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Dungeons + Drama Nerds is a podcast produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percy Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, three dramaturgs interested in the intersection of theatre and tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGS). Episodes release weekly alternating between Actual Play and Commentary episodes investigating a certain TTRPG system. Season 2 will feature: Blades in the Dark, Bluebeard's Bride, Kids on Bikes, Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Best Friend's Birthday Present Inside!, and Lancer. Season 1 featured: Dungeons & Dragons (Eps 1-13), Apocalypse World (Eps 14-33), and Paranoia (Eps 34-46).
Episodes
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Nick chats with the cast of Kids on Bikes about the game - what surprised them, what they enjoyed, what it was like to play grubby little weirdos. Tune in next week for the start of our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside series!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Our Kids on Bikes game features CJ Linton as the GM, Ella Mock as Kodi Thompson Lee Garcia Smith, Percival Hornak as Hank Boswell, Emma Covert as Fred Hudson, and Esther Yumi Ko as George Privanathan. Kids on Bikes was written by Jonathan Gilmour and Doug Levandowski and published by Hunters Entertainment with Renegade Game Studios and Infectious Play Publishing.
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Todd, Nick, and Percy are here with a bonus episode to introduce the next game we're playing on the podcast - Oh Dang, Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside by Paul Matijevic. They go over the game rules and chat a little about what excites them most about the game - join us next Wednesday for the first half of our playthrough of the game!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
In the first half of our game of Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside, Jon Jon leads the cast through character creation, then promptly steals Hank McGruff's Oldsmobile Cutlass while the gang heads to Percy's birthday party. The gang encounters seagulls, Star Wars reenactors, and a veritable treasure trove of soft tacos.
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff, Mieko Gavia as Chet Daystar, Susan W. Rodgers as Helma Shrinkley, and Shannon Wade as Geraldine “Gerrie” Winters. Oh Dang! Bigfoot… was written by Paul Matijevic.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Todd, Percy, and Nick chat about one-page TTRPGs - their style, their accessibility/approachability, their scrappiness, and the way they might correlate to ten-minute plays and 24-hour theatre festivals.
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff, Mieko Gavia as Chet Daystar, Susan W. Rodgers as Helma Shrinkley, and Shannon Wade as Geraldine “Gerrie” Winters. Oh Dang! Bigfoot… was written by Paul Matijevic.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
Wednesday Feb 09, 2022
The crew revives Gerry, felled by a sleep dart, and takes off after Preppy Brian in order to save Bigfoot and make it to Percy's birthday party!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff, Mieko Gavia as Chet Daystar, Susan W. Rodgers as Helma Shrinkley, and Shannon Wade as Geraldine “Gerrie” Winters. Oh Dang! Bigfoot… was written by Paul Matijevic.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Nick chats with the cast of our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside oneshot about the game - what surprised them, what they enjoyed, what it was like to play weird and wacky characters at the drop of a hat. Tune in next week for the start of our Lancer series!
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff, Mieko Gavia as Chet Daystar, Susan W. Rodgers as Helma Shrinkley, and Shannon Wade as Geraldine “Gerrie” Winters. Oh Dang! Bigfoot… was written by Paul Matijevic.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Todd, Nick, and Percy introduce our campaign of Lancer by discussing the rules and talking about their favorite things about the system. Tune in next week to hear the beginning of our game and meet the cast!
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Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Meet our crew of pilots in our session zero for Lancer as our players talk character concepts and how their squad came together.
Link to ways to support Ukraine:
https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/
Links to places to donate in Texas:
Allgo - https://allgo.org/donate/
TENT (Transgender Education Network of TX) - https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2
OLTT - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/organizacion-latina-trans-texas-1
Equality Texas - https://www.equalitytexas.org/take-action/donate/give/
Lambda Legal - https://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app30101a?df_id=6680&[…]nation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=DB48C416EAD14DAF7217BB98F67E55AD
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish (Eighteen Thousand, slash, fish), and Britt A Willis as Decency B. Damme. Lancer was written by Miguel Lopez and Tom Parkinson Morgan and was published by Massif Press.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
This week, Percy sits down with Julia Doolittle to chat about theatre, TTRPGs, and the way those overlap for her, as well as Julia's inspirations for our campaign of Lancer and, of course, Elliot the Dolphin.
Link to ways to support Ukraine:
https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/
Links to places to donate in Texas:
Allgo - https://allgo.org/donate/
TENT (Transgender Education Network of TX) - https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2
OLTT - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/organizacion-latina-trans-texas-1
Equality Texas - https://www.equalitytexas.org/take-action/donate/give/
Lambda Legal - https://support.lambdalegal.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app30101a?df_id=6680&[…]nation=form1&NONCE_TOKEN=DB48C416EAD14DAF7217BB98F67E55AD
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish (Eighteen Thousand, slash, fish), and Tristan B Willis as Decency B. Damme. Lancer was written by Miguel Lopez and Tom Parkinson Morgan and was published by Massif Press.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
Our crew of lancers embarks on their first mission on a frigid planet outside the network of blink gates, but everything might not be quite as it seems...
Ben Ferber's cat: https://www.instagram.com/guywhoisacat/
Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean.
Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish (Eighteen Thousand, slash, fish), and Tristan B Willis as Decency B. Damme. Lancer was written by Miguel Lopez and Tom Parkinson Morgan and was published by Massif Press.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our website, dungeonsanddramanerds.com/, leave us a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts, and tune in next week for another episode of Dungeons and Drama Nerds!