DMs After Dark (DMsAfterDark)

As Amber is away for another writing conference because she's awesome and professional, the DMs decided to do something we've never done before - hold a Q&A stream! We asked for folks to submit questions through email, social media, or just wait and ask live on Twitch and we'd respond with our answers.

Can you believe the DMs After Dark feed is about to turn 3?! That's just plain old crazy, so this was very overdue, and we had a great time chatting with people on stream, and hope that you reach out with any questions you may have for the next one, because we'll definitely be doing this again sometime.

Please reach out with questions for us about our series, the process of streaming, editing, audio, scheduling, whatever! Let's chat games and nerd out :)

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Hello and happy holidays to all of you out in podcast land!  The DMs are back with a short one this week discussing how to approach running games when your players are a bit younger than your average group.  We discuss session length, different dice systems, learning moments, reinforcing good behavior, and, as always, give recommendations for good RPGs aimed at younger players.

Have you ever played with younger players?  What's your best advice, story, or lesson learned?

Please follow us and catch our live streams alternating Friday nights over on Twitch or catch up on our games over on our YouTube.

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Feel free to email us with questions, comments, or just to tell us how awful our ideas are at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com

Music in the episode:

Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Air. Water. Earth. Fire.

Avatar Aang and friends have come together to end the Hundred Year War and stop Fire Lord Ozai's campaign to impose Fire Nation rule on the Four Nations.  With the Air Nomads effectively wiped out, Avatar Aang and crew decide to build a new place in the world where all are welcome to cooperate and work toward a future where everyone comes together for a greater cause.  They choose the coastal village of Cranefish Town on the western shores of the Earth Kingdom to eventually become what will be known as Republic City.

In our first episode of our short Avatar: Legends series, Rene runs the DMs through Character Creation and we work together to come up with some ideas about what kind of story we want to tell in the world of Avatar.  A crew comes together, though not all for the same reasons, and discovers a menacing secret threatening the very foundation of Republic City.  Will they be able to bring balance to the city, or will they wind up on the wrong side of some dangerous people?

Content Warning: Mafia stereotyping, Swamp Ass, A War in Ba Sing Se?

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Music in the episode:

Temple of the Manes by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4468-temple-of-the-manes License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell!  Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards!

After coming so close to the strange glyph-marked plateau only to be snatched by a gargoyle and pulled up into the Rafters high above the Roomlands, our protagonists are left searching for a way back down, or maybe a way farther up onto the legendary Battlements.  As the glass of a skylight shatters and causes a commotion in the jungles of the Rafters, our heroes find themselves among a strange group who have been working toward this moment for a long time...

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Everyone knows the world is full of magic. It's dangerous stuff. The vampires, werewolves, fey folk, they're all a part of every day life, but the people who mess around with magic? They bring about the Omens. They bring nothing but trouble. 

In the very first stream of The Midnight Codex EVER, we play four poor souls who wake up one morning with little memories of the night before, but a book on our person. A codex that gives us magic. Watch to see what unravels as we play Episode 1 (of 12!) of The Midnight Codex. 

Keep an eye out for The Midnight Codex from Meta Mage Studios coming to Kickstarter October 31, 2022!   It's a really cool concept of monthly installments to move forward a larger metaplot as you and your fellow Codex-wielding magic crew do what you can to stop the end of the world!

Art, including our very first fan art (hop on our social medias to see and chat with us about all things RPGs) for the Midnight Codex was done by Jayce at Rude Graffix. Join the Rude Graffix Discord server at https://discord.gg/TNgZ8Hgqqs

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Music in the Episode:

Jim Yosef & Shiah Maisel - Unforgivable [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Unforgivable

You know what time it is! Chaos time courtesy of Sara's brain child 1d6 | 1d4!

For the first time we only have 1 minute each to talk about our topic, and this week's topic is...

Our first ever hopefully annual award show - The DMies!  We're going full Hollywood and making a big ol' spectacle of ourselves to pat each other on the back, laugh about dumb stuff we've said on the internet, and occasionally actually compliment one another on awesome moments from our first year in streaming.

The DMies will be live sometime in late September, because (I think) that's when the awards season is, but I don't actually know.

Anyway, if you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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Music in the Episode:

Queen Of Hearts (remake) by Mikael Hellman Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6902-queen-of-hearts-remake License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://filmmusic.io/artists/mikael-hellman

The crew make their way onto the mysterious island led by Grandma Mari and her successor, Lana.  While they've lost the French ships, they're still trailed by one English ship carrying Mallory, the "cartographer" from the Spanish villa. 

Will the island bestow its miracles upon the crew of the Lady Saskatoon or take everything from them for some other purpose?

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Music in the Episode:

Sailing Through The Wide Sea by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6243-sailing-through-the-wide-sea License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles

The Wellerman by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Have you ever played in an RPG campaign where the DM makes a character to be a member of the party?  Were they mostly in the background or did they happen to always be the strongest, best, or have the best treasure?  There are definitely wrong ways to do DM PCs, but we're here to talk about the ways to make them work for your game.

In this episode, we dive into a hot topic and come out the other side with maybe a surprising take!  Amber's ready to brawl it out, and Rene has a change of heart.

Do:  Remember that DM PCs are fully fleshed out and experiencing the story alongside the players, let them have moments, but don't steal the spotlight; make them generally less competent and more of a support role than a main character; use them as "knives," emotional attachments and backstory tie-ins to keep your players invested in the bigger story.

Don't: Have them conveniently find the answers or move the plot forward just because you, as DM, have information the players don't; outshine the PCs; be the central figure the whole campaign revolves around (Gary Stu / Mary Sue).

If you like what we're doing here, please consider giving us a rate on your podcast app of choice and catch our live streams alternating Friday nights over on Twitch or catch up on our games over on our YouTube.

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Feel free to email us with questions, comments, or just to tell us how awful our ideas are at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com

Music in the episode:

Victory by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4924-victory License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Fantasy Chamber Adventure by Rafael Krux Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/5424-fantasy-chamber-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.orchestralis.net/

The Society members delve into the mystery of the Mudlarks. What they find is shocking.

Learn more about Vaesen!

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

We find our people. We face off against the robot god. We bring this story to an end. Or do we?

Learn more about (AND GET YOURSELF SOME) Miru I & Miru II on Hinokodo's itch.io page!

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Music in the Episode:

Static Abyss, The Mountains, The Grasslands, The Desert, The Swamp, Follow the Sun, Chromatic Endings, and Dialing Into A Dream

by Love & Wine Media and Hinokodo, Published by Mimic Publishing Collective

Available at https://hinokodo.itch.io/static-abyss

Happy Holidays to you crazy folks out there in podcastland!

Welcome to another annual DMs After Dark Holiday One-Shot, always good for some seasonal shenanigans! This year we're playing Thursday by Eli Seitz, a Russian Doll inspired time loop game in the Belonging Outside Belonging family of RPGs. Despite this very clear source material, we decided to use it to play a Hallmark Holiday Time Loop one-shot, where the PCs are members of a rural town caught in a repeating day leading up to Christmas, where only true love will break the loop (or something appropriately cheesy like that). If there's one thing you take from this episode, it's to find your bean tree.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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Music in the Episode:

Christmas Magic by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/11889-christmas-magic Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Christmas Tape Lo Fi by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7133-christmas-tape-lo-fi Licensed under CC BY 4.0: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hello all you listeners of what we've been referring to as the After Dark Army (let us know if you like the term or not), join us for a little look behind the screen of our first 9 months of streaming and podcasting.  Christian, Jess, and Rene briefly discuss what we've learned so far, how we're doing our best to improve quality of our episodes both from a roleplaying game experience for you to watch and listen, but also all the technical stuff that goes into livestreaming, audio and video editing, and creating fun, engaging, interactive posts on our social media apps.

