Hail, listeners! This week, Jordy, Lisa, and Sean seek the myths, honor the seers, and protect the realm in “What a Horrible Knight,” an introductory “choose-your-own-adventure” module for Mythic Bastionland. We discuss hyperlinked, spiral-bound, higgledy-piggledy caves, the quest for glory, brutal traps, and rolling on the ominous noises table.

Note: While we are no longer active on Instagram, we have a shiny new YouTube channel, complete with all of our episodes! You can also find us on Bluesky.

Quinns Quest Review of Mythic Bastionland

“What a Horrible Knight” is produced by Afterthought Committee and published by Plus One Exp.

Mythic Bastionland is written by Chris McDowall and published by Bastionland Press.

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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Welcome to Season 2 of Episodic Adventures! Lisa, Jordy, and Sean are kicking things off with a sci-fi noir investigation in “Murder In Metal City,” a deluxe introductory boxed set adventure for Starfinder Second Edition. We discuss adventure paths, lore dumps via handouts and frantic Wikipedia scrolling, and an evasive, shadowy villain.

Note: With Meta sinking to new lows (what’s new?), we are planning to move away from Instagram and towards Bluesky as our social media platform of choice. Catch us in the skies!

“Murder In Metal City” is written by Jenny Jarzabski and published by Paizo.

Starfinder Second Edition is published by Paizo. 

The Gaming Gang flip-through and review of the box set

Intro excerpt from “Murder In Metal City.”

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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For our final summer bonus episode, Lisa joined Chase on Gamestorm, a game design podcast from Storygames Chicago, to build an impromptu larp/board game about multilevel marketing using Yahtzee's dice mechanics. Calling all boss bros/babes!

You can find all the Gamestorm-developed RPG releases on Itch!

Chase on Bluesky 

Storygames Chicago on DriveThuRPG

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We called for adventurers, and the city answered. Last March, Lisa, Jordy and Sean attended a local player/GM matchmaking event hosted by the Chicago Tabletop Gaming Association with mic in hand to ask our fellow hobbyists about the adventures they adore. This collection of interviews is their response!

Chicago Tabletop Gaming Association

Ben Guest

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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In this very special bonus episode, Lisa and Sean interview Bruce (Lisa's dad) about the creation of his Christian RPG: Soul Guardian. We discuss the satanic panic, two realms of play, playtesting with two children under the age of 10, and fighting baddies.

Note: The link to the Dragonraid RPG.net entry below includes a few excellent reviews of the system, including some mechanics that Soul Guardian adapts, such as ability attributes named after the fruits of the spirit and using bible verses for “spellcasting.”

Soul Guardian is written by Bruce Hartman, with contributions by Mike Hammond.

Dragonraid

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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Dear Listeners: Season 1 of Episodic Adventures is a wrap. Join Jordy, Lisa, and Sean as look back over a treasure trove of reviews, award superlatives to notable modules, and portent what’s next to come… in Season 2!

Scheduling Note: For the month of July, we’ll be on a brief break from our weekly release schedule. Stay tuned for a few delightful bonus episodes in the interim. H.A.G.S.!

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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Jordy, Lisa, and Sean return to the dank basement of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with cheetos and twinkies in tow as offering for the grandaddy of all modules: “G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief.” We discuss tactical mapping, Gygaxian naturalism, beefy slaps, and insane manticores.

CW: slavery, references to child death

“G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief” is written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR. 

Intro excerpt from “G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief.”

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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Lisa, Jordy, and Sean are out for blood with “Love Bites,” a Vampire the Masquerade story. We discuss vampy vocabulary, political intrigue, well-hidden machinations, and an unloveable lovebird.

CW: addiction, violence, drug use, sex

“Love Bites” is written by Rachel J. Wilkinson and published by Renegade Game Studios.

Vampire: the Masquerade, Fifth Edition is developed by Kenneth Hite and published by Modiphius Entertainment.

Intro excerpt from “Love Bites.”

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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This week, Jordy and Lisa raid the mailbag! We discuss our OSR adventures (of varying lethality), the nebulous world of metagaming, roll-gated information, and GM burnout.

The Mind of Guy

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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Join the party of Sean, Jordy, and Lisa as they take on “Press Start,” a tutorial scenario for Fabula Ultima. We discuss videogame logic: JRPG edition, unlockable character sheets, player synergies, and dramatic boss fights.

Note: The art of Fabula Ultima is stylistically similar to the character portraits from Octopath Traveller and other Square Enix/Acquire JRPGs.

“Press Start” and Fabula Ultima are written by Emanuele Galletto and published by Need Games.

Fabula Ultima TTJRPG: Press Start - Need Games | Fabula Ultima TTJRPG | DriveThruRPG 

Intro adapted from Fabula Ultima.

Theme music credited to Zane Little.

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