Do you ever feel like the world is doomed? Life gets harder, people get meaner, and nothing works like it used to? Well it turns out that’s probably your cognitive bias - and has very little to do with reality. Join Theia and Ceres as we dive into Factfulness, a book on how a fact based look at the world is more hopeful than you’d think.
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Wherein the moose comes home to roost.
This is part 3 of our ongoing series playing the brand new game Daggerheart set in the Witherwild.
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Phew, crisis averted. Nobody we know is in danger! What's that? Alright, fiiiine, we'll go save the strangers too.
This is part 2 of our ongoing series playing the brand new game Daggerheart set in the Witherwild.
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You’ve heard our opinions on Daggerheart - but why not form your own? This is part one of a three-part series where we dive into Daggerheart, dig our fingers into its guts and actually play it. Welcome, to the Witherwild!
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We finally played Daggeheart, the D&D killer! And while D&D is still alive and mid, we have lots of positive (and some negative) thoughts on Darrington Press' new hit TTRPG. So pack on your 2d12s, some Hope and Fear, and a nonsense rule for falling damage, and step into a whole new yet familiar world.
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Too many villains, cosmic stakes, and a split party. That’s right, it’s time to reminisce and dive deep into the first campaign Ceres ever DM’ed and Theia ever played in. Sound interesting? Well buckle in, because we haven’t even gotten to the DM swap yet.
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Are Sims games to mundane for you? Is two legs and arms per person a bit monotonous? Then jump on an asteroid and crash into the depth of a brand new planet to establish your own evolutionary legacy with the 2008 Maxis game "Spore".
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Ah childhood, those special years we spend growing, learning, and scrambling our brains by obsessively swiping on iPad screens. This week we check out Infinity Blade, the lost darling of iOS gaming.
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Season 2 begins! Today we break down two Golden movies on the Rocky Road to monsters as metaphor! One of these showed us how it's Done Done, Done, while the others is experiencing a bit of Takedown. So check your fit, grab your guitar and protect your soul from demons and vampires alike in this contest of cinematic champions!
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Well, we’ve spent a year exploring the solar system and we’re back where we started. It’s time to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the podcast by looking back at the episodes we made and the stories behind them. Which episode was brainiest? What was the original Cool Raaba episode about? How many times will Theia “move away for ever”?
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On the one hand, these goblins have a culture and the ability to make moral choices. On the other, fireball deals 8d6 points of fire damage, and more if I burn a higher level spell slot. And while our parents taught not to use violence to resolve problems, this game sure makes smites feel badass!
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What do you get when you mix a Zoom call, Ice Cube, a classic sci-fi tale, and obscene amounts of product placement? Well, probably not a good movie. Gird your data, and hack a Tesla, because we're watching the 2025 release of War of The Worlds.
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In the latest episode of Watch or Botch: Join us as we watch the first 90 minutes of a TV show and decide wether or not to watch the rest of it. Today we delve into the space frontier and...haven't we been here before? After Firefly, it's Cowboy's Bebop's turn to regail us with a stylish and unique vision of the Space Western genre. Someone should really turn this into a live action show...
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If imagination is hard, store-bought is fine. But not really. Join us to hear about the mind-numbing journey of Ceres and Theia as they welcome a new Dungeon Master to the table, AI.
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It’s 2025 baby! Welcome to the age of the Multiverse. From superhero movies to Magic the Gathering, to Ceres’ favorite narrative podcasts, everything is a multiverse now and gosh darn it we’re here to stop it. And by stop it we mean analyze the pro and cons of multiverses for an hour while pitching different stories that do multiverses the way we like it.
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Are we capable of running D&D campaigns where the fate of the world doesn’t hang in the balance? Is it a thing? Can personal motivations and small moments save the day? How? Wouldn't that be interesting? Why would you want that? Let’s find out!
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In the latest episode of Watch or Botch: Join us as we watch the first 90 minutes of a TV show and decide wether or not to watch the rest of it. This week we're boldly headed where no man..wait it's 'no one' now! Its' the future's future baby, with Star Trek the Next Generation and the future is...outdated.
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Does Theia think Firbolgs are unnecessary? Can you play a Simiah without making a Planet of the Apes reference? Are you a Dwarf, Elf, Orc, Infernis kind of party or are you the Ribbit, Simiah, Galapa, Katari party? Join us in the Workshop today for our breakdown of all 18 playable Daggerheart ancestries, plus the extra one...that is also the coolest?
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Fantasy has changed a lot. This week, Ceres and Theia rifle through the lost virtues and the important advancements of the last 50-odd years of TTRPG storytelling in an attempt to curate the best of both worlds.
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Today we explore Daggerheart unique Domain system, an inspired design principle that produces some inspired character classes. Inspired by D&D that is. Oh well, at least we have the Seraph.
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