Pretending With Dice

AJ gives a short update on our upcoming new series of D&D, as well as an update on Season 2 of FRONTIER and our convention plans for the end of the year!

FRONTIER Crew Roster - Flyboys, Failsons & Travelling Priests   In our fourth FRONTIER Bonus Episode, AJ and Amy add some more crew to the USS Tenzing, including an old friend from Murphy's past, an admiral's son who is probably in the wrong career, and an elderly Bajoran who's travelling the stars...   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MegThePict & @ajheretic666. You can also fin...

FRONTIER Crew Roster - Botanists and Ballroom Dancers   In our third FRONTIER Bonus Episode, AJ and Dragon add some more new crew to the USS Tenzing.   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @Dragon_PRPG & @ajheretic666. You can also find us on Facebook & Instagram @PretendWithDice Support the podcast on Ko-fi at https://ko-fi.com/pretendingwithdice Find links to all of our online prese...

Episode 114 - Contingency Plan (Part 3) (Fallout RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #5 PART 3   Our trio of intrepid vault-dwellers have finally made it to The Ballroom, site of the Vault's backup pumps. But can they survive the house of horrors it has become in the years since The Big One and save Vault Theta?   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MonkeyMagicEden, @MarkusMalice87, @JontyM4c &amp...

Episode 113 - Contingency Plan (Part 2) (Fallout RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #5 PART 2   Tasked with finding the emergency pumps that will save Vault Theta, Timmy, Victor and Percy make their way towards the Ballroom at the end of the pier where they are supposed to be housed. But with Victor distracted by the rusting hulks of a nearby amusement park, will they ever make it to their destination?...

Episode 112 - Contingency Plan (Part 1) (Fallout RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #5 PART 1   Generations have passed since The Big One forced the great and good of Twynham-on-Sea into Vault Theta, deep below the waves, away from the deadly nuclear war. Now however, something is wrong with the vault's life-supporting pumps, and the Overseer is forced to send three vault dwellers out into the world to...

Episode 111 - The Frozen Pyramid (Part 2) (Stargate RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #4 PART 2   Stepping inside the eerily quiet structure which they've discovered on a frozen world, the members of SGB-1 find themselves investigating a seemingly long vanished Goa'uld presence, in a race against time to escape before the weather makes the entire site uninhabitable...   Follow us on Twitter at @Pretend...

Episode 110 - The Frozen Pyramid (Stargate RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #4 PART 1   The UK's first SG team assembles for the inaugural mission - a reconnaissance of an inhospitable, freezing planet, that nonetheless shows mysterious signs of life at some time in its history...   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MegThePict, @Dragon_PRPG @MarkusMalice87, @PenanceRPG & @ajheretic666. You ca...

FRONTIER Crew Roster - Archers and Audio Analysts   In another FRONTIER Bonus Episode, ahead of the start of Season 2, AJ and Mark workshop some new characters for the USS Tenzing, including the ship's resident MC and DJ...   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MarkusMalice87 & @ajheretic666. You can also find us on Facebook & Instagram @PretendWithDice Support the podcast on Ko-fi at https...

FRONTIER Crew Roster - Scientists, Prospectors and Rivals   In our first FRONTIER Bonus Episode, ahead of the start of Season 2, AJ and Eden put their heads together to add some new crew members to the USS Tenzing.   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MonkeyMagicEden & @ajheretic666. You can also find us on Facebook & Instagram @PretendWithDice Support the podcast on Ko-fi at https://ko-fi...

Episode 109 - Everyday's A School Day (WHFRP 4e) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #3   Down on their luck, four unfortunate adventurers find themselves signing up for the notoriously dangerous Altdorf Sewer Watch... NOTE - Returning to the mics after a break of several months, this session got particularly chaotic and silly - so much so that we decided to present this recording in a less edited form than n...

Episode 108 - From The Depths (Part 2) (Alien RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #2 (PART 2)   Making their way further into The Anchor, the investigation team find more mysterious signs of damage, as well as some unexpected signs of life. Meanwhile Jerry has plans of his own, which may put the team into mortal peril... Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MonkeyMagicEden, @Dragon_PRPG, @PenanceRP...

Episode 107 - From The Depths (Part 1) (Alien RPG) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #2 (PART 1)   Contact has been lost with the remote deep-sea mining installation known as The Anchor - The only human presence on the water world known only as LV-212. A small team has been despatched from Earth to investigate the mystery, but what awaits them below the surface?  Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @M...

