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“There is no shortage of DND actual play podcasts and videos out there, but this one is quite the experience, particularly if you like horror stories and aren’t a hardcore DND enthusiast who is utterly obsessed with ‘looking under the hood’. Indeed mechanics — particularly combat mechanics — are downplayed and partially edited out so you have a tighter format that skews the experience more to collaborative storytelling than to the dungeon-crawl war gaming tradition that is most prevalent in this genre of podcast. They manage to do so without going straight into the dramatic reenactment of a TTRPG campaign. I find it a very wise choice that greatly improves the experience, as I do not have to slog through hours of turn by turn combat mechanic resolution, but am pleasingly propelled through the creepy story of these improbable ‘heroes’ with the occasional explosion of brutal violence, compressed as it would in a horror movie. Strong darkest dungeon vibes are prevalent throughout, so this is no power fantasy vaguely reskinned as a horror story; it actually taught me a lot about how to think of, and run, a DnD horror campaign (and did I mention the adventure on which this is based is available online for a modest fee?).
Editing focuses on dialogue, description, and the quiet, eerie spells between moments of high tension and ambiguous resolution, in the best horror story-telling tradition. As is usual with all Fool and Scholar productions, audio quality and voice acting are top-notch, and deliciously multilingual. Particular kudos to everything relating to the use of music both for constructing scenes and for narrative purposes. The creators managed to compose some exquisite orchestral tracks actually played by a real orchestra: this isn’t all synthetic music plotted out on a computer (though there is an awesome amount of that too...).
It is definitely worth spending a few hours of your life listening to this dark tale...”
matmaisan via Apple Podcasts ·
Belgium ·
10/02/20
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“This was my primer for Dungeons & Dragons and I’ve been captivated by both the game and this production ever since I listened to the first episode and binged the season several months ago. I love going back to the early episodes in particular for inspiration on how in-depth character...”Read full review »
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United States of America ·
02/04/21
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“This Podcast is absolutely incredible. I am on episode 7 and have showed this podcast to all of my friends that will listen. I am so excited to keep listening and I can’t wait to see what happens.
If anyone is questioning whether to give this podcast a listen. Stop reading reviews and start this...”Read full review »
Djd fnwj via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/19/21
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“This is sooooo good!
Thank you so much guy’s.💙”
bypaulstuff via Apple Podcasts ·
Germany ·
09/12/21
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