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Diceweave
by Lexi Conwell
A comedic Actual Play podcast exploring The Strange, a setting of X-Files supernatural mystery crossed with the genre-hopping of Magic Tree House.
Episodes
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Small Update
Hey there, its Lexi. As it turns out, I need a break. This time of year is usually the hardest for me. But, that is on top of starting my new job and the world situation continuing to escalate everywhere all the time. Put simply, I haven’t been able to find the focus to do editing. So, for now,...
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S2_The Strange 47: First Rule Of Fight Club Is Consent
Vignettes. Nav goes on a training bender. The entire crew learn about fight club and bond. Part 2 of 2. Content Notes: ptsd, self-destruction, consensual violence, drug mention Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson: Valkyrie...
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S2_The Strange 46: Just Let Them Sleep
Pseudo-vignettes, in which Administrator Theodore Wise debriefs the agents and Vector Pete about Collin's situation, and the Petes have a heated discussion about the direction of their lives. Part 1 of 2. Content Notes: ptsd, insomnia, self-destructive spiraling, suicidal ideation, grief Credits:...
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S2_The Strange 45: Whom the Belle Trolls
In rough shape, the agents are locked in a room with the belief that Belle may have been replaced by a shapeshifter. They must resolve the situation before they can finally go home and finish this arc. Content Notes: gore (kind of), big scream, gunshot, suicidal ideation, entombment, brain goo...
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S2_The Strange 44: Fallout
Tensions run high after the horrifying transformation at the center of the Vault. The thing Director Piper was meant to guard is gone, inklings are closing in, and a shapeshifter is loose. Content Notes: fear Post-post-show: Space Baby sitcom AU Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav:...
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S2_The Strange 43: Cold Revelations
The agents must fight an animate refrigerator before they can finally reach the center of the Shattered Vault. At the center, true natures are revealed. Content Notes: body horror Postshow: player freak out session Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell…
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S2_The Strange 42: Turtles
The agents (and Dadmin Theo) encroach on the territory of an absurd threat within the vault. Content Notes: drug mention Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson: Valkyrie Bradford The Administrator: Lexi Conwell Hosted, edited,...
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S2_The Strange 41: Into the Vault
The agents, alongside Dadmin Theo and Henri Piper, enter the shattered vault, prepared to deal with inklings. Instead they spend half an hour jankily crossing a crevasse. Content Notes: stories of real life child abuse/neglect Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter...
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S2_The Strange 40: Medical Tour
With the Nexus anchor set-up, Marcel brings medical personnel into the Recursive Facility to take a look at the dual Pete situation and check on the survivors. Lexi was sleepy in this one. Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle"…
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S2_The Strange 39: Security Tour
The agents take an expedition group of the IGS survivors through the gateway to the rest of the facility to sweep for any security issues. Henri Piper demystifies some of the spookier rooms in the Recursive Facility. Content Notes: Hard drug mention Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav:...
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S2_The Strange 38: Survivors
The Agents meet the survivors of the Improbable Geographical Society formerly working under Casa Loma, along with a second Peter Bardwell. Discussion and exposition abound as they try to figure out whether they need to kill each other. Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie…
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S2_The Strange 37: First Day^2
Two months ago, Peter Bardwell dissolved and was reborn, alone, in a mysterious, post-apocalyptic park. Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson: Valkyrie Bradford The Administrator: Lexi Conwell Hosted, edited, and produced by...
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S2_The Strange 36: Central Park
The Agents begin exploring the park-like recursion they found themselves in, and start to find evidence that they may not be alone, nor safe. Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson: Valkyrie Bradford The Administrator: Lexi...
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S2_The Strange 35: Return To The Nexus
With the Nexus stabilized, it's time for our agents to gear up and return to the Recursive Facility. Things will definitely work perfectly first try. Content Notes: glitching and slight atonality, Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah…
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S2_The Strange 34: Days in the Lives 3
Vignettes with the Estate Agents! Belle's living situation is revealed. Collin opens up emotionally. Pete talks to his sister. Nav uncovers some repressed memories. Its BACKSTORY TIME baby! Post Show: SPACE SHANTY (and also lore discussion) Content Notes: addiction, paranoia (justified)…
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MOTW_Freelancers 2: Calvin Canon's Canyon of Cannons
A casual visit to a trashy theme park takes a monstrous turn when Apollo 18 crash lands nearby. Main Campaign interlude episode 2 of 2. Credits: Fabio The Fantabulous: Will Leet Ivan Jaeger: Nathan Eastram Sean Amadeus: Valkyried Bradford The Keeper: Lexi Conwell Hosted, edited, and produced by...
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MOTW_Freelancers 1: Jealousy
A team of professional "professional monster hunters" are hired to check an old musician's mansion for ghosts. Main Campaign interlude episode 1 of 2. Credits: Bynn Jaeger: Mackenzie Eastram Ivan Jaeger: Nathan Eastram Sean Amadeus: Valkyried Bradford The Keeper: Lexi Conwell Hosted, edited, and...
