With our Monster of the Week game - This American Monster - all wrapped up, Austin and David sit down to reflect on the game and provide some advice to Game Masters based on their experience.
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Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 16
The Orcs have returned!
The alarm bells from the walls ring out their warning and what is left of the City Guard rush to their battle stations!
But inside the palace our heroes deal with dangers from within Piranesi.
The Honor Guard, the High Priest, can any of them be trusted?
Or are they all traitors?
This American Monster: Debrief
With the game’s last session recorded and the Grand Finale released, the gang sits down to reflect on how things went.
If the McElroy’s did it you would be creaming yourselves.
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 15
Orcs at the gates the alarms announce!
Can our heroes save the Duke, the land, and their very lives as they are beset by not just intrigue, but another invasion?
Find out!
This American Monster: Grand Finale!
This is it folks. The Grand Finale of This American Monster!
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 14
The shit hits the fan as our heroes come face-to-face with a conspiracy.
Can they keep the Duke…the Emperor…safe?
Can they survive?
And what role does their former ally play in all of this?
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 13
Intrigue besets our heroes.
Who can they trust?
The Honor Guard?
The High Priest?
One another?
Find out!
This American Monster: Finale Part I
Entering the Terminus, the team faces off against Mr. Heck and the power of Hell itself.
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 12
Bringing the young Duke Blackburn back to the palace may pose challenges that our heroes had not foreseen; particularly as they have yet to determine who betrayed the city to the Orcs.
Will they find themselves welcomed as returning heroes?
Or will they find themselves caught in intrigue and lies?
This American Monster: Final Mystery Ep 10
The Leylines have been activated and the team has realized they must act to stop hell from coming to earth.
Now they turn themselves to the heart of the evil plot….but can they stop it?
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 11
With Blackburn the Lesser, the heir apparent to Piranesi, found, our heros must return him safely to his home.
They have learned that Woundweaver Yorag is not merely one Orcish warrior; will they findout the true meaning of the title?
This American Monster: Final Mystery Ep 9
The team learns of something terrible Welker has done…but was it truly him?
And can they use the power of Matlock’s well to effect something positive? Or has it also been corrupted?
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser - Behind the scenes 10.5
In the session that gave us episodes 9 and 10 we had a lot of stuff we cut out.
If you are interested, I have included the audio here on the site, but not in the Podcast feed.
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 10
With the life of this Honor Guard literally in Woundweaver Yorag’s hands, can our heroes get to the bottom of the fate of young Blackburn the Lesser, the missing heir apparent of Piranesi?
Who will live and who will die?
This American Monster: Final Mystery Ep 8
The leylines have been activated and the Lure Corporation is carrying out thier plans whether they can control whatever they bring about or not.
The team has faced down Bishop and his elite soldiers, but they have suffered tremendous tolls and put loved ones in danger to do it.
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser EP 9
Down in the cistern with their tentative Orc allies…or should we say frenemies….we join our heros as they search for the Heir Apparent of Piranesi.
But are they searching for a corpse? Are they searching for the truth? Or against all odds is this still a rescue mission?
This American Monster: Final Mystery Ep 7
The team knows exactly where the crystal that the Lure Corporation has used to corrupt this leyline node is being kept…and they know that Mr. Bishop is there gaurding it.
What will it mean for Mr. Welker to confront the man who took his life?
And can Sundry trust the man who killed his wife?
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 8
Down in the cistern the team faces off against Orcs that have chased the Duke apparent down to he and his Honor Guard’s hold out.
Can they win the day and save this royal child?
Or is it too late?
This American Monster: Final Mystery Ep 6
On rounds in the woods near the Cypress Knowles Tower Gardens Ranger Pringle hears what he thinks is a gun shot. Cell and radios are jammed.
At the gate are two heavily armed men who have been ripped apart by something huge….it doesn’t take but a second to realize its the same thing that had been killing cattle….the same thing that had been killing animals near the Swamps Head Forrest almost a year ago.
He looks up at the sky and sees the full moon….incredibly weird….it shouldn’t be a full moon for another week.
Dungeon World: The Fate of Blackburn the Lesser Ep 7
Entering the network of cisterns and wells beneath the destroyed Orcish Quarter, the team continues their effort to find or avenge the heir apparent of Piranesi.
They know the Honor Guard came this way…and they know they weren’t alone.
But what dangers await them?