Starter Set

We come to the finale of our season and the final episode of Starter Set, to all who have listened and taken part over the many years of this show we say thank you for your support as we bring this chapter to a close.

Normander leads his followers in a daring counter, revenge at the forefront of his mind. Niohad and Kagog meet his charge with what outcome? We shall see.

Normander discovers the valley he has taken refuge in holds secrets and powers abound, a new alliance is forged and an old power gained. Come and say hello in our discord https://discord.gg/hJnmAFwAFT

This week, the chase continues will safety be found, or in the loss of Acha to much to take and Normanders distraction takes its toll.

The runes spell a woe in telling, with this episode looking bleak for Normander a knife in the back cuts twice.

The crew spend time in the new realm to find things that are unexpected. Normanders challenge to Gogmagog is answered but by something new.  Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Normander makes a new friend? or at least follower. The giant kins plans are given more detail and who the flip is Gogmagog? Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Hello! An interesting episode this week, we've suffered with some technical difficulties but wanted to make sure that we got some audio noises in your earlobes! Ed's stream of conscious raises some questions if you wish to get involved with the conversation please come join the discord here https://discord.gg/MEfUrJxN

Enemies abound and a fight of his life, Normander has some difficult choices ahead. Kagog shows his colours and we meet a being of legend. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

We return to the Bryn and the sea is unforgiving as ever, unending mist, great waves and cracks of thunder are not all the hero's have to contend with. As we come closer to another of the powerful artifacts known as crafts. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Normander deals with the assault on the boat by denizens of the deep. Visions come leading our hero through freezing fog and revealing a new destination. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

The ocean calls and with it fresh dangers, a crisis unfolds with the followers of Normander and the depths come calling for a pound of flesh. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

This week Normander and followers make their way back to the beach to fix up a broken boat and Normander finds some leadership capabilities tested. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

This week, Ed and Oli take a pause from the story to run through how the journey is going, we get an impressive hornbalst and some deep philosophical bombs dropped. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Normander finds himself underground, threatened and out of his depth. Luckily his followers are there for him! We also level up and unlock some new abilities. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Our adventures leave Prudria behind for open sea, Normander brokers a friendship and the ocean proves that both great beauty and great danger can lie within its depths. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Normander comes to the realisation that what he needs to do can't be done alone, he will need a crew. Cauld reveals more of where he comes from and what his world looks like. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

Normander returns to consciousness to find the village changed by the raid. Gathering himself and equipment for a journey normander is intercepted before leaving and finds a new ally. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

We meet our new hero as a new tale begins to take place in an old town where old heros have become memory but their actions have brought around consequences. Oli also brings a musical twist to the start of the show Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining the discord. discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

This week we welcome Oli to the show, discover a bit more about his RPG experience, what its like coming into the show and how much he knows so far. We also get a sneak peek into the upcoming story with a bit of insider information from Ed. Get bonus content and have your say on the story by joining our discord. https://discord.com/invite/GZD4gZpmuX

After almost five years. We bid farewell to cohost Sam and usher in a new era for Starter Set.

As the first Beowulf Let's Play season has drawn to a close, Ed and Sam sit down to discuss the adventure as a whole, answer audience questions, and plan what comes next for Eardwulf and the crew... Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story!

The team delve deeper into the lair of the Cainspawn as the end of their adventure draws near. The season one final has everything... Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story! https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

The unlikely heroes journey into the lair of the ultimate evil and find old mistakes waiting for them... Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story!

Clues assembled and a village to save. Eardwulf, Brynyulf and the Colonel are making new friends and dangerous plans as the mission to save Holdfast draws to a conclusion. Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story! https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

An old enemy looms in the darkness as Brynyolf, Eardwulf and the Colonel strike out to find Pruda. The further from town the crew venture, the more memories of old haunt them... Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story!

The mystery deepens as Brynyulf, Eardwulf and the Colonel finally start to make sense of the town's secrets. New friends are made and old faces threaten to reappear as Eardwulf's own lies begin to tangle... Get bonus content and have your say on the story on our Discord server! Join the adventure and become part of the story - https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

Cohost Ed has been at the wrong end of tooth pulling this week so cohost Sam is here to take you through the highs and moderate lows of the series so far...

As Osberg continues to reveal its mysteries, Brynyulf and Eardwulf make a new friend and begin piecing together the town's haunting history... Get bonus content on our Discord server!

After making land, Eardwulf and Brynyulf begin to explore a strange new town. All seems delightfully weird until the adventure, and Eardwulf's con, takes a turn for the even stranger...

As Ed is ill and barely able to do his own voice, we're discussing the recent furore surrounding D&D, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro's proposed Open Gaming License. Check out the Eardwulf's Earworms discussion board and chat music with cohost Sam - https://discord.gg/jfyp6GhD2M

Eardwulf and Brynyolf have escaped the clearing but the river does not make escape a simple process as other enemies emerge from the gloom...

All is not well in the forest as Eardwulf begins to formulate an escape aided by Brynyulf. As the fog clears, the pair begin to make their way to freedom and beyond. Join the adventure and become part of the story - https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

In a brief break from the adventure, this week Ed sits down with Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games who created the Beowulf TTRPG. He's one of the creators of the game and has plenty of insider knowledge as well as a firm grasp of all things Wyrd. Check out Handiworks Games here - https://handiwork.games/

Eardwulf and Brynyulf fall into an alliance but it soon becomes clear that all is not as it seems on the edge of the forest. Join the adventure and become part of the story - https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

We return with cohost Sam still unwell but cohost Ed on hand to provide insights and clues to whats come before and what may be around the corner for Eardwulf! Join the adventure on discord and have your say on what happens next! https://discord.gg/GZD4gZpmuX

Fresh from a brush with death, Eardwolf faces yet more danger as the forest and its vicious inhabitants start to close in. Onwards he marches, narrowly avoiding death yet again until an unexpected discovery changes everything...

Eardwolf continues in land after a brush with death but as the days pass, it's unclear who's hunter and who is being hunted...

Eardwolf journeys on. Looking to find something, anything, to help him after the horror of the shipwreck. However, it soon becomes clear that danger has not passed regardless of how far from the ocean he travels.

We begin our first ever Let's Play podcast story with Ed as Games Master and Sam as the player. We meet our hero far out to sea battling forces hitherto unknown before finding himself in the midst of a very different fight for survival.

As our Beowulf: Age of Heroes journey continues, we're creating a character for our upcoming Let's Play podcast!

We delve deeper into the pages of Beowulf: Age of Heroes and take a look at some of the game's new mechanics.

Same rules, brand new game. We're back and we're exploring the world of a brand new TTRPG, Beowulf: Age of Heroes.

Nathan heads into danger, knowing everything comes to an end.

Thanks to everyone who's ever supported the show. Here's our farewell special!

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