Sidekicks & Sidequests
@sidekqpodcast.bsky.social
The unofficial D&D podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity & breathe life into your campaign NPCs with backstory & bravado!
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My Backerkit came in: MCDM Productions @hellomcdm.bsky.social Draw Steel and shirt!
Phenomenal work from the entire team!
Phenomenal work from the entire team!
October 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My Backerkit came in: MCDM Productions @hellomcdm.bsky.social Draw Steel and shirt!
Phenomenal work from the entire team!
Phenomenal work from the entire team!
My kickstarter arrived for @gamemastermom.bsky.social ! Thanks Nicole! Can’t wait to read it with my boy!
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My kickstarter arrived for @gamemastermom.bsky.social ! Thanks Nicole! Can’t wait to read it with my boy!
Hey! Here’s the panel I did with Mandie Greenie at the 2nd annual FateCon!
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Hey! Here’s the panel I did with Mandie Greenie at the 2nd annual FateCon!
Got ‘em! Christmas present for the wife and I for next year!
@willingblam.bsky.social @criticalrole.bsky.social
@willingblam.bsky.social @criticalrole.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Got ‘em! Christmas present for the wife and I for next year!
@willingblam.bsky.social @criticalrole.bsky.social
@willingblam.bsky.social @criticalrole.bsky.social
20,000 downloads!!!
Thank you everyone for your support. This is an incredible achievement. I hope that our interviews and NPCs have been helpful and inspiring, entertaining and challenging the players at your tables and sharing in the epic story of your campaigns!
Thank you everyone for your support. This is an incredible achievement. I hope that our interviews and NPCs have been helpful and inspiring, entertaining and challenging the players at your tables and sharing in the epic story of your campaigns!
June 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
20,000 downloads!!!
Thank you everyone for your support. This is an incredible achievement. I hope that our interviews and NPCs have been helpful and inspiring, entertaining and challenging the players at your tables and sharing in the epic story of your campaigns!
Thank you everyone for your support. This is an incredible achievement. I hope that our interviews and NPCs have been helpful and inspiring, entertaining and challenging the players at your tables and sharing in the epic story of your campaigns!
A two man army entered the Terminal Excrescence…got all the way to Lord Syuul…and fell epically in battle…
-DreamHack Dallas 2025
@hellomcdm.bsky.social @mattcolville.bsky.social @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
-DreamHack Dallas 2025
@hellomcdm.bsky.social @mattcolville.bsky.social @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
May 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A two man army entered the Terminal Excrescence…got all the way to Lord Syuul…and fell epically in battle…
-DreamHack Dallas 2025
@hellomcdm.bsky.social @mattcolville.bsky.social @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
-DreamHack Dallas 2025
@hellomcdm.bsky.social @mattcolville.bsky.social @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social
Happy Feast Day of St. George 🐴🗡️🐲
From “RPG Sketchbook” by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
From “RPG Sketchbook” by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy Feast Day of St. George 🐴🗡️🐲
From “RPG Sketchbook” by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
From “RPG Sketchbook” by @waynereynoldsart.bsky.social
Here is one interpretation of the podcast’s own Duncan the Fighter from the Random Encounters! Designed by my wife and I, Duncan is chaotically good and charging forward in BG3.
February 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here is one interpretation of the podcast’s own Duncan the Fighter from the Random Encounters! Designed by my wife and I, Duncan is chaotically good and charging forward in BG3.
Thanks to the folks for birthday money, I finally got us an Xbox Series X and now downloading Baldur’s Gate 3!
Which of the podcast characters should be my first character?
Duncan? Sonja? Krislee? Korrak? Orion? Agape? Lifespell? Or Annebelynn Mithralshaper?
Which of the podcast characters should be my first character?
Duncan? Sonja? Krislee? Korrak? Orion? Agape? Lifespell? Or Annebelynn Mithralshaper?
February 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Thanks to the folks for birthday money, I finally got us an Xbox Series X and now downloading Baldur’s Gate 3!
Which of the podcast characters should be my first character?
Duncan? Sonja? Krislee? Korrak? Orion? Agape? Lifespell? Or Annebelynn Mithralshaper?
Which of the podcast characters should be my first character?
Duncan? Sonja? Krislee? Korrak? Orion? Agape? Lifespell? Or Annebelynn Mithralshaper?