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S2_The Strange 33: Division
The Agents make a short detour on their way home with the daddy trio and make a new frenemy within the Estate. Luckily, Dadmin Theo is just a plane ride away. End of Arc 2. Content Notes: alcohol consumption Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet...
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S2_The Strange 32: Rest and Recompense
After the successful heist of the Encephelacomb, the agents rest, recuperate, and decompress. Unfortunately, they still have to provide payment to the factions that aided their heist, as well as sort out the daddy trio's chimera brain situation. Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav:...
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S2_The Strange 31: Oceans 5-1
The Agents decide to take drastic measures regarding their mcguffin before making their escape. Can they make it out scot-free? Or will they be forced to leave someone behind? Content Notes: violence, ptsd inducing trauma Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter...
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S2_The Strange 30: Flesh and Memory
The Agents pass through the last of the security chambers to their goal of Bo-berto's memory pod and the Daddy Trio's apparent location. Will there be anyone left to rescue? Will the memories be worth the cost? Content Notes: psychological horror, body horror Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan…
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S2_The Strange 29: A-maze-zing Security
The agents begin their infiltration of the Encephalacomb. Will they smoothly slip past the outer security features, or forget their own names? Content Notes: sexual humor, animal aphrodisiacs, general biopunk things, Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell:...
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S2_The Strange 28: The Veritex
Nav and Collin flashback to perform a smelly delivery job for Yabal-resh in exchange for transport through the tunnels beneath Ruk's surface. Then its Slime Time. Content Notes: sexual humor, animal aphrodisiacs, general biopunk things, discussion of Elon Husk Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan...
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S2_The Strange 27: Here’s The Plan
The agents take time to properly plan their heist. 'Tis an episode of exposition and goofs, with a garnish of backstory. Content Notes: sexual humor, bug food, general biopunk things Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson:...
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S2_The Strange 26: Surge
The Agents meet back up with Pete's new friend Surge, the heart surgeon, and decide how he's going to pay off his life debt. Content Notes: Gore, carnivorous heart, PTSD response, locally acceptable cadaver disrespect, corpse recycling, insect wing sound, pregnancy jokes, past trauma, sexual…
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S2_The Strange 25: These Hearts Will Go On
Pete Prime splits off from Pete 2 and Belle to investigate the Custodian's coincidental lead, quickly stumbling into a rather dire medical situation. Belle and Pete 2 meet with a member of the Unified Choir, bringing Belle face to face with her past. Content Notes: Blood, carnivorous organs,...
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S2_The Strange 24: Gross!
Having resolved to do a heist, the agents set out to find some support and resources. Collin and Nav talk to an arm dealer. Pete and Belle talk to a busker before fate intervenes. Content Notes: vomit based bodyhorror, biopunk related grotesqueness, meatmetal, sexual humor, discussion of...
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S2_The Strange 23: The Daddy Trio’s Mission
The agents get to the safe house to check on the other team, but only find recordings. Time to plan a heist! Content Notes: biopunk related grotesqueness, discussion of vomit, meatmetal, sexual humor, intentional audio glitches Post-Show: Dog of Wisdom! Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram…
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S2_The Strange 22: Ruk and Requisitions
Estate agents Collin, Nav, Belle, and Pete are tasked with checking in on another team last seen on Ruk. But first, they meet the new Requisitions Officer to get some gear! That creepy Custodian is also here. Content Notes: biopunk related grotesqueness Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram…
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S2_The Strange 21: Days in the Lives
Vignettes with the Estate agents! Nav does some personal decoration. Belle talks about herself. Pete has family dinner. Collin opens a window he really shouldn't have opened. Content Notes: drug use, hallucination, mild cosmic horror Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram...
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S2_Interlude 3: Naumachia Part 2
Tensions rise as faces new and familiar reveal the many dangers of the deep sea monolith. Content Notes: Jokes referencing real world submersible deaths, thalassophobia, disrespect for the dead, fish monsters, religious fundamentalism Credits Selkie: Valkyrie Bradford Pragmatism: Mackenzie…
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S2_Interlude 2: Naumachia Part 1
Deep within the glacial seas of Europa, three explorers encounter a monolith guarded by strange creatures. Content Notes: Deep ocean, fish monsters, religious zeal, 1920s lack of safety regulations Credits Selkie: Valkyrie Bradford Pragmatism: Mackenzie Eastram Erra: Will Leet Hosted, edited, and...
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S2_Interlude 1: Strange Tea
Two beings of vastly different scales briefly cross paths in a hiccup of the universe. Content Notes: Bittersweet emotions, queer longing, references to worldly destruction Credits: Captain Kala: Valkyrie Bradford Teravangian: Lexi Conwell Hosted, edited, and produced by Lexi Conwell. Logo by...
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S2_The Strange 20: The Case of the Magpied Piper
After interrogating Rattigan and his cohorts, the agents try to follow up on one last lead before officially closing the case. Then they get to relax! Its the end of this Arc! Content Notes: human trafficking, cop-like behavior Post-show: trying to fix an unhealthy family situation. Ransom....
