It's time for a new campaign and a new actual play podcast!Liam takes the helm in GMing and Josh and Doug finally get the chance to play the game they've been building these last few months. Also joining the players as a wildcard is the den mot

Echoes of the Starcrypt - Part 1

Aug 27th, 2018 1h 35m

In our very first playtest, we meet the four adventurers who are setting out on a peculiar archeological dig with dire portents. Meet their benefactor, a small-yet-stately bug man; their cook, an aging crocodile with a headmaster's air; and the

Design Episode 3 :: They Took the Moon!

Aug 20th, 2018 57m 59s

We discuss the currency system of our world. Is it based on credit? Bank notes? A natural resource?What is our Moon situation? Do we still have one?What special exception to the game rules is at the Core of a Path? What makes them unique in a w

Design Episode 2 :: A Priest, a Grifter, and a Crocodile walk into a bar...

Aug 13th, 2018 1h

In this episode, we meet the people who will be playing our first campaign and get to work on what kind of story we want to tell and what kind of characters will be working together to experience the mysterious world of Urd!Do we need a tank? A

Design Episode 1 :: Our Game Gets a Name

Aug 6th, 2018 51m 50s

In our first episode, the Homebrew Hombres introduce the D&D-style game that they're trying to build - as well as share their gripes about the previous systems they've played, and how theirs will be different while balancing the twin needs of r

Roll With RPG From Scratch!

Aug 5th, 2018 1m 8s

Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Imagine it: a gleaming, glorious system combining everything you love about gaming and dropping the crap you can’t stand. Join us on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as we desi

Design Episode 68 :: The Lamplighters

1 Feb 20th, 2023 57m 2s

In this episode, we flesh out Radiance levels 7-10 giving them new spells and powerful abilities. We also nail down the racial abilities Savothians. And if that wasn't enough, we also take a closer look at the geography of Urd, finalizing the s

Agnes' Ashes 7 :: Flowers for Adonis

Jun 17th, 2019 58m 55s

The Wing Mob mops up the mess they made of the monster and his minions, making a mad march out of the makeshift mortuary, meticulously mediating their monopoly on the macabre. More madness materializes as the murderers from their memories enter

Agnes' Ashes 3 :: Ra Ra, Fight the Pawa!

Apr 22nd, 2019 1h 8m

In the third part of Angela's Ashes, The Wing Mob dives headlong into the woods with Champ the 'dillo in tow, searching for Ned and the reason for the militarization of the Pawa. What they find both amazes and disgusts them.Show notes:https://n

Agnes' Ashes 2 :: Dillo Talk

Apr 8th, 2019 1h 20m

Come one, come all! See The Wing Mob in action! Chookie shows off her cooking skills, Ned has a couple of surprises for us, we learn about the majestic wildlife of Urd, and our campaign leaps into an action-packed fray!Show Notes:https://nerdys

Agnes' Ashes 1 :: Quad Fisting It

Mar 25th, 2019 57m 22s

Meet The Wing Mob, a small mercenary band on their way to deliver their boss' remains to her native sea. Passing through the Countryside of Galthreach, things are tense. There's a civil war on and the busiest merchant corridor has been disrupte

Design Episode 17 :: Soul Magic

Mar 4th, 2019 1h 1m

Following the Grand Finale of our first actual play campaign, we further mill around the subject of damage scaling and debate the rules and terminology of an entirely new school of magic! Listen in and get pumped with us for the next phase of y

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 14

Feb 25th, 2019 1h 33m

It is the END! The gang confronts Kalavon AND Forsha and reveal the true nature of this incomprehensible dungeon in a finale that will shake the foundations of Urd. As we say goodbye to the characters we know and love, we look forward to the fu

Design Episode 16 :: Neverending Compromises

Feb 18th, 2019 54m 56s

We go over some mild party drama and talk about how to resolve it, but the real meat of this episode is where we dive off the cliff into the dangerous waters of damage scaling. Our proposed solution is guaranteed to be controversial, but if gee

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 13

Feb 11th, 2019 1h 9m

Which horrors are revealed and which are vanquished by the return of light to this pit of secrets? The gang discovers the source of the noise deep in the Earth and reunite with an old acquaintance as discord spreads between them, believing this

Design Episode 15 :: Session Zeroes to Heroes

Feb 4th, 2019 56m 41s

We delve into our hopes and dreams when preparing to sit down with a new gaming group. Also, What is magic? Is it the power that underlies all reality, like The Force? Is it an alien essence being unknowingly mined by the collective unconscious

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 12

Jan 28th, 2019 1h 25m

The mole is vanquished, and the gang has drawn the ire of a caretaker of this forsaken tomb. Dare you learn the secrets it keeps? Our heroes gain an insight to the very nature of this structure, and it greatly disturbs them.Show notes and more:

Design Episode 14 :: Politics and Religion

Jan 21st, 2019 1h 26m

We commit the ultimate party faux pas and delve deep into the cultural and political strife of our world, coming up with 3 distinct religions and give names to those who would be Emperors.Show notes and more at:https://nerdyshow.com/2019/01/epi

Echoes of the Starcrypt - Part 11

Jan 14th, 2019 1h 16m

The gang scrambles to face down the giant mole! Who sent it? Is it the creature that has terrorized Clan Nargabar and The Way Forward? Listen in as they discover more about this creature and the nature of the site itself.Notes and more:https://

Design Episode 13 :: Don't Be a Martyr

Jan 7th, 2019 1h 6m

Want to go Core Radiance but feellt underwhelmed at unfairly targeted by Martyr? You're in luck! Along with rounding out some corners, we discuss some pie-in-the-sky Path ideas to see if anything from them is worth stealing for our current ones

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 10

Dec 31st, 2018 54m 53s

It turns out our party is by no means alone within the bowels of this alien ruin... and neither is whatever is chasing them! Listen in as we make a series of extremely questionable moral decisions while ignoring any and all integrity of the pro

Design Episode 12 :: Under One Condition

Dec 24th, 2018 1h 1m

We come up with a new game name, patch up some small holes, do away with ammunition tracking, add a HoT spell, and dig deep into the meat of what conditions you gain when you fall to 0 HP, making our game riskier than ever for PCs. Listen in, a

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 9

Dec 17th, 2018 1h 7m

Your favorite crew of miscreants begins their very first dungeon crawl: forsaking fresh air and sunlight for the horrifying secrets beneath the earth. Listen in as they brave the mysteries of the ancients and discover what haunts these ruins. H

Design Episode 11 :: The Rest of Your Life

Dec 10th, 2018 51m 30s

We ratchet up the difficulty by deciding what happens when characters fall to 0 HP (and fail to get a full night's rest). We also come up with an elegant way of creating and using potions. Along with ironing out a half-dozen other small details

Echoes of the Starcrypt :: Part 8

Dec 3rd, 2018 57m 4s

In Part 8 of our Actual Play campaign, the crew finds a glut of clues and tries to find a way to care for the four lost children, while engaging in intense debates about the scrolls, Forsha, and whether or not crocodiles have beards.Show notes