Bad Heroes
@badheroescast.com
A narrative-rich, character-driven Pathfinder 1e actual play podcast with a love of comedy, adventure, and the more charming forces of Hell. 🔥
- Start here: https://badheroescast.com
- Support us: https://patreon.com/badheroes
- Start here: https://badheroescast.com
- Support us: https://patreon.com/badheroes
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Bad Heroes
@badheroescast.com
· Jan 2
Looking for a new story to dive into in the new year? Check out Bad Heroes, a fantasy #ttrpg actual play podcast!
🐍 Homebrew PF1e campaign
✨ Character-driven arcs
⚔️ Action, intrigue & romance
🌈 LGBTQ+ cast
🔥 Hot villains & scary monsters
🎧 60+ fully edited episodes
💖 A kind community of fans
🐍 Homebrew PF1e campaign
✨ Character-driven arcs
⚔️ Action, intrigue & romance
🌈 LGBTQ+ cast
🔥 Hot villains & scary monsters
🎧 60+ fully edited episodes
💖 A kind community of fans
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Got some stuff coming and this is something I'm excited to work on! Check it out!~
📣📣CASTING CALL ALERT📣📣
Othersider Studios would like to announce "Horror for Two: An Intimate Horror Series"! In this series, we will be playing indie supernatural or horror ttrpgs designed for less than 3 people and to be played in only 1 session.
Deadline: 12/20/25
Othersider Studios would like to announce "Horror for Two: An Intimate Horror Series"! In this series, we will be playing indie supernatural or horror ttrpgs designed for less than 3 people and to be played in only 1 session.
Deadline: 12/20/25
Horror For Two : A Intimate Horror Casting Call
Othersider Studios is currently looking for people for our potential ongoing series, Horror For Two, which will take indie horror games designed to be played in one session with anywhere from 2 to 3 players at the most. Each game will have elements of horror or the supernatural in it, anywhere from slashers, zombie apocalypses, isolated witches, wandering ghosts, and more.
These sessions will be pre-recorded and will appear on Othersider Studios' Twitch & Youtube Channels and will be run by OR produced by Ambrose (any/all).
We will have a session 0 that may be recorded for Patreon content (up to participates comfort). During the session 0, the following will be discussed: tabletop safety, house rules and etiquette, game mechanics, and character creation.
Deadline for submission: December 20th 2025
Recording Schedule: December 2025 - April 2026
docs.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Got some stuff coming and this is something I'm excited to work on! Check it out!~
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🎸📚🎸 EPISODE 9 RELEASE DAY 📚🎸📚
Amidst the chaos and flashbacks, Death Trout was born. Listen to Episode 9 as Clem, Zeke, and Javi deal with the repercussions of their actions.
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Find where to listen at www.5gmsinatrenchcoat.com
System: Kids on Bikes 2e
Amidst the chaos and flashbacks, Death Trout was born. Listen to Episode 9 as Clem, Zeke, and Javi deal with the repercussions of their actions.
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Find where to listen at www.5gmsinatrenchcoat.com
System: Kids on Bikes 2e
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🎸📚🎸 EPISODE 9 RELEASE DAY 📚🎸📚
Amidst the chaos and flashbacks, Death Trout was born. Listen to Episode 9 as Clem, Zeke, and Javi deal with the repercussions of their actions.
•
Find where to listen at www.5gmsinatrenchcoat.com
System: Kids on Bikes 2e
Amidst the chaos and flashbacks, Death Trout was born. Listen to Episode 9 as Clem, Zeke, and Javi deal with the repercussions of their actions.
•
Find where to listen at www.5gmsinatrenchcoat.com
System: Kids on Bikes 2e
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Ep. 34 "The Chase" is out NOW
The Skywaymen must move quickly to ensure their safety as the Fury overtakes Surrinsandria! 🐿️⚔️🦬
LIVE LISTEN TONIGHT!
8pm Eastern!
The Skywaymen must move quickly to ensure their safety as the Fury overtakes Surrinsandria! 🐿️⚔️🦬
LIVE LISTEN TONIGHT!
8pm Eastern!
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ep. 34 "The Chase" is out NOW
The Skywaymen must move quickly to ensure their safety as the Fury overtakes Surrinsandria! 🐿️⚔️🦬
LIVE LISTEN TONIGHT!
8pm Eastern!
The Skywaymen must move quickly to ensure their safety as the Fury overtakes Surrinsandria! 🐿️⚔️🦬
LIVE LISTEN TONIGHT!
