Best Update Nerd Style Podcasts (2025)

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Barovia IV #11 Bitter Sweet Lullabies 56:33

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I do not know why he keeps yelling at me when I bring him back from the brink of dead. It’s not that he is ungrateful, or perhaps he is? I do not think he has a death wish. If that were the case, surely he’d have taken any of the many opportunities that has arisen before now. He seems more displeased at the choice of song, but it is just a spell! I…

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Barovia IV #10 Pip and the Brief but Shocking Journey Into Tree Realm 52:54

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This one has yet to hear from that one or the other one. Why they so rude? Don't they know this one need to know if they go on perilous journey? If metaphor happen and they don't tell, how will audience understand and know greatest journey has deep meaning? This would be great tragedy. If you're still wanting to pledge for the Jarren's Outpost Boar…

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Barovia IV #9 On the Hunt 54:02

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On the Hunt Must be quick. Druid power grow stronger. Must fight. Must destroy. Must kill. Editor's note: around the 40 minute mark we switched microphones for a session, turns out that wasn't a: great choice. Apologies for the next few eps xx o If you're still wanting to pledge for the Jarren's Outpost Board Game you can right here! Hosted on Acas…

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Barovia IV #8 Barovian Nice 55:03

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Well Hecktor has gone and left us to fend for ourselves, great, just perfect. Plus everyone hates me, which I suppose isn't that unusual. What was it the monks at the monastery used to say? "Not only are you at your chores young Mandarin, you are also unlikeable in some undefinable way unrelated to the things you say or do." Oh and now we're fighti…

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Barovia IV #7 A Barovian Sunrise 57:51

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I wish it didn't end this way, but just as day gives way to night, the sun has set on this man's life. As your warming rays begin to fade, we look back and find solace in a life well spent. May their memory, like the sun's enduring embrace, continue to bless us from the heavens. We pray that your radiant light leads them to their eternal sunset. An…

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Barovia IV #6 Broken 57:14

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Barovia IV #5 Kerlova's Love 52:23

1M ago52:23

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Okay, it's raining, I'm covered in plants, I've lost count to the amount of times I have been stabbed and I think I can hear someone muttering something about Kerlova? Surely a vampire bride couldn't possible mesmerise one of my allies, they all have such strong will! If only I had known the joys of bleeding from multiple stab wounds caused by evil…

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Barovia IV #4 Best Laid Plans of Plants and Wolves 53:32

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I will do everything to ensure that My Lady is prot- YOUR LADY? SOMEONE SO DEVINE WOULD NEVER LOOK AT YOU AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A WORM! A worm!? I am Wizard Supreme! YOU are the worm! And I’ll make sure I turn you into one with a simple flick of my wrist! HAHAHA I’D LIKE TO SEE YOU TRY! YOUR STUPID SPELLS WILL JUST BOUNCE OFF MY SUPERIOR AND WELL …

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Barovia IV #3 Perspectives 52:16

2M ago52:16

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Pip continues to attempt to lead this ragtag confederacy in the absence of Hecktor. I wouldn't necessarily say that he's doing a bad job. As that would imply that he's at least doing the job at all. Perhaps now that he's once again in charge of a group of men, it's bringing back old memories and that's making him make mistakes. If you're still want…

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Barovia IV #2 In Carriage, On Horse and By Foot 51:40

2M ago51:40

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I hope this is not a mistake, I hope this is the right choice. If there's a chance we can end this with no more bloodshed, no matter how small that chance is, wouldn't I be a fool to not take that chance? He can lead them in my stead. He's done it before and I know it did not end well. But he's grown since then. He has faith. I just hope the faith …

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Barovia IV #1 A Fist Full of Pawns 1:00:34

2M ago1:00:34

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Hecktor's got a fancy invitation and bones above the god boy is seriously thinking of saying yes to a seven course dinner with the literal devil himself. Great. Well done everyone. We really hitched our wagon to the world's cleverest man. If you're still wanting to pledge for the Jarren's Outpost Board Game you can right here! Hosted on Acast. See …

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State of Grace #12 Ser Grace Victorious 1:00:04

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #11 Ser Grace Provoked 51:14

3M ago51:14

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #10 Ser Grace Displeased 47:21

3M ago47:21

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #9 Ser Grace Betrayed 48:01

4M ago48:01

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #8 Ser Grace Alone 49:35

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #7 Ser Grace Interrupted 48:50

4M ago48:50

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #6 Ser Grace Imprisoned 50:03

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #5 Ser Grace Impeded 49:13

5M ago49:13

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #4 Ser Grace Remorseless 47:20

