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DMs After DarkVaesen | Episode 4 - Old Mog ArrivesThings come to a dramatic head in Brancombe. The investigation concludes.
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2024-03-293h 47DMs After DarkVaesen | Episode 3 - Winter Follows HerRiley continues to search for the missing girl. Rosalie and Nora learn the true name of Old Meg and more about her history.
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2024-03-153h 23DMs After DarkModified Rolls | Liz Greene - Geek TherapyHello everyone and welcome to a very special interview episode with Liz Greene, LMHC MFT TGM/DM GT, a licensed Geek Therapist who uses games and popular media in her sessions! Rene & Troy sit down and discuss games as a community, using characters as buffers to experiences, practicing social skills, and putting consequences into perspective, and more.
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2024-03-121h 11DMs After DarkVaesen | Episode 2 - Old Meg's HoltThe society members begin their investigations in Brancombe and things heat up almost immediately, leading to a cliffhanger ending.
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2024-03-013h 04DMs After DarkVaesen | Episode 1 - BrancombeThe Members of the Apollonian Society arrive at Brancombe to begin investigating the death of Daisy Thomas and the strange events surrounding it.
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2024-02-163h 12DMs After DarkPerspective Checks | Troy - Why We Play Certain Character Types & TropesTroy joins Rene to talk about something appropriately self-reflective - Why Players Have a "Type" and the usefulness of Tropes in RPGs. Troy has always been an incredibly hard worker, pushing his body and mind to their limits, and has recently gone back to school for more Psychology, so this kind of deep thinking about why we play what we play is something that he is clearly passionate about.
Hopefully you enjoy what you hear, and hopefully it makes you think about your own type or style. Comment or email with what you think your "T...
2024-02-0949 minDMs After DarkVaesen | Session 0 - The Apollonian Society, LondonA new series begins as Amber introduces the DMs to the world of Vaesen's Mythic Britain & Ireland setting by Free League Publishing. Enter a world of Nordic horror, paranormal investigations, and terrifying mysteries.
The players introduce their characters, who will be members of the Apollonian Society of London, and soon be faced with investigating occult mysteries with the use of their sight...
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2024-02-022h 55DMs After Dark[Bonus] One Last Quest - A Free One-Page RPG Preview!Surprise! With a new year, a new podcast feed, and a new series starting up, we figured why not keep with the new things happening and drop a preview of Rene's new game One Last Quest, a one page RPG that allows you to bring back some of your favorite PCs of campaigns past and play them in their elderly retired years. However, a loose thread or problem arises that forces them to put down the shuffleboard and dust off the old heroics one more time.
It's a hack 'n' mash of the popular rules l...
2024-01-261h 37DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 22 | Six Seasons In Sartar - Every End A BeginningThe clan disperses in the wake of the Battle of Red Rock. Landless and wanted, they take the first steps toward forging a new identity.
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2024-01-193h 49DMs After DarkOne-Player One-Shot | Alone Against The StaticChristian kicks off the 2024 non-stream episodes with a run-through of Chaosium's solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu - Alone Against the Static! Reminiscent of 1990s horror movies, he plays Alex, one half of a married couple trying to rekindle their relationship in a cabin out in the pine forests and Black Hills of the Dakotas...
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2024-01-121h 21DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 21 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Fall of the HarrabornSacred Time has ended. Plans have been made. The Harraborn prepare for what they know is coming...
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2024-01-054h 16DMs After DarkHoliday Movie Time Loop One-Shot | ThursdayHappy Holidays to you crazy folks out there in podcastland!
Welcome to another annual DMs After Dark Holiday One-Shot, always good for some seasonal shenanigans! This year we're playing Thursday by Eli Seitz, a Russian Doll inspired time loop game in the Belonging Outside Belonging family of RPGs. Despite this very clear source material, we decided to use it to play a Hallmark Holiday Time Loop one-shot, where the PCs are members of a rural town caught in a repeating day leading up to Christmas, where only true love will break the loop (or something a...
2023-12-222h 35DMs After Dark1d6 | 1d4 - A Look Back At 2023It's back and it's just as chaotic as ever, Sara's 1d6 | 1d4 talk show starts to bring our 2023 to a close with a quick chat with the most guests that have ever been on our bonus series before! We talk about the things we loved about this absolutely crazy year we had and Sara quizzes us on how much we know about what we even did this year!
It goes without saying, but none of this would be possible without you all out there listening (even you, 1 person in Wyoming), and it means the world t...
2023-12-1524 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 20 | Six Seasons In Sartar - Sacred TimeSacred Time comes to the vale on ill winds. Feelings are confessed to. Plans are made. The Year ends with the Harraborn knowing their lives are about to change forever.
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2023-12-083h 22DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | The Final ExamAngelica and Elias pit the magical skills and knowledge they've accumulated over their four years at Blackroot Academy against one another in a final exam that will name one of the two the top mage. Ambitions are put into perspective, memories affect magic, and win or lose, they must choose new paths.
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2023-12-0140 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 19 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Starbrow Part 2The truth of the Breath of The Dragon is revealed. The Starbrow's presence in the Vale is detected. The Clan enters Sacred Time with an uncertain future.
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2023-11-243h 00DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | The Final YearAngelica and Elias return for their final year at Blackroot Academy before one of them will be crowned top student. Their last year culminates in truths being uncovered, early rumors proving true, and forgiveness forbidden to one of our young mages.
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2023-11-171h 09DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 18 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The StarbrowStorm Season Rages through the vale, and with it comes dark tidings. A secret visitor needs help.