8pm Eastern!
🕷️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🕷️
The only way out for our heroes is through — but that means leading a large group without waking the dead, and it’s about as easy as it sounds.
Listen to Ep. 73 of Bad Heroes, Part 13 of The Eternal Hunger wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/badheroes
The only way out for our heroes is through — but that means leading a large group without waking the dead, and it’s about as easy as it sounds.
Listen to Ep. 73 of Bad Heroes, Part 13 of The Eternal Hunger wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/badheroes
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🕷️ NEW EPISODE ALERT 🕷️
The only way out for our heroes is through — but that means leading a large group without waking the dead, and it’s about as easy as it sounds.
Listen to Ep. 73 of Bad Heroes, Part 13 of The Eternal Hunger wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/badheroes
The only way out for our heroes is through — but that means leading a large group without waking the dead, and it’s about as easy as it sounds.
Listen to Ep. 73 of Bad Heroes, Part 13 of The Eternal Hunger wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/badheroes
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UP NEXT ON GAME MASTER MONDAY
We continue American Demigods! Our heroes arrive in Washington D.C. to seek out Cassie, the demigod of Democracy. But monsters are already trying to stop them. Can they reach their target in time?
Available MONDAY wherever you enjoy podcasts!
We continue American Demigods! Our heroes arrive in Washington D.C. to seek out Cassie, the demigod of Democracy. But monsters are already trying to stop them. Can they reach their target in time?
Available MONDAY wherever you enjoy podcasts!
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
UP NEXT ON GAME MASTER MONDAY
We continue American Demigods! Our heroes arrive in Washington D.C. to seek out Cassie, the demigod of Democracy. But monsters are already trying to stop them. Can they reach their target in time?
Available MONDAY wherever you enjoy podcasts!
We continue American Demigods! Our heroes arrive in Washington D.C. to seek out Cassie, the demigod of Democracy. But monsters are already trying to stop them. Can they reach their target in time?
Available MONDAY wherever you enjoy podcasts!
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🦋 PODCAST DROP 🦋
Xainan returns to his lost planet.
Lumièra sets eyes on the end.
Seir finds an omen in static.
And Kesseki remains.
Our podcast is back and better than ever with the PREMIERE EPISODES of Arc 4 now available in audio-only form! Listen to the CHAOS wherever you pod your casts.
Xainan returns to his lost planet.
Lumièra sets eyes on the end.
Seir finds an omen in static.
And Kesseki remains.
Our podcast is back and better than ever with the PREMIERE EPISODES of Arc 4 now available in audio-only form! Listen to the CHAOS wherever you pod your casts.
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🦋 PODCAST DROP 🦋
Xainan returns to his lost planet.
Lumièra sets eyes on the end.
Seir finds an omen in static.
And Kesseki remains.
Our podcast is back and better than ever with the PREMIERE EPISODES of Arc 4 now available in audio-only form! Listen to the CHAOS wherever you pod your casts.
Xainan returns to his lost planet.
Lumièra sets eyes on the end.
Seir finds an omen in static.
And Kesseki remains.
Our podcast is back and better than ever with the PREMIERE EPISODES of Arc 4 now available in audio-only form! Listen to the CHAOS wherever you pod your casts.
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Drop in to our Rainbow Scare Pilot Jam Showcase this Sunday, November 2nd at 2pm PT | 5pm ET at twitch.tv/rainbowrollfest! We will be showing off some amazing Actual Play in the queer and trans horror genre, so come on by!
November 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Drop in to our Rainbow Scare Pilot Jam Showcase this Sunday, November 2nd at 2pm PT | 5pm ET at twitch.tv/rainbowrollfest! We will be showing off some amazing Actual Play in the queer and trans horror genre, so come on by!
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Need something to listen to while you carve pumpkins? Apply your skeletal makeup? Prepare the alter for sacrifice?
Game Master Monday has a cauldron FULL of podcast episodes and streams you can have eerily playing on your tv at the Halloween party tonight!
Game Master Monday has a cauldron FULL of podcast episodes and streams you can have eerily playing on your tv at the Halloween party tonight!
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Need something to listen to while you carve pumpkins? Apply your skeletal makeup? Prepare the alter for sacrifice?
Game Master Monday has a cauldron FULL of podcast episodes and streams you can have eerily playing on your tv at the Halloween party tonight!
Game Master Monday has a cauldron FULL of podcast episodes and streams you can have eerily playing on your tv at the Halloween party tonight!
