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Episode 286 - Aftermath - is live!

With Kyuss dead, what lies in the future for the Slayers?

In an extended ep, we tie up some loose ends and leave others open. We look back over the AP, run through your questions, and look forward to the future of the pod.

Listen now!👇

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring questions, answers, the past, and the future.

Confused? It’s time to catch up!👇

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The final showdown. Buggie is engulfed. Parker and Quethos squabble over the Eye. Lashonna rises up to join the fight.

5e is fun over 20 levels.

Paizo produce great adventures.

Editing is a ton of work.

Having people listen and interact is a blast.

Playing rpgs with old friends is the best.

5/5

Last week, after six and a half years, we finished (finished!) the Age of Worms.

And today, 284 shows and 200,000 downloads later, we released our final episode (until the next thing)

What did we learn?

4/5

And to encourage ourselves to finally finish something, we decided to record our sessions, edit them, and - in a startling move for a bunch of Gen X men - release them as a podcast. We had no idea how to do that and it showed.

We released ep1 on 6th December 2019.

3/5

In the summer of 2019 we thought we would try the Age of Worms adventure path from the old Dungeon magazine. We decided to convert from 3e to 5e and see how 5e played over 20 levels..

2/5

Our group has been playing rpgs since school in the late 70s. In all that time we never really finished any long campaigns. We loved trying new things, new systems, new adventures. We once got close to finishing Runelords.

🧵 1/5

Pixels?! 😆

Episode 285 - Is This the End? - is live!

It could actually be the end.!

Lashonna joins the fight as the Slayers face the final reckoning!

Listen now, courageous completists!👇

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring spectral nooses, taunty powers, and prayers of absolution.

Bewildered? It’s time to catch up!👇

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Yes but which? Post-pub?

Goldeneye or Skyfall?

Readers! We’re getting reeeaaally close to the end of the Age of Worms, and planning a wrap-up/post-mortem chat about the adventure. Any questions you want us to cover?

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Episode 284 - Don’t Sphere the Reaper - is live!

We are deep into the final showdown with the Wormgod. Kyuss is almost at full strength. Can the Slayers find the means to his destruction?

Listen now, end-of-level bosses!
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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring wheezing, general drippage, and a handle with a prong on the end.

Confused? It’s time to catch up!👇

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Tonight we play…

Shadowdark!

Johnny hasn’t bought a new dice since 1978.

This is why we do it! Very kind of you Chris!

Episode 283 - This is the Killer Speaking - is live!

After more than six long years of playing time, 60 days of game time, and more than 300 hours of episodes, the Slayers begin their final confrontation with Kyuss himself!

Listen now, endgamers!

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring Butch Cassidy, harsh discipline, and a chicken 🐓

Befuddled? It’s time to catch up!👇

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Episode 282 - The Final Countdown - is live!

With their missions complete in the city of Frostanger, the Slayers rest up and prepare for their ultimate confrontation with Kyuss!

Listen now!👇

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring the Arduin Grimoire, orange juice, and Cumbria: The Roleplaying Game.

Confused? It’s time to catch up!👇

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Episode 281 - Common People - is live!

Can the Slayers convince the townsfolk of Frostanger to follow them to salvation?

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The closest we’ve got is DungeonBowl. We used to play regularly and broke out of the board game rules to add individual player stories, traits etc.. which developed from match to match. Bit the focus was always on the ‘sport’ itself. Ist ed DB rules were ace.

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring Bill and Ted, not The Goonies, and war breaking out at a random time.

None-the -wiser? It’s time to catch up!👇

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Great to feature in these listings from Million Podcasts, and we’re in some amazing company!

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Episode 280 - (Criitin’ On) The Dock of the Bay - is live!

The Slayers have a plan to evacuate the terrified civilians from the Frostanger docks, and lift the morale of the city.

Is it a just-might-work plan? Or is it a never-gonna-happen plan?

Listen now!👇

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New ep tomorrow!

Featuring wet worms, skiboobling, and somebody sitting on a horse without a horse.

Confused? It’s time to catch up! 👇

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