Black Lodge Trivia Night

The first mission of the D.S.F. Noctua comes to a close as the remaining crew face off against the rogue android on board the Lady Luck.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 7/21/26Hostile: https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

The threat from Lady Luck's Android escalates even further as the Noctua crew starts to uncover parts of the truth.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 7/14/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

With some objectives established, Patrick and Art try their best not to screw up the relatively simple instructions to get Willowshore back on track.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 7/7/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00 Intro(00:01:25) Trivia(00:07:15) RPG Session(01:24:10) Post-Session Wrap Up

Things take some dark turns on board the D.S.T. Lady Luck as the crew continue to attempt to piece together what happened on that derelict vessel.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 7/1/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

With nary a Matt or an Art in sight, Patrick thinks back over a few past RPG failures and what can be learned from them.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 6/24/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:00) Trivia(00:02:50) First Idea(00:07:29) Second Idea(00:11:24) Third Idea(00:15:17) Fourth Idea(00:19:05) Wrap

After a secret meeting between the Captain and the Corporate Android, the crew makes their way on board the Lady Luck where things are quiet... too quiet.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 6/18/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:16) A little Foundry v14 chat(00:06:46) Start of session

Down a Patrick, Matt and Art chat about how their RPG collections evolve. What stays, what goes, what choices are easy and what are hard. Then a quick "would you rather" followed by discussing BLTN's third anniversary.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 6/9/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:42) Trivia(00:02:35) Start of discussion(00:03:47) Warhammer FRPG 4th Ed and The Old World RPG(00:11:52) Purging the RPG collection(00:43:51) Would you rather...(01:01:48) What systems bubble to the top after the chat(01:06:09) Three years of BLTN

Art digs into GDW's Dark Conspiracy as buzz of a Mongoose Publishing reprint hit the ether.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 6/3/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

For the first time in a while, Patrick and Art don't almost die in a Pathfinder session as Matt guides them through a little more of Willowshore in an attempt to figure out what is going on.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 5/26/26"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:19) Trivia(00:05:31) Start of Session(01:07:00) End of Session and a little post-game chatter

Art records an extra-long, extra-rambling Bookhouse Boys digging a little into a few systems for playing RPGs in Middle Earth. The first part gives an overview of the two systems he's experienced firsthand... Middle Earth Roleplaying (MERP) from Iron Crown Enterprises and The One Ring 2e from Free League. The second part goes into some possible alternatives and a bit of Middle Earth on Foundry.Also, this one is coming in a little hot so apologies if there are any hiccups.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 5/19/26 and 5/21/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/(00:00:00) Intro to Part One - MERP and The One Ring 2e(00:02:28) Some reasons for Art's love of RPGing in Middle Earth(00:08:55) Some reasons against RPGing in Middle Earth(00:11:12) Taking a look at MERP(00:41:29) Taking a look at The One Ring 2e(01:06:34) Latest One Ring 2e arrival... Hand of the White Wizard first glance(01:17:06) Wrapping up Part One(01:18:50) Starting Part Two - Other LOTR RPG options(01:20:10) Against the Darkmaster with a look at the FoundryVTT module(01:30:00) Dungeon World and Fellowship (PbTA)(01:32:03) GURPS(01:35:23) Legends of Middle Earth(01:39:04) Savage Worlds(01:40:18) Savage Middle Earth(01:45:08) HarnMaster(01:54:59) Mythras(01:59:07) Adventures in Middle Earth 5e(02:04:10) Quick recommendations when all is said and done and quick mention of BRP Middle Earth(02:08:04) Quick look at Foundry options(02:08:37) Rolemaster FoundryVTT(02:13:07) HarnMaster FoundryVTT(02:17:52) The one Ring 2e FoundryVTT(02:23:40) Wrap up

We kick off our third year of Black Lodge Trivia Night with a slightly shorter session of Season of Ghosts. Art continues to be bad at rolling dice and NPCs save the day.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 5/4/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:13) Twin Peaks Trivia(00:05:38) BLTN Third Anniversary Trivia(00:08:31) Start of Session(01:20:21) End of Session/Post-Game Chat

Down a Matt, Patrick and Art take some questions from the Discord and cover some other random RPG chatter before getting to the main event.One note... Art mentions actor Dylan Baker at one point. The actual actor was Michael Shannon, apologies to both gentlemen.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @BLTNRecorded on 4/30/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/Explosion Sound Effect by Sound Reality and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-explosion-fx-343683/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:37) Trivia False Alarm Candle Talk(00:02:49) Trivia... finally(00:07:21) Questions from the Discord(00:16:03) A little upcoming movies chat(00:21:21) Back to questions(00:26:21) Art's questions for Patrick(00:48:41) The Main Event

The crew of the DSF Noctua continue to turn against each other as they finally arrive at their original mission objective.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/29/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

