Greetings in Heortling and welcome to the very first episode of our series running Andrew Montgomery's Six Seasons in Sartar campaign for Chaosium's RuneQuest roleplaying game. Glorantha is a world of myths, gods, and legends come to life. A Bronze Age world of heroes and great villains, triumphs and failures on a cosmic scale. In our introductory episode, meet the cast of young characters from the Haraborn Tribe of the Colymar Clan in Sartar as they approach their rites of initiation into adult...
Feb 17, 2023•2 hr 56 min•Season 2Ep. 47
We're well above the Roomlands now, up past the terrifying gargoyle-filled Rafters and onto the mythical Battlements in Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! The cult that shattered the skylight in the Rafters is finally heading to the legendary Battlements beyond the highest reaches of the Roomlands, beyond the Rafters, where it is said all Hunters go w...
Feb 10, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 46
For our first long-form campaign, Christian introduces the group to Chaosium's RuneQuest as we create our characters for the Bronze Age fantasy world of Glorantha. Meet the PCs, learn a little about this incredibly well fleshed out world full of myth and lore that dates back to the 1970s. We are so excited to play a longer game, and we hope you'll enjoy our playthrough of Andrew Montgomery's Six Seasons in Sartar campaign. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please...
Feb 04, 2023•2 hr 39 min•Season 2Ep. 45
We unashamedly did it. We played the meme game making fun of indie game recommendations during the OGL debacle... No description necessary, but many apologies maybe? Shout to Dave Marr (@DaveMarrrrrr) on Twitter for the rules we used & Francita (@byfrancita) for the awesome Fishblade art we used on the stream. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook ...
Feb 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! After coming so close to the strange glyph-marked plateau only to be snatched by a gargoyle and pulled up into the Rafters high above the Roomlands, our protagonists are left searching for a way back down, or maybe a way farther up onto the legendary Battlements. As the glass of a ...
Jan 26, 2023•46 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Christmas day comes to Silence, Oklahoma, and those who shall be rewarded reap what they have sown. CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence against children (non sexual), violence against others, themes of misogyny, body horror, mental illness, us/them and outsiders, and Judaeo-Christian horror Find out more about Crossroads Carnival and get it here ! If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and s...
Jan 20, 2023•3 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis following a decisive victory against a massive flying Rook, completing their first Hunter's Guild quest! Unfortunately, their plans to proceed to the mysterious plateau in the canyonlands bearing the glyph depicted on Marco's familial map go a litt...
Jan 13, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 41
The small town of Silence, Oklahoma continues getting more and more mysterious as the holidays approach... CONTENT WARNINGS: Violence against children (non sexual), violence against others, themes of misogyny, body horror, mental illness, us/them and outsiders, and Judaeo-Christian horror Find out more about Crossroads Carnival and get it here ! If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow...
Jan 06, 2023•2 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis on their approach to confront their first Hunter's Guild quest! A flying Rook roosting in a tower... on an island... in the middle of a lake... perched atop a plateau! Talk about a crazy site for a fight! Will our protagonists be able to stick to t...
Dec 30, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis as they've alerted some bandits hiding out in the giant skull of a fallen Rook in the harsh canyonlands outside of Rust Grove. Our heroes are outnumbered and you may be surprised at who manages to carry the fight, but it doesn't come without Wounds...
Dec 23, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Welcome back to the Roomlands & Rene's solo play-through of Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! We rejoin Marco, Berger, and Alis as they emerge from the Crackways between Rooms and build the first city of the game! Marco does some trading to upgrade Berger, Alis accepts a quest from the local Hunter's Guild, and Marco makes friends with a powerful member of the Guild who pro...
Dec 16, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Step up, come on in, one ticket to the big top here, kid! Sights you've never seen, visions you'll never forget, we've got the most exotic acts you can imagine! Welcome to the Crossroads Carnival. Episode 2 of our Crossroads Carnival series sees a slightly smaller cast dealing with the locals in Silence, Oklahoma, where the carnival has set up its tents and wagons. The characters meet some folks who are struggling like most during the Depression, but some who are certainly suffering a little bit...
