DiceSized

DiceSized, MadlyMusicalMind

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DiceSized is an actual-play audio adventure podcast where we use the game of Dungeons and Dragons to tell bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. Played by us but made for you. Welcome, new friend.

3d ago

RnG: Bridging the Gap Between Sound and Story (w/ Max Volpert)

Welcome to RnG! A show of thoughtful tangents where Rob and G talk with incredible guests from all over the TTRPG space. This episode features Max Volpert. For a video version of this episode, head on over to Patreon.com/DiceSized. She’s our dear friend, as well as the co-founder of Spit It Out! Audio which offers handcrafted audio services in podcasting, television, film, video games, theatre, music composition, and more. You may know her from her performance as Audrey in the 2016 Rutgers High School Musical Theater Academy production of Little Shop of Horrors. Or perhaps as Daisy in Darcy Thompson’s short film “The Falling Star.” Or as the creator of the introspective and moving stop motion short film “A Quiet Life in the Stars” And of course, she’s one of the incredible cast and the brilliant sound design mind behind the critically acclaimed actual-play podcast, Rivers of Confluence. It’s Max Volpert! ... Listen in as we touch on many topics including: 00:00 Introduction: Max Volpert & Audio Storytelling 02:23 Rapid-Fire Warm-Up 04:30 Building Rivers of Confluence Season 2 10:05 Character Voices & Performance Energy 19:13 Recording, Monitoring & Sound-Design Preparation 25:09 From Soccer to Musical Theater 34:55 Directing, Writing & Physical Theater 44:38 Finding Sound Design Through Theater 52:19 Live Mixing, Technical Pressure & Problem-Solving 62:10 Live Actual Play & Leaving Theater 65:49 From Theater to Game Audio 68:54 Epilogues & Storytelling Influences 72:10 Family, Fandom & Feminist Character Writing 84:21 Dialogue Editing, Pacing & Comedic Rhythm 96:01 Building the Rivers of Confluence Team 106:20 Friendship Through Collaborative Storytelling 111:12 Recording Rivers of Confluence Season 2 in Two Weeks 118:49 Closing Thoughts & Lucky Numbers ... For more of Max Volpert, head on over to: RiversofConfluence.com for your podcasting pleasure SpitItOutAudio.com for skillful sound design services MaxVolpert.com for all Max's other projects. ... DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead. Original Music and Score by: George (madlymusicalmind) Like what you hear? Please be sure to follow the show, get in the comments, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized
Sep 26

Outlaws of the Outlands: NEED FOR STEED [Patreon Preview]

This episode is a public Patreon preview. While we now know something of our Gunslingin’ Outlaws of the Outlands, what about their Steeds? Today we learn a little about the pasts of these three Steeds. Icarus, an arrogant and mythically amazing hero of heroes amongst Pegasi Hover, an unlikely, legendary, living construct built from scratch and Rufus, a donkey. They meet upon Deaders' Draw... a tower of fateful meeting and fateful demise out in the Ringlands. Atop the slanted tower is a is a circle of white chalk that, despite itself, continues to remain against the scouring wind. It's a place for folks who have something to settle betwixt ‘em. ... This has been a bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told story told by yours truly: Rob Whitehead and brought to life by my players: G as Hover Maya as Rufus Sav as Icarus And Rob Whitehead as their Game Master. DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead. With Original Music by our very own madlymusicalmind. ... Like what you hear? Be sure to follow the show, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized That’s patreon.com/DiceSized.
Sep 18

Outlaws of the Outlands #1: Cosmic Concordance - Part 1

Welcome to Outlaws of the Outlands, a weird west adventure where our players act as Gunslingers of the sprawling Outlands of Planescape. Where Cosmic Concordance is the highest of planar law. Last time, we met: Crank Turner, a portal-fixing, half-a-body-missing planar mechanic from Automata who works on the Great Road, a path of portals that connects all the verses... damn near the whole song. Rex Sidewinder, a giant-befriending, shield-salvage-sledding smuggler hailing from the plane of Ysgard. Now living in the Gatetown of Glorium, this Goliath descended from Cloud Giants had been runnin’ from heroism his whole life. Birdie October, a bad-lad-nabbing, Xorn-kick-assing Bounty Hunter that keeps law and order ‘round the parts of Tradegate, the Gatetown of Bytopia. Birdie knows right from wrong and isn’t afraid to split hairs between what’s fair and what’s just. These three gunslingers don't know it yet, but Cosmic Concordance necessitates their presence. And it's just arrived in the form of an elegant woman with golden eyes - a Rilmani of the Spire. ... This has been a bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told story told by yours truly: Rob Whitehead and brought to life by my players: G as Crank Turner Maya as Rex Sidewinder Sav as Birdie October And Rob Whitehead as their Dungeon Master. DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead. With Original Music by our very own madlymusicalmind. Like what you hear? Be sure to follow the show, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized That’s patreon.com/DiceSized.
Sep 4