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2023-11-102h 43DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | Year ThreeAngelica and Elias return to Blackroot Academy for their 3rd year, and their legacies are already being cemented among the halls. From the glories and consequences of their past deeds, finding their names in book of the King's Court, and new opportunities presenting themselves, they are only growing more powerful as they head into their 4th and final year...
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2023-11-031h 17DMs After DarkHalloween One-Shot | Return to Pine IslandFor Halloween 2023, the DMs return to our original summer camp horror game, this time led by Christian. Our characters are counselors at an *awful* re-education camp which is presently staffed by a skeleton crew following a horrible event which appears to have awakened something on the grounds that was best left undisturbed...
Content Warnings: Mention of suicide, drowning, burning, pretty much child abuse, sharting, awful baking advice (then good baking advice), and weird scripture quoting
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2023-10-273h 20DMs After DarkOne-Player One-Shot | Carved By The GardenWelcome to another episode of One-Player One-Shot with Christian playing our second Cassi Mothwin game in a row, this time with the folk horror Carved By The Garden!
Christian begins what might have been a multi-episode Playing With Myself series but quickly realizes that the cards are not, in fact, in his favor. Listen to hear what happens with Michael as he ventures forth into the woods of northern New York!
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2023-10-2045 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 17 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The White LadyDarkness Season continues. It's time for Aurisa to heed the calling of her family and enter into the cult of the White Lady.
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2023-10-132h 13DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | Year TwoOur magical rivals, Angelica and Elias, move onto Year 2 at Blackroot Academy and continue down their paths to power. Angelica becomes a target due to her potential, while Elias continues to play with magic he doesn't fully comprehend the cost of. A secret society reaches out. Allies lost. Allies made?
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2023-10-061h 20DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 16 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The TakingWinter descends on the Vale and brings with it dark, claustrophobic days and nights.
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2023-09-292h 54DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | Year OneAngelica and Elias reminisce on their first year at Blackroot Academy - the moment that made them rivals, the setbacks they faced early in their arcane academics, and friends (and foes) made along the way both faculty and fellow students.
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2023-09-221h 26DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 15 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Horned ManTroy is back as Kymrese after his heart surgery, and his character undergoes a magical journey in his initiation.
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2023-09-153h 47DMs After DarkIt Takes Two To [Tangled Blessings] | Character CreationJess & Kent sit down to make their characters and start a new two-player series exploring Blackroot Academy in Cassi Mothwin's dark-academia flavored RPG Tangled Blessings. Based on the tarot-style resolution in Samantha Leigh's Anamnesis (see Rene's solo playthrough here), this game can be played solo or as two players pitted against one another as rivals at the highly selective magic school.
Meet Angelica & Elias, two new mages about to begin an intertwined adventure where only one will be declared the strongest at the end of their fourth year. Who will it be, and what history w...
2023-09-0850 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 14 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Defending StormDark Season blows it's winter winds into the vale. It is time for Bryn to enter fully into the cult of Vinga.
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2023-09-012h 00DMs After DarkPlaying With Myself (On The Internet) | Miru II FinaleWe find our people. We face off against the robot god. We bring this story to an end. Or do we?
Learn more about (AND GET YOURSELF SOME) Miru I & Miru II on Hinokodo's itch.io page!
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2023-08-3034 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 13 | Six Seasons in Sartar - Hunting the BearThe Vale begins preparations for possible retaliation. For Descara, it's time to enter fully into the mysteries of Odayla.
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2023-08-182h 23DMs After DarkPlaying With Myself (On The Internet) | Miru II - Episode 3The journey continues through golf courses, junk emporiums, space stations, churches, and plenty of bear-themed abominations!
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2023-08-1144 minDMs After Dark[BONUS] Honor + Intriguing Options Kickstarter Promotion StreamBonus episode time! Friend of the DMs, Basic Action Games' Chris Rutkowsky, creator of the Honor + Intrigue system we had so much fun with reached out to us to run a special one shot showing off all the new options and rules expansions in the Intriguing Options series, and we were happy to play some more H+I! Chris steps in as our first ever guest GM (and another Chris joins as a new first time guest!) to run us through a sword and space blasting scenario to show off all the cool new bells & whistles to the great...
2023-08-044h 36DMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 12 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Mark of the DragonThe Vale deals with the fallout of Gordangar's decisions. The characters begin to understand what they found in the ancient temple.
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2023-08-042h 49DMs After DarkPlaying With Myself (On The Internet) | Miru II - Episode 2The character continues searching for the people of his missing village and finds a village of androids, a cool DeeJay android, a not so cool Mask Lady, a weird cowboy, and a very cool raccoon.
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2023-07-2849 minDMs After DarkRuneQuest Episode 11 | Six Seasons In Sartar - The Deer People Pt. IIThe Harraborn youths are sent on a secret mission to warn the Third Wind of the Lunar scouts. Along the way they discover a long hidden secret.
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2023-07-212h 29DMs After Dark1d6 | 1d4 - RPG Hot TakesAlright, we all know Rene's got some bad RPG opinions, but now you get to hear ALL of our hot takes!
In this episode of 1d6 | 1d4, what is supposed to be a short little podcast, we each get 3 minutes to spout our spiciest RPG hot takes - the opinions we have about our beloved hobby that would probably be considered somewhere on a scale from unpopular to downright blasphemous.
If you have any hot takes, email them to us at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com, or if you take particular umbrage at an...