We have been loving every bit of playing games and hope that you are enjoying our efforts to put them out there on the interwebs, we would love for you to reach out to us, comment, like, subscribe, donate Jeff Bezos' money to our Twitch streams, tell your friends if you think they might enjoy us, honestly anything you do means the world to us.  We're not looking to make money off of this, but we do discuss the potential of a Patreon or monetization of our gaming, which would only go toward improving the quality of our streams, podcast episodes, and equipment.  If you think we should consider this, we need to reach more people and get the support to move on those ideas.

Anyway, enjoy the little glimpse into our daydreaming about bigger things, but otherwise just stay tuned for more great games and our silly shenanigans.

Bonus episode time! Friend of the DMs, Basic Action Games' Chris Rutkowsky, creator of the Honor + Intrigue system we had so much fun with reached out to us to run a special one shot showing off all the new options and rules expansions in the Intriguing Options series, and we were happy to play some more H+I! Chris steps in as our first ever guest GM (and another Chris joins as a new first time guest!) to run us through a sword and space blasting scenario to show off all the cool new bells & whistles to the great Honor + Intrigue system.

The Intriguing Options just successfully funded via Kickstarter (see the Tome of Intriguing Options page), which may or may not have late backer access, but definitely check it out! Learn more about Honor + Intrigue and all of its products here.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Twitch,  Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Space Exploration by WinnieTheMoog  Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/10077-space-exploration License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Space Travel To Distant Stars by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7246-space-travel-to-distant-stars License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Darkness Season continues. It's time for Aurisa to heed the calling of her family and enter into the cult of the White Lady.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

Learn more about Runequest here.

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The weather finally clears. The company sets out against the Tusked Riders that have been plaguing Apple Lane.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts (like the Rene Plays Games podcast!), or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Beginning by Monument Studios

Angelica and Elias pit the magical skills and knowledge they've accumulated over their four years at Blackroot Academy against one another in a final exam that will name one of the two the top mage. Ambitions are put into perspective, memories affect magic, and win or lose, they must choose new paths.

Learn more about Tangled Blessings on Cassi's itch.io!.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Celtic Ambiance & Frost by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Having escaped by the skin of his teeth, our protagonist has fled the Robot God and made distance between himself and his quarry to recover and prepare for another assault.  He descends into an old, collapsed subway tunnel now known as The Cave of Shinda and emerges with a renewed will, heading back south to confront the God for the last time. Along the way he further limits the god's power by cutting off a power supply and meets it on the steps of a federal building for another go...

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Music in the Episode:

Credits; The Forest; The Grasslands; The Desert; & Follow the Sun

by Love & Wine Media and Hinokodo, Published by Mimic Publishing Collective

Available at https://hinokodo.itch.io/static-abyss

The Company frees Gavreena from her lunar chains, but puts the hamlet of Gavren'scross in danger. They race against time to save the people and come face to face with Lunar Witch terrorizing the area.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts (plural! have you checked out the Rene Plays Games podcast?), or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

The truth of the Breath of The Dragon is revealed. The Starbrow's presence in the Vale is detected. The Clan enters Sacred Time with an uncertain future.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

Learn more about Runequest here.

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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So you wanna be the bad guy, huh?  Well, not THE bad guy, but A bad guy.  Maybe THE bad guy, I mean, who are we to tell you how your story's going to go?  Before you do that, though, champ, let's discuss a few things about playing evil PCs in a tabletop game.

In this episode, the DMs discuss how to get the most out of playing evil characters in games that are traditionally team-based and heroic.  There are plenty of great ways to play an evil character in an otherwise ensemble cast of good guys, but there are a lot of pitfalls when playing evil PCs that can rub your fellow players or adventuring party the wrong way and derail your story.

Have you ever played an evil character? How'd it go? Did they achieve their goals or self-sabotage in a blaze of unglory?

Take Home Points:  Work with your GM, whether you're the only evil PC or in a group of evil adventurers, all evil characters should have hidden plans which you can you coordinate with your GM to get more out of the game.  Don't be Stupid Evil - even if you're not the plotter, angry or self-destructive evil characters should still have a sense of self-preservation (until they achieve their goals, anyway).  And don't use "ItS wHaT mY cHaRaCtEr WoUlD dO!" as an excuse to be a jerk to your fellow players.

Please rate us on your podcast app of choice and catch our live streams alternating Friday nights over on Twitch or catch up on our games over on our YouTube.

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Feel free to email us with questions, comments, or just to tell us how awful our ideas are at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com

Music in the episode:

Evil March by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3724-evil-march License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Song: High Octane Music by Bensound.com

Christmas day comes to Silence, Oklahoma, and those who shall be rewarded reap what they have sown.

CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence against children (non sexual), violence against others, themes of misogyny, body horror, mental illness, us/them and outsiders, and Judaeo-Christian horror

Find out more about Crossroads Carnival and get it here!

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Music in the Episode:

"The Circus" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

Link : https://youtu.be/YO8Ng6odHvs

CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence against children (non sexual), violence against others, themes of misogyny, body horror, mental illness, us/them and outsiders, and Judaeo-Christian horror

Find out more about Crossroads Carnival and get it here!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

"The Circus" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

Link : https://youtu.be/YO8Ng6odHvs

It's the finale, we're approaching the end of our time in the Roomlands and Colostle by Nich Angell, but there's plenty to do, so let's get to it...

Marco, Berger, and Alis venture into the Crackway in the wall of the oceanic room and find more Bastions, but this time, they aren't hostile or serving a trapped ancient Rook.  They meet Null, a Bastion who can guide them through the Crackways using the ancient monoliths.  Following Null, the crew find another of the glyphs on Marco's familial map above a stairway leading out into a Tundroom and brave the harsh elements, an Ice Rook, a tribal Rooknaught crew, and finally approach one of these mysterious sites...

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Twitch,  Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Final Battle of the Dark Wizards by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3752-final-battle-of-the-dark-wizards License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

For Halloween 2023, the DMs return to our original summer camp horror game, this time led by Christian. Our characters are counselors at an *awful* re-education camp which is presently staffed by a skeleton crew following a horrible event which appears to have awakened something on the grounds that was best left undisturbed...

Content Warnings: Mention of suicide, drowning, burning, pretty much child abuse, sharting, awful baking advice (then good baking advice), and weird scripture quoting

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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Music in the Episode:

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6740-headless-horseman License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Atmospheres #6: Lost by Brian Holtz Music Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7243-atmospheres-6-lost License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://brianholtzmusic.com

Kymrese practices his Second Sight. Rue struggles with his worst fear. Descara buries a friend. Aurisa's prayers for guidance are answered.  The crew confronts the kidnapper.

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Hello everyone, a quick little bonus episode for you to kick off this week, something we've been wanting to do since much, much earlier in our existence - an interview-style little blurb where we discuss our journeys as DMs/GMs and all things gaming.

