Join the Party

Brennan Lee Mulligan is the DM of Dimension 20, the Dungeons & Dragons video anthology series on CollegeHumor’s Dropout platform. We talk about games as a storytelling tool, the flexibility of D&D in any genre, and how he is so, so good at emotionally devastating his players. 

The Punchbowl is our interview segment about playing D&D in 2020 and beyond. We talk to people who are pushing the game forward—creatively, communally, socially, just doing good work. Catch up on past interviews on our website!

Guest

- Brennan Lee Mulligan is @BrennanLM on Twitter. 

- DIMENSION 20: A CROWN OF CANDY airs Wednesdays at 7pm ET. Watch it live on the College Humor YouTube channel or stream it on demand on DROPOUT.tv. If you want to catch up after it airs, go to DROPOUT.tv! 

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Host: Eric Silver

- Editor: Julia Schifini

- Mixing and Additional Editing: Brandon Grugle

- Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lake Town City is a helluva town, where the leaves are bright and we never frown! Meet the characters, pet the cats, and go to work. Aggie gives a presentation. Milo always remembers a towel. Val gets handcuffed.

Take Eric’s quiz for yourself here!

Sponsors

- GC2B is a trans-owned company providing accessible, comfortable, and safe options for gender-affirming chest binding. Use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off!

- Twenty Sided Store, the best indie game store in Brooklyn. Pick up your next RPG using code JOINTHEPARTY for 20% off your online or in-store order.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver

- Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host (Val Vesuvio), Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What exactly is Dungeons and Dragons? How do we use it to tell a story? And what are the dice for? Dungeon Master Eric and player Amanda will help you orient yourself for your foray into tabletop roleplaying games and Join the Party!

If you’re already familiar with the rules of D&D, feel free to skip right to Episode 1.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Oh hi, I didn't see you there. I'm Sage Lanceleaf, Chief Curator of the Morrow Museum of the Future and Future Creations (MMFFC). What does that mean? Well, I look to our past to think about what might happen in Lake Town City in the future. Well you're sitting right there, lemme tell you how it all happened.

Housekeeping

- Schedule: Episode 1 debuts on April 7! New episodes will come out every two weeks, with full-length Afterparties on off weeks once per month.

- Patreon: Our Patreon is now monthly! Check out our new tiers and become a member at patreon.com/jointhepartypod. Join by March 31, 2020 to get your name permanently in the credits of Episode 1!

- Merch: Our merch provider is temporarily closed for the health and safety of their staff. You will be able to order the NEW CAMPAIGN 2 merch when they reopen at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic with Campaign 1 merch (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Head Heart Gut is our weekly friendly debate podcast. Get access for just $5 by joining the MultiCrew, which helps fund new work from Multitude!

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Sage Lanceleaf: David Rheinstrom

- Dungeon Master: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Creative Consultant: Connor McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

A city of the future! A city on the move! 

Follow along with the game document and our final city map here. We drew inspiration for our worldbuilding game from Avery Adler’s The Quiet Year. Check out Avery on Twitter @lackingceremony and her games on her website.

Housekeeping

- Merch: Pre-order your NEW CAMPAIGN 2 merch at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic with Campaign 1 merch (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

- Schedule: Look out for a teaser next Tuesday, then Episode 1 debuts on April 7! New episodes will come out every two weeks, with full-length Afterparties on off weeks once per month.

- Patreon: Our Patreon is now monthly! Check out our new tiers and become a member at patreon.com/jointhepartypod. Join by March 31, 2020 to get your name permanently in the credits of Episode 1!

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Head Heart Gut is our weekly friendly debate podcast. Get access for just $5 by joining the MultiCrew, which helps fund new work from Multitude!

Sponsors

- Brilliant, where you can sign up for free to take problem-solving courses at brilliant.org/jointheparty. The first 200 people to sign up will also get 20% off your annual Premium subscription!

- Multiverse, an online video game platform making it as easy as possible to make, play, stream, and share tabletop role-playing games. Visit playmultiverse.com to learn more!

- Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Creative Consultant: Connor McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Every town needs a library, an ice cream shop, and of course a water-based trade route. Hear us build these landmarks and more in our latest pregame episode! 

