The Esoteric Order of Roleplayers

In addition to the eponymous Basket Knight, this year also sees a double wedding, love potions, enchanted drinking horns, and five ladies by a fountain. I'm amazed we got through it all in a regular session's time! Featuring: Des Dave S. Jade Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

With your regularly-scheduled GM and his lovely wife on the road this weekend to attend a friend's Easter wedding, we once again resort to assembling a melange of the Crit This! /Esoteric Order crews and return to the world of Scrolls and Swords! Featuring: Jade Brendan Scott Aidan Cecilia

Our heroes agree to help out the Earl of Salisbury by clearing out the woods outside Vagon Castle. What could possibly go wrong? Featuring: Des Dave S. Jade Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

Sir Leander continues his quest to help Lady Cealwina win back her true love. Meanwhile, a new bandit knight appears, and everyone's talking about the Peningues Tournament... Featuring: Des Dave S. Jade And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

Great events transpire at the Pentecost tournament this year...and at another tournament far across the Channel. [Apologies for the technical glitch at the start of the recording; not sure what happened there...] And by popular demand, our group now has an Instagram! Head on over to Esoteric Order Eats to see what we're serving up every week. This week, it's mixed nuts, olives, and bacon-wrapped a...

An unexpected royal visitor brings his court to Camelot for a visit, but there's plenty of drama already playing out for the intrepid player-knights. The Age of Romance and Adventure has well and truly begun! Featuring: Dave S. Jade Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

A trio of fresh characters embarks as part of an expedition to the Fens of Anglia to rid the realm of a pernicious evil. But first, a wedding! Featuring: Des Jade Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

“You may have conquered the upper world, Arthur, but the Underworld lies outside your realms. If you will not leave by your own will, then I will make you leave by force!” Featuring: Des Jade Dave S. Jen Scott And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

What happens when you dig up the head of a dead god? The PCs (and the rest of Arthur's subjects) get to find out this year... Featuring: Des Jade Dave S. Jen And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

We've got a smaller-than-usual crew this week, but that doesn't stop the dramatic moments from coming thick and fast. Fiends both real and metaphorical are battled, some with success, others with tragic failure... Featuring: Des Jade And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

We actually pick up at the end of 526 and the little matter of the Battle of Saussy. After that trifle is dealt with, we continue to follow Arthur's campaign trail as he wages war against the Roman Empire in his bid to be recognized as Emperor. Featuring: Des Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

The assembled armies of Britain cross the Channel and undertake a grand war against the Romans. “The Glory of Britain stands to gain mightily on this day. May God bless every one of us, and the just effort that we are making to maintain the order of the world.” Featuring: Des Jen Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

The Earl of Salisbury has fallen under a curse! What can possibly awaken him from his slumber? Also, some Romans come by for a visit. Featuring: Des Jen Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

This year's Pentecost feast and tournament prove most eventful for our intrepid heroes...and for one hero-in-the-making. Then...tragedy strikes for a popular knight of Salisbury while on the hunt for the Troit Boar. Featuring: Jen Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

'Tis the season for unexpected travel plans and unexpected colds, and a combination of both scuttled our scheduled Pendragon session this week. But fear not! We shall return next week, come hell or high water (or stuffy noses). This week, instead, we'd like to share a recent session from our sister AP feed, Crit This! . It's David Schimpff's other regular group, and if you enjoy the Esoteric Order...

There's an old holiday tradition, not oft practiced in these debased times, of telling ghost stories on Christmas Eve. Now it's a few days after that date, but - as the Esoteric Order takes this weekend off for the winter holidays (and to roll their skill checks and make their aging rolls) - we wanted to present you, the listener, with a treat in the vein of that august Christmas Eve activity. Eso...

Merlin's back! Or his he? A search for the old wizard leads our heroes down many unexpected paths. Featuring: Renae Jen Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

The Order of Dragonslayers is again on the trail of a foul wyrm, this one dwelling far to the north near the village of Lambton. But are they prepared to pay the price to defeat it? Featuring: Renae Jen Jade Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

After years of plotting behind the scenes, Morgan le Fay makes her move--and one of the player-knights is right at the center of her deadly plans... Featuring: Renae Jen Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

Following on from their adventures in the Penines last year, Archade and his companions elect to pursue the so-called Dolorous Wyrm of the Forest of Dean. Meeting at Sir Edern's manor in Gloucester, they plunge off on the hunt, bound for death or glory... Featuring: Jade Renae Jen Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

Following the events of Badon Hill, Count Cynrain returns to Salisbury to honor the final request of his oldest friend. This simple mission leads to a far stranger quest, however. Featuring: Jade Renae Jen Dave S. And…Edie the Dog The campaign's wiki can be found here .

Due to a combination of illness, travel, and bad weather, we were forced to cancel our planned session for this week. Instead, we bring you our resident adversary as she sits down to create a new character to torment the players with, and to discuss future adversarial plans. Obviously, if you're a player in this campaign, light spoilers abound. All you other listeners, please enjoy! We will (weath...

It's been a long-standing tradition among certain of the more august members of the Esoteric Order to do up a big horror gaming extravaganza around Halloween every year. Since time immemorial, this event has been referred to as the "Call-of-Cthulhu-a-thon"...even if no actual CoC is run that day. Last year , we did one big six-hour scenario. This year we decided to go for the "rock festival" appro...

It's been a long-standing tradition among certain of the more august members of the Esoteric Order to do up a big horror gaming extravaganza around Halloween every year. Since time immemorial, this event has been referred to as the "Call-of-Cthulhu-a-thon"...even if no actual CoC is run that day. Last year , we did one big six-hour scenario. This year we decided to go for the "rock festival" appro...

It's been a long-standing tradition among certain of the more august members of the Esoteric Order to do up a big horror gaming extravaganza around Halloween every year. Since time immemorial, this event has been referred to as the "Call-of-Cthulhu-a-thon"...even if no actual CoC is run that day. Last year , we did one big six-hour scenario. This year we decided to go for the "rock festival" appro...