In this first episode Troy sits down with Rene and asks him about what got him into the hobby (and who, because that just happened to be Troy) and what's taken him to where he is, why does he hate 5e so much, and a few little personal details sprinkled in there.

If you like, please consider reaching out to us on our social medias or emailing us directly at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com to suggest questions for future interviews!

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Music in this Episode:

Current Affairs from www.Zapsplat.com 

SirensCeol - Nostalgia [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/nostalgia Watch: http://youtu.be/geW8xN7grpg

We unashamedly did it. We played the meme game making fun of indie game recommendations during the OGL debacle...

No description necessary, but many apologies maybe?

Shout to Dave Marr (@DaveMarrrrrr) on Twitter for the rules we used & Francita (@byfrancita) for the awesome Fishblade art we used on the stream.

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Music in the Episode:

JOXION - LA VIBE [Arcade Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/LAVIBE 

In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss their ideas and approaches to running games in popular fictional worlds with established lore.  From Disney, Pokemon, Avatar, and Conan to middle age book series and, technically, even Dungeons & Dragons itself, the DMs break down ways to make sure your games don't feel like second rate stories in beloved worlds.

Have you ever played or run a game in an established universe?  How was your experience and how far from the source material did you stray?  Let us know!

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Music in the episode:

Vivacity by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4148-nowhere-land  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Welcome back to Meet the DMs, our interview style series where we sit down with one another and ask the hard-hitting questions, get real deep and introspective and... or just talk about what we love about RPGs and what led us to this wild endeavor we call DMs After Dark!

In this episode, Jess interviews Christian, the elder among the DMs, and he regales us with tales from the beforetimes of RPGs.  Joking aside, he shares his humble origins (RIP the 1e Thief), love of comics (leading to Mutants & Masterminds), and his experiences running, playing, and writing for Call of Cthulhu.  We learn more about his RPG collection and even his favorite curse word!

Christian is also running our next series, which will be Monte Cook's Invisible Sun.  Stay tuned for more of the bizarre psychedelic reality-shaping setting!

If you like these interviews, reach out to us on our social medias or emailing us directly at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com to suggest questions for future interviews!

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Music in this Episode:

Current Affairs from www.Zapsplat.com 

SirensCeol - Nostalgia [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/nostalgia  Watch: http://youtu.be/geW8xN7grpg 

The first of our Spooky Month one shots is a tale of New England folk horror playing the excellent Don't Walk in Winter Wood. Hope you Enjoy!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Troy joins Rene to talk about something appropriately self-reflective - Why Players Have a "Type" and the usefulness of Tropes in RPGs. Troy has always been an incredibly hard worker, pushing his body and mind to their limits, and has recently gone back to school for more Psychology, so this kind of deep thinking about why we play what we play is something that he is clearly passionate about.

Hopefully you enjoy what you hear, and hopefully it makes you think about your own type or style. Comment or email with what you think your "Type" of PC is, we'd love to hear from you!

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Music in the Episode:

Rene Plays Games Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands

In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss how to approach running horror games at the table.  We talk about how using language is key in the horror genre, how to strike fear into the hearts of your players, and the mechanics that make horror games work so well.  Amber, Christian, and for the first time, Troy all weigh in with their experience, while Jess, Sara, and Rene frantically take notes and learn.  Rene, specifically, exhibits his innocent cluelessness about everything horror.

Do you have a favorite horror RPG? Tell us about it and share your stories with us in the comments and on our social media!

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Music in the episode:

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3615-darkest-child License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Hello everyone and welcome to the mind of Troy, as he plays the solo RPG Mind Crawler by Symphoneers in an alternate ginger DM version of Playing With Myself (On The Internet).  Mind Crawler is a single-player RPG about progressing through a surreal internalized dungeon and overcoming material representations of abstract personal issues, and the subject matter can certainly get very personal and very powerful, so tread lightly within the dungeons of your own mind.

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Music in the Episode:

Fog from the album Adeliane; Composed by François Rousselot. Lyrics : Benjamin Torval Performed by Clarisse May and the Budapest Symphonic Orchestra.

One Thin Hope & Crow's Mantle from the album Dearg; Composed by Jure Peternel, arranged by François Rousselot. 

Les saisons passent, Earrach Feis, Différents Chemins, & La Revelation from the album Of Men & Obscurities; Composed and arranged by Delphine Bois. Production : Benjamin Torval 

Music from Esteren can be found here

Things escalate quickly as the group confronts Kitty Danville. The revelations are shocking, leaving some characters facing life altering decisions.

Learn more about Vaesen!

For the month of August we are collaborating with Monument Studios for their upcoming Kickstarter crowdfunding their Fantasy+ collection of INCREDIBLE TTRPG music, ambience, sound effects, and more. Click the link to sign up for the pre-launch and be notified when the Kickstarter goes live so you can add incredible music and impactful backdrops to your games!

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Music in the Episode:

Piano 1 Hour Mix by Monument Studios

1 Hour Drama Mix by Monument Studios

1 Hour Realm Mix B by Monument Studios

Dark 1 Hour Mix by Monument Studios

Happy Holidays and to a happy new year!

Jess's first time running a game for the DMs is our 2021 holiday one-shot and our last stream of the year.  The game is 'Twas - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas and our player DMs assume the roles of toys tasked with saving Christmas from something threatening to take over Santa's operation!  Will the toys be able to stop this powerful figure?  Will they get consent before roasting chestnuts in a nutcracker's mouth?  Listen and find out!

What's your favorite take on a Christmas or holiday-themed game / session / experience?  Reach out to us and share your stories!

Content Warning: Famous Actor Sequin Blankets, Canadian Accents, Nuts in Mouths

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Music in the episode:

The Snow Queen by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4511-the-snow-queen  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We Wish you a Merry Christmas by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4612-we-wish-you-a-merry-christmas  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Angelica and Elias reminisce on their first year at Blackroot Academy - the moment that made them rivals, the setbacks they faced early in their arcane academics, and friends (and foes) made along the way both faculty and fellow students.

Learn more about Tangled Blessings on Cassi's itch.io!.

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Music in the Episode:

Celtic Ambiance & Frost by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The company gathers information about Lunar forces around Whitewall and plans their next move.

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Music in the Episode:

Gathering by Monument Studios

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Winter descends on the Vale and brings with it dark, claustrophobic days and nights. 

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Welcome to our very first fully in-person stream! Amber runs the DMs and two special guests through a scenario for the tense horror RPG Dread. One *generic wooden block* tower, six players, endless tension!

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Music in the Episode:

Mysterioso March by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4106-mysterioso-march License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Company fortifies their encampment in the Troll Woods. Lunar Scouts are looking for them. Rue, Des, Aurisa, and Bryn attempt to make contact with the woods inhabitants.

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Ambience of Sorrow

Even upon waking from the Shadow and returning to the Actuality, there are dreams and there are nightmares...

The crew have strange dreams.  Fray brings the group to a dangerous location.  Henri almost makes a deal.  Bridget tests the limits of her circles.  Istanbull sees through and makes a wall.  Darcian shows they can hold their own.

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Music in the Episode:

Song: Lochlainn - The Garden [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/TheGarden Watch: http://youtu.be/tZYlqiGgKQ4

What's that? You wanted MORE RIDICULOUS ONE-SHOTS?!

