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| MD 408 - Terra Cotta Dream Thieves w/ Brad Kerr (Between Two Cairns, Necrotic Gnome, The Dream Shrine) | 31 Oct 2025 | 01:02:58 | |
This week’s guest is Brad Kerr, writer, editor, game designer and co-host of the podcast Between Two Cairns. We talk about his work with Necrotic Gnome (Old-School Essentials Starter Set & Old-School Essentials Demonic Grimoire, Carcass Crawler), The Dream Shrine, Hideous Daylight, Temple of 1000 Swords, Sun Bathers (Old School Essentials - Adventure Anthologies Vol. 1). Follow Brad: Website - Bluesky - Itch - Between Two Cairns MD 408 - Terra Cotta Dream Thieves w/ Brad Kerr The Terra Cotta Dream Thieves (TCDT) are a rock band of fired-clay monsters who rampage through a town, grabbing people and dragging them across a PPP, painting with their blood and gore. The PPP (Psychedelic Projection Pillow): This magic item is a pillow made of rock, yet it’s incredibly comfortable to sleep on. A process of smashing a humanoid body against this rock is called ‘Blood-Painting,’ as gory sacrifices are necessary as material spell components. If one is blood-painted and dies, their ghost is locked into the PPP. Smashing a PPP returns the stolen dreams to their owner, and releases the ghosts trapped within. Uses of the PPP are as follows:
Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brad Kerr ANNOUNCEMENTS PAX Unplugged : Hang out with Tiger Wizard and Dragon Warrior Nov. 21-23. Tails From the Night Market: Tiger Wizard’s project for Mausritter Month, co-written and co-illustrated with Joey Royale. Tiger Wizard’s new Patreon: Super fun mini dungeons delivered to your inbox or mailbox on the regular. Dungeon Cats: Tiger Wizard’s Ennie nominated, rules-lite TTRPG where you play feline adventurers is now available at Exalted Funeral. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 407 - Scissor Pit w/ Brian Shutter (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastes, 1-900-Phantazy, Zombie Braineaters) | 26 Sep 2025 | 01:15:22 | |
This week’s guest is Brian Shutter. We talk about Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastes upcoming miniatures skirmish game called Violence, Action, Cash and Prizes, and new supplement Deities and Demi-Bros, 1-900-Phantazy, Zombie Braineaters, Roller Brawl, Battle Binders, and announces Battle Binder Blitz month! Follow Brian: https://linktr.ee/NeonLordrpg MD 407 - Scissor Pit w/ Brian Shutter The Extreme Pogo Origami International League fights in The Scissor Pit arena, a circular brick structure that has fifteen L-shaped, platform levels that are floating at different elevations above a large pit filled with deadly implements designed to excite the audience of rich gambling fanatics that watch from above. Each combatant is given a specialized pogo stick and its matching paper weapon. They start on the top platform and fight in a battle royale to the last person standing. Anyone who touches the contents of the pit is eliminated. The traditional pit is filled with scissors, but sometimes they’ll shake things up by filling the pit with, roll 1d10: 1) balls, 2) slime, 3) spikes, 4) a sarlacc, 5) shredded paper (death by a thousand cuts), 6) fire, 7) turtles, 8) gelatinous cubes, 9) water, 10) syringes, etc… Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Brian Shutter ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 406 - GART: Goblin Art Collective w/ CJ Somavia (GLAIVE, Grand Rituals, Hothead Collective) | 17 Sep 2025 | 01:12:21 | |
This week’s guest is CJ Somavia. We talk about Hothead Collective (which is pretty much CJ and whoever he’s working with), Grand Rituals (a system agnostic toolset to introduce big magical rituals into your fantasy TTRPG), and GLAIVE (a quarterly glossy magazine dedicated to gaming and its subcultures). We discuss the difference between a magazine and a zine. Follow CJ Somavia at Instagram, and Hot Head Collective: WEBSITE | YOUTUBE | DISCORD | TWITCH | INSTAGRAM | X MD 406 - GART: Goblin Art Collective w/ CJ Somavia GART is a collective of murderous, vapid, goblin hipsters snobs, always fighting amongst themselves about what the full name of their crew should be.
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JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 405 - H.O.M.E.: Sly Motherships w/ Jarrett Crader (Space Penguin Ink) | 07 Sep 2025 | 00:57:32 | |
This week’s guest is Jarrett Crader of Space Penguin Ink, who’s on their 68th release! We talk Forbidden Psalms, Liminal Horror RPG, the Cairn 2E box set, The Ghosts of Zoazanna Mountain, Survivors of the Core Wars: an NPC deck for Mothership RPG, and Seas of Sand by Sam Sorensen Follow Jarrett Crader: Website - X - Instagram MD 405 - H.O.M.E.: Sly Motherships w/ Jarrett Crader On the top of a frozen mountaintop is H.O.M.E., the current nesting grounds of sentient spaceships called motherships. Each mothership lies hidden under the snow where it has burrowed a nest to incubate their kinderships in the cold. Nesting grounds can be found in any planet’s arctic conditions during their nesting season. Each metallic black mothership is the size of a city, and has a birthing canal that slingshots out 1d4 kinderships at the conclusion of the birthing season. They launch out of this tube at rocket speed, flying into space before returning to their mothership. The motherships defend themselves with a psychedelic avalanche of kaleidoscopic snow. When hit, you go on a psychedelic trip for 1d4 days. People use this as a recreational drug called S.N.O.W. Snow Angels are a thrill-seeking hobbyist group that follows the motherships to their birthing grounds to have a big gay dance party surrounding the birthing event. They sell mag-boots specifically designed to traverse a mothership’s exterior and subdue the effects of psychedelic avalanches to recreational levels. Kinderships are one-of-a-kind smaller sentient spaceships that can fit a crew of 2-10 people, depending on the ship’s proportions. They grow very slowly, over hundreds of years, to eventually become a mothership. They will stay with their parental mothership until they find a crew that’s worthy of them. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Jarrett Crader ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon and get nerd merch: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 404 - Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes w/ W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland, Prismatic Wisdom, Barkeep on the Borderlands) | 23 Aug 2025 | 01:05:52 | |
