Nerds of the Pit

About Nerds of the Pit

The podcast where every week, a bunch of nerds ooze into a Vermont basement to play tabletop roleplaying games. Nerds of the Pit is an actual play podcast recorded in a basement in Vergennes, Vermont. We roll dice, argue about initiative order, and tell stories that swing from swamp gothic horror to deep space paranoia, sometimes in the same session. We're running two campaigns: Out of the Duskhome — a homebrew D&D 5e (2024 rules) adventure set in remote Aeore Parish, where Spanish moss hides more than just alligators, a silent goddess has abandoned her people to their fate, an ancient evil festers in the heart of the swamp, and pirates prowl the coast looking for a payday. Lagrange Point — a corporate horror campaign aboard the deep space freighter M.S. Bad Romance, running first in Mothership and then switching over to our own eponymous, homegrown game system. Listen as the crew deals with a dead, transmogrifying scientist, ruthless mercenaries in pursuit, and a space station locked in orbit around a radiation-spewing, murderous red dwarf star. Whether you're here for the swamp or the stars, you'll get real dice, deep character work, and a table of nerds who take the fiction seriously and themselves not at all — mostly because we're too busy cracking each other up to stay serious for long. New episodes drop weekly.

Publisher

The Pit Nerds

Category

comedy · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

2 Mar 2026

Latest episode

23 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Aug 2026

   Out of the Duskhome Episode 23 - Infamous Traitor Ray's Three-Alarm Homestyle Hypnosis Sauce

   Our season 1 finale. The party conducts a search of the Cypress Hearth with Sister Elara and Sheriff Toussaint, and an acquaintance resurfaces. Music Nerds of the Pit Theme - Written and Performed by Adam Grimes Emile's Theme and Nightsong- Written and Performed by Brett Simison. Southern Gothic - Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com)

2. 

   16 Aug 2026

   Out of the Duskhome Episode 22 - For a Few Bearings More

   Episode 22 of Out of the Duskhome (https://nerdsofthepit.com/campaigns/out-of-the-duskhome/), a homebrew adventure based on the bones of a couple of Dungeons and Dragons classic modules, reskinned and filled out for the new 2024 rules. In this episode, the party delves into the temple of Vallouise, the Cypress Hearth and faces a cadre of swole acolytes. Music Nerds of the Pit Theme - Written and Performed by Adam Grimes Emile's Theme - Written and Performed by Brett Simison. Southern Gothic - Written and Performed by Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com)

3. 

   13 Aug 2026

   Lagrange Point - An Actual Play Science Fiction TTRPG Podcast

   In space, no one can hear you... beg to not be in space anymore. Join Chief Engineer Hale Stidham, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Elroy Ivers, and Johnny Utah, a repurposed "companion" android styled after a black-t-shirted, surfing FBI agent from an old Earth movie on the M.S. Bad Romance, a deep space freighter in the far reaches of colonized space. When a routine scientist pickup job goes sideways, the crew of the Bad Romance finds themselves holding a cargo they can't deliver, chased by people they can't outrun, and on the clock in ways they don't yet understand. Triple overtime won't cover this.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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