Dicey Stories

The cleanup of South Tower begins. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Datajack Prime holds talks with the Stepdaughters of Chiron council to work out the details of the new alliance. Scene 18 Scene 19 Scene 20 Scene 21 Scene 22 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric continues to clash with his mother but grows closer to Kachen. Scene 16 Scene 17 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah leave the Garden of Chiron aboard Xiao's ship. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa return home with presents and news of the wider world. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaigns Eastern Invasion and South Guard. There are also references to A War of Life and Death, a User-Made Content campaign. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve explore Cliff Island with a ranger and an ensign. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Thrandolil's research begins to cause disquiet in the young elves who have been performing his field work. Scene 4 Scene 5 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The current inhabitants of Cliff Island are not thrilled to have visitors. Scene 12 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric begins training in preparation for his future as an elvish lord. Scene 6 Scene 7 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Pastor Thara shows off the wreckage of the colony pod. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 GM Notes This is the first we hear of Pravin Lal, who you might know as another faction leader from the Alpha Centauri video game. There, he leads the Peacekeepers, a democratic group devoted to the original Unity ideals. In our game, it remains to be seen what kind of society he heads. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa return to the Foul Fen. Scene 8 Scene 9 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve get unexpected help reaching the main Morgan dome. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa negotiate with saurians. Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 GM Notes This arc, we used a number of video game units to help flesh out our story. Tric imagined Breda as an Elvish Captain. Quemilya's magic theory discussion was influenced by the Sorceress write-up, as Tric's training is by the one for the Elvish Lord. And some of the rapid-seeming changes in the society of our short-lived saurian allies came from the descriptions and artwork of such units as Skirmisher, Ambusher, and Soothsayer. Some cultural details are pulled from the general overview of saurians on the Wesnoth wiki, but I put my own spin on them. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

All is not well at the shop of Fritz the Tailor. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa pay the dwarves of Untdunben another visit. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 GM Notes There are no trains in the Battle for Wesnoth video game, at least not any of the campaigns I've played. So why do these dwarves have a train? Well, while contemplating this rematch with the dwarves of Untdunben, I rolled on the Mythic GM Emulator's event meaning tables for inspiration and got Develop and Vehicle. Mining tracks are well-established in the video game, so I decided they weren't all for carts—some were for trains. Oh, and if you're interested in the songs that you heard snippets of from Tric's player, one was On the Railroad by The Longest Johns (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udICE0keewk), and the other was an American folk song called Red Iron Ore. We like the version performed by Bob Gibson (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbt6_gmAfqE). Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve meet with Shu-Fen about unseating Nwabudike Morgan. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Note Coming out to someone you care about is rarely easy. Mariah and Fritz each take a risk here in being open, and fortunately it works out for them. Scene 14 of this arc hits close to home for several of us at Dicey Stories. If someone comes out to you, please believe them and try to be supportive. Thank you. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric welcomes his sister Terwaen to Estbryn Forest while Heppa brings Alric in for his first visit. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Scene 5 GM Notes I got the new alcoholic drink in this episode, Joli Rouge, from a song of that name by the Dreadnoughts. It's got a really fun video that think you should check out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeh1S_kl8YI. This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaigns Eastern Invasion and South Guard. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Louisa brings news of a new threat. Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

