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Metagaming Monstrosity

(Hey! Good to see you again! Episodes going forward will be smaller and less frequent to balance the amount of time I have to make them. Thank you for sticking around!) It's around 2014 and the world is falling to pieces, magically speaking. Despite the increase in unexplainable disasters and missing people, the U.S. government's own "Council of Human Development" has made no moves since the 1980's. So, a member of the DoE tries yet again to form an underground group aimed at protecting people before it's too late. Too bad it's these guys... This is a set of test recordings from a homebrew modern world based on mythos built up over 2 unrecorded campaigns (technically 1 and 1/2, since the "second" campaign used the same characters). System used is Monster of the Week, a Powered by The Apocalypse game created by Michael Sands. It's been heavily customized and most likely none of us are following the rules as intended. Note: A lot of the beginning of this was recorded on a 15 do

  1. 52

    The Littlest Detective: Epilogue

    What happened during everyone's overseas vacation? How did everyone react to the return? Tune in! Right now! It's in this episode. You can stream it whenever you want. Right now would be a good time.Hey, are you listening to me?06/16/23, Mystery #3 Bonus Bit

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    The Littlest Detective: One Last Box

    Everyone makes it back safe and sound, and mostly awake.Mystery#4, 06/16/2023

  3. 50

    The Littlest Detective: Homebound

    Nobody look at the timestamps. Don't. Mystery #4, next episode will be the final for this mystery before we begin a short interlude.

  4. 49

    The Littlest Detective: Normal Sleep

    How do you sleep? Write in the comments.Mystery 406/16/24

  5. 48

    The Littlest Detective Ep. 5: Tea Time

    Hey! It's been a while! The recordings for this game have finally finished, so now all that's left is editing. I'm hoping to find a schedule that works And will have more consistent uploads. In the meantime, it's time for tea. Please sit down and drink the tea. It's good tea, and it's not poisoned. Mystery 4 06/09/2023

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    The Littlest Detective Ep. 3: Mahaur hates Hot Chocolate and Fun

    Christmas To-do list: 1. Hang Stockings 2. Bake Cookies 3. Visit forest dimension filled with flesh spiders. 4. Send Christmas cardsMystery #4 06/02/23

  8. 45

    The Littlest Detective Ep. 2: It Isn't Even Close to Christmas Yet

    I'm posting it anyways. Christmas can be any time of year. Mystery #4 05/26/2023

  9. 44

    The Littlest Detective Ep. 1: A Diss Track for Tim Allen

    The Gang Saves Christmas? And, we got new mics! Do we know how to use them? Kindof! :D Mystery #405/19/2023

  10. 43

    Code Blue Ep. 13: Action!

    The show comes to a close, with only a few almost-fatal injuries. Mystery #3 05/12/23

  11. 42

    Code Blue Ep. 12: Camera!

    Every day that passes is another day that I get closer to making "All My Sutures" a real show. Mystery #3 05/12/23

  12. 41

    Code Blue Ep. 11: Lights!

    Alex and Duncan craft the perfect season finale. Willard is here physically, but spiritually? And the guys that like to call themselves by their last names do some magic. Mystery #3 05/12/23

  13. 40

    Code Blue Ep. 10: Sheer Heart Attack

    This one's got a lot of stuff in it. Trust me. Mystery #3 05052023

  14. 39

    Code Blue Ep. 9: This DVD Is Enhanced with Disney's Fastplay

    Fastplay will begin in a moment. Episode 8 was supposed to publish on Monday but I forgot to schedule iiiiit. So this one's like a little bonus. Mystery #305/05/2023

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    Code Blue Ep. 8: Coming Soon to Theatres

    This happens right before we play the 1999 mysteries, And although I was supposed to record more, after I stopped recording I took a 4 hour long nap and forgot who I was. It was a good nap, though. Mystery #304/07/2023

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    Code Blue Ep. 7: Now Available to Own on DVD

    Everybody's getting hired in Hollywood, immediately. That's probably accurate to real life. And now we have a werewolf and vampires. Instead of before, when we had werewolves and a vampire. Mystery #3 03/31/2023

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    Code Blue Ep. 6: The Body Shuffle

    If I'm in your body and you're in his body and he's in my body, then who's flying the plane? Mystery #3 03/31/23

  18. 35

    Code Blue Ep 5: Full Scuff

    The police show up, there's a car crash, and the Starbucks Gods sacrifice Cody for his negligence. Mystery #3 03/24/2023

  19. 34

    Code Blue Ep. 4: Everyone's Playing With Knives

    It took me like, two hours to sharpen those. Mystery #3 03/24/2023

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    27 (BONUS): Listen, if you work with a group that calls themselves "The Council", that's on you

    Duncan recovers at Monster Hospital in a solo session, sees some things, and gets seen. Scott Callahan provokes the omni-potent shadow group that writes his checks. This takes place before the beginning of mystery 3 fictionally, but was more of a flashback so that I could dish out Lore. 03/20/2023

  21. 32

    Code Blue Ep. 3: Rolling Straight 8's

    And here I thought the average of 2d6 was 7. And I'm blatantly copying things again. Mystery #3 03/17/23

  22. 31

    (BONUS) The Eternal Castle, Part 2: The Blood of Kings

    Final session for the bonus 1999 mystery. And yes, my realistic gritty urban fantasy campaign does have high fantasy creatures in it, thank you very much. 04/28/2023

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    Code Blue Ep 2: Uh Oh

    The Department of Energy in this world has an incredible budget. 20% of it is devoted to making the main office impossible to break into. Well, almost impossible. 03/17/23 Mystery #3

  24. 29

    Code Blue Ep 1: Dr. Robinson?

