Sit down and grab yourself a bowl of the best narrative soup your ears will ever taste. Bard Soup is an actual play D&D podcast using the 5th edition ruleset. Join us as Jordan Johnsen, Shannon Meikle, and Prima Zhao along with Dungeon Master Zach Meikle embark on a magical journey through the flat world of Xav.
And then some other stuff happened. If you want to hear all about the Rump-trios misadventures in the Anchor's Chain this is the episode for you. Join us for a walk down memory lane as the party battles against misinformed dragons, evil mining corporations, and some of their most fearsome foes to date!
Meet the cast:
Dungeon Master – Zach Meikle (IG: @zachabee)
Clay Campbell – Prima Zhao (IG: @primbdraws)
Faunalyn Vaydark – Shannon Meikle (IG: @sharsharbinks)
Glimki Treefellow – Jordan Johnsen (IG: @jordan_johnsen)
Edited by Zach Meikle
Follow the show:
Instagram: @bard_soup
TikTok: @bard_soup
Website: www.bardsoup.com
Music & Ambience
The following songs are created by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Beyond the Horizon (0:00)
Le Baguette (0:21)
Party Pirates (3:13)
Hor Hor (4:01)
Headless Horseman (6:01)
Fanfare Intro (6:27)
The Good Guys (6:27)
Fantasy Ambience (9:38)
Dragonsong (11:53)
Dreamful Tales of Fantasy Entropy (14:10)
Wonderland (17:31)
Evig Fred (19:19)
Detective Goofarian (25:13)
Fall (30:15)
Better Times (32:37)
Explorer (38:54)
Megaepic (40:21)
The Jack Russell Terrier (56:04)
Countdown (59:09)
The Road Home (1:00:51)
The Story (1:04:05)
Additional music and ambience created by Tim Roven (www.tabletopaudio.com)
Cave of Time (11:11)
Defiled Temple (24:09)
Protean Fields (30:52)
Down by the Sea (48:15)
Jungle Shaman (49:49)
Distilled Tropical (54:36)
Additional Songs
Celtic Folk Song by Caffeine Creek Band from Pixabay (3:13)
Scotland the Brave (28:39)
Warlords of Arethen provided by Michael Ghelfi Studios and written by Filip Melvan (www.michaelghelfistudios.com) (1:02:42)
Sound Effects
Additional sounds provided by Pixabay
Ch. 45 - Vaydark's Six | Found and Lost (ft. Kingdom Crawlers & Quick I Need a Game)
Not even dapper Danny Ocean could pull this one off.
Meet the cast:
Dungeon Master – Zach Meikle (IG: @zachabee)
Bertram Vestergaard – Prima Zhao (IG: @primbdraws)
Faunalyn Vaydark – Shannon Meikle (IG: @sharsharbinks)
Vesanya – Jordan Johnsen (IG: @jordan_johnsen)
Juniper - Payton Payne (IG + TikTok: @kingdom.crawlers & YouTube: @kingdomcrawlers)
Lichen - Alan (IG: @quickineedagame, @weopenwith)
Edited by Zach Meikle
Follow the show:
Instagram: @bard_soup
TikTok: @bard_soup
Website: www.bardsoup.com
Music & Ambience
The following songs are created by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Beyond the Horizon (0:00)
Apocalypse Blues (4:50)
Cocktails and Lobsters (16:30)
Daudir (33:17)
8-Bit Tavern (1:09:35)
The Jack Russell Terrier (1:23:10)
Countdown (2:25:28)
Additional music and ambience created by Tim Roven (www.tabletopaudio.com)
Victorian Slums (6:18)
Docks District (16:09)
Beggar's Rest (23:09)
Cotton Club (26:25)
Vault of Terror (27:53)
Protean Fields (1:33:47)
The Underdark (1:52:57)
Catacombs (2:15:03)
Sound Effects
Closing large metal door-001 by AudioPapkin from Pixabay
Additional sounds provided by Pixabay
Who has been a guest on Bard Soup
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
Peter Goodacre Elliot
Clay Campbell
Faunalyn Vaydark
Glimki Treefellow
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
YouTube views
393
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
4 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
28 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
Quality
43
Social presence
0
YouTube
66
Engagement
71
Contact Bard Soup
Guest appearances
Does not typically book guests
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Questions about Bard Soup
Who hosts Bard Soup?
Zach Meikle host the show. Published by Bard Soup.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes bi-weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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