Gold & Glory! (a D&D Podcast) artwork

Gold & Glory! (a D&D Podcast)

119 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -

Need yet ANOTHER D&D podcast? Look to Gold and Glory! Follow Five Fearless Franchisees and the occasional independent contractor as they develop "business" opportunities in the Saltmarsh test market! A Home Brew Acquisitions' Incorporated D&D campaign by just a bunch of regular folks who wanted to play D&D during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Somethin' a little familiar, yet a lot different...sit back, and enjoy the ride!

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Episodes

Campaign 2 - E3 - Raiders and Recollections (Part A)

February 04, 2024 16:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MB

Laden with trade goods for their mission south, our Intrepid Interns set sail down the River Erigon to the border outpost of Tor Anwyn, but strange encounters awaits them, in more ways than one…Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

Campaign 2 - E2 - Provisions and Pressed Juices (Part B)

January 28, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

Having secured expedited logistics and premium trade goods, our Intrepid interns return to Bumbleberry’s for some well deserved R&R.  Trisk attempts to make amendments to the contract.  Sage samples a bevvy of bachelors, and Isborn goes on a date with Imperial Councillor Halona Autumnscar.  And then…things get weird.  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

C2 - E2 - Provisions and Pressed Juices (Part A)

January 15, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Having bested gladiator mercenaries at the temple of Vedric, our intrepid interns prepare for their trade mission south of the empire, and attempt to secure provisions and transport for their overmountain trek.  Sage signs a contract.  Isborn tests his animal friendship abilities, and…the party is split!  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

Campaign 2 - E1 - Beginnings and Butter Pastries (Part B)

January 07, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MB

Having commissioned a trade prototype pipe for smoking halfling weed, our fearless franchisees continue preparing for their trade mission, and set about securing additional funding for their upcoming journey.  The team visits the temple of Holy Vedric, god of profit, risk, and…gambling?  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

Campaign 2 - E1 - Beginnings and Butter Pastries

January 02, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Fresh off their first successful heist for corporate adventuring firm Gold and Glory, Inc, our heroes land what promises to be a lucrative new contract for market research and franchise expansion to the Grey Marches, in lands south of the Empire.  The team samples some butter pastries, and commission some new merchandise…the first episode of Campaign 2 - Gold and Glory...Beyond the Pale!

S3 - E12 - The Siona Starglimmer Show - Part B

October 16, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB

Having secured their place as stage hands at the Siona Starglimmer show, our Fearless Franchisees prepare for the upcoming show, hoping to entrap Siona's supposed Doppleganger.  Plans are made, traps are laid, and the team is...ready to go!

S3 - E12 - The Siona Starglimmer Show - Part A

October 03, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees manage to infiltrate the Gold and Glory Soundstage, on the eve of Siona's big show, and put in place the beginning of a plan to try and entrap Siona's supposed Doppleganger, and the so-called Saltmarsh Sirens.  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

S3 - E12 - The Siona Starglimmer Show

October 03, 2022 01:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees manage to infiltrate the Gold and Glory Soundstage, on the eve of Siona's big show, and put in place the beginning of a plan to try and entrap Siona's supposed Doppleganger, and the so-called Saltmarsh Sirens.  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

S3 - E11 - Deals, Deceptions, and Divinations - Part B

September 11, 2022 15:00 - 2 hours - 87.3 MB

Siona crashes Selina's emergency board meeting on the Sea Ghost, armed with interesting facts about Dran Enterprises, Timely, and the upcoming Siona Starglimmer concert at the new Gold and Glory Soundstage at the Empty Nest.  Helfyx documents significant levels of corporate dysfunction and cultural issues for his organizational efficiency audit.  TH3.0 makes himself very useful as an impromptu...woodworker?  

S3 - E11 - Deals, Deceptions, and Divinations - Part A

September 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MB

With her solo infiltration mission into Dran Enterprises gone complete awry, Siona makes a deal with Gold and Glory's corporate arch-nemesis - in exchange for...front row tickets to Siona's upcoming concert at the Empty Nest.  Selina has another revelatory vision, and calls an emergency meeting of the executive council...

