House Of Bards

By The Bards

Long-time friends Alex and Beth look at the challenges and techniques involved in tabletop roleplaying via the "shared narrative" style.... more

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

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January 20, 2023 Wizards Of The Coast Post Cringe And Loose Subscriber
The Bards stir from their slumber to take a three and a half hour stock of the fat WotC L everyone's talking about.
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TRACK DOGS on itchio: https://clevercrumbish.itch.io/track-dogs
and on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Z4Kuzq5
The Alexandrian's Video: https://youtu.be/8pK4r556VoU
Linda Codega's Original article on Gizmodo:https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634
Kobold Press announcement: https://koboldpress.com/kobold-press-announces-new-core-fantasy-experiment/
Paizo Announcement: https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v
Foundry Statement: https://foundryvtt.com/article/ogl-update-20230113/
WotC Statement: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl
"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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3h 28min
August 14, 2020 Actual Play Update (Q-Con XXVI and Critter Castle)
An episode from a while ago, about events from even longer back. Join the bards, with special guest Maxi (@marquessm0nk) as they talk about running actual play games at Q-Con and Critter Castle.

Steve "Vorpal" Fidler, creator of the Prism class Maxi mentions: https://twitter.com/vorpaldicepress

Mage Hand Press' "Dark Matter": https://store.magehandpress.com/products/dark-matter-alpha

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"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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2h 29min
February 15, 2020 Separation of Church and State
Alex rants for an hour and fifteen minutes about the worst decision Wizards Of The Coast have made in the last five years and their apparent hostility to their audience, and Beth eventually gets on board.
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1h 20min
March 25, 2019 QCon XXV: Part 2
In the second part of the recap of events at 2018's Q-Con, Maxi tells a tale involving a two-part game about revenge.
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1h 15min
March 25, 2019 QCon XXV: Part 1
In the first part of the recap of events at 2018's Q-Con, Alex talks to Beth and Maxi about running a game about time travel- and the 50 character sheets it unfortunately required.
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1h 26min
June 13, 2018 Combat
Beth drags Alex along on an bumpy ride across the subject of combat in tabletop roleplaying.
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1h 23min
March 28, 2018 Matt
In an admittedly slightly self-indulgent episode of House Of Bards Alex and guest bard Matt discuss... Matt, and his characters and their outlooks.
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1h 34min
August 15, 2017 Politics: Part 2
Alex and Beth continue talking, sometimes even about politics, which is supposed to be the topic at hand.
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From Alex's original post on youtube regarding this episode:
"Okay, so, this episode. This episode is bad. I'm not going to make excuses for it. It's unfocused, too long and doesn't really address its principal topic in more than a cursory way. Longtime fans of the show will probably still enjoy it because it features Beth and I Talking About Stuff in the way characteristic of HoB, but ultimately I was disappointed with what I could edit out of this session, especially since the flow between tangents made it very difficult to cut anything.
Despite it being below the usual House Of Bards standards, I'm still publishing it for two reasons: 1. Neither of us actually wanted to address this topic very much, and we did not enjoy doing so, so I want this episode published so that it's clear we've done it once and won't be revisiting it. 2. The next (already recorded) episode is another episode like [Season 2 Episode 5] with just me and a guest, and I wanted to pace those so it didn't appear like Beth had disappeared off the face of the earth.
So if you just come for Beth and I shooting the shit, this one's probably worth a listen. If you're here for actual tabletop roleplaying advice... eh, there's some worthwhile stuff here but I wouldn't blame you if you decided this episode isn't deserving of your time."
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1h 28min
August 14, 2017 Politics: Part 1
With some trepidation and a lot of tangents, Alex and Beth attempt to discuss putting politics in your game, and the futility of attempting not to.
"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
From Alex's original post on youtube regarding this episode:
"Okay, so, this episode. This episode is bad. I'm not going to make excuses for it. It's unfocused, too long and doesn't really address its principal topic in more than a cursory way. Longtime fans of the show will probably still enjoy it because it features Beth and I Talking About Stuff in the way characteristic of HoB, but ultimately I was disappointed with what I could edit out of this session, especially since the flow between tangents made it very difficult to cut anything.
Despite it being below the usual House Of Bards standards, I'm still publishing it for two reasons:
1. Neither of us actually wanted to address this topic very much, and we did not enjoy doing so, so I want this episode published so that it's clear we've done it once and won't be revisiting it.
2. The next (already recorded) episode is another episode like [Season 2 Episode 5] with just me and a guest, and I wanted to pace those so it didn't appear like Beth had disappeared off the face of the earth.
So if you just come for Beth and I shooting the shit, this one's probably worth a listen. If you're here for actual tabletop roleplaying advice... eh, there's some worthwhile stuff here but I wouldn't blame you if you decided this episode isn't deserving of your time."
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1h 17min
June 29, 2017 The Q-Con Correspondent
Alex couldn't make it to Q-Con this year, but thankfully friend of the show Maxi made it there to continue the tradition of weird exciting D&D. In Beth's absence, Alex asks her all about it.
Maxi on twitter: twitter.com/MarquessM0nk
"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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1h 45min

FAQs about House Of Bards:

How many episodes does House Of Bards have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.