Content notes: questionable mandatory therapy, and Rum Raisin ice cream   Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, team...

Content notes: Mental and emotional manipulation, and physical/psychic destruction. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this...

Content notes: Mental and emotional manipulations Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, Hamaliel tries to rescue a...

Content notes: Emotional trauma and identity issues Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, Tempo helps John/Jane come to...

Content notes: Emotional trauma and identity issues Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, John/Jane can tap the memories...

Content notes: References to war, destruction, involuntary transformations, and death. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this...

Content notes: Violence, and mental/emotional/physical manipulations. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, the crew...

Content notes: Interrogation after violence, more threatened violence, and mental/emotional/physical/temporal manipulations. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys...

Content notes: Mental and temporal manipulations, and physical violence. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, Ciarra...

Content notes: Mental, physical, and temporal manipulations. Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode, the situation at the...

Content notes: Temporal distortion, dysfunctional body images, very mild horror Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode,...

Content notes: Accidental mental invasion, accidental injuries, emotional trauma Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode,...

Content notes: Occasional cursing, temporal distortion, references to loss of control Starring: Brandon O’Brien — @therisingtithes — as The Keeper Michael R. Underwood — @MikeRUnderwood — as Tempo: The Last Jeoi Gawain Lin — @thisismyDasein — as Hamaliel: The Summoned Aubrey Knotts — @MadQueenCosplay — as Ciarra Tân: The Surge Aaron Hammonds — @aaroninwords — as John/Jane: The Found Brandon leads an exciting and emotional game of Apocalypse Keys from Evil Hat Productions. In this episode,...

Content note - arcane ritual, gunfire, violence, death, physical transformation, supernatural substances (ichor) As part of our 2023 fundraiser, Mike leads a thrilling adventure in a game of Candela Obscura, the upcoming investigative horror RPG using the Illuminated Worlds system. The investigators come across the dangerous ritual beneath Oldfaire and make a hard choice about how to stop it. Starring Darcie Little Badger, Valerie Valdes, Brandon O'Brien, and Gregory A. Wilson, with...

Content note - falling, supernatural transformation, violence, death, darkness As part of our 2023 fundraiser, Mike leads a thrilling adventure in a game of Candela Obscura, the upcoming investigative horror RPG using the Illuminated Worlds system. The investigators delve into the ruins of a long-dead civilization deep beneath the city of Newfaire and suffer a dangerous complication as a result of a donation to the fundraiser. Starring Darcie Little Badger, Valerie Valdes, Brandon O'Brien,...

Content note - death, supernatural contamination, alcoholAs part of our 2023 fundraiser, Mike leads a thrilling adventure in a game of Candela Obscura, the upcoming investigative horror RPG using the Illuminated Worlds system. The investigators uncover dangerous truths about a banned book, which turns out to be wanted by more than just Candela Obscura.Starring Darcie Little Badger, Valerie Valdes, Brandon O'Brien, and Gregory A. Wilson, with Lightkeeper (GM) Mike Underwood.Playing Candela...

Content note - death, supernatural contamination, alcohol As part of our 2023 fundraiser, Mike leads a thrilling adventure in a game of Candela Obscura, the upcoming investigative horror RPG using the Illuminated Worlds system. A circle of investigators head to the tiered neighborhood of South Soffit to track down the cause for a mysterious string of deaths. Starring Darcie Little Badger, Valerie Valdes, Brandon O'Brien, and Gregory A. Wilson, with Lightkeeper (GM) Mike Underwood. Playing...

We're holding our second annual fundraiser marathon stream on Saturday, November 11th, starting at noon eastern! Read this post on the Patreon for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-nov-91826111Content note - profanity, workplace accidents, unsafe labor practices, violence, surveillance, and labor suppression.Valerie, Iori, and Mike continue the story of Unit 77 of the faux-diner chain Flapjacks! Labor action rises in the chain and the workers of Unit 77 get wrapped up in...

We're holding our second annual fundraiser marathon stream on Saturday, November 11th, starting at noon eastern! Read this post on the Patreon for more details: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-nov-91826111 Content note - profanity, workplace accidents, unsafe labor practices, violence, surveillance, and labor suppression. Valerie, Iori, and Mike tell the story of Unit 77 of the faux-diner chain Flapjacks! They explore the tensions between day shift and night shift, overnight...

Note - We're holding our second annual fundraiser marathon stream on Saturday, November 11th, starting at noon eastern! Stay tuned to the Patreon for more details. Valerie, Brandon, and Mike talk about dramatization in ttrpgs and writing - how and why to dig in with detail and emotion to enhance a scene. They discuss ways of dramatizing, reasons why you would or wouldn't want to spend the time dramatizing, the importance of dramatization in combat scenes, and more! The video for this...

Mike talks about the 2023 New Jersey Web Fest and then Brandon and Mike talk about BigBadCon 2023. Brandon discusses their experiences in 2019 vs. 2023 and the importance of the POC Scholars program. The video for this discussion was available early to subscribers at patreon.com/speculate, along with including exclusive extras from our series, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more! Check out our Court of Blades series...

A new wrangler appears as the group tries to escape the perilous claw room. The wranglers take a beating, the goose gets mad, and our heroes finally confront the Unsealy King. Playing Neon Sundown by Tracy Barnett - https://theothertracy.itch.io/neon-sundown Starring Jeoi Gawain Lin, Brandon O'Brien, Michael R. Underwood, and Valerie Valdes, with Iori Kusano GMing. Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh (now an Official Selection for the 2023 New Jersey,...

A new wrangler appears as the group tries to escape the perilous claw room. The wranglers take a beating, the goose gets mad, and our heroes finally confront the Unsealy King. Playing Neon Sundown by Tracy Barnett - https://theothertracy.itch.io/neon-sundown Starring Jeoi Gawain Lin, Brandon O'Brien, Michael R. Underwood, and Valerie Valdes, with Iori Kusano GMing. Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh (now an Official Selection for the 2023 New Jersey,...

The wranglers contend with pillow-people guards, questionable slime, and a sentient feather down blob. Pushed to the edge, one of the wranglers moseys into the sunset. Playing Neon Sundown by Tracy Barnett - https://theothertracy.itch.io/neon-sundown Starring Jeoi Gawain Lin, Brandon O'Brien, Michael R. Underwood, and Valerie Valdes, with Iori Kusano GMing. Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh (now an Official Selection for the 2023 New Jersey,...