Backwater Bastards: An Actual Play Podcast

We’re back with another Backwater Bastards Lore Dive and this week is all about MIDSPACE. Located in the center of contested space and the beginning of the whole dang Bastard story, Midspace Station is a criminal hideaway and a historic neutral zone. Come and hear about its wartime origins and how it came to be in the mind of DM Dick Dynamite. (..And while you’re at it, find out the TRUTH about Wh...

It’s time to find out what really waits at the bottom of the One True Leader’s water. After a suspended moment in time learning about Ze’s past, we return to our heroes suspended in the Leader’s very own pond. The battle rages on around them as the cultists begin to lose ground. With their tentative allies ready to strike, Cleo and Ze set out to finish a fight that started many years ago… Hopefull...

A lore dive with the Backwater Bastards. This week, psychic powers! From telepaths like Dr Z, telekinetics like the One True Leader or precognitive's like the Wraith Seers, the psychics of the Bastard universe are all able to interface their brainwaves with the world around them. Learn about how it all works, who can do do it, how they can develop, strengths, weaknesses, in game possibilities and...

They say that The Originator rules in Synth space, but Zafrey Elektra and M8 know otherwise. Our heroes have reached the end of the line here on Gloria’s lonely treasure planet. They have seen unbelievable and wondrous things! But the red jellies draw nearer and their grim song grows louder. They are wounded, pursued, and they have no homes or family. But M8 and Zafrey have the Legacy Code… And ea...

Zafrey Elektra and M8 weren’t the only ones with a map to Gloria’s treasure. A new band of Atolla have allied with M8’s old crew! A first time meeting turns into a standoff as our young-old heroes attempt an escape from the synth sanctum. But just like the getting here, the leaving proves to be more perilous than any of them could have imagined. M8 and Zafrey have only moments to find their courag...

Zafrey Elektra and M8 have commandeered a pirate starship! Still following the commands of their stony captain stand in (The Rock), they break out of the atmosphere together and program their way to Mid-Space. A meeting with a strange hermit confirms the location of their search. It’s true of course that the cave is full of treasure… But for whom? And have our young adventurers been followed? Perh...

Zafrey Elektra is a soldier of the Atoll. He is the son of an invasive hive that jumps from planet to planet to harvest water for their sea. Whole worlds hear the Atolla Medusa's song when they come, and whole worlds shrivel in their wake. But young Zafrey has been collecting parts in the shadows... He's been building a body to escape the song. Today's the day he finally walks. But how's a young j...

It’s time we had a look at the numbers. As you know, the fates of our intrepid heroes are controlled by a few bad little dice. But who controls the dice? Well we do- us and some RULES. The Orbital Refuse world runs on DM Dick Dynamite’s very own game system, and we take a minute to talk about it here! Find out how to make a character in our world, learn the basic structure of our system, and hear...

Cleo and Dr. Ze started this mission with the intent to sew chaos and spread confusion. Maybe even to make a little damage. To cause a tiny moment of trouble! Fortunately they picked something they are both good at. The cultist’s towers go down one by one to the surprise of all assembled, and our heroes prepare to land their finals blows.. ‘Cause there’s only room in this town for one jelly song,...

Cleo and Ze’s first stealth mission goes off with a BANG! In order to clear the way for D.E.E.T.Z.’s troops, they’ve agreed to take out a minimum of three enemy towers.. But hey, who’s counting? Certainly not the One True Leader that follows their every move through the eyes of each cultist they crash into. With a security system like that, staying hidden will be a true TEAM effort. - Starring: DM...

It doesn’t take The Bastards long to get back into the fray. After putting together a tentative plan with D.E.E.T.Z. and the revolutionaries they are headed back into cultist lands. All that’s left is to make sure the mushrooms are protected and everybody knows their mark. Because our heroes are going in guns blazing! - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell Cleo deCa...

The Bastards are stuck between a rock and a hard place. After spending an explosive evening with the cultists Dr. Ze is on a mission to make an emergency alliance. Cleo is now sharing her braincase with a third entity. The Doctor needs information and their unlikely 'friend'.. Is just desperate enough to let them into their lab. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bel...

