The Day of the Tourney is getting closer, and preparations are going ahead. This is the Seven Kingdoms however so preparations consist of hiring a mad drunken priest and Poisons. Irvette goes scouting for the “deal with the mountain” plan, while Garrick and Varren test out Brian Telson to see if he has what it takes to join the House Grimwood Melee team.
The Music continues to be White Noise Labs Heavy Metal cover of the Game of Thrones Theme.
While Garrick and Irvette were out hunting the Fox Knight, Amyria and our religeous adviser decided to wander to Queen Cersei’s reception. Taking Qybyeorne the Religious Fanatic and one of the Scourge of Pyke as bodyguards they intended to mingle with the upper class ladies there attempting to network.
Of course at some point Garrick is probably going to wander into this party with a spy on a stick.
What could possibly go wrong.
Oh right… EVERYTHING
The Music continues to be White Noise Labs Heavy Metal cover of the Game of Thrones Theme.
The Third Episode of Descent, in which the players first try and light the warning beacons to warn Castle Daeron that the forces of the overlord are approaching, and then enter the castle itself to try and save the Lord, who is beset by all manner of evil critters.
Will they Manage to keep the creatures engaged while the Lord summons his troops,or will he die a cowards death at the hands of the Overlords Minions?
The Images Associated will appear here 😀 (once I’ve sorted them).
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, boardgaming, Archive, dragons, Ettins, and a the word Beacons and me using the OVERLORD VOICE
Finally the day of the Fox hunt dawns and Garrick, Irvette, and two of the Scourge of Pyke go looking for the Fox Knight to try and either capture or kill the maniac. With a few of the other denizens of the Green Tree in the party, there is no chance of him escaping surely.
Of course before getting to that, there seems to be something strange going on in the Inn.
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The Music continues to be White Noise Labs Game of Thrones theme.
The first session of the Second Arc of the Unhallowed Metropolis game. Having saved the ladies of the night from any more predation by the Camden Killer, what more could you want but a party to relax. Even better it’s a bring your own poor people party, and one thing Lord Leigh has plenty of is poor people!
Off they trot to the West end of London, to engage in high class shenanigans.
Who is the man with the German accent? Will they survive the trip up west, and finally… Will any of them be able to stomach being in the same room as Carruthers for more than two minutes.
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, themes of an adult nature, drugs, swearing, theft and debauchery. Oh and Carruthers.
The fifth session of the Game of Thrones campaign, that sees us finally get to Kings Landing and start getting ready to organise our nobbling of the Grand Melee competitors. Our great machinations begin, and hopefully begin to bring us closer to our aims.
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, themes of an adult nature, tavern scenes, drinking, Garrick doing things, Irvette doing things, and finally Kings Landing!
The music is White Noise Labs Metal version of the Theme (here )
The fourth session of the Game of Thrones Peril in Kings Landing, continues (probably) to contain spoilers for that campaign. We continue heading to kings landing, but while doing so look for clues to the Fox Knights whereabouts. We not only find them, but possibly him too! Will we survive? Who knows?
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, themes of an adult nature, tavern scenes, drinking, and lots of Garrick. Oh and Irvette does some spying.
The music is White Noise Labs Metal version of the Theme (here )
The third session of the Game of Thrones Peril in Kings Landing, which will obviously be Spoilerriffic for that campaign. We continue on to Kings Landing finding out more about the Fox Knight, and what he has been up to. We also finally catch up to House Dannet and have a “conversation” about why they are telling people that we murdered all of their small folk.
Surprisingly the Diplomacy was somewhat left to Garrick. What could possibly go wrong.
I might have used the words “heads on spikes” far too often to actually count as diplomacy.
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, themes of an adult nature, Garrick Snow, potential poisoning, and diplomacy of a strange and unusual nature.
The music is White Noise Labs Metal version of the Theme (here )
As I may have mentioned I joined Final Fantasy A Realm Reborn recently and have been trying to level up to 50 so I can get involved in my guilds End Game stuff. Currently this involves me doing an awful lot of quests, fates, and levequests (kinda like the daily repeatable quests in WOW).
The Grand Finale of the first Unhallowed Metropolis arc. The gang have followed all of the clues, searched the dark alleys and lost ways of Camden, and finally have come to the end of their investigations. However there is still the issue of actually capturing the perpetrator and bringing them to justice.
Someone who has murdered so many women and one man however? That is not the sort of person who will go quietly. Will all of the gang survive the meeting? Who knows.
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, themes of an adult nature, corruption, violence, dead people and zombies.
I honour of Podcast Saturday ( and Black Friday and so on 🙂 ) I’ve decided to release two today.. Aren’t I nice to you!
NB: Please Note we recorded this AGES ago and we now have more Commenters! We Love you Guys!