We got you, fam. As Rene & Sara discussed in her Perspective Checks interview on the RenePlaysGames Podcast, silly one-shots are the leg day of RPGs, and you just can't skip 'em!

This week's one-shot is Super High Wizards Built This Castle by Elijah Mills, and it's just a table-rolling chaotic romp through crazy land where the players take on the roles of mundane handyfolk going to a castle prone to absolute shenanigans because, you know, high wizards...

Enjoy and tell us about your favorite or recent one-shot wild times!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

The society members regroup in London. After healing up, they attend a showing of Rosalie's art. A night out at the Ten Bells Pubs afterwards leads to a startling discovery and cry for help.

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Welcome back from the Shadow, our fellow Vislae, take a stroll and reacquaint yourself with ... the Actuality. 

In this session zero for Monte Cook's Invisible Sun, Christian does his best to herd the cats that are the other DMs as we navigate the complex terminology and incredibly surreal world of Invisible Sun.  The DMs sit at computers in the Shadow (our Earth world simulation) to create a crew of vislae (beings of magic) back in the Actuality (the waking real world everyone we know is totally running from in a dream), and we make a few important narrative decisions for Christian to use in our upcoming series.

For all its complicated jargon and disorganized pdfs, Invisible Sun just oozes flavor and incredible worldbuilding, and the Monte Cook classic "You're a(n) [adjective] [noun] who [verbs]" really shines when you can ignore the rules of our shared reality and get really, really weird.

We aren't the most organized we've ever been in a session, we do a fair amount of ranting, but we hope you enjoy the first bits of your time in the Actuality with us...

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Music in the Episode:

Song: Lochlainn - The Garden [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/TheGarden Watch: http://youtu.be/tZYlqiGgKQ4

What a wonderful [insert the name of your made up fantasy word weekday analogue for Friday]!  In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs talk about their experiences, advice, and ideas on all things homebrew campaigns.  Whether it's an original story in an established universe (have you listened to our Modified Rolls about running games with Canon?) or an entirely original world of your (and hopefully your players') imagination, there are some things that will help homebrew games run smoothly.

While it can seem daunting, running a homebrew game can be one of the most freeing experiences behind the screen.  It's mostly getting comfortable with reacting to your players' interests, working in avenues and obstacles to achieving their character's goals, and making sure there are compelling ups and downs.  Give them a place to connect to, give their characters meaningful arcs, and give them a villain to talk about for the rest of their gaming days.

Take-Home Points: Collaboration is key - it's not your story, it's the players'.  Let them influence the world, use their interests, connections, backstories, all of it.  If not explicitly in their backstory, what kind of things do their classes/character roles want to do? What kind of story do they want to tell? Don't overprep - think 1 to 2 sessions ahead and have big picture concepts beyond that, but don't bog yourself down in the details until you need them.

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Music in the episode:

Song: Arcando - In My Head (feat. Britt Lari) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/InMyHead

The finale. The society members go to great lengths to rescue the selkie children.

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Greetings from the Actuality... Our story begins around the city of Satyrine, where our PCs are all pulled like matter into a black hole to the Vance campus for a lecture from an eccentric researcher.  For a variety of reasons (including the promise of good food, which, unfortunately, appears to have been a lie), the characters find themselves at the center of a mysterious attempted kidnapping.

Will they help? Can they help? And what will they learn?  The answer to all of these is "barely any."

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Music in the Episode:

Song: Lochlainn - The Garden [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/TheGarden Watch: http://youtu.be/tZYlqiGgKQ4

You may be influenced by your past, but those events do not define you or determine where you go from here.

Anamnesis is an amazing journaling solo-player game by Samantha Leigh where you play a character who wakes up with memory loss. It uses a deck of tarot cards and splits the game up into 5 Acts with prompts to jog the memories of your character.  Check it out!

You're probably not supposed to play yourself, you're probably supposed to experience this from a fictional character's perspective, but Rene's an idiot and apparently wanted to have a long-overdue letting go of some of his past, so he did it in a game.  Typical Rene.

This game contains a bunch of music from my bands throughout the years.  I hope you enjoy the little snippets, but if you just skip through them, I totally get that, too.

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Music in the Episode:

All music in the episode is from Rene's old bands, which you can find on BandCamp at Animal Empire and Cassela (he would have included Sleep City but I think that's still technically owned by someone else, but it's on streaming services).

Radio Static Sound Effect from Pixabay 

I don't know about all of you out there in RPG podcast-land, but I'm a pretty typical millennial, binging TV series on streaming platforms and dealing with piles of books to-be-read that somehow just keep growing despite my best efforts.  Well, what if I told you literally everything you ingest makes great building blocks for your RPGs?!  Your in luck, because all you gotta do is a little bit of work and all your favorite things you wanna talk to your friends about but they haven't seen or read is gold for your games!

Take Home Points: Re-skin & re-flavor - don't copy your favorite characters, locations, or villains without changing them to be appropriate for your game; practice capturing the feel of your favorite media with words, since you likely won't have visuals that portray that like on screen; imitate accents!

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Music in the episode:

Startup  by Alex-Productions Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9439-startup- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Christian & Troy preview the upcoming Dawn of the Orcs from Lyme & Plasmophage, coming to Kickstarter on November 19th! Click the link to be notified when it goes to launch and back it to have a great worldbuilding game to potentially serve as your session zero or history of the world session for your games!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Dark Heart Celli by Monument Studios

Remember the days of your preteens or teenage years where going to the mall was the coolest, you and your friends would hang out with the little bit of money you had and just wander the same four hallways being delinquents?

Well now, you can play a game that relives those adventures in absolutely wild scenarios! Check out Mall Kids 2023 by Matthew Gravelyn on Kickstarter through 4/21 (so act fast)! But don't worry if you miss it, you can get all the rules for the way we played it from Matthew's Itch.io page along with his other excellent games!

In this silly one-shot stream, we play Superpowered teens who work at the mall in Super Mall Kids, one of the new settings and rules expansions to Mall Kids.  Join us as we uncover a kidnapping conspiracy with mall cops and deal with Black Friday shoppers in a session that gets pretty weird.

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Music in the Episode:

Elliot Kings, Riggs - Paper Walls (with Mykyl) [NCS Release]

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/PaperWalls

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/PaperWallsAT/youtube

Shopping Mall by Claus Appel

Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4699-shopping-mall

License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

To honor those who bravely launch themselves into terrifying and urgent medical situations for October as First Responders Month... we play goofballs in a hospital on Halloween!

DM Troy runs Christian, Jess, and Sara through a one-shot of Magpie Games The Ward, a Powered by the Apocalypse medical drama RPG reminiscent of ER, Grey's Anatomy, House, and other health care related series.  Join our specialist, resident, and intern as they deal with a chaotic night of Halloween healthcare!

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Music in the Episode:

Background music provided by Fesliyan Studios

www.fesliyanstudios.com

Alright, we all know Rene's got some bad RPG opinions, but now you get to hear ALL of our hot takes!

In this episode of 1d6 | 1d4, what is supposed to be a short little podcast, we each get 3 minutes to spout our spiciest RPG hot takes - the opinions we have about our beloved hobby that would probably be considered somewhere on a scale from unpopular to downright blasphemous.

If you have any hot takes, email them to us at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com, or if you take particular umbrage at any of our takes, let us hear it in an email and we'll definitely shout you out in a future episode!