2022-11-0447 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - Rules Lite RPGs with Special Guest Ben Bailey of Meta Mage Studios!Don't wanna read a whole 300 page rulebook to run a game your friends can't schedule time to play? Well we've got good news for you, there are a LOT of games out there to pick up and get playing fast. No complicated rules mechanics, no overarching stories, rules lite games tend to focus on a theme or desired experience and tailor everything to fit that kind of story. But making a cohesive game in that little space isn't as easy as it sounds. We discuss what a minimalist RPG needs to still work, when they work best, and share our...
2022-10-2144 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - Metacurrencies with Special Guest Chris Rutkowsky of Basic Action Games!Metacurrency (noun) - A player resource in a game that allows the player to apply an advantageous effect within the fiction without actually interacting with the game at a character level.
Not exactly Merriam-Webster, but hey, you get the idea. Metacurrencies are popular in many RPGs as a way to incentivize players to engage in the game as its meant to be played, reward players for playing the game as intended, and share authorial control of the world or be used as "get out of jail (read: death) free" tokens.
In thi...
2022-10-071h 00DMs After DarkModified Rolls - (Half) The DMs Went to Gen Con!What's more magical than an incredibly crowded nerdy convention in ... Indianapolis? We can't think of anything either! In this episode of Modified Rolls, half of the DMs After Dark crew (Amber, Jess, and Troy) sit down with two guests Alex and Kent to discuss their 2022 Gen Con experience! While Gen Con is a big one, there is some great advice for conventions in general, especially any you'll need to travel to!
Thank you to Alex & Kent for jumping in to discuss their experiences as well! Check out Alex's Twitch channel for his D&D and ta...
2022-09-231h 00DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Balance in RPGsEver feel like you're in a fight that there's no chance you can win? Maybe it's the dice betraying you or maybe it was a hint that you weren't supposed to pick that fight (yet or maybe ever). Balance in RPGs is an expectation that both players and GM need to communicate clearly during a session or campaign. Sometimes imbalanced encounters function as "gates" to areas you shouldn't explore yet, other times they're purposefully overwhelming but provide alternate win conditions or survival is the victory itself. Some games have designed "balance" in bestiaries, stat blocks, or just vague power lev...
2022-09-0952 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - DM PCsHave you ever played in an RPG campaign where the DM makes a character to be a member of the party? Were they mostly in the background or did they happen to always be the strongest, best, or have the best treasure? There are definitely wrong ways to do DM PCs, but we're here to talk about the ways to make them work for your game.
In this episode, we dive into a hot topic and come out the other side with maybe a surprising take! Amber's ready to brawl it out, and Rene has a ch...
2022-08-2652 minDMs After DarkHonor + Intrigue | Episode 1: Slow Dueling in a Burning VillaOut there in the vast expanse of ocean lie countless islands full of opportunity, treasures unclaimed, and mysteries waiting for fortunate, or maybe unfortunate, souls to come bring back into daylight...
100 years ago a French ship went missing - its crew and cargo assumed to be lost to time... until now. Recently, a survivor has been spending the gold long thought gone with that ship, and rumors are swirling about an island with more gold than you can spend in a lifetime left for the taking. The French and Spanish are already looking for clues, and...
2022-08-193h 10DMs After DarkI Have the High Ground One-ShotBefore it even starts, before a sword is swung, a blaster pulled, or punch thrown, the dramatic dance of words, taunts and snide remarks sets up that tension, the stakes, the honor on the line...
Welcome to our 2 player one-shot of Jess Levin (Jess from Online)'s wonderful new game I Have the High Ground, a wonderful collaborative game about banter, posturing, and capes in the moments that lead up to a confrontation.
Christian & Rene reprise their roles from the very first series we ever streamed, Dragomir and Jaoved from Troy's Sha...
2022-08-121h 29DMs After DarkHonor + Intrigue Character CreationYo ho! Ahoy! Arrgh ya landlubbers! Other vaguely piratey things to say!
Welcome to the Session 0 and Character Creation portion of our new series for Honor + Intrigue, a swashbuckling adventure RPG by Chris Rutkowsky, published by Basic Action Games. Jess will be running us through her first series and we have a lot of fun exploring this game system and building some pretty cool characters, if we do say so ourselves.
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2022-08-051h 40DMs After Dark1d6 | 1d4 - The DMies 1 Minute Preview EditionYou know what time it is! Chaos time courtesy of Sara's brain child 1d6 | 1d4!
For the first time we only have 1 minute each to talk about our topic, and this week's topic is...
Our first ever hopefully annual award show - The DMies! We're going full Hollywood and making a big ol' spectacle of ourselves to pat each other on the back, laugh about dumb stuff we've said on the internet, and occasionally actually compliment one another on awesome moments from our first year in streaming.
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2022-07-2915 minDMs After DarkPine Island One-ShotWell hello there campers! Welcome to Camp Pine Island, a wonderful little tract of wilderness you'll be exploring all summer long! Nothing at all is haunted, dangerous, or creepy at all, and the summer's going to be just peachy... right?
Thank you for checking out another installment of our one-shot shenanigans, this time with Rene running the DMs through he and Christian's original game Pine Island, a summer camp horror game using Caltrop Core, a d4 system by Lex Kim Bobrow and designed as part of DriveThruRPG's Pocket Quest game jam!
Joi...
2022-07-223h 17DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Resolution MechanicsRoll dice. Flip cards. Spend tokens. Pull the wooden block.
This episode of Modified Rolls breaks down the different types of resolution mechanics in roleplaying games and why they're important for providing a certain kind of experience. From the mathematics of probability underlying the success/failure ratio of games to the tactile aspect of cards (just ask Amber & Christian how they feel about cards), different mechanics just feel different and might be more or less appropriate for the game you're trying to play.
Disclaimer: Rene & Christian argued a little but it was al...
2022-07-1550 minDMs After DarkShort Order Apocalypse Advanced One-ShotWelcome to Hjem, we've got all things to make your house a Hjem... *sigh*...
In this one-shot between our Invisible Sun and upcoming Honor + Intrigue series, Sara runs us through Short Order Apocalypse Advanced by SaintBaileys on itch.io The game itself is available as Pay What You Want on Itch (https://saintbaileys.itch.io/), and is also featured in the Tiny Tome collection of short rules-light RPGs.
Christian, Jess, and Rene play as employees of a certain northern European based furniture store who have had enough of the retail grind an...
2022-07-082h 37DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Mining Media for Your RPGsI don't know about all of you out there in RPG podcast-land, but I'm a pretty typical millennial, binging TV series on streaming platforms and dealing with piles of books to-be-read that somehow just keep growing despite my best efforts. Well, what if I told you literally everything you ingest makes great building blocks for your RPGs?! Your in luck, because all you gotta do is a little bit of work and all your favorite things you wanna talk to your friends about but they haven't seen or read is gold for your games!
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2022-07-0140 minDMs After Dark[Bonus] Invisible Sun ReviewGreetings one more (but maybe not the last) time from the Actuality. Christian sits down with Rene and Sara to talk a little bit about his process prepping for and running Invisible Sun. We talk about the game from a design perspective, Christian's thought process for the concept of the Hollow Men and Elpada, and rates the game.
We hope to do more of these in the future following our series of games, and are working on a rating system to let you know our thoughts on the games we pick and play moving forward!
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2022-06-2722 minDMs After DarkInvisible Sun Finale - The Citadel of the Bornless OneIt started with dreams. Dreams of Shadow. Dreams of each of our characters' goals and desires. It, too, ends in dreams. The Deeps of Sleep hold the headquarters of the Hollow Men and the Bornless One plots to erase the very concept the young girl Elpada represents.
Bridget shows her true self. Darcian has a theory. Henri guides the crew through strange new planes. Istanbull guards his friends. Frey has a score to settle.
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2022-06-243h 21DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Playing Evil CharactersSo you wanna be the bad guy, huh? Well, not THE bad guy, but A bad guy. Maybe THE bad guy, I mean, who are we to tell you how your story's going to go? Before you do that, though, champ, let's discuss a few things about playing evil PCs in a tabletop game.
In this episode, the DMs discuss how to get the most out of playing evil characters in games that are traditionally team-based and heroic. There are plenty of great ways to play an evil character in an otherwise ensemble cast of good guys...
2022-06-1748 minDMs After DarkInvisible Sun | Episode 3 - Fallen Angels & Fading HairlinesEven upon waking from the Shadow and returning to the Actuality, there are dreams and there are nightmares...
The crew have strange dreams. Fray brings the group to a dangerous location. Henri almost makes a deal. Bridget tests the limits of her circles. Istanbull sees through and makes a wall. Darcian shows they can hold their own.
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2022-06-103h 18DMs After Dark1d6 | 1d4 - But What If We Ran Longer Games...Hello and welcome to the 2nd episode of 1d6 | 1d4, Sara's "chaos baby" of a podcast where 1d6 of the DMs sit down and talk about a topic for 1d4 minutes at a time.
This week, Sara is joined by Christian and Rene to ask the question: "What if we ran games longer than 3-4 sessions?"
Find out what games we want to run long-term and let us know if you think we should explore that in the future!
If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our...
2022-06-0323 minDMs After DarkInvisible Sun | Episode 2 - The Girl in the BoxWelcome back to the Actuality, our fellow vislae. So... that lecture didn't go as planned with the whole exploding snakes and dissolving vislae thing, but our PCs did manage to rescue the strange golden-eyed child Elpada from the strange terrorists. Where will they go and what will they learn?
Bridget & Darcian summon for help. Henri bonds with Elpada. Istanbull observes more than he lets on. Fray sees old friends in the shadows.
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2022-05-273h 22DMs After DarkModified Rolls - VillainsMuahahaha! You've come this far only to fall into our evil villain monologue! Now you must listen to us as we explain all of the things that weren't communicated throughout the campaign so you understand what it is you're actually defeating!
... Or... maybe your DM gave this episode a listen and realized that they need to sprinkle in details throughout that make the PCs feel like they actually understand the villain, their motive, their means, their goals, flaws, and fears. Maybe this villain is, in a way, relatable, or you can sympathize on a certain le...
2022-05-2052 minDMs After DarkInvisible Sun | Episode 1 - Lectures in LegacyGreetings from the Actuality... Our story begins around the city of Satyrine, where our PCs are all pulled like matter into a black hole to the Vance campus for a lecture from an eccentric researcher. For a variety of reasons (including the promise of good food, which, unfortunately, appears to have been a lie), the characters find themselves at the center of a mysterious attempted kidnapping.
Will they help? Can they help? And what will they learn? The answer to all of these is "barely any."
