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The Dunshelm PlayersWhen Five Tribes Go to War - Part 4Season Finale
The fourth era of the Dungeon Of Deceit is imminent, and it is a time of change; the Dungeon is growing fast and far beyond its old boundaries, while some of the mightiest of its occupants, both light and dark, are coming into conflict. When old alliances are broken by treachery and greed, fresh alliances are formed as new protagonists emerge, until five distinct factions – four of them forces for evil and only one of them a force for good – take shape. Of these, it is the faction controlled by the sorceress Malice that takes the i...
2019-09-2028 min
The Dunshelm PlayersWhen Five Tribes Go to War - Part 3 Part 3 of 4.
The fourth era of the Dungeon Of Deceit is imminent, and it is a time of change; the Dungeon is growing fast and far beyond its old boundaries, while some of the mightiest of its occupants, both light and dark, are coming into conflict. When old alliances are broken by treachery and greed, fresh alliances are formed as new protagonists emerge, until five distinct factions – four of them forces for evil and only one of them a force for good – take shape. Of these, it is the faction controlled by the sorceress Malice that takes the in...
2019-09-1330 min
The Dunshelm PlayersWhen Five Tribes Go to War - Part 2Part 2 of 4.
The fourth era of the Dungeon Of Deceit is imminent, and it is a time of change; the Dungeon is growing fast and far beyond its old boundaries, while some of the mightiest of its occupants, both light and dark, are coming into conflict. When old alliances are broken by treachery and greed, fresh alliances are formed as new protagonists emerge, until five distinct factions – four of them forces for evil and only one of them a force for good – take shape. Of these, it is the faction controlled by the sorceress Malice that takes the i...
2019-09-0633 min
The Dunshelm PlayersWhen Five Tribes Go to War - Part 1Part 1 of 4.
The fourth era of the Dungeon Of Deceit is imminent, and it is a time of change; the Dungeon is growing fast and far beyond its old boundaries, while some of the mightiest of its occupants, both light and dark, are coming into conflict. When old alliances are broken by treachery and greed, fresh alliances are formed as new protagonists emerge, until five distinct factions – four of them forces for evil and only one of them a force for good – take shape. Of these, it is the faction controlled by the sorceress Malice that takes the i...
2019-08-3028 min
The Dunshelm PlayersYes, Dungeon Master A new Dungeon Master has been elected to the border keep of Dunshelm, and he has a very profound item on his starting agenda; reform. He plans to streamline the way that the castle is run. In particular, he wants to reduce the size of its staff and payroll budget. However, it does not take him long to discover that his agenda will face a lot of opposition from within the castle itself, and that includes opposition from officials who are well-placed to scupper his ideas.
Treguard Myatt - Russell “Ruzl” Odoni
Sir Hordriss T Appleby...
2019-08-2351 minThe Dunshelm PlayersKnightmare TodayOriginally published 25/12/2007
As 2007 is the twentieth anniversary year of the Greater Game, we’ve put together a little comedy vignette. Part-based on the Greater Game, but really parodying the old History Today sketches by Newman And Baddiel from the early-90’s, we (not-altogether) proudly present KM-Today, a highbrow discussion of the most sophisticated intellectual rigour, stimulating critical fervour, and mature, in-depth, controversial analysis.
Oh yes, and lots of bum gags.
Small disclaimer: Let us stress that this is a very, very rough recording, and the mixing was a bit of a hack job, so p...
2019-08-0916 minThe Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - The Missing Scene One of the scenes that was cut from an early draft of the script has been produced as a one-off sketch, originally released for Xmas/New Year 2015 – fitting, as it was the tenth anniversary year of recording the original play. The scene was removed because it was felt to be slowing the story down to little positive effect, but it has now been fully redrafted, extended, recorded and mixed as a separate audio file.
Whether the scene is considered ‘canon’ is entirely up to the listeners to decide for themselves; it is still the opinion of the writers...
2019-08-0211 min
The Dunshelm PlayersWhen Five Tribes go to War - TrailerTrailer.