S3 - E10 - Special Helfyx Origins One-Shot - The Freelance Assignment - Part B

August 18, 2022 16:00 - 2 hours - 86.3 MB

Freelance agent Helfyx “The Breaker” Moonshadow accepts a lucrative adventuring contract from Dran Enterprises, to investigate strange goings-ons in his old hometown, Moonshadow-on-Haven. Accompanied by subcontractors Enigma and Pi (the Talking Cat), our artificer extraordinaire braves a family reunion and peer pressure to inhale psychedelic myconid spores

S3 - E10 - Special Helfyx Origins One-Shot - The Freelance Assignment - Part A

August 03, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB

Shadow Council!  A special retroactive retelling of the adventures of Helfyx, along with some freelance contractors - an origin story...of sorts...and...an obligatory gnomish shortcut....to Mushrooms!? 

S3 - E9 - Intro The Lion's Den - Part B

July 25, 2022 02:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MB

Part B of Siona Starglimmer's valiant (or is that Foolhardy) Solo mission to Infiltrate the corporate headquarters of Gold and Glory's dastardly rivals, Dran Enterprises.  Does Dran have (gasp!) union troubles?

S3 - E9 - Into the Lion's Den - Part A

July 20, 2022 04:00 - 59 minutes - 40.9 MB

Desperate to uncover clues that might reveal the whereabouts of the Gnome Artificer Timely, Siona embarks on a risk solo mission into the depths of Dran Enterprise's Corporate Headquarters, and runs into...some stiff opposition!  

S3 E8 - Mirrors, Magic, and Mystery - Part B

July 03, 2022 14:00 - 3 hours - 153 MB

With evidence of Infernal contracts with the Shadar Kai, our Fearless Franchisees leave the Imposter Headquarters, but not before laying some well placed booby traps.  But suspicious eyes in the sky attempt to follow them…Selina meets some long lost relations.  Helfyx receives compliments on his weapon, and…there is dancing…and divinations!    

S3 - E8 - Mirrors, Magic and Mysteries

June 26, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

The rescue mission is a failure!  Theo is whisked away by a mysterious enemy, using a planar shift away from our Fearless Franchisees, who are left to investigate the ongoing mystery - an Underdark Mirror Plane, a Magic infused portal mechanism, and the headquarters of the Impersonator Gold and Glory executives...

S3 - E8 - Mirrors, Magic and Mysteries - Part A

June 26, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

The rescue mission is a failure!  Theo is whisked away by a mysterious enemy, using a planar shift away from our Fearless Franchisees, who are left to investigate the ongoing mystery - an Underdark Mirror Plane, a Magic infused portal mechanism, and the headquarters of the Impersonator Gold and Glory executives...

S3 E7 - The Specialist - Part B

June 05, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 83.7 MB

Edeth returns from the mirror plane to mount a rescue mission to save Theo from the clutches of a demonic underdark entity.  New and enthusiastic on the job, the warforged construct TH3.0 joins the fray, along with Helfyx “The Breaker” Moonshadow, a gnome artillerist, apparently hired by Acquisitions Incorporated to conduct an organizational effectiveness audit.  What could go wrong?  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

S3 E7 - The Specialist - Part A

May 29, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Under suspicion from Corporate Headquarters, our Fearless Franchisees find themselves under investigation for...irregularities, including allegations of double dipping, consorting with the enemy, and other alleged operational malfeasance.   Which, as far as Acq Inc is concerned, means one thing....Enter...the Specialist!

S3 E6 - Intelligence, Infiltration, and Imposters - Part B

May 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MB

Separate and Isolated by their separate quests, the G-Team scrambles to uncover the myriad , but sinister secrets of Saltmarsh.  Selina and Beau-Beau further explore the cellars beneath the fake Gold and Glory Headquarters.  Siona has an encounter of the avian kind, and Edeth and Theo try to reconcile with Kt'Niss - a Gloomstalker Ranger in her favoured terrain...What else lies in store, for Gold...and Glory!

S3 E6 - Intelligence, Infiltration, and Imposters - Part A

May 01, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MB

In a brave (or foolhardy) three-way party split, our Fearless franchisees begin investigations to uncover secrets and clues that might reveal the whereabouts the gnome artificer Timely Trunort, reveal the Gold and Glory Imposters operating a rake corporate headquarters out of Saltmarsh, and attempt determine what happened to Kt'Niss, their once companion and partner, who seems hell bent on seeking vengeance and retribution!  Onwards!  To Gold and Glory!