Outlaws of the Outlands #0: Gunslingers

Welcome to Outlaws of the Outlands - a weird west style adventure where our heroes play as gunslingers within the sprawling Outlands, the strange frontier of Planescape, where belief shapes reality and existence blurs at the edges. Dust-choked trade roads stretch between gate-towns that each lean toward another plane of existence. One town might burn with the iron discipline of Hell; another might tremble on the edge of celestial glory. These settlements shift in allegiance, sometimes vanishing entirely if their beliefs tip too far. Between them lies open territory — badlands, razor-grass plains, ruined fortresses, and the bones of forgotten wars. This arc follows gunslingers carving their names into that dust. Where portals flicker in abandoned arches. Where belief is currency. Welcome to the Outlands. Keep your irons ready, and don’t ride too close to the brink. ... DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead and brought to life by my players: G as Crank Turner Maya as Rex Sidewinder Sav as Birdie October and Rob Whitehead as their Dungeon Master. Original Music by: George (madlymusicalmind) Like what you hear? Be sure to follow the show, get in the comments, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized
Aug 27

RnG: Building Community in the TTRPG Space (w/ Brian Flaherty)

Welcome to RnG! A show of thoughtful tangents where Rob and G talk with incredible guests from all over the TTRPG space. This episode features Brian Flaherty. He’s the Cofounder of ManySidedMedia, a rapidly growing podcast network of top-tier actual play, fantasy audio fiction, and other excellent TTRPG-adjacent shows. He’s the creator of such fantastic shows as My First Dungeon, one of the most accessible, informative, well-designed, and entertaining actual plays out there — as well as co-host of Talk of the Table where he and Elliot Davis interview creators, sound designers, actual play performers, game designers, and other experts from all over the TTRPG space to talk shop and swap stories. If not on his own shows, you may have heard his incredible sound design work on the Flight of the Icaron series for Worlds Beyond Number with Lou Wilson, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Brennan Lee Mulligan. Not to mention the star-studded Bitcherton series. And to top it off, he’s a literal Magician. ... Listen in as we touch on many topics including: 00:00 Introduction to Many Sided Media and Brian Flaherty 05:11 Building Community in TTRPGs 10:02 The Role of Sound Design in Storytelling 15:10 Navigating the Indie Podcast Landscape 19:56 Sustainability and Growth in Creative Projects 28:01 Building Connections in the TTRPG Community 30:44 Brian Flaherty - The Robin Hood of TTRPGs 32:39 The Importance of Community at Conventions 34:45 Collaborating with Local Artists 35:35 The Challenge of Oversaturation in TTRPG Podcasts 36:28 The Power of Collaboration in Sound Design 39:01 The Joy of Being a Player 40:19 Finding Restraint in Sound Design 43:03 The Rhythm of Communication 46:22 The Art of Nonverbal Communication 49:12 Creating a Fun Environment for Performers 51:38 Translating Skills Across Industries 54:04 Embracing Chaos in Improvised Storytelling 55:32 We are all the Robin Hood of TTRPGs 56:03 Memory and Meaning in RPGs 58:18 Finding Meaning in Creation 60:01 The Role of Sound Design 61:16 Character-Driven Storytelling 64:25 The Importance of Meaning in Media 70:03 Choosing Games for Fun Over Profit 72:02 Celebrating Indie Games 76:09 The Impact of Conventions 80:20 The Transition from Second to First AD 83:28 The Importance of Acknowledging Success 85:05 The Future of Actual Play and TTRPGs 93:10 Performance Mindset in Actual Play 98:25 Closing Thoughts and Final Reflections ... DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead. Original Music and Score by: George (madlymusicalmind) Like what you hear? Please be sure to follow the show, get in the comments, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized ... For more of Brian Flaherty, head to https://www.manysidedmedia.com/ or anywhere you else you catch your podcasts. Or check out these other great interviews with Brian Flaherty: Reckless A-Talk: https://www.recklessattack.com/interviews/reckless-a-talk-brian-flaherty-of-many-sided-media-my-first-dungeon-bitcherton/ Perspective Checks (Rene Plays Games): https://open.spotify.com/episode/7aNSbiK9V2QKpIuBDNpuua Links mentioned throughout: ManySidedMedia My First Dungeon Talk of the Table Elliot Davis: https://moreblueberries.itch.io/ Flight of the Icaron Worlds Beyond Number Bitcherton The Wildsea: https://www.myth.works/collections/the-wildsea-homepage Perils & Princesses: https://www.perilsandprincesses.com/ PocketBard: https://www.pocketbard.app/ BHold Music: https://beholdyourfate.bandcamp.com/track/the-time-we-have Planet Arcana: https://www.planetarcana.com/ Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos: https://z051m05.itch.io/ A Land Once Magic: https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-magic Longsword: https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/longsword Fantastic Castle: https://www.patreon.com/cw/FantasticCastle Dungeon Crawler Carl ... THE MEANING OF LIFE
Aug 6

A Knight's Tale - Part 2

Drop into this Arthurian-lore-inspired adventure where our players take on the role of knights in a grand tournament featuring special guest Max Volpert of Rivers of Confluence. ... Last time on A Knight’s Tale, our party of errant knights arrived Upon Avalon for a grand and mysterious tourney! Sir Blastimus Ambrosius, aka Sir Blasty, Merlin Ambrosius' lesser known younger brother who is in search of the missing Wizard. Sir Screw Loose, aka Sir Lou, a Warforged fighter turned dancing bard who sought to spread dance across the realms. Sir Pitter-Patter, aka Sir Here-nor-there, a steel fairy knight of the seelie court who sensed something was amiss with this Grand Tourney. And of course, Molbark the Ancient, a hulking Warforged, who is big as a tree, and was mistaken as a Green Knight at the tourney lists. With Sir Lou having impressed Richard the Lionheart, aka Dick, to give them incredibly favorable standing in the lists, our Knights now begin the Grand Tourney of Coin, Queen, and Cup! ... DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead, and A Knight’s Tale was brought to life by: G as Blastimus Ambrosious aka Sir Blast Maya as Pitter Patter aka Sir Here-nor-there Sav as Screw Loose aka Sir Lou Max Volpert as Molbark the Ancient Rob Whitehead as their DM Original Music and Score by: George (madlymusicalmind) Like the show? Get in the comments, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized For more Rivers of Confluence, head to https://www.riversofconfluence.com or anywhere you else you catch your podcasts.
Jul 23

RnG: RPGs as Art (w/ Nathaniel Klein)

Welcome to RnG! Listen to Rob and G talk with guests all across the TTRPG space discussing the creative process with a focus on all the elements that go into game design, actual play, and various other TTRPG careers. Joining us for this episode is the talented artist and indie RPG game designer, Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos. In this episode, we discuss RPGs as Art through the lens of Nathaniel's work on the Prismatic Oracle - a keepsake junk journaling game which just launched on kickstarter and was fully funded within two hours. Studio Zosimos itch.io The Temple of Prismos by Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos The Prismatic Oracle by Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos Are role playing games art? Are any games art? Listen in as we touch on many topics including: The Creative Process of Indie Game Design Including Art as Part of Game Design Process Printmaking Art as a Protest against an era of AI slop Anti-AI Approach in regards to Game Design Appreciation for Analog Gaming to Inspire Connection Unique RPG Mechanics with Physical Artifacts as Resource Management Third Spaces for Artists and Gamers Indie TTRPG and Game Printing Letterpress Linocut Risograph Madison and Milwaukee Area Third Spaces for Game Design Tabletop Bookshelf Game Design Night Beefy Wizard Con Magic Pixel Guild Gamehole Con
Jul 21

TEMPLE OF PRISMOS

…. In the Great Wax Sea of the planet Encaustic lies the Temple of Prismos, an island-ziggurat rising from the waves. It is said that the temple’s master, the Prismatic Oracle, learned the secret of the Chrysopoeia, giving them the ability to cast their sight to any event that was and all futures that might yet come to pass… Welcome… to the TEMPLE OF PRISMOS... a free demo adventure from The Prismatic Oracle, a GM-less keepsake game of junk journaling and dubious prophecy by Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos. Using the free demo adventure of The Prismatic Oracle, we craft our very own apocryphally prophetic text. Check out the links to the FREE demo adventure and kickstarter here: Studio Zosimos itch.io The Temple of Prismos by Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos The Prismatic Oracle by Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos ... DiceSized is produced and designed by Rob Whitehead of Twice Told Audio, and Temple of Prismos was brought to life by: G as Skip Maya as Philandria aka Philly Sav as Lyara Rob Whitehead as Walter Warren Original Music and Score by: madlymusicalmind Game and Cover Art by: Nathaniel Klein of Studio Zosimos Like the show? Get in the comments, drop a 5 star review, and tell a friend about us, so we can keeping making bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. To post about about the show, use #DiceSized. That’s D-I-C-E S-I-Z-E-D. For more like this, follow us on Instagram and find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DiceSized

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Welcome to DiceSized

DiceSized is an actual-play audio adventure podcast played by a table of four chaotically close friends (who are also family) using Dungeons and Dragons to tell bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told audio adventures. Bite-sized: Accessible and digestible episodic adventures. Dice-rolled: Rolls of the dice help to drive the direction of these stories. Twice-told: These episodes are played by us, but made for you. With a fully custom score crafted to accompany the highs and lows and immersive ambience and effects, every episode is composed with care to give you the best of the chaos that comes out at the table. In our premier campaign, Wish Hunter, this chaos comes in the form of a world fallen to ruin, following a cataclysmic event known as The Great Wishing. The players take on the role of Wish Hunters: heroes that protect others from the dangers of wishing. What happens when everyone gets a wish? ... Telling stories amongst friends is a special thing, and we are happy to count you among them. Hello, new friend, and welcome to DiceSized.

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DiceSized is an actual-play audio adventure podcast where we use the game of Dungeons and Dragons to tell bite-sized, dice-rolled, twice-told stories. Played by us but made for you. Welcome, new friend.

Creator

DiceSized, MadlyMusicalMind
Years Active

2024 - 2026
Episodes

52
Rating

Explicit
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