Pest Control

After Maggie's terrifying encounter with the threats hiding in this town, the Hunters work to try and get to the bottom of what exactly is going on in Geringer. But they'd better work quickly - some of them are starting to forget there were any threats at all...

Show Notes

(Content warnings: Bodily harm, memory loss, needles, police, alcohol, underage drinking)

After Maggie's terrifying encounter with the threats hiding in this town, the Hunters work to try and get to the bottom of what exactly is going on in Geringer. But they'd better work quickly - some of them are starting to forget there were any threats at all...

CHARACTERS

Keeper - Sam Richardson (@Laggardson, He/Him)
Keeley, The Expert (She/Her) - William White (@kwilliamwhite, They/Them)
Henrietta, The Monstrous (She/Her) - Jonas Newhouse (@jonasnewhouse, They/Them)
Maggie, The Spellslinger (She/Her) - Sam Darr (@mossyauthor, She/They)

NPCs

Martin Graves (He/him) - Monster-hunting Chosen One who has already fulfilled his prophecy. A white guy in his early 20s. Looks kinda like Elijah wood, with short mussed brown hair. One of his feet was badly burned, leading him to walk with a cane.
Margarette Townsend (She/Her) - Waitress at the Conseco Diner. A light-skinned fat woman in her early 20s, with frizzy black hair tied back in a bun and freckles dotting her cheeks. She feels lately like there's an ache in her chest she can't get rid of, but doesn't know why.
Tobias Baken (He/him) - Sheriff of Geringer. White man in his mid-50s, paunchy, thinning blonde hair underneath his patrol hat.
Manny Hogan (He/him) - Mechanic and handyman. White man with a mustache.
Thomas Baken (He/him) - Kitchen staff at the Conseco Diner, son of the Sheriff (and everyone knows it). White man in his 20s with floppy brown hair.
Helen Veno (She/her) - Owner of the Conseco Diner. Has a weight on her heart the last few months that's hard to shake. White woman with frizzy, greying hair in her 50s.
Zee Hemingway (He/him) - Skateboarder. Black kid. Has spikes on top of his helmet. Probably like 10 or 12.
Kyra Woolf (She/Her) - Skateboarder. Greek girl with black hair, glasses that don't quite, and ripped jeans. No helmet. Maybe 11?
Chuck Joyce (He/him) - Skateboarder. Bigger white kid with shaggy red hair. Probably like 13, I dunno.
Ahmed Kafka (He/him) - Skateboarder. Middle-Eastern kid with a mohawk. Definitely 12. Right? 

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Pest Control is an actual-play tabletop RPG podcast produced in association with Queuetimes (@_queuetimes). Our first season was played using “Monster of the Week”, a Powered by the Apocalypse system by Michael Sands and Evil Hat Productions.

Season one of Pest Control - “Fate” - follows a group of found-family monster Hunters as they set off on a journey across the United States, dealing with the creatures they encounter and drawing ever nearer to the end of the road…

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What is Pest Control?

Pest Control is an actual-play horror tabletop show from AltHaven. Join Keeper Sam R, and players William, Jonas, and Sam D as they get lost in fantastical worlds featuring compelling characters, engaging story, and thrilling twists!

Season 1, "Fate", originally ran in 2019 as a livestream on the AltHaven (formerly Queuetimes) main YouTube channel. It uses the Monster of the Week game system. It follows a group of found-family monster Hunters as they set off on a journey across the United States, dealing with the creatures they encounter and drawing ever nearer to the end of the road...

Season 2, "Norfork", uses Monster of the Week as well as a mix of other indie tabletop role-playing games to tell the story of a world where everyone knows monsters exist, and a town that is slowly losing its identity to the enormous neighboring City.