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...
Jan 20, 2023•3 hr 28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
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...
Aug 14, 2020•2 hr 29 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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
Feb 15, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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
Mar 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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
Jun 13, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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
Mar 28, 2018•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
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 enjo...
Aug 15, 2017•1 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
With some trepidation and a lot of tangents, Alex and Beth attempt to discuss putting politics in your game, and the futility of attempting not to. "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...
Aug 14, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Alex couldn't make it to Q-Con this year, but thankfully friend of the show Maxi made it there to continue the tradition of weird exciting D&D. In Beth's absence, Alex asks her all about it. Maxi on twitter: twitter.com/MarquessM0nk "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jun 29, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Alex and Beth continue to build a horrifying monster for dungeons and dragons 5th edition. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
May 18, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Alex and Beth draw the scope of the custom content miniseries back inward again, and discuss making your own monsters for 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
May 17, 2017•55 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Alex and Beth embark on an epic two-part journey to come up with the next big tabletop RPG. Hilarity Ensues. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Mar 30, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Alex and Beth embark on an epic two-part journey to come up with the next big tabletop RPG. Hilarity Ensues. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Mar 29, 2017•53 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Alex and Beth discuss writing your first original adventure, and then brainstorm an example scenario where the party must save a magical school from an evil basilisk. Cause that's original. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Feb 24, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Beth and Alex have talked about getting started roleplaying before, but this time, with the help of Elaine, a hypothetical farm-dwelling amateur writer from Illinois, they delve into the subject of trying the hobby for free or cheap, and the resources available to help one do so. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Feb 17, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Alex and Beth discuss the relatively recent innovation of the Warlock in Dungeons and Dragons, and some of its influences in media. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Aug 11, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Alex and special guest Maxi talk to Beth about their activities at Q-con 2016 and the following Tuesday. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jul 29, 2016•2 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Alex and Beth discuss how to properly integrate player characters' backstories into the wider campaign. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jul 20, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Do Mary Sues exist, and if they do, what are they, and is Rey from The Force Awakens one? Alex and Beth tussle with the thorny issue of the woman who can ostensibly do everything. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
May 27, 2016•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 21
As a partial excuse for Beth to publicly condemn The 100 showrunner Jason Rothenberg, the Bards discuss how best to handle playing a character who is emphatically not like their player. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Mar 25, 2016•59 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Wizards Of The Coast recently made an announcement that might be pretty important to some of you. Alex and Beth chat about the Open Gaming Licence and what it and similar policies mean for roleplaying games in general. Link to the SRD: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/systems-reference-document-srd "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Feb 21, 2016•53 min•Season 1Ep. 20
How to be two people who don't like each other in the pretend, by Alex and Beth. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jan 31, 2016•46 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Alex and Beth talk about what it falls to a DM to do when a game goes off the rails. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Jan 21, 2016•58 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Alex and Beth talk about what's wrong with some the "classic" ways to begin a campaign. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Dec 03, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In the first episode of a new House Of Bards subseries, Alex and Beth discuss the titular Bard. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Nov 23, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In this two-part Halloween special, Alex and Beth embark on a journey through the 5th edition D&D monster manual's spookiest offerings. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Oct 31, 2015•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this two-part Halloween special, Alex and Beth embark on a journey through the 5th edition D&D monster manual's spookiest offerings. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Oct 31, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Alex and Beth perhaps inadvisably try to fit the whole premise of the podcast itself into a single episode. Standford University Polygon Map Generation: http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/game-programming/polygon-map-generation/demo.html "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Oct 27, 2015•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Alex and Beth tackle the tricky subject of inter-character relationships in RPGs. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Oct 11, 2015•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 13