House Thrandolil hosts a large family dinner, much to Penna's displeasure. Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Louisa race against the clock to rescue Snacker before he gives Fritz up to the authorities. Scene 19 Scene 20 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric's contingency plans regarding Thrandolil do not go over well with Heppa. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Fritz meet with Leyland Campos to pitch changes to the Morgan Industries board of directors. Scene 1 Scene 2 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric leads his special scouting task force around the edge of the battlefield. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 GM Notes This episode makes reference to birds that carry and drop burning sticks. This isn't something I made up. If you're interested in learning more about this tool usage by some Australian birds, I've linked an article here: https://altoona.psu.edu/feature/researching-firehawks. This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaign Eastern Invasion, Delfador's Memoirs, and The South Guard. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The groundwork is laid for a Morgan Industries reorg. Scene 3 Scene 4 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric's crack team braves the dangers of the swamps. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah get more support for Fritz in the upcoming election. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Vicious skeletal cavalry threaten Tric's carefully selected team. Scene 7 Scene 8 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah try to convince Xiao to delay the blockade. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Note: A pretty powerful monsoon rolled through during this part of the play session. Please bear with us as we incorporate it into the story. I've cleaned it out of the audio as best I can, but there's only so much one can do against the power of nature. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Terwaen secures medical treatment for Tric and Heppa, who in turn secure her a promotion. Scene 9 Scene 10 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve meet with Nwabudike Morgan, CEO of Morgan Industries and chair of the board. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

While Heppa sees to one more patient, Tric gains one more quest. Scene 11 Scene 12 GM Notes Lots of units from the Battle for Wesnoth video game are going to come out in this epic battle, as I'm sure you can imagine. We had a Goblin Pillager and an Orcish Crossbowman menacing Heledd in her Rhaessa disguise, and we referred to Tric not being Dunefolk enough to be a Horse Archer. Endathalas was chewed on by a Ghast, and Tric encouraged him to be an Elvish Rider, which is the upgrade of the Elvish Scout. And of course, there are the Chocobones, which I always find a real challenge in the video game, as well as Terwaen's promotion from Knight to Paladin. We also finally get our first Silver Mage! Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

With elections underway, Mariah and Cleve each use their own unique skill sets to support Fritz. Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Scene 19 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Heppa and Tric enjoy a discussion of magic theory with Cwuml, a silver mage. Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 GM Notes Tric's story about using symbols to teleport between established locations was inspired by the teleportation system in the video game, Betrayal at Krondor. I've never played it myself, but Tric's player did when she was younger. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

With a surprise election underway, the domes of Morgan Industries are abuzz with excitement. Scene 20 Scene 21 Scene 22 Scene 23 Scene 24 Scene 25 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Each in their own way, Tric and Heppa seek to improve Kachen's situation. Scene 16 Scene 17 Scene 18 Scene 19 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Morgan Industries' new board of directors convenes for the first time. Scene 26 Scene 27 Scene 28 Scene 29 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Heledd's carefully crafted plan gets the team within reach of their targets. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes The Battle for Wesnoth video game has a take on orcs and goblins that I haven't seen anywhere else. They're the same species, as are half-orcs. The different designators arise from the physical capabilities of the individuals. Orcs are the strongest, half-orcs are less muscular, and goblins are considered runts. This then sets their social standing. This doesn't come up much in any of the mainline campaigns, but it's included in the write-up on the official wiki, and I used it to inform how I portrayed those characters. This arc contains references to the Battle for Wesnoth campaign Eastern Invasion. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Peace is made between Morgan Industries, the Stepdaughters of Chiron, and Data Haven. Scene 30 Scene 31 Scene 32 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

While Tric and Heledd barter for Anador's circlet, Heppa and Kachen search for the missing journals. Scene 5 Scene 6 GM Notes Mainline orcs in the Battle for Wesnoth video game don't have any magic. For Gugdish, I once again took my inspiration from the expanded units featured in the User-Made Content campaign A War of Life and Death, which includes the Orcish Conjurer. Some of the other orc units that inspired me were the Orcish Assassin and the Orcish Warlord. We'll see other units from the video game as this arc continues, including Goblin Pillagers, a Wraith, and a new unit for our characters, the Nightgaunt. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve instigate a few more changes in the Morgan domes before heading back to Data Haven. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Kachen pursues one additional goal at the orc encampment. Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

While Datajack Prime attends to systems at Data Haven, Mariah helps Takuto reach out to Arx. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Wolf-mounted goblins pursue Tric, Heppa, and their loaded cart of recovered people and items. Scene 11 Scene 12 Note: This episode uses our Chase rules. Find them here. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Checkerboard gets settled into her new life at Data Haven. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Scene 13 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

