The party has reached its first major destination, but there appears to be more afoot in this desert land than the heroes expected. They must face some weighty questions as they pass through the gates and into the marvelous city of Jama.

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Thanks for sharing our story; we really appreciate your support and hope you enjoy what we've created together. We're having fun sharing our adventure with you each week, and we'll only get better with time! If you like what you hear, please take the time to leave us a review on iTunes, since that bumps us up in the ratings and lets others join in the fun. For quick updates on a more real-time basis, follow us on Twitter (@stackodice) and on Instagram (@stackodice), where we'd love to hear from you. Or if you want to share a question or idea with us, drop us a line at [email protected].

Our thanks for the week:

• Dice Envy for giving Meredith a jump on celebrating her birthday. You want pretty dice, you go to Dice Envy. Her Electro Red set is STUNNING.

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We used some Creative Commons sound effects and music in this show. For the sake of attribution, we list them here. The following were taken from freesound.org, a fantastic resource for free royalty-free sound effects.

Sound effects that fall under the Attribution license:

• Camel Farm Bahrain (February 27th 2016) - 1 of 2 is a copyright of Chris Weaver

We also used some excellent Battlebards sound effects. If you like what you hear, check them out at battlebards.com. If you sign up for a Prime account, be sure to use our special code, stack, and you'll get a 20% discount on your subscription.

Here are the sound effects we used in this episode:

• Sheikh's Tent - Earthly Pleasures Await, by Riccardo Messori

And now, on with the show-- we're excited to tell a story with you.