5M ago47:20

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #3 Ser Grace Abiding 48:51

5M ago48:51

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #2 Ser Grace Inquisitive 49:05

5M ago49:05

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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State of Grace #1 Ser Grace Distracted 49:37

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In the dungeons beneath Fairburn Point Ser Grace, the realms most celebrated adventurer, was forcefully bonded with an entity beyond mortal comprehension. For some such an incident would spell tragedy, for Ser Grace, however, he saw only opportunity. Now the wheels are in motion for something big, something terrifying. A thousand plans, two thousan…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #14 Sacrifice 58:48

6M ago58:48

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The day is won. The dragon Damien Eaton slain. the city returned to its familiar state of controlled chaos. But at what cost? Perrwinkle O'Rourke is dead and in the wake of such destruction the city needs a leader more than ever. Leo Shadow, who always saw things for what they could be, not what they were, makes the ultimate sacrifice. And in the s…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #13 Battle of the Fiveish Armies 59:27

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In the end it comes to this. The city of Jarren's Outpost at war with itself. Sabers fighting orcs, ghosts and their tigers fighting town guard, and all fighting the relentless tide of the city's dead. Above it all the dragon Damien Eaton circles, engaged in aerial combat with a titanic gnomish airship. On the ground, amidst the heave of bodies and…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #12 Greaseboy 53:36

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In the face of war what is the price of peace? How do you avoid the mistakes of your predecessor? Can there truly be peace with no bloodshed? On the eve of the final battle for the cities soul Perriwinkle O'Rourke makes the most difficult sacrifice of his life, Leo Shadow is reminded of his place in the world, and Gregg Piss wipes away a little mor…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #11 Zone of Truth 54:22

7M ago54:22

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In the guardhouse Father Maroni, secret leader of the blood cult, is forced to reveal his true form, a wirithing deadly mass of blood and tentacles. Perrwinkle O'Rourke feels Silversteel burn white hot in his hands, Leo Shadow gets deputised, and Gregg Piss has an army. Salvation for the city is in sight, but it's going to take everything they've g…

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Jarren’s Development Blog #6 – How Mean is Too Mean? 1:10:16

7M ago1:10:16

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Jackson, Adam and Zammit are here to talk about threading the needle when making a game where we want you to be mean to your friends. Also we got funded! Holy Cow! Thank you all so much! With less than a week to go, you can head on over to the Kickstarter to help unlock more stretch goals and support our board gaming endeavours! Hosted on Acast. Se…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #10 Ave Maria 55:14

7M ago55:14

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Chaos spills crimson across the streets of Jarren's Outpost. Missing family members, riots in the streets, gang warfare. And in the middle of it all our heroes attempt to come up with some kind of plan. The attack on Papa Littlelow sends Leo on the warpath, Perriwinkle battles his own demons attempting to instill order amidst the dissaray, and some…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #9 Escalation 55:45

7M ago55:45

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The city is at war. The halfling gang war has snowballed into a deadly city wide conflict. Old factions laid dormant crawl from their hiding places, new alliances rise from the ashes of old ones, and, through the poorly thought out machinations of one Gregg Piss. the monster Damien Eaton has aquired an army of the undead. Meanwhile Perri and Leo fi…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #8 The Two Wives of Perriwinkle O'Rourke 56:55

7M ago56:55

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The assault on the Surefoot Warehouse is fully under way. After barely surviving the trap filled dungeon that was the warehouse, Peri and Leo face up against the deadly might of the Surefoot Halfling Family, deep in the bowels of Surefoot territory. But there is so much more on the line than either of them realise, for death and destruction are alw…

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Jarren’s Development Blog #5 – Expansions 1:41:06

7M ago1:41:06

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Jackson and Zammit are here to talk about expanding the game! We go over some terrible ideas we had and re-purposing old ideas into brand new concepts. The Kickstarter is going live on March 18 4pm UK time, we'll be asleep little babies as it's 3am for us but that means we're going to be playing the Tabletop Simulator version of Jarren's Outpost th…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #7 Warehouses 59:58

8M ago59:58

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After many trials and tribulations our heroes finally reconvence and immediately start trying to kill each other. A riot in the midst of an assault on a Surefoot warehouse where blood cultist fights dwarf fights town guard fights Gregg Piss. Leo and Perri try to focus on what's important: pelting across rooftops avoiding arrows and spells whilst Gr…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #6 No One Messes with Family 47:58

8M ago47:58

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Once again the weapon slips from our hero's grasp at the last second, this time falling into the hands of the nefarious and deadly Surefoot Family. What's more they have kidnapped Perriwinkle's wife and children. Big mistake. Now with Leo's help, it's looking like an all out halfling gang war and in the shadows, Gregg Piss pushes his luck with more…

