Don't Forget Your Towel – Details, episodes & analysis

Hi everyone! No episode today - instead we have a quick announcement. Take a listen to hear the full thing in Azul's dulcet tones!

TLDR: DFYT will be on hiatus for the next few months, as our team needs a bit of a break! Follow us on socials or subscribe on your podcast app to make sure you know when we're back, and we'll see you all soon!

The fellowship enter the cave where Baronor has been staying, but dangers most certainly lie within. And what of Baronor - is he villain or victim? Will he go with them willingly, or put up a fight? This is the fellowship's final challenge...

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Cast: Groin John Callen @realjohncallen Cota Henry Rolleston @rolling.storm Griffin Jared Abel @sandmanjared Idril Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Loremaster Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Erin O'Flaherty and Azul Alysum

Theme Song: Composed and sung by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with Elvish intro and main theme vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Unwind Station: Warrior Rising by Ean Grimm Eclipse - Medieval Action Music Garden of Dawn by Noonsol https://noonsol.net/download Myths and Legends (Collection)

The following are by Alexander Nakarada https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/royalty-free-music/celtic-fantasy: Heartbeat Greenlands

Hard Justice by Darren Curtis - Darren Curtis Music https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/freemusicpage1

Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod incomptech.com

Hey Sailor by Letter Box Promoted by YouTube Audio Library http://bit.ly/32TUZyy

SFX:

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Our heroes meet a curious cast of characters in this town and try to ease tensions between the warring factions. But what do star worshippers, revolutionary rodents and stylish hats have to do with each other? 

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Quest: https://www.adventure.game/ 

Cast:

Stone-Cold Betty: Caroline Orejuela @carolineorjells Walnut: David Tilstra @davidtilstra @FromAfarPodcast Bronin: Shane Salk @ShaneSalk @CarceremTheSeries Apollo Arcanum: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor The Guide: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum and Michaela Cornelius

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

Digital Gunslinger (Remastered) by TechnoAXE - TechnoAXE's Royalty Free Music A Night Alone by Track Tribe - No Copyright Music Readers! Do You Read? by Chris Zabriskie http://chriszabriskie.com Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/aNkVQA4zbMA The Invention Rooms by Savfk - Savfk Music Arpent from the Accusonus Music Library www.accusonus.com 

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Step in to the vast, magical world of Quest! Join our humble heroes as they are called to adventure by a bumbling boy, and journey to a land in the midst of great strife. Hats will be shoes and shoes will be hats, but where there is friendship there is comfort, and self-replenishing gin...

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Quest: https://www.adventure.game/ 

Cast:

Stone-Cold Betty: Caroline Orejuela @carolineorjells Walnut: David Tilstra @davidtilstra @FromAfarPodcast Bronin: Shane Salk @ShaneSalk @CarceremTheSeries Apollo Arcanum: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor GM: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum, Michaela Cornelius and Erin O'Flaherty

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by YouTube Music Studio: Vaculator Blues by The Mini Vandals Haven For All by John Covert

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/BMh0-0z8LcU: Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Wanderlust by Scott Buckley https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley

The following are by Kevin MacLeod incomptech.com: Divertissement Pizzicato Call to Adventure

Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky Dancers in the Fire (Mystical Harp) by Johnny Easton https://www.youtube.com/jonnyeaston  Digital Gunslinger (Remastered) by TeknoAXE (TeknoAXE's Royalty Free Music)

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The team find themselves in Victoria's lair where her plan is about to come to fruition - Algernon Tipple is captured, a large figure lays in wait on a table, and a storm is coming. Will they stop Victoria creating her Frankenstein monster? Or will they decide to help her?

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Shiver Gothic Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/399308593/shiver-gothic-classic-horror-reborn 

Cast:

Director: Charlie Menzies @GamesParable Eva Kaminski: Isabelle Cohen @isabelleoninsta Katya Novac: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Leon Muller: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum and Erin O'Flaherty

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/UroytzJSVx4: Bush Week by Nihilore https://soundcloud.com/nihilore Indigo by Nelvian [Audio Library Release] https://alplus.io/indigo Octagon by Silent Partner http://bit.ly/32TUZyy

The following are from The Dark Side of Music - Produced & Composed by Stefan Ruesche: Victoria (Dark Horror)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJFK2OwBjE Run darling run (Dark Horror) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Gf09vUNquI

Shadow by @Argsound Background Music https://youtu.be/l_mAMVO12N0

SFX:

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Our investigators head to the remains of Spireholm University, in search of the homunculi and the kidnapped Tipple. The clues they find may finally begin to unravel this mystery, but may also point towards the dark influence of gods, monsters, and science. What awaits them deep in the bowels of the Condemned Isle...?