Everyone comes in a little hot to this shorter session as Patrick and Art make their way into the edge of Willowshore. Warning, this one takes a little bit to get started so please feel free to check out the chapter markers.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/15/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:59) New trivia segment??(00:08:20) Twin Peaks trivia(00:13:18) Start of session(01:14:00) End of session

Art returns to the crew of the D.S.F. Noctua to find out the aftermath of their deep space salvage and repair mission.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/10/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

Our run through the adventure path Season of Ghosts gets started as Patrick and Art wake up on the wrong side of the woods after a seasonal town celebration.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/2/26"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:15) Trivia(00:05:47) Start of session(01:28:43) Post-session chat(01:40:24) Post-credits behind the scenes chatter with some drink orders and Patrick's first, more unrated, cold open.

It's been threatened for a while, but this week Art finally reveals his top five RPG dice... with a few extra categories at the top for good measure.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 4/1/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/Explosion Sound Effect by Sound Reality and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-explosion-fx-343683/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:10) What does it mean to prep Hostile Solo?(00:02:12) Start of topic(00:02:25) First Category(00:06:03) Second Category(00:07:23) Third Category(00:09:30) Number Five(00:11:53) Number Four(00:15:28) Number Three(00:19:42) Number Two(00:24:06) Number One(00:31:15) Wrap Up

Art runs the RPGs that have come up on the channel through the March Madness brackets to determine a champion RPG.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 3/25/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https: //pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https: //pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Start(00:03:08) First Round(00:56:37) Second Round(01:03:19) Third Round(01:10:33) Fourth Round(01:13:43) Final Round

The rotation resumes in all its glory as we Session Zero our upcoming run through the Adventure Path Season of Ghosts for Pathfinder 2e.Fair warning, this is a rougher how the sausage gets made style video, but if you are curious about how we arrived at our characters or watch to watch Art stare at the Pathbuilder website interface like a confused dog, then you're in the right place.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 3/11/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Static Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

The full crew is finally back together as Patrick returns to the fold. Knowing we would need some time catch up, we decided to Damn Fine Coffee and talk a bit about our time with Blade Runner, try out a game of Skip/Hack/Run, do a horn check, take some questions from the Discord community, and get into what's next for our Actual Plays.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 3/5/26"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:38) Trivia(00:09:27) Start of discussion with topics inspired by our recent Blade Runner adventure(00:45:43) Questions from our Discord(00:55:28) A game of Skip/Hack/Run(01:15:35) What's coming up for the channel

The rogue Nexus-9 replicant finally surfaces to hunt her victim as Matt tries to stop her. The finale to Case File 01: Electric Dreams.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 2/26/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro and Pathfinder chat(00:04:45) Trivia (three for the price of one)(00:09:18) Recap(00:11:22) Start of session(01:10:17) Fade to Black(01:12:26) Post-adventure discussion(01:36:02) Disaster strikes

Matt finally confronts the Memory Lab about what they did to the fugitive Nexus-9 that remains at large.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 2/23/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:40) Trivia(00:07:00) Recap(00:08:14) Session(01:12:55) Post-session chat

The crew attempts a deep space repair as morale disintegrates. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 2/19/26Hostile: https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/Flickering Light Sound Effect by Freesound and available at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-flickeringlight-90411/

After nearly catching his prime suspect and escaping an assassination attempt, Matt takes the investigation back to headquarters. Note the extra time stamps because this one wanders a bit at times.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 2/11/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from FxProSound and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/nature-winter-rain-in-oak-forest-loop-185672/Static sound effects from Dragon Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-323621/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:00) Trivia Part 1(00:02:11) Dawson's Creek Chat(00:03:16) Trivia Part 2(00:04:21) Circling Back to Dawson's Creek(00:05:20) Recap(00:08:06) Start of session(00:13:40) Another quick Dawson's Creek aside(00:14:45) Back to the story(00:15:09) Quick Steven Spielberg aside(00:15:42) Getting back to the story(01:03:14) End of session and post-game nerd chat

Tensions continue to rise as the crew deals with the fallout of a saboteur.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 2/5/26Hostile: https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicStatic Sound Effect by necrodigits and available from Pixabay at: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/film-special-effects-radio-static-1-wav-35283/ (00:00:00) Intro(00:00:58) Recap(00:03:09) Start of session

Things get more intense as the investigation's second day comes to a close. Art stumbles clumsily through his first ever combat as a GM during all the years Black Lodge Trivia Night has been around.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 1/22/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:27) Trivia(00:09:06) Recap(00:12:05) Start of Session(00:57:29) Stumbling Through Combat(01:23:41) Post-Session Chat

