TTRPG & Actual Play Projects
Oaths & Empires
Oaths & Empires is a new actual play podcast starring Tom McKay, Luke Dale (both known for their roles in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II) & Jasper William Cartwright (Dimension 20, Critical Role’s Thresher, Three Black Halflings). Si is composing a range of original music for the project.
Afterlight
Afterlight is a post-apocalyptic horror actual play podcast series featuring Amelia Som, Em Carlson, Gina Susanna and Sean Depner, with Si Rutherford as GM. It is a story about light, dark, and humanity at the end of the world, and uses the Blades in the Dark TTRPG system. Si also produced, sound-designed and scored the series with fully original music.
Afterlight info page with episode links
Cinderedge – Official Soundtrack
Cinderedge is a solo survival TTRPG coming in 2026 where you document the final days of a Ward Keeper: a forgotten guardian posted in a burning forest. Following a successful kickstarter campaign, Si is composing an original full-length companion soundtrack album to accompany the game.
Sin Eater – Official Soundtrack
Sin Eater is a solo journaling tabletop roleplaying game about the real, historical practice of sin-eating, published by Hunters Entertainment. Si composed an original full-length (73-minute) companion soundtrack album to accompany playthrough of the game.
Godkiller: Balance
GKB is an award-winning actual play podcast by BlackwaterDnD. Si composed a huge amount of original music, including character and location leitmotifs, to be used throughout the series. He also fully scored and sound designed two episodes featuring Aabria Iyengar, which you can listen to here.
Listen to the Original Series Soundtrack
Wayward Autumnal
Wayward Autumnal is an award-winning folk/pastoral horror TTRPG liveplay of Under The Autumn Strangely, with a full original soundtrack. The soundtrack won an award for Outstanding Original Music at Rainbow Roll Fest 2025, was nominated for Best Original Music at the New Jersey Web Fest, and the theme tune was nominated for a Crit Award.
Veil of the Eternal Night – Official Soundtrack
VotEN is a campaign module for MythCraft and D&D 5E
The Time We Have
The Time We Have is a two-person TTRPG about brothers at the end of the world
Sin Eater: Absolution
Sin Eater: Absolution is an audio-only actual play using the Sin Eater TTRPG, produced by BlackwaterDnD
Music Releases
Banners
Orchestral dramatic & cinematic fantasy adventure music
Lords of Despair, Wielders of the Flame
23-minute long epic boss battle music inspired by Elden Ring & Dark Souls
A Haunting
A mini horror soundtrack
(c) Si Rutherford 2026