Today we begin our semi regular Black City campaign using the rather fine FATE Core system (available here). The Black City is actually my own creation, and the campaign is mostly being used to flesh out the world I’m doing writing in, as such the world might be a little strange.
I will try and write up a little “Gazetteer of the Black City” at some point so that there is a bit more information on the setting available to you all. It’s a strange and somewhat unpleasant place, filled with horrifyingly powerful but broken creatures.
The campaign will follow Denver Soul, an investigator for the shadowy Ascendancy that rules the city, Meneith a disgraced Cog Shaman, Tzark a Spider Waldyr who is very much the muscle of the group, and finally Barnabus, a strange sort of Enslaver who sneaks into peoples houses to eat their dreams (leaving only Nightmares).
One of the Cities High-Order Enslavers has been murdered, which as this would cause a power-vacuum, concerns the Ascendancy greatly and given one of their Skryers has spoken a prophecy regarding it, they dispatch Denver Soul and his compatriots to Deal with it.
Will they manage to solve the murder? Or will the crisis spiral out of control with minions going to war with their masters, and possibly bringing about the fall of the Black City.
This Podcast contains Swearing, Themes of an Adult Nature, Weirdness, Dr Broomstick, Darkness, oh… and Enslavers lots of Enslavers. As such this podcast can be assumed to be Explicit.
Still Spoilerrific for the Peril in Kings Landing campaign, so don’t listen to it if you are intending to play that campaign.
Off on their travels to Kings Landing, the scions of House Grimwood, and fully one fifth of the Scourge of Pyke their elite warriors, are heading down the Kings Road towards the capital in an attempt to sort out the succession crisis. Along the way they visit a number of taverns (much to Garricks delight), and find out that there is a mysterious bandit in the woods nearby, and House Dannet (they of the useless cows) are heading down the road ahead of them.
What will happen? Will any Ale be left in the world after Garrick is done? Will Amyria roll her eyes so hard that they pop clean out of her head?
N.B. This Podcast contains swearing, Garrick Snow, adult themes, horses, swearing, and the words “I give them the wink” far too often, as such it is Explicit.
The music is White Noise Labs Metal version of the Theme (here )
Bloodied begins running us through Peril at Kings Landing, please be aware that these playthroughs will no doubt be full of spoilers for this campaign, so if you are intending to play it DON’T LISTEN! No… Wait.. Do listen but forget everything abut the plot (we have).
Follow the machinations of House Grimwood as we attempt to sort out our little succession crisis through diplomacy, poisoning, plotting, and pitting Westeros’ toughest man against the cream of the Kingdoms knighthood. In this episode we get to meet the characters, Garrick Snow, the not quite legitimate possible heir, Amyria Grimwood his younger half sister, Allyria Hill the adherent of the Old Gods, and Irvette Sand, Amyria’s handmaiden who certainly doesn’t have any secrets.
In this episode we meet the characters and the mission they have before them.
The music is White Noise Labs Metal version of the Theme (here )
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, Garrick Snow, adult themes, spoilers for the game, and again… Garrick Snow.
In this episode the Cult plays the rather fine game known as “The Resistance” a game in which evil spies try and stop us loyalists from saving the world from its tyrannical government. Usually using plots last seen in the Carry on Films! For further watching I suggest the Tabletop playthrough of Resistance found here (Watch here!).
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NB: this podcast includes swearing, dirty stinking spies, intense Britishness, and accusations of treachery (mostly aimed at me) and real treachery (Omarscen)!
Will they get to the bottom of the terrible murders, will the Doctor ever get his money back for that lady of the night he hired, what the hell is going on with Lottie? Investigations are gathering place, but are they drawing closer or just muddying the waters. Perhaps they should look into the information the Doctors friend gave them…
Unhallowed Metropolis continues in this our TENTH Episode! Double Figures everyone! I honestly didn’t expect us to get to this point when we started as I know just how good I am at starting projects but not finishing them, but I’m glad we’ve gotten so far! Please let us know either here, at thecultofteaanddice@gmail.com, or @Cultteaanddice if you want to give us any feedback
NB: this podcast includes swearing, adult themes, intense Britishness, drunks, terrible gin, and worrying plot lines.
The situation was now dire, where before the buildings on the northern side of the square forced the enemy into easily controlled choke points, now instead the wreckage of the buildings would provide cover to any enemies approaching from that direction. Worse however was the fact that the tunnels that ran under almost every building were now breached. This could potentially lead to enemies crossing a comparatively small area of open ground, and then appearing right in the centre of the platoons defences.
Lord Leigh and his… friends… continue looking into the Camden prostitute murders. The find the market is a hive on interesting characters, but who could be the murderer? The Creepy Manager of the Philip Cross hotel? The Poor Hospitals Doctor? “Lord” Harley McKinnon the Gravedigger who is profiting so handiliy from the situation? They don’t know but they aim to find out.