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2022-05-132h 49DMs After DarkModified Rolls - How to Write, Prep, and Run Homebrew CampaignsWhat a wonderful [insert the name of your made up fantasy word weekday analogue for Friday]! In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs talk about their experiences, advice, and ideas on all things homebrew campaigns. Whether it's an original story in an established universe (have you listened to our Modified Rolls about running games with Canon?) or an entirely original world of your (and hopefully your players') imagination, there are some things that will help homebrew games run smoothly.
While it can seem daunting, running a homebrew game can be one of the most fre...
2022-05-0650 minDMs After Dark(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - TroyIn our penultimate Meet the DMs, we meet the 2nd half of the Bot, the 2nd half of the gingers within DMs After Dark, and everyone's favorite corn-shuckin Iowan Troy!
Troy regales us with his history of roleplaying which goes back to him in 2nd grade making up stories with a D&D 3.5e PHB! He talks about the power of RPGs, his love and involvement with Studio Agate's Shadows of Esteren, which was the first game we ever played on stream, and how it's shaped his life.
We also promise, he's a great dad d...
2022-05-0254 minDMs After DarkInvisible Sun | Session 0 & Character CreationWelcome back from the Shadow, our fellow Vislae, take a stroll and reacquaint yourself with ... the Actuality.
In this session zero for Monte Cook's Invisible Sun, Christian does his best to herd the cats that are the other DMs as we navigate the complex terminology and incredibly surreal world of Invisible Sun. The DMs sit at computers in the Shadow (our Earth world simulation) to create a crew of vislae (beings of magic) back in the Actuality (the waking real world everyone we know is totally running from in a dream), and we make a few...
2022-04-292h 37DMs After Dark(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - AmberIn this installment of our interview series, Meet the DMs, we learn all about one half of our librarians and one half of what we affectionately call the Bot (along with her brother Troy), Amber. Rene interviews her about her history with RPGs, how she's turned her love of the hobby into part of her career, and all of the amazing things she believes games can do. She's by far the most professional of the DMs After Dark, and we really owe the entire endeavor to her efforts at our local library, which brought us together as a group....
2022-04-2546 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - How to Prep & Run Published Adventures (Modules, APs, Campaigns, etc.)We're back with another episode of Modified Rolls, continuing our little run of "How to Prep & Run [Blank]." Last episode talked about the wonderful world of one-shots, the stress-free experimentation station of RPGs. This time, we're going bigger - the published stuff. That's right, you bought a big written adventure and you're going to run your friends through an epic tale and all the good stuff is right there in that book, right?
... Hopefully! But we're here to help make sure you'll take the extra steps, ignore the unnecessary ones, and be skipping in tandem with...
2022-04-2256 minDMs After Dark(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - SaraGood morning, afternoon, and/or evening, and welcome back to another deep dive into the DMs as we continue our Meet the DMs series with an interview of Sara by Christian.
Sara regales her journey in RPGs starting from the amazing 1st Edition D&D game with her grandfather and family, her long and storied history with Pathfinder's Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, one-shots and her work with the library, and how she fell into and found her GM style through the years.
If you want to see Sara's skills behind the screen, check...
2022-04-1856 minDMs After DarkGood Society Episode 3 (Finale) - Letters, Ledgers, and Forbidden PleasuresThank you for joining us for the final installment of Good Society, the Jane Austen RPG from Storybrewers Roleplaying. In this dramatic finale, horses will race, hearts will break, and fortunes will be on the line.
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2022-04-153h 08DMs After Dark(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - ChristianWelcome back to Meet the DMs, our interview style series where we sit down with one another and ask the hard-hitting questions, get real deep and introspective and... or just talk about what we love about RPGs and what led us to this wild endeavor we call DMs After Dark!
In this episode, Jess interviews Christian, the elder among the DMs, and he regales us with tales from the beforetimes of RPGs. Joking aside, he shares his humble origins (RIP the 1e Thief), love of comics (leading to Mutants & Masterminds), and his experiences running, playing, an...
2022-04-1152 minDMs After DarkState of the DMs 2022Hello all you listeners of what we've been referring to as the After Dark Army (let us know if you like the term or not), join us for a little look behind the screen of our first 9 months of streaming and podcasting. Christian, Jess, and Rene briefly discuss what we've learned so far, how we're doing our best to improve quality of our episodes both from a roleplaying game experience for you to watch and listen, but also all the technical stuff that goes into livestreaming, audio and video editing, and creating fun, engaging, interactive posts on our social m...
2022-04-0823 minDMs After Dark(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - ReneHello everyone, a quick little bonus episode for you to kick off this week, something we've been wanting to do since much, much earlier in our existence - an interview-style little blurb where we discuss our journeys as DMs/GMs and all things gaming.
In this first episode Troy sits down with Rene and asks him about what got him into the hobby (and who, because that just happened to be Troy) and what's taken him to where he is, why does he hate 5e so much, and a few little personal details sprinkled in t...
2022-04-0449 minDMs After DarkOur God Is Dead One-ShotCome, all ye faithful, to the annual festival of the turning, a time of goodbyes and new beginnings, when our goddess The Hourglass is sure to renew all in our lives and nothing at all is wrong or anything... Seriously, we've been talking, she's good... She, uh, told me to enjoy the pope corn and pay the tithes and ... bless ... uh oh.
Welcome to another one-shot, this time playing Jordan Palmer & Murder Publishing's Our God Is Dead, a hilarious rules-light game with a built-in 3 act structure sure to go horribly, horribly wrong. We play clerics, pr...
