Welcome back to Its Good to be Bard roleplaying sessions. It's Halloween again (Cue Spooky Music) so once again we are back with Session 2 of our Call of Cthulhu game as promised. A special double session podcast of Chaosiums free to play, The Lightless Beacon, which can be found at the link later in the description. Naturally, this means we have a SPOILER alert for the scenario.

WARNING – the sound quality in this Podcast is poorer than we would have liked but we couldn't just bin it as it's part of our big experiment, a special podcast as we split the game into TWO groups and play the game twice. How does each group handle the same reasonably straightforward game? Do they do exactly the same or will we end up in an entirely different situation?

Don't forget, you can find Call of Cthulhu at the Chaosium website here

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and can also be found at any good role playing shops, and several rubbish ones as well. So join the Bard Boys for Part One of our Halloween Special with the redoubtable Graeme, Matt & Dave as they dip a toe into the water.

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Welcome back to Its Good to be Bard roleplaying sessions. It's Halloween (Cue Spooky Music) so this calls for Call of Cthulhu once again. A special double session podcast of Chaosiums free to play, The Lightless Beacon, which can be found at the link later in the description.

Naturally, this means we have a SPOILER alert for the scenario.

It's a special podcast as we have split this into TWO parts, the same game but with different players. How does each group handle the same reasonably straightforward game? Do they do exactly the same or will we end up in an entirely different situation?

Don't forget, you can find Call of Cthulhu at the Chaosium website here

https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/?srsltid=AfmBOooR0A9uzylTGUQFNEd0uCL1ukTk5CTBldozdeTx_F2pOvzxp47m and at any good role playing shops, and several rubbish ones as well. So join the Bard Boys for Part One of our Halloween Special with the redoubtable Lee & Ollie as they dip a toe into the water.

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The Bard Boys continue to ruin a 60 year old TV show by picking up the Doctor Who RPG. We've annoyed Malcolm Tucker, and are now facing a dreaded Judoon and their library card. A terrifying cliff hanger I'm sure you will agree.

It's episode 2 of our 3 part story and having really scraped the barrel in terms of assistants, the ancient Time Lord watches as Dave leads Lee, Matt and Ollie through the game of “The Timeless Library” *spoiler alert*.

Doctor Who RPG can still be found to purchase at Cubicle 7 https://cubicle7games.com/en_GB/our-games/doctor-who-rpg?srsltid=AfmBOop3R6DAJWBu6UDdYqB0fdRsSkQOIlBd8yre5TLdZw7Z0FLvAIa7

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Doctor Who RPG – How can the Bard Boys ruin a 60 year old TV show that's still going now? Easy, give them a microphone and a brew and let the nonsense take over. We had little over an hour to bash out session 1 of this game, and it's almost all preserved here for your entertainment.

The ancient Time Lord needs help from a motley collection, and this time he is really scraping the barrel. Grab some losers to save the universe, why not? Give up on his current incarnation, why not? Follow the plot, maybe, we'll see.

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We do not own any rights to Doctor Who, Doctor who is a copyright of the BBC for links to streaming see below.

You can find stories available for streaming on Britbox in the USA (http://www.britbox.com) and BBC iPlayer in the UK (https://bbc.in/48GSaCB)

Subscribe to Doctor Who for more on YouTube:https://bbc.in/SubscribeToDoctorWho

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The Doctor Who Theme was composed by Ron Grainer, arranged by Delia Derbyshire (60's and 70's version) and Peter Howard (80's version). Fair Use is claimed here for illustrative purposes only. (and then ruined by us talking over it anyway)

Another day, another game session from the “Its Good to be Bard” Podcast. This time we return to the dark city of Doskval for another dab at criminal behaviour in Blades in the Dark, by Evil Hat Productions. A sleek Rolls Royce of a game given the Citroen 2CV treatment from the Bard Boys.

Its an ongoing campaign as the boys seek out a book that fell into their lap, and was subsequently stolen from them.

