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My First Dungeon is the tabletop roleplaying podcast that helps players learn new games and make each one better than the last.
Featuring award-winning sound design, original music, and some of the best indie TTRPGs out there. You're sure to find your next favorite game on My First Dungeon.
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Published 05/19/24
Memories return with the beating of a heart…
Featuring:
Elliot Davis as The Firefly
Brian Flaherty as Whistlin’
Abby Hepworth as Izora
Nordin Ali Kadir as Dr. Ezra Carcoss
Kendrick Smith as Bats
J Strautman as Cherry
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Credits:
The Wildsea was designed by Felix Isaacs
Published by Mythworks
Produced by Shenuque Tissera and Elliot Davis
Editing and Sound Design by Brian Flaherty
Theme song and character themes by...
Published 05/14/24
When you sail the rustling waves the most dangerous thing is neither pirates nor leviathans, it’s a whisper…
Featuring:
Elliot Davis as The Firefly
Brian Flaherty as Whistlin’
Abby Hepworth as Izora
Nordin Ali Kadir as Dr. Ezra Carcoss
Kendrick Smith as Bats
J Strautman as Cherry
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Credits:
Produced by Shenuque Tissera and Elliot Davis
Editing and Sound Design by Brian Flaherty
Theme song and character themes by...
Published 04/30/24
Troublesome teens are looking to party in a reclusive hotel. Little do they know, the hotel isn't as abandoned as it seems...
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Featuring:
Shenuque Tissera as Evanka
Brian Flaherty as Derek
Elliot Davis as Potpourri
Abby Hepworth as the Ghost Master
Edited by Elliot Davis
Produced by Many Sided Media
Published 04/26/24
A ship is built, a crew is formed, and a story is born atop the rustling waves…
Featuring:
Elliot Davis
Brian Flaherty
Abby Hepworth
Nordin Ali Kadir
Kendrick Smith
J Strautman
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Credits:
The Wildsea was designed by Felix Isaacs
Published by Mythworks
Produced by Shenuque Tissera
Editing and Sound Design by Brian Flaherty
Additional Music and SFX courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by Many Sided Media
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Published 04/16/24
Felix Isaacs teaches us the mechanics of The Wildsea while guiding this season’s GM, Elliot Davis, through the ins and outs of how to make the best adventure atop the rustling waves.
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Credits:
The Wildsea
Designed by Felix Isaacs
Published by Mythworks
My First Dungeon
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Additional Music and SFX courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by Many Sided Media
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Published 04/02/24
In a post-Ratatouille Paris, there is only room for one rat chef in the kitchen...
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Featuring:
Elliot Davis as Thelonious Aubergine
Abby Hepworth as Louis Fou Fou
Credits:
I Have The High Ground was designed by Jess Levine
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Produced by Many Sided Media
Published 03/28/24
So sail The Wildsea...
My Auburn Love by J Strautman
[solo] Aloft upon the wildsea can'py,
Waves below a changin'
I seen my love's long Auburn tresses
Ahead, behind, below
[refrain] O how I miss her so
[solo] For years I called my Auburn love
The only one for me
For years I've been without her love
Sailing 'pon the sea
[refrain] Years above the trees
[solo] The waves of green do shift to warm
As far as I can see
The green to Auburn comes each year
No longer, does she
[refrain] So sail The...
Published 03/27/24
Dan Phipps and Kali Lawrie from Gem Room Games help us wrap up our game of 9 Lives to Valhalla as we discuss our favorite moments of the season and the ways we used the mechanics that surprised the designers.
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Anti-Canon Worlds and the UVG by Luka Rejec
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Cast:
Michelle Chan-Bennett as Hello Kitty
Elliot Davis as...
Published 03/26/24
Five cats discover if 9 lives is enough to defeat Death itself…
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Cast:
Michelle Chan-Bennett as Hello Kitty
Elliot Davis as Skunder
Abby Hepworth as Inga
Carolyn Page as Mr. Tumbo
Shenuque Tissera as Bulluh
Credits:
9 Lives to Valhalla was designed by Gem Room Games
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian...
Published 03/19/24
Five cats face off against Dogs, Roombas, and Time itself…
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Cast:
Michelle Chan-Bennett as Hello Kitty
Elliot Davis as Skunder
Abby Hepworth as Inga
Carolyn Page as Mr. Tumbo
Shenuque Tissera as Bulluh
Credits:
9 Lives to Valhalla was...
Published 03/05/24
Here's a sneak peek of our February Patreon-exclusive actual play.
This is a story of a Magician and their Assistant…two people who really, really want to, but really, really can’t.
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Featuring:
Shenuque Tissera as Rahul Magicar - The Magician
Brian Flaherty as Theo - The Assistant
Credits:
Starcrossed was designed by Alex...
Published 02/23/24
[This is a preview of our January Patreon-exclusive actual play]
We return to the 21st Night of September to do something we all wanted to do in our main Orbital Blues campaign: HAVE A SPACESHIP FIGHT!
