Critical Bits is a new comedy RPG actual play podcast featuring Joel Ruiz as the GM and Paul Byron, Shannon Struuci, and Shelby Lee as the players. It has a bi-weekly Tuesday release schedule and uses the Masks system with the Powered by the Apocalypse rules.
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We got sent in questions from y'all and we answered them! This has spoilers for the finale of Critical Bits, so only listen if you're caught up. Also, make sure to go check out Oddity Roadshow, our brand new Monster of the Week Podcast.
The final episode of Critical Bits. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch have faced down the Congloermate, but now they face their biggest threat yet in the penultimate episode of Critical Bits. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch face down the Conglermate in their final battle. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The most twisted episode of Critical Bits ever. Too twisted to even describe.
We are joined by Chris Wade once again as New Money! Joins us in Volume 2 of our WHAT NOW!? series.
Join us in the bonus episode where Branson Reese comes back as Hoagie Allin and Tim Platt plays a member of the Fun Bunch, Art. Also, make sure to go check out Oddity Roadshow's IGG before it ends on July 31st, 2022!!! igg.me/at/oddityroadshow
The Fun Bunch has to face their final hurdle before getting to the pegs, their creator!!! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as ther players. Featuring Branson Reese as Infinity Nakedness. Check out our IGG campgin for our new show, Oddity Roadshow! It runs until July 31st, 2022! https://igg.me/at/oddityroadshow
The Fun Bunch are hot on the trail of the Eternal, but can they stop him in time? Probably not, because that'd be a boring story!!! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. igg.me/at/oddityroadshow
The Fun Bunch make their way to get the final peg in Pugatroydale, but they have to deal with The Chain first. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. Feat Claudia Roley as The Chain.
There are two things you don't want to be face to face with, guilt and buttholes. Well, today, we got 'em both for you! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
The Fun Bunch's trail finally leads them to come face to face with the Mayor, played by Jonah Jackson. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. Feat Jonah Jackson as Mayor Jonah Jackson.
THEM PEGS GETTING ROWDY! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
Jodo 4 is back! And you know that means, we did a guest episode with April Raygun again! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. Featuring April Raygun as Jodo 4.
After meeting with the Storyteller the Fun Bunch return to the Fun Vault to look for Yifram. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch meets up with The Storyteller to try and find out more about the Pegs. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. Featuring Tim Platt as the Storyteller. Joel Ruiz as the GM. https://twitter.com/TimothyPlatt
After the big fight with Jane, the gang must figure out where to go next for answers. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
To shod or not? Who knows what this word means? Anyways, Kim and Jane finally fight. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The gang gets together with Tool Boi to help lure out Jane as a bounty has been set on Kim.
After their run-in with Jodo 4, the Fun Bunch finds themselves under lock and key with the Conglomerate. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Player.
The gang finds themselves face to face with the newest form Jodo has taken! Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. Joel Ruiz as the GM. With special guest April Raygun! https://twitter.com/AprilRaygun
Alex finds herself trapped in an internship she won't soon forget! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. Episode artwork by @boxcar_sarah
The Fun Bunch splits up to figure out a way to get some information on the Conglomerate. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
The gang gets a distress call from their botanical garden base and rushes back to see what tripped it off. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
The gang goes to figure out what the hell is up with Alex this time. SCHLORP!!! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
The gang goes to the park for Kim's birthday party and helps her have a fun time. DO NOT ASK ABOUT THE HORSE!!! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
Kim makes up for lost time and tries to enjoy her first, official birthday! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shanno Strucci as the Players.
Join the Fun Bunch as they meet up with one of their old friends. Can the gang help reform Stealy Joe or are they doomed to repeat the past of having a terrible grandfather no one knows what to do with? Find out some, or none, of this in this episode! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch is joined once again by everyone's favorite metal shifting child, Jodo 3! Join the gang as they live, love, and laugh together! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. Featuring Eve Smith as Jodo 3. Check out Eve over on her live stream! A new season starts soon. https://www.twitch.tv/balladofthesevendice
We have Maggie Mae Fish back as Jodo 2 and the rest of the cast as the mechanics in the bonus episode. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron as Lift, Shelby Lee as Tool Boi, Shannon Strucci as The Disruptor, and featuring Maggie Mae Fish as Jodo 2.