If you fancy giving Blades a go, you can pick up a copy from Evil Hat, or Drivethrurpg. (no affiliation)https://evilhat.com/product/blades-in-the-dark/

0:00 The Intro

4:11 Initial thoughts from the crew

11:22 Old Jim returns

22:53 I'm in Disguise

28:52 The Fight Begins

36:42 The GM cracks some great gags (not!)

52:37 A g-g-g-g-ghost

1:10:00 Winston, the Ghost Hunting Dog

1:18:07 People, we are leaving

1:28:32 Outro

1:29:51 Always Remember

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Another day, another game session from the “Its Good to be Bard” Podcast. Like good little roleplaying Hobbits, we have strapped on our best fighting trousers, gathered our walking sticks and we are ready to set off across the Shire as we tackle the third adventure from THE ONE RING starter set by Free League Publishing.

Two brave Hobbitses and a Dwarf are ready for the off, and no amount of pies, cake, biscuits, custard, chips, ale, crème anglais or steak will stop them from venturing out. It's the usual chaos, as Graeme attempts to keep a giddy Ollie, and two Dave's on track. Just one more inappropriate gag, please boss. We include a trigger warning for NSFW this week as there's some juicy comments, but take them in the spirit intended and you'll be fine.

Tolkien would approve we are sure.

Don't forget, the podcast is replete with spoilers for the adventure, from the One Ring Starter set -https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one-ring/starter-set/ and the links to our other One Ring games are available below.

0:00 The Intro

1:58 And we are off

5:15 The Dog and the Sex Toy

20:15 Fimli

30:43 Scary

35:57 NSFW – all gets a bit close to the knuckle

45:44 Let's get ready to.........oh, its over

46:58 Dave 2 rambles like a tramp – no idea what he says

57:57 Ending 1

1:00:08 Outro

1:01:18 Always Remember

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Its the “Its Good to be Bard” Podcast, bringing you the final part of our roleplaying sessions Vaesen's THE NIGHT SOW by Free League Publishing. All the boys are with us this time out, Lee, Graeme, Matt, both Daves and Ollie, and they bring their unique flavour to the proceedings. We include a trigger warning for NSFW this week as there's some juicy comments, but take them in the spirit intended and you'll be fine.

Comedy and Horror combine this week as we finally take on the Night Sow itself.

Don't forget, the podcast is replete with spoilers for the adventure, from the Wicked Secret Book -https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/vaesen-2/a-wicked-secret-and-other-mysteries/

What do you think of it so far – Un-Boar-lievable. Links to ourother Vaesen games available below.

0:00 The Intro

2:22 The Recap

9:12 Who is the Glosson?

14:22 Next Steps

19:11 Off up the Hill again

28:12 I want to marry a lighthouse keeper

36:40 Piggy Attack

45:08 Piggy Attack 2

55:10 Examining the Lighthouse

1:03:42 The Rooting Cave

1:12:21 What to do with a witch?

1:17:12 Experience for the adventure

1:22:58 The Outro

1:24:05 Always Remember

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Its Good to be Bard bring you the second of our roleplaying sessions of another session of Vaesen (by Free League Publishing) Part 2 of THE NIGHT SOW. Five intrepid heroes play snow angels at the dread sight of the horrible creature while the Bight Sow plays whack-a-mole.

Running about in the snow for the whole session are Dave, Graeme, Ollie and Matt, while the other Dave plays GM and comedy voice specialist.

Don't forget, the podcast is replete with spoilers for the adventure, from the Wicked Secret Book -https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/vaesen-2/a-wicked-secret-and-other-mysteries/ There's nothing in those woods, so no need to be afraid. Links to our other Vaesen games available below.

0:00 The Intro

3:00 The Recap

12:41 Olga's Room

16:49 The Diary

21:36 One of our girls is missing

26:14 Boars in the dining room

33:58 Josephine

41:35 Missing in the snow

57:07 Matt vs the Glosson

1:07:42 Everyone vs the Glosson

1:16:21 Back to the Hotel

1:27:53 The Hunt for clues

1:42:07 The Outro

1:43:06 Always Remember

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