Dec 09, 2022•2 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Rene's back at it again with the new solo roleplaying series and episode 2 of the super cute and fun exploration game Colostle by Nich Angell! Please go check it out, it's an incredibly accessible and easy to learn game with great art and all you need is a deck of cards! We pick up where the last episode left off, with Marco and his Ice Rookling companion (now named Berger!) taken prisoner by strange Rooks inside of a massive cavern in the Crackways - dangerous alternative routes between Rooms o...
Dec 02, 2022•47 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Step up, come on in, one ticket to the big top here, kid! Sights you've never seen, visions you'll never forget, we've got the most exotic acts you can imagine! Welcome to the Crossroads Carnival. Hello all and welcome to the first episode of our last series of 2022. Amber's back to back after her marathon Dread session to bring you a story of sideshow circus acts in 1930s dustbowl Depression America. They're not quite normal, not quite human, and all just looking for something outside the every...
Nov 25, 2022•2 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 34
What's this? This isn't a Modified Rolls RPG discussion podcast? This isn't even a chaos baby from the mind of Sara! What are we doing here? Welcome to the very first episode of Playing With Myself (On The Internet), a solo roleplaying actual play series that we're going to be doing from time to time and maybe more, who knows?! Rene sits down to play the one-player, card-based roleplaying game Colostle by Nich Angell. Please go check it out and support Nich, I'm super excited to be exploring thi...
Nov 18, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Welcome to our very first fully in-person stream! Amber runs the DMs and two special guests through a scenario for the tense horror RPG Dread . One *generic wooden block* tower, six players, endless tension! If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a 5-star rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook , Twitter , and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs. And, as always, come ...
Nov 11, 2022•5 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Alright, we all know Rene's got some bad RPG opinions, but now you get to hear ALL of our hot takes! In this episode of 1d6 | 1d4, what is supposed to be a short little podcast, we each get 3 minutes to spout our spiciest RPG hot takes - the opinions we have about our beloved hobby that would probably be considered somewhere on a scale from unpopular to downright blasphemous. If you have any hot takes, email them to us at DMsAfterDark@gmail.com , or if you take particular umbrage at any of our t...
Nov 04, 2022•48 min•Ep. 32
To honor those who bravely launch themselves into terrifying and urgent medical situations for October as First Responders Month... we play goofballs in a hospital on Halloween! DM Troy runs Christian, Jess, and Sara through a one-shot of Magpie Games The Ward , a Powered by the Apocalypse medical drama RPG reminiscent of ER, Grey's Anatomy, House, and other health care related series. Join our specialist, resident, and intern as they deal with a chaotic night of Halloween healthcare! If you enj...
Oct 28, 2022•2 hr 58 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Don't wanna read a whole 300 page rulebook to run a game your friends can't schedule time to play? Well we've got good news for you, there are a LOT of games out there to pick up and get playing fast. No complicated rules mechanics, no overarching stories, rules lite games tend to focus on a theme or desired experience and tailor everything to fit that kind of story. But making a cohesive game in that little space isn't as easy as it sounds. We discuss what a minimalist RPG needs to still work, ...
Oct 21, 2022•45 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Everyone knows the world is full of magic. It's dangerous stuff. The vampires, werewolves, fey folk, they're all a part of every day life, but the people who mess around with magic? They bring about the Omens. They bring nothing but trouble. In the very first stream of The Midnight Codex EVER, we play four poor souls who wake up one morning with little memories of the night before, but a book on our person. A codex that gives us magic. Watch to see what unravels as we play Episode 1 (of 12!) of ...
