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Al's Aces go on an action-packed operation where they have to extract some VIPs being held prisoner on the Isle of Labyrinth so they can mount a counterattack against a dragon! The adventurers in the Destiny of Istus campaign finally return to Greyhawk to visit Maeve the paladin's holy order where they are given a summons from a neighbouring kingdom and a new assignment in Rookroost! And over in t...

We got mines, we got towers, we got walls, we got chambers...it's a whole architectural thing on this episode of Compare and Campaign! In the Destiny of Istus campaign, the players expore the dried-up mines of a trading city and learn the ways of dwarven beard magic. And over in Al's Aces, the players find a new home for the Crimson Chambers and face off against a myriad of foes including the Burn...

On this thrilling episode of Compare & Campaign: Al's Aces start a new act as an invasion force attacks from the Arctopus! The Greyhawk adventurers have to adjudicate a witch trial resulting from magical pop-up ads! And in the tavern, Magill asks Tom for recommendations for adventure modules to run with his play group because he's feeling short on inspiration. Additional materials can be found...

Al's Aces take over the podcast in a full-length episode dedicated to their escapades on Operation Closed Curve as they discover a dang ol' upside-down river and navigate the Dark Pyramid of Sorcerer's Isle! Then in the tavern Tom talks more about the module he based this adventure on and Magill goes through a list of some of the more obscure GURPS supplements from Steve Jackson Games. Additional...

Al's Aces gets extra crazy on this episode as the team heads into the Far Realms, becoming Scrooge Ghosts and fighting a Time Basilisk in one of the most intense encounters Tom has ever run! Then in the Fate of Istus campaign, the players go rogue and, instead of running his planned session, Magill has to pivot quickly as they attempt to assassinate a high-level barbarian king. In the tavern, Tom...

It's an ending and a new beginning on this episode, as Tom wraps up the final operation in this act of the Al's Aces campaign, which sees the heroes stop a prison break and take part in a huge battle on a glacier! And Magill starts his new Greyhawk campaign: the Fate of Istus, where a rag-tag group of adventurers happen upon an ancient magic artifact thought lost to the sands of time! Then over in...

We recorded this episode on May the 4th, so naturally Magill has to start things off with his May the 4th rant! You may have already heard it last year. Then Al's Aces venture into a mine guarded by Cannabis Corpses to confront Carmen the Prairie Hag (formerly the immortal). Magill's Eberron campaign wraps up with his Eb-ilogue detailing how it would have ended had it not been abruptly cut short....

We're all over the place in this episode, but don't worry because it's still a show about D&D - I swear! First Tom and Magill review the new Mortal Kombat movie, which leads into a discussion of video game movies and rare cereal, but it eventually loops back to their respective campaigns as Magill describes the (unintentional) final session of the Eberron campaign as the bards venture into the...

Tom done dangus'd last episode, so this one opens with a quick correction before we check in with the bards of Eberron as they encounter a group of exiled bandit sorcerers! Then Al's Aces investigate book thefts at the School of Hellfire and we go on yet another tangent about Mortal Kombat. In the tavern, Magill teaches us how to run a barony and we get a lesson on that legendary D&D artist Da...

In this episode, Al's Aces go to a school of magic in search of some missing tomes and find the library overrun with imps and zombies! Then in Eberron, the bards try to settle on a new name for their band as they encounter the cultists of the House of Pain! Magill also sings the praises of bite-sized D&D, Tom reminisces about the Ottawa Museum of Nature's insect exhibit, and in the tavern we r...

Tom is sleepy and Magill is full of ridiculous thoughts on episode Schfifty-Five of Compare & Campaign! Al's Aces are once again exploring Hell disguised as ice bugs, and the bards of Eberron have to help some viking barbarians lay a dragon's soul to rest so it will stop burninating the countryside. Then in the tavern, Magill pours everyone a glass of Psi-Cold from Rifts and Tom details all th...

Tom and Magill switch gears for a moment to talk about their love and hate of the Mortal Kombat movies before diving into a jam-packed episode where the bard of Eberron go hunting for a Mask of Destiny and Al's Aces head back to hell wearing ice bug disguises that Tom keeps forgetting about. Then in the tavern Magill recites the Ballad of Alandare! Additional materials can be found at compareandca...

On this episode: Al's Aces head back to Goblintown in Tom's adaptation of the adventure module Secrets of Sokol Keep, the bards of Eberron dungeon crawl their way through a treacherous demiplane, and Magill and Tom debate the merits of classic sitcom theme songs. Plus, in the tavern we look at Scion's interpretation of the god Poseidon and we both contract Warp Touch. Additional materials can be f...

