Stories set in larger than life worlds of magic and wonder.
Serenity is a cosplayer and TTRPG performer, who DMs the award-nominated AP series Tragedy of Theolosian, as well as Mass Effect: Mirage on FeyWildNOut. We both wanted to get deep in our feelings, so we dove into a game of You Know Me Still, and discovered the deeply toxic relationship between two warring fantasy spies, and the massive courts they represent.
Rene is one of the founding members of DMs After Dark, and the host of Rene Plays Games, an actual play podcast focused on smaller published TTRPGs. (If you like the kinds of gameplay experiences we feature on this show, you’d really dig it.) We sat down to make something weird, joyful, and really special in a game of The Magical Year of a Teenage Witch.
Steve is the host of Errant Adventures, an actual play podcast focused on singleplayer RPGs. Neither of us can pass up a good name pun, so we sat down to play Errant by friend of the show Christine Prevas. We told the story of a knight of the Feytouched Court, on a mission from peace… provided they reach their destination with their soul intact.
Bonus: Head to the Errant Adventures feed to hear Steve and I set sail in Ironsworn: Sundered Isles!
We sat down to explore a town, those that left and came back, and those that returned in one of my all-time favorite RPGs, An Altogether Different River.
Episode art by Nala J. Wu
J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcana, and the co-designer of A Fool’s Errand, a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way–and asking the question “what is life like for the people alive in its wake?”
Austin is the host of Secret Histories of Nerd Mysteries, a podcast breaking down the untold stories behind questions such as “Why does Charles Entertainment Cheese love birthdays so much?” and “Why are Saturday Morning Cartoons such Toy Commercials?”, as well as one of the designers of Kids in Capes. We sit down to play The Weaver’s Observatory, an adventure about a desperate traveler climbing a tower to ask Fate for a holy boon!
This is the legend of Dartheus the Loudmouthed, who hitchhiked the River Styx, who brought a harvest of wine and mirth to herald their birth, friend of Dionysus, who fought the Minotaur and fled from Cerberus. This is the story of the God of the Toast of Rememberance.
The age of Man has ended. Ragnarok has split the earth. Only flickering bonfires and huddled masses remain. But on the outskirts of those flames… lies treasure for those bold enough to claim it.