bands organised by Her Exaltedness Monique D’Aubainne to bring more visitors to Al Amarja. But as always things do not go to plan as the band members are good at getting in trouble.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
[>] Future Imperfect [M20:VA] Chronicle Session
Scheduled: To be Scheduled starting at 7pm BST
This is a possible future game so the date and time on the event are provisional
This is a Mage:The Ascension (20th Anniversary Victorian Age) tabletop role-playing game Chronicle which has spaces for up to 5 Players.It all starts with the players being asked to investigate strange happenings in Whitechapel in London around a new tram service set up there recently. It is suspected that strange magicks are involved.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
[>] Future Perfect [M20] Chronicle Session
Scheduled: To be Scheduled starting at 7pm BST
This is a possible future game so the date and time on the event are provisional
This is a Mage: The Ascension (20th Anniversary) tabletop role-playing game Chronicle which has spaces for up to 5 Players.It all starts with the players being asked to find an errant apprentice who managed to lose herself in the East End or what is left of it.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
[>] Darkness Within and Darkness Without [K:DL] Story Session
Scheduled: To be Scheduled starting at 7pm BST
This is a possible future game so the date and time on the event are provisional
This is a Kult: Divinity Lost tabletop role-playing game Story which has spaces for up to 5 Players.It all starts with the players normal life being shattered by some dark events which they always had feeling would happen just not when.Follow the link below to join the game:
Event Link
If you want to know more please do not hesitate to contact me here.
The Hub
[Social Networks]
The Paradox Factory
Welcome to the social networks of The Paradox Factory
For those of you who want to find out more about The Paradox Factory itself and the tabletop role-playing games currently being run by the group checkout the links below:
PLEASE NOTE: Some of these links will go to the personal accounts of The Steam Powered Story Teller but they are still good places to find out more information about the group.
The Mail
[Contact Details]
The Paradox Factory
Welcome to the contact details of The Paradox Factory
For those of you who want to contact The Paradox Factory directly just use either the Discord id or email address given below.
Discord id: thesteampoweredstoryteller
Email address: [email protected]
The Story
[History]
The Paradox Factory
Welcome to a history of The Paradox Factory
The Paradox Factory was founded by Andrew Turner a.k.a. The Stream Powered Story Teller now some 10+ years ago as an idea to create a local group which was for story teller tabletop role-playing games rather than the more traditional tabletop role-playing games.
At the start The Paradox Factory was a live tabletop role-playing group based in the town of Stafford in the United Kingdom but after COVID
in 2020 it became an on-line group because of issues of quarantine in the United Kingdom.It was decided by the founder, Andrew Turner, after COVID to keep the group an on-line group with no current plans to go back to playing tabletop role-playing games live again.This was mainly because a number of members gained during COVID were not local to his area and the only way they could continue members of the group if it remained an on-line group.
This has meant that The Paradox Factory now has access to tabletop role-players from around the world which has possibility of the group becoming very cosmopolitan and international group. So it has a very exciting future full of many possibilities.Though saying this The Paradox Factory has never had a big membership but has grown recently because it is now a pure on-line group.If you want to find out more about the founder, Andrew Turner a.k.a. The Steam Powered Story Teller, please follow the link given below: