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Episode 43: Assassin
In space, forces move against Miria, and an old friend falls into peril… This episode was created entirely in response to a prompt from the Mythic Game Master Emulator and introduces two new characters. Just in time for Halloween, this epis
Swords Against Madness presents Red Bay
Fear. Isolation. Discover. This is Red Bay Red Bay is an anthology of found footage horror stories by Brian Rideout and Jon Cohen made using the Red Bay writing tool by Jon Cohen. Red Bay is intended for mature audiences. Listener discretio
Episode 42: Hall of the Dead
Miria and Kale navigate the City of the Dead, Duat-Nar hoping to find their lost companions. They find much more than they bargained for, including blood, redemption, and strange secrets. This Episode was Swords & Wizardry at its most enter
Episode 41: Stygia
Miria and Kale tell stories to fight off the numbing effects of the land of the dead as they search for one of the Demenses where the recently passed await judgement. In a flashback, Silas, Tom, and Tina delve one of Yanghu’s dungeons seeki
Episode 40: In the Land of the Dead Goddess
A summary of Episodes 31-39 Swords Against Madness episode 40 is a summary of the plot from episodes 31 through 39. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main plot-line. Music in this Epi
Episode 39: California
California 1974: four friends make a strange discovery while star-gazing that kicks off a strange journey across space and time that intersects with Miria’s own journey. The story of three teens in San Benito County, California that discove
Episode 38: Elemental
<p>Crossing the Ashlands of Muspellsheim, Miria and Kale face a being far beyond their ability to fight... </p> <p>Voice Talent:<br /> Jon Cohen plays The All-Knowing in this Episode.</p> <p>Music on this Episode:</p> <p>From the Free Music
Episode 37: Warships
<p>Miria and Kale begin a perilous journey through Ice, Fire, and Eternal skies to rescue their fallen friends.</p>
Episode 36: Detour
<p>Miria goes deep within her mind to commune with the All-Knowing and prepare herself for a dangerous journey.</p>
Episode 35: A Gateway to the Stars
We turn our attention to Yanghu as he hunts for those who had meddled with his Gorum and Carver tech. This session was played extemporaneously using Swords & Wizardry and the Mythic Game Master Emulator. Sometimes you just want to play the
Episode 34: Crocodile
Edryk, Miria, and Kale face a terrifying onslaught on the dismal beaches of Abzû. This game sues the crocodile stats from Swords & Wizardry, It also delves pretty deep into the Dungeons & Dragons theory of the Soul that was made central to
Episode 33: Abzu
Miria, Kale, & Edryk cross the shimmering plane of Amber, and then into the darkness of Abzû, beset on all sides by monsters and mysteries. This episode includes a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster: the Aurumvorax, reproduced here based on
Episode 32: Cruel
Miria contemplates her past as she, Edryk, and Kale cross the Divine Seed of Amber, a place of beauty, perfection, and cruelty. This episode draws its inspiration from the setting of the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, one of the top
Episode 31: Where Time & Space Don’t Really Matter
Miria, Edryk, Kale, The All-Knowing, and the Squid set sail across the Astral plane and discover that it is anything but empty. This episode uses a mix of planar travel rules found in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e, an
Episode 30: Strange Journeys
A summary of Episodes 21-29. Swords Against Madness episode 30 is a summary of the plot from episodes 21 through 29. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main plot-line. Cast This episod
Bonus: Bullets Against Madness 1: Wahpettons
This is a special bonus episode of Swords Against Madness featuring my new TTRPG, Undeadwood: Weird West RPG. Follow the Lost Soul Carson Swift, as he tries to help a bounty hunter track down a stolen item, only to be dragged into a battle
Episode 29: Wizard Wagon
Miria, Edryk, and Kale finally reach the place where the All-Knowing believes there is a means to travel to the planes. The object they discover is far stranger than anything they could have imagined. In this session I reference the amazing
Episode 28: Friend
The party may have destroyed the Dread Silkworm, a half-giant-caterpillar-half-god monster… but there are still more creatures devouring the juju garden, and a mission to fulfill. This episode opens with rounds 8-14 of a brutal gruelling ba
Episode 27: Silkworm
The party attempts to help the Nilkin clear the Ravenous Caterpillars from their sacred garden, only to find the threat is much greater than anyone anticipated. Mythic Game Master Emulator throws a number of crazy curve-balls at the PCs thi
Episode 26: The Nilkin
The Party joins the mysterious wild halflings, the Nilkin, in their village in hopes that the local shaman might be able to help them find the planar travel device. The Nilkin are not as firendly as they might seem, and have a dangerous tas
Episode 25: The Devouring Wilderness
Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, & Kale brave the untamed norther jungles of Nar, to find that the wilderness itself seems to hunger for them… This episode features a reinterpretation of the Vine Horror from the epic Dungeon Crawl Classic RPG (h
Episode 24: The Pirate’s Tale
With the help of the All-Knowing, Miria delves into the terrors of Haalu’s mind to learn more about the cruel and enigmatic Master. This episode includes an encounter with a monster that in Swords and Wizardry is referred to as a Carrion Wo
Episode 23: The Surgeon’s Tale
The Miria, Edryk, Berle, Raxon, and Kale have their showdown with Haalu; we explore a piece of Edryk’s past, where it crosses with doctor Haidran. This episode includes my quick and dirty rules for fighting manoeuvres in OSR games: • Roll y
Episode 22: Spiders & Flies
The party makes a narrow escape. Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, and Kale secretly prepare for treachery. This episode includes an encounter with a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster that isn’t included in Swords & Wizardry: the Phase Spider. T
Episode 21: Conspiracy
Miria and Edryk recruit new followers and head into the jungle, but discover that one of their own party is plotting against the rest… Episode 21 begins a fresh hex crawl with 3 additional PCs: • Berle a human fighter. • Raxon, a human figh
Episode 20: Desperate Measures
A summary of Episodes 11-19. Swords Against Madness episode 20 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main plot-line. Come and find yo
Episode 19: Lamentation
Miria & Edryk return to Nar with the All-Knowing and another pile of treasure. The All-Knowing reveals a path forward, but will the people of Nar trust Miria enough to risk more lives to help her? Apologies for the delay! This episode is co
Episode 18: Alien
Miria and Edryk face a terrifying trap and life-altering choices push on to the deepest chambers of the Fane of the All-Knowing. In this episode Miria and Edryk narrowly escape a trap that borrows its inspiration from the AD&D2e spell Maxim
Episode 17: Villainy
While Miria & Edryk face a deadly trap, The Master & his acolyte Halu conspire to murder Miria, and Yanghu extracts a bloody revenge on the crew of the pirate ship Xur. This epsiode uses a ship layout diagram from Cepheus Deluxe as its dung
Episode 16: Rupture
Note: Due to an error, this entry originally pointed to episode 14. This has been fixed and the correct episode should now play. In the aftermath of the battle in orbit over Orbos, space pirate comb the hulk of the Ko-Dan for treasure. Miri
