Dice Punks

Our deference to the signs and portents of serendipity know no bounds in this continuing foray into 1803 Tennessee in the "recently released" Old Gods of Appalachia TTRPG , courtesy of Robin! Our contentious quartet investigates the cause of the cicadas' unusual emergence last time, to unexpected results... This is a game in the Cypher System by Monte Cook Games , and is based on the inimitable fo...

We obey the signs and portents of serendipity in interrupting our regularly scheduled Borrowed Light episodes a tad sooner than we had planned in order to share with you Robin's first foray as a GM – she takes us to 1803 Tennessee in the "recently released" Old Gods of Appalachia TTRPG ! This is a game in the Cypher System by Monte Cook Games , and is based on the inimitable folk-horror podcast Ol...

Our Punks explore their neighborhood some more as preparations are completed, and the much-ballyhooed auction begins... This episode is also more lightly edited than most, but hopefully, it's not to the detriment of its enjoyability, and perhaps Adam will get to clean it up more in the future! As the poet once said... "I Can Only Count to Four" by Psychostick . "Augment or Die" is by Emerson Boatw...

Having gotten the gang together somewhat reluctantly, they now start to prepare to disrupt a dangerous auction with a mix of caution, distrust, care, and tomfoolery! This one was a real crunch to get edited and posted (late) thanks to IRL things, so it's more lightly edited than most, with more background noise, more dead air, that sort of thing. Hopefully, it's not to the detriment of its enjoyab...

Our second full campaign, "Borrowed Light," gets off to its official start! We're playing Hard Wired Island by Paul Matijevic, Freyja Erlingsdottir, and Minverva McJanda, and meeting our cagey team of eventually-heroes on their home turf of the Seldon District. As the poet once said... "Space Oddity" by David Bowie . "Augment or Die" is by Emerson Boatwright and Drew Messinger-Micheals . Cover art...

Welcome to our second full campaign, "Borrowed Light," playing Hard Wired Island by Paul Matijevic, Freyja Erlingsdottir, and Minverva McJanda! This is our session zero -- basically a planning session we've recorded and put in the feed as part demonstration, part explanation, part preparation, and part revelation (by which I mean, it's kind of a type of Dice Peeks in feel, which is why it doesn't...

Welcome to the after-show, patrons and other listeners alike! Since we're releasing one-shots to tide you over while we rebuild our buffer of Hard Wired Island episodes, and our Patreon is currently paused, we're putting the Peeks for Exiles here and on our Patreon's public feed -- we hope you enjoy this look at what could be yours twice a month if you support us with real, actual dollars!

This one-shot in Ben Klug's moody, contemplative game of item descriptions, Exiles , is a somber, silent, GM-less journey into the bleak world and fractured history of four wanderers in darkened lands... This month's in-between one-shot is a different kind of thing than we've done so far, a lot quieter, in both literal and figurative senses. We hope you enjoy it; it was very rewarding to record! T...

Welcome to the after-show, patrons and other listeners alike! Since we're releasing one-shots to tide you over while we rebuild our buffer of Hard Wired Island episodes, and our Patreon is currently paused, we're putting the Peeks for SALVATION here and on our Patreon's public feed -- we hope you enjoy this look at what could be yours twice a month if you support us with real, actual dollars!

This one-shot in Erika Chappell's short, bloody, hilarious SALVATION: Blessed are the Ultraviolent will probably stand for some time as our most indulgently excessive one-shot! If you're familiar with "Conflictmallet 4x10^4," you'll probably recognize some things, including some of the effects work Adam has done in the edit... The intended experience of these in-between one-shots in March and Apri...

Content Warning: body horror! We're back with the last of our mini-campaign in the 2nd edition of Unknown Armies ! In this episode, One for Sorrow and their biggest fan get in their own way, but may just manage to save the day anyway! As the poet once said... "Overture" by Patrick Wolf . "Theme of the Dice Punks" and its acoustic version are by Drew. Cover art by Joanne, aka Anything Sews. Visit u...

Alternate title: Dragon Style! We're back with more Unknown Armies ! In this episode, One for Sorrow and their biggest fan get in a little over their heads, but they don't stop there! As the poet once said... "Get on the Plane" by The Myriad . "Theme of the Dice Punks" and its acoustic version are by Drew. Cover art by Joanne, aka Anything Sews. Visit us on the web at  dicepunks.com  and...

We're back with more Unknown Armies ! In this episode, One for Sorrow and their biggest fan more or less shop 'til they drop, and meet a whole host of colorful characters, both affable and sinister, along the way... As the poet once said... "Skeleton Key" by Dessa . "Theme of the Dice Punks" and its acoustic version are by Drew. Cover art by Joanne, aka Anything Sews. Visit us on the web at  dicep...