Oct 14, 2022•3 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 30
Metacurrency (noun) - A player resource in a game that allows the player to apply an advantageous effect within the fiction without actually interacting with the game at a character level. Not exactly Merriam-Webster, but hey, you get the idea. Metacurrencies are popular in many RPGs as a way to incentivize players to engage in the game as its meant to be played, reward players for playing the game as intended, and share authorial control of the world or be used as "get out of jail (read: death)...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 22
The crew make their way onto the mysterious island led by Grandma Mari and her successor, Lana. While they've lost the French ships, they're still trailed by one English ship carrying Mallory, the "cartographer" from the Spanish villa. Will the island bestow its miracles upon the crew of the Lady Saskatoon or take everything from them for some other purpose? If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, ...
Sep 30, 2022•3 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 29
What's more magical than an incredibly crowded nerdy convention in ... Indianapolis? We can't think of anything either! In this episode of Modified Rolls, half of the DMs After Dark crew (Amber, Jess, and Troy) sit down with two guests Alex and Kent to discuss their 2022 Gen Con experience! While Gen Con is a big one, there is some great advice for conventions in general, especially any you'll need to travel to! Thank you to Alex & Kent for jumping in to discuss their experiences as well! Ch...
Sep 23, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 21
The crew of the Lady Saskatoon find themselves sailing blindly into a thick fog and mist with no land in sight. The stars have betrayed them and are unfamiliar to all aboard. The old woman, Mari, shows no fear, but is beginning to show remorse. Tailed by an English ship with an old enemy and a fleet of French ships with something valuable of the strange old woman's, the promises of this island might be more trouble than they're worth. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdi...
Sep 16, 2022•2 hr 37 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Ever feel like you're in a fight that there's no chance you can win? Maybe it's the dice betraying you or maybe it was a hint that you weren't supposed to pick that fight (yet or maybe ever). Balance in RPGs is an expectation that both players and GM need to communicate clearly during a session or campaign. Sometimes imbalanced encounters function as "gates" to areas you shouldn't explore yet, other times they're purposefully overwhelming but provide alternate win conditions or survival is the v...
Sep 09, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Captain Red's come down with something after the escape from the villa, while the rest of the crew aboard the Lady Saskatoon race toward the mysterious island, led by a more mysterious old woman. As the Lady sails her way to the treasure and destination, secrets are uncovered, stowaways found, and treachery may yet be afoot. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Faceb...
Sep 02, 2022•2 hr 49 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Have you ever played in an RPG campaign where the DM makes a character to be a member of the party? Were they mostly in the background or did they happen to always be the strongest, best, or have the best treasure? There are definitely wrong ways to do DM PCs, but we're here to talk about the ways to make them work for your game. In this episode, we dive into a hot topic and come out the other side with maybe a surprising take! Amber's ready to brawl it out, and Rene has a change of heart. Do: R...
Aug 26, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Out there in the vast expanse of ocean lie countless islands full of opportunity, treasures unclaimed, and mysteries waiting for fortunate, or maybe unfortunate, souls to come bring back into daylight... 100 years ago a French ship went missing - its crew and cargo assumed to be lost to time... until now. Recently, a survivor has been spending the gold long thought gone with that ship, and rumors are swirling about an island with more gold than you can spend in a lifetime left for the taking. Th...
Aug 19, 2022•3 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Before it even starts, before a sword is swung, a blaster pulled, or punch thrown, the dramatic dance of words, taunts and snide remarks sets up that tension, the stakes, the honor on the line... Welcome to our 2 player one-shot of Jess Levin (Jess from Online) 's wonderful new game I Have the High Ground , a wonderful collaborative game about banter, posturing, and capes in the moments that lead up to a confrontation. Christian & Rene reprise their roles from the very first series we ever s...
Aug 12, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Yo ho! Ahoy! Arrgh ya landlubbers! Other vaguely piratey things to say! Welcome to the Session 0 and Character Creation portion of our new series for Honor + Intrigue, a swashbuckling adventure RPG by Chris Rutkowsky, published by Basic Action Games. Jess will be running us through her first series and we have a lot of fun exploring this game system and building some pretty cool characters, if we do say so ourselves. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consi...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 2Ep. 25
