DMs After Dark

Playing With Myself (On The Internet) | Colostle Episode 2

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 of the Colostle.  New friends, new information, new rooms? Plenty awaits Marco and Berger as they continue to explore!
 
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Music in the Episode:
Adventure Beyond by Alexander NakaradaFree download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyondLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/
Adventure by Alexander NakaradaFree download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventureLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Crossroads Carnival Episode 1 - Welcome to the Circus, Kid

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 everyday awful.  Join us as we explore these twisted characters for what's sure to be an amazing horror series!
 
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!
 
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Music in the Episode:
"The Circus" composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek"
Link : https://youtu.be/YO8Ng6odHvs

Playing With Myself (On The Internet) | Colostle Episode 1

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 this world and hopefully doing it justice!
 
In an impossibly large world that all fits inside the rooms of a massive castle (a Colostle, if you will), people of the Roomlands settle in cities and create wondrous magical items from the husks of Rooks, gigantic hulking battlements and towers made of stone and magic.  In this series, follow Rene's character Marco Key as they befriend a small ice rookling and set off to explore some of the Roomlands and uncover secrets on a mysterious family map.
 
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Music in the Episode:
Adventure Beyond by Alexander NakaradaFree download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/8690-adventure-beyondLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/
Adventure by Alexander NakaradaFree download: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6092-adventureLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/

Dread One-Shot

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!
 
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Music in the Episode:
Mysterioso March by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4106-mysterioso-marchLicense: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

1d6 | 1d4 - RPG Hot Takes

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 takes, let us hear it in an email and we'll definitely shout you out in a future episode!
 
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Music in the Episode:
Zack Merci X Arcana - Into The Wild [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSounds Free Download/Stream: http://NCS.io/ZAIntoTheWild Watch: http://youtu.be/BZKwsPIhVO8

The Ward One-Shot

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!
 
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Music in the Episode:
Background music provided by Fesliyan Studios
www.fesliyanstudios.com

Modified Rolls - Rules Lite RPGs with Special Guest Ben Bailey of Meta Mage Studios!

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, when they work best, and share our favorite examples.
 
In this episode, the DMs sit down with Ben Bailey from Meta Mage Studios to talk Rules Lite RPGs.  Ben designed the game we played on stream most recently, The Midnight Codex, which is launching on Kickstarter on Halloween.
 
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Music in the episode:
Beave - Talk [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: https://ncs.io/TalkWatch: https://youtu.be/uZi8_rnqgHg

The Midnight Codex | World Premiere Kickstarter Preview Stream!

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 The Midnight Codex. 
 
Keep an eye out for The Midnight Codex from Meta Mage Studios coming to Kickstarter October 31, 2022!   It's a really cool concept of monthly installments to move forward a larger metaplot as you and your fellow Codex-wielding magic crew do what you can to stop the end of the world!
 
Art, including our very first fan art (hop on our social medias to see and chat with us about all things RPGs) for the Midnight Codex was done by Jayce at Rude Graffix. Join the Rude Graffix Discord server at https://discord.gg/TNgZ8Hgqqs
 
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Music in the Episode:
Jim Yosef & Shiah Maisel - Unforgivable [NCS Release]Music provided by NoCopyrightSoundsFree Download/Stream: http://ncs.io/Unforgivable

Modified Rolls - Metacurrencies with Special Guest Chris Rutkowsky of Basic Action Games!

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) free" tokens.
 
In this episode of Modified Rolls, we have Chris Rutkowsky of Basic Action Games (BASH), author of Honor + Intrigue, our recent series, on to talk about his experiences making games, as well as discuss metacurrency in RPGs.
 
You can find all of Chris' games on the Basic Action Games DriveThruRPG page.
 
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Music in the episode:
Funky Walk - Sound from ZapSplat.com

Honor + Intrigue | Finale - Secrets of the Island

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?
 
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Music in the Episode:
Sailing Through The Wide Sea by MusicLFilesFree download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6243-sailing-through-the-wide-seaLicense (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-licenseArtist website: https://cemmusicproject.wixsite.com/musiclibraryfiles
The Wellerman by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License