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TableTop Theater is a real-play D&D podcast set in an Edwardian-style era, one defined by turn of the century opulence and overconfidence in industrialization. This world once united by Faith in the One God, now finds itself plagued with doubt, the threat of a world war ever nearing. Even now rival…

Jacob Biesiada


    • Feb 21, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 43m AVG DURATION
    • 33 EPISODES


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    Ep 33 The Pit Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2020 56:23


    Deep into the darkest recesses of wastes of civilizations past, the party mounts a desperate rescue attempt for their long lost colleague. A reunion for the Nightingale Watch.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 32 Adrift

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 30:31


    The Nightingale Watch must decide their path in the wake of Diligence's Death.  Tempers run high as the mission of the Watch is tested.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 31 Death of Duty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 34:45


    The Nightingale Watch must now escape the prison with their Lich associate.  However, things are not as simple as they appear. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 30 Jailbreak Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 23:28


    The Nightingale Watch barely keeps its head above water as they reach the deepest portion of the prison and make an terrifying discovery. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 29 Jailbreak

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 37:10


    The Nightingale Watch sails to rescue their former employer Arthur Winster.  However, things quickly become complicated and the watch finds itself in deep water. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 28 Flight of the Nightingale

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2019 34:40


    Following a major loss the Nightingale Watch sails adrift in the sky looking for where to go next.  World War, a friend in jail, and pursuit of a betrayer.  What course will they set? Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 27 The Last Stand at Bramblethorne Manor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 64:45


    Bramblethorne Manor is under siege, the Nightingale Watch does all that it can to defend a place they've begun to call home.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 26 The Sisters Lockhart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 52:26


    The Nightingale Watch prepares for an imminent attack on Bramblethorne Manor.  Drifter prepares the traps, Lola delves into her past, and Chosh must make a difficult choice.  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Wester, Acoustic, Dark song: Patrik Almkvisth

    Ep 25 Close Quaters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2018 44:08


    Our heroes’ respite at Bramblethorne manor is cut short by the arrival of Clarice, one of Lola’s younger sisters. As a cleric and special agent of Diligence, her presence brings great tension to the group, as they are harboring a stolen angel, the strange child Rosaline, and a member of the Hinin, Argus. Chosh, having reconnected with Diligence, is ordered to execute their prisoner, Argus, without further questions. Unsatisfied by this, Chosh intends to seek answers another way, by making use of the faith that Clarice is carrying. But questions still abound. Where did she come from, where did she get the faith, who is chasing her, and what has driven a wedge between the Lockhart sisters? Let’s find out. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari    

    Ep 24 Homecoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 39:57


    Having been gone for three years, Lola, Drifter and Chosh must come to terms with the state of the Nightingale Watch. The party must decide where they stand against the crashing tides of the Faith and their former colleague, Siegfried, and his Knights of the Swan. A world on fire, a world a war, the song of the nightingale, though feeble, carries on.  Cast:  Lola – Elizabeth Young Drifter- Will Steinthal Chosh- Bradley Freericks  DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 23 The Noble House of Lockhart

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 47:13


    The party arrives at Bramblethorn Manor and takes time to reorient themselves to the changed world. With the world at war and that which remains in shambles, what has become of the Nightingale Watch? The questions asked are those of the nature of faith, loyalty, and family. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 22 Winter's Harvest

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 50:54


    The Nightingale Watch finds itself again in the room between life and death. Their return comes at a heavy cost, although what it is isn’t immediately known. Something is not right about the world they have returned to. The party must now brave this new world and the harsh winter that it brings. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 21 The Third Trial Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 37:44


    Friendship, Loyalty, Diligence, Righteousness, Betrayal.  Why should an Angel’s word be what is right? The Nightingale Watch faces the Hinin, and their former friend. Then end of Act 2 Fall reaches its sobering conclusion. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Nightingale: ahrtdt Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 20 The Third Trial Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 35:23


    The Nightingale Watch searches for a missing girl and finds something far darker.  Answers to questions not asked. The artifact is within reach, but Trials of Faith are rarely so easy.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 19 The Third Trial part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 34:04


    The Nightingale Watch, enters a research facility to find the 3rd artifact of the trial of faith.  However, their entry came with the condition of rescuing a girl, and retrieving Professor Ariana’s research notes. The party must contend with the strange secret experiments of the Urian military, whatever they may be. Time itself even seems set against them. Cast:  Lola – Elizabeth Young Drifter- Will Steinthal Chosh- Bradley Freericks  DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 18 The Third Trial Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2018 43:17


    The Nightingale Watch, having just rescued Queen Judith, makes their way north to the elvish land of Ur to meet with General Zarkoff.  However, Chosh has other reasons for heading north, mainly the appearance of the thirds holy artifact and thus the Third Trial of Faith.  Is the party strong enough to face this next trial without their fearless leader? Cast:  Lola – Elizabeth Young Drifter- Will Steinthal Chosh- Bradley Freericks  DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Manhattan Montage: Albert Marlowe  

    Ep 17 The Last Queen of Chimera part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 41:45


    Our heroes having spoken with Queen Judith find her unaware of any plot against her.  A mysterious visiting General warns Lola that the Queen’s ignorance is feigned and a plot to ouster her is already underway.  Now the party must act fast to save the Queen from her own son.  However, the Kingdom of Chimera is full of dangers least of all from impatient heirs.  Drifter rolls the dice, Lola negotiates, Chosh confronts his immortal enemy. Cast:  Lola – Elizabeth Young Drifter- Will Steinthal Chosh- Bradley Freericks  DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 16 The Last Queen of Chimera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 48:35