    Dr. Robinson seems a bit off, Duncan introduces himself to danger, and Luke attempts to become a Were-Wolf.Trying a new format for a new mystery. I still have a giant backlog but I'm hoping having small episodes will help move things along.Mystery 303/10/23

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    26: W is for Worldbuilding

    So many plot threads you could knit a sweater. Or you could just, leave them loose and unattended. And tangled. Knitting is an overrated hobby anyways. 03/10/23

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    25: I'm running out of episode title ideas

    The gang considers torture, again. 03/10/2023

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    24: References that only make sense to the players

    The group looks for Rebecca (whose original name was Rachel but I messed up), and some old locations get rediscovered by new characters. 03/10/23 Mystery #2

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    23: Recovered Lost Audio

    Alex and Willard deal with aggressive drivers. There's also Kenny! But who's Kenny? Also, the power cord for the recorder got tripped on for this session, and I had previously thought that the audio was gone completely. As a result of this, we backtracked on the canon and decided that a bunch of NPC conversations hadn't occured. Fortunately, I was able to recover that session's audio, and I've divided up what is still canon vs. deleted scenes. Hopefully I'll be able to post the deleted scenes soon. 03/03/2023

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    22: Monster Hospital

    A small bit of downtime, recovered from a session that got cut short. Also! There was an entire session of gameplay that I thought got lost due to technical issues, and I've just know found out how to recover that audio. Since there was some parts of the audio that stayed canon, I'll edit those scenes together and keep the "deleted scenes" in their own episode for fun.02/24/2023Mystery #2

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    21: Cody's Still Sitting on the Floor

    I think he lays down at some point? Also, this is the last bit of action for the Yale arc before we enter a bit of "downtime". Mystery #2 02/17/2023

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    20: Cody Sits on the Floor

    I still haven't bought new chairs. Mystery 2 02/17/2023

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    (BONUS) The Eternal Castle, Part 1: In the Hall of Elizabeth King (Sr.)

    [BONUS EPISODE] Taking up the mantles of Agent Cavers and Edward Shoemaker, two hunters join a work retreat in 1999. Then things get tense.This takes place outside of the current mystery lineup, so consider it an extra treat away from the current timeline.I still have a lot of recordings that I need to work on, but I did this instead.04/14/2023

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    19: Whoops, It's Been Almost Two Months

    Maybe this is why podcasts get released on a regular schedule. Couldn't be me. 02/17/23

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    18: Time's Up

    Mystery #? 02/10/2023Content warning: Gore

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    17: Doug Almost Gets Hit

    Also things start going from "wacky hijinks" to "lore that might not make sense out of context". Mystery #? 02/10/2023

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    16: That Good Flower

    You see, it's a weed joke.Mystery #? 02/10/2023

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    15: Zoinks

    Just a regular "meddling" kids mystery, nothing to see here.There's also discussion of country music for almost 10 minutes.Mystery #? 02/10/2023

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    14: Marcus Gets Bodied

    Everyone gets more unhinged as time goes on.Mystery #202/03/23

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    13: A Father and Son Bond Over a Kidnapping

    I'm super congested the entire time, apologies.Doug eats a candle.Mystery #202/03/23

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    12: Willard's Back

    Willard time again.02/03/23

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    11: Welcome to Mackenzie Valley?

    This one has one of my favorite moments so far in it. Maybe we should record at 4am more often. Mystery #2 01/27/23, Final Part

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    10: Welcome to Rat House

    Mystery #2 We keep recording after leaving to get milkshakes. It's midnight. 01/27/23

  43. 10

    9: 17 Again, But Instead It's 19 And Not Zac Efron

    We recorded 10 1/2 hours of material in one night. Mystery #2 01/27/23

  44. 9

    8: Very Scary Mafia Man

    Mystery #2 01/27/23

  45. 8

    7: Someone Else Gets Bit

    Mystery #2 01/27/23

  46. 7

    6: Someone Gets Bit

    It's not gonna be the last time. Mystery #2 01/27/23

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    5: There's A Puppy In This One

    His name is Pizza. 01/20/23

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    4: Willard Time

    He's Willarding all over the place. 01/20/23

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    3: Alex Gets Preferential Treatment

    Solo-session with Cody. 01/15/23

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    2: Why is this episode so long?

    Why did I let this one be almost three hours long? I'm not changing it. 01/13/23

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(Hey! Good to see you again! Episodes going forward will be smaller and less frequent to balance the amount of time I have to make them. Thank you for sticking around!) It's around 2014 and the world is falling to pieces, magically speaking. Despite the increase in unexplainable disasters and missing people, the U.S. government's own "Council of Human Development" has made no moves since the 1980's. So, a member of the DoE tries yet again to form an underground group aimed at protecting people before it's too late. Too bad it's these guys... This is a set of test recordings from a homebrew modern world based on mythos built up over 2 unrecorded campaigns (technically 1 and 1/2, since the "second" campaign used the same characters). System used is Monster of the Week, a Powered by The Apocalypse game created by Michael Sands. It's been heavily customized and most likely none of us are following the rules as intended. Note: A lot of the beginning of this was recorded on a 15 do

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