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Long-time friends Alex and Beth look at the challenges and techniques involved in tabletop roleplaying via the "shared narrative" style.

  1. 01/20/2023

    Wizards Of The Coast Post Cringe And Loose Subscriber

    The Bards stir from their slumber to take a three and a half hour stock of the fat WotC L everyone's talking about.  Follow our Twitter: @Bardscast  TRACK DOGS on itchio: https://clevercrumbish.itch.io/track-dogs and on Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Z4Kuzq5  The Alexandrian's Video: https://youtu.be/8pK4r556VoU Linda Codega's Original article on Gizmodo:https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634 Kobold Press announcement: https://koboldpress.com/kobold-press-announces-new-core-fantasy-experiment/ Paizo Announcement: https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v Foundry Statement: https://foundryvtt.com/article/ogl-update-20230113/ WotC Statement: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-ogl "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    3h 28m

  2. 08/14/2020

    Actual Play Update (Q-Con XXVI and Critter Castle)

    An episode from a while ago, about events from even longer back. Join the bards, with special guest Maxi (@marquessm0nk) as they talk about running actual play games at Q-Con and Critter Castle. Steve "Vorpal" Fidler, creator of the Prism class Maxi mentions: https://twitter.com/vorpaldicepress Mage Hand Press' "Dark Matter": https://store.magehandpress.com/products/dark-matter-alpha Follow our Twitter: @Bardscast "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    2h 29m

  3. 02/15/2020

    Separation of Church and State

    Alex rants for an hour and fifteen minutes about the worst decision Wizards Of The Coast have made in the last five years and their apparent hostility to their audience, and Beth eventually gets on board.  Follow our Twitter: @Bardscast  "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    1h 20m

  4. 03/25/2019

    QCon XXV: Part 1

    In the first part of the recap of events at 2018's Q-Con, Alex talks to Beth and Maxi about running a game about time travel- and the 50 character sheets it unfortunately required. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    1h 25m

  5. 03/25/2019

    QCon XXV: Part 2

    In the second part of the recap of events at 2018's Q-Con, Maxi tells a tale involving a two-part game about revenge. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    1h 14m

  6. 06/13/2018

    Combat

    Beth drags Alex along on an bumpy ride across the subject of combat in tabletop roleplaying. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    1h 22m

  7. 03/28/2018

    Matt

    In an admittedly slightly self-indulgent episode of House Of Bards Alex  and guest bard Matt discuss... Matt, and his characters and their  outlooks. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

    1h 34m

  8. 08/15/2017

    Politics: Part 2

    Alex and Beth continue talking, sometimes even about politics, which is supposed to be the topic at hand. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 From Alex's original post on youtube regarding this episode: "Okay, so, this episode. This episode is bad. I'm not going to make excuses for it. It's unfocused, too long and doesn't really address its principal topic in  more than a cursory way. Longtime fans of the show will probably still enjoy it because it features Beth and I Talking About Stuff in the way characteristic of HoB, but ultimately I was disappointed with what I could edit out of this session, especially since the flow between tangents made it very difficult to cut anything. Despite it being below the usual House Of Bards standards, I'm still publishing it for two reasons:  1. Neither of us actually wanted to address this topic very much, and we did not enjoy doing so, so I want this episode published so that it's clear we've done it once and won't be revisiting it.  2. The next (already recorded) episode is another episode like [Season 2 Episode 5] with just me and a guest, and I wanted to pace those so it didn't appear like Beth had disappeared off the face of the earth. So if you just come for Beth and I shooting the shit, this one's probably worth a listen. If you're here for actual tabletop roleplaying advice... eh, there's some worthwhile stuff here but I wouldn't blame you if you decided this episode isn't deserving of your time."

    1h 28m
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Long-time friends Alex and Beth look at the challenges and techniques involved in tabletop roleplaying via the "shared narrative" style.

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  • Creator
    The Bards
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © The Bards
  • Show Website
    House Of Bards