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BardQuest Empire

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Fajer Al-Kaisi and Erik Jensen talk DnD and storytelling (and get weird) with creative professionals.
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Episodes

Anthony Rapp

FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON! Wherein we discuss Anthony's work on "Star Trek: Discovery," our formative years as artists and players, how DnD has evolved over time and why rogues always wind up being the sassy one. Plus we talk mycelium network and how all nature is connected! ALSO we almost stat Jackie Gleason.

Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 10

Dominic Laforge

Wherein we discuss FARCRY 6 with one of its lead designers Dominic Laforge! We dig into game theory and the interplay between video game world design and table top role playing games. Also how your hero is only as interesting as your villain, how Dm and player skills turn into career skills, and how the players actions and experiences help to shape the game masters world.

Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 9

Omar Metwally

Fajer and Erik interview Omar Metwally, wherein we discuss DnD on your resume, how the party inevitably adopts a goblin (R.I.P. Pickles), how humans are secretly furries, how imagination is a muscle, and in which we apply the DnD alignment and class system to our work.

Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 8

Lauren Bilanko

In this episode of BQE we have an awesome talk with REAL LIFE MULTICLASSER and our local Twenty Sided Store owner, Lauren Bilanko, about making your TTRPG's accessible, nerding out, wrangling DM’s, gaming in the 20th century, and how the ghost of Gary Gygax moves and inspires us all.

Nov 29, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 7

Scott Gimple

This episode our guest is THE WALKING DEAD's Chief Content Officer and Executive Producer Scott Gimple! CERTAIN RUMORS ARE CONFIRMED! And other gems discussed! Among them: myth-making as world-building, how to rage quit in DnD, gaming furniture that taunts us, comics as a gateway drug, and the rarest commodity of all: the time to play in a busy schedule.

Nov 15, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 6

Jesse Cameron Alick

We talk with Dramaturg / Artistic Producer (and occasional tiefling) Jesse Alick about dramatic player characters, Star Trek’s Kobayashi Maru, impossible choices, hurtling asteroids, and Prof X’s alignment. We also maybe possibly get carried away with the sound effects board.

Nov 01, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 5

Mike Daisey Part Two

A deeper dive with Mike Daisey in which we discuss: hoarding monster parts, that one player in every party (you know the one) and how to handle medieval fantasy physics. Also the rarely used level 0 characters creation session!

Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 4

Mike Daisey

Fajer and Erik interview master storyteller Mike Daisey about the embarrassment of being a real-life bard, post-apocalyptic RPG’s and “weapons speed” rules that everyone ignored in the 80’s.

Oct 04, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 3

Joel Garland

Erik and Fajer interview Orange is the new Black's Joel Marsh Garland on embarrassing community theater, home brew dungeons and dragons, and his up coming role in Joe Exotic.

Sep 20, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Fajer and Erik

Actor-Writers Fajer Al Kaisi (The Report, Magic the Gathering) and Erik Jensen (Walking Dead, Mr. Robot) talk Dungeons and Dragons and storytelling in the premiere of BardQuest Empire.

Aug 28, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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