This week’s guest is W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wastland. We talk about his new physical book Prismatic Wisdom & Barkeep on the Borderlands. We discuss his history with B2: Keep on the Borderlands (how Barkeep is a pseudo-sequel), pub crawls in Athens, GA, and how he’s a “pun-first” writer. We briefly touch on his games: Big Rock Candy Hexcrawl Pamphlet, Trouble in Paradisa, and Wonky Willie's Authentic Interactive Extravaganza. Follow W.F. Smith: Website - Bluesky - Itch - Patreon MD 404 - Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes w/ W.F. Smith The Championship Belt of the Verdant Wastes was created by a primeval nature spirit named Creature of the Green. The belt has its own ecosystem of greenery, moss and fungus that’s seen with the naked eye, but on its surface is a civilization of microscopic mushroom folk called Foos. Like professional wrestlers and gods, the belt gains its power through devotion to the wearer. You must complete a previous level before moving on to the next level. Level 1: The Foos worship you as their god. When you walk, a trail of lush greenery follows your steps. As The Green Walker, you can be a savoir to the wastelands. Level 2: A crowd is currently cheering you on. Conjure vines to create a pro wrestling stadium with a ring for 24 hours. You gain bonuses for performing rope maneuvers. Level 3: You’re currently a verdant avatar for the Creature of the Green. Grow into a 300-foot tall plant kaiju that you control from the inside like a mech. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, W.F. Smith ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where we create system-neutral content using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 403 - BeakMaster w/ Rhodrick Magsino (ARKYVR, OMENDROME, Alewood Games) | 18 Aug 2025 | 01:16:09 | |
This week’s guest is Rhodrick Magsino, owner and main designer of Alewood Games. We talk about the Baltimore indie TTRPG scene and how filmmaking and music production influence his game design. We dig into his games: Remember Frankie ,Traysikel: Ride or Die!, ARKYVR, OMENDROME, The Revolution Will. Follow Rhodrick: Website - Bluesky - Itch — MD 403 - BeakMaster w/ Rhodrick Magsino BeakMaster (they/them): This large bird creature has an excessive amount of beaks in their odd physiology that speak simultaneously. This hip hop bard shows up in markets and bazaars to sell you music albums in compact disc (CD) form. They have 1d6 albums for sale every time you meet. They’ll provide a CD player boombox with speakers or a personal unit with headphones with each purchase. Once you meet BeakMaster, they will always be around: at parties, on the street, in front of stores, at the bottom of dungeons, even in other dimensions. BeakMaster concerts have been world-changing events. D6 Payments: The payment will change each time you meet BeakMaster.
D6 Albums: Each album is an hour long. When you listen to a full album with intention, you’re imbued with its special ability for 24 hours.
Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Rhodrick Magsino — ANNOUNCEMENTS
MAILING LIST at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 402 - Pizza Queen w/ Andrew Kolb (Wonderland, Oz & Neverland Role-Playing Settings) | 06 Aug 2025 | 01:03:45 | |
This week’s guest is Andrew Kolb. We talk about his latest Role-Playing Setting of Wonderland (dungeon crawl) where he pulls from the surreal and silly collage art of people like Terry Gilliam. We talk about how all the Lewis Carroll characters are agro with Alice, and making their stat blocks and special moves (inspired by his love of Chrono Trigger). The locations as topsy-turvy geometric block shapes, and building out their themes. We also discuss his brightly illustrated Mab Graves’ Drawlloween challenge books Booburgh and Necronomicorp. Follow Andrew: Website - Instagram - Bluesky - Facebook Pizza Queen Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Andrew Kolb Pizza Queen is a large, blobby, alien xeno professional wrestler who’s made entirely out of pizza. She has a second face on her torso that fires out a hot pizza pie that causes fire and bludgeoning damage. That pizza then stands up as one of the three minions (see below). Pizza minion wrestling warriors: 1) Pepperoni & Dynamite Pie: Explodes when it hits you causing 10 feet of splash damage. Becomes an animated pizza wrestler with a spicy attitude and has the move “The TNT Stunner.” 2) Laser-Mushrooms Pie: Fires like a chakram weapon with a mushroom-powered laser edge. If hit, there’s a 10% chance to lose 1d4 fingers. It becomes an animated pizza yogi that strikes with gooey, stretching appendages. 3) Hawaiian Pie: When hit, this pineapple and ham pizza charms or repulses the target with fear, depending on their feelings about Hawaiian pizza. It becomes animate and performs a hypno-hula-dance. It will put a molten cheese lei around the neck of those under its thrall, or a burnt-tongue kiss that’ll burn the roof of your mouth. ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 401 Toe-Based Space Wizards w/ Zach Cowan (aka Bat Alchemist, producer of the Mad Dungeon podcast) | 30 Jul 2025 | 00:58:31 | |
Our guest this week is our Mad Dungeon producer, the Bat Alchemist himself, Zach Cowan, a location sound recordist and video producer located in Atlanta. We talk about what season four is all about: We’re making a zine of TTRPG content to use in your home games with each of our guests contributing a page or two, while continuing to utilize our ‘mad dice’ improv style of word play. Andrew has his first child, working on lots of art, his job as the in-house game designer and editor at Exalted Funeral. Steve talks about the industrial music Mystic Punks adventure he wrote. He went to ShimpCon, a not-so-secret home con of Doug Kovacs (DCC, Inferno Road) where he played Dolmenwood and ran Mystic Punks. Zach has been playing Mothership, and a combat-heavy D&D 5E game. Zach will be running Tiger Wizard and family through a campaign of Brindlewood Bay. D8 Toe-Based Space Wizards Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Zach Cowan 1. Wiggle Toe - They cast smelly spells, like stink bomb and unknown scent, by wiggling their toes. Wiggle Toe can’t smell the stank, but everyone else does. 2. Tough Toe - arms and legs are all big toes. They cast gravity-based crushing spells. 3. Blaze Bunion - a giant foot with a head where the ankle would connect to the foot. Casts bunion, a spell that causes painful bony bumps to grow in a target’s joints, making them stiff. 4. Turf Toe-ny - They cast healing spells, particularly heeling, which causes sore feet to relax and become rejuvenated. 5. Split Nail - Fires off adamantine toe nail projectiles that when hit causes the target’s nails to painfully split in half. 6. Flat-Arch Mage - Casts spells that hinder your dexterity. Being hit by any of their spells causes fallen arches, and the target becomes flat-footed. 7. Crevice Pressure Witch - She shrinks to go into small places, then grows back to full size to explode them. 8. Toe Jam Courier - They pilot a space mech angel to deliver jars of toe fungus to beings who think it’s delicious. They have magic space cleats that: power the mech, allows them to walk on any surface regardless of gravity, and gives them a shredding force kick. ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Four of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson and produced by Zach Cowan. Music by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2025 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 312 Season Finale - Goblin Kings and Popstars Sing - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 03 Jan 2025 | 01:19:06 | |