Day two of the investigation gets underway as Matt changes direction at the last moment to look into a local underground publication.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 1/19/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link: https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:43 )Trivia(00:05:21) Recap(00:07:10) Start of Session(01:05:54) Brief end of session discussion

We check back in with the crew of the DSF Noctua as things take a turn on board the ship.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 1/15/26Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:47) Recap(00:01:55) Session Start

Matt and Art are back in the new year to continue the investigation into one Nexus 9 murder and another Nexus 9 disappearance. Tyger tyger burning bright...Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNp Follow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 1/8/26Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:12) New Year's Resolution Chat(00:02:27) Trivia(00:05:53) Recap(00:08:22) Start of session(00:55:41) Matt steps away and Art riffs a bit about MY0(00:57:34) Matt's back, end of riff

Art finishes up 2025 with a bit of a fumbling Hostile Solo session. Appreciate everyone who checked out the channel this year. Happy holidays.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 12/23/25Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Start(00:00:38) Recap(00:03:23) Start(00:11:03) Building out a randomly generated ship(00:26:22) Getting back to it(00:29:47) Resolving a scene

Ringing in 2026 with a little overview of some espionage RPGs. By no means exhaustive in any way. Hope everyone is having a happy new year.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 1/2/26"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:23) Spycraft(00:04:49) Tuxedos and Trenchcoats(00:08:16) Classified(00:11:30) Cold City(00:19:46) Cold Shadows(00:24:35) Covert Ops(00:27:08) Delta Green(00:33:05) Double Zero(00:37:06) Fall of Delta Green(00:40:18) Night's Black Agent Double Tap(00:43:35) GURPS Espionage(00:47:17) Minutes to Midnight(00:49:50) Berlin 61(00:54:20) Snakes and Wolves(00:56:00) The Secret Files of Section D(00:59:51) Top Secret: The New World Order(01:08:25) Violation of Truth(01:11:30) White Lies

After a quick Irish Cream update, Art and Matt continue investigating the death of Sandor, the Nexus-9 Blade Runner mysteriously gunned down.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 12/14/25Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:13) Irish Cream update(00:04:33) Trivia(00:07:19) Recap(00:10:29) Start of session(00:15:32) Connection hiccup(00:16:02) End of hiccup

Art and Matt get into the holiday spirit with a little Irish Cream chatter before continuing the first Case File for Free League's Blade Runner RPG.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 12/7/25Free League's Blade Runner: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/blade-runner-rpg/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00 Intro)(00:48:00) Quick Irish Cream Check-in(00:02:13) Trivia(00:07:49) Recap(00:09:32) Start of Session

Art gets back to the space trucking with another solo outing in the Hostile universe from Zozer Games.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 12/3/25Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/"Dances and Dames"Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:10) Recap(00:03:15) Start of session with some Hyperspace distance calculation(00:05:12) Getting back to the story checklist

As Black Lodge Trivia Night begins its Patrick-less gaming stretch, Matt and Art call an audible and dive into the intro Case File for Free League's Blade Runner RPG. Starts off with some session zero character creation and then gets into the opening scene.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 11/20/25"Dances and Dames" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicRain sound effects from Dragon-Studio and available at the following link:https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/copyright-free-rain-sounds-331497/(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:12) A little Blade Runner Chat(00:07:05) Trivia(00:10:37) Start of Character Creation(00:56:29) Start of Actual Play

Matt and Art get back to crushing on Souls games and discuss Upper Latria and The Ivory Tower (World 3-2 and 3-3).Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 11/13/25Dances and Dames Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:45) Trivia(00:04:10) Start of Discussion(01:22:33) Some bonus Dark Souls 3 Chat(01:31:33) Closing Thoughts

We get back to the crew of the DSF Noctua and the aftermath of their encounter with a lifeless shuttle as they travel to the jump point.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 11/11/25Hostile:https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/Dances and Dames Kevin MacLeodLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

Black Lodge Trivia Night gets the whole crew back one last time before Patrick ducks out for a spell to get a Spooky Season One-Shot in. Matt runs a horror-themed session of Score from GilaRPGs.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 10/30/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicScore by GilaRPGs: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/score(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:08) Trivia(00:05:23) Session Introduction and Character Backgrounds(00:19:15) Start of the heist(01:23:47) End of session and closing thoughts

It's Halloween (spooky), and it's our 13th Damn Fine Coffee (also spooky). With Patrick still out, Matt and Art chat a little about spooky season and take some questions from the Black Lodge Trivia Night discord.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 10/23/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:06) Trivia(00:02:47) Horror in Pathfinder and what that means for dark fantasy Pathfinder(00:05:49) Spooky Season swag check-in(00:06:29) Check-in after finishing up a Dragonbane adventure with Discord folks(00:24:21) Quick Conan and Red Sonja check-in(00:26:58) First Discord Question(00:35:21) Second Discord Question in four parts(00:45:43) What's your favorite kind of horror movie/show?(00:57:26) And what does that say about what you look for in horror RPGs?(01:01:01) What present day RPG do you wish you could send back in time to yourself as a kid?(01:05:28) Third Discord Question01:06:18 One last question...(01:14:25) Wrap-up

