Play By Podcast is a bi-weekly actual play podcast focusing on storytelling through the medium of tabletop role-playing games. Join hosts Michael, Leon, Liam, and Laura every fortnight as we gather around a table full of microphones to build worlds, forge relationships, and learn just how the hell Dungeon World works, anyway. It's not just another D&D podcast, it's Play By Podcast.
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Michael Collins, Leon Barnes, Liam Higgins, Laura Coe
Cast-offs, discardeds, discharges, and deserters.
People Terra Cassavander believed the Jovian Lunar Commonwealth had done a disservice. Treating them like nothing more than more meat for the grinder. People the Commonwealth had abandoned. Some more literally than others.
Cassavander had been the leader of the Commonwealth’s 5th Rifle Division before his desertion. The 5th were a decorated and accoladed unit, a feather in the Commonwealth’s cap, until he and a close group of confidantes had taken the bridge of the division’s flagship and burned hard for the asteroid fields.
By the time every loyalist on-board had been dealt with, Jovian High Command had all but erased the 5th Rifles from the records. Every grand deed, every friend Terra had ever lost in pointless, fruitless conflict lost to history. To this day the unit has not been reformed, out of resentment for his disloyalty.Hadn’t stopped the steady stream of Jovian deserters who found their way into his employ.
As far as he was concerned, anyone smart enough to escape the orbit of the Commonwealth before they ended up dead was good enough for his 5th Rifles.
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In today’s episode, the crew of the Vehement have a meeting of the minds with a who’s who of the Territory’s best mercenary companies. As the situation becomes clearer, how much more risky will Torvald’s plan prove to be? We encounter old enemies, encounter old friends, and have possibly one of the greatest discussions of all time.
This week on Play By Podcast: Territory Nouveau 23 : Battleplan
Play By Podcast is Michael Collins (@arealwriter), Leon Barnes (@SlapKatZ), Liam Higgins(@liamhiggins97), and Max Coe (@_NotMyDivision_)
Cover Art by Ariel Corrales (@arielcorrales_)
Music by Cody Ojea (@CodyOjea)
1 Oct 2020
Territory Nouveau 22: Pieces Fall Together
Recall Pumpkinfein had never wanted to waste away in a boardroom. As the fifth child in the line of succession however, little else was expected of him. By the circumstances of his birth, his role in his family’s tapestry was to be minimal.
Even with those lowered expectations, Recall’s aspirations, his youthful ambition, pressed him into the service of the Rectified Solar Union’s military. Four years at the academy, and a generous donation from his family, put the young man on the fast track to commanding his own vessel in the RSU’s naval fleet.
He kept up appearances with his family, a swelling of pride at his accomplishments seen through their eyes, through their notice. As the attacks on Mars began, he waited to be called on. To defend the Union in his family’s name.
The call he received, he had not expected. From a von Furstenberg no less. The house his own had sworn to centuries ago.
The fighting was turning Earthward, Jovian fleets would fill the sky soon enough. He was needed. This was his chance to make a mark on his family’s legacy.
He simply needed to act according to plan, and history would see to the rest.
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In today’s episode, with Otto’s coronation complete, the gang investigates the remnants of the old von Furstenberg manor, and the suspicious circumstance of Otto’s late father. If the Vehement crew are going to topple Torvald’s treachery, they’ll need some very solid evidence. Have a signing party, get a little loamy, and always remember to check your flight logs.
This week on Play By Podcast: Territory Nouveau 22 : Pieces Fall Together
Play By Podcast is Michael Collins (@arealwriter), Leon Barnes (@SlapKatZ), Liam Higgins(@liamhiggins97), and Max Coe (@_NotMyDivision_)
Cover Art by Ariel Corrales (@arielcorrales_)
Music by Cody Ojea (@CodyOjea)
15 Sept 2020
Territory Nouveau 21: The Coronation of Otto von Furstenberg
Prominence, it’s been quite a while.
I was skeptical when Lord Torvald contacted us. Can you blame me? How often do you get a direct line from the head of a Gentry household instead of some MAB representative?
But when your name came up -- when I saw the Vanguard Arm was onboard, the risk of taking a job from a...private contractor seemed trivial. Eyed the rest of the roster and it looks like a few more friendly faces will be joining us. Crew from the Vehement. Good, steady mercs they are. Soft hearts.
Cassavander will be there too...can’t win ‘em all I guess.
We’ve been moored to the von Furstenberg’s boot inhibitor for a few days now. Found it along the Martian slipspace lane, or I guess it found us, just where he said it would be. We’ll be waiting here to group with you and the others. In case you’re wondering, the retrorockets from the briefing are in our cargo bay on the Matador, so swing by after you boot in to pick them up.
In the meantime, I just thought I’d say hello. And I’m looking forward to working with you again.
Don’t try to outshine my kids too hard out there.
-Hoyt Bancroft, of the Iron Bulls mercenary company. Private communication to the leader of the Vanguard Arm, Dearest Prominence.
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In today’s episode, there’s a very big ‘to-do’ and Otto is in the spotlight! With the coronation of House von Furstenberg’s newest liege come further entanglements, and plots from both sides are beginning to brew. But who will come out ahead? We put our heads together, reconcile with our siblings, and get rowdy at a very fancy party.
This week on Play By Podcast: Territory Nouveau 21 : The Coronation of Otto von Furstenberg
Play By Podcast is Michael Collins (@arealwriter), Leon Barnes (@SlapKatZ), Liam Higgins(@liamhiggins97), and Max Coe (@_NotMyDivision_)
Cover Art by Ariel Corrales (@arielcorrales_)
Music by Cody Ojea (@CodyOjea)
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