Dark Dice

Yuehai's life flashes before her eyes as she wakes up on unfamiliar silver shores.

Story by K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff (Co Game Masters)
Produced, Edited, with Sound Design by Travis Vengroff
Co-Sound Design, Co-Editing, Mixing and Mastering by Finnur Nielsen
Executive Producers: Dennis Greenhill, Carol Vengroff, AJ Punk'n, & Maico Villegas
Dialogue Editing (first round) by Kasch Wilder
Transcriptions by K.A. Statz & Travis Vengroff

Cast:
Narrator / Game Master – K.A. Statz
Narrator / Game Master – Travis Vengroff
Yuehai – Sam Yeow
Agé Ogun – Jasper William Cartwright
Vind Greyview – Eric Nelsen
Vivianna Bloodchamber – LilyPichu

Music:
Music Director / Arranged by - Travis Vengroff
Music Engineer (Musiversal) - Gergő Láposi

"Theme of the Realmweaver" "On Shores of Silver" "Last Rites"  Written & orchestrated by Steven Melin, Copyists Peter Jones & Steven Melin, Hurdy-Gurdy & Dulcimer by Enzo Puzzovio, Budapest Strings & Choir by Musiversal

Between Time Editions of "On Shores of Silver" "Wrath of Winter" "A Corrupting Sound" "Of Empires Lost" – Arranged and Performed by Steven Melin. "Of Empires Lost" – Written by Austin Wintory & Dallas Crane

"Last Light" written by David Wise & Steven Melin, orchestrated by Christopher Siu & Catherine Nguyen (Copyist), lyrics by Travis Vengroff, Woodwinds by Kristin Naigus, Budapest Strings & Choir by Musiversal

Cover art by Stanislav Sherbakov with lettering by K.A. Statz

Special Thanks to:
You, our Patreon supporters! | Our Fool & Scholar Discord Lampreys! | Carol Vengroff
This is a Fool and Scholar Production. We are a two person creative team and we can only create this show because of your support. Thank you for making this show possible!

Check out our Merch: www.DarkDice.com
Free Transcripts are also available: https://www.patreon.com/posts/84864738

Content Warnings: Death, Death of Parents, Drowning, Funeral, Gaslighting, Harm to Animals (Emotional), Vomiting Water (but it doesn't sound like "vomit" if that makes sense, it sounds like "coughing and spitting water")

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THE SEASON 2 FINALE IS FULLY AVAILABLE... PLEASE LISTEN AND ENJOY :)

We are updating the "release dates" of episodes that were released from 2025-2026. So it'll LOOK like we've not released anything in a LONG TIME, but in fact, they are just hidden so they'll appear between Seasons 2 & 3.

That way, new listeners can just listen to what they see appear, in order, without having to hunt for the episodes in question.

Thanks for your understanding!

-Travis & K.A. Statz

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Hey Adventurers,

I'm in the hospital this week... (all is well)

I know the recording says Tuesday, but that just got pushed back. I'll have the episode out as soon as I'm able!

-Travis

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This week we take a short break from the story to chat about DM styles, TTRPG Tech, and some recent scams.

An interview with Travis Vengroff & K.A. Statz
Edited by Travis Vengroff
Mixed & Mastered by Finnur Nielsen

Links:
The Projector Scam Video (a deeper dive)

Unnatural Horrors: (PDF)

Check out the PDF for Shores of the Silver Thrum!

Music
"Darkest Nose" - Written and Performed by Travis Vengroff, K.A. Statz, & Eezo, Copyist Catherine Nguyen, Choir Recorded by Budapest Scoring

Lyrics
"Who has a cute little nose? - Oh yes, You do.
Eezo is the best'est good boy, he's a muffin made of muffins.
The darkest nose, the best'est nose, the cutest nose, the boop'ist nose, the darkest

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Greetings Adventurers,

I seemingly cannot combine mathematics and calendars… In an effort to avoid releasing Dark Dice on the same days as both Liberty: Tales From the Tower, and The White Vault for the foreseeable future, I need to push the next episode of Dark Dice back by one week.