With the chase over, a battle ensues in the swamps. Scene 13 Scene 14 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah head back to the domes. Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa experience daily saurian life up close and learn more about the society. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes Of all the peoples that Tric and Heppa interacted with during this campaign, the saurians have always felt to me like the most foreign. They have very short lives, they have a very rigid gender divide in their societal roles, and they are not mammalian. Those are all details drawn from their entry in the Battle for Wesnoth wiki. I decided to lean further into all that in this arc, inspired by the various fish, reptiles, and amphibians that can change sex (ref: https://www.treehugger.com/animals-can-change-their-sex-4869361). Although Salras is not transgender in the same sense as a human in the real world might be, I did talk with the transgender player in our group prior to introducing this topic, just to make sure I handled it in a way we would all be comfortable with. This arc contains spoilers for the Battle for Wesnoth campaigns Eastern Invasion and the Legend of Wesmere, as well as references to Ashen Hearts, a User-Made Content campaign. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Scarmouth the siege worm deals with some pests. Scene 17 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Sprizz and her drake allies attack Hezzis and Bzzazz's encampment. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Marina collects more data on chironic connections to resonance energy. Scene 18 Scene 19 Scene 20 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Elves, humans, and saurians recover from the assault. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 GM Notes I originally thought the campaign was going to end with a trek across the Bitter Swamp to Mal-Ravanal's fortress for a final showdown there. I was going to ambush the players with drakes along the route. However, as events in our story developed organically, that ending grew less and less likely. I still wanted to bring in drakes, though, and having them attack the saurian allies was the perfect opportunity. I don't feel like I managed to make my drakes quite as intimidating as the ones in the Battle for Wesnoth video game, but I was still glad to give Drake Gliders and Clashers some air time. You also got to hear Tric spout lore about Flamehearts. As for other units from the video game, this combat let us see the pinnacle of saurian fighting prowess, the Flanker, as well as a return of our old friend, the Mudcrawler. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve helps Nila rescue her exiled brother. Scene 21 Scene 22 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric, Heppa, and Kachen theorize about what Thrandolil will do with his magical contraption and Anador's circlet. Scene 1 Scene 2 This arc contains references to the Battle for Wesnoth campaigns Eastern Invasion and The Hammer of Thursagan. It uses the material mechanic from the I Declare supplement, available from the Genesys Foundry on DriveThruRPG. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah see to everyday business at the Headquarters Dome. Scene 23 Scene 24 Scene 25 Scene 26 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

A council of mages meets at the Estbryn encampment. Scene 3 Scene 4 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve consider their next steps in preventing a repeat of the Unity shipwreck disaster. Scene 27 Scene 28 Scene 29 Scene 30 GM Note The nature of wildlife in this episode is directly inspired by real scientific research. Barramundi are a type of coastal fish that can live in both saltwater and freshwater. But as they're only capable of breeding in saltwater, their expansion on Chiron is thankfully limited. Gale's natural harpoon is also a real feature of a jellyfish-like creature on Earth. Researchers are actively studying how this works in hopes of improving drug injection in humans. (Nematocyst research: https://repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/677497) Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa meet with Volas and Thrandolil about the latter's research. Scene 5 Scene 6 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Thrandolil's research experiment gets underway. Scene 7 Scene 8 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Thrandolil's apparatus performs the function he built it for. Scene 9 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric tries to banish Anador. Scene 10 Scene 11 Scene 12 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Kachen takes over control of Thrandolil's device. Scene 13 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Rhaessa tries to arrest Kachen on necromancy charges. Scene 14 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Tric and Heppa keep Kachen out of the hands of South Tower justice. Scene 15 Scene 16 Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

