For this doubly special episode, Lisa and Sean convene with special guest Mel the GM to review our first-ever system agnostic adventure: Broken Heart of the Castle! We discuss beastly curses, burying your gays, a hair-trigger confrontation, and, inexplicably, another duck.
Note: “Sleeping Heart of the Garden (https://thecloudcurio.itch.io/sleeping-heart-of-the-garden)” is Cloud Curio’s woodsy system neutral entry
CW: “Bury your gays” trope
“Broken Heart of the Castle (https://thecloudcurio.itch.io/broken-heart-of-the-castle)” is written by SC Ormond and published by Cloud Curio.
You can find Mel at @MeltheGM on Instagram!
Intro excerpt adapted from “Broken Heart of the Castle.”
Theme music credited to Zane Little.
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28 Sept 2026
Pedigree | Sidebar
Welcome back to another Sidebar with Lisa and Sean! This week, we discuss our gaming family tree and how our roots spread.
Theme music credited to Zane Little.
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21 Sept 2026
Dark Tower | Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
This week, Sean, Jordy, and Lisa descend into a downright Jaquaysian tangle of tunnels in search of the “Dark Tower,” a fantasy game aid for AD&D. We discuss the joy, humor, and mischief of Jaquays’ design, leading with artifacts, the horrible hall of the silent ball, and a super-secret hidden (main) boss, plus the hosts share their hot slash fic of the dungeon denizens.
“Dark Tower” is written by Jennell Jaquays and originally published by Judges Guild in 1980. It was restored and re-released by Goodman Games in 2024 (https://goodman-games.com/store/product/dungeon-crawl-classics-dark-tower-3-volume-slipcased-set/).
Theme music credited to Zane Little.
New to the show? Check out our links: https://linktr.ee/episodicadventures (https://linktr.ee/episodicadventures)
Have gaming opinions or questions? Email us at episodicmailbag@gmail.com (mailto:episodicmailbag@gmail.com).
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