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California 1974: four friends make a strange discovery while star-gazing that kicks off a strange journey across space and time that intersects with Miria’s own journey. The story of three [...]
Crossing the Ashlands of Muspellsheim, Miria and Kale face a being far beyond their ability to fight… Voice Talent: Jon Cohen plays The All-Knowing in this Episode. Music on this [...]
Miria and Kale begin a perilous journey through Ice, Fire, and Eternal skies to rescue their fallen friends. [...]
Miria goes deep within her mind to commune with the All-Knowing and prepare herself for a dangerous journey. [...]
We turn our attention to Yanghu as he hunts for those who had meddled with his Gorum and Carver tech. This session was played extemporaneously using Swords & Wizardry and [...]
Edryk, Miria, and Kale face a terrifying onslaught on the dismal beaches of Abzû. This game sues the crocodile stats from Swords & Wizardry, It also delves pretty deep into [...]
Miria, Kale, & Edryk cross the shimmering plane of Amber, and then into the darkness of Abzû, beset on all sides by monsters and mysteries. This episode includes a classic [...]
Puffer fish are actually a whole family of fish with somewhere between 120 and 200 species. They are famous for their ability to blow themselves up like a balloon to [...]
Miria contemplates her past as she, Edryk, and Kale cross the Divine Seed of Amber, a place of beauty, perfection, and cruelty. This episode draws its inspiration from the setting [...]
Bowhead whales are baleen whales who live in the icy Arctic Ocean. Their bow-shaped heads have a hard plate on the top that lets them smash through the ice when [...]
The remora is a fish that sticks to the underbelly of bigger creatures. They eat the food that the creature they are riding misses, and helps keep them clean: a [...]
Miria, Edryk, Kale, The All-Knowing, and the Squid set sail across the Astral plane and discover that it is anything but empty. This episode uses a mix of planar travel [...]
Sea otters are the biggest member of the mustelid family, which includes skunks, weasels, ferrets, stoats, badgers, and minks… but they are also the smallest marine mammal. Sea otters dive [...]
Blue Whales are the largest animal that has ever lived! They get to 30.5 meters, and can be as heavy as 181,000kg (400 tons). They have tongues the size of [...]
A summary of Episodes 21-29. Swords Against Madness episode 30 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or [...]
This is a special bonus episode of Swords Against Madness featuring my new TTRPG, Undeadwood: Weird West RPG. Follow the Lost Soul Carson Swift, as he tries to help a [...]
Miria, Edryk, and Kale finally reach the place where the All-Knowing believes there is a means to travel to the planes. The object they discover is far stranger than anything [...]
Last year I had to cut season 2 off early because my dad (and producer) got very sick. But he’s better now, and I’m back, with new facts about amazing [...]
The party may have destroyed the Dread Silkworm, a half-giant-caterpillar-half-god monster… but there are still more creatures devouring the juju garden, and a mission to fulfill. This episode opens with [...]
The party attempts to help the Nilkin clear the Ravenous Caterpillars from their sacred garden, only to find the threat is much greater than anyone anticipated. Mythic Game Master Emulator [...]
The Party joins the mysterious wild halflings, the Nilkin, in their village in hopes that the local shaman might be able to help them find the planar travel device. The [...]
Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, & Kale brave the untamed norther jungles of Nar, to find that the wilderness itself seems to hunger for them… This episode features a reinterpretation of [...]
With the help of the All-Knowing, Miria delves into the terrors of Haalu’s mind to learn more about the cruel and enigmatic Master. This episode includes an encounter with a [...]
The Miria, Edryk, Berle, Raxon, and Kale have their showdown with Haalu; we explore a piece of Edryk’s past, where it crosses with doctor Haidran. This episode includes my quick [...]
The party makes a narrow escape. Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, and Kale secretly prepare for treachery. This episode includes an encounter with a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster that isn’t [...]
Miria and Edryk recruit new followers and head into the jungle, but discover that one of their own party is plotting against the rest… Episode 21 begins a fresh hex [...]
A summary of Episodes 11-19. Swords Against Madness episode 20 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or [...]
Miria & Edryk return to Nar with the All-Knowing and another pile of treasure. The All-Knowing reveals a path forward, but will the people of Nar trust Miria enough to [...]
Miria and Edryk face a terrifying trap and life-altering choices push on to the deepest chambers of the Fane of the All-Knowing. In this episode Miria and Edryk narrowly escape [...]
While Miria & Edryk face a deadly trap, The Master & his acolyte Halu conspire to murder Miria, and Yanghu extracts a bloody revenge on the crew of the pirate [...]
In the aftermath of the battle in orbit over Orbos, space pirate comb the hulk of the Ko-Dan for treasure. Miria and Edryk push deeper into the Fane of the [...]
As Miria, Olan, and Nala press deeper into the trap-laden Fane of the All-Knowing, the Ogre-Mage crime-lord Yanghu deals with a vicious sneak attack on his starship. Fair warning: This [...]
Miria, Rayya, Neela, and Edryk search for their lost companion and the mysterious all knowing in a dungeon full of strange traps, mechanical constructs and deadly illusions. In space, a [...]
Miria, Rayya, Nala, Garland, and Edryk enter the Fane of the All-Knowing: a labyrinth of traps, illusions, and deadly guardians. Nothing in their path is what they seem. Especially when [...]
CONTENT WARNING: Unpleasant period-appropriate language. In episode 1, we discuss how Undeadwood: Weird West RPG was created, the characters that were created for the first campaign, and a playtest shootout… [...]
This epsisode covers the first three game sessions in the play-test campaign of Undeadwood Weird West RPG, where three Lost Souls have a dark and violent introduction to Wonkatonkwa County [...]
Simon Williams just released a remastered version of Episode 0 of his amazing solo Dungeons & Dragons podcast Legend of the Bones. It was an honor to help remaster and [...]
The News in Brief Timespace Forecast (1’30”) This Week’s Sponsor (2’13”) Learn all about Rejoice! The meme-complex that lets you escape reality from the comfort of your own chair! Statement [...]
In which monsters stir, barbarians rampage, depravity is delayed, the Trans-Real News team suffers a tragic loss, and Klie defames some goats. The News in Brief Timespace Forecast (1’31”) This [...]
Miria, a smuggler awakes next to her sinking starship on a strange world, alone, with holes in her memories, and only the clothes on her back and her wrist computer. [...]
In which a lost child is found, peace returns in Australia, Hell goes under Martial law, and cyberterrorists declare war on stupidity, good old-fashioned vibrations are on the way, Vogon’is [...]
Eldritch horrors awaken beneath Ularu and goes to battle with magical girls, XIbalba in flames, the Head Mafia collects a few of their own, expect raining blood in Australia, the [...]
This Special Report episode of Trans-Real news describes the history of Trans-Real News, from its inception in 2006 as a Livejournal project to its new incarnation as a podcast. Trans-Real [...]
In which Freelance police bust up a bowling alley, coffee shortages cause Damn Ego to despair, and experts speculate on the growth of The Slime, feelgood retro vibrations are strong. [...]
In which Vogon’is quits the field of battle, Freelance Police go after the head thieves with extreme prejudice, and Retrograde Dynamics crushes Vogon’is in Australia; Depressing time distortions ahead, the [...]
In which Vogonis causes an ecological disaster, a search continues for the boy punched into the wrong Tuesday, disappointment in prophecies are discussed, as are books. Bad vibrations ahead. The [...]
In which events in Ularu get more violent, the Hive can make a fine beverage, the Time Moot concludes, Torg is banished. a Kid is literally knocked into next Tuesday. [...]
In which Retrograde Dynamics pulls its usual awful stunts, Reality warfare in Atlanta, GA has subsided, Hellions protest Upper Planar refugees, the Televistic Slime continues to grow. Double Monday is [...]
In which warfare breaks out over the being under Ularu, Someone is stealing heads, the Barbarians call a moot, a week on repeat, the late 20th century is coming in, [...]
Manta rays are so efficient and graceful that we built drones based on them; Manta ray probes that explore the sea… Owen Manta rays are huge, graceful filter feeders, which [...]
Tardigrades are a microscopic animal: one of the world’s smallest predators, they hunt for germs! But the really cool thing about Tardigrades is that they are nearly indestructible and live [...]
We don’t know much about the colossal squid. They are the reason I wanted to learn about marine biology: I want to learn more about them! Owen Colossal Squid courtesy [...]
Barbarians storm the 20th through 23rd centuries causing mayhem and chaos, as well as personal tragedy for a member of the Trans-Real News team. Meanwhile strange insects make stranger offers, [...]
Strange and wonderful things are about to happen in Australia, Angelic Beings are removing their heads for fashion, and television has begun to eat whole dimensions in this strange fantasy [...]
Owen tells us all about the mysterious Giant Squid: weird facts, and how critical it is to the all important “Whale Pump” that keeps out oceans healthy. See the shownotes [...]
The Boy in the Submarine – episode 1: Sperm Whales is up! Owen tells us a little about the Sperm Whale, how big it is, what it likes to eat, [...]
Giant squid are mysterious! So mysterious that they have been the subject of myths and monster stories for centuries. There is still a $1,000,000 bounty for catching one alive! They [...]
“Sperm whales are my favourite animal! I wish I could go whale watching off the coast of Nova Scotia, maybe dive with them, and when I’m grown up, maybe even [...]
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