With Lottie (Tottie?) busy having conversations with herself seemingly, they resolve to search the area and try and find out who is the cause of these pernicious murders. At the same time, they must keep themselves safe from the predations of Animates.
All the while as they maintain their cover… as “Perverts” sorry “Adventurous Individuals”.
NB: this podcast includes swearing, adult themes (prostitutes and zombies for a start) and intense Britishness. Also contains the fateful line “Pump her for information”. Also witness the awesome power of the word “Thirteen”
The Space Explorations Vessel 412 has been taken off course by its AI Janus, and the crew are awoken to find out what is going on. Does the shadowy corporate backer actually have their best interests in mind? Why does the Captain keep popping pills and taking deep breaths? What does the medic think he is up to.
Find out in Lament of the 412, brought to you by the rather excellent Dread role-playing game, the game that uses the Jenga tower for task resolution!
NB: This podcast contains swearing, and also themes of an adult nature. Any similarities to films should be considered Fair Usage and all copyrights and trademarks remain the sole property of their respective owners.
Welcome to the very special Fifth Episode of the Cult of Tea and Dice Podcast! This is an Actual Play of Unhallowed Metropolis (Unhallowed Metropolis Website) the Tesla-punk Victorian Zombie Apocalypse game!
In this episode the new Lord Leigh, having had a thoroughly enjoyable time at his father’s funeral receives a terrible shock that leads to him having to take rooms in a derelict Coaching inn in the East End borough of Limehouse. How will he cope, out among the normal people? Will he be able to reclaim his inheritance? Will Corinne his mourner ever get paid? Who does Lottie keep talking to?
Finally the most important question… Why is this Gin SO BAD?
NB: This podcast contains swearing, and also themes of an adult nature. Oh and Britishness, lots and lots of Britishness.
Recording:You know the drill with this one by now!
Tea: We seem to have located summer down the back of the Sofa. As such I drank cloudy lemonade rather than Tea!
At the beginning we thought that the Commissar wasn’t going to be played, but we later on found someone to play him. So for the first part the Commissar was assumed to be taking the Handler they drugged back to command for a vigorous interrogation by Delayne, who probably wouldn’t go straight to Castration as a tongue loosening plan. He returned soon afterwards however.
In the mean time the others dealt with the aftermath of the battle, dragging the various bodies into a huge pile near to the Sacristy of the Paupers. Jellin and Liana both took the time to examine them, and both discovered very worrying information. First the Tech Priest realised that the huge mutant was wearing the remains of a PDF uniform from the planet of Bayle, a planet that rose up against the Empire some 400 years ago and was punished by Exterminatus. Although the giant mutant was only “wearing” the armour in the loosest sense of the word, it did seem to belong to it. The Auto cannon it had been using like a rifle however was definitely not standard issue, having been torn off a Palaedeon 42nd Tank. This didn’t bode well for the Palaedeon’s and caused him more than a little consternation.
Tea of the Session:In honour of releasing the first podcast I made myself a Thermos of Spice Imperial. Which was awesome.
Recording: Recorded but not up to standard to cast.
Picking himself off the floor Vyn found himself face to face with the last remaining hound which had not been killed when his Grenade went off. As Narine his companion tried to find her feet again Vyn prepared to fight the mutated creature. However before he leapt on it with his knife, the Commissar vaulted into the pump house and engaged the beast. Vyn’s knife and the Commissars “borrowed” power sword flashed but they only just managed to hold it at bay.
Tea of the Session: I. Forgot. To. Make. Tea. The pain. The agony. I drank Dr Pepper. It wasn’t the same.
 Recording: Recorded but I struggled to hear the players, let alone the recorder catching it all.
This time I had the map with me, first however there was the little issue of the Prisoner Jellin had tranquillised at the end of the fight last episode. Considering their options they bound his wrists to his ankles and dragged him, still unconscious to the Cathedral of the Emperor, and began to work him over. It took them a short while before they checked with the medic and found out that beating him wasn’t going to work as a method to wake him up as the drugs were pretty powerful. Also they were running a considerable risk of killing their best source of information.
Tea of the Session: Strangely for me I had no tea. It was a terrible tragedy and I had to make do with Cloudy Lemonade.
Recording: Recorded but the recording is not of a high enough quality to cast sadly.
Well my Only War campaign has now started. It’s designed to be an introduction to people who have not necessarily roleplayed before, and also to fly the “Roleplaying” flag at the Games and Roleplaying Society. As such I have all levels of people in the game, some are experienced gamers who have a pretty good idea what to expect from one of my games, and the others don’t even know what to expect from Roleplaying.
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