Tales From The Crit

Now that Vivian still has her life and youth, the troop goes about selling cookies and never running into a single issue ever again. And if you believe that then you haven't been listening to our Podcast long. Bonnie, Maxwell, and Vivian go to investigate the mysterious objects falling from the sky. Was it aliens? Was it a meteor? Will we find out? Maybe so, and maybe we will find out more about K...

Vivian just received shocking news that her time to meet her maker has come at only 11 years old...or is she 93? Facts mean little to Kevin the apprentice Grim Reaper who would do anything to keep his job and not get banished to the planet Mercury. With only 24 hours to find the older Vivian Strauss, the trio sells some cookies, gets into some scraps and gets some scrapes in order to try and save...

On this episode our guests, Rebecca, Tim and Anna play as intrepid Brave Blossoms in Badgequest. It turns out, being a Girl Scout isn't easy work. Especially during cookie selling season. As our scout troop sets out to break the record for most cookies sold in a single cookie selling season they begin to notice there is something wrong with their friend Vivian's eyesight. Oh, and they are being fo...

Join us as we play our first highly narrative table top game on Tales From The Crit, Escape the Dark Sector , whereas we play four lutenants, lutenents, luitenants...(does anyone actually know how to spell Lieutenant?) working to escape the confines of a massive space station. We encounter aliens, bounty hunters and robots as we whack and blast our way up and out to freedom. Content warnings: Lang...

Stephan, Mikey and Derrick get to fulfill their lifelong dream of going on a Viking raid! When Henrich claims the right to lead the first raid of summer he takes along a redcap berserker, Vlad, a family man, Wolfgang, and a shieldmaiden. He also steals all the other boats from their clan. As they set off across the sea they will be met by storms, rocks, and sea monsters before they get the chance...

Our team of special agents FINALLY make it to the mall with Fanny for her meet an greet but her sporadic nature and over the top personality throw some wrenches into the day. As enemy agents catch up with the group they are forced to dig deep into their skill sets to protect the package and get paid. DISCLAIMER: When we recorded "Going Dark" we did not pay attention to play time and never recorded...

Three washed up members of different military organizations running their own security service are hired to protect Fanny, a teenage social media influencer who has been receiving death threats from a shadowy organization. Will the team be able to protect the unpredictable teen or will the clash of personalities cause the team to take out the teen themselves? Content Warning- Adult Language, Viole...

In the outskirts of civilized space lays the Periphery. This where scoundrels, pirates, mercenaries and other space trash call home. This also happens to be where we find our protagonists for the episode. Elroy, Wes Wesley, and Spacely work as Free Traders (Insert classic mercenary stereotype) doing odd jobs to pay off their ship. Only a few more jobs stand between them and freedom! Well a few job...

Skinny, Gob and Nert finally find themselves upon the Soul Collector's Cosmic Menagerie. After fighting giant murder hornets and arousing an alien for way to long they have found the elevator. As they stand on the elevator they are left with many burning questions, the biggest being...what's on the top floor? Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Language

Nert, Gob and Skinny encounter a cornucopia of unsettling sights as the make their way to the Soul Collector's Cosmic Zoo and enter without knocking. Are they slaughtering helpless animals or harmlessly leaving a trail of chickens in their wake? Will they actually find Ripley here? Is this the actually the finale as Rebecca predicted? Find out in Part Four of our Quest TTRPG arc! Content Warnings:...

Skinny, Nert and Gob continue their search for a Chaos Creature in order to find the Soul Collector's Cosmic Zoo. This episode answers some important questions...does anyone in the party know how to swim? What happens when you trespass when you shouldn't? And how do you catch an invisible goat? Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Language

Skinny, Gob, and Nert continue on their quest to find the Envoy in order to return The Tyrant's cat and keep their heads attached to their necks. Following their magical compass and some advice from a stranger the gang sets out for the path through the mountain. Will they survive their journey to The Archipelago? Will they find a puppy? Find out in this episode of Tales from the Crit! Content Warn...

Three prisoners get a second chance at life when the King's beloved cat, Ripley, is stolen by an Interplanar thief. Tasked with retrieving the cat or losing their heads the unlikely party of two inexperienced travelers and a shambling mound of bones (so to speak) set off through across the countryside where they face a myriad of dangers and also some really cool folks (but mostly danger). Join us...

Two humans and a starfish walk into a bar...seems like there is a joke there right? Well in this micro-rpg adventure "Broken Swords and Twisted Trails" these three characters are hired for an important quest. Mr. Flash, Mad Pat and Fitzy Icepickle use their magical weapons and powers to fight there way through hoards of enemies as they make there way North to kill an evil Wizard. Is the unlikely t...

We are excited to bring you a special bonus episode! In this shorter episode we are diving into some of the world building and character creation that went into our play through of Kids On Bikes. If you haven't listed to that story arc named "Crits on Bikes" (see what we did there?) this is actually a perfect place to start! We had a lot of fun with the system and their take on character creation...

Our five friends continue searching for Jamie while following the clues they've gathered since her disappearance. Is there really a cult in their small town? Will they find the kidnapped girls? Have they brought big enough bags for trick or treating? All will be answered in the "Crits on Bikes" Finale! Content Warnings: Language, Tobacco Use, Violence, Child Endangerment, Kidnapping

Our five friends, Andy, Josh, Jack, Danny and Billy search for Billy's girlfriend who went missing during the Ghost Walk the night before Halloween. The five students prepare themselves for another encounter with the "Frog Men" they ran into at the Steel Mill while investigating the mysterious people and places of Bethlehem, PA...all while planning the perfect Trick or Treating route. Content warn...

We start our debut episode by playing "Kids on Bikes" by Doug Levandowski and Jonathon Gilmore. Our cast includes, Rebecca, Derrick, Mike, Connor and of course, Riley as your Crit Keeper and Narrator. Set in Bethlehem, PA the day before Halloween in 1991 our four kids go ghost hunting before finding themselves at the center of a rash of kidnappings. The four friends rely on each other to make it o...