Season 1: The RiftKickers (May3,2026): Arriving in Aderyd

This episode opens with KJ and Security Dan recapping the long‑running Rift Kickers D&D campaign, now deep into its second year. They reflect on the emotional weight of nearing the end of the Shattered Heart arc and the chaos of recent sessions—compulsions, terror effects, a newly discovered Rift Stone, and the party’s escalating tension as six stones begin reacting in unpredictable ways.The hosts dive into tabletop news, including the explosive success of the Dungeon Crawler Carl BackerKit campaign—now over $9M with nearly 40,000 backers—and discuss Ginny Di’s character creation demo, Jeff Hays’ influence, and the meteoric rise of LitRPG. We also preview Ed Greenwood’s upcoming Spawns of the Mind Render campaign setting and celebrate Todd Stashwick’s charity actual‑play event supporting children fighting cancer. The episode then transitions into the live‑play session:The party explores an eerily abandoned port city where buildings are intact but unnervingly emptied with precision.A magical repulsion field pushes characters away from a hilltop castle, triggering fear, hallucinations, and physical resistance.Warehouse investigations reveal four‑year‑old manifests, rotted goods, and a hidden Rift Stone that sends characters into visions.When all six stones are placed together, they levitate, rotate, and reveal four missing “gaps,” hinting at a larger, dangerous puzzle.Bubbles panics upon sensing the Sea Hag’s presence, escalating the urgency.The episode ends with the party realizing they must find the remaining stones—fastGeeks with Dice, an Actual Play D&D Podcast.Host KJ the Comic Guy is your Game Master, leading a rag-tag band of would-be heroes through the Sword Coast and other memorable locations. Join this motley crew as they adventure through the world of Dungeons and Dragons.Geeks with Dice is part of the Fandom Frontier Podcast network (fandomfrontier.ca).Follow us:Join us on our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VthQnDgXBYBluesky: fandomfrontier.bsky.socialMastodon: [email protected]:[email protected]@[email protected]: @geekswdiceFacebook: @geekswdiceThreads: geekswdice