Ken and David explore Moonbeam.stream, a streaming platform made for tabletop gamers and creatives, while sharing their live-streaming experiments and future content plans.

They also dive into their respective ShadowDark campaigns, filled with dungeon chefs, dagger-bound skeletons, and low-level party drama. Ken preps for his return to Philmont, while David tempts fate with yet another enticing Kickstarter.

Moonbeam sites

Moonbeam.streaming

The Lair's Realm on Moonbeam

Chapters

0:09 What Is Moonbeam.stream?1:19 Streaming Past and Present2:48 Live Streaming Experiments3:28 Ken's OBS Trials & Switch Bridge Setup4:50 Drawing Dungeons and Mothership Maps5:46 Streaming One-Shots and Actual Plays6:07 The DIE: Die Improvement Environment7:24 Portal Vibes & Co-Working Streams9:29 Scheduling & Chaos Coordination14:21 Ken’s Training for Philmont18:18 Altitude, Monsoons, and Backpack Logistics25:04 Cooking in the Dungeon: ShadowDark Update28:24 Party Health Woes and Lucky Rolls30:55 Skeletons, Dire Rats & Goblin Politics33:49 ShadowDark Western Reaches Kickstarter35:13 Alien RPG Evolved Temptation35:55 Wrap-Up and Community Links

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Show Notes

What is Moonbeam?

Not a crypto-currency. Ok, it is, but we’re not talking about THAT Moonbeam.

It’s a streaming platform, currently in beta, that’s meant to have better moderation capabilities and a more creator-friendly pay structure.

What are we doing with Moonbeam?

Game Prep

Campaign Notes

Map Prep

FoundryVTT exploration

Random experiments

Video Games?

Maybe. 

Ken’s thinking about a Switch bridge.

Actual Play

RPGs

The Die Improvement Environment or D.I.E.

Helping rehabilitate those recalcitrant dice.

Stuff we like so far

Co-working Streams

Random folks playing video games

Haven’t watched an RPG session yet (probably should)

Stuff we probably need to figure out

A recording schedule?

Posting?

Figuring out how Realms work. (We’ve got a Lair of Secrets realm, but how does it interact with other realms?)

Featured Image Meta

A black and white image of the moon over Lake Champlain. Photo by Ken.