Nerds of Legend

After an unplanned hiatus resulting from life's unpredictability, We return to discuss Dan Simmons' Hyperion: A series of interwoven tales surrounding a group of interstellar travelers to the enigmatic planet of Hyperion.

The party hears a woman's seeming cry for help and discover goatlings harasing her. After dispatching the goalings the party learns that she is more than she seems. They learn some valuable information and some not so valuable information.

The Heroes of Prophecy find themselves in the Necropolis of Telamok the Tombs of the DragonLords. Spiros and Ceopheles paid respects to their fallen comrades. Tears were shed and a new trust was broken in an old relationship.

John Carter is a man of Virginia ... who finds himself on the planet Mars and it is not the dead planet that he thought it was. It is filled with tall tribal warriors who refer to Mars as Barsoom, and another species of human like natives. One woman Dejah Thoris captures the heart of John Carter, who finds himself smitten with the Princess of Mars

Face to face with the guardians of the forge and the an army of foes from the depths of the mines. Katelyn shows the heroes of prophecy what a bard can do.

The old west was not a kind place.. if the people didnt kill you the land would. Prejudice and greed was rampant. Join us as we navigate all of this in Hombre by Elmore Leonard.

Charged by the God of the Forge Volkan, the heroes of prophecy delve deep into the mountains on a mission to relight the forge.

Ben and Joel discuss the films and stories of possibly the most famous outlaw of all time.

The Heroes of Prophecy delve deeper into the mines; kicking death dog statues and taking cockatrice heads. They uncover the fight that they have been waiting for is already finished?!

Are you following your personal legend? Join us as we discuss a short story of discovery and growth. Young Santiago has a dream of the Pyramids and was told that is where his treasure lies, urged on by a mystic king and an entrepreneurial fortune teller. Santiago embarks on his quest.

We travel back to the 17th century to follow the journeys of Lemuel Gulliver in the first two books of this Swift classic. Book one takes us to the Islands of Lilliput populated by tiny people, and Book 2 takes us to Brobdingnag populated by giants. A well known satire of many aspects of the civilized world, and we discuss what this means to us.

Once again the Nerds find themselves on Discworld, and this time we begin with Drum Billet the Wizard passing on his wizards staff (and power) to the eighth son of an eighth son. Except he forgot to check that it was a boy, and after Death personally claimed him realized his mistake. Creating the first female wizard Eskarina Smith. The book is a playful romp towards a equality in the Unseen Univer...

Our Party ventures underground in persuit of the missing centaurs. We find them as they are being tortured and prepared for eating by a group of lizardfolk. Will our party be able to save them all.

We journey into a Undermountain and face a classic dungeons and dragons location filled with the traps that one has come to expect from old school D&D. A wild ride filled with wizards, cultists, monsters, and of course shady nobles trying to screw everyone over.

Mox had a heart to heart with his father, and the party went to see the god of the forge, Vulkan, regarding the revived map to the mirthril mines. Oh and Ochmos decided to challenge the God of the Forge to a makers battle.

Ben, Brendan, and Joel share some of the stories that they grew up listening to and beleiving. Join us for an idiosyncratic journey down spooky memory lane.

The Nerds tackle arguably one of the most famous murder mystery stories in modern literature. Together we will follow the clues and plot turns to find out who had an issue with 10 complete strangers enough to commit Murder.

Imagine being young and beautiful for ever, that is exactly what happed to Dorian Grey. What would you do if no consequence could affect you? Join on on this journey into the concept of morality and the human condition with the Portrait of Dorian Grey.

The unviverse of the imperium is vast and terrifying, and so are the non human races that live within it. Join Ben and Brendan as they discuss the Xenos races of the worlds of warhammer 40k.

William Mandela joined the military in to fight an unnammed unknown enemy in space. The laws of relativity and time dialation take William on a journey through what appear to him as sudden changes in human society such as resource wars, population control initiatives, and the immense leaps in technology. Spanning 1400 years join us as we take this journey through time and space.

The Heroes return the Horn of Balmytria to its proper place, and return to the Palace of Pythor. Who is still throwing a wild rager celebrating the sparing of his daughter, and the heroes decide that they can celebrate by beating the shit out of each other and betting on themselves. Mox has a bigger battle in mind.

Brendan and Ben have a discussion about legions 11-20 and their primarchs.

After helping the youths previuously trapped by the Dryad the Heroes of Legend are ambushed by centaurs who are loyal to Sidon. These centaurs attempt to take down the party, Mox shows them that they are out of their league.

Redshirts is a journey into the world of campy sci-fi of wild away missions and over the top hokey science. A fantastic story of a ship and crew trapped in world that mirrors the adventures that will satisfy the nostalgia of the most fervent trekkie.

Reaching an agreement with the dryad who in exchange for information will be allowed to complete the ritual she had intended to complete from the start.