Pretend Wizards: A D&D Podcast
274 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 219 ratingsSix friends play D&D (Dungeons and Dragons), and do their best as a mercenary company in the Country-City Atla. Will they become the greatest warriors who ever swung a pointed bit of metal? How long can they last uncursed and with all their limbs? You'll probably have to listen to find out.
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Episodes
Episode 73 – Healing Potion
May 04, 2015 15:28Our heroes head for The Basin, the darkened shadow of the Lower Bailey. Will even their first moment among it’s folds change them irreparably?
Episode 72 – Doctor Doctor
April 27, 2015 15:34Our heroes decide to go deeper. While one team deals with the Night Machine, the others look deeper into Robespierre’s murder and Lord Copperpots charity. But can so many mysteries be solved at once, and...
Episode 71 – Stab Friends Everyday
April 20, 2015 15:25While the main group of our heroes decides on their action, Shira and Lee Bronne hear something strange and go investigate. Can they get along for just enough time to search the house?
Pretend Adventures 1 – Everyone Is John
April 16, 2015 15:15Bonus One Shot! In this episode, we try out the free-form roleplaying game Everyone Is John, in which the players make up the obsessive myriad personalities of an insane narcoleptic.
Episode 70 – Home Renovation
April 13, 2015 15:13Is lighting a building on fire enough? Of course not! There’re far more ways to ruin a home than just fire, let’s have the player’s demonstrate on Ragna’s home!
Episode 69 – Click
April 06, 2015 15:23It’s time to get naked! The players assure me it’s for purely tactical reasons, that it’s all bussiness. What truth may come to light, when it’s all laid bare?
Episode 68 – Secret Victory
March 30, 2015 15:04Our heroes decide to go have a “chat” with Lord Copperpot, while the Dream Team heads back to Little Occam, just to make sure everything’s okay. What could possibly go wrong?
Episode 67 – Pork and Clams
March 23, 2015 15:29Everyone finally meets up and they’re all carrying bodies! Some living, some dead, some maybe soon to be dead? Will heroism win out in the end, or will the players plunge further into the depths...
Episode 66 – Kill The Dead
March 16, 2015 15:39With the comatose body of Robespierre in tow, four of our heroes head towards HQ. But Lee Bronne and Melody have other plans. Dark plans.
Episode 65 – The Crow’s Nest
March 09, 2015 15:30The group splits up, each pursuing a different mystery. The Night Machine, Robespierre’s Death, and the titular Crow’s Nest. What will they find?!
Episode 64 – Shellfish Allergy
March 02, 2015 16:29Our remaining heroes awaken groggily to the morning, but the ghosts of the past refuse to disappear. Old questions yield new answers, and with them, new problems.
Episode 63 – Melontini
February 23, 2015 16:08The players wake from their not-so-peaceful slumber to the next day, but Lee Bronne and Melody continue their hunt for their elusive and deadly prey.
Episode 62 – Blood Adventure
February 16, 2015 16:27Our heroes head home, tired after a long day of troubleshooting. But the day isn’t over yet, as Lee Bronne and Sapphire Melody head out into the night, hunting for their rivals.
Episode 61 – War Bongos
February 11, 2015 13:35And so the players have been caught in Jackers trap. Will they make it out? Can they make it out?! Or will they lie trapped in the sub-basement until their peaches and pickles run out?
Episode 60 – Bug Out
February 02, 2015 17:24The players try to end their fight with The Midwife without getting turned to meat chunks. But perhaps it’s not the monster they should fear, but something else entirely!
Episode 59 – Midwife Wrestling
January 26, 2015 16:25With a few final questions for Moorchild, and some theorizing as to the nature of the mangrove mystery, our heroes set out to do battle with the terrifying monster that lurks so very close. Can...
Episode 58 – Second Hand Revelation
January 19, 2015 16:06Amidst the floating mangrove islands, the truth will be found. What are the dolls? What’s that bird thing? Who are the crab people?!
Episode 57 – Jar Of Peaches
January 12, 2015 16:31Underneath the Coppershine Estate lies a wonderland, but is this a happy place, or does danger lurk just barely under it’s brightly coloured exterior?
Episode 56 – Darktime
January 05, 2015 16:40Our heroes attempt to corner their prey, and then, it’s time to discover what secrets this house truly holds. What truths will our players learn in the depths of night?
Episode 55 – So Graceful
December 29, 2014 16:37Get that sniper! The heroes chase after their unknown assailant, bring axe and magical fire to bear down on the villian. Meanwhile, Melody attempts to babysit Cyprus.
Episode 54 – Slumber Party
December 22, 2014 16:47Crispin journey’s into the heart of his once rivals, Pals and friends, seeking new power, as the others prepare themselves for night. Things heat up a little faster than they expect though.
Episode 53 – Locally Grown Mugging
December 15, 2014 16:39The group splits up after deciding on a plan, and each hero journeys out into the city seeking something important. They seek revenge, friends, the truth, and even hope for the future.
Episode 52 – Babby Sitting
December 08, 2014 16:38Lee Bronne rushes out into Mayfield, convinced he’s hot on on his rivals trail, while the the others continue the torture of the poor John Copperpot, convinced they’re hot on the trail of the truth.
Episode 51 – Itchy Itchy Pants
December 01, 2014 16:44Obsessed with revenge, Lee Bronne turns on Shira and hatches a dastardly plan for escape, while the rest of the party has their first encounter with the law of Mayfield.
Episode 50 – Bucket Quest
November 24, 2014 16:49Lee Bronne and Shira give chase through the dark depths of the earth, while the rest of the party attempts to figure out just how well you can put out a massive house fire by...
Episode 49 – What We Do In The Basement
November 17, 2014 17:13Dweezil and Lee head down in the darkness of the coppershine basement, and find something a little more than pickled cucumbers. Something . . . alive.
Episode 48 – The Grand Great Council Hall
November 10, 2014 16:49A struggle ensues over the mystery of the Rowan Box! What could be inside, and what will our heroes do to find out? Destroy private property, kill innocents, light a building on fire?!
Episode 47 – New Friends Old Hate
November 03, 2014 16:37Our heroes journey to the quiet, unassuming home of the man they murdered deep in the forest, desperate to learn the truth. Does the quaint little home hold a secret? Can they lay down their...
Episode 46 – Skin Armor
October 27, 2014 15:42The descent into sin continues! Gambling, grand theft auto, assault. Will Roxanne’s new character help curb their behavior, or drive them further into darkness?
Episode 45 – Moral Compass
October 20, 2014 15:40You can’t be hero all the time, sometimes you just need to give into those murderous impulses, that thirst for alcohol, and the allure of pop-themed montages.
Episode 44 – Batter Up
October 13, 2014 15:53You can’t be an adventurer, battling the hordes of evil every moment of the day, so let’s take a golf break! But is it really a break, and not simply an battle on the green,...
Episode 43 – Gang Stalkers
October 06, 2014 15:31Our heroes begin investigating the members of the Copperpot family, but they’re not the only ones out there with a job to do. Their rivalry with the other troubleshooting group begins to heat up, and...
Episode 42 – Clipboard Magic
September 29, 2014 15:51The players go to meet their new employer, but find it strangely difficult to reach him. But don’t worry, with enough manure, ribbon candy, and wizard posters, anything is possible!
Episode 41 – Wicker Basket
September 22, 2014 15:46It’s finally time for our heroes to decide what quest they spend the next 60 years trying to beat! Will it be a story of familial love, a task of public service, or some aid...
Episode 40 – Corn Maze
September 15, 2014 16:02The dark of the night falls away, taking it’s horrors with it. Our heroes wake and ready for another harrowing day of troubleshooting. Where will the new dawn take them?
Episode 39 – Wake Up Dad
September 08, 2014 15:43Day 2 finally ends, and our heroes are rewarded with baths, beds and delicious vegetarian dishes. Now all they need is a long period of completely unbroken and totally uneventful sleep.
Episode 38 – Teacher’s Pet
September 01, 2014 15:45In what is most likely to become a theme, our heroes stare down the long arm of the law. Can they convince the cops that they had nothing to do with this mangled body they’re...
Episode 37 – Booze Hatchet
August 25, 2014 15:41The final battle with Pal commences, and uncertainty hangs in the air. Will they save Robespierre? Will Pal be conquered with words or with violence? Will Lee Bronne ever tell the party what he saw...
Episode 36 – Back 2 Back
August 18, 2014 15:59Our heroes get their act together and quickly conquer their foes before heading into the Tom Tit Tot. But what horrors await within it’s dark confines? And will Shira survive alone against Pal, having finally...
Episode 35 – Not An Episode
August 11, 2014 16:26Climbing further up the tower, the players attempt to defeat the next group of Pal’s friends, but dissension begins to fray the team. Can our heroes regain their teamwork in time to defeat Carl and...
Episode 34 – Secret Sights
August 04, 2014 16:05Our heroes race to find Pal, as discover a disaster waiting to happen. But everything is not as it seems. Who will discover the truth, and will they share their knowledge?
Episode 33 – Fake Names
July 28, 2014 15:42Escaping Pal’s illusion, the players waltz right into another. But is this another trick, or something more? And what do Pal and Friends have planned?
Episode 32 – Going Home
July 21, 2014 15:49With our heroes victorious it’s time for the triumphant return home, to money, baths, and rest. Wait, what do you mean they have to figure out a way out? And who’s that?!
Episode 31 – Whale Explosion
July 14, 2014 16:12The finale of Smuggler’s Cove, but can our heroes finish in one piece? Vertical wind tunnels, angry kings, explosions, and way too many fish stand between our heroes and victory!
Episode 30 – Final Answer
July 07, 2014 15:29It’s time to decide what’s really going on. Our heroes visit the various people they’ve encountered on their desperate adventure, and discuss what they think is happening. After all, you need to be confident before...
Episode 29 – Signing is Hard
June 30, 2014 15:35After a vicious fight with the remaining water striders, the mystery of the tower begins looming over the team. Will their pokes and prods yield the answer, or will it mangle them, violently and horribly?
Episode 28 – Too Spooky
June 27, 2014 15:44The source of the blue is discovered, as is it’s guardians. Can our heroes win, or will they be too creeped out to swing their swords?
Episode 27 – Dental Work
June 23, 2014 16:24What mysteries lie in the depths and heights of the church tower? What are the partygoers, what happens when you stab them a whole bunch, and what’s that guy’s full name? Can the heroes figure...
Episode 26 – Boatcheeks
June 16, 2014 16:07It’s time to right the ship! What will happen as the winches are triggered? And what might happen if, just if, someone rolled a 1 during it? And while whatever catastrophe that might be rages,...
Episode 25 – Meat Klub
June 09, 2014 15:38Odette’s in trouble! Will they, can they, rescue her from certain doom at the hands of screaming monsters, or will they take the strait shot to the church now that the way is clear?