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Our thief - and consequently our good listeners - learns a valuable lesson about luck, and our elf and cleric get quite salty in our swearingest, most hair raising (literally) installment so far, as we play part 4 of our "Doom of the Savage Kings" 5 parter.

Come celebrate Thanksgiving with us as our flock of turkeys descend into the Serpent Tomb of the Ulfheonar and discover the magic of the season...or something...in part three of our playthrough of Harley Stroh's "Doom of the Savage Kings" for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

More than a little worse for wear after their misguided attempt to follow the Hound into the Sunken Fens, our heroes seek aid at the village of Hirot. Much intrigue, and more singing than should be allowed, ensues. The mystery deepens, in episode two of our playthrough of Harley Stroh's "Doom of the Savage Kings" for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

The Hound of the Baskervilles meets Beowulf meets a group of big dumb nerds, as we delve into Harley Stroh's classic level 1 adventure for Dungeon Crawl Classics, "Doom of the Savage Kings". Join us as we go everywhere except the safety of the village, and gasp as we bungle our way incorrectly through the DCC "recover the body" rules (spoiler alert - there will be casualtie...

Our hopeless band of peasants continue to press their luck in "The Hole in the Sky". It's episode 13. What can go wrong?

The swift and unexpected finale of our playthrough of Goodman Games' classic murder dungeon "Crypt of the Devil Lich" for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

Having survived the first chamber, our valiant party ventures even deeper into the Crypt of the Devil Lich. Spinning rooms, pressure plates, confused ghosts, and more traps than you could shake a ten foot pole at. We continue our second of three playthroughs (spoiler alert) of Goodman Games' classic murder dungeon for Dungeon Crawl Classics.

We recklessly plunge into Goodman Games' notorious murder dungeon, "Crypt of the Devil Lich" with little to no preparation. The inevitable ensues. Part one of three. Our GM was battling the effects of Canadian wildfire smoke, so apologies for the occasional hoarseness and lozenge sucking.

Finally the finale of the grand finale. Unedited, so apologies in advance for dead air, mumbles, tangents and cusses.

Befitting the trend of splitting all series finales in two (and not at all due to lack of time to do any editing), and making the audience wait an unduly long time for those parts, we present the first part of the final installment of our playthrough of "Court of Blades". It's probably worth the wait.

The gang continues their task of destroying the good name of another house via the weapon of theatre, but not before discussing how to once and for all rid themselves of a particularly bothersome thorn in their side, as we continue our playthrough of a Couple of Drakes' "Court of Blades".

Our sporadic games of Dungeon World continue, as our druid, thief and barbarian tackle a shimmering mage's tower in the middle of a forest. Trampolining, rapping, Cronenberg-esque body horror? This episode has everything. But definitely not an owlbear. Apologies in advance for some choppy audio here and there.

We continue our efforts to further the cause of House Bastien, and our status within it, in the vibrant, sprawling city-state of Ilrien, as we continue our playthrough of A Couple Of Drakes' "Court of Blades".   https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/

Come  with us to the vibrant, sprawling city-state of Ilrien, as we follow  the trials and tribulations of upstart House Bastien, as they try to  scale society's  ladder by any means necessary, in our first full session of A Couple Of  Drakes' "Court of Blades". https://acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/court-of-blades CONTENT WARNING: Drug use and brief descriptions of graphic viol...

Sixteen foolish peasants who foolishly believe they were born for greater things, foolishly take the word of a mysterious woman in blue that if they foolishly step off a cliff onto an invisible bridge and go to a prison in a hole in the sky, and foolishly fight a titan, then all of their wishes will come true.  The foolish peasants foolishly do so.  The fools!

Given that two of our favorite games of the last year were Greg Stolze's "Dueling Fops of Vindamere" and John Harper's "Blades in the Dark", how could we resist a beast such as Shawn & Navi Drake's "Court of Blades" - a game of scheming nobles, court magicians, and dashing duelists, set in the fantasy Renaissance-era (or as Jenni calls it "Opera") city-state of Ilrien.  Rob gives us an ov...

The magi of Tagalyn and their rescue party arrive at the plague-stricken covenant of Ad Vis Per Veritas, but do not receive the welcome they were expecting, as we continue our learn-to-play playthrough of the classic Ars Magica adventure "Black Death". https://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG0205 https://www.atlas-games.com/product_tables/AG0813

A lonely stone cottage in a clearing in the woods.  Some overly aggressive birds with some very unpleasant egg-laying habits.  A marvelous monster, and a heinous magical trap.  All in under an hour.  What more could you ask for?

The magi of Tagalyn reach the outskirts of Whitchurch, in our playthrough of Thomas Kane's classic "Black Death" for Ars Magica. https://atlas-games.com/arsmagica

The magi of Tagalyn heed the call & come to the aid of their plague-ravaged sisters and brothers, only to find much darker forces at play, in our playthrough of Thomas Kane's classic "Black Death" for Ars Magica. https://atlas-games.com/arsmagica

Possibly setting a new world record for terrible cat puns, we set out to rescue our humans from very strange events at the River City Library in Magical Kitties Save The Day from Atlas Games. https://www.atlas-games.com/magicalkitties

"You're more like the Thom Yorke of the 13th Century" In this episode we demystify, hopefully, character creation in Ars Magica 5th Edition as we create two companions from scratch.  We also discuss our upcoming adventure and Ars Magica in general. https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica/

"Marius would feel a lot better if we didn't burn down a cathedral" Our long-awaited (by us anyway) return to Mythic Europe.  Marvel at our grasp of history, geography, language, and rules, as we track down some very dubious spell scrolls in 13th Century Ireland in "The Cathedral and the Bizarre" for Atlas Games' Ars Magic Fifth Edition. https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica/

"You know how ducks are once they get the scent of flesh" The thrilling conclusion of our playthrough of Dungeon Crawl Classics' 2022 Free RPG Day funnel by Michael Curtis. http://www.goodmangames.com

"If anything this is too much of a plan!" Our thief and druid cross paths with a menacing mage and his heavily-armed entourage, a wood elf, and delve into an ancient mound beneath a mysterious circle of standing stones, in our third how-to playthrough and review of Dungeon  World. https://dungeon-world.com/