New plans are made. Scene 17 Scene 18 GM Notes Thank you for sticking with us to the end of our Wesnoth campaign! I had a lot of fun scouring Battle for Wesnoth materials to flesh out our stories, so thank you to all the creators who work on the video game.  I'd also like to thank the makers of RPG supplements available from the Genesys Foundry on DriveThruRPG. In particular, I Declare by Micah-Shalom Kesselman was super helpful for fleshing out our social combats. I also got some good encounter ideas from material in Skill Adventures by David Shamp and the Skills Guide by Guillaume Tardif. And Heppa's brambles used the Area spell from Zynnythryx's Guide to Magic by J. Scott Zumwalt. Many thanks to the Genesys Community Discord, where I was able to bounce around a lot of ideas on encounter planning and custom talents. Special thanks also to Tana Pigeon for the Mythic Game Master Emulator. Many a time, the seed for a session came from two words rolled on her subject/action tables.  To my players, Lex and Danielle, thank you both for a really fun and at times deep campaign. It's hard to imagine this all started with your two bumbling elves getting lost in the Estmark Hills. Thank you for the many hours you spent outside game time thinking about your characters and sharing with me their hopes and dreams. And finally, thank you to all our listeners and readers. Your kind and appreciative words are a source of much joy to me. Our character art by Del Borovic and the map we refer to (by me!) can be found here. Our music is sampled from Return to Wesnoth by Matthias Westlund (aka West), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, part of The Battle for Wesnoth Project. Visit them at wesnoth.org. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve uncovers evidence that Dr. Van Hoff, one of the University researchers he and Mariah met on Skull Island, has since run into trouble. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Note Hydracoral as seen in this episode is directly inspired by the alien unit in Civilization: Beyond Earth. In the video game, it's just a barrier, but in our game, hydracoral is itself a danger. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah reach Dr. Van Hoff's damaged and stranded ship. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah determine the cause of Dr. Van Hoff's death. Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 GM Note In between this arc and when the PCs reach the University, a couple of us used the worldbuilding RPG Beak, Feather, and Bone to flesh out the locations and factions there. While we don't have audio for that activity, we have the notes and the map we produced. If you don't mind some spoilers, feel free to check out that session report on our website. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The Data Haven contingent arrives at Temple Pier and enters Sanctuary. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes The religious leader of the University, Mother Miriam Godwin, is directly inspired by Sister Miriam Godwinson from the Alpha Centauri video game. Title and name changes, however, put her on an equal footing with her scientific counterpart. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve leads a research project in the University field archives while Mariah consoles Paola. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah discuss plans for saving the incoming Earth ship. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah share their latest intel with Paola. Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The Data Haven contingent heads to Sanctuary City. Scene 15 Scene 16 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Thara introduces Mariah and Cleve to Acolyte Lishan of the miasma repulsor facility. Scene 17 Scene 18 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Lishan takes the Data Haven delegation to visit the miasma repulsor facility. Scene 19 Scene 20 Scene 21 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The Progenitor in the miasma repulsion facility explains their situation. Scene 22 Scene 23 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah decide how to handle what they have learned in the miasma repulsion facility. Scene 24 Scene 25 Scene 26 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah meet with Dr. Ale Barbossa, scientific leader of the University explorers. Scene 27 Scene 28 Scene 29 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The joint University and Data Haven expedition to the exodome begins with a bang. Scene 1 Scene 2 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The conflict with the exodome gangs is resolved. Scene 3 Scene 4 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah learn about the current status of the exodome. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah make plans with the co-leaders of the exodome expedition to resume their rocket project. Scene 8 Scene 9 Scene 10 Scene 11 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah recruit the Pirates as local security. Scene 12 Scene 13 Scene 14 Scene 15 Scene 16 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The team makes a move on the warehouse to recover the missing rocket parts. Scene 17 Scene 18 GM Notes The MacGuffin of this arc, rocket control units, is from another video game, Factorio. Like our adventure, Factorio involves crashing on an alien world. And the objective is also to launch a rocket into space. Factorio's means of doing so, however, involve more ecological destruction than Mariah and Cleve might be comfortable with. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Omega interrupts the rocket control unit heist. Scene 19 GM Notes Many of the minions here wield “hatchets and cleavers.” This comes from one of our favorite songs about peasant revolts, “John the Red Nose” (also known as “Cutty Wren”). We're especially fond of the cover by The Longest Johns, which you can find on Bandcamp here. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The Data Haven gang escapes with enough rocket control units, but the price is high. Scene 20 GM Notes The organic superlubricant Arx deploys is a researchable tech for powering fusion lasers from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, but our PCs' use is far more mundane. Just like in the video game, though, they can't exactly control where it spreads. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah deal with their injuries. Scene 21 Scene 22 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Everyone contributes to preparing the exodome rocket for launch. Scene 23 Scene 24 Scene 25 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Damage from the assault on the launch causes problems once Exocraft I reaches orbit. Scene 1 Scene 2 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

