Content Warning: Surgery/Body Modification Freshly escaped from mindflayer captivity, Kireek the Scythe and Subjugate finds himself in the company of a Unicorn Knight. Their joint goal, purge an aberration from the Beastlands. If they survive the encounter, that will be a victory indeed... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Thank you to our friends at Comic Aurora! Preorder your copy today: https://comicaurora.com/books/ Ro...
Jul 04, 2025•2 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Content Warning: Emotional Distress, Parental Death, Parental Neglect, Drug Addiction/Use, Divorce, Catharsis (We Promise!) When six old friends find themselves pulled into the world of their high school TTRPG game, they'll face foes fantastical and familiar. Old wounds reopen as they find every obstacle pulled from their real lives, pushing on the trials they've faced since graduating. Will they process their emotions and unite to escape? Or have the ravages of time pushed them too far apart......
Jun 13, 2025•4 hr 40 min
After helping the B-Team turns up a lead on Kyana's past, the crew journey's through the layers of Arboria to search for Oloranwë. But what awaits at the end of their journey? And what does it mean for their resident monk? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble...
May 16, 2025•5 hr 38 min
Another campaign closed, the cast assembles to answer your questions and bring the secrets of Open and Shut to light! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty...
Apr 01, 2025•1 hr 51 min
Their ducks in a row, the detectives of Open and Shut have one final case to solve. The rescue of Evrard begins now. The Loop will be broken. Thank you for listening to the Open and Shut campaign from Rolling with Difficulty! It has been our honor and our joy to have you out on the streets of Sigil with us. The pod will be back this summer for campaign 3, but until then, be sure to follow us on socials and Discord, and stay tuned for one shots and more info about our upcoming third campaign. Cas...
Mar 21, 2025•4 hr 52 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In order to clear their names in the eyes of Sigil's more powerful factions, the detectives of Open and Shut must steal from the Dead themselves. Information is gathered, every boon is called in, and the Mortuary looms as the Chronosphere beckons. They cannot fail, but do they have the brains to succeed? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Kyana and Finbar Pin Pack Available Now! Presale has been extended for one week, preor...
Mar 14, 2025•5 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Content Warning: Fungi, Disease, Medical Malpractice, Austin is Gross (Again) The detectives of Open and Shut may be reeling from retaliation from the Fortune's Wheel, but they are professionals, and they have a case. They open investigation into the new mysterious disease on the streets of Sigil, and quickly find the source may be more deeper and more sinister then some rogue flies... Producer Note: We had to re-record the second half of this episode due to major technical difficulties (the gre...
Mar 07, 2025•4 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Delayed in posting as Sophia battles the turbo-cold (and loses on the front of "forgetting the level up existed,") enjoy this little bonus teaser of abilities to come! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Kyana and Finbar Pin Pack Available Now! Preorder for yourself at: https://crowdmade.com/collections/rolling-with-difficulty Special Thank You to Our Friends at Twice Rolled Tales: https://linktr.ee/twicerolledtales https://...
Mar 06, 2025•6 min
Business as usual has resumed and our detectives are back on their regular cases. As they investigate another mysterious illness, they find old enemies are finally making moves, and their "usual" might be anything but... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Kyana and Finbar Pin Pack Available Now! Preorder for yourself at: https://crowdmade.com/collections/rolling-with-difficulty Thank you to our friends over at Mage Hand Hig...
Feb 28, 2025•3 hr 46 min•Season 2Ep. 7
After a near-miss with a Death Tyrant and seeing Nix and Nil reunited, the doors of Open and Shut swing open once more to welcome a newcomer to the city. Fally, cleric of Helm, seeks out our dedicated detectives, and brings with them the stern eye of Mt. Celestia.... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Kyana and Finbar Pin Pack Available Now! Preorder for yourself at: https://crowdmade.com/collections/rolling-with-difficulty...
Feb 21, 2025•4 hr 28 min•Season 2Ep. 6
We're halfway through the second season, ask us your questions! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficulty Instagram: @rollwithdifficulty RSS Feed: https://roll...
Feb 14, 2025•59 min
Content Warning: Austin is Gross (Again) Facing down the Death Tyrant at the heart of the Mortuary, Oobtaglor and Nix are alone, separated from the rest of Open and Shut. Can they maneuver this situation to their advantage? Will they retrieve the body of Nil? Or will the Dead gain two new companions... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Model Our Nations, Check It Out: Bring Model Our Nations to your ta...
Feb 07, 2025•3 hr 53 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Content Warning: Body Horror, Animal Endangerment After dealing with one complicated sibling relationship, the detectives of Open and Shut turn their attention to the next and begin the search for Nil. Their missing persons will take them to familiar haunts, familiar foes, and yet, uncover brand new threats. Will they find the wayward changeling? Or will this case add four new missing people to the Cage... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a ...
Jan 31, 2025•3 hr 35 min•Season 2Ep. 4
New detective in tow, Open and Shut levels up! Tune into a brief little bonus to find out just what boons they'll gain. ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: @rollwdifficul...
Jan 27, 2025•11 min
After aiding their escape from the Fortune's Wheel, Oobtaglor Skopun calls in their owed favor of their sibling and the rest of Open and Shut. In order to get this sibling rivalry off-plane, they'll need to call in all manner of devilish favors to find Oobtaglor the younger's missing payload... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Our Friends at Rolls Untold Check Them Out: YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...