If after listening to all the offensive points of view in this episode, you still enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! It takes you all of 30 seconds and it gets our podcast out there for more people to notice and discuss our favorite things with us!

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Music in the Episode:

Zack Merci X Arcana - Into The Wild [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/ZAIntoTheWild Watch: http://youtu.be/BZKwsPIhVO8

Sirs, Madams, and all other gentlefolk, we are please to have you joining us for another episode of the Jane Austen RPG Good Society.  We here at the DMs After Dark are loving the system, the story that is coming together under the expert guidance of our Storyteller Sara, and hope that you'll enjoy listening as the people of our small English village come together to celebrate the harvest.  Romance, drama, tension, and a circus are all sure to grab you by your lapels and lace for a wild ride.  We are honored to be your very humble servants.

You can find out more about Good Society and other Storybrewers games on their website.  I know that Rene plans to run their recently funded Fight With Spirit! sports anime RPG in the future!

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Music in the Episode:

Sonata 17 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4392-sonata-17  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Welcome to a new mini-show idea from the mind of our own DM Sara, a short little podcast where [[1d6]] members of the DMs After Dark crew talk about a chosen topic for [[1d4]] minutes each.  These episodes will be brief little informal discussions mostly just us chatting about random things in our experiences as fledgling streamers, podcasters, and long-time gamers.  Hopefully, if we're any good at what we do, there may be some nuggets of wisdom in there, too!

This first episode of 1d6 | 1d4 was recorded with Sara, Christian, Jess, and Rene, and we discussed some of our favorite characters we've played so far on stream!  If you've listened to our actual play episodes or caught them live on Twitch or later on our YouTube, you may be able to guess who chose which of their PCs!

If you like what we're doing, please consider rating us on Apple Podcasts to boost our reach and please don't hesitate to reach out to us on our social medias or email us with ideas for games you want to see us play, topics you'd like us to discuss on Modified Rolls, or even just ways we can improve quality for your enjoyment!

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Music in the Episode:

Happy Happy Game Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3856-happy-happy-game-show  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

First things first, check out the Solo But Not Alone 3 on Itch.io! It's an incredible collection of solo-oriented indie RPGs and is raising money for the Jasper's Game Day charity for suicide prevention and awareness.  Great games and a great cause!

In the penultimate episode of my time in Colostle, Marco, Berger, and Alis are the new owners of a legendary Astrolithic Rook, a pilot-able flying stronghold for our protagonists.  However, atop the Battlements with cultists and nomads alike staring down a hole in a roof descending to an oceanic room far below, work remains to be done.  I hope you enjoy the last few episodes as we wrap up this series, but don't worry, I'm not done with Playing With Myself (On The Internet) just yet.

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

The crew of the Lady Saskatoon find themselves sailing blindly into a thick fog and mist with no land in sight.  The stars have betrayed them and are unfamiliar to all aboard.  The old woman, Mari, shows no fear, but is beginning to show remorse.  Tailed by an English ship with an old enemy and a fleet of French ships with something valuable of the strange old woman's, the promises of this island might be more trouble than they're worth.

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Music in the Episode:

Sailing Through The Wide Sea by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6243-sailing-through-the-wide-sea License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles

The Wellerman by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License

Greetings in Heortling and welcome to the very first episode of our series running Andrew Montgomery's Six Seasons in Sartar campaign for Chaosium's RuneQuest roleplaying game.

Glorantha is a world of myths, gods, and legends come to life.  A Bronze Age world of heroes and great villains, triumphs and failures on a cosmic scale.

In our introductory episode, meet the cast of young characters from the Haraborn Tribe of the Colymar Clan in Sartar as they approach their rites of initiation into adulthood.  This episode revolves around Aurisa the Pale, a young woman inflicted with an inherited spiritual disease destined to become a healer.

Content Warnings: Animal sacrifice, personal prompts involving sexual identity, death, sickness, spiders, female body horror, menstruation, and probably more.

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Step up, come on in, one ticket to the big top here, kid! Sights you've never seen, visions you'll never forget, we've got the most exotic acts you can imagine!  Welcome to the Crossroads Carnival.

Episode 2 of our Crossroads Carnival series sees a slightly smaller cast dealing with the locals in Silence, Oklahoma, where the carnival has set up its tents and wagons.  The characters meet some folks who are struggling like most during the Depression, but some who are certainly suffering a little bit more...

CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence against children (non sexual), violence against others, themes of misogyny, body horror, mental illness, us/them and outsiders, and Judaeo-Christian horror

Find out more about Crossroads Carnival and get it here!

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Music in the Episode:

"The Circus" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"

Link : https://youtu.be/YO8Ng6odHvs

Feeling confident in their abilities, the dissociated PC trains in the forest village near the radio tower, eager to get strong enough to face the robot god and finish his revenge quest.  However, as the old adage goes: "Be careful what you wish for." A chance encounter with the god results in a rude awakening, which has left our hero reeling and second guessing their chances...

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Music in the Episode:

The Forest, The Desert, and The Mountains

by Love & Wine Media and Hinokodo, Published by Mimic Publishing Collective

Available at https://hinokodo.itch.io/static-abyss

We're well above the Roomlands now, up past the terrifying gargoyle-filled Rafters and onto the mythical Battlements in Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell!  Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards!

The cult that shattered the skylight in the Rafters is finally heading to the legendary Battlements beyond the highest reaches of the Roomlands, beyond the Rafters, where it is said all Hunters go when they die.  What awaits Marco, Berger, and Alis as they step foot in this new world confined to tales and sagas, where none have gone and returned from?

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Final Battle of the Dark Wizards by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3752-final-battle-of-the-dark-wizards License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Our magical rivals, Angelica and Elias, move onto Year 2 at Blackroot Academy and continue down their paths to power. Angelica becomes a target due to her potential, while Elias continues to play with magic he doesn't fully comprehend the cost of. A secret society reaches out. Allies lost. Allies made?

Learn more about Tangled Blessings on Cassi's itch.io!.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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Music in the Episode:

Celtic Ambiance & Frost by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hey all, the holidays are a crazy time and I (Rene) have been diligently working on editing lots of new stuff for you all, both on this main feed and my brand new DMs off-shoot podcast called Rene Plays Games!

We'll still be releasing a podcast every Friday on this feed, but if you can't get enough of our nerdy RPG content, give my new feed a follow, like, rating, etc., and you'll have more Playing With Myself solo RPG actual play series, short campaigns with friends new and old, a new take on the old Modified Rolls style (now called Perspective Checks), and more!

It'll be releasing episodes every Tuesday so you'll have great DMs content multiple times a week!

Subscribe on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | or search your podcatcher of choice, it's probably on there! (If not, let me know, I'll work to remedy that!)

Game on, and happy new year from the DMs After Dark!

Surprise! With a new year, a new podcast feed, and a new series starting up, we figured why not keep with the new things happening and drop a preview of Rene's new game One Last Quest, a one page RPG that allows you to bring back some of your favorite PCs of campaigns past and play them in their elderly retired years. However, a loose thread or problem arises that forces them to put down the shuffleboard and dust off the old heroics one more time.

It's a hack 'n' mash of the popular rules lite RPG Lasers & Feelings by the incredible John Harper (Blades in the Dark, Agon) with a sprinkling of some All Outta Bubblegum by Michael Sullivan & Jeffrey Grant.