We start off in Eberron as the wandering band of bards from Magill's campaign attend a bacchanalian party following their performance of the Sixfold Trials of Larazod. Then over in Al's Aces, Tom's players are deployed to the battlefield to take on an army of the undead! And over in the tavern, Tom talks about the Vampire RPG's humanity mechanic - specifically something called the Predator's Taint...

Al's Aces embark upon Operation Ice Worm (spoiler: no ice worms) and find themselves very thankful for a clever use of Mage Hand! Meanwhile, the band from Eberron undergoes the Sixfold Trials of Larazod as they take to the stage. And in the tavern, Tom gives an overview of Scion's World War 2 supplement "The World at War" and Magill talks about the Dragonmasks from Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Addit...

Hey, we made it to 50 episodes, and to celebrate...Magill and Tom are just doing the same old thing! Magill's Eberron campaign runs through a city-based adventure module from Dungeon Magazine as the players chase an orcish thief through the docks of Passage, and Tom's players conduct a series of raids on criminal hideouts, including an encounter with the infamous Inkpin. Then in the tavern, Tom si...

Tom takes inspiration from Robert E. Howard as Al's Aces set out on Operation Conquerer, and one of the characters winds up with a mouthful of ink. Then in Eberron, Magill revisits another classic adventure module from Dungeon Magazine as his band of wandering bards encounters Old Man Katan and his incredible, edible mushroom band! Then in the tavern, Magill describes the bizarre creatures known a...

Al's Aces complete Operation Conquerer in Tom's campaign and acquire lots of magical D&D drugs along the way! Then over in Eberron, Magill's troupe of wandering bards stop by Bradbert Niss's house for a game of Spottle. Over in the tavern, Tom outlines the many mini adventures in the Defiance In Phlan module, Magill shares some hilarious retro D&D products (including candy!), and the guys...

Magill and Tom have set up the new campaigns they'll be discussing, so let's finally get into them! In Magill's Eberron campaign, the travelling party of bards is asked to investigate the source of the strange ichor polluting a smalltown river, and in Tom's campaign (Al's Aces) the players must trek through the land of stench to save an agent from a goblin hideout. Plus: menhirs, cyclops drama, ar...

It's an episode of new beginnings, as Tom starts up his second campaign: Al's Aces! Thrill as the new MPOC recruits have to go through firearms training, learn to decode runestones, and more! Then Magill continues setting up his Eberron campaign with some background on the setting, profiles of the characters, and the introduction to the first adventure. Over in the tavern, Tom outlines some templa...

Join us, won't you, as MPOC's Finest go on their final op of Tom's campaign: Operation Cephalopod! It's a doozy! Then Magill talks about the next campaign he'll be detailing on the show, and in the tavern we discover the origins of the critical hit, a classic Gary Gygax adventure module inspired by Alice in Wonderland, and the Eternal Peanut. Additional materials can be found at compareandcampaign...

The campaigns are wrapping up as MPOC's Finest go on their penultimate operation into the flooded sewers to fight wasps and hags! Meanwhile, the Verdant Apocalypse campaign concludes with some major standoffs and an epilogue. Then Tom and Magill discuss the mini-campaign that Tom is running, called "Crimes Against the Faith," and Magill lists some hilarious magic gloves from the good ol' Encyclope...

Magill shamefully corrects a major mistake that has run through his entire description of the Verdant Apocalypse campaign up until this point and describes how he runs a siege without it becoming a slog. Meanwhile, MPOC's Finest keep killin' them bugs in the mines, and over in the tavern with sing the praises of Thaumaturgy and the Emerald Order. Additional materials can be found at compareandcamp...

The wasteland gang of the Verdant Apocalypse campaign has been separated! Some of them wound up in a garbage dump in the settlement of Passage, others found themselves in a prehistoric cave on the other side of a rift wall! Will they be reunited? Meanwhile, MPOC's Finest undertake a lengthy dungeon crawl laid out like a side-scrolling platformer with a whole menagerie of wild monsters. Then, in th...

Tom and Magill are covering everything this episode! The Bog of Eternal Stench, impossible arcade games, in-game save points, cosmic knowledge fish, mannequin limbs, tools of the trade, the worst weapons in Rifts, the debate about the origins of the yo-yo, and an update on Stumpy the Spider! Don't miss out, download today, or the Trimera Pantera will get you. Additional materials can be found at c...