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This week the boys finally set out on an official Tethyk adventure. No worries, something simple, Just THE SWORD OF DESTINY. They use their new friend's subjectively better teleportation to end up on a bitterly cold island with a more than foreboding lighthouse. What happens inside can only be heard to be believed. Dennis makes another change, Arthur gets some sick ink, and Melville eats some stew...

In this episode, our boys finally make it back to Graven-Tosk, and after a few lucky encounters, find their man, Ignacious. With their mission complete, they can finally leave back to Nowhere, but not before securing one last thing: a soul for Arthur. This time, for one of our boys, it's literally do or die. Of course, Melville hurts himself for no reason, Dennis is pretty much always an ape, and...

With our three antiheroes finally on the road, their luck seems to wax and wane as they stock up in Galgenbeck before their nearly week-long journey to Graven-Tosk. Even with these small perils, our boys seem to have their work cut out for them. Only Verhu knows how this story will unfold, stick with us to find out. As usual, Dennis visits the DMV, Melville kills a bird, and Arthur finds himself a...

Arthur, Dennis, and Melville return from their Halloween One-Shot adventure for a full arc of their own! This is where the beginning....continues? Here we get some explanation of what we're looking at getting into and get to know our new acquaintances, Tethyk and Pelgrane a little better before our boys head out on the road proper. Mel can't stand scrolls, Dennis acquires his enemies' greatest wea...

Come sit by the hearth with us, grab a hot cider, and talk about the great holiday fun that was Vaesen. Find out the future of our new holiday tradition, what happens with Olle and Tim, the new gift Jon has for James, and a bunch more. This week on The Rolled Standard.  Check out our various socials and whatnot at: https://linktr.ee/therolledstandard  We now have a Patreon. Check it out...

With Christian recovered from his kidnapping and our three boys recovered from the fight, the team finally gets to start preparing for their final encounter. The forge is lit, the assassin is sober, and the battle is eminent. Now its just time to find out what kind of holiday next Christmas is going to be. Olle "cleans", Tim "practices" and Jon goes home. In this, the finale of Season of the Black...

With the grandson of the Yule King potentially kidnapped, our three boys find themselves in a fight with a small herd of all-too-familiar foes to get him back. Can our team survive the onslaught? Will their efforts be in vain? Find out on this episode of Rolled Standard Z. Of course, Jon leaves no loose ends, Tim gets Nathan killed, and Olle goes Super Saiyan.  Check out our various soci...

After making fools of themselves with the professor, Jon, Olle, and Tim find a potential lead on where to find Rudolph. They pack their bags and head to Gömställe with some unwanted trouble on the way. Following a rest and a ride, they find their man, but he isn't exactly what they were hoping to find. Tim gets some pants, Olle talks with a stable hand, and Jon still hates Imps, this week on The R...

With the former King of Yule's reveal, the boys find themselves in a fight for their lives. With terror in their hearts and a city in catastrophe around them, they are lucky to get away with their lives. Julbokken seeming to have finished his display; our crew departs town beaten, battered, and partially transformed. After the next few days are spent in rest, they decide to follow a small lead to...

We start off our new adventure with an old friend. Jon finds himself not only in a different country; but in a different time. Director Smith has a very important mission for Jon and he needs a new team to do it. Meanwhile, Timothy and Olle wait on who they expect to be Tom Smith, instead, they get Jon. After meeting with their now pretty obvious benefactor, the trio heads to the St. Lucia's Day p...

Jumping right into a new arc and a new game, we start off with something we haven't done since the Fate Core System, character creation! Join us as we build our new team and get a small idea of what's to come in this zero episode. Stick around after the break for the short, but important, prologue to our new adventure. Hope you enjoy and don't sniff glue!

Sit down with us once again to talk about another game finished. Come find out what was missed, what was skipped, and what was totally improvised. As we dig into the story of the crew of the BD514 and the mechanics of Starfinder in general. We hope you enjoyed our adventures in space and also hope you stick around for what's next for us here at The Rolled Standard.