Hopefully you enjoy and you give it a shot with your group, reliving some of your favorite characters from over the years.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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Music in the Episode:

Elliot Kings, Riggs - Paper Walls (with Mykyl) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/PaperWalls Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/PaperWallsAT/youtube

Arcando - In My Head (feat. Britt Lari) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/InMyHead

Angelica and Elias return for their final year at Blackroot Academy before one of them will be crowned top student. Their last year culminates in truths being uncovered, early rumors proving true, and forgiveness forbidden to one of our young mages.

Learn more about Tangled Blessings on Cassi's itch.io!.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Celtic Ambiance & Frost by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Welcome to Pineapple Falls  - a nice, relaxing retirement community in sunny Florida, where absolutely nothing ever gets weird or flipped upside down (if you know what we mean).  At least, not under the reign of Homeowner's Association President Carol, who's turned this place from its rowdy past to a respectable retreat for senior citizens.  However, Carol's recent decisions are rubbing some of the grandmas the wrong way, and you know how those Floridians get when they're worked up - they make some wild headlines.

In this little one-shot we play Third Country Press' one-page RPG Grandma Club, which is supposed to be a relatively innocent game of grandmother's doing what they must to make sure their village wins the best little village award.  Unfortunately, the DMs put the After Dark into this one-shot and it go full on "Florida Man."  Enjoy our messed up minds as we take on Grandma Club.

Content Warning:  Marv's many nieces & nephews, drugging old folks with sexytime medication (again), and I'm sure much, much more.

The DMs After Dark will return to wholesomeness with the finale of Good Society Friday March 25th on our Twitch or catch up over on our YouTube channel.

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Music in this Episode:

Song: Dirty Palm - Freakshow (feat. LexBlaze) [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Freakshow Watch: http://youtu.be/2jwj9wVx3mg

The clan disperses in the wake of the Battle of Red Rock. Landless and wanted, they take the first steps toward forging a new identity.

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Learn more about Runequest here.

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Well hello there campers! Welcome to Camp Pine Island, a wonderful little tract of wilderness you'll be exploring all summer long!  Nothing at all is haunted, dangerous, or creepy at all, and the summer's going to be just peachy... right?

Thank you for checking out another installment of our one-shot shenanigans, this time with Rene running the DMs through he and Christian's original game Pine Island, a summer camp horror game using Caltrop Core, a d4 system by Lex Kim Bobrow and designed as part of DriveThruRPG's Pocket Quest game jam!

Join Christian, Sara, and Troy as they create campers to experience a pretty awful first night at summer camp!

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Music in the Episode:

Headless Horseman by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6740-headless-horseman License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Atmospheres #6: Lost by Brian Holtz Music Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/7243-atmospheres-6-lost License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://brianholtzmusic.com

Jess & Kent sit down to make their characters and start a new two-player series exploring Blackroot Academy in Cassi Mothwin's dark-academia flavored RPG Tangled Blessings. Based on the tarot-style resolution in Samantha Leigh's Anamnesis (see Rene's solo playthrough here), this game can be played solo or as two players pitted against one another as rivals at the highly selective magic school.

Meet Angelica & Elias, two new mages about to begin an intertwined adventure where only one will be declared the strongest at the end of their fourth year. Who will it be, and what history will come back to factor into their final competition?

Also, thank you and shout out to friend of the DMs K. Parr, who not only provided the tarot card deck Jess & Kent are using for the game, but recorded the introductory letter from the headmaster as well!

Learn more about Tangled Blessings on Cassi's itch.io!.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Celtic Ambiance & Frost by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Just in time for that wonderful time of year where you're worrying about what to get who and what you're going to do with the gifts you'll undoubtedly never use, we've got some recommendations for games that may be what you're looking to play in 2022!

Christian, Rene, and Sara gush over their favorite games within multiple genres, available and upcoming, to get you hyped up for some new tabletop roleplaying games to line your shelves.

Tell us some games you're looking forward to playing or games you'd like to watch us play!

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Feel free to email us with questions, comments, or just to tell us how awful our ideas are at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com

Music in the episode:

Holiday Weasel by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5517-holiday-weasel  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

Hello everyone and welcome to a very special interview episode with Liz Greene, LMHC MFT TGM/DM GT, a licensed Geek Therapist who uses games and popular media in her sessions! Rene & Troy sit down and discuss games as a community, using characters as buffers to experiences, practicing social skills, and putting consequences into perspective, and more.

Please check out these amazing resources and tell us about experiences at the table you've had that have helped you in hard times!

You can find Liz at Serenity Coaching & Counseling, Psychology Today, and find other geek therapists in your area at Geek Therapeutics.

If you want to look really cool, consider buying your very own DMsAfterDark T-shirt!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

A quick (and, admittedly overdue) chat about our experience with our first ever DMs After Dark series with Shadows of Esteren! The DMs talk about what they liked about the system, how the game captures the setting and themes of the world of Esteren, and look forward to more in the future.

Shadows of Esteren is a Celtic horror RPG published by Studio Agate, learn more and try it for yourself, let us know how it goes!

Join us every other Friday on Twitch where we'll be playing through our collection of RPGs in short series or one-shots.

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Music in the episode:

Melwan from Adeliane; Composed by François Rousselot. Lyrics : Benjamin Torval Performed by Clarisse May and the Budapest Symphonic Orchestra.; Available at https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/adeliane

What's more magical than an incredibly crowded nerdy convention in ... Indianapolis? We can't think of anything either! In this episode of Modified Rolls, half of the DMs After Dark crew (Amber, Jess, and Troy) sit down with two guests Alex and Kent to discuss their 2022 Gen Con experience!  While Gen Con is a big one, there is some great advice for conventions in general, especially any you'll need to travel to!

Thank you to Alex & Kent for jumping in to discuss their experiences as well! Check out Alex's Twitch channel for his D&D and tabletop game content at https://www.twitch.tv/l8nitelex/

We're hoping that the DMs After Dark crew can start attending more cons together and spreading the word.  What your favorite convention you've attended?  Have you discovered any underappreciated gems? Share your stories with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or email us at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com!

If you like what we're doing here, please consider giving us a rate on your podcast app of choice and catch our live streams alternating Friday nights over on Twitch or catch up on our games over on our YouTube.

Music in the episode:

Thorne - Call On Me [Arcade Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/CallOnMe

Good day, sirs and madams, and welcome to the first session of Good Society, the Jane Austen RPG that Sara's been gushing about since, well, since she first encountered it.

We are super excited to dive into the world of Regency-Era England and play through this undoubtedly romantic, dramatic, and (the DMs After Dark guarantee) raucous series of all things proper.

In this episode we go through the very collaborative process of character creation for Good Society, which involves making NPCs tied to your characters that will be played by the other players!  Very cool indeed.

You can find out more about Good Society and other Storybrewers games on their website.  I know that Rene plans to run their recently funded Fight With Spirit! sports anime RPG in the future!

As always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

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Music in the Episode:

Sonata 17 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4392-sonata-17  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

The Company acts fast on information they receive from the Lunar captives. Gavreena has her revenge. New Allies fight together in the darkness.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts (plural! have you checked out the Rene Plays Games podcast?), or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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Music in the Episode:

Solstice A by Monument Studios

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

What's this? This isn't a Modified Rolls RPG discussion podcast?  This isn't even a chaos baby from the mind of Sara!  What are we doing here?

