DMs After Dark

Things escalate quickly as the group confronts Kitty Danville. The revelations are shocking, leaving some characters facing life altering decisions.   Learn more about Vaesen !   For the month of August we are collaborating with Monument Studios for their upcoming Kickstarter crowdfunding their Fantasy+ collection of INCREDIBLE TTRPG music, ambience, sound effects, and more. Click the link to sign...

Hey After Dark Army! Recently Rene sat down and talked with the brothers Noah & Tyler from Monument Studios about their upcoming Kickstarter campaign for Fantasy+, an app with TONS of professional quality music, ambience, sound effects, and more for use in tabletop games!   This is an upload from the Rene Plays Games feed, our first DMs After Dark Network offspring, and we hope you enjoy it an...

The beginning of the final arc of Amber's Vaesen campaign! The investigators take time to upgrade their headquarters and prepare for the final mystery.   Learn more about Vaesen !   Stay tuned for the month of August as we are going to be collaborating with Monument Studios for their upcoming Kickstarter crowdfunding their Fantasy+ collection of INCREDIBLE TTRPG music, ambience, sound effects, and...

As Amber is away for another writing conference because she's awesome and professional, the DMs decided to do something we've never done before - hold a Q&A stream! We asked for folks to submit questions through email, social media, or just wait and ask live on Twitch and we'd respond with our answers.   Can you believe the DMs After Dark feed is about to turn 3?! That's just plain old crazy,...

What's that? You wanted MORE RIDICULOUS ONE-SHOTS?!   We got you, fam. As Rene & Sara discussed in her Perspective Checks interview on the RenePlaysGames Podcast, silly one-shots are the leg day of RPGs, and you just can't skip 'em!   This week's one-shot is Super High Wizards Built This Castle by Elijah Mills, and it's just a table-rolling chaotic romp through crazy land where the players tak...

It's whacky one-shot time again here on the DMs After Dark feed, and we're going in on a wholesome woodland critter cookin' game called GOOD SOUP from Goosepoop Games . It's a GM-less game of exploring an area and collecting ingredients to heal an animal in need that wandered into the Lost Forest. Highly recommend, it's the best kind of collaborative silliness.   If you want to listen to Rene inte...

The finale. The society members go to great lengths to rescue the selkie children.   Learn more about Vaesen !   In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch! !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your...

The Society members delve into the mystery of the Mudlarks. What they find is shocking.   Learn more about Vaesen !   In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch! !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on...

The society members regroup in London. After healing up, they attend a showing of Rosalie's art. A night out at the Ten Bells Pubs afterwards leads to a startling discovery and cry for help.   Learn more about Vaesen !   In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch! !   If you e...

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Vaesen mystery for a special silly one shot of This Game Takes Place Entirely In A Mega Mart Parking Lot! by Starshine Scribbles .   Sometimes we pivot and have to play a goofy game for whatever reason, and oooooh is this game all kinds of funny.   We hope you like, and we'll be back to Vaesen on May 3rd!   In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredib...

Back on our silly stuff, Troy runs the crew and some returning friends of the stream Chris & Eileen through Jordan Palmer's For The Dungeon! This is a great game where the players take on the roles of the minions of a dungeon forced to work for the evil boss and deal with pesky heroic adventurers!   In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stic...

Things come to a dramatic head in Brancombe. The investigation concludes.   Learn more about Vaesen !   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook ,  Twitter , and  Instag...

Riley continues to search for the missing girl. Rosalie and Nora learn the true name of Old Meg and more about her history.   Learn more about Vaesen !   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and...

Hello everyone and welcome to a very special interview episode with Liz Greene, LMHC MFT TGM/DM GT, a licensed Geek Therapist who uses games and popular media in her sessions! Rene & Troy sit down and discuss games as a community, using characters as buffers to experiences, practicing social skills, and putting consequences into perspective, and more.   Please check out these amazing resources...

The society members begin their investigations in Brancombe and things heat up almost immediately, leading to a cliffhanger ending.   Learn more about Vaesen !   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, foll...

The Members of the Apollonian Society arrive at Brancombe to begin investigating the death of Daisy Thomas and the strange events surrounding it.   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscr...

Troy joins Rene to talk about something appropriately self-reflective - Why Players Have a "Type" and the usefulness of Tropes in RPGs. Troy has always been an incredibly hard worker, pushing his body and mind to their limits, and has recently gone back to school for more Psychology, so this kind of deep thinking about why we play what we play is something that he is clearly passionate about.   Ho...

A new series begins as Amber introduces the DMs to the world of Vaesen 's Mythic Britain & Ireland setting by Free League Publishing. Enter a world of Nordic horror, paranormal investigations, and terrifying mysteries.   The players introduce their characters, who will be members of the Apollonian Society of London, and soon be faced with investigating occult mysteries with the use of their si...

Surprise! With a new year, a new podcast feed, and a new series starting up, we figured why not keep with the new things happening and drop a preview of Rene's new game One Last Quest , a one page RPG that allows you to bring back some of your favorite PCs of campaigns past and play them in their elderly retired years. However, a loose thread or problem arises that forces them to put down the shuf...

The clan disperses in the wake of the Battle of Red Rock. Landless and wanted, they take the first steps toward forging a new identity.   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   Learn more about Runequest here .   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice...

Christian kicks off the 2024 non-stream episodes with a run-through of Chaosium's solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu - Alone Against the Static! Reminiscent of 1990s horror movies, he plays Alex, one half of a married couple trying to rekindle their relationship in a cabin out in the pine forests and Black Hills of the Dakotas...   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMs...

Sacred Time has ended. Plans have been made. The Harraborn prepare for what they know is coming...   If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt !   Learn more about Runequest here .   If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our...

Hey all, the holidays are a crazy time and I (Rene) have been diligently working on editing lots of new stuff for you all, both on this main feed and my brand new DMs off-shoot podcast called Rene Plays Games!   We'll still be releasing a podcast every Friday on this feed, but if you can't get enough of our nerdy RPG content, give my new feed a follow, like, rating, etc., and you'll have more Play...

Happy Holidays to you crazy folks out there in podcastland!   Welcome to another annual DMs After Dark Holiday One-Shot, always good for some seasonal shenanigans! This year we're playing Thursday by Eli Seitz, a Russian Doll inspired time loop game in the Belonging Outside Belonging family of RPGs. Despite this very clear source material, we decided to use it to play a Hallmark Holiday Time Loop...

It's back and it's just as chaotic as ever, Sara's 1d6 | 1d4 talk show starts to bring our 2023 to a close with a quick chat with the most guests that have ever been on our bonus series before! We talk about the things we loved about this absolutely crazy year we had and Sara quizzes us on how much we know about what we even did this year!   It goes without saying, but none of this would be possib...