S3 E5 - Strange Homecomings - Part B

March 27, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB

When last we saw our Heroes, Theo and Edeth find themselves transported to a strange and shadowy subterranean realm, only to encounter their old Obviator companion - Kt'Niss Drowb, who Gold and Glory left behind at the Bloodtide Sahuagin Outpost of Thule.   Siona continues her search for her missing gnome friend, Timely Trunort, and Selina continues her infiltration and intelligence gathering efforts within the so-called Gold and Glory headquarters... 

S3 E5 - Strange Homecomings - Part A

March 20, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 58 MB

Returned to Saltmarsh, our Fearless Franchisees find themselves beset by some strange homecomings.  Siona strikes out on her own, seeking to find clues that might explain the whereabouts of the missing gnome, Timely Trunort.  Selina attempts to unravel the mystery of the G-Team's Saltmarsh headquarters, an HQ that Gold and Glory....never built.  Theo and Edeth a reunited with...an old friend.   

S3 E4 - Return to Saltmarsh - Part B

March 13, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees receive a hero's welcome in their triumphant return to Saltmarsh.  That said, the G-team finds out that in their long absence, the sleepy little town of Saltmarsh has changed…significantly.  Beau-beau da hobo introduces himself to Gold and Glory, and tries to demonstrate his…umm skills, and Edeth finds her ultimate chicken dish.  All this and more, in episode 4, Part B - Return to Saltmarsh! 

S3 E4 - Return to Saltmarsh - Part A

March 06, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees receive a hero's welcome in their triumphant return to Saltmarsh.  That said, the G-team finds out that in their long absence, the sleepy little down of Saltmarsh has definitely begun to wake up...Edeth tries a new chicken dish, and Beau-beau meets the team!    

S3 E3 - Trouble Brewing - Part B

February 27, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 70 MB

Still days away from Saltmarsh, subtle pressures brew within the simmering pot that has become the Sea Ghost.  Tensions between our Fearless Franchisees threaten to boil over, upsetting the delicate balance forged to date between our heroes.  One has to wonder, what's behind it all?  Oh, and Beau-Beau continues explore the winding ways...beneath Saltmarsh!  

S3 E3 - Trouble Brewing - Part A

February 20, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 59.2 MB

The Sea Ghost and its fearless crew set sail, homeward bound to Saltmarsh!  Yet within an oft-stirred pot, trouble is a' brewin, and all things are not smooth on the home front.  Theo wakes to an interesting surprise, which becomes the spark that puts the kettle on the boil, brewing up a heady dose of....discord? 

S3 E2 - Baristas, Boardwalks, and Boardrooms - Part B

February 13, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 66 MB

Homeward Bound…to Saltmarsh, our Fearless Franchisees enjoy a brief maritime respite from their travails, But as they consider their downtime options, the G-Team finds that beneath the surface of what appears to be a happy, loyal, and well-functioning crew, lies a simmering pot of conflict and tension - some of it the direct result of management intervention.  New to the scene, Beau-Beau da Hobo applies for a temp agency job, and gets, among other things, a free Seabucks Chestnut Praline Lat...

S3 E1 - Baristas, Boardwalks, and Boardrooms - Part A

February 06, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

New temp consultant Beau-Beau da Hobo goes on a job search in Saltmarsh, landing an interview, and a free praline latte with extra milk.  Back on the Sea Ghost - our Fearless Franchisees encounter a cultist horde, and set the agenda for the Board Meeting.  Soooo much better than fighting a Kraken...

S3 E2 - Baristas, Boardwalks, and Boardrooms - Part A

February 06, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 70.1 MB

New temp consultant Beau-Beau da Hobo goes on a job search in Saltmarsh, landing an interview, and a free praline latte with extra milk.  Back on the Sea Ghost - our Fearless Franchisees encounter a cultist horde, and set the agenda for the Board Meeting.  Soooo much better than fighting a Kraken...

S3 E1 - Homeward Bound - Part B

January 31, 2022 02:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

Homeward Bound…to Saltmarsh, our Fearless Franchisees enjoy a brief maritime respite from their travails, But as they consider their downtime options, the G-Team finds that beneath the surface of what appears to be a happy, loyal, and well-functioning crew, lies a simmering pot of conflict and tension - some of it the direct result of management intervention.   And….enter Beau-Beau the Hobo!  