Season Finale - Goblin Kings and Popstars Sing Bat Alchemist uses gym-kata to make his way through the swarm of goblins dance-fighting to Enrique Iglesias. He moves under the bleachers and sees bad-kid goblins smoking cigarettes and making out. He melts them with an acid potion. Warlock Rock hits a button that raises a fashion-show catwalk in the center of the room. She sashays her way to the Goblin King, does a diving punch, but misses and lands sprawled out on the floor behind him. Dragon Warrior runs on the top of goblin heads and lands on Lotto the demon dog, and commands Lotto to breath fire on the goblins while running to the goblin king. Rocky-Staroth tries to regain control of Lotto the demon dog, but Dragon Warrior maintains control. Dragon Warrior miscasts the spell Poison Lick of Fug making his own face quite gross. Tiger Wizard misses whacking the goblin king with his wand. The goblin king polymorphes Tiger Wizard into a goblin adorned with goblin skulls… he’s now Goblin Wizard. Ariana, polymorphed into a goblin (Gobliana), successfully snaps Tiger Wizard out of his polymorphed mind control, then takes a Gobliana-sized bite out of the Goblin King’s leg. Goblin Wizard climbs up the human-sized Goblin King’s shoulder, wacks him in the face with his wand Dorkus, then gruesomely peels the mask off of the Goblin King. Goo, like pizza cheese, still connects between the mask and the Goblin King’s face. Goblin Wizard puts the mask on becoming the new Goblin Wizard King. He begins to succumb to its power, including growing a tiger-demon face on his torso. He uses the mask to calm down the throng of goblins. Dragon Warrior stabs Rocky-Staroth in the chest with his soul-bound sword. Bat Alchemist strong-arms Rocky-Staroth into teaching Goblin Wizard how to use the mask. He turns Ariana back into a human. Goblin Wizard finishes off Rocky-Staroth and puts everyone back to work for Dr. Dre-colich. Warlock Rock makes friends with Ariana, and all of the Vat Spawn ride off into the sunset with Ariana for future adventures involving a mysterious Beibataur.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 314 - Erik & Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns & Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, TSR) | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:31:10 | |
Our guests this week are Erik & Heidi Gygax Garland (GAXLAND, Egg Con) and Matt Forbeck (Marvel Multiverse RPG, Shotguns & Sorcery, Warhammer 40k, Minecraft) as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk with Erik & Heidi about getting married, gun stuff, growing up Gygax, the Satanic panic, and moving back to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Their GAXLAND products include D&D campaign modules including a boxed set of three OD&D style digest books: Curse of Candlelight Manor (for OD&D, 5e and C&C), a two-module project The Burning Briar, and Iron Giant (AD&D, 5e, and C&C), as well as a themed cookbook Dining & Dragons – A Gygax Girl’s Cookbook, featuring some Gygax family favorite recipes and stories behind them. Follow GAXLAND at: Website - Facebook - Egg Con We talk with Matt Forbeck about Marvel Multiverse RPG, Cataclysm of Kang, the X-Men Expansion and then the Spider-Verse Expansion. Playing the ‘80s Marvel Super Heroes RPG when it came out and running it at an early Gen Con. We talk about our favorite X-Men villains. Matt likes Mr. Sinister and how he exploits Moira MacTaggert. We talked about his time at TSR working with Gary Gygax and running Pinnacle Entertainment Group. We talked about some of his novels, interactive audio adventures, comics and video games. Follow Matt Forbeck at: Website - Facebook - X - IG - LinkedIn — ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 311 Enrique Iglesias Murder Dance Party - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 14 Nov 2024 | 01:22:26 | |
The Vat Spawn watch the Goblin King polymorph the missing Ariana from a beautiful pop star into a grotesque goblin. A hundred goblins cheer him on as the transformation occurs. “Goblins is people?” Dragon Warrior queried. Bat Alchemist lights a joint from the demon dog’s fire breath to regain his lost health. Then he reverse engineered Warlock Roc’s listening device to play Enrique Iglesias through the tone-stone walls, causing them to gather in one area for a makeshift dance party. Turns out goblins are obsessed with Enrique Iglesias. Tiger Wizard takes advantage of the distracting dance party, springs through the door, and casts Nitar’s Fireball, serving a dish of fiery destruction. The Goblin King breathes fire from the demonic face in the center of his torso, but Tiger Wizard and Bat Alchemist move out of the way. The goblins swarm the Vat Spawn as they fight-dance to Enrique Iglesias. Dragon Warrior sits atop the demon dog Lotto and charges into the room. Lotto breathes fire into the goblin horde as Dragon Warrior swan dives into the goblins as he casts Pognif Explosion exploding himself and a single goblin to bits… and then he reforms. Bat Alchemist uses his soulbound weapon Clippy’s ability to hit multiple targets. In return for his services, Clippy demands to be of assistance immediately and makes Bat Alchemist do calisthenics to get better at attacking. Tiger Wizard dances through the goblin horde to whiff hitting the Goblin King, and notices that he’s wearing a wooden mask. Warlock Roc attempts to sneak away, but trips on her high heels into the goblin horde. Dragon Warrior wades through the gobs to give Warlock Roc a healing potion, which brought her back to full power and made her glow pink. The Goblin King grabs Tiger Wizard and begins polymorphing him into a goblin. Tune in next week to see how goblined up Tiger Wizard gets.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 313 - Stephen Radney-MacFarland (Delve RPG, D&D, Pathfinder) | 27 Oct 2024 | 00:17:39 | |
Our guest this week is Stephen Radney-MacFarland as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about Delve RPG, his passion-project meditation on d20 fantasy games. How he doesn’t agree with 5E’s advantage/disadvantage rules. — ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 310 Demon Dog & A Monarch Menace – Rise of the Vat Spawn | 17 Oct 2024 | 01:13:33 | |
The Vat Spawn take out the final elite goblins. We meet Lotto, a 10-foot demon dog. Bat Alchemist sucks venom out of Warlock Roc. They explore further into the goblin museum, finding horrific paintings of former goblin kings, before discovering the current Goblin King’s chambers.