Follow along with the game document and our final town map here!

We drew inspiration for our worldbuilding game from Avery Adler’s The Quiet Year. Check out Avery on Twitter @lackingceremony and her games on her website.

Housekeeping

- Schedule: There is one episode left in our weekly pregame series: next Tuesday, where we turn our town into a city. Then, on April 7, 2020, Episode 1 debuts.

- Patreon: Our Patreon is now monthly! Check out our new tiers and become a member at patreon.com/jointhepartypod. Join by March 31, 2020 to get your name permanently in the credits of Episode 1!

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Get your Join the Party enamel pins, Eric’s Labor Party modules, and new merch for all Multitude podcasts at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

Sponsors

- DungeonCrate, a monthly RPG subscription box designed to enhance your tabletop experience. Get $5 off a new subscription with the code JOINTHEPARTYDC at dungeoncrate.com

- Multiverse, an online video game platform making it as easy as possible to make, play, stream, and share tabletop role-playing games. Check out their Kickstarter between March 17 and April 17, 2020; afterward, visit playmultiverse.com!

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Creative Consultant: Connor McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What kinds of characters will we play? How do you put an adventuring party together? And will someone PLEASE be a healer?! In this pregame, we share character ideas, talk about party composition, and unequivocally agree that bards are bad.

Housekeeping

- Schedule: This pregame to our second campaign continues with weekly world-building episodes continue for the next three weeks. Then, on April 7, 2020, Episode 1 debuts.

- Patreon: Join by March 31, 2020 to get your name recorded forever in the credits of Episode 1! Check out our new tiers and become a member at patreon.com/jointhepartypod. 

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Get your Join the Party enamel pins, Eric’s Labor Party modules, and new merch for all Multitude podcasts at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

Sponsors

- GC2B is a trans-owned company providing accessible, comfortable, and safe options for gender-affirming chest binding. Use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off!

- Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Creative Consultant: Connor McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It’s time to build our second campaign! Where will we set it? WHEN will we set it? What genre are we going to play in? All this and more in the first of our four world-building pregame episodes.

Housekeeping

- Schedule: This pregame to our second campaign continues with weekly world-building episodes continue for the next three weeks. Then, on April 7, 2020, Episode 1 debuts.

- Patreon: Our Patreon is now monthly! Check out our new tiers and become a member at patreon.com/jointhepartypod. If you’re an existing Patron and haven’t switched your tier to one of the new monthly options, click here to make the switch and keep accessing your benefits.

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Get your Join the Party enamel pins, Eric’s Labor Party modules, and new merch for all Multitude podcasts at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

Sponsors

- Brilliant, where you can sign up for free to take problem-solving courses at brilliant.org/jointheparty. The first 200 people to sign up will also get 20% off your annual Premium subscription!

- Lily CBD, where code jointheparty will get you 10% off.

- Twenty Sided Store, the best indie game store in Brooklyn. Pick up Masks using code JOINTHEPARTY for 20% off your online or in-store order.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

Cast & Crew

- Dungeon Master: Eric Silver

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle

- Co-Host, Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini

- Co-Host, Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin

- Creative Consultant: Connor McLoughlin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a D&D actual play podcast with tangible worlds, genre-pushing storytelling, and collaborators who make each other laugh each week. We welcome everyone to the table, from longtime players to folks who’ve never touched a roleplaying game before. Begin with Campaign 2 (The Join Campaign) for a modern, sci-fi superhero game, or marathon all of Campaign 1 (The Party Campaign) for a high fantasy story. And once a month we release the Afterparty, where we answer your questions about the show and how we play the game. New episodes three Tuesdays a month.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What do you do when Mothman crashes on your couch… permanently? Amanda GMs as Brandon, Eric and ARCS’ Briggon Snow and Lauren Shippen try to evict Mothman. Check out “Ah, Dang! Mothman Won't Move Out (He Said It Was Just For The Weekend)” by Ettin here, and name your own price to download the PDF!

Housekeeping

- Grab your tickets now to see us live in Austin on February 27! Head to multitude.productions/live today.