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S2_The Strange 19: Tied Piper
With Rattigan and his Earth accomplices in custody, the agents try to get information about the masterminds of the operation. Someone's tragic backstory is unlocked. Content Notes: human trafficking, cop-like behavior Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell:...
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S2_The Strange 18: Rat Catching
The Agents awaken from their night time libations into a time crunch to catch Rattigan Stripes. Content Notes: (thoughtless) self harm, drugs, violence, human trafficking, maiming Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah "Belle" Wilson…
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S2_The Strange 17: The Gang Gets Shwasty
The Agents return to Toronto, where they get the rescued folk to the Estate to be checked over and report in. Then they get extremely drunk and trauma bond! Content Notes: frank discussion of mental health, transgender anxiety, inferiority, ptsd, reference to parental death/abandonment, excessive...
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S2_The Strange 16: Moon and Bone, Dreams of Home
The battle continues as Belle has a too-lovely dream about one of the worst nights of her life. Will she become trapped like the Witch? Or will the Greyfoot brothers face fates worse than death? Content Notes: human trafficking, nightmare memory, what-could-have-been nightmare, parental argument,...
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S2_The Strange 15: Kneecap Privileges
After finding two of the three coins they need to free the Witch, the Agents head into the woods for a final showdown with the Greyfoot brothers. Collin performs medical magic. Nav calculates an orbital strike. Kneecaps are targeted. Content Notes: human trafficking, premeditated violence…
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S2_The Strange 14: The Witch
After Fugin's interrogation and escape, the Agents collect two of the missing folk from the house. Before they can decide what to do next, they open a very insistent door to meet the true owner of the house. Too-knowledgeable rhymes ensue as they're offered a possible way out. Content Notes…
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S2_The Strange 13: Crowme and Punishment
The Agents enter the Witch's candy House, but who greets them at the door is not what they expected. Aggressive interrogation ensues, and they discover that the reason for the disappearances runs much deeper than some fairy tales. Content Notes: implications of cannibalism, mention of alcoholism,...
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S2_The Strange 12: Into the Woods
The Agents perform their first translation as a team and find themselves in an ominous forest. Nav finds something familiar. Collin finds religion. Belle decimates a foe. Pete brings more than he intended. Content Notes: Discussion about drugs, general horror atmosphere, violence toward wildlife,...
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S2_The Strange 11: Getting High for Science
After their night of crimes, the Agents get some much needed sleep before systematically exploring the properties of the Dusted Records. Content Notes: mention of water boarding, animal testing (the critter is ok), discussion about drug risks, drug use in a controlled environment Credits: Collin...
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S2_The Strange 10: Of Rats and Cops
The Agents break into the Vinyl Rat late at night in search of Dusted Records. Collin shows off the power of a Spinner. Content Notes: Burglary, impersonation of police Post-Show: Sexual language Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet Sarah…
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S2_The Strange 9: Rattigan
The agents attempt to smooth things over with Rattigan by helping clean the shop, and then do some research. Belle digs a hole. Content Notes: fixation on orphan status, crime planning, mention of drowned/kidnapped children (fairy tale) Post-show: familial yearning Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan...
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S2_The Strange 8: Mischief
The Agents arrive at the Vinyl Rat to find it's hosting an open mic night. Nav attempts to blend in. Belle threatens to go full Karen. Collin does a vibecheck. Pete ruins everything. Content Notes: missing persons, implied misgendering Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie…
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S2_The Strange 7: Record
After pooling their knowledge, the agents decide to do one last interview before following the leads to the Vinyl Rat. What they learn in the Weir-Espinosa home provides a worrying and critical detail for the case. Content Warnings: alcohol abuse, veiled implications of sex work, missing persons,...
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S2_The Strange 6: ”Murder Wall”
People are going missing, and it seems to be related to a preternatural drug. To track down its origin, the Agents will need to question the families and friends of the missing folk. Content Warnings: missing people and the impact on loved ones, mentioned drug use, implied transphobia, uber-rich...
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S2_The Strange 5: Days in the Lives
Vignettes into the personal lives of each of the agents. Then a shopping trip and a movie! Content Warnings: frank discussion about depression and feelings of inferiority, consensual violence, mentioned drug use, missing persons Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter...
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S2_The Strange 4: Nexus
The Agents enact a plan to escape the Recursive Facility. Peter considers his mortality, while the Administrator considers Peter. Content Warnings: distorted semi-tonal music, injury to wildlife, viscera Credits: Collin Thewlis: Nathan Eastram Nav: Mackenzie Eastram Peter Bardwell: Will Leet…
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What is Diceweave about?
A comedic Actual Play podcast exploring The Strange, a setting of X-Files supernatural mystery crossed with the genre-hopping of Magic Tree House.
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Diceweave is created and hosted by Lexi Conwell.
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