A newcomer unexpectedly lends a hand stabilizing Exocraft I. Scene 3 GM Notes The voice for Avery is directly inspired by comedian Melissa Villaseñor's impression of actor Owen Wilson.  Her voice is amazingly broad, and while I strive to emulate it, I don't think I'll be doing a Lady Gaga impression anytime soon. If you'd like to see what Melissa's capable of, check out this link for her talk on finding her own voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFjv971_NZM. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve listens to the University's perspective on the stowaway. Scene 4 Scene 5 Scene 6 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah gets Avery Tex's side of his story. Scene 7 Scene 8 Scene 9 Player (!) Notes I learned the term Umwelt from the book An Immense World by Ed Yong. If you have any interest at all in how creatures perceive their world (including humans), I heartily recommend it. There are chapters on the five senses you already know about, but also ones on heat, vibrations, pain, magnetic fields, electric fields, and more. Did you know humans can learn echolocation? It's a brilliant book. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

The situation aboard the incoming colony ship turns out to already be deteriorating when Exocraft I arrives. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Note: In this episode, we reminisce a bit about the graffiti aboard James Raynor's flagship in our Starcraft: FRAWD Investigators campaign. That was way back in Episode 22 during Part 1 of One Quiet Night about 16 minutes in. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Cleve and Mariah restore Engineering to working order. Scene 4 Scene 5 Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Mariah and Cleve experience planetfall for themselves. Scene 6 Scene 7 GM Notes Thank you so much for joining us on the journey across Alpha Centauri! I'd also like to thank our amazing players, whose calm and reasonable characters foiled many a plot. As a GM, it's been a delight to be part of such a character-driven narrative. Although this marks the end of our Chronicles of Chiron Genesys campaign, over the next several weeks we'll be sharing some additional adventures from this setting that we played after Cleve's and Mariah's ended, some using other RPG systems. So if you want to join Corazon “Hypercor” Santiago as Jennifer GMs her through a hacking spree, or solve a murder alongside Fritz, or hear about Mariah and Fritz building a new life together after all the chaos dies down, stay tuned! Note: The Lilly and Imogen referred to towards the close of this episode are from our first Dicey Stories campaign, Starcraft: FRAWD Investigators. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

When Fritz commissions Corazon “Hypercor” Santiago for some corporate espionage, she first warms up against the most experienced hacker in Data Haven, Roze. Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Scene 4 GM Notes In today's session, we work through a network encounter using the rules from the Genesys Core Rulebook. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Corazon “Hypercor” Santiago uses the new network node connection between Data Haven and the Domes to uncover some of what Nwabudike Morgan has been up to since his fall from power. Scene 5 Scene 6 Scene 7 Scene 8 GM Notes In today's session, we work through a network encounter using the rules from the Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk Genesys setting book. We played this Hackathon after we played Fritz's investigations at Morgan's secret dome, so we both knew what Corazon would uncover here. If you're interested in what Fritz does with that information, join us next episode as we use a different roleplaying game called A Weekend in the Country to play out a murder investigation. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

Spend a weekend relaxing at Nwabudike Morgan's private dome in the remote Chiron wilderness with fellow members of the board of directors. Until… a murderer strikes! Session Report GM Notes For those of you who listened to our previous couple episodes, Hackathon, today's story chronologically takes place after that arc—although we played this murder mystery before we played the network encounters. If you're as reluctant to leave our Chronicles of Chiron story setting as we were, please join us next episode as we begin playing our exploration of Fritz's happily ever after with Mariah in A Year in Monsoon Jungle, an extended play of my very own A Year in Farm Valley roleplaying game. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Jump to the start of the series!