Thank you so much for your patience… In the meantime feel free to check out our brand new web store at Dark Dice.com, pick up a digital copy of unnatural horrors, or visit Foolandscholar.com to get access to the Dark Dice physical merch store. Where basic shipping is already included in the price of every object... And I hear that they have "Willow's Wake-Up Coffee."

Thank you again for your patience. We'll be back soon!

DarkDice.com

Foolandscholar.com

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Greetings Adventurers,

We wanted to let you know that we'll be doing our first ever live show as DARK DICE! That's right, Travis and Statz will be co-DMing a new adventure in front of a live audience at the World's Lair event in London. 

https://worldslair.com/

Our show will take place on August 27th, 2025, and starts at 8pm.

You'll either need a full-day pass or a Dusk ticket to be there, and we hope to see some of you! We'll also be joined by Jasper William Cartwright, Mike LeBeau (The Magnus Archives), and David Ault (as Iaus Innskeep)! What horrors do we have planned? Will the party survive? We hope you'll join us and find out.... Otherwise Dark Dice will be returning in less than a month, so stay subscribed and get ready for some of our darkest horrors yet...

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We've officially been podcasting for TEN years! We feel old, but also extremely grateful! Join us for a short chat, and a horror story.

If you enjoy our story here and maybe don’t know about what else we create, check out The Liberty Podcast for dark sci-fi, the Don't Mind anthology for mysterious spine chillers, and The White Vault for arctic frights. (...also VAST Horizon for a haunting Sci-fi epic) You can also follow us on YouTube.

Our careers and the lives we have now would not be possible without our amazing Patreon supporters! ⁠Patreon.com/foolandscholar⁠ to help us get through the next 10 years.

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Interview conducted by Travis Vengroff, Yoshitaka Amano, and Akiko Mukae

Recorded on Nomono Sound Capsules

Co-editing by Finnur Nielsen and Travis Vengroff

Music by Steven Melin

Production assistance, translation, and dubbing by Shion Francois

Executive Producers Dennis Greenhill, AJ Punk'n, Carol Vengroff, & Maico Villegas

This is a Fool and Scholar Production.

We are a two person creative team and we can only create this show because of listener support. 

Special Thanks to:

Our Patreon supporters! | Carol Vengroff | K.A. Statz | Nomono

Show Notes:

Amano's Upcoming Gallery - São Paulo exhibition at Farol Santander March ~16th https://www.farolsantander.com.br/#/

Amano's Website (subscribe to the newsletter) - https://www.yoshitakaamano.com/

"The Birth of Myth" Gallery- https://www.lomex.gallery/exhibitions/the-birth-of-myth

1987 Interview: Amano on "Karon no Kumo (Spiders of Charon)" and other works - https://shmuplations.com/amano/

2023 Interview:Amano & Neil Gaiman on David Bowie - https://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/yoshitaka-amano-and-neil-gaiman-on-the-bowie-project-they-never-finished

Creators Mentioned

Frank Frazetta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta

Mœbius - Jean Giraud - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Giraud

Neil Gaiman- https://www.neilgaiman.com/

Michael Moorcock - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock

Projects Mentioned

Sandman: The Dream Hunters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sandman:_The_Dream_Hunters

Angel's Egg: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208502/

Vampire Hunter D (novels & animated films): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire_Hunter_D

Final Fantasy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy

Lost Frequency (album):

https://randomencounter.bandcamp.com/album/lost-frequency

https://open.spotify.com/album/6Vvc8h2YIeQv3ZY6eKyHHp

Takoman (Octopus man): https://www.cbr.com/exclusive-yoshitaka-amano-reflects-on-final-fantasy-hero-more/

"Golden View of the World" - Myoshinji Temple, Kyoto: https://mizuma-art.co.jp/en/2211_amanoyoshitaka_goldenview/

Amano's Hero: https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/SEP063172

Deva Zan: https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/20-138/Deva-Zan-HC

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This week we chat with Florian Seidler about what it's like to roll the Dark Dice... As a player.

Also joining us is K.A. Statz to chat about co-DM'ing!

Recorded on Nomono Sound Capsules! - https://nomono.co/

Edited by Travis Vengroff & Finnur Nielsen, with mixing by Finnur Nielsen

Also, what color is midnight to you? ... In an owl?

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