The Fun Bunch find themselves still trying to figure out what Shifting is and dealing with a 14 year TikTok star. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch try to get back to their old ways of heroics but find that the town of Heavendale has changed in the past few months. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
Join the Fun Bunch as they go back to Helltopia! Is there going to be a new member of the Fun Bunch? Or even a new team? FIND OUT! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
As Gerry tries to find the Cobbler, the gang finds themselves without a way to get to Hell. So what do they do? Go find Alex's favorite TikTok star, Shifting Sammie! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch only had a few moments in their new base before one of them got snatched up again. Will Gerry and Kim find Alex? Or does Alex just have a good time with The Vault Keeper? Who knows!? Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
After helping out The Guardian, The Fun Bunch heads back to Heavendale to try and figure out where to plant their nursery seed. Why not stop by the Botanical Gardens to pick up a new hoodie? Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch make their way to the Your Side Nursery to stop the Poachers, but how do they get there? That's right, we're GEORBING now! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
After returning to Heavendale from their adventures with Dear Diary, the Fun Bunch finds the Titanium Viper is waiting to call in a favor from Alex. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
While eating their Dippin' Dots, the Fun Bunch finds a new friend in need of some help, Dear Diary. He's a sweet little boy who is just trying to make his way back to his mummers, simple enough right? Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. Featuring Carly Monardo as Dear Diary.
The final installment of the Spider Day trilogy. Join as A. Rachnid (Jack David) as they unravel the mystery of the 3rd Annual Spider Day 24 Hour Telethon. Full cast list available at https://www.criticalbitcast.com/spider-day-3-cast
Now that Gerry and Alex have found a way to disconnect themselves safely, Gerry finds himself with no powers and a flesh book stuck in his arm. Time to plan a heist! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players. *Apologies, Shelby had some audio trouble with her set up on this one*
Now that the Fun Bunch has helped Gerry figure out his problem with the Empathy Peg, it's time to figure out what can be done for the companion animals! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch aid Gerry in helping him confront his doom. Will Gerry make it out alive? Can Alex find some help during all of this too? How will Kim deal with all of this? Find out, or not, in this episode! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. **Apologies, Shelby's audio has some trouble in this episode, we did the best we could**
After making a deal with the Oracle, Gerry prepares to make another deal with the Seamstress. Will Gerry find what he's looking for? Who knows? Join the Fun Bunch as they travel to Another Side! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
The Fun Bunch find themselves brought back together after a few months of downtime. Find out what is in store for them in this new episode! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
Join us in our bonus episode celebrating our #Acetober event from Oct of 2020! Each cast member plays a different Alex as they try to find their way through Alex's worry journal that has turned itself into a pocket universe of its own! Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players. Feat voices from Angela, David, Dylan, Gig, Guilherme, JJ, Kailyn, Kari, Lance, Lucinda, Nate, Other Joel, Rebecca, Sarah, Tucker, and Zara. Song by Gale and Pearl.
We return to the Fun Bunch a few months after we left off from the Season 2 finale. Join our GM as he does a one-on-one session with each 3 players to show what the Fun Bunch has been up to after the big showdown with Harry. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
In the final episode of Season 2, the Fun Bunch finally end their fight with Harry. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
In the penultimate episode of Season 2, the Fun Bunch track down Gerry and finally come face to face with Harry. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shebly Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
The Fun Bunch is back on our side but still stuck in the middle of Harry's game. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the players.
We're playing Monster of the Week and so much happens, like, just a lot. You'll see. Joel Ruiz as the GM. Paul Byron, Shelby Lee, and Shannon Strucci as the Players.
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