2022-04-012h 06DMs After DarkModified Rolls - How To Prep & Run One-ShotsOn this week's Modified Rolls, the DMs After Dark go over one of their favorite things to do: run one-shots. The less-stressful one-night-stands of RPGs are a great way to dip your toes into the DM's seat, offer up an alternative style game amidst a long-term campaign, or just goof on being ridiculous characters in a no-consequences zone. From running published one-shots from the indie RPG community, writing your own one-shots based on your own ideas, or winging it with one-page or rules-light RPGs you get from bundles that you're buying every other week or so at this point (not...
2022-03-2541 minDMs After DarkOne-Page One-Shot - Grandma ClubWelcome to Pineapple Falls - a nice, relaxing retirement community in sunny Florida, where absolutely nothing ever gets weird or flipped upside down (if you know what we mean). At least, not under the reign of Homeowner's Association President Carol, who's turned this place from its rowdy past to a respectable retreat for senior citizens. However, Carol's recent decisions are rubbing some of the grandmas the wrong way, and you know how those Floridians get when they're worked up - they make some wild headlines.
In this little one-shot we play Third Country Press' one-page RPG...
2022-03-182h 16DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Play. More. Games. (Please)On this week's Modified Rolls, the DMs After Dark finally talk about what is, essentially, our mission statement as a gaming group putting things on the interwebz - Why you should PLAY. MORE. GAMES. And by that we mean play different RPG systems. Every new game you play offers an opportunity to experience a new kind of story, to learn other methods of storytelling, understand different resolution mechanics, play characters you can't normally play because of genre-defined roles, you name it! We firmly believe that roleplaying games are way more than just games, they are places to experiment with you...
2022-03-1157 minDMs After DarkGood Society Episode 2 - Everything’s Coming Up PaulGood day and salutations, my fine fellow members of Good Society, and welcome to the visitation episode before the grand finale. In this episode, the DMs pay visits (make calls in the parlance of the era) to one another and scheme, sleaze, and schmooze their way deeper into drama as the Harvest Festival ramps up to a climactic finish.
Unfortunately, it will be a month before we finish the story, as Sara is a professional and has a conference to attend. Good Society will conclude on March 25th live on our Twitch and be uploaded to...
2022-03-042h 57DMs After Dark1d6 | 1d4 (New Show!) - Favorite PCs So Far!Welcome to a new mini-show idea from the mind of our own DM Sara, a short little podcast where [[1d6]] members of the DMs After Dark crew talk about a chosen topic for [[1d4]] minutes each. These episodes will be brief little informal discussions mostly just us chatting about random things in our experiences as fledgling streamers, podcasters, and long-time gamers. Hopefully, if we're any good at what we do, there may be some nuggets of wisdom in there, too!
This first episode of 1d6 | 1d4 was recorded with Sara, Christian, Jess, and Rene, and we discussed so...
2022-02-2528 minDMs After DarkGood Society Episode 1 - Frivolity & FoolerySirs, Madams, and all other gentlefolk, we are please to have you joining us for another episode of the Jane Austen RPG Good Society. We here at the DMs After Dark are loving the system, the story that is coming together under the expert guidance of our Storyteller Sara, and hope that you'll enjoy listening as the people of our small English village come together to celebrate the harvest. Romance, drama, tension, and a circus are all sure to grab you by your lapels and lace for a wild ride. We are honored to be your very humble servants.
2022-02-182h 30DMs After DarkModified Rolls - How To Be A Better Player Than Any Of UsIn this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss what makes a good player in an RPG group despite none of us really being qualified if you've listened to any of our Twitch streams. But, as we are all DMs, we do know what we like in players at our tables, so we attempt to offer up some advice to people looking to get into roleplaying games, newer or inexperienced players, or even veterans who may not have thought of what our crazy brains cook up when we start rambling. Key take-away points include leaning into your flaws, biting t...
2022-02-1137 minDMs After DarkGood Society | Session 0 & Character CreationGood day, sirs and madams, and welcome to the first session of Good Society, the Jane Austen RPG that Sara's been gushing about since, well, since she first encountered it.
We are super excited to dive into the world of Regency-Era England and play through this undoubtedly romantic, dramatic, and (the DMs After Dark guarantee) raucous series of all things proper.
In this episode we go through the very collaborative process of character creation for Good Society, which involves making NPCs tied to your characters that will be played by the other players! Very cool i...
2022-02-042h 09DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Romance in RPGsOur second Modified Rolls episode of 2022 leading up to (yes, really this time) our Good Society series to start off the year with class and juicy drama is all about Romance! No matter what game you're playing, what genre you enjoy, or what you're into, most games will brush up against some PC / NPC or even PC / PC romantic tension. How do you do this at the table without making it awkward? How do you do it so it's rewarding but not gratuitous or pointless? These are the things we discuss in our episode today.
Have you eve...
2022-01-2851 minDMs After DarkRac-CON Save Crew - 3 Raccoons In A Trench Coat One-ShotHello and sorry for the delay on the podcast, we hired out some freelancers to edit the episode and they sent the following excuse via handwritten message on a discarded fast food burger wrapper:
"Peeplz, we ragert to anform u dat 3 raccoonz in tranchcote be late in getting posted today on pudcast for u laufs. Is due to peeplz beeing bzy and totlly not becaz we is 3 racoonz in Tranchcote. We iz a people, Promiz."
We will not be going through their agency again.
Change of plans! As winter brings colds a...
2022-01-222h 05DMs After DarkBonus - 2022 Resolutions & Random ThoughtsFor our first stream of 2022, we decided to hop on and just chat about the first few months of DMs After Dark as a group, turning our hobby into a stream, and, technically, celebrating our one-year anniversary of gaming together in one way or another.