Jan 24, 2025•4 hr•Season 2Ep. 3
Content Warning: Arachnophobia When the employees of the Rat Cafe go mysteriously missing, only the detectives at Open and Shut can find them! After all, they were the only ones asked to investigate. Along with their newest hire, Nix, they'll delve the sewers of Sigil and beyond to find the city's most beloved residents. ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Our Friends at Rolls Untold Check Them Out: YouT...
Jan 17, 2025•3 hr 43 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Following their bittersweet victory over the Grixit, the detectives of Open and Shut are back to their usual duties (and researching some personal projects as they do). Striking a deal with the Planar Trade Consortium brings with it a new mystery on familiar ground, familiar faces, and a new investigator to shake up Open and Shut's status quo... Producer Note: Hi guys! Thanks for listening. We had to roll with some technical difficulties (maybe we should rename the pod?) with Austin's microphone...
Jan 10, 2025•4 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Content Warning: Insects In the name of TTRPG antics, we'll punish you! In this special one-shot adventure we try out the system Girl By Moonlight and dive into the town of Magnolia. Here the Heartwood Coven, our cast of witchy magical girls, defend the denizens from the goonish forces who threaten to steal their very essence. Can they thwart the villains once more? Can they look cute AND fight crime? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13...
Dec 20, 2024•2 hr 36 min
This episode originally aired as a YouTube Livestream! Season One of "Open and Shut" done, the cast gathers to answer your questions! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twitter: ...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 49 min
Content Warning: Character Death Hot on the trail of the Grixitt, Evrard and the rest of Open and Shut find themselves descending deep below the city. Away from the watchful eyes of the Dabu and the safety of their cozy office, a final showdown begins. Will they bring an end to this portal-closing undead's reign of terror? What will is cost to balance the scales? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- With this season finale we...
Sep 13, 2024•3 hr 54 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In the midst of our lates adventure, the crew takes a break to level up! Hope these new powers will get to wait a season to see some use... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail.com Twi...
Sep 09, 2024•13 min
An invitation to join the maiden voyage of the Concordant Express arrives at Open and Shut, and our detectives are eager to learn all that locomotion can do! If only they weren't the only ones interested in inter-planar rail travel... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- This Episode is Brought to you by LOOT, Coming to Kickstarter September 17th! Follow the game here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegilaboy/loot-1 Ro...
Sep 06, 2024•3 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Knights of the Post are at it again, and as experienced thief/mailman stoppers, the detectives of Open and Shut are hot on their trail. But they're not the only ones tracking these particular Knights, and not everyone is quite so discriminating about how they handle other folks that get in their way... ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Our Friends at Wing Women Pod Check Them Out: https://linktr.ee/win...
Aug 30, 2024•3 hr 29 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Content Warning: Insects, Infection, Xenomorph Stuff, Austin is Gross A mysterious illness puts Open and Shut on the case of some Limbo stowaways. Can the gang aid Bileyg's old friend and save the infected? Or is this one for the medical malpractice suits? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- queeRPG is a TTPRG podcast by queer people, for queer people. You can find them at: linktr.ee/queerpg Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: ...
Aug 23, 2024•3 hr 41 min•Season 1Ep. 7
When the Sod Killers turn up with a warrant for Oobtaglor's arrest, the agency must quickly rally around their own. Can they figure out who is framing our favorite Ooze in time? Or will Oobtaglor answer for a mysterious Oob-poster's crime? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Our Friends at 5 GMs in a Trenchcoat! Check Them Out: https://www.5gmsinatrenchcoat.com/ Instagram: @5gmsinatrenchcoat Threads: @5g...
Aug 16, 2024•4 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 6
This episode originally aired as a YouTube Livestream! With Campaign 2, "Open and Shut," well underway, the cast gathers to answer your questions! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: https://discord.gg/6uAycwAhy6 Merch: Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/RWDPodcast/shop?asc=u Contact the Pod: rollwithdifficulty@gmail....
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 47 min
We're taking a week off! Regular episodes resume August 16th. Tune in to the Midseason Q&A on August 10th at 5pm EST over on YouTube if you miss us in the meantime! An old contact of Bileyg's reaches out through, unconventional, means, and sends the detectives in search of missing memories. Their hunt will take them to some of the most emotional, most disturbing, and maybe even most tasteful locales Sigil has to offer! Will they find the Hag's treasure? Or are these feelings too fleeting for...
Aug 02, 2024•3 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 5
When a socialite Gith turns up asking for help in the middle of anti-peak, no detective could turn her down! But just who is our new client's pursuers? Are they after her, or the coin she recently acquired from a lucky turn of the Fortune's Wheel? Only Open and Shut could crack this (coin) case! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Special Thank You to Our Friends at Game Master Monday! Check Them Out: https://podcasters.spot...
Jul 26, 2024•3 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 4
When a murder is found at Sigil's latest ambitious construction site, Open and Shut is set on the case! Can they unravel the tangled cogs and gears of this train station across the planes? Or will this conspiracy go too deep for our detectives to parse? ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Plug Pins! Preorder your very own weird little dude here: https://crowdmade.com/collections/rolling-with-difficulty/products/rolling-with-...
Jul 19, 2024•3 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Open and Shut has leveled up! What new feats, classes and more will they chose? Check out in this quick bonus level up! ---Our show contains fantasy violence (and the occasional foul language), treat us like a PG-13 program!--- Plug Pins! Preorder your very own weird little dude here: https://crowdmade.com/collections/rolling-with-difficulty/products/rolling-with-difficulty-cat-plug-spring-pin Rolling with Difficulty Patreon: patreon.com/rollingwithdifficulty Rolling with Difficulty Discord: htt...
Jul 17, 2024•13 min
