Cool Story Guys
110 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsCool Story Guys is a creative writing podcast and fantasy adventure audiobook where major plot points are determined by RPG-style dice rolls. Join hosts Jeff and Ethan for humorous discussions about the storytelling process and an ongoing collaborative fantasy tale inspired by the unpredictability of role-playing games and actual play podcasts.
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Cool Story Guys 005: Fantasy Toilet Wine
March 18, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThe dice made us do some things in Chapter 2 that we probably wouldn't have chosen to do ourselves, so we talk all about it. Fearful of being seen as a fraud, Jeff has started playing Dungeons & Dragons again, but is mostly just using it as an excuse to drink wine and eat candy in his bathroom. Ethan begins to realize that every accent he conjures up drags him back to his dark past in Southern Indiana.
Cool Story Guys S01E05: Fantasy Toilet Wine
March 18, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBThe dice made us do some things in Chapter 2 that we probably wouldn't have chosen to do ourselves, so we talk all about it. Fearful of being seen as a fraud, Jeff has started playing Dungeons & Dragons again, but is mostly just using it as an excuse to drink wine and eat candy in his bathroom. Ethan begins to realize that every accent he conjures up drags him back to his dark past in Southern Indiana.
Cool Story Guys 004: Chapter Two - An Impossible Sea
March 04, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBMorwell awakens in a brutal and barren landscape, his boat run aground and destroyed. As his clouded memory clears, he realizes that his shipmates are missing and woefully unprepared for their new, dangerous environment.
Cool Story Guys S01E04: Chapter Two - An Impossible Sea
March 04, 2021 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBMorwell awakens in a brutal and barren landscape, his boat run aground and destroyed. As his clouded memory clears, he realizes that his shipmates are missing and woefully unprepared for their new, dangerous environment.
Cool Story Guys 003: Meathands Johnson and the Salmon Man
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWe explore the opening chapter of the book and discuss how the first set of rolls from the Fate Index has set the tone for the story moving forward. Topics include the allure of nameless protagonists, our deep-seated desires to undermine what the other has contributed to the story, and the nihilistic reading habits of Ethan’s toddler son.
Cool Story Guys S01E03: Meathands Johnson and the Salmon Man
March 03, 2021 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWe explore the opening chapter of the book and discuss how the first set of rolls from the Fate Index has set the tone for the story moving forward. Topics include the allure of nameless protagonists, our deep-seated desires to undermine what the other has contributed to the story, and the nihilistic reading habits of Ethan’s toddler son.
Cool Story Guys S01E02: Chapter One - The Untouched
March 02, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIn the opening chapter of our story we find the island of Koa beset by a mystifying catastrophe: the ocean has disappeared. A storm is raging and the exposed sands cannot be traversed. Terrified, the islanders decide to ask a powerful recluse for her help in discovering the cause of the disappearance.
Cool Story Guys 002: Chapter One - The Untouched
March 02, 2021 08:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBIn the opening chapter of our story we find the island of Koa beset by a mystifying catastrophe: the ocean has disappeared. A storm is raging and the exposed sands cannot be traversed. Terrified, the islanders decide to ask a powerful recluse for her help in discovering the cause of the disappearance.
Cool Story Guys S01E01: Bone Hammers and Treasure Map Tattoos
March 01, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBWelcome to Cool Story Guys! In this introductory episode we discuss the outline of our collaborative fantasy story and the dice rolls that determined its genre, setting, scope, and more. Topics include a variety of books pertinent to our project that we have not read (and a few we have), how role-playing games have influenced our creative thinking and storytelling processes, and a discussion on the enduring works of Kevin Costner and how all of the good ideas from “Waterworld” will be pilfer...
Cool Story Guys 001: Bone Hammers and Treasure Map Tattoos
March 01, 2021 08:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBWelcome to Cool Story Guys! In this introductory episode we discuss the outline of our collaborative fantasy story and the dice rolls that determined its genre, setting, scope, and more. Topics include a variety of books pertinent to our project that we have not read (and a few we have), how role-playing games have influenced our creative thinking and storytelling processes, and a discussion on the enduring works of Kevin Costner and how all of the good ideas from “Waterworld” will be pilfer...