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Our latest episode, "Do You Want to Live?" is now available! The crew begins their next operation against the Transit Guild.
www.explorerswanted.fm/281
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
www.explorerswanted.fm/281
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
Do You Want to Live?
The crew begins their next operation against the Transit Guild.
www.explorerswanted.fm
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Our latest episode, "Do You Want to Live?" is now available! The crew begins their next operation against the Transit Guild.
www.explorerswanted.fm/281
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
www.explorerswanted.fm/281
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
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I’m biased because I was on this show as a guest but if you haven’t checked it out yet, this is an incredible history and archive showcasing indie 2-player games.
Congrats @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and go birds!! RAAHHHHHH
Congrats @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and go birds!! RAAHHHHHH
10 years of 2-player TTRPGs, and intimate one-on-one conversations. Thanks for coming along for the ride so far. Here's to many more parties to come.
If you'd like to quote-tweet this with kind words, or a favorite episode, or what you like about the show, I would appreciate it.
Party On, y'all.
If you'd like to quote-tweet this with kind words, or a favorite episode, or what you like about the show, I would appreciate it.
Party On, y'all.
October 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I’m biased because I was on this show as a guest but if you haven’t checked it out yet, this is an incredible history and archive showcasing indie 2-player games.
Congrats @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and go birds!! RAAHHHHHH
Congrats @jeffstormer.gobirds.online and go birds!! RAAHHHHHH
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Ya'll ready for a special #monsteroftheweek Halloween one shot? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! 👻🎃
Special thanks to our guests Tori from @gmdlcast.bsky.social; Jess from @shrimpandcrits.com; and Alex of Bored Board Games (IG/TikTok)!
We had so much fun getting to play with you all. ❤️
Special thanks to our guests Tori from @gmdlcast.bsky.social; Jess from @shrimpandcrits.com; and Alex of Bored Board Games (IG/TikTok)!
We had so much fun getting to play with you all. ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Ya'll ready for a special #monsteroftheweek Halloween one shot? Listen now wherever you get your podcasts! 👻🎃
Special thanks to our guests Tori from @gmdlcast.bsky.social; Jess from @shrimpandcrits.com; and Alex of Bored Board Games (IG/TikTok)!
We had so much fun getting to play with you all. ❤️
Special thanks to our guests Tori from @gmdlcast.bsky.social; Jess from @shrimpandcrits.com; and Alex of Bored Board Games (IG/TikTok)!
We had so much fun getting to play with you all. ❤️
if you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't dracula
"You shouldn't have done that." — Lady Thalia 🩸
🎨 Portrait by @squirrelcurls.bsky.social
"You shouldn't have done that." — Lady Thalia 🩸
🎨 Portrait by @squirrelcurls.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
if you see this, quote with a vampire that isn't dracula
"You shouldn't have done that." — Lady Thalia 🩸
🎨 Portrait by @squirrelcurls.bsky.social
"You shouldn't have done that." — Lady Thalia 🩸
🎨 Portrait by @squirrelcurls.bsky.social
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"Self-preservation has never been my strong suit."
📕A new episode of Chosen Ones airs Sunday, October 26th @ 1pm CST
📕Get notified for the premiere: youtu.be/xq_-ArZx4Sc
📕Thumbnail by @cassiroll.bsky.social
#ChosenOnesDnD #dndart #dnd #lgbtq
📕A new episode of Chosen Ones airs Sunday, October 26th @ 1pm CST
📕Get notified for the premiere: youtu.be/xq_-ArZx4Sc
📕Thumbnail by @cassiroll.bsky.social
#ChosenOnesDnD #dndart #dnd #lgbtq
October 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"Self-preservation has never been my strong suit."
📕A new episode of Chosen Ones airs Sunday, October 26th @ 1pm CST
📕Get notified for the premiere: youtu.be/xq_-ArZx4Sc
📕Thumbnail by @cassiroll.bsky.social
#ChosenOnesDnD #dndart #dnd #lgbtq
📕A new episode of Chosen Ones airs Sunday, October 26th @ 1pm CST
📕Get notified for the premiere: youtu.be/xq_-ArZx4Sc
📕Thumbnail by @cassiroll.bsky.social
#ChosenOnesDnD #dndart #dnd #lgbtq
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Happy #PortfolioDay ! I'm Melina, an animator, character designer, and storyboard artist who's worked with DropoutTV, Skeletal_Games, Cryodon Games, and more! I'm currently available for work and would love to hear from you!