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 312 - David “Zeb” Cook (TSR, D&D, AD&D, Conan Role-Playing Game) | 15 Oct 2024 | 00:17:04 | |
Our guest this week is David “Zeb” Cook as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We talk about his involvement in 49 of the 50 years of D&D’s existence and how satisfying it’s been for him to see his work impacting generations of people. — ANNOUNCEMENTS
JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 309 Balls: Crystal, Disco & Fire - Rise of the Vat Spawn | 26 Sep 2024 | 01:17:48 | |
309 Balls: Crystal, Disco & Fire - Rise of the Vat Spawn The Vat Spawn finish their fight with elite business goblins that includes disco floors, Weekend-at-Bernie’s-ing a dead goblin to find true love in secret nap spots, and lots of Nitar’s Fireballs were a’flyin’. A crystal ball houses a goblin spirit to find down-on-their-luck victims as part of a larger goblin conspiracy. And a fire-breathing demon dog is awakened. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this now. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| 311 Side Quest - John “Hambone” McGuire (321 Action, Braineaters!, Vintage RPG podcast) | 08 Aug 2024 | 00:13:34 | |
Our guest this week is John “Hambone” McGuire as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of D&D interviews. We talk about his 321 Action core book and the adventures he’s written to go along with it, including upcoming Hotel Exorcist, Braineaters! that he’s working on with Brian Shutter (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastelands), and his love of Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978). -- You can support us via Patreon & stay up to date with us HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 308 Cursed Swords & Velvet Cords - Rise of the Vat Spawn | 20 Jul 2024 | 01:12:21 | |
The Vat Spawn follow beefy elite goblins into a room of swords with a goblin museum curators arguing about presentation. The head curator laughs as Dragon Warrior touches a cursed codeine razor and is weakened with magical addiction. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this now. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| 310 Side Quest - Banana Chan (Forgery, Jiangshi, Revenant Society, Chucky, The Darkness At The Brink Of Ohio) | 04 Jul 2024 | 00:19:10 | |
Our guest this week is Banana Chan as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We discuss her upcoming The Darkness At The Brink Of Ohio, a solo journaling game with a soundtrack with a full cast. You’re one of three late shift workers listening to the radio, while being consumed by a parasite. She discusses her inspiration from the Juggernaut LARP by Jason Morningstar.
We talk about her history with Dungeons & Dragons, writing for D&D, and how that fits into her work in the indie space and using the Powered by the Apocalypse engine in particular. We talk about finding your people in this community.
Play Banana Chan’s games: Forgery / Jiangshi / Revenant Society / Chucky Follow Banana Chan at: Website – IG – YouTube – Twitter – TikTok - Itch.io — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LISTby clicking the newsletter button on our homepage. — Thanks for listening to Season Three Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 307 Goblin Guards & Credit Cards - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 13 Jun 2024 | 01:16:56 | |
307 Goblin Guards & Credit Cards - Rise of the Vat Spawn The Vat Spawn peruse the lobby of the goblin museum when the alarm button gets pushed after Tiger Wizard is caught trying to steal trillmatic rings. A negotiation starts up on either side of a force field with a goblin on stilts named Snax. An elite goblin named Meat Fists swallows a cat whole and pulls out its skeleton to intimidate the crew. Bat Alchemist and Tiger Wizard calm the situation down with successful converse rolls. Tiger Wizard uses a Mad Dungeon word to change the fabric of reality to create Tone Stone Touch Pads for bureaucratic transactions, and now the team has a Goblin Museum bank card. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this now. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| 309 Side Quest - Elisa Teague (Marvel, The Crooked Moon, Surviving Strange Hollow, Gloomhaven RPG) | 06 Jun 2024 | 00:15:19 | |
Our guest this week is Elisa Teague as we continue our Gary Con 2024 series of 50 years of Dungeons and Dragons interviews. We discuss her history with the game, including a 13-year D&D campaign! We discuss her work with Founders and Legends, The Crooked Moon: Folk Horror in 5E by Legends of Avantris, Surviving Strange Hollow, Gloomhaven RPG, Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game (Cataclysm of Kang and the upcoming X-Men Expansion Sourcebook. We get into our favorite X-people. Elisa has a love of Magneto. Steve likes Jubilee, Zach is into Gambit & Cable, Andrew likes Nightcrawler, and Matt Forbeck chimes in with love for Wolverine. Her latest project is Legacy of Worlds, an actual play D&D show that just premiered on the Six Sides of Gaming YouTube channel starring Elisa, Ed Greenwood, Keith Baker, Luke Gygax, Tommy Gofton, and DMed by Devin Wilson.
— ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LISTby clicking the newsletter button on our homepage. — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon & socials HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 306 Ducats & Deposits - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 30 May 2024 | 01:07:09 | |
The Vat Spawn leave the colosseum of mutilation and head to Goblintown. There they infiltrate a secret epicenter of commerce in Def Jamisus called The Goblin Museum. Behind security doors, trades and saves are happening. Tiger Wizard, Bat Alchemist, and Warlock Roc make cash money deposits with an anxious goblin while Dragon Warrior admires a sculpture exhibit of famous goblin busts before all hell breaks loose. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this now. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| 308 Side Quest - Luke Stratton (Pirate Borg, Limithron, Free League) | 15 May 2024 | 00:16:36 | |
This week our guest is Luke Stratton, creator of Pirate Borg and we talk about his history with D&D and roleplaying, getting into the OSR and MÖRK BORG, a birthday surprise involving the film The Game, and how he assembled his pirate crew to make the game a success. Follow Luke, Limithron & Pirate Borg: Website - IG - Facebook - X - YouTube - LinkTree — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LISTby clicking the newsletter button on our homepage. — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 305 Mutilations & Standing Ovations - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 08 May 2024 | 01:17:34 | |
MD 305 Mutilations & Standing Ovations This week the Vat Spawn, dressed as Def Jamisus Garys (that’s the police), have infiltrated the colosseum just in time to view the public mutilation of ten people, who were then dropped to the Necropolis below. The cops, who’s clothes they stole, found the Vat Spawn and a brawl commenced in the side hall of the arena. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this Friday. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook has successfully funded. It includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| The Mad Dungeon Podcast Ennie submision | 01 May 2024 | 00:15:00 | |
This is an abbreviated version of our episode last summer with Joey Royale. Be sure to check out the map on our website. | |||
| 307 Side Quest - Sarah Moore (GenConTV, Formerly Feral Games, World of Chaldea) | 29 Apr 2024 | 00:15:58 | |
This week our guest is Sarah Moore, host of Sarah's Table on GenConTV where she spotlights RPGs created by indie designers and small publishers. She's the co-designer of The Crowned, an RPG by Formerly Feral Games, where you play a god of a small slice of reality. Sarah is also the production coordinator for Actoroke and wears many hats for Peter Adkison's World of Chaldea. We also discuss what “joyful gaming” means to her. — ANNOUNCEMENTS — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by | |||
| SQ 306 Stefan Pokorny (Dwarven Forge, The Dwarvenaut, Starforged) | 17 Apr 2024 | 00:21:21 | |
This week Stefan Pokorny of Dwarven Forge is our guest from our Gary Con 2024 series focusing on the question, “What has 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons meant to you?” Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. | |||
| MD 304 AGAB: All Garys Are Bastards - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 10 Apr 2024 | 01:09:05 | |
This week the Vat Spawn are at the Rock Ride station platform with The Coroner. They’re stopped while trying to pass through a DJPD checkpoint. The fuzz find a joint on Warlock Roc and they’re detained. They unsuccessfully attempt to bribe the officers, and the cops call in backup. Tiger Wizard uses the Mad Dungeon word “sneakily” to create a cartoon style fight cloud, and they come out with their clothing swapped. The Vat Spawn escape in their new police uniforms, make their way through the municipal district to the colosseum where the executions will take place. They attempt to enter through a side entrance guarded by a DJPD officer by telling him that they were bringing The Coroner as a last minute addition to the public execution. The Coroner flips out at this undiscussed plan and runs away. Bat Alchemist utilized the Mad Dungeon word “sexy” to make every officer’s name Gary. AGAB: All Garys Are Bastards. They make friends with this Gary and he lets them into the colosseum just in time to see ten people be mutilated and dumped into the Necropolis below. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this Friday. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance? JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 305 Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games, Against the Gloom, Psychic Trash Detectives) | 03 Apr 2024 | 00:19:30 | |
Our guest this week is Brigitte Winter of Scryptid Games. Brigitte (she/her) is a writer, photographer, and game designer based in Maryland. She consumes and creates stories and games that are queer, feminist, intimate, and deliciously weird. We talked about Scryptid Games, Psychic Trash Detectives, Ball of the Wild and their Kickstarter for Against the Gloom where you play punk pirate troubadours who fight against the Gloom. We’re excited to announce that we, Epic Levels, will be providing a song written for Against the Gloom when the game ships. Follow Brigitte: IG - Itch / Follow Scryptid: Website - IG - Facebook - X - YouTube — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “House on Haunted Hill Dwarf” is out now on all streaming platforms. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. This is leading up to our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 303 City Streets & Spaghetti Treats - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 27 Mar 2024 | 01:04:01 | |
This week our heroes meet The Coroner in the basement of his mortuary. We learn that the dead bodies of Def Jamisus city are sent down chutes to the Necropolis below. The Marshal of Mummies explains that astral markers are needed to re-up their magical powers before leaving them with The Coroner to take them to view today’s public executions, and will meet them in goblin town later. THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. This is leading up to our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot and more. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 304 Mystic Punks RPG w/ Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo | 20 Mar 2024 | 00:44:33 | |
This week we talk with Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo about their kickstarter for the Mystic Punks TTRPG, OUT TODAY exclusively through Exalted Funeral. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game We talk about all the fun things that come with the Mystic Punks Tabletop Roleplaying Game Kickstarter:
Pick up a free PDF of the Mystic Punks Quickstart Rules. — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “House on Haunted Hill Dwarf” is out now on all streaming platforms. our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 302 Condos & Conspiracies - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 13 Mar 2024 | 00:59:30 | |
