Dicey Stories

Cleve and Mariah overcome physical and emotional challenges on their way to the hospital where Arx is imprisoned. Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Following the fight against Gaenyn, Tric and Heppa return to the Society of Shadow encampment to ensure no stragglers linger. Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at...

Cleve and Mariah attract some unanticipated attention during the Planetfall Day festivities. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The shadow mages launch their ambush… as do the elves and woses. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 GM Notes One of the inspirations for setting our tabletop Wesnoth game in the aftermath of Mal-Ravanal’s war was me playing through A War of Life and Death , a User-Made Content campaign by Mystical_Warlord. It is set in a similar timeframe, and at the very end of this arc, we’ll even meet a character from it...

Mariah, Cleve, and Takuto enter the main dome of Morgan Industries. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa gain further insight into forbidden magic and the corruption that the woses can sense in the Grey Woods. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.o...

Cleve, Mariah, and Takuto explore a Progenitor wreck. Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Notes This is the first real look we have at Progenitor technology and design. In the Sid Meier’s Alien Crossfire expansion, these aliens have lost some of their technology and are relatively peers with the human factions. On our Chiron, however, we only see ruins. To design this little prison blo...

Ulf introduces Tric and Heppa to Gaenyn, the leader of the shadow mages, who has uncomfortable ideas about how he and the elves might collaborate. Scene 4 GM Notes Our Society of Shadow grew out of the shadow mages from the mainline campaign Liberty in the Battle for Wesnoth video game. Gaenyn’s physical appearance is based on the artwork for Shadow Lord Helicrom, the leader of those shadow mages....

Mariah and Cleve negotiate for the right to recover data from their cryobeds. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Ulf guides Tric and Heppa through the Grey Woods. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 GM Notes When preparing for this arc, I scoured the mainline campaigns of the Battle for Wesnoth for any mention of the Grey Woods. There are battles there in both Liberty and Secrets of the Ancients. We’ve already seen ideas from Scenario 6 of Liberty in all the clues that have been dropped about the Society of Shadow. Secr...

Morgan Prospecting’s activities at the crash site do not go unnoticed. Scene 6 Scene 7 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

At the pottery market on the outskirts of Dan’Tonk, Tric and Heppa bump into an old acquaintance who is able to help them with the next stage of their journey through Wesnoth. Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part...

Mariah, Cleve, and Takuto head out on a recovery job for Data Haven. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa learn about a previous Manu expedition to the Sandy Wastes. Then they round out their Dunefolk education by attending a morning of Dune School. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 GM Notes The Dune School scene in this episode is based on the experiences of some of my childhood friends. I’m not close enough to my forebears' cultural heritage to have attended any myself, being a fourth...

Takuto makes his case for going on the next trip out of Data Haven. Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa spend time in Dan’Tonk’s Dunefolk quarter meeting with the glassmaker, the weaver, and the falconer/scribe. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 GM Notes The Luminary Council and Paragon Council, as presented in this episode, had their origins in a discussion of potential Dunefolk politics on the Battle for Wesnoth forums ( https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=52367 ). I took some...

Roze shares information gleaned from the network node job. Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

A travel montage gets Tric and Heppa from the Wesnoth capital Weldyn to its largest city, Dan’Tonk. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes If you listen to as much folk music as I do, you may recognize the name Lily the Pink. I heard it on an album from the Irish Rovers. I don’t consider it a fabulous song, but it was the perfect source for a spur-of-the-moment charlatan NPC. I thought it was pa...

Mariah spends time in the medical center while Cleve helps Tenoch with expedition equipment. Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 GM Notes Tenoch’s rover is a direct copy of the Alpha Centauri video game rover . It does look something like a futuristic, more aerodynamic jeep that’s fully sealed. For Mariah and Cleve it means faster and safer transportation through the wilderness. As anyone who...

Tric and Heppa enjoy a spooky nighttime ghost tour of the battlefields around Weldyn. Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Notes The Battle for Wesnoth mainline campaign Eastern Invasion can end one of two ways: a giant battlefield or a private duel. I decided to make both versions of Scenario 17 true as far as the history of our tabletop campaign is concerned. I use details from those in the ghost tour. Many of...

Mariah and Cleve return to Data Haven along with Corazon, Dr. Citali, and their prizes. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 GM Notes The discussion of what’s edible and how to process different foods is lightly inspired by the Alpha Centauri video game. In that, xenofungus tiles only produce food and other benefits after extensive research—except for the faction that inspired our Stepdaughters...

Tric and Heppa share a meal with Alric’s parents and learn more about the Manu clan. Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here . Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 , part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org . Need context? Jump...

After Mariah and Cleve get rid of the repo squad, they encounter another familiar face out in the wilds of Chiron. Scene 19 Scene 20 Scene 21 Scene 22 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

For the first time in their lives, Tric and Heppa meet an elf not of Estbryn Forest. Scene 8 Scene 9 GM Notes Sir Deoran is the primary protagonist of the South Guard mainline campaign of the Battle for Wesnoth video game. In Scenario 5, he is given the choice to ally with human bandits or with the elf Ethiliel, who has already lent him aid. For the purposes of our story, he made the latter choice...

As they prepare to head back to Data Haven with their prizes, Mariah, Cleve, and Corazon share some pieces of their pasts. Scene 15 Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com . Need context? Jump to the start of the series!