The fourth era of the Dungeon Of Deceit is imminent, and it is a time of change; the Dungeon is growing fast and far beyond its old boundaries, while some of the mightiest of its occupants, both light and dark, are coming into conflict. When old alliances are broken by treachery and greed, fresh alliances are formed as new protagonists emerge, until five distinct factions – four of them forces for evil and only one of them a force for good – take shape. Of these, it is the faction controlled by the sorceress Malice that takes the initi...
2019-07-2702 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Part 5 Season Finale
Links between the Twentieth Century and the era of the Dungeon have been dormant for several years, but the civil war between ‘The Powers-That-Be’ and ‘The Opposition’ continues. Caught between the two forces in the conflict are the Grey Sisterhood, now resident in the new colony of Ambrohame.
Desperate to renew her people’s dwindling powers, the Witch Queen Greystagg sends an emissary, Heggatty, to seek out new sources of witch amber. During her mission, Heggatty is attacked by the Opposition, and needs Treguard and Stiletta to come to her aid.
Caught in a...
2019-07-1904 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Part 4 Part 4 of 5.
Links between the Twentieth Century and the era of the Dungeon have been dormant for several years, but the civil war between ‘The Powers-That-Be’ and ‘The Opposition’ continues. Caught between the two forces in the conflict are the Grey Sisterhood, now resident in the new colony of Ambrohame.
Desperate to renew her people’s dwindling powers, the Witch Queen Greystagg sends an emissary, Heggatty, to seek out new sources of witch amber. During her mission, Heggatty is attacked by the Opposition, and needs Treguard and Stiletta to come to her aid.
Caught in a...
2019-07-1222 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Part 3 Part 3 of 5.
Links between the Twentieth Century and the era of the Dungeon have been dormant for several years, but the civil war between ‘The Powers-That-Be’ and ‘The Opposition’ continues. Caught between the two forces in the conflict are the Grey Sisterhood, now resident in the new colony of Ambrohame.
Desperate to renew her people’s dwindling powers, the Witch Queen Greystagg sends an emissary, Heggatty, to seek out new sources of witch amber. During her mission, Heggatty is attacked by the Opposition, and needs Treguard and Stiletta to come to her aid.
Caught in a...
2019-07-0520 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Part 2 Part 2 of 5.
Links between the Twentieth Century and the era of the Dungeon have been dormant for several years, but the civil war between ‘The Powers-That-Be’ and ‘The Opposition’ continues. Caught between the two forces in the conflict are the Grey Sisterhood, now resident in the new colony of Ambrohame.
Desperate to renew her people’s dwindling powers, the Witch Queen Greystagg sends an emissary, Heggatty, to seek out new sources of witch amber. During her mission, Heggatty is attacked by the Opposition, and needs Treguard and Stiletta to come to her aid.
Caught in a...
2019-06-2813 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Part 1 of 5Links between the Twentieth Century and the era of the Dungeon have been dormant for several years, but the civil war between ‘The Powers-That-Be’ and ‘The Opposition’ continues. Caught between the two forces in the conflict are the Grey Sisterhood, now resident in the new colony of Ambrohame.
Desperate to renew her people’s dwindling powers, the Witch Queen Greystagg sends an emissary, Heggatty, to seek out new sources of witch amber. During her mission, Heggatty is attacked by the Opposition, and needs Treguard and Stiletta to come to her aid.
Caught in a situation where comb...
2019-06-2113 min
The Dunshelm PlayersFamous For Retreating - Trailer
WELCOME to the home of the Dunshelm Players Podcast. Previously known as the KM-RAmDram team, we are a drama/storytelling group dedicated to reviving the profile of Knightmare, a classic TV gameshow created by Tim Child in the 1980s.
Knightmare was interactive fiction played out on television; a computer game in a chromakey studio, with the part of the game avatar being taken up by the image of a human contestant superimposed on the chambers of a computer-generated dungeon, a dark, deadly realm of magic and monsters. The series attracted audiences in excess of five m...
2019-06-1603 min