After the party there’s the afterparty! Or at least, after the party there’s dinner with a secret group of cultists in Night City? Cleo and Ze meet up with Randall’s contact, but it turns out nobody’s ever met the contact before.. Or at least, nobody’s ever come back to tell about it. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell Cleo deCap -- Taylor van Biljon Dr Ze/Docto...

The Bastards may have survived the mission- but will they survive this party? After an eye opening job that created more questions than answers- the Bastards are due back in town for a shindig with The Magnificent Kheen! The whole crew is dressing up, stepping out, and skipping the line. But what they won’t be skipping, is the TRIP of a lifetime. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master --...

It’s just one quick job.. ..To the dark side of MidSpace. To a lone substation hanging in the shadow of ZhuZhu’s lawless empire. For a few more credits, the Bastards make a deal and find themselves accompanying their client. But things start to unravel when Cleo recognizes the cheap, white paneling of the temporary hallways. Time sure does fly when you’re on the run. When’s the last time you thoug...

This week we have a bonus episode for you all! This is one of our SideArm episodes, our Patreon exclusive content. We release two SideArm episodes a month, and if you like this type of ramble, laughter fun time then you can get this and access to our First campaign Rhalloran. So what are ya waiting for? For the price of a "Bag o' Fries" you can get all this today. But for now please join us as we...

Back in the future, our heroes grapple with a…reluctant client. Who is this person? And why is Cleo pretending to be someone else in front of her? Somehow the Bastards land the job, but the details aren’t coming nearly as fast as the revelations. There’s a familiarity about this job, though.. A feeling that everything is about to change. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard K...

Some say bad things come in threes, but who’s keeping count? The Caps are back in the laboratory, trying their best to salvage the remnants of their gang. There’s an evacuation order in place, and the whole joint is clearing out. Will Cleo and the crew make it to the surface? Will the take make it to the Bringening? …Will they? - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell...

Cleo and The Caps saw the secret in the bowels of the factory and have been on the loose ever since. They survived the walls, the charges, and even their own poor disguises. Somehow they’ve got to free their people from the factory’s fate and figure out how to get back up to the surface… With the take, of course. And each other. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bel...

Posing as eager future employees, Cleo and The Caps gain entry to the factory. They stow their old gear, pull on their new jumpsuits, and feel their first hot water showers. They head further and further underground - still unsure what the job is, but keeping an eye peeled for the take to end all takes... The wonders of the factory are so strange that they nearly forget the one truth of the Bringe...

Cleo deCap is just another dirt farmer on Daius. And so is Bortis, and Fron- and everybody else they know. Thing is, Cleo has bigger dreams than just farming dirt. The Bringening is coming up, and the whole dang town and then some will be turning up to see it. This is the year that she's going to score a take bigger than Margot Blue Eyes McCracken- or anybody! Cause there's a shiny new factory dow...

The Bastards go out for a cola, and come back forever changed. Board the nightmare taxi and LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE the truest adventure of your wildest dreams with The Bastards, and Adal Rifai of Hello from the Magic Tavern! A small stop for a Sassy Mama Cola turns into a life or death quest to save MidSpace as we know it- and grant a cosmic being their ultimate dream. - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the...

Did somebody call for a hole expert? The galaxy's favorite hole experts are BACK in MidSpace and looking for a new place to stash their ship. Can't just leave it under Princess Zhu Zhu's nose! Jump on board and scout for real estate as our crew makes their way (downtown) through the sectors of MidSpace that they never got to see before, and then some! (..And don't forget to think some "green thoug...

The Bastards get fed up! Yup! You heard that right. The Bastards have arrived at Stu's, The Home of the "Everything", for a quick lil bite to eat before heading out back into space. They're rolling for initiative but this time.. It's on dinner.  - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell Cleo deCap -- Taylor van Biljon Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews Epis...

It's shopping time! The Bastards have made it to the checkout! It didn't seem like it would happen, you know- after all the rats.. But it has, and they're loading up! These Bastards got some money to spend! Now.. What treats will they get? - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell Cleo deCap -- Taylor van Biljon Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews Episode ar...