Join two co-DMs as they talk about the games they are running together, what it means to run a good session, and running comentary on the world of table-top RPGs.
We take a break from your regularly (or irregularly) scheduled adventures to bring you another clapcast!
In the final episode of the Bones of the Hero of the Hollows arc, the Grey Earls meet someone unlikely, and find a new way to come back to Hollows.As COVID-19 travels around the planet, we hope this is a welcome distraction. This episode was recorded long before the outbreak started, but know that the Grey Earls always play online and practice good social distancing, and so should you! Wash your hands people!
The Grey Earls fuid themselves facing down the beak of their greatest foe yet, the Black Horror. As Lyrica flees with the youngest member of the party, the rest fortify a crumbling mausoleum, in the hopes that they can best the monster that has hunted the waters for generations. Its time for a good ol’ fashioned fight.
The Grey Earls return to their quest for the Bones of the Hero of the Hollows. On the road they are faced with many random challenges, and learn more about the mysteries of the Ravenlands. They also find a fragile treasure on the road. A burden to be bjorn by the Earls?
With a clapcast! Transparently Nik and Ben have had a lot going on in the past few months. Cars being totaled, mortgages being refinanced, new jobs, new additions to families, and more. It has been overwhelming, but great. We are sorry for the hiatus, and want to reward your patience with this fun insight into the conversations that happen before and after we officially start recording. Podcasts will be coming much more regularly from here on out!
In which the Grey Earls continue to insist on a split party. In the over-land group; Stek manages a cart, Addison makes a friend, Hardar makes things awkward, and Lyrica digs into her own past. In the over-sea group Voss only kind of suggests killing an innocent fisherman, and Eramis meets an old friend on the waves.Thank you all for joining us! Sorry for the intermittent release schedule, I hope you find these episodes to be welcome surprised. Ben has enlisted some more editing hope, so it is our hope a more regular release schedule is assumed soon.Music by Meydan - https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
The Grey Earls find a fishing village with a mysterious secret. The party is split. Entirely by choice, and not at all what the DM wanted. Stek, Addison, Hardar, and Lyrica meet an old friend on the road. Voss and Eramis leave a surprise for the Black Griffons, and find a surprise of their own.“Adventures In…” is an actual play podcast set in Free League’s RPG system, The Forbidden Lands.
The Grey Earls are back and better than ever! A new mysterious member joins the party. Random event tables are rolled, much to the delight of Ben. Hardar makes a friend. Then that friend immediately runs off with another friend.We apologize for the unscheduled hiatus. Nik and Ben both work in education, so August and September are absolutely bonkers months, and so editing had to be put on the back burner. But we are back!
This is the first of a series of Post Mortem episodes in which Nik and Ben go over how the previous arc went, what is coming up, and what they learned. We go over highlights from the past 4 actual play episodes, as well as do just a little world building. We also get into how Forbidden Lands actually plays, and how our players felt in the first arc of this campaign. We tend to trade GMing respnsibilities in each arc, so beginning next week, Ben will be taking over for the next story arc.Music by Meydän: https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
The Grey Earls are left to clean up their mess after the first with the Rust Brothers. Eramis has a showdown. Hardar gets to know a Sister of Heme. and Olex gets a new permanent roommate. The Earls get a chance to explore the Hollows.Music by Meydän: https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
The Grey Earls engage in their first combat in the Forbidden Lands. Listen as they stumble through mechanics, make questionable decisions, and in the case of Stek, try and run away for a solid 45 minutes unsuccessfully. Addison snipes from the trees, Olex gets a spear in the back, and more on this episode of “Adventures In…”Music by Meydän: https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
In this second episode of the actual play season of Adventures In… the Grey Earls get to know the rust brothers, free and elf, and get into a fight most people would call unwise.Adventures In… is a podcast about all parts of role playing games. “Prep” episodes are devoted to the Co-DMs getting ready for their sessions together, and “Play” episodes are actual play with their weekly group. Set in Free League’s RPG system “Forbidden Lands,” this podcast will take you on an adventure with raiders and rogues in a cursed land.Music by Meydän: https://meydan.bandcamp.com/
In this episode “Adventures In…” goes actual play! Join Nik and Ben in the Forbidden Lands with their players as they begin their campaign. Join Stek the peddler, Adison the hunter, Voss the fighter, Hardar the rouge, Eramis the wizard, and Olex the tied up elf as they set out on a journey unlike any other.Nik DMs this first week, and our players come face to face with the Rust Brothers…
In this final episode of prep Nik and Ben mostly tie up some loose ends. The exciting news is here! In the show notes! The next full-length podcast will be the start an actual-play campaign set in the Forbidden Lands. Our players that we have built this world for will join us in exploring it. In the mean time, thank you for joining us to this point!More Adventures are just on the horizon…
In which Nik and Ben ramble on about a few odds and ends about their game including quest design and coordination, starting cities, and how to share a character. This is the penultimate episode in our preparation series. Episodes have been getting few and far between and we switch gears into actual story planning, and we don’t want to spoil anything!
In our final faction pitch episode Nic and Ben hammer out the details of a few smaller factions. They talk about the horse riding people of the Quards and Galdanes, as well as the Order of the Maiden in Free League’s Forbidden Lands.We also want to apologize for the delay in this episode. Ben had significant computer issues that led to cancelled recording sessions, issues retrieving the file for edit after a successful recording, and just general headaches. All is well now though, and more regular releases should be on the way.
Nik and Ben pitch four factions in one hour.
In this episode Nik pitches his ideas for a new description of Orc society in the Forbidden Lands. In a previous episode Nik mentioned wanting to change the Orcs wholesale to make sure they had personhood from the very beginning and make playing and Orc more appealing to our group. This is the second in a series of faction pitches where Nik and Ben go back and forth fleshing out the world our players will explore when our campaign starts.
This is the first episode in a series where Nik and Ben take turns pitching their ideas for factions in their Forbbiden Lands campaign. This series will be ongoing for until all the factions have been outlined and major NPCs introduced. In this episode Ben pitches his vision for the dwarves in Forbbiden Lands, and Nik asks a lot of good questions.
Nik and Ben talk about the tools they use to plan, run, record, and play their games online.
Nik tells us about Emerald City Comic Con. Ben and Nik talk about why diversity is important in a game world. They don't quite cover all the factions in the game.
Forbidden Lands: http://frialigan.se/en/games/forbidden-lands/
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