Welcome to the very first episode of Playing With Myself (On The Internet), a solo roleplaying actual play series that we're going to be doing from time to time and maybe more, who knows?!  Rene sits down to play the one-player, card-based roleplaying game Colostle by Nich Angell.  Please go check it out and support Nich, I'm super excited to be exploring this world and hopefully doing it justice!

In an impossibly large world that all fits inside the rooms of a massive castle (a Colostle, if you will), people of the Roomlands settle in cities and create wondrous magical items from the husks of Rooks, gigantic hulking battlements and towers made of stone and magic.  In this series, follow Rene's character Marco Key as they befriend a small ice rookling and set off to explore some of the Roomlands and uncover secrets on a mysterious family map.

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

The Company visits an ex Sambari Chief in the hopes of getting some allies, then decides on their course of action against the Lunars.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts (like the Rene Plays Games podcast!), or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

And, as always, come hang out and catch our live streams on our Twitch or catch up on our YouTube.

Music in the Episode:

Cello Atmos & The Inspirational Seeker by Monument Studios

Ever feel like you're in a fight that there's no chance you can win? Maybe it's the dice betraying you or maybe it was a hint that you weren't supposed to pick that fight (yet or maybe ever).  Balance in RPGs is an expectation that both players and GM need to communicate clearly during a session or campaign.  Sometimes imbalanced encounters function as "gates" to areas you shouldn't explore yet, other times they're purposefully overwhelming but provide alternate win conditions or survival is the victory itself.  Some games have designed "balance" in bestiaries, stat blocks, or just vague power levels, while others are entirely narrative and the concept of balance is part of the conversation. 

Key takeaway from this episode: Games don't need to be balanced, but obstacles do need to be appropriately communicated so the goal is clear to the players.

If you like what we're doing here, please consider giving us a rate on your podcast app of choice and catch our live streams alternating Friday nights over on Twitch or catch up on our games over on our YouTube.

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Music in the episode:

Endless Space by WinnieTheMoog Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9772-endless-space License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://linktr.ee/taigasoundprod

Rock Guitar Intro 13 by TaigaSoundProd Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/9744-rock-guitar-intro-13 License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://linktr.ee/taigasoundprod

The March Of The Final Battle by MusicLFiles Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8117-the-march-of-the-final-battle License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles

Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell!  Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards!

We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis on their approach to confront their first Hunter's Guild quest! A flying Rook roosting in a tower... on an island... in the middle of a lake... perched atop a plateau! Talk about a crazy site for a fight! Will our protagonists be able to stick to the plan of getting inside the massive Rook and shut it down from the inside, or will they be tossed off the edge of the cliffs to an early ending?

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Continuing the off-week actual play content, Rene sat down with his wife Lynn to record a 2 player GMless session of Ghost Club by Andrew Dowell.  Taking the role of teenage ghost hunters in Twin Falls, the players explore haunted locations and collect clues needed to summon, confront, and banish the ghosts of their home town.  Designed for younger players, it was a really fun time, even though we definitely forgot some rules and bent some others.

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Music in the Episode:

Outlandr - World on Fire [Arcade Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/worldonfire

Continuing our horror-themed October one-shot series, DM Amber runs the group through the feminine horror game Bluebeard's Bride by Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson published by Magpie Games.  The group (and our first special guest appearance from friend of the show Deb) play the various aspects of one person - Bluebeard's Bride, a simple woman newly wed to the mysterious, powerful man.  Join us as we explore his manor and uncover secrets about Bluebeard and the bride herself.

Content Warning - This episode is very open about many themes and subjects that can be considered upsetting or difficult including violence, potential violence to children, domestic abuse, mutilation, self-harm, suicide, eating disorders, mental illness, sexual assault, rape, miscarriage, abortion, animal abuse, and body horror.  Please be safe and listen at your own discretion.

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Music in the episode:

Unease by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4562-unease  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Piece for Disaffected Piano Two by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4215-piece-for-disaffected-piano-two  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Industrial Music Box by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3910-industrial-music-box  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

On this week's Modified Rolls, the DMs After Dark finally talk about what is, essentially, our mission statement as a gaming group putting things on the interwebz - Why you should PLAY. MORE. GAMES.  And by that we mean play different RPG systems.  Every new game you play offers an opportunity to experience a new kind of story, to learn other methods of storytelling, understand different resolution mechanics, play characters you can't normally play because of genre-defined roles, you name it!  We firmly believe that roleplaying games are way more than just games, they are places to experiment with your worldview, attempt to understand other points of views, experiment with morality and do mental gymnastics to more thoroughly explore ideas and ideals.

So go play some damn games.  What games made you realize there's more to games than power fantasy?

Games Mentioned in this Episode: D&D; Pathfinder; Call of Cthulhu, Mutants & Masterminds, Dungeon World, Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana, Fantasy AGE, Modern AGE, The Expanse RPG, Paranoia, Fiasco, Mistborn Adventure Game, Masks: A New Generation, Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG, Three Raccoons in a Trench Coat, probably a lot more.  

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Music in the episode:

Call to Adventure by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Life assumes a new normal for Rue following his Telmori initiation. Descara gains a mentor. A new life enters the clan.

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The Company runs into foul weather and takes refuge with a new Ally. Old flames are reignited and new questions asked as the company looks to it's future.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Vindsvept - Windswept Realms, Volumes 1 - 3

For our first long-form campaign, Christian introduces the group to Chaosium's RuneQuest as we create our characters for the Bronze Age fantasy world of Glorantha.  Meet the PCs, learn a little about this incredibly well fleshed out world full of myth and lore that dates back to the 1970s.

We are so excited to play a longer game, and we hope you'll enjoy our playthrough of Andrew Montgomery's Six Seasons in Sartar campaign.

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The second episode in our Shadows of Esteren Twitch actual play series sees the group of adventurers coming together to investigate a missing expedition crew sent off by the College of Magience to investigate the blood red canyon that is The Carmine Chasm.  What will our crew find in this mysterious location, and will any of them live to tell the tale?

Shadows of Esteren is a Celtic horror RPG published by Studio Agate, learn more and try it for yourself, let us know how it goes!

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Music in the episode:

One Thin Hope from Dearg; Composed by Jure Peternel, arranged by François Rousselot; Performed by the Budpapest Symphonic Orhestra; Available at https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/dearg

Mourning from Dearg; Composed by Jure Peternel, arranged by François Rousselot; Performed by the Budpapest Symphonic Orhestra; Available at https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/dearg

It's back and it's just as chaotic as ever, Sara's 1d6 | 1d4 talk show starts to bring our 2023 to a close with a quick chat with the most guests that have ever been on our bonus series before! We talk about the things we loved about this absolutely crazy year we had and Sara quizzes us on how much we know about what we even did this year!

It goes without saying, but none of this would be possible without you all out there listening (even you, 1 person in Wyoming), and it means the world to us that you spend some time each week listening to our nerdy asses play roleplaying games. We hope we've inspired you in your games, shown you some you might not have known about, or just entertained you during some downtime. Never hesitate to reach out to us via email, on social media, or anything, we love hearing from you, what we do that you like, what we could do better, what you want to hear more or less of, you name it. You're all the best. Thank you!