Episode 106 - The Frostfire Heist (Part 3) (D&D5e) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #1 (PART 3)   As the night of the Baron of Duskwick's Frostfire Ball wears on, Hamwise, Scrunge and Moonlight-on-Velvet have finally made their way to the Baron's personal chambers, but can they make it past his security measures and into the vault to complete the heist of the century?   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWith...

Episode 105 - The Frostfire Heist (Part 2) (D&D5e) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #1 (PART 2)   Having infiltrated the Baron's Frostfire Ball, Hamwise, Scrunge and Moonlight-on-Velvet waste no time in stealing spoons and canapés, and rifling through the personal possessions of the Baron's children. Somewhere within the mansion, however, waits their goal - the Baron's personal vault. Can they find it befo...

Episode 104 - The Frostfire Heist (Part 1) (D&D5e) PILOT SEASON - ONE-SHOT #1 (PART 1)   It is midwinter in the land of Vallanna, and the rich and powerful are converging on the remote town of Duskwick, where the Baron is hosting a party, the likes of which haven't been seen for many a year! For Velvet, Scrunge and Hamwise, however, the party promises to be a target ripe for a heist...   Follow us...

Episode 103 - Departure (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX SEASON FINALE   The hours tick down towards the departure of the Bermuda Cluster Expedition, and an air of anticipation fills the ship. Newly recovered from his symbiote issues, Rai performs an act of catharsis with an old memento, Murphy reclaims her own treasured possession from Stellar Cartography, Jonny fights a living...

Episode 102 - Consensus (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE   Having been sedated in sickbay under medical supervision for several days, Lt Cmdr Rai awakes to find himself no closer to answers about what is affecting his memory and causing his phantom pains. With the help of his friends he must try to bring the warring parts of his symbiote's memories back together and relearn the...

Episode 101 - The Ensign Games (Part 3) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR   Their attempt at the holographic challenge complete, our team of Ensigns from the USS Tenzing can do nothing now but sit back and watch their opponents from the Nelson & Auckland face their own mystery missions! Only one team can be crowned the winners though! Who will it be?   Huge thanks to our amazing...

Episode 100 - The Ensign Games (Part 2) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE   Let the games begin! Chosen to represent the USS Tenzing, Ensigns Conought, Pherea, Anderson, K'Taran and Haru must step into a holographic challenge programmed by the command staff of Deep Space Three, designed to test their skill, teamwork and commitment to Starfleet's values! Can they put in a perform...

Episode 99 - The Ensign Games (Part 1) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO   Ahead of the departure of the Bermuda Cluster Expedition, Admiral Holt has suggested a friendly competition between the three Expedition ships! Jonny has been chosen as part of the team representing the USS Tenzing, but with only a day to prepare, can he and the other members of his team learn to work toget...

Episode 98 - The Trouble With Trills (Part 4) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE   Jonny, Sullivan and Bonge deal with the aftermath of an accident in the holodeck; Murphy joins Ireela and Rai in sickbay to discuss the ongoing medical situation, and a friendly competition between the three Expedition ships is announced...   Follow us on Twitter at @PretendWithDice, @MarkusMalice87,...

Episode 97 - The Trouble With Trills (Part 3) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER TWENTY   Ireela allows Lady Ral of Trill to examine a sedated Lt Cmdr Rai in hopes of finding an answer to his mysterious ailment, and when Rai regains consciousness unexpectedly ends up with more questions than answers. Forced into enjoying his day off, Jonny drags Sullivan and Bonge to Deep Space Three's hologr...

Episode 96 - The Trouble With Trills (Part 2) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER NINETEEN   As Murphy is called away to join Captain Collins and Commander T'Linn in an Expedition mission-briefing, Jonny and Ireela, in search of information which might help treat Rai's mysterious condition, track down a member of Trill nobility who happens to be aboard the station...   Follow us on Twitter at...

Episode 95 - The Trouble With Trills (Part 1) (Star Trek Adventures) FRONTIER CHAPTER EIGHTEEN   The morning after the Deep Space Three formal reception/station bar-crawl, the crew deal with the fallout, and come up with an initial plan to help their stricken friend, Rai. Murphy goes into detective-mode, while Ireela runs into some dead-ends in her medical research. Jonny is surprisingly coherant,...