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Season 3
S3E1 - Rules? What rules?
Comics are not struck work, so please join us for DIE Issues 1 and 2
CW: Eye trauma
Honestly we probably should just cross-brand this with Athrabeth.
We talk a bit about the philosophy of RPGs and our personal histories. Jude claims Jenga mastery. We all have seven sets of math rocks, minimum. How do you pronounce "Geas"?
S3E2 - Eucatastrophe
DIE Issues 3 and 4
cw: monster fucking
Loooong deviation on the White Rat series. A big ol' dotted line between the horrors of war and Warhammer 40k. The inverse-Spider-man power question of "with great power comes great moral hazard." Charlotte Bronte??? Are all wizards nasty?
S3E3 - Dark John Crichton
Issue 5: Premise Rejection Issue 6: The Grind
BabPod: DIE is a production of the Okay, So network.
Issue 5: Premise Rejection
Issue 6: The Grind
Premise Rejection: Humanitarian crises are a usual outcome of RPG parties, right?
S3E4 - This isn't healthy
Issue 7: Wisdom Check Issue 8: Legacy Heroes
Mysteries in RPGs are hard to do.
Wisdom Check: Leroooy Jenkiiins! Chuck continues to be the worst, and we enjoy not enjoying him. Except for Jude, Jude just hates him. Charisma isn't appearance. Mistress Woe would be Jude's patron saint.
S3E5 - Monstrous Behavior
Issue 9: Self-Insert, Issue 10: The X-Card
Jude uses scrum in RPGs.
Self-Insert: Charlotte Bronte? We start to get some answers, for what that's worth. Worldbuilding! What is an RPG? Children are sociopaths.
The X-Card: Fate can only bend around one person.
Coming next week: PodSpace 9
Your last stop for trash in the Alpha Quadrant
Episode Notes
This is now a Star Trek podcast.
Yes, after covering JMS's one-sided slapfight with DS9, we are now covering DS9. Get ready for lots of warcrimes airhorn.
S3E6 - Spaghetti Noodle Time Nonsense
Issue 11: Risk, Issue 12: Hidden Role
Risk: Chuck's luck only stretches so far. The daughter reveal is a hammer blow. Neither Justen nor Jude should play poker. Every page in DIE is a piece of art. The joy that comes from a party adopting an NPC. RIP Fordi la George.
Hidden Role: It's not like Molly can die worse. Human Centipede Orobouros.
S3E7 - Simulationist Horseshit
Issue 13: Little Wars, Issue 14: Dual Wield
Little Wars: 20+20. Complicated verb tenses. The origins of the Fair. H.G. Wells is a Prick. The Masters of DIE. Dual Wield: If your kids grew up any time after the 1990s and get Jumanji'd, it's not your fault. According to tiktok dice are a little easier to make than this. If a Protagonist's mom is Bad News, what do you do?
S3E8 - Well in real life, a dragon...
Issue 15: PVP; Issue 16: THAC0
Episode Notes
Justen tells a Games Workshop story.
PVP: Interesting choices. Silmarillion reference. No one noticed that Sol got bamboozled. Sol would have loved Nobilis. Vampire might have fixed a lot of this group's issues.
S3E9 - These are actually orbs
Issue 17: Total Party Kill; Issue 18: Lines and Veils
Episode Notes
TPK: The funniest possible Lovecraft explanation--and the only master who appears to be aware of his outside self. Personal horror is to evoke interesting responses, not traumatize the audience. BabPod lore!