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Jarren's Development Blog #4 - Gameplay 1:05:17

8M ago1:05:17

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We sat down to play a 3 player game of Jarren's Outpost and then loudly talked over it to help give you an idea of how this game plays! It's basically a let's play but a board game. Does that exist? Should that exist? We reckon: no Either way we STRONGLY recommend you watch this over on YouTube: https://youtu.be/B3VpSukY5h4. unless you're using our…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #5 The Vault 55:02

8M ago55:02

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Against all odds the plan has worked. Perri, Piss, and Leo have made their way into Eaton's keep and up to the vault. Leo attempts to convince Perriwinkle of his allegiance to the cause, Perri makes some hard decisions when it comes to fighting shadow people and Piss eats a bunch of pickled eggs. He is also locked in Damien Eaton's vault against hi…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #4 O'Rourke's Eleven 58:13

8M ago58:13

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The plan is simple: convince every single faction that seeks the weapon to attack the keep at once and amidst the chaos sneak into Damien Eaton's stronghold and secure the weapon for themselves. Perri, Leo and Piss have given themselves six hours to make it happen. Piss encounters his bookie and nearly dies, Leo loses a beloved friend, and Perri pu…

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Jarren's Development Blog #3 - The End Game 1:03:12

8M ago1:03:12

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This week Jackson and Zammit talk about a much maligned aspect of board game design: The End Game aka how do you make the last round not boring aka I have glanced down at the score and I cannot feasibly win so what now? Who knew the answer was simply give people stuff to do which may also include wrecking their friend's day. You can play the tablet…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #3 Debts 57:42

8M ago57:42

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Well Damien Eaton has the weapon, and on the homefront things are looking no better. The halfling families have picked this moment to consolidate their debts and thus the Quietnknives want insurance from Greg Piss in any way they can, Perri and Graggia's marriage is on the rocks and now their house is full of strangers, and the threat on Leo's life…

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Jarren's Development Blog #2 - Adapting Characters 1:25:34

8M ago1:25:34

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This week Adam, Jackson and Zammit talk about adapting the characters from the campaign of Jarren's Outpost into board game characters. All the missteps along the way, their individual approach to game design and the stages of grief when dealing with their beloved Nok Nok. You can play the tabletop sim version of Jarren's Outpost here, Follow us on…

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #2 The Dragon 57:21

9M ago57:21

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Conflict at the city docks! Orc tents besieged by gnomish rifle fire! The war for the city continues to rage and amidst the violence Leo, Greg, and Perriwinkle find themselves unlikely allies. Working in uneasy alliance they rush to acquire the weapon, they must avoiding orcs, gnomes, dwarves and Damien Eaton's terrifying and imposing mysterious dr…

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Jarren's Development Blog #1 - What the hell is it? 59:23

9M ago59:23

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We've been tooling away at this board game for a long time and we thought it might be smart to actually tell you about it! Over the next 14 weeks join Zammit and Jackson as they look back at all the creative and technical decisions that went in to making the Jarren's Outpost Board Game. With this episode we figured we'd give you a broad overview of…

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Jarren's Outpost: EE #1 For Love For Life For Me 47:34

9M ago47:34

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The city of Jarren's Outpost is in turmoil. Militias roam the streets, militant religious forces lay siege to the cities spiritual soul and from the shadows the halfling criminal families emerge to seek control. The fate of the city hinges on the acquisition of a weapon of great power, and the acquisition of the weapon hinges on the fates of the fo…

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D&D is for Nerds Channel Update 1:18:39

10M ago1:18:39

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A lot has happened since we first decided to re-tackle Barovia. And while the next campaign to hit your ears would normally have been the (maybe??) last season of Vampire Infested Barovia, life got in the way and we couldn’t record before Zammit’s baby was born. So have a listen to where we’re going with the story, what’s coming up next as well as …

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Return to Grace #9 Daughter of Mothers 27:49

11M ago27:49

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…

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Return to Grace #8 Horns 32:31

11M ago32:31

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…

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Return to Grace #7 Blood of Grace 30:53

11M ago30:53

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…

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Return to Grace #6 Dragon 32:42

11M ago32:42

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…

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Return to Grace #5 Hero and the Damsel 31:21

12M ago31:21

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…

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Return to Grace #4 Trophies 33:50

12M ago33:50

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Sign up to the pre-launch of the Jarren's Outpost Board Game on Kickstarter and keep up to date by heading to jarrensoutpost.com or checking out all the links here! Want ad-free and even more bonus content? Just check out Imagination Adventures+ on our website or on Apple Podcasts! Music by the ever wonderful Lepidora, you can check out her music h…