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Shiver Gothic Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/399308593/shiver-gothic-classic-horror-reborn 

Cast:

Director: Charlie Menzies @GamesParable Eva Kaminski: Isabelle Cohen @isabelleoninsta Katya Novac: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Leon Muller: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum and Erin O'Flaherty

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YiA8hdOZNPI: Damn Shame (Ft. Lincoln) by NIMBVS https://soundcloud.com/nimbvsmusic Bush Week by Nihilore https://soundcloud.com/nihilore 

Victoria from The Dark Side of Music (Dark Horror) Produced & Composed by Stefan Ruesche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FJFK2OwBjE

SFX:

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Following their new lead, Algernon Tipple, the crew head to the West End of Spireholm. After hearing of strange reports from the punters of the Willow Crown, they decide to stage a stake-out and attempt to catch the grave-robber-come-kidnapper. But what awaits them in the dark and twisting alleys of Snidelip Lane?

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Shiver Gothic Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/399308593/shiver-gothic-classic-horror-reborn 

Cast:

Director: Charlie Menzies @GamesParable Eva Kaminski: Isabelle Cohen @isabelleoninsta Katya Novac: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Leon Muller: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum and Erin O'Flaherty

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/NDJ7uBPVcH8: Unusual Habitat by Silent Partner https://youtu.be/u3W6TnGL98s Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com Damn Shame (Ft. Lincoln) by NIMBVS https://soundcloud.com/nimbvsmusic 

Home Sweet Home by The Dark Side of Music (Dark Horror) Produced & Composed by Stefan Ruesche https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXjHcAais8A&t=85s 

SFX:

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In a 19th century Eastern European town, an unlikely crew of makeshift detectives set out to solve a mystery. A serial graverobber is at large, and it's down to an upper class socialite, an oddball florist, an aspiring writer and one Mrs. Marble to find out who they are and what they need all those bodies for...

Shiver Gothic Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/399308593/shiver-gothic-classic-horror-reborn 

Cast:

Director: Charlie Menzies @GamesParable Eva Kaminski: Isabelle Cohen @isabelleoninsta Katya Novac: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Leon Muller: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Edited by Azul Alysum and Erin O'Flaherty

Theme Song: Composed by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte with vocals by Erin O'Flaherty

Edited by Azul Alysum, Erin O'Flaherty and Michaela Cornelius

Additional Music:

The following are from The Dark Side of Music - Produced & Composed by Stefan Ruesche: Contaminated Earth (Dark Gothic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52NsdXd7yNI Second hell (Dark Epic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__lGAGMH4Zo

Unusual Habitat by Silent Partner - Promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/u3W6TnGL98s

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Follow our friends further into the forest and into the climax of their adventure! Will they find the elusive Tower Dweller bridge-fixer? Can they get past the persistent Snurtles? And what might the future hold? Step back in to the world of Zin...

ZND Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/znd/zin-never-dies-the-roleplaying-game

Website: https://www.zinneverdies.com/

Cast:

GM/Creator: Nemo Dowme @NemoIsReading Lincoln Log: Caroline Orejuela @carolineorjells Fleck: Will Ketter @will_ketter Aiola: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Willow: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Theme Song: Composed and sung by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte

Edited by Azul Alysum, Erin O'Flaherty and Michaela Cornelius

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/asozZJmOqIo:

It Doesn't Matter Anyway by SOMM [Audio Library Release] https://alplus.io/i-d-matter-anyway Vein by KV [Audio Library Release] https://alplus.io/vein Sunset With You by Nico Anuch [Audio Library Release] https://alplus.io/sunset-you

Hot Pursuit and Hitman from the Accusonus Music Library www.accusonus.com 

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Welcome to the wonderful world of Zin Never Dies - a dark fantasy land at the edge of the world, full of ancient lore, strange species and mystical magic. Meet our friendly cast of characters as they travel across the land on this exclusive adventure!

ZND Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/znd/zin-never-dies-the-roleplaying-game

Website: https://www.zinneverdies.com/

Cast:

GM/Creator: Nemo Dowme @NemoIsReading Lincoln Log: Caroline Orejuela @carolineorjells Fleck: Will Ketter @will_ketter Aiola: Erin O'Flaherty @erinoflahertyactor Willow: Azul Alysum @DFYT_Podcast

Theme Song: Composed and sung by Michaela Cornelius https://soundcloud.com/mikatte

Edited by Azul Alysum and Erin O'Flaherty

Additional Music:

The following were promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/asozZJmOqIo: Eden by Onycs https://soundcloud.com/onycsmusic It Doesn't Matter Anyway by SOMM [Audio Library Release] https://alplus.io/i-d-matter-anyway

Hot Pursuit from the Accusonus Music Library www.accusonus.com 

SFX:

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