S3 E1 - Homeward Bound - Part A

January 24, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

Follow our Fearless Franchisees  as they embark upon the next leg of their heroic journey - homeward bound...to Saltmarsh, and the road to recovery from a harrowing reconnaissance and "stealth" mission.  But all is not champagne wishes and caviar dreams - for onboard the Sea Ghost, there is a fresh pot of trouble brewing!   Welcome...to Season 3: Gold and Glory: The Shadow Conclave! 

2022 New Year's Special - Due Diligence - Part B

January 16, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MB

When last we met our heroes, our temporary agency contracts embarked upon an urgent mission from headquarters, accepting an engagement to conduct investigative due diligence against the infamous gnome artificer, Gnimish Gnumbledore.  Having navigated the offices of said artificer, the team travels beneath the college of engineering, only to find a secret laboratory, replete with artificial constructs, and strange inventions…onwards to…Gold? 

2022 New Year's Special - Due Diligence - Part A

January 09, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

Happy 2022!  We hope you had an amazing break and are  looking forward to our upcoming Season 3 of Gold and Glory - the Shadow Conclave!  But before starting our brand new chapter, we’ve got one more special treat - featuring Karen as guest GM, and featuring our Gold and Gloryverse special contractors - at their antics again on yet another assignment!  Onwards!  To Gold! Ummm. Maybe not so glorious…

2021 X-Mas Special - The Winds of Dendarrion - Part B

January 02, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MB

Happy New Year! When last we met our contingent workforce heroes,  our courageous temp contractors find themselves attacked by Deepkin Raider Sea-Elves, who are attempting to retrieve an precious artifact allegedly misappropriated by our heroes.  Beset from all sides by giant sharks, sea-elf pirates, a warrior prince and warlock, will our band manage to return the miscreant Lord Aemon to Marek?  Find out - in part B of our Christmas Gold and Glory-verse special!  

2021 X-Mas Special - The Winds of Dendarrion - Part A

December 28, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB

Happy Holidays!  For those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!  As we are sure many of you are taking a well deserved break, so are the cast and crew of Gold and Glory.  But fear not!  We have a 2021 Christmas Gold and Gloryverse special, featuring the Saltmarsh branch’s contingent workforce, back from their Island adventure, and a lucrative temp contract with in full force - this time, sailing to the Pearl of the West - the Imperial Principality of Marek!    As fo...

S2 E19 Part B - The Great Escape

December 19, 2021 05:00 - 1 hour - 48.2 MB

Fighting on fumes, spells tapped, and barely standing on their last legs, our Fearless Franchises fight the good fight against the encroaching forces of the Blood Pact, including an old and deadly enemy, the exiled Lemurian warrior Lord Commander Nox.  Along with another Lemurian exile, the Spellclaw Viridian, the Blood Pact tries to prevent a Great Escape the g-team and the dwarven submersible Iron Shrimp!  Onwards!  To Gold! And Glory! 

S2 E19 Part A - The Great Escape

December 12, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees make a final desperate push to escape from the Bloodtide Sahuagin outpost of Thule.  The dwarven submersible Iron Shrimp holds the key to success, but it remains mired by tentacular traps, and some old, unexpected enemies!  Selina makes her most important prediction yet.  Siona talks about fanclubs....

S2 E18 Part B - Freedom's Flight and Cyrene's Light

December 05, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MB

Our Fearless Franchises make a final, desperate push into the Bloodtide Sahuagin Outpost of Thule, penetrating into the upper levels of the stronghold in the hopes of locating Edeth’s Father, and the Lemurian General Hyrich, and along with them freeing the slaves held captive by the Evil Blood Pact. Truly, the G-team is almost at their breaking point, stretched to the limits of their capabilities, knowing that their efforts, at best, are a gamble…against the odds!  

S2 E18 Part A - Freedom's Flight and Cyrene's Light

November 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MB

Rushing into the upper levels of the Bloodtide outpost of Thule, our Fearless Franchisees, attempt to breakout Edeth's Father, and a host of prisoners from the Sahuagin Slave Pens.  Theo invokes the blessing of Cyrene, Siona plays Lemuria's Song, the G-team considers what to do with some...wildlife.  All this and more - for Gold!  and Glory! 

S2 E17 Part B - Prime Directives

November 21, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

Deep within the Bloodtide Sahuagin Outpost of Thule, our Fearless Franchisees continue to uncover information that could be vital to the war effort.  The G-team, and their feisty band of freed slaves exit the Iron Shrimp,.  Running low on reserves, spells, and energy, they emerge into the outpost, to find themselves beset by a mechanized force of warforged, whose Prime Directive is to obey their Duergar Masters, to fight for...the Blood Pact!

S2 E17 Part A - Prime Directives

November 14, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MB

Deep within the Bloodtide Sahuagin Outpost of Thule, our Fearless Franchisees continue to uncover information that could be vital to the war effort.  The G-team, and their feisty band of freed slaves exit the Iron Shrimp,.  Running low on reserves, spells, and energy, they prepare... for the worst.   

S2 E16 - Part B - The Iron Shrimp

November 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 72 MB

Deep within the Bloodtide Sahuagin outpost of Thule, our Fearless Franchisees further investigate the Iron Shrimp, the long lost Dwarven Submersible.  The G-team uncovers a warforged platoon, primed and ready for battle, yet inert.  What other mysteries will Gold and Glory uncover on board...the Iron Shrimp!

S2 E16 - Part A - The Iron Shrimp

November 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

Having freed a group of slaves from their Sahuagin captors, our Fearless Franchisees set about exploring the lower decks of the Dwarven submersible, the Iron Shrimp, an experimental vessel of Clan Cragstone that never returned from its shakedown cruise.   Why the Iron Shrimp is docked deep within a subterranean lake beneath the Blood Tide outpost is cause of mystery indeed!

S2 E15 Part B - Of Spiders and Submersibles

October 24, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MB

Continuing their first and somewhat arguable stealth Mission, our Fearless Franchisees find themselves in battle with a host of Bloodtide Sahuagin, in a massive subterranean cavern lake, where they also appear to have found the long lost Dwarven submersible, the Iron Shrimp.  K’tniss, along with her magical obsidian panther, infiltrates the Drow Slaver ship, in the hopes of sabotaging the raider vessel, in advance of the g-team’s eventual escape...from Thule!

S2 E15 Part A - Of Spiders and Submersibles

October 17, 2021 04:00 - 2 hours - 96.1 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees continue their so-called Stealth and Reconnaissance mission into the watery depths of the Sahuagin Outpost of Thule, and are faced with the very real possibility that their infiltration will fail horribly, bringing the full might of the Blood Pact down upon them.  Kt'Niss has a close encounter of the arachnid kind that reminds her full while while she is really starting to dislike spiders...

S2 E14 - Part B - Stealth, Sharks and Sahuagin - Oh My!

October 14, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB

The G-team embarks upon its first official stealth mission, and finds themselves prepped and poised with a cunning plan to infiltrate the ex-Lemurian outpost of Thule, which, at first glance seems to be swarming with Sahuagin, Sharks, and a Drow Slaver Ship?  Kt’Niss goes on a solo mission, while the rest of the search for a possible underwater entrance to the outpost.  I mean...what could go wrong?

S2 E14 - Part A - Stealth, Sharks and Sahuagin...Oh My!

October 03, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees embark on their first official Stealth Mission, attempting to infiltrate the island fortress outpost of Thule, hoping to uncover information and intelligence about the shadowy Blood Pact - whose armed forces appear to be gearing up for war.   Into the watery depths they go!  

S2 E14 - Stealth, Sharks and Sahuagin...oh my!

October 03, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 77.8 MB

Our Fearless Franchisees embark on their first official Stealth Mission, attempting to infiltrate the island fortress outpost of Thule, hoping to uncover information and intelligence about the shadowy Blood Pact - whose armed forces appear to be gearing up for war.   Into the watery depths they go!  

S2 E13 Part B - Troubles in Thule

September 12, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB

Having freed the Primordial Dragon Turtle Spirit Omgar from the Shadowfell, our Fearless Franchisees return the Sea Ghost and its loyal crew back to ship top shape.  Crossing back into Erehwon, Siona and Theo deal with some HR issues, while Selina deals with a huge backlog of messages, including contact from...well, a friend, and set sail for their Lemurian outpost of...Thule!