💼 www.squirrelcurls.com
✉️meliano99@gmail.com
#animation #storyboards
💼 www.squirrelcurls.com
✉️meliano99@gmail.com
#animation #storyboards
October 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Happy #PortfolioDay ! I'm Melina, an animator, character designer, and storyboard artist who's worked with DropoutTV, Skeletal_Games, Cryodon Games, and more! I'm currently available for work and would love to hear from you!
💼 www.squirrelcurls.com
✉️meliano99@gmail.com
#animation #storyboards
💼 www.squirrelcurls.com
✉️meliano99@gmail.com
#animation #storyboards
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This was a blast to record! Go listen to Game Master Monday!! 🐈💕🧚
🧚 🔪 NEW GAME MASTER MONDAY 🐱 🍜
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted.
Available NOW everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted.
Available NOW everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
October 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This was a blast to record! Go listen to Game Master Monday!! 🐈💕🧚
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Always Respect "The Feelings Sword"
Episode 32 of Dania is out now! Listen wherever you get podcasts!
Episode 32 of Dania is out now! Listen wherever you get podcasts!
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Always Respect "The Feelings Sword"
Episode 32 of Dania is out now! Listen wherever you get podcasts!
Episode 32 of Dania is out now! Listen wherever you get podcasts!
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I backed the hell out of this and you should too!!! 🔥
Second day boost for this because LOOK AT THESE INCREDIBLY RAD FOLKS
Go back Absurdia so they can create some delirious, topsy turvy, unsettling one shots for the game 👁️
Go back Absurdia so they can create some delirious, topsy turvy, unsettling one shots for the game 👁️
October 8, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I backed the hell out of this and you should too!!! 🔥
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Our latest episode, "Say Please" is now available! The crew plans their next assault while recuperating in the tunnels.
www.explorerswanted.fm/280
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
www.explorerswanted.fm/280
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
Say Please
The crew plans their next assault while recuperating in the tunnels.
www.explorerswanted.fm
October 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our latest episode, "Say Please" is now available! The crew plans their next assault while recuperating in the tunnels.
www.explorerswanted.fm/280
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
www.explorerswanted.fm/280
#TTRPG #ActualPlay #Numenera #CypherSystem #podcast
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🌘Tyrant of the Dark Star 3.04 is live!🌒
Its time for the showdown with Bloodline, Gravewing faces down her brother and no one knows who will be walking out of this room. #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
Once again joined by @aleshakills.bsky.social as Judith.
🎨 @akinomiiart.bsky.social
Its time for the showdown with Bloodline, Gravewing faces down her brother and no one knows who will be walking out of this room. #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
Once again joined by @aleshakills.bsky.social as Judith.
🎨 @akinomiiart.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🌘Tyrant of the Dark Star 3.04 is live!🌒
Its time for the showdown with Bloodline, Gravewing faces down her brother and no one knows who will be walking out of this room. #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
Once again joined by @aleshakills.bsky.social as Judith.
🎨 @akinomiiart.bsky.social
Its time for the showdown with Bloodline, Gravewing faces down her brother and no one knows who will be walking out of this room. #ttrpgs #pathfinder2e
Once again joined by @aleshakills.bsky.social as Judith.
🎨 @akinomiiart.bsky.social
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"I'm not going to sugar coat it... I think Andy is dead..."
Arcane Corps: Gifts of Fear premieres TONIGHT at 8PM ET! Watch it our Twitch, Youtube, and @montecookgames.com ' Moonbeam platform!
www.twitch.tv/others...
www.youtube.com/live...
www.moonbeam.stream/...
Arcane Corps: Gifts of Fear premieres TONIGHT at 8PM ET! Watch it our Twitch, Youtube, and @montecookgames.com ' Moonbeam platform!
www.twitch.tv/others...
www.youtube.com/live...
www.moonbeam.stream/...
October 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"I'm not going to sugar coat it... I think Andy is dead..."
Arcane Corps: Gifts of Fear premieres TONIGHT at 8PM ET! Watch it our Twitch, Youtube, and @montecookgames.com ' Moonbeam platform!
www.twitch.tv/others...
www.youtube.com/live...
www.moonbeam.stream/...
Arcane Corps: Gifts of Fear premieres TONIGHT at 8PM ET! Watch it our Twitch, Youtube, and @montecookgames.com ' Moonbeam platform!
www.twitch.tv/others...
www.youtube.com/live...
www.moonbeam.stream/...