This time with over 100% more Herbie :)
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Featuring:
Shenuque Tissera as Kumari, “The Boss”
Abby Hepworth as Maria James, “The Brick...
Published 02/22/24
Five cats on a mission from Death sail towards an unknown evil…
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Cast:
Michelle Chan-Bennett as Hello Kitty
Elliot Davis as Skunder
Abby Hepworth as Inga
Carolyn Page as Mr. Tumbo
Shenuque Tissera as Bulluh
Credits:
9 Lives to Valhalla was designed by Gem Room Games
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian...
Published 02/20/24
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Love is strange. Sometimes it finds you at the office…. Sometimes it finds you over a cup of coffee.... And sometimes it finds you with a bomb strapped to your heart and an evil maniac forcing you to perform in a f****d up romantic comedy….
This is that third kind of love.
Cast:
Superdillin as Freddie Prinze Jr.
Brian Flaherty as Chaz
Abby Hepworth as Carl
Rom Com Drama Bomb is a storytelling game for 3 players. Over the course of 90 minutes—the perfect rom com...
Published 02/14/24
Five ferocious felines are born…
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Cast:
Michelle Chan-Bennett as Hello Kitty
Elliot Davis as Skunder
Abby Hepworth as Inga
Carolyn Page as Mr. Tumbo
Shenuque Tissera as Bulluh
Credits:
9 Lives to Valhalla was designed by Gem Room Games
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian Flaherty
Additional Music and SFX courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by Many Sided Media
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Published 02/06/24
Kali Lawrie and Dan Phipps of Gem Room Games join us to discuss the kind of TTRPG a cat would make and how to make death satisfying in a game where something dies with each roll of the dice.
Buy 9 Lives to Valhalla - Use code MyFirstDungeon for 10% off 9 Lives to Valhalla and the supplement The Wreck of the Murderous.
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Credits:
9 Lives to Valhalla was designed by Gem Room Games
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian Flaherty
Original Theme Song by BE/HOLD
Additional Music...
Published 01/30/24
On this season there will be no game master, there will be no facilitator, there will be no keeper. There will only be...
DEATH!
In 9 Lives to Valhalla, you are a death metal viking cat, guided personally by DEATH, earning your place in the drinking halls of Valhalla by casting a glorious wake of blood and carnage upon the blighted earth in each of your nine lives.
Featuring:
Michelle Chan-Bennett
Elliot Davis
Abby Hepworth
Carolyn Page
Shenuque Tissera
and Brian Flaherty as Death
9 Lives...
Published 01/19/24
Enjoy this unlocked BONUS EPISODE from our Patreon
Lifeguard-on-Duty Elliot Davis leads Shenuque, Abby, and Brian through their first game of Scurry, the TTRPG that gathers speed!
Part 1 of 2
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Published 01/16/24
This is a feed drop from our TTRPG conversation podcast Talk of the Table.
Elliot and Brian are joined by Rick Perry, the mastermind behind the iconic miniatures and battle sets from Dimension 20, to discuss the keys to forging a successful creative partnership and how to build a great creative team.
Talk of the Table is hosted by Elliot Davis and Brian Flaherty
Links:
Twitter: @richardhperry
Watch Dimension 20: Dropout.tv
Twenty Sided Newsletter
Many Sided Media Discord
Credits:
Edited...
Published 01/09/24
Today is the last day of 2023 so we at Many Sided Media thought it was fitting to look back on this past year and reflect on all the things we put out into the world and to look forward to all the things we have planned for 2024.
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Credits:
Edited by Brian Flaherty
Additional Music and SFX courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by Many Sided Media
Published 12/31/23
Abby Hepworth leads a cast of Hallmark movie tropes through their own improvised holiday romance movie in our game of Hometown Holiday.
Cast:
Elliot Davis as Franklin Rosty
Brian Flaherty as Buddy
Shenuque Tissera as Nuan
Jasmin Malave as Faye Falcone
Cassie Willson as Lindsay Walker
Abby Hepworth as The Director
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Credits:
Hometown Holday is created by Nick Tourville
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian Flaherty
Theme Song by BE/HOLD
Additional Music...
Published 12/24/23
Hometown Holiday designer Nick Tourville joins the podcast to help Abby Hepworth as she steps into the director’s chair for this game of televised holiday romance.
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Credits:
Hometown Holday is created by Nick Tourville
Edited & Sound Designed by Brian Flaherty
Original Theme Song by BE/HOLD
Additional Music and SFX courtesy of Artlist.io
Produced by Many Sided Media
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Join the Many Sided Media Discord
Published 12/18/23
‘Tis the season on My First Dungeon and we’re celebrating with Hometown Holiday, a tabletop roleplaying game of televised holiday romance.
Featuring:
Elliot Davis
Brian Flaherty
Shenuque Tissera
Jasmin Malave
Cassie Willson
and Abby Hepworth as The Director
Schedule:
12/18 - Interview with Hometown Holiday creator Nick Tourville
12/25 - Hometown Holiday Actual Play
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Published 12/12/23