The Billowing Hilltop - A TTRPG Actual Play Podcast

It’s episode 150* and have we got a special show for you?! No. Instead, it’s back to Frostanger. Scaly has made an unsettling discovery. Is he afflicted by the same awfulness as Okoral? And if so, can a cure be found before he turns into an undead pedal-bin? It’s time to stomp around town and ask questions. *Thanks for sticking with us readers! Only about 100 more eps before we can all look back o...

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig. It’s time to meet the family, as Cuthbert plays host. Can everyone just get along for once? WARNING: This episode contains explicit, extended scenes of magical item shopping. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers sneak into the Residence, but are they staging an attack on the Ouch-Splinter HQ or a home invasion? Also we speak to Callan from the Reflex Save podcast about the show, their gaming history and house rules! Also also this episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

The Slayer’s talk to an old frenemy. Can they do a deal? Or will they go on the offensive? This episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It all kicks off in the casino as the Slayers take on Cuthbert’s goons. Is it a fight to the death? Or can they do a deal? This episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Slayers are off shopping in Evenstar, Scaly O’Toole follows his own path in Frostanger, and makes a disturbing discovery. This episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers pop to the casinos of Evenstar for a spot of shopping. But things do not go as planned… This episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers have surprised an old adversary in their room. But is all as it seems? This episode is brought to you in association with tabletopdominion.com. Visit now and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! And with our friends at Game Master Monday. Check them out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fight with the Acidwraith reaches its long-awaited climax. But are the Slayers trapped by Ilthane’s brood? And what treasures remain to be found in her lair? Visit tabletopdominion.com and use code BILLOW at checkout for 10% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disaster strikes the Command Pod. While Lucas is called away to avert tragedy, the endless combat with the acid thing continues. Can the gang run Parker in Lucas’ absence? No. No they can’t. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Star Wars Day! We actually go IN to an asteroid field as we chat with René-Pier of Fari RPGs about the Stoneburner Kickstarter. Then it is back to Ilthane’s lair. Are you crazy enough to follow us? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul joins Mike to chat about his new character, then we rejoin the Slayers as they find themselves trapped between a dungeon and some dragons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s time for the great boar race! Or is it? Has the DM spent ages* working up a set of race rules for nothing? Whatever, once the excitement is over, the Slayers set off for Traitor’s Graves Island. Can they find Ilthane’s lair? Or will they find something else entirely? We borrowed some mechanics from Grant Howitt’s excellent Crash Pandas for the racing rules. Check it out! *Time is relative. Le...

The gang meet a new associate – let’s not go so far as to say ‘friend’ – and would like nothing more than a decent night’s rest. But there are more comings and goings in their hotel room than an episode of The White Lotus. Also we meet Riley from the Friend & Foe Adventure Co. podcast for a chat. Also also, this week’s ep features yet more last-minute, cobbled together rules. Credit to Grant Howit...

The surviving Slayers level up, split the loot, and encounter a mystery figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All is still. All is dark. The Ebon Aspect stands motionless. In the deep crypt the only sound is the creak of Allessandra’s bow as it is drawn for the killing strike. This is her moment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the Slayers escape with their lives from the Ebon Shrine? And if they can, will they call it quits? Or regroup and go again? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That whole ‘never split the party’ thing… It’s more of a guideline, right? The Slayers are in serious trouble as they battle the Aspect of the Overgod and its spectral floaty hand-servant in the tunnels beneath the plague house! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers have disturbed something awful, something ancient. Can they keep themselves alive long enough to turn the tide?! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What mysteries lie beneath the plague house? What has happened to Allessandrra? Parker and Burple lead the descent into the unknown… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers have encountered a ghastly creature in the crypt! Is conflict the only option? Or can the fiend be reasoned with? We continue our adventures in the city of Frostanger! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the shambolic submarine combat a distant memory, we begin Book 8 in earnest. Our gallant gang reach Frostanger. Can they find the mysterious Lashonna? Can they learn more about the Ebon Triad? Has the DM got names for all the NPCs? Will he run out of accents? Listen and learn! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dive! Dive! Dive! The Slayers must face enemy submarines and, worse, an improvised combat system, as they crew the Crimson Spockhocter through the depths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Could this be the end? The end of Parker? The long-awaited end of Book 7? Our heroes are locked in a life-and-death struggle with the octo-plant horror. Can they escape from the Shadow World and confront Makar the six-armed undead alien greebly? This week we feature our friends at Critically Stupid Podcast. Go check them out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers jump through the vortex and into the Shadow World. What will they find there? And will it have tentacles?* Also, we came 3rd in the ENWorld AP Podcasts of 2022! We are amazed and grateful. Thanks readers! *yes, it will Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices