FireBallSide Chat

Matt Williamson & Vinnie VanGogh

Fireball Side Chat is (maybe) the greatest there is (so our wives tell us) and it's where the dice keep rolling and the conversation goes wherever it wants. We're running The Undivided: a tight, original two-player D&D campaign built from the ground up, full of moral complexity, ancient mysteries, and the specific horror of discovering that the city you love was built on something it never understood. Follow the campaign session by session as two players unravel a four-hundred-year-old secret beneath a mountain nobody enters. But we're not just here for one campaign. Fireball Side Chat is where we talk all things tabletop — dungeon mastering tips, player advice, worldbuilding, system discussions, and whatever's currently consuming our brain space in the world of TTRPGs. Whether you're a seasoned DM running your tenth campaign or someone who just rolled their first character, pull up a chair. New episodes whenever the dice demand it. Grab a drink, roll your dex save and let's talk D&D!

Episodes

  1. Aug 4

    Episode 7 - The Undivided Session 1 - The Commission

    The Undivided begins. Two players. A dwarven merchant with a mechanical arm and a human fighter with a scarred face. Distant family who barely know each other, summoned to the same door by the same letter on the same morning. The job is simple: survey a newly opened passage in the Greywarden Range, two days east of the city of Jasomlok. Not glamorous. Standard rate. The last team left their equipment behind and won't say why — but that's probably nothing. Jasomlok is a city built around a mountain called Valdenmoor. The Gate controls the only pass through an otherwise impassable range. The city has been afraid of dreaming lately but nobody is talking about it directly. And Caelum — a mutual friend, warm and slightly strange — sent a note that said he'd explain when he could. He hasn't explained yet. Session One takes our players from the Forge District to the mouth of the Greywarden, through an abandoned camp with a mid-sentence journal and one boot on the floor, and into a passage where the stone eventually stops being what stone is supposed to be. Something in the dark is warmer than it should be. The Undivided is an original two-player campaign built from the ground up — twelve sessions, one story, no safety net. Buckle up.

  2. Mar 5

    Episode 6 - Crystals of the Heirless Universe Session 3 - The Fey adventure

    Have you heard of the Fey? An adventuring Warlock and a mystical carnival... our adventurers continue their quest to find the first crystal Your cast for this episode: Myself (Matt) - The DM Chad - Tabt (Halfling Cleric) Joey - Caerwyn (Sorcerer) Kiko (Nick) - Johansen  Reece - Sylas Vinnie - Nodin

  3. Feb 11

    Episode 5 - An epic battle against a red dragon - special episode (ToA)

    In this special episode my Level 6 adventuring party in the Tomb of Annihilation battled the Red Dragon Tzindelor in her lair. This epic quest is designed to seperate the weak from the strong, and there were twists and turns all along the way. Our party is made up of: Thyriul - Wood Elf Beast Master Ranger  Sir Bron - Human Conquest Paladin / Warlock Kledious - Kobold Illusion Wizard Verrin - Elf Champion Fighter Faerora - Half Elf Grave Cleric But, did the party succeed in their most difficult fight yet....?        Credits: Music: Phobia by Soundridemusic  Link to Video:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKtISWcnczQ&list=PLyuakwzSUr6CP_tK8XU07ELBCTQBf1LRE&index=3  Makai Symphony - Collapsing Kingdom is under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music powered by BreakingCopyright:    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imm4k4nloNU&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKSyKlhNc5aJduulMzemCsI&index=41 🔎 Find more music here: https://breakingcopyright.com Scott Buckley - Goliath is under a Creative Commons BY 3.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/    / musicbyscottb   Music powered by BreakingCopyright:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOrXW8kA-EY&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKSyKlhNc5aJduulMzemCsI&index=29 🔎 Find more music here: https://breakingcopyright.com Scott Buckley - This Too Shall Pass is under a Free license.    / https://www.youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb  Music powered by BreakingCopyright:    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlU2X2AWhho&list=PLfP6i5T0-DkKt8eo7u222EnUO4N7Q3raT&index=3  🔎 Find more music here: https://breakingcopyright.com

  4. 10/24/2025

    Episode 4 - Crystals of the Heirless Universe Session 2 - Tracking down the threat

    Our adventurers attempt their first quest to track down the source of the bandit raids... a choice to be made... head south.. or North.... Your cast for this episode: Myself (Matt) - The DM Chad - Tabt (Halfling Cleric) Joey - Caerwyn (Sorcerer) Kiko (Nick) - Johansen  Reece - Sylas Vinnie - Nodin

  5. 09/26/2025

    Episode 3 - Crystals of the Heirless Universe Session 1 - The party all DIE?

    Session 1 begins with a 'bang' to say the least... Our adventurers embark on their journey as chaos happens straight away.. Tune in to hear more! Your cast for this episode: Myself (Matt) - The DM Chad - Tabt (Halfling Cleric) Joey - Caerwyn (Sorcerer) Kiko (Nick) - Johansen  Reece - Sylas Vinnie - Nodin

  6. 09/23/2025

    Episode 2 - Session Zero Crystals of the Heirless - The adventure begins

    Myself and the adventurers embark on our session zero together ahead of our upcoming campaign! Your cast for this episode: Myself (Matt) - The DM Chad - Tabt (Halfling Cleric) Joey - Caerwyn (Sorcerer) Kiko (Nick) - Johansen  Reece - Sylas Vinnie - Nodin

  7. 09/04/2025

    Episode 1 - Planning our Tomb of Annihilation session in D&D

    A small introduction to myself and the purpose of this pod, followed by some small insight into the planning of my Tomb of Annihilation session!

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Fireball Side Chat is (maybe) the greatest there is (so our wives tell us) and it's where the dice keep rolling and the conversation goes wherever it wants. We're running The Undivided: a tight, original two-player D&D campaign built from the ground up, full of moral complexity, ancient mysteries, and the specific horror of discovering that the city you love was built on something it never understood. Follow the campaign session by session as two players unravel a four-hundred-year-old secret beneath a mountain nobody enters. But we're not just here for one campaign. Fireball Side Chat is where we talk all things tabletop — dungeon mastering tips, player advice, worldbuilding, system discussions, and whatever's currently consuming our brain space in the world of TTRPGs. Whether you're a seasoned DM running your tenth campaign or someone who just rolled their first character, pull up a chair. New episodes whenever the dice demand it. Grab a drink, roll your dex save and let's talk D&D!

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  • Creator
    Matt Williamson & Vinnie VanGogh
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    7
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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    FireBallSide Chat