I just put in my applications for DM and panelist applications for #FateCon2025
January 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I just put in my applications for DM and panelist applications for #FateCon2025
I was on the @roleplaychat.bsky.social podcast! We got to talk about NPCs and what makes them human.
December 18, 2024 at 2:08 AM
I was on the @roleplaychat.bsky.social podcast! We got to talk about NPCs and what makes them human.
My Secret Santa gift from work! The @wizardsdnd.bsky.social @legogroup.bsky.social minifigs!
December 6, 2024 at 4:39 PM
My Secret Santa gift from work! The @wizardsdnd.bsky.social @legogroup.bsky.social minifigs!
2 open spots with my @startplaying.bsky.social games
One-on-one text based games via Discord. $15 a week.
One-on-one text based games via Discord. $15 a week.
November 30, 2024 at 2:16 AM
2 open spots with my @startplaying.bsky.social games
One-on-one text based games via Discord. $15 a week.
One-on-one text based games via Discord. $15 a week.
Dad and Son fought the Hollow Dragon and saved all the Halloween Candy! My boy’s first D&D game. Thanks Mom!
November 3, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Dad and Son fought the Hollow Dragon and saved all the Halloween Candy! My boy’s first D&D game. Thanks Mom!
Happy Halloween and 14th Anniversary of me playing D&D ever! Enjoy this picture of me from 2010 as Riff-Raff!
October 31, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Happy Halloween and 14th Anniversary of me playing D&D ever! Enjoy this picture of me from 2010 as Riff-Raff!
Hello! Suppose I should try and make an effort. I’m Kurt, the bardic paladin behind “Sidekicks & Sidequests”, the best unofficial D&D podcast. I invite on guests, we make up NPCs & sidequests together, and give them to you to stick into your games! On all major podcast platforms + YouTube!
October 22, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Hello! Suppose I should try and make an effort. I’m Kurt, the bardic paladin behind “Sidekicks & Sidequests”, the best unofficial D&D podcast. I invite on guests, we make up NPCs & sidequests together, and give them to you to stick into your games! On all major podcast platforms + YouTube!
Howdy everyone! So, I’m trying something new. For the past year, I’ve been having fun running one-on-one D&D with a friend, and it’s been wildly fun and creative for me, to engage with our game a little bit every day. So wouldn’t you like to as well? Go to @startplaying.bsky.social and see!
October 10, 2024 at 5:43 AM
Howdy everyone! So, I’m trying something new. For the past year, I’ve been having fun running one-on-one D&D with a friend, and it’s been wildly fun and creative for me, to engage with our game a little bit every day. So wouldn’t you like to as well? Go to @startplaying.bsky.social and see!
Support me on ko-fi!
September 21, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Support me on ko-fi!
The perfect stack of d12s
August 4, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The perfect stack of d12s
My next guest is Wes Murrell of Murrell Imagination! We bring one of his original characters to the D&D world! Marius Blackstone is a tracker, hunter, and monster slayer, but can you help him find a map?
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June 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM
My next guest is Wes Murrell of Murrell Imagination! We bring one of his original characters to the D&D world! Marius Blackstone is a tracker, hunter, and monster slayer, but can you help him find a map?
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May 13, 2024 at 12:23 AM
My next guest is Mandi Quin, an artist and V-Tuber! We roll the dice and make your next endearing NPC: an egg-collecting Harengon youth named Pyrex! He’d would love to get the Sunstone to keep his chickens warm…will you help him?
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March 20, 2024 at 3:37 PM
My next guest is Mandi Quin, an artist and V-Tuber! We roll the dice and make your next endearing NPC: an egg-collecting Harengon youth named Pyrex! He’d would love to get the Sunstone to keep his chickens warm…will you help him?
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our 2nd panel-style “Parleys at the Platter” is going to close Season 4. We discuss the intersection between Tolkien, his Catholicism, and D&D! My panelists include a Tolkien, a game designer, and an accomplished graphic artist.
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December 24, 2023 at 2:50 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Our 2nd panel-style “Parleys at the Platter” is going to close Season 4. We discuss the intersection between Tolkien, his Catholicism, and D&D! My panelists include a Tolkien, a game designer, and an accomplished graphic artist.
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