After a sketchy hiccup in their plans to steal a ship in the last episode, our crew is finally in the building that holds their quarry. With more than a few good hacks and a couple clever tips of the scale, they make it through the facility with surprising ease. But what's next for the former crew of the BD514? And how will they handle this transaction with Sinjin? Come find out in the finale of W...

With Vohxa at their back and a flimsy story for EJ Corp., the crew tries to settle things with Tar to smooth things over. At the same time, Tar tells them of an invitation from Sinjin to meet, with an offer of another job. After hearing Sinjin's plans, the boys all receive a message that helps to lock in their decision. After a little research and a lot of hacking, they find their quarry, but not...

This week, we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to bring you some Mörk Borg! In this, our Halloween Special One-Shot, we take you on a journey with three unfortunate "souls" on a quest to recover their...well, souls. It's our longest episode to date with tons of post-production effects. We had a great time recording it and we hope you have a great time listening to it. Happy Ha...

Picking up during a tense showdown, our team fights for what they believe. After the dust (snow) has settled, the "team" takes what remains of their cargo to the awaiting Authority armory with their teeth and other body parts clenched tight. They make their drop-off and quickly leave the planet after an interesting interaction with Commander Vash and then the Resistance. 3 lies, Glenn lies, and Do...

After a mixed-up encounter with the bounty hunter, Horizon, the crew takes a job from an associate of Sinjin, a very powerful underworld boss and an old friend of Glenn. Making it to the war-torn planet of Vohxa our guys catch no breaks finding out they have to carry their haul by truck up a mountain. After a strange figure speaks to them about the load they're carrying, the team is "split" with p...

With the boys finally home at Absalom Station, they take some time to restock on goods and visit some friends. After another six-day trip in the drift, they make it to Apostae where they hope to pick up an easy job from an acquaintance of Glenn's. Waiting for their meeting, the team gets caught up in some drama they shouldn't have been a part of. Glenn looks for a costume, 3 visits an old fling, a...

With 52 episodes spanning 7 different games, we decided to do a little reflecting on where we've been. In this bonus episode, for our one-year anniversary, we talk about our favorite arcs and characters, what moments were most impactful to us and the (luckily) few struggles we had to overcome to get here. All that, plus a special guest (you know), in this, our first Year In Review.

Hey there, everyone! This time around, we'd like to take a moment to just say thank you. Whether you've listened from the beginning or are new to the show, thank you for being a part of the journey so far. To commemorate one year of the show, we give you what we're calling our One Year One-Shot, a nearly two-hour-long story set in White Hills, Arizona in the year 1888. We had a blast recording it...

Even after only making half the expected credits from their delivery, it seems our crew's luck goes from bad to worse. Glenn gets attacked before they can even leave the planet, but they finally make a quick getaway into drift space in the direction of Absalom Station. Of course, nothing can go wrong in drift space, right? I guess we'll find out. Glenn finds out he hates computers, Doc warns again...

With their Yaro berries quickly starting to go bad from a week of travel through drift space, our crew finally makes it to Akiton, eager to drop off their cargo and get paid. Taking a surprisingly cheap taxi to Ka Imports, their buyer, our boys soon realize that this job isn't going to be as easy as it seems. Doc gets some people sick, 3 calls a Zoomer, and Glenn has his ear whispered into, on thi...

After making short work of the junkbot that blocked their path, our new team races to take care of the goblins that have been stealing crates from their shipment. With a fight full of gore thanks to Glenn and a short chase, it finally ends just as the police arrive.  After being held up so long, the trio gets lucky finding some help loading their ship from a few young men that recognize one of the...

Here we are! A new crew on a new adventure! Join our Kasatha Biohacker, Vesk Soldier, and Android Solarian as they start their journey off small; a routine delivery of Yaro berries for a man just looking to make retirement. Of course, it can't just be that simple, goblin malware on a datapad and a suspicious block in the road puts our new friends in the hot seat. Glenn finds some mozzarella sticks...

After wrapping up a few stories all at once and leaving a seed for others, we all finally sit down and tell you how we really feel about Apocalypse Keys. Come join us for a few good goofs and a little more serious talk about the deeper mechanics and original story beats of this playtest, on The Rolled Standard. Check out our website at www.therolledstandard.com.