A Friendly Orbit

Wherein the moose comes home to roost.  This is part 3 of our ongoing series playing the brand new game Daggerheart set in the Witherwild.  You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creating our title theme and outro. Until next week, we’ll catch you out the...

Phew, crisis averted. Nobody we know is in danger! What's that? Alright, fiiiine, we'll go save the strangers too. This is part 2 of our ongoing series playing the brand new game Daggerheart set in the Witherwild. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for cr...

You’ve heard our opinions on Daggerheart - but why not form your own? This is part one of a three-part series where we dive into Daggerheart, dig our fingers into its guts and actually play it. Welcome, to the Witherwild! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laa...

We finally played Daggeheart, the D&D killer! And while D&D is still alive and mid, we have lots of positive (and some negative) thoughts on Darrington Press' new hit TTRPG. So pack on your 2d12s, some Hope and Fear, and a nonsense rule for falling damage, and step into a whole new yet familiar world. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky...

Are Sims games to mundane for you? Is two legs and arms per person a bit monotonous? Then jump on an asteroid and crash into the depth of a brand new planet to establish your own evolutionary legacy with the 2008 Maxis game "Spore". You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ ⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠ ⁠. Special thanks to...

Ah childhood, those special years we spend growing, learning, and scrambling our brains by obsessively swiping on iPad screens. This week we check out Infinity Blade, the lost darling of iOS gaming. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creating our title...

Season 2 begins! Today we break down two Golden movies on the Rocky Road to monsters as metaphor! One of these showed us how it's Done Done, Done, while the others is experiencing a bit of Takedown. So check your fit, grab your guitar and protect your soul from demons and vampires alike in this contest of cinematic champions! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you...

Well, we’ve spent a year exploring the solar system and we’re back where we started. It’s time to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the podcast by looking back at the episodes we made and the stories behind them. Which episode was brainiest? What was the original Cool Raaba episode about? How many times will Theia “move away for ever”? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠...

On the one hand, these goblins have a culture and the ability to make moral choices. On the other, fireball deals 8d6 points of fire damage, and more if I burn a higher level spell slot. And while our parents taught not to use violence to resolve problems, this game sure makes smites feel badass! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send...

What do you get when you mix a Zoom call, Ice Cube, a classic sci-fi tale, and obscene amounts of product placement? Well, probably not a good movie. Gird your data, and hack a Tesla, because we're watching the 2025 release of War of The Worlds. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Special...

In the latest episode of Watch or Botch: Join us as we watch the first 90 minutes of a TV show and decide wether or not to watch the rest of it. Today we delve into the space frontier and...haven't we been here before? After Firefly, it's Cowboy's Bebop's turn to regail us with a stylish and unique vision of the Space Western genre. Someone should really turn this into a live action show... You ca...

If imagination is hard, store-bought is fine. But not really. Join us to hear about the mind-numbing journey of Ceres and Theia as they welcome a new Dungeon Master to the table, AI. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ ⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠ ⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creating our title theme and ou...

It’s 2025 baby! Welcome to the age of the Multiverse. From superhero movies to Magic the Gathering, to Ceres’ favorite narrative podcasts, everything is a multiverse now and gosh darn it we’re here to stop it. And by stop it we mean analyze the pro and cons of multiverses for an hour while pitching different stories that do multiverses the way we like it. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@a...

Are we capable of running D&D campaigns where the fate of the world doesn’t hang in the balance? Is it a thing? Can personal motivations and small moments save the day? How? Wouldn't that be interesting? Why would you want that? Let’s find out! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Speci...

In the latest episode of Watch or Botch: Join us as we watch the first 90 minutes of a TV show and decide wether or not to watch the rest of it. This week we're boldly headed where no man..wait it's 'no one' now! Its' the future's future baby, with Star Trek the Next Generation and the future is...outdated. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky yo...

Does Theia think Firbolgs are unnecessary? Can you play a Simiah without making a Planet of the Apes reference? Are you a Dwarf, Elf, Orc, Infernis kind of party or are you the Ribbit, Simiah, Galapa, Katari party? Join us in the Workshop today for our breakdown of all 18 playable Daggerheart ancestries, plus the extra one...that is also the coolest? You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afr...

Fantasy has changed a lot. This week, Ceres and Theia rifle through the lost virtues and the important advancements of the last 50-odd years of TTRPG storytelling in an attempt to curate the best of both worlds. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creati...

Today we explore Daggerheart unique Domain system, an inspired design principle that produces some inspired character classes. Inspired by D&D that is. Oh well, at least we have the Seraph. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ ⁠⁠afriendlyorbit@gmail.com⁠⁠ ⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creating our tit...

Welcome Heroes, to Theia's Workshop! This is the first of a new series focused around the tabletop RPG game Daggerheart by Darrington Press. Today I'm joined by Ceres to discuss the basics of the awesome core mechanics that define this game and why you should play it! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ ⁠afriendlyo...

What makes art good? What even is art? What function does it serve? Well if we're lucky, we might answer one of those in this episode. Join Ceres, Theia and Proteus as we consider what we love about art, how we interact with it and how we pass judgement on it. This is a particularly subjective episode, so feel free to let us know your experiences with art in the comments! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠w...

Welcome to the jungle kid. Original stories can't survive in its crowded corporate gloom. But don't worry, Thea and Ceres got three rules to help you adapt your pre-existing story into a whole new medium. You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Special thanks to Paul van Laar for creating our...

Steel is the victim of sloth - the sullen implement with which glory is etched. Err, I mean - It's the second installment of our campaign recap show! This week on Secrets of Heart & Steel, we talk about the harrowing expedition our heroes took into the depths of the ruins below Vorthunum. Check out the art we made for our campaign ⁠here⁠ ! Check out the Harkonnen Arena theme, which will give y...

The scholars say that a few months ago, we started a sick-ass D&D campaign. Now we mortals recap all the cool shit we did. Join us as DM Ceres asks Theia, Neriad and Copernicus about their perspectives on the story so far, and adds some tidbits of his own. This episode we introduce our heroes and the places they hail from. Checkout the art we made for our campaign here ! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠...

Riddle me this - can you spot an impostor when you see one? Can you tell apart your Sky High's from your Snowflames? How about your Mini Banes and your Neo Jokers? Theia has looked up a whole roster of obscure DC characters and cooked up his own zany creations to match. Now Ceres, Polaris and Ganymede need to try to guess which is which. How many can you get? Like this? You may like the guessing g...

Watch or Botch is back! Join us as we watch the first 90 minutes of a TV show and decide wether or not to watch the rest of it. This week we're headed 1000 years in the future and 25 years to the past - it's time to review the legendary Futurama! You can find us at ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.youtube.com/@afriendlyorbit⁠⁠⁠⁠ . If you're feeling frisky you can send us a message at ⁠ afriendlyorbit@gmail.com ⁠. Special...