    Our heroes arrive in Wolvershire the capital of Chimera to assist Queen Judith from some unknown threat.  With the recent revelations of their employer and the Angels, missions like this seem even more necessary to remind the Nightingale Watch why it was formed.  A few familiar faces make reappearance. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 15 Truth and Reconciliation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2018 25:38


    The path of forgiveness is not easy, it is a journey of thousands of miles, none of which erase the past.  But all begin with a single step.  Truth, Mercy, Redemption. Angelic ideals or foolish beliefs?  The party is at a crossroad where they must make a choice for the future of the Watch. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By: Amari Szi Amari: Aaron Ashton Band Lonely Ever After: Neil Cross Beautiful Romantic Acoustic guitar theme: Bobby Cole  

    Ep 14 The Train Job Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2018 38:08


    The chain of family is not one easily broken. Even by broken men.  A snake lies in wait for the Nightingale Watch and a ghost of their past haunts them.  The treasure is not what it seemed, this is not just another job for the mercenary crew.  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Acoustic Guitar: Håkan Eriksson

    Ep 13 The Train Job Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 38:23


    The party boards the train impersonating a military family.  However, their arrival in Juno did not go unnoticed.  Figures from their past reappear and Drifter has a heart to heart with his son.  Murder, Robbery, the greatest game of Ducks in a Blanket ever played Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 12 The Train Job Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 34:56


    The party just having accepted to pull off a train heist under their new mysterious benefactor Arthur Winster makes preparations for the job.  With little left to lose, and answers about Eden 5 and the Angels promised to them the party has little choice but to go through with the plan.  However, the party on arriving in the small railroad town of Juno find out the hard way that old wounds are slow to heal. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari  

    Ep 11 Fall

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2018 40:18


    Their watch broken, the party fractured and lost leaves our heroes with few options.  Returning to the capital they face the aftermath of the betrayal.  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 10 The Oracle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018 60:49


    Dark portents are forecast for our heroes.  The group ponders where they are now amid these predictions. What is learned forever changes the Nightingale Watch.  The first Act reaches its conclusion in a tumultuous finale.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Nightengale Lament: Jacob Biesiada Music Box: Jacob Biesiada Prelude in C Sharp Minor: Rachmaninov

    Ep 9 Moth to Flame

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2018 54:11


    Last time our heroes narrowly escaped the strange facility of Eden 5.  Having just accomplished the second trial of the Trial of Faith our Heroes hope to return to the Golden City.  However, they’ve been double crossed by their former escort Phillip who now stands against them guns at the ready.  Questions surrounding the recent assassination and the Angels’ leadership haunt the party.  The Nightingale Watch must make a grave choice in pursuit of justice. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23 ----- John Barbirolli: Hallé Orchestra Jacob Biesiada:Nightingale’s Song  

    Ep 8 The Toxic Jungle Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 60:03


    Last time our heroes were confronted with a military blockade and forced to take an escort into the Toxic Jungle.  Surrounded by the monstrous insects the party comes upon a subterranean lair, just what challenges await them on the Second Trial of Faith? Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 7 The Toxic Jungle Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2018 48:53


    Last time our heroes spent time recovering from the events of the dinner assassination.  Given gifts from the Angels our heroes prepare to brave the second task of the Trial of Faith.  What dangers await the Nightengale Watch in the Toxic Jungle? Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 6 Harbingers of War

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018 58:35


    Last time our heroes found themselves in the middle and an assassination.  The party then splits up with Drifter pursuing the suspicious Angel of Charity, and Chosh Siegfried and Lola searching for other intruders.  The Culprits: the mysterious kabuki woman, gorilla man, and skeleton confront the party.  However, the precipitous heights prove too much for Chosh, who lays dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft.  Drifter fairs little better and nearly joins Chosh before barely bring a crashing zeppelin under control.  With no weapons and a man down things look grim for the Nightingale Watch.  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 5 A Proud Death Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 43:29


    Our heroes, having acquired appropriate attire for the evening, join a party amongst Angels.  As the festivities move toward dinner above the clouds, a shadow looms over the affair in the form of 3 mysterious figures from before.  Will the dizzying heights prove too much for our heroes? Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep4 A Proud Death Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2018 44:38


    Our intrepid heroes have arrived at the Golden City the religious capital of the world, and prepare for the night's event among Angels and Politicians. However, things are not as calm as they appear, political tensions run high and the slightest misstep could spark an all out war.  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 3 The Dandy Boys Face Off

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2018 31:26


    Aboard the SS. Mallomar our intrepid heroes face off against the pirate crew of the Dark and Stormy. Will the party save the Dandy boys, or will the the SS. Mallomar never sail again?  Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Industrial Music Box: Kevin MacLeod Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 2 The SS. Mallomar

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 40:28


    Our intrepid heroes now aboard the SS. Mallomar make their way to the religious capital The Golden City. Will their trip be a relaxing vacation or one filled with action and adventure? Either way the dandy boys of the SS. Mallomar will be there cheering them on. Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari

    Ep 1 Summer Days

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 53:49


    The Nightengale Watch has always stood behind what is right, a company of mercanries dedicated to protecting the poor and upholding The Faith.  We come upon the ragtag crew of Lola the Half Elf Half Spider Wizard, Drifter the Tiefling Gunslinger, and Chosh the human paladin prepare to storm a church being held hostage by a rival mercanry company.  Festivities, Explosions, and a Mysterious Symbol.   Cast: Lola – Elizabeth YoungDrifter- Will SteinthalChosh- Bradley Freericks DM- Jacob Biesiada Music By:Aaron Ashton Band: Amari Szi Amari Howard Lanin & HO: When Eyes Of Blue Are Fooling You

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