This week, the Vat Spawn chat about crime and punishment before smoking a joint to heal their wounds. Dr. Dre-colich shows the vat spawn to their very specific apartments and they get geared up for their intense four-part mission. First, infiltrate a goblin enclave to find CleRick Rubin's missing daughter. Second, cozy up to CleRick Rubin and the Mayor to find out where they are keeping the dragon orbs. Third, get the dragon orbs. Lastly, Party. We learn about tone stone, the musical building blocks of the city before the Vat Spawn take an elevator to the top side, to the city of Def Jamisus. The elevator music is exactly what you'd expect. DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! You can have your cat in the zine by simply backing at any level! The campaign is now live on the Epic Levels’ Kickstarter! Back now! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 303 Luke Gygax (Gary Con, Founders & Legends, Gaxx Worx) | 07 Mar 2024 | 00:41:26 | |
Our guest this week is Luke Gygax and we talk Founders & Legends (Mar. 15-20), Gary Con (March 21st-24th) and Gaxx Worx: Okkorim, G20 shoes and G20 magazine, Gooey Cube. The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx: Mega-Adventure & Campaign, 50 Years of Adventures - Essays collection. — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. Additional Music by Space Brother | |||
| MD 301 The Necropolis - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 28 Feb 2024 | 00:57:31 | |
Welcome to episode one of Rise of the Vat Spawn! In this episode, our protagonists are birthed from colorful vats before fighting some undead skeletal animals. Dragon Warrior gets stabbed in the guts. Warlock Roc gets sprayed by goo. Bat Alchemist manipulates that same liquid goo to freeze the baddies in places. Tiger Wizard tames a skeletal tiger. They’re introduced to Anoop, the Marshal of Mummies, and their creator, an undead dragon named Dr. Drecolitch, explains the necropolis they’re in, the city above (Def Jamisus),its political structure, the great dragon wars, and the dragon orbs that he desires. DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adven | |||
| SQ 302 Justin Sirois (GameFace Con, Severed Books & Toys) | 20 Feb 2024 | 00:27:31 | |
This week we chat with Justin Sirois of Severed Books & Toys to discuss the first Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th at Peabody Brewery. — ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! Back on Kickstarter! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: purchase at Exalted Funeral made with and illustrated by legendary artist Erol Otus! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 300 Session Zero - Rise of the Vat Spawn (actual play) | 15 Feb 2024 | 01:51:19 | |
Welcome to session zero of our season 3 actual play Rise of the Vat Spawn where fantasy and hip hop culture are smashed together to create an epic urban adventure. Here we'll discuss what to expect for the season, including format, tone, safety tools, and we'll utilize Mad Dungeon words as we have in our previous seasons. We'll create and introduce the characters (Tiger Wizard, Dragon Warrior, Warlock Roc and Bat Alchemist) using the Mystic Punks RPG system. Steve gave the team his inspirational Appendix N: Nimona, Arcane, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Masters of the Universe, Final Fantasy 7, Studio Ghibli, Fist of the North Star, Ill Bill “War is My Destiny” Video, Wild Style, Style Wars (1983 documentary), Altered Carbon, and Hype Williams videos. Hope you all enjoy this improvised story that we'll create together. DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats , a game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot, is live on Kickstarter! Back now! GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 301 Mystic Punks RPG w/ Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo | 07 Feb 2024 | 00:26:26 | |
Welcome to our first episode of Season Three! This week we talk with Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo about their upcoming kickstarter for the Mystic Punks TTRPG, out exclusively through Exalted Funeral. Pre-save the Mystic Punks Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game?ref=clipboard-prelaunch We discuss our season three actual play in which mash fantasy and hip hop as we explore the city-state of Def Jamisus using the Mystic Punks as our game system. We discuss what separates Mystic Punks from other games like soulbound weapons and the spell system. Overall, it’s a game about going against the normies and being an outsider. Check out our previous episodes with Anthony and Jay: MD 001 #CancelSatan w/ Anthony Meloro MD 002 Tower of Slime with Jay Domingo Get other Mystic Punks goodies to gear up for the release right now at Exalter Funeral. — ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats launches today on Kickstarter for Zine Quest! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be podcasting live at Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: for purchase at Exalted Funeral with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where we alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 241 Season Two #Dungeon23 Finale (Part 2) w/ Marc Miller, Shanna Germain, Chris Lindsay, Sean K. Reynolds | 29 Dec 2023 | 00:55:03 | |
For part two of our grand season 2 mega dungeon finale, this week we talk with: Marc Miller, legendary creator behind Game Designers' Workshop (GDW), Traveller and owner of Far Future Enterprises. Shanna Germain, award-winning author, editor, game designer and co-founder of Monte Cook Games. We talk The Magnus Archives and her next novel. Follow Shanna: Website - Patreon - Instagram - Twitter - Facebook Chris Lindsay, product Marketing Manager at Wizards of the Coast, head Dungeon Master for the D&D Adventurers League, D&D in a Castle and The Deck of Many Things (2023). Follow Chris: Instagram Sean K. Reynolds, designer/developer at Monte Cook Games. It's Only Magic. Follow Sean: Instagram - Twitter - Patreon Wizard Tower of Love w/ Monte Cook. ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com New Erol Otus poster adventure map at Exalted Funeral. — Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where Epic Levels and a guest create a playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels. Beat by Inner Resting. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 240 Season Two #Dungeon23 Finale (Part 1) w/ Monte Cook, Mike Mason, Skip Williams, Jeff Richard, Joseph Goodman | 20 Dec 2023 | 01:04:35 | |
For part one of our grand season 2 mega dungeon finale, this week we talk with: Monte Cook of Monte Cook Games talks about D&D 3E, Numenera, Cypher System, Old Gods of Appalachia RPG and his upcoming The Magnus Archives. Follow Monte Cook: Website - Twitter - Facebook Mike Mason of Chaosium talks Call of Cthulhu, Alone Against the Static, Arkham Unveiled, the upcoming/updated Cthulhu By Gaslight and his podcast Eldritch Stories. Follow Chaosium: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook Skip Williams "The Sage" talks D&D 3E, Dragon Magazine, Gary Con & Founders and Legends for D&D's 50th anniversary. Find Skip on Facebook and at Gary Con: Co-Event Manager & Honored Guest Jeff Richard, creative director of Chaosium talks Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, and upcoming RuneQuest projects: Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way, the Solar cult book and more. Follow Jeff on Facebook. Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games talks Dungeon Crawl Classic, Grimtooth, Adventures on the Purple Planet and Appendix N. Follow Goodman Games: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook The season finale super room will be revealed next week along with the final mega-dungeon that we spent a year creating with all our friends! — Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com New poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon. Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 239 Hangin’ Sacks 5th Ave w/ Chris Prynoski (Titmouse, The Legend of Vox Machina, Mighty Nein) | 13 Dec 2023 | 01:22:57 | |