- Join the Party season two begins in March! Weekly worldbuilding episodes will start on March 3rd, 2020, featuring DM Eric and players Brandon, Amanda, and Julia Schifini. Then, in April, our story begins. Read more about what we’re planning on our website: jointhepartypod.com/season2-announcement

- Our Patreon page and patron-only Discord will stay as active as ever, so join up now if you’d like to be the first to hear about updates on the new campaign. That’s at patreon.com/jointhepartypod 

Multitude

- NEXT STOP is our newest show! Listen to the trailer at nextstopshow.com or in your podcast app and follow us @NextStopShow on Twitter and Instagram for behind-the-scenes content leading up to the April premiere.

- Get your Join the Party enamel pins, Eric’s Labor Party modules, and new merch for all Multitude podcasts at jointhepartypod.com/merch! Our TeePublic (jointhepartypod.com/teepublic) will remain up through the spring.

Sponsors

- Hero Forge, where you can start designing your custom miniature today!

- HelloFresh, where you can get 10 free meals by going to HelloFresh.com/JOINTHEPARTY10 and using code JOINTHEPARTY10.

- Twenty Sided Store, the best indie game store in Brooklyn. Get 20% off your online or in-store order with code JOINTHEPARTY.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- merch: jointhepartypod.com/merch

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

Cast & Crew

- GM: Amanda McLoughlin

- Player: Eric Silver

- Player: Brandon Grugle

- Player: Lauren Shippen

- Player: Briggon Snow

- Mothman RPG creator: Ettin

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast. That means a group of friends create a story together, chapter by chapter, that everyone from seasoned players to true beginners can enjoy. Where else can you get adventure, intrigue, magic, drama, and lots of high fives all in one place? Right here.

After each episode we sit down for the Afterparty, where we break down our game and answer your questions about how to play Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games at home. We also have the Punchbowl, an interview series with people pushing D&D forward creatively, communally and socially. It’s a party, and you’re invited! Find out more at jointhepartypod.com.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Eric creates an emotional mech suit drama by playing the one-person tabletop RPG Plot Armor by DungeonCommandr. 

Housekeeping

- Join the Party is not over! We will be starting a new campaign after this one ends: another bonus one-shot in February, then new campaign episodes starting on March 3rd, 2020, featuring DM Eric and players Brandon, Amanda, and Julia Schifini. Read more about what we’re planning on our website: jointhepartypod.com/season2-announcement

- Our Patreon page and patron-only Discord will stay as active as ever, so join up now if you’d like to be the first to hear about updates on the new campaign. That’s at patreon.com/jointhepartypod 

Multitude

- Grab your tickets now to see us live in Los Angeles on February 15 and Austin on February 27! Head to multitude.productions/live today.

- Get your Join the Party enamel pins, Eric’s Labor Party modules, and new merch for all Multitude podcasts at multitude.productions/merch! Our TeePublic (jointhepartypod.com/merch) will remain up through the end of January 2020.

Sponsors

- Hero Forge, where you can start designing your custom miniature today!

- HelloFresh, where you can get 10 free meals by going to HelloFresh.com/JOINTHEPARTY9 and using code JOINTHEPARTY10.

- Twenty Sided Store, the best indie game store in Brooklyn. Get 20% off your online or in-store order with code JOINTHEPARTY.

Find Us Online

- website: jointhepartypod.com

- patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod

- twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod

- facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod

- instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod

- tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com

- music: brandongrugle.bandcamp.com

Cast & Crew

- Player: Eric Silver

- Plot Armor creator: DungeonCommandr

- Multitude: multitude.productions

About Us

Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast. That means a group of friends create a story together, chapter by chapter, that everyone from seasoned players to true beginners can enjoy. Where else can you get adventure, intrigue, magic, drama, and lots of high fives all in one place? Right here.

After each episode we sit down for the Afterparty, where we break down our game and answer your questions about how to play Dungeons & Dragons and other roleplaying games at home. We also have the Punchbowl, an interview series with people pushing D&D forward creatively, communally and socially. It’s a party, and you’re invited! Find out more at jointhepartypod.com.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.