A Year in Monsoon Jungle brings together two Dicey Stories series, Alpha Centauri: Chronicles of Chiron and Cozy Farming. Today we have the second half of our sixth and final season, monsoon. Friends old and new gather for Fritz and Mariah's wedding. Waning Monsoon Late Monsoon Note: Thank you for joining us for A Year in Monsoon Jungle and accompanying us for all the time we've spent on Alpha Centauri. This story is well and truly wrapped up now, and the Dicey Stories podcast will be taking a bit of a hiatus. Look for us to return to your feed later this spring with Rogue Trader: Escape from Nullia played using Genesys and the Mythic GM Emulator.  Our six seasons were derived from the calendars of the Larrakia people and the Gundjeihmi people of the area around Darwin and Kakadu in Australia's Northern Territory. References: https://www.experiencethewild.com.au/?p=Birding-Info-Weather-Seasons https://www.csiro.au/en/research/indigenous-science/Indigenous-knowledge/Calendars/Gulumoerrgin A Year in Farm Valley is now available for you to play yourself for free or pay-what-you-want. Visit our itch.io store: https://diceystories.itch.io/a-year-in-farm-valley. Our music is from Purple Planet Music. Visit them at purple-planet.com. Need context? Check out the trailer for Cozy Farming or Jump to the start of Alpha Centauri: Chronicles of Chiron.

The planet Nullia has persisted for generations with little outside influence. Whispers of an "Imperium" are just rumors. When an offworlder styling herself as a "Rogue Trader" arrives, however, the chance to leave escape forget venture beyond Nullia presents itself. If you can meet her price in time, that is. session advertisement for the 2025 RinCon Tabletop Gaming Convention Setup Welcome to the newest campaign by Dicey Stories! Rogue Trader: Escape from Nullia is a tabletop roleplaying campaign set in the universe of Games Workshop's Warhammer 40K. It takes its inspiration from the WH40K Rogue Trader video game from Owlcat Games. Our characters start as nobodies, but they are ambitious seekers of knowledge and authority who will do what they must to survive. The release of each episode's audio will be accompanied by a serialized, narrative write-up of the adventure. So give a listen, read along, or enjoy both formats! Rogue Trader: Escape from Nullia is played using the Genesys roleplaying system now published by Edge Studio and the Mythic GM Emulator by Tana Pigeon. Our main resources for this campaign are the Genesys Core Rulebook and Shadow of the Beanstalk. We sometimes reference fanmade WH40K supplements such as Dark Heresy from Hoob and Rogue Trader Genesys from Anthony Arcarola, as well as Environmental Set Pieces from Kainrath, a supplement for Genesys's older sibling, the Star Wars Roleplaying Game. (For other examples of us combining Genesys with the Mythic GM Emulator, see our Resh Hour and Cruise Control campaigns.) Background If you know nothing about Warhammer 40K or Rogue Trader, that's fine! Neither did I prior to starting this game. But if you do know this IP, don't worry; Danielle is quite familiar with the universe from reading novels, playing the Rogue Trader video game, and listening to the Valentyne Heresy actual play from Dumb Dumbs and Dice. This campaign started as a one-shot prepared for the Southern Arizona Gamers Association's 2025 RinCon Tabletop Gaming Convention. Danielle ran it a total of three times in that format, and the story wrapped up in four hours. Once she and I began playing it using the Mythic GM Emulator, however, it spun off in a completely different direction and took on a life of its own. Our PCs started as pre-gens that Danielle made for her module, so they had less personalization than the PCs from some of our recent campaigns. After playing for a little while, we made some adjustments to the characters to suit our liking and then continued on from there. The write-ups of this campaign will primarily be from Timon's perspective, with occasional annotations from Corille.