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The adventurers delve deeper into the Tomb and attempt to decipher Acererak's guiding poem. But is it leading them to riches or to their doom? 

Welcome to Season One of our new actual play Paths of Shadow! This season we're playing the classic D&D module "Tomb of Horrors." In episode one, "Grave Concerns," a party of experienced adventurers have discovered the final resting place of the legendary lich Acererak. Now they must find a way to penetrate the tomb so they can finally give Acererak his eternal rest. And perhaps find some trea...

The Travellers fly their new patrol cruiser, now rechristened the Butterfly's Gambit, back to Boughene, where they hatch a plan to finally deal with the Brothers of Farbauti.

The sabotaged geothermal tap in Research Station Gamma has caused a volcanic eruption. The Travellers narrowly escape the blast, only to learn that their starship is missing!

Sir Kevin has stabilized the Imperial researcher, but his wounds indicate he was attacked by a creature with very large, sharp claws. The Travellers descend deeper into the Research Station in search of Chiree's nest-mates.

On the militarized world of Beck's World, the Travellers agree to help an innocent little alien named Chiree rescue its nestmates from the humans that abducted them. 

The Travellers flee Feri ahead of a violent insurrection that destroys the starport moments after they lift off. Their next port of call is Beck's World, a lower-tech world with incomprehensible social mores. Don't forget your umbrella!

The Travellers depart Boughene with a cargo hold full of strange wildlife to be transplanted on another world. On the way, they land on the storm-drenched world Feri, where they are involuntarily drawn into a local conflict. 

Jase and Qazyna have fallen ill from exposure to something on the Annic Nova. The Travellers rush to the high-tech system Boughene in hopes of finding a cure. 

Time to roll the dice for a...silliness check? It's an all new episode of Geek at Arms! From the City on a Hill gaming podcast we welcome good friend of the show Ryan! He kicks off Geek Out by sharing a profound philosophical truth: Any Lego set can be the Millennium Falcon if you just believe hard enough. He also shares his experience with the new Nintendo Switch 2. Bryan follows up with his thou...

The Travellers make their way into the black to rendezvous with the alien derelict, where they make an unexpected new friend and encounter a terrible new threat!

With their criminal records finally cleared, the Travellers bid farewell to Uakye and set their sights on a secret deep space refueling depot, where they hope to intercept a mysterious alien spacecraft.

The Travellers have been hired by Milis Trifan to investigate an alien derelict in deep space, but first they must deal with the criminal records that keep them grounded on Uakye. So while that's getting straightened out, they might as well participate in a death race!

Stranded almost 200 kilometers from the shore, chest-deep in a shallow sea, the Travellers must survive the environment and the wildlife until they can be rescued.

The Travellers deal with the aftermath of the battle with the Judgement. They then jump to their next port of call, the oceanic world Uakye. 

Having regained control of the Poet, the Travellers must contend with the hostile gunship Judgement.

In this Mission: Accomplished! scenario, secret agents Tony, Rob Boss, and John "Thirty Aught-Six" Band endure a grueling after-action debrief with their handler. They attempt to justify their actions during a successful but otherwise botched mission.

Qazyna, Mygrant and Kevin are trapped without spacesuits in a crashed mining shuttle. Meanwhile, Jace is only a few meters away in an airlock. The entire Jenner's Rest station is drifting toward its destruction, and the Armed Poet has been hijacked! 

Been a long time coming, but just in time for the holidays, it's an all Geek at Arms! In this episode the guys welcome Mike's daughter, affectionately refereed to as Sam, to the podcast. Sam kicks off Geek Out with her thoughts on first watching Stranger than Fiction and a review of the rpg game Deltarune. James describes how much he enjoyed the latest Fantastic Four film and the newest season of...

Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate, we bring you an episode that features exotic cuisine. The Travellers barely escape Menorb ahead of the Imperial battlecruiser Luuru. While in jumpspace, they hack their transponder and officially become the crew of Le Poète Armé, or The Armed Poet. In the vast asteroid belt of Louzy, they tie up at a ramshackle mining station called Jenner's Rest.

The Travellers evaluate and make repairs on their new ship, the Sharptooth, while on their way to Menorb, the nearest world off the busy X-Boat routes.

Archaeologists Julia Harding and Gerald Bunting prepare to present their findings from a recent expedition to Argentina. The Miskatonic University Library staff notice a number of strange phenomena following in the archaeologists' wake, and they act to protect the students, the library, and possibly the world itself.

Happy Halloween! Tonight, three teenagers go legend tripping in Nelson's Hollow, the most haunted place in the state. Their goal: To drive across each of the seven bridges in the Hollow exactly once and thereby open a gate to Hell.

The Travellers enact their plan to escape The Gash and get out of the Pixie system before the Imperial Navy can respond.

Numerous threads pull tighter and tighter as the day of the prison escape draws near.