Down a Matt and a Patrick, Art gets back to the continuing adventures of the D.S.F. Noctua as they prepare to go investigate a derelict ship that has lost contact.A quick apology... the last few sessions included a little intro but things were too nuts at the moment to get this recorded and squeeze that in.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 10/21/25Hostile: https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

Down a Patrick, things get saucy when Matt and Art discuss getting horny... for RPGs. What it means, how it happens, and what makes it unique (among other things). The inadvertent double entendres come fast and heavy. Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 10/8/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic00:00:00 Intro00:01:22 Trivia00:04:48 Start of Topic

Matt and Art make their way to Latria and get into one of their favorite levels in Demon's Souls.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 9/11/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

After dispatching a band of heathen squatters, Ebrel and Yaric must decide what to do next with the Cloisters and their newly arrived guests in a roleplaying-heavy session.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 9/24/25Free League's Symbaroum site: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/symbaroum/Music:Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)'Echoes' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au'Computations in a Snowstorm' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auMaps by Czepeku: https://www.patreon.com/czepeku(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:30) Quick discussion of Free League rulebooks and VTTs(00:09:47) Trivia(00:14:39) Recap(00:16:33) Start of session(01:28:27) End of Session

Our rotation is finally back as we return to Symbaroum to explore the treachery that led to the destruction of The Black Cloaks.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 9/18/25Free League's Symbaroum site: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/symbaroum/Music:Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.'Echoes' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au'Computations in a Snowstorm' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.auMaps by Czepeku: https://www.patreon.com/czepeku00:00:00 Intro01:52:00 Trivia00:07:35 Recap00:16:44 Technical Difficulties00:18:30 We're back01:22:51 Post-session chat

Matt and Art tackle the entirety of maybe their least favorite world in Demon's Souls but come away from the discussion with newfound respect for it.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/26/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusicDemon's Souls Lore - Stonefang and the Dragon God: https://youtu.be/TzxAkKGpyII?si=iLvObxBFuZqM0GEg (00:00:00) Intro and Smithing Ground (2-1)(00:32:23) The Tunnel City (2-2)(01:16:25) Underground Temple (2-3)

Down a Matt, Patrick and Art call an audible and dive into a topic that briefly came up in the Rosewood Abbey post-game discussion.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 9/4/2500:00:00 Intro00:02:30 Trivia00:05:51 Topic Discussion

Art runs Matt and Patrick through the final session of The Rose in the Garden a little quicker than expected, which left time for a nice wrap-up discussion about Rosewood Abbey, the setting, and PbtA in General.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/7/25Rosewood Abbey:https://rolistespod.itch.io/rosewood-abbeyIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Intro(00:03:12) Trivia(00:07:19) Recap(00:09:38) Start of Session(00:57:55) Post-game discussion

Down a Patrick, Matt and Art remember that Black Lodge Trivia Night is a TTRPG Actual Play podcast first and dive into a zero session for Swords of the Serpentine from Pelgrane Press. The first half is more of a Bookhouse Boys discussion of the setting and the Gumshoe system as a whole and the second half covers the creation of Art's PC.Quick note... this is not going to start immediately. There will be a stretch in the relatively near future (probably November-ish?) where it's just going to be Matt and Art and they wanted to have something at the ready they were both excited about.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/21/25Swords of the Serpentine: https://pelgranepress.com/product/swords-of-the-serpentine/Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Intro(00:02:36) Trivia(00:06:40) General Discussion of Swords of the Serpentine and Gumshoe(00:53:28) Session Zero Character Creation(01:51:44) Post-Session thoughts

Matt and Art continue their journey through Demon's Souls by discussing The Lord's Path (World 1-2) and finding much more to chat about than they expected.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/13/25Intro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic

After fumbling through the first session's character creation and story introduction, we finally collect ourselves enough to properly dive into the mystery surrounding The Rose in the Garden.Join us on our Discord: https://discord.gg/tQGJVsrnNpFollow us on Blue Sky and X @BlackLodgeRPG and on Mastadon @ BLTNRecorded on 8/7/25Rosewood Abbey:https://rolistespod.itch.io/rosewood-abbeyIntro Theme: Dances and Dames by Kevin MacLeod.In session music provided by Tabletop RPG Music: www.patreon.com/tabletoprpgmusic(00:00:00) Intro(00:01:02) First Trivia Question(00:07:29) Matt's Second Trivia Question That Is Actually Twin Peaks Related(00:11:38) Recap(00:15:42) Start of Session(01:16:47) End of Session/Post Session Chat