We briefly discuss our goals for 2022, as well as talk about our favorite moments thus far, games we're looking forward to running soon, and ways we can embarrass ourselves for your continued support.
Just a simple bonus episode before we dive into our next games.
Clarification - Multiple ti...
2022-01-1450 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - Gender in RPGsIn the first Modified Rolls episode of 2022, we talk about gender as it's represented in RPGs! This is NOT a deep dive into the mistakes that have been made over the decades, but rather a discussion about strides that have been made in RPG game design lately and our opinions on why we like playing genders not our own.
When you make characters, do you prefer playing the gender you identify as, another gender, or change it up regularly? Let us know!
Content Warning: Rene after a few Margaritas, Shattering the Patriarchy, Balls & Boo...
2022-01-0744 minDMs After Dark‘Twas Christmas One-ShotHappy Holidays and to a happy new year!
Jess's first time running a game for the DMs is our 2021 holiday one-shot and our last stream of the year. The game is 'Twas - The Roleplaying Game Before Christmas and our player DMs assume the roles of toys tasked with saving Christmas from something threatening to take over Santa's operation! Will the toys be able to stop this powerful figure? Will they get consent before roasting chestnuts in a nutcracker's mouth? Listen and find out!
What's your favorite take on a Christmas or holiday-themed game / session / expe...
2021-12-242h 23DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Running Games For Younger PlayersHello and happy holidays to all of you out in podcast land! The DMs are back with a short one this week discussing how to approach running games when your players are a bit younger than your average group. We discuss session length, different dice systems, learning moments, reinforcing good behavior, and, as always, give recommendations for good RPGs aimed at younger players.
Have you ever played with younger players? What's your best advice, story, or lesson learned?
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2021-12-1737 minDMs After DarkAvatar Legends: Session 2 - The Fight for the Earthen Fire RefineryAvatar Aang and friends have come together to end the Hundred Year War and stop Fire Lord Ozai's campaign to impose Fire Nation rule on the Four Nations. With the Air Nomads effectively wiped out, Avatar Aang and crew decide to build a new place in the world where all are welcome to cooperate and work toward a future where everyone comes together for a greater cause. They choose the coastal village of Cranefish Town on the western shores of the Earth Kingdom to eventually become what will be known as Republic City.
In the third and fi...
2021-12-102h 25DMs After DarkThe DMs After Dark Holiday RPG Buying GuideJust in time for that wonderful time of year where you're worrying about what to get who and what you're going to do with the gifts you'll undoubtedly never use, we've got some recommendations for games that may be what you're looking to play in 2022!
Christian, Rene, and Sara gush over their favorite games within multiple genres, available and upcoming, to get you hyped up for some new tabletop roleplaying games to line your shelves.
Tell us some games you're looking forward to playing or games you'd like to watch us play!
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2021-12-0347 minDMs After DarkAvatar: Legends - Session 1: Corruption in Cranefish TownAir. Water. Earth. Fire.
Avatar Aang and friends have come together to end the Hundred Year War and stop Fire Lord Ozai's campaign to impose Fire Nation rule on the Four Nations. With the Air Nomads effectively wiped out, Avatar Aang and crew decide to build a new place in the world where all are welcome to cooperate and work toward a future where everyone comes together for a greater cause. They choose the coastal village of Cranefish Town on the western shores of the Earth Kingdom to eventually become what will be known as Republic City....
2021-11-262h 37DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Running Games With CanonIn this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss their ideas and approaches to running games in popular fictional worlds with established lore. From Disney, Pokemon, Avatar, and Conan to middle age book series and, technically, even Dungeons & Dragons itself, the DMs break down ways to make sure your games don't feel like second rate stories in beloved worlds.
Have you ever played or run a game in an established universe? How was your experience and how far from the source material did you stray? Let us know!
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2021-11-1953 minDMs After DarkAvatar: Legends - Session 0 & Character CreationAir. Water. Earth. Fire.
Avatar Aang and friends have come together to end the Hundred Year War and stop Fire Lord Ozai's campaign to impose Fire Nation rule on the Four Nations. With the Air Nomads effectively wiped out, Avatar Aang and crew decide to build a new place in the world where all are welcome to cooperate and work toward a future where everyone comes together for a greater cause. They choose the coastal village of Cranefish Town on the western shores of the Earth Kingdom to eventually become what will be known as Republic City....
2021-11-132h 49DMs After DarkKids on Bikes Halloween-ish One-ShotThe last in our October spooky horror & (not-so-horrific) Halloween one-shot series here at DMs After Dark sees the DMs playing Renegade Game Studios' Kids on Bikes, a nostalgic tabletop RPG where the players assume the roles of kids, teens, and adults in small towns experiencing strange happenings. Reminiscent of 80s movies like The Goonies, the 90s' Hocus Pocus, and, more recently, series like Stranger Things, Kids on Bikes really does a lot to nail the genre in a rules-light, fun game.
This session takes place in the fictional New England town of Monadnock, New Hampshire, and pulls t...
2021-11-053h 14DMs After DarkBluebeard‘s Breakdown BonusThe DMs (& Deb!) discuss their experience playing Bluebeard's Bride and cope with the incredible tone and terror set upon them by Amber! I don't think any of the players slept much after this episode, and it's a testament to how well written and designed this game is. Hopefully you enjoy our suffering and can take something away for your own game of Bluebeard's! Stay disloyal, DMs.