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UP NEXT ON GAME MASTER MONDAY
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN by @helenareal.bsky.social!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted. Can they survive before the sun rises?
Available MONDAY everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN by @helenareal.bsky.social!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted. Can they survive before the sun rises?
Available MONDAY everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
UP NEXT ON GAME MASTER MONDAY
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN by @helenareal.bsky.social!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted. Can they survive before the sun rises?
Available MONDAY everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
We play FAERIES ON THE RUN by @helenareal.bsky.social!
Four fairies, raised as humans, attend a special gala. What they don't realize is they're about to be hunted. Can they survive before the sun rises?
Available MONDAY everywhere you enjoy podcasts!
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✨ ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
I am so thrilled to announce Games For Raices Pt 3, a ttrpg event raising funds for Raices Texas!
🗓️ Saturday, October 11th starting at 9am Pacific
📺 Twitch.tv/ttrpgifs
Check out the lineup
1/6🧵
I am so thrilled to announce Games For Raices Pt 3, a ttrpg event raising funds for Raices Texas!
🗓️ Saturday, October 11th starting at 9am Pacific
📺 Twitch.tv/ttrpgifs
Check out the lineup
1/6🧵
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
✨ ANNOUNCEMENT ✨
I am so thrilled to announce Games For Raices Pt 3, a ttrpg event raising funds for Raices Texas!
🗓️ Saturday, October 11th starting at 9am Pacific
📺 Twitch.tv/ttrpgifs
Check out the lineup
1/6🧵
I am so thrilled to announce Games For Raices Pt 3, a ttrpg event raising funds for Raices Texas!
🗓️ Saturday, October 11th starting at 9am Pacific
📺 Twitch.tv/ttrpgifs
Check out the lineup
1/6🧵
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Before they were dead, they were dying…
New episode is already getting praised 😭 Thank you @xbrinni.bsky.social & @sharxiii.bsky.social for the intro
@nickstrocity.bsky.social, @ewgrossrebecca.bsky.social, & Alison are chaotic great
Listen to ep 86, All the Rizz in the World, wherever you podcast
New episode is already getting praised 😭 Thank you @xbrinni.bsky.social & @sharxiii.bsky.social for the intro
@nickstrocity.bsky.social, @ewgrossrebecca.bsky.social, & Alison are chaotic great
Listen to ep 86, All the Rizz in the World, wherever you podcast
September 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Before they were dead, they were dying…
New episode is already getting praised 😭 Thank you @xbrinni.bsky.social & @sharxiii.bsky.social for the intro
@nickstrocity.bsky.social, @ewgrossrebecca.bsky.social, & Alison are chaotic great
Listen to ep 86, All the Rizz in the World, wherever you podcast
New episode is already getting praised 😭 Thank you @xbrinni.bsky.social & @sharxiii.bsky.social for the intro
@nickstrocity.bsky.social, @ewgrossrebecca.bsky.social, & Alison are chaotic great
Listen to ep 86, All the Rizz in the World, wherever you podcast
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OFF HOURS: ABSURDIA
To celebrate the launch of the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign, we are declassifying the top secret patreon playtest we did of the three new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical edition!
Listen here 👁️
monsterhour.podbean.com/e/absurdia-m...
To celebrate the launch of the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign, we are declassifying the top secret patreon playtest we did of the three new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical edition!
Listen here 👁️
monsterhour.podbean.com/e/absurdia-m...
September 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
OFF HOURS: ABSURDIA
To celebrate the launch of the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign, we are declassifying the top secret patreon playtest we did of the three new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical edition!
Listen here 👁️
monsterhour.podbean.com/e/absurdia-m...
To celebrate the launch of the Absurdia crowdfunding campaign, we are declassifying the top secret patreon playtest we did of the three new playbooks coming to the (Meta)Physical edition!
Listen here 👁️
monsterhour.podbean.com/e/absurdia-m...
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Curiosity has its dangers, as Jack investigates some of the town's curious characters, Sutton tries to avoid being investigated herself, and Robert takes Nathaniel into a Bolera that's getting more and more unpredictable. Things are changing, and only time will tell if it's for the better.
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Curiosity has its dangers, as Jack investigates some of the town's curious characters, Sutton tries to avoid being investigated herself, and Robert takes Nathaniel into a Bolera that's getting more and more unpredictable. Things are changing, and only time will tell if it's for the better.