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Music in the Episode:

Happy Happy Game Show by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3856-happy-happy-game-show License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Cat Meow Sound Effect from Pixabay

Can you believe we've put out 100 podcast episodes?! Neither can we! Between our actual play streams, our Modified Rolls, and all the shenanigans in between, we've reached a milestone that surprised us, so we decided to give it the respect it deserves and...

Wait, a 1d6 | 1d4 episode?! What in the Sara's wild imagination is going on right now?

Sara is joined by Christian, Jess, and Rene as we put a new twist on the classic 1d6 | 1d4 formula, each rolling a d100 and discussing the episodes that come back.  We reminisce, we talk a little about the future, and we generally just get weird.  Enjoy!

In all seriousness, we can't believe we've done 100 episodes and we thank everyone who's ever listened from the bottom of our nerdy hearts.  You're all amazing and we hope to keep entertaining you for as long as we put our games on the internet.  You're the best.

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Music in the Episode:

Maze & Trinist - Would You Ever [Arcade Release]

Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds

Free Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/wouldyouever

Watch: http://ncs.lnk.to/wouldyoueverAT/youtube

Startup  by Alex-Productions Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/9439-startup- License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Good day and salutations, my fine fellow members of Good Society, and welcome to the visitation episode before the grand finale.  In this episode, the DMs pay visits (make calls in the parlance of the era) to one another and scheme, sleaze, and schmooze their way deeper into drama as the Harvest Festival ramps up to a climactic finish.

Unfortunately, it will be a month before we finish the story, as Sara is a professional and has a conference to attend.  Good Society will conclude on March 25th live on our Twitch and be uploaded to our YouTube and podcast feeds shortly thereafter.  Fret not, however!  We will be playing a surprise one-shot that (at the moment, no spoilers) may involve some grandmas getting their groove back.  Join us next Friday, March 11th for a septuagenarian social extravaganza!

You can find out more about Good Society and other Storybrewers games on their website. 

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Music in the Episode:

Sonata 17 by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4392-sonata-17  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license 

The robot God returns, and I flee into a new region in search of my lost village, and for my life.

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Music in the Episode:

The Mountains & The Swamp

by Love & Wine Media and Hinokodo, Published by Mimic Publishing Collective

Available at https://hinokodo.itch.io/static-abyss

Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3699-echoes-of-time License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Floating Cities by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3765-floating-cities License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Thunderbird by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4527-thunderbird License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

In the first episode of our Shadows of Esteren actual play streaming series, we go through a Session 0 and create our characters together.  If you're curious about Shadows of Esteren as a system, we go in depth about the world, lore, and roles within the game as we create the party we'll be taking through Troy's adventure!

Music Used:

Mòr Forsair from Of Men and Obscurities; Composed and arranged by Delphine Bois. Production : Benjamin Torval; Available at: https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/of-men-and-obscurities

Down the River from Adeliane; Composed by François Rousselot. Lyrics : Benjamin Torval; Performed by Clarisse May and the Budapest Symphonic Orchestra. Available at: https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/adeliane 

The crew confront the smugglers in the plateau, the first glyph on Marco's map, and finally find some, but not all, answers.  This part of the story ends.

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Final Battle of the Dark Wizards by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/3752-final-battle-of-the-dark-wizards License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell!  Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards!

We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis as they've alerted some bandits hiding out in the giant skull of a fallen Rook in the harsh canyonlands outside of Rust Grove.  Our heroes are outnumbered and you may be surprised at who manages to carry the fight, but it doesn't come without Wounds and consequences.  As they near the site of their quest from the local Hunter's Guild, they meet an antagonistic NPC who comes with a warning, and the plot thickens before the looming battle...

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Music in the Episode:

Adventure Beyond by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyond License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Adventure by Alexander Nakarada Free download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventure License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss what to do when a player character meets their demise.  We share stories from our tables, examples of how different games approach character death, and offer alternative consequences that may be (and often are) more interesting and narratively rewarding for the game.

Have any stories about epic PC deaths, sad stories about character loss, or similar? Message us on social media and let's chat about it!

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Music in the episode:

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3615-darkest-child License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Earth Season comes to the Vale. The Clan celebrates the harvest, but it's interrupted but unwelcome visitors.

Learn more about Runequest here.

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The Harraborn youths are sent on a secret mission to warn the Third Wind of the Lunar scouts. Along the way they discover a long hidden secret.

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Learn more about Runequest here.

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Sacred time is here and the Company is safely encamped with family. They celebrate the year wedding of Descara and Esrala. Dark omens paint a grim future.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

Nightfall by Monument Studios

Air. Water. Earth. Fire.

Avatar Aang and friends have come together to end the Hundred Year War and stop Fire Lord Ozai's campaign to impose Fire Nation rule on the Four Nations.  With the Air Nomads effectively wiped out, Avatar Aang and crew decide to build a new place in the world where all are welcome to cooperate and work toward a future where everyone comes together for a greater cause.  They choose the coastal village of Cranefish Town on the western shores of the Earth Kingdom to eventually become what will be known as Republic City.

In the second episode of our Avatar: Legends mini-series, the group figures out what to do next after being brought together in a shared knowledge of corruption in Cranefish Town.  The Badgermole Mafia has set up smuggling tunnels under the burgeoning city and is working with at least one city official to do their dirty work unpunished.  Can our heroes find a way to prevent the city from falling into the wrong hands?  Or will they make dick jokes and drink cabbage spiced lattes?  Probably the latter...

Content Warning: Ai's Small Weiner, Exotic Animal Hybrid Trade, Cocaine?!

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Music in the episode:

Temple of the Manes by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4468-temple-of-the-manes License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The Vale begins preparations for possible retaliation. For Descara, it's time to enter fully into the mysteries of Odayla.

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Learn more about Runequest here.

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We're back with another episode of Modified Rolls, continuing our little run of "How to Prep & Run [Blank]."  Last episode talked about the wonderful world of one-shots, the stress-free experimentation station of RPGs.  This time, we're going bigger - the published stuff.  That's right, you bought a big written adventure and you're going to run your friends through an epic tale and all the good stuff is right there in that book, right?

... Hopefully! But we're here to help make sure you'll take the extra steps, ignore the unnecessary ones, and be skipping in tandem with your players along a beautiful road to glory. 

Take-Home Points: The book is just a series of prompts with some of the prep done for you, but don't be afraid to change as much as you want to tailor it to your players' PCs to make the story even better (after all, it's their story, not the book's).  Even if you'll never run the whole thing, steal the cool stuff for other games you run!. And, lastly, find the one YOU want to tell, not just the one that looks cool.  It'll feel a lot less like prep and stress if you're into the story and you let that come first.

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Music in the episode:

Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4383-sneaky-adventure  License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Song: DigEx - Fall In Love [NCS Release] Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/FallInLove

Sea Season 1621 is here. The Company leaves their winter camp and begins planning their next moves. The situation at Whitewall is looking bleak.

Learn more about Runequest here.

In case you haven't heard, our Redbubble has incredible RuneQuest art by Katrin Dirim available as shirts, stickers, pillows, and more, so check out all our new DMs After Dark merch!!

If you enjoy our streams, podcasts (like the Rene Plays Games podcast!), or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs.  

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Music in the Episode:

DMs After Dark Theme by Dan Pomfret (@danfrombothbands)

[Music] by Monument Studios