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2021-10-2921 minDMs After DarkBluebeard‘s Bride One-ShotContinuing our horror-themed October one-shot series, DM Amber runs the group through the feminine horror game Bluebeard's Bride by Whitney “Strix” Beltrán, Marissa Kelly, and Sarah Richardson published by Magpie Games. The group (and our first special guest appearance from friend of the show Deb) play the various aspects of one person - Bluebeard's Bride, a simple woman newly wed to the mysterious, powerful man. Join us as we explore his manor and uncover secrets about Bluebeard and the bride herself.
Content Warning - This episode is very open about many themes and subjects that can...
2021-10-293h 26DMs After DarkModified Rolls - How to Run MysteryIn this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss how to make those tricky mysteries that pop up in games work! We talk about how mysteries can be implemented into whatever genre you like to run, how to avoid leading your characters on a set of rails, flexing your improv muscles, and, as always, share our favorite games for running mystery series. Sara even pitches an amazing idea for a new game!
Have you had any experiences solving epic mysteries in your roleplaying games? Tell us about it and how your characters cracked open the case.
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2021-10-2249 minDMs After DarkMothership - DM DebriefIn this quick little bonus episode, Christian gives us a behind-the-screen look at how he approached his scenario for our Mothership one-shot. He discusses his take on the system, his inspirations, and hopefully gives advice you can use if you want to run Mothership in the future!
Find out more about Mothership and their upcoming Kickstarter here.
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2021-10-1505 minDMs After DarkMothership One-ShotThe first in our October spooky horror & Halloween themed one-shots, Christian runs us through a scenario of Tuesday Knight Games' space horror survival RPG Mothership. Follow the crew as they investigate an unresponsive research vessel out in the reaches of space and visit a solar system orbiting a red giant that may have once held life...
Find out more about Mothership and their upcoming Kickstarter here.
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2021-10-153h 18DMs After DarkShadows of Esteren - Bonus Crew ReviewA quick (and, admittedly overdue) chat about our experience with our first ever DMs After Dark series with Shadows of Esteren! The DMs talk about what they liked about the system, how the game captures the setting and themes of the world of Esteren, and look forward to more in the future.
Shadows of Esteren is a Celtic horror RPG published by Studio Agate, learn more and try it for yourself, let us know how it goes!
Join us every other Friday on Twitch where we'll be playing through our collection of RPGs in short serie...
2021-10-1517 minDMs After DarkModified Rolls - How to Run Horror GamesIn this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss how to approach running horror games at the table. We talk about how using language is key in the horror genre, how to strike fear into the hearts of your players, and the mechanics that make horror games work so well. Amber, Christian, and for the first time, Troy all weigh in with their experience, while Jess, Sara, and Rene frantically take notes and learn. Rene, specifically, exhibits his innocent cluelessness about everything horror.
Do you have a favorite horror RPG? Tell us about it and share your sto...
2021-10-0850 minDMs After DarkShadows of Esteren - Session 2: Into the ChasmThe third and final episode in our Shadows of Esteren Twitch actual play series involves our Esteren adventurers descending into the caverns beneath Carmine Chasm, a blood red, moss-covered crevasse from where nothing good ever comes. The injured expedition guide for the missing crew provides more moral quandaries for the group, and things are never what they seem. Will our heroes find the missing crew? Will they live to make it out of the Chasm? Join us and find out!
Shadows of Esteren is a Celtic horror RPG published by Studio Agate, learn more and try it...
2021-10-012h 45DMs After DarkShadows of Esteren - Session 1: The Magience JobThe second episode in our Shadows of Esteren Twitch actual play series sees the group of adventurers coming together to investigate a missing expedition crew sent off by the College of Magience to investigate the blood red canyon that is The Carmine Chasm. What will our crew find in this mysterious location, and will any of them live to tell the tale?
Shadows of Esteren is a Celtic horror RPG published by Studio Agate, learn more and try it for yourself, let us know how it goes!
Join us every other Friday on Twit...
2021-09-242h 31DMs After DarkModified Rolls - Character DeathIn this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs discuss what to do when a player character meets their demise. We share stories from our tables, examples of how different games approach character death, and offer alternative consequences that may be (and often are) more interesting and narratively rewarding for the game.
Have any stories about epic PC deaths, sad stories about character loss, or similar? Message us on social media and let's chat about it!
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2021-09-1759 minDMs After DarkShadows of Esteren - Character CreationIn the first episode of our Shadows of Esteren actual play streaming series, we go through a Session 0 and create our characters together. If you're curious about Shadows of Esteren as a system, we go in depth about the world, lore, and roles within the game as we create the party we'll be taking through Troy's adventure!
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Mòr Forsair from Of Men and Obscurities; Composed and arranged by Delphine Bois. Production : Benjamin Torval; Available at: https://esteren.bandcamp.com/album/of-men-and-obscurities
Down the River from Adeliane; Composed by Franç...
2021-09-102h 39DMs After DarkModified Rolls - How To Run A Session 0Welcome to the first episode of our brand new podcast series we're calling Modified Rolls, where the DMs discuss common design elements throughout tabletop roleplaying games. We compare and contrast how different game systems approach these topics, give advice on how and when to use certain tools, and share our experiences using them in our own games.
Our first episode is about how we approach a Session 0 to set up a satisfying campaign for our players. We define what a Session 0 is, give advice for GMs and players as they go into their own session 0s, share our...
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