This week’s guest is Chris Prynoski, owner of Titmouse, and we talk about The Legend of Vox Machina, the upcoming Mighty Nein, the power he gained as steward of The Sandal of Gygax, and his game group the Murder Hobos. Follow Titmouse: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook - Titmouse merch This store has a portcullis separating you from the nugglets, zombie-like living testies that’ll chomp your nards. Hangin’ Brains, the seamstress necromancer, demands that you choose necropants from the rack before she releases the nugglets on you. There’s six styles of necropants made from human skin. They each have distended testicles and magically adhere when you put them on, becoming your skin. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 209 PAX Unplugged 2023 Recap | 07 Dec 2023 | 00:51:24 | |
This week we talk about all the fun we had at PAX Unplugged 2023. Thursday: Andrew set up the Exalted Funeral booth while Steve said hi to Tony Vacinda (Plus One Exp), Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr (MÖRK BORG), Brian Colin (Vast Grimm), Jarrett Crader (Space Penguin Ink) and Brian Shutter (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastelands). Then they both went to a party hosted by 9th Level Games. Friday: Andrew worked the Exalted Funeral booth while Steve ran Mad Dungeon rooms using OSE: Old School Essentials in the Alexandria RPG Library room. Steve walked the hall and got some time with Joey Royale, the folks at Quest Chest, Craig Cambell (Nerdburger) and Brigette Winter (Psychic Trash Detectives). Steve was able to get in a game of The Walking Dead (Free League) before meeting Andrew at the BackerKit party where we threw axes with Joseph Goodman (Goodman Games), Banana Chan, Jason Furie (Realm Runners), Justin Sorios (Severed Books) & Adam Good and Jamie Perez (Stations - An Infinity of Ships). Saturday: Steve ran another group through Epic Level Mad Dungeon rooms before meeting Andrew at the Exalted Funeral booth just in time for a signing with artists David Hoskins and Justine Jones. Steve played in Levi Combs (Planet X Games) D&D 1E game exploring his Escape from Skullcano Island adventure. That night they all convened at a party hosted by Kickstarter before a wild night of Karaoke with the entire Exalted Funeral crew, the Mork Borg fellas, Zac Goins (WoGD), Jarrett Crater (Space Penguin Ink), Cassi Mothwin (Clean Spirit, The Sticker Game) who won The Tabletop Award for Rising Star: Designer, and the award’s hosts Wheels & Maddie from Dicebreaker. Sunday: After a Philly cheesesteak breakfast, Steve and Andrew attended the Tabletop Music: Professional Nerd Musicians Q&A panel with Arcane Anthems, Nur-D, Denkles, Ginny Di, Omega Jones, Emaline Stirling, and Will Savino. — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats is a rules-light, casual TTRPG by our own Tiger Wizard. The pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! Click the "notify me on launch" button to make sure you don’t miss out! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Mason Grant. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 238 Sarguar Nardgar MacDuffin’s Chuckle Cottage w/ Amy Vorpahl (D&D, Dimension 20, Critical Role) | 30 Nov 2023 | 01:16:40 | |
This week’s guest is Amy Vorpahl and we talk about Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, Candlekeep Mysteries, Dimension 20 , Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom, her latest album Behold Her Dreams, Geek & Sundry to Critical Role and her D&D Beyond show “Jingleshearth.” Follow Amy: Website/Newsletter - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - TikTok - Bandcam ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 237 Sashays & Shields w/ Justin Nauman (Tabletop Gaymers) | 22 Nov 2023 | 01:05:05 | |
This week’s guest is Justin Nauman, president of Tabletop Gaymers. We talk about the GAYMER and ALLY Badge Ribbons that they pass out at conventions, Gayme Night for LGBTQ+ Community Centers and The Gaming Safe Space Initiative - in association with GAMA. Follow Tabletop Gaymers: Website - Instagram - Facebook - Twitch - Discord Two thin runways are above a 30-foot drop to a magnetic floor. You’re welcomed by the floating Bearbara Grizzelich, a drag performer dressed as a leather-daddy bear. They explain the rules and hand out a ribbon to the victor. Magic ribbons: “Sashay Queen,” 1/day fly 30 feet. “Bear Pride Flag,” 1/day briefly doubles your strength. “Drag-on King,” 1/day briefly boosts your AC. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson DJ horn attribution this ep to: neilyhype — Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on our Kickstarter! Black Friday at our sponsor Exalted Funeral. Snag yourself a copy of Tiger Wizard’s postcard adventure, Bottom of the Spiked pit for free! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 236 Basilica of the Last Bout w/ Jacqueline Bryk (A Thousand Yards Of Lace, Vampire: The Masquerade 5e, World of Darkness) | 16 Nov 2023 | 01:15:26 | |
This week’s guest is game designer, writer, sensitivity reader, and editor Jacqueline Bryk. We talk about her background in diplomacy and how that fits into how she designs games, TTRPG safety tools as a language of communicating with each other, and her surrealist fiction zine The Pinesorrow Collection, Vol. 1, a love letter to atmospheric storytelling. We discuss her LARP games like Send N00ds and solo games like Just A Little Time, I Have No Railgun And I Must Scream, and Butterfly On The Wheel, and her upcoming A Thousand Yards Of Lace, a hack (with permission) of Thousand Year Old Vampire. Follow Jacqueline: https://linktr.ee/rufflejax ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 235 Sluggoth Love-Off w/ Alex Roberts (Star Crossed, For the Queen) | 09 Nov 2023 | 01:12:13 | |
This week’s guest is Alex Roberts who won the Diana Jones Award for her game Star Crossed. We discuss Star Crossed, safety tools when playing TTRPGs, and her card-based storytelling game For the Queen. We also talk about the supplement Star Crossed: Love Letters which is crowdfunding now! BACK STAR CROSSED: LOVE LETTERS ON BACKERKIT Follow Alex: Website - Newsletter - Instagram - X/Twitter - Itch.io Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 234 Gold in the Blood w/ Max Moon (Abyss of Hallucinations, Twelve Years RPG) | 02 Nov 2023 | 01:12:48 | |
This week’s guest is Max Moon of Max Moon Games. We talk about his latest project Abyss of Hallucinations (Kickstarting via Exalted Funeral now), Book of Lies, The Demon Lord Expansion for Twelve Years RPG, Fairyland, and Cthulugans. Support the Abyss of Hallucinations Kickstarter here! Follow Max: Website - Instagram This immaculate, gold-plated room has 1d100 gold heads scattered around the floor. Gold fairies are stoned and having a good time. They’re making these heads as macabre costumes, with their head through a hole in the top, arms through the ear holes and their legs coming out of the neck hole. They can fly while wearing the heads. They’ll offer you their fairy weed and try to talk you into the hotbox. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a dungeon room. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| SQ 208 Gamehole Con & Cabin in the Woods Con 2023 Recaps | 26 Oct 2023 | 00:56:06 | |
This week we talk about all the fun we had at Cabin in the Woods Con & Gamehole Con 2023.