It's taken longer than we had planned (though we hope you enjoyed the one-shots in the interim, but this week we're here with Des GMing this initial episode of our mini-campaign in Greg Stolze & John Tweet's post-modern urban horror RPG, Unknown Armies (2nd edition)! Listen as a terrible band meets their biggest fan under the most unusual circumstances, and tries to track down a missing name!...

Drew GMs this emergency one-shot of John Perich's one-page RPG No, No, Nyarlathotep ! Give this peek into the eldritch alternate origins of the stage musical a listen to find out exactly how many buckets of blood it takes to put on a show! We are still bringing you Des's mini-campaign in Unknown Armies , but due to Life, we are still finding the day when we can record the last episode of it, so we...

Drew GMs this ~Halloween Special~ in Anna Landin and Jonah Baumann's Something is Wrong With This House ! Listen to hear about the the worst family, with the worst dad, and the worst variation of a "Live, Laugh, Love" sign, and all the horrible things our player-characters do to them to get them to leave... up to and including (shudder) playing Kinect !! As the poet once said... "Damn These Vampir...

Drew brings us back to the Extreme Meatpunks Forever universe, and to Mas Dida, one last time to conclude the adventures of Viz, Bill, and Rad as they face off against the richest man in the world... and a whole army of cops! This is the second of a two-part continuation from our one-shot using the pre-publication version of Heather Flowers and Aura Belle's TTRPG; we hope you enjoy it as much as w...

Welcome back to the Extreme Meatpunks Forever universe, and to the Drew-GM-ed adventures of Viz, Bill, and Rad! This is the first of a two-part continuation from our one-shot using the pre-publication version of Heather Flowers and Aura Belle's TTRPG, so look forward to the exciting conclusion next time! Content warnings are given by Drew at the beginning, but include: body horror, dysmorphia, dis...

In this episode, the players and Hollyhock God of the Nightfall campaign look back on the last two years of podcasting, and have a wide-ranging, Q&A session with some Dice Peeks energy and discussion thrown in. We hope you enjoy it! As the poet said…  “The End of the Rope” by They Might Be Giants . "Cliffhanger Fanfare," “Theme of the Dice Punks” and its acoustic version by  Drew Messinger-Mic...

Welcome to the after-show, patrons and all other listeners alike! To celebrate the end of our first full campaign , we're putting the finale episodes' Dice Peeks in the main feed -- we hope you enjoy it! It does start off punchy, and keeps going punchy, but we hope you'll enjoy the weird energy, and the peek behind the scenes -- and if you do, look forward to our next regular episode, which is a f...

In this episode, our Nobilis pursue the end of gods, and whatever may come next... Scheduling Note: This episode is the final part of a marathon, nearly-12-hour recording session we Punks did to give Nightfall the send-off it deserves. The first part was posted on 1 September 2023, and this true, for-real-this-time last episode of Nightfall is going live between regularly scheduled updates, as soo...

In this episode, our Nobilis make a great start of the daunting task of ending the war between the gods, one way or another... Scheduling Note: This episode is the first part of a marathon, nearly-12-hour recording session we Punks did to give Nightfall the send-off it deserves. During that, we identified a few good potential stopping points where the episode could be split up if needed, since edi...

In this episode, our Nobilis do try to get ready for the end... potentially of everything! Check out  REIGN  and  Nobilis ! As the poet said…  “Murderer” by East West . “Theme of the Dice Punks” and its acoustic version by  Drew Messinger-Michaels . Art and editing by  Joanne Spotswood. Visit us on the web at  dicepunks.com  and on Twitter (for now), Cohost, and...

In this episode, our Nobilis search for the Heart of the enemy's Chancel! Check out  REIGN  and  Nobilis ! As the poet said…  “A Moment of Violence” by Streetlight Manifesto . “Theme of the Dice Punks” and its acoustic version by  Drew Messinger-Michaels . Art and editing by  Joanne Spotswood. Visit us on the web at  dicepunks.com  and on Twitter (for now), Cohos...

In this longer-than-usual episode, our Nobilis venture into a hostile Chancel to strike at Treachery herself! Check out  REIGN  and  Nobilis ! As the poet said…  “The Spy Hunter” by Project 86 . “Theme of the Dice Punks” and its acoustic version by  Drew Messinger-Michaels . Art and editing by  Joanne Spotswood. Visit us on the web at  dicepunks.com  and on Twitter (for no...