We’re gearing up for our Season 3 in 2024. — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats is a rules-light, casual TTRPG by our own Tiger Wizard. The pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! Click the "notify me on launch" button to make sure you don’t miss out! — Monsters! Mazes! Martinis & Minotaurs! The Epic Levels - Armor Classy CDungeon is now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. This amazing artifact is both a compact disc of the fantasy RPG hip hop album, and a full-color compact dungeon adventure that’s based on the album’s songs and Wisconsin oddity attraction, The House on the Rock. The included system-agnostic mini-adventure features a fully illustrated 10 room dungeon crawl. Art & layout: Tiger Wizard Written by: Steve Albertson Additional artwork by: Ambrose H. Hoilman & Michael Mauldin — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Mason Grant. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 233 Fen of Frogore: Ooze, Booze and Canoes w/ Alex Kammer (Gamehole Con, Frog God Games, The End of Everything) | 18 Oct 2023 | 01:21:07 | |
This week’s guest is Alex Kammer, director of Gamehole Con. We talk about what to expect at this year’s Gamehole Con, October 19th - 22nd, 2023 in Madison, WI. We also discuss his upcoming D&D campaign book, The End of Everything that he wrote with Alan Patrick (out via Frog God Games). ANNOUNCEMENTS Check out all the amazing dwarves from our Best Dwarf Drawing Contest. Dungeon Cats is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter. We’ll be podcasting live at Gamehole Con in Madison on Oct. 19th- 24th. We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. | |||
| MD 232 Paper Pirates of the Renegade Heart w/ James D’Amato (One Shot Podcast, Campaign: SkyJacks, The Ultimate RPG series) | 12 Oct 2023 | 01:11:45 | |
This week’s guest is James D’Amato of the One Shot Podcast Network and we talk about Campaign: Skyjacks and where the the crew of the Uhuru is headed next, his home game Campaign Starwhal: Odyssey and how this is helping him build the game mechanics that will be the Skyjacks roleplaying game system, and his The Ultimate RPG series including his upcoming Game Master's Guide: Advice and Tools to Run the Best Game Ever. Follow James: Website - XTwitter - Patreon MD 232 Paper Pirates of the Renegade Heart All sides of this room are a treasure map. Once you enter the room, the door becomes a drawing as well, trapping you inside. Bones of the people who starved to death before they solved the puzzle or joined the crew line the floor. Only living 3D people can solve the puzzle. Puzzle: There’s no escape unless you can fix the six jumbled elements hidden within the map. The final jumble is that one wall is too long. You must fold in either side to correct the image and reveal the “X” that the treasure will come out of. Treasure: The Crown of the Pirate King is a document giving you the legal title of Pirate King that’s folded into a wearable crown, and releases the crew of the Renegade Heart. These 2D pirates living in the walls of the map can only escape the map when someone is crowned the Pirate King. These pirates belong to a massive polycule where they can vote to bring you into the 2D map and poly relationship. Then you must wait for someone else to come by and save you. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, James D’Amato ANNOUNCEMENTS Check out all the amazing dwarves from our Best Dwarf Drawing Contest! Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be podcasting live at Gamehole Con in Madison on Oct. 19th- 24th. We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bell | |||
| MD 231 Tiny Tarts with Big Hearts w/ Tyler Crumrine (Beak, Feather, & Bone, Claw Atlas) and artists David Hoskins, Erol Otus join us to judge our Best Dwarf Drawing Contest | 04 Oct 2023 | 01:39:42 | |
This week’s guest is Tyler Crumrine of Possible World Games and we talk about his map-labeling game Beak, Feather, & Bone and its Ennie-winning (Best Cartography) expansion Claw Atlas. We talked about his one-shot games like Dating.Sim, what he’s learned from teaching game design at Carnegie Mellon University, and his upcoming RPG card project BAD BAD BAD. Follow Tyler: Website - Discord - XTwitter - Instagram - Facebook As you enter Tiny Tarts, a romantic restaurant, you’re greeted by a lich maître d' wearing a nametag that says “Tart.” Tart stands at a podium that’s covered in blooming shrink shrooms. They’ll explain the rules of the room, and with your permission, shrink you down with the shrink shrooms’ spore gas. From the podium, you zipline to Shinkland, which looks like a grapefruit hockey puck in the center of the room. —
Dungeon Cats is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be podcasting live at Gamehole Con in Madison on Oct. 19th- 24th. — Mad Dungeon podcast where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Follow us HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||
| MD 230 Cyber Sisyphus w/ Andrew Clayton (Foundry Virtual Tabletop) | 27 Sep 2023 | 01:03:43 | |
This week’s guest is Andrew Clayton and we talk about his Foundry Virtual Tabletop and how it started with his own curiosity and playing online with his friends. We discuss Foundry’s place in the TTRPG community, its low barrier to entry for basic functions and how it’s great for technical folks who love to tinker. Andrew also answers several questions from friend of the show Jeremy Deram of People Them With Monsters. Follow Foundry VTT: Website - XTwitter - Bluesky Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Andrew Clayton ANNOUNCEMENTS All Dwarf drawings are in, submissions have closed. Dungeon Cats is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be podcasting live at Gamehole Con in Madison on Oct. 19th- 24th. We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional. | |||