Nerds of Legend
by Nerds of Legend
Obsessed with all things nerdy and dream of being a dungeon master? Join us as we talk about books, movies, comics, and games. From Avengers to Zelda and everything in between, we deep dive into what's at the heart of being your unabashed, nerdiest self, and have fun while doing it.
Episodes
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Hyperion by Dan Simmons
After an unplanned hiatus resulting from life's unpredictability, We return to discuss Dan Simmons' Hyperion: A series of interwoven tales surrounding a group of interstellar travelers to the enigmatic planet of Hyperion.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Truths and Lies - A Side Adventure
The party hears a woman's seeming cry for help and discover goatlings harasing her. After dispatching the goalings the party learns that she is more than she seems. They learn some valuable information and some not so valuable information.
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Odyssey of Dragon: The Necropolis of Telamok
The Heroes of Prophecy find themselves in the Necropolis of Telamok the Tombs of the DragonLords. Spiros and Ceopheles paid respects to their fallen comrades. Tears were shed and a new trust was broken in an old relationship.
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A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Carter is a man of Virginia ... who finds himself on the planet Mars and it is not the dead planet that he thought it was. It is filled with tall tribal warriors who refer to Mars as Barsoom, and another species of human like natives. One woman Dejah Thoris captures the heart of John Carter,...
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Odyssey of Dragons: A song of Heroism
Face to face with the guardians of the forge and the an army of foes from the depths of the mines. Katelyn shows the heroes of prophecy what a bard can do.
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Hombre by Elmore Leonard
The old west was not a kind place.. if the people didnt kill you the land would. Prejudice and greed was rampant. Join us as we navigate all of this in Hombre by Elmore Leonard.
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Forgekeepers Oath
Charged by the God of the Forge Volkan, the heroes of prophecy delve deep into the mountains on a mission to relight the forge.
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Talkin' about Robin Hood
Ben and Joel discuss the films and stories of possibly the most famous outlaw of all time.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Deeper into the mines.
The Heroes of Prophecy delve deeper into the mines; kicking death dog statues and taking cockatrice heads.They uncover the fight that they have been waiting for is already finished?!
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
Are you following your personal legend? Join us as we discuss a short story of discovery and growth. Young Santiago has a dream of the Pyramids and was told that is where his treasure lies, urged on by a mystic king and an entrepreneurial fortune teller. Santiago embarks on his quest.
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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
We travel back to the 17th century to follow the journeys of Lemuel Gulliver in the first two books of this Swift classic. Book one takes us to the Islands of Lilliput populated by tiny people, and Book 2 takes us to Brobdingnag populated by giants. A well known satire of many aspects of the...
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Equal Rights by Terry Pratchett
Once again the Nerds find themselves on Discworld, and this time we begin with Drum Billet the Wizard passing on his wizards staff (and power) to the eighth son of an eighth son. Except he forgot to check that it was a boy, and after Death personally claimed him realized his mistake. Creating the...
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Odyssey of Dragons: Into the Mythril Mines
Our Party ventures underground in persuit of the missing centaurs. We find them as they are being tortured and prepared for eating by a group of lizardfolk. Will our party be able to save them all.
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Escape From Undermountain By Mark Anthony
We journey into a Undermountain and face a classic dungeons and dragons location filled with the traps that one has come to expect from old school D&D. A wild ride filled with wizards, cultists, monsters, and of course shady nobles trying to screw everyone over.
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Road Ahead.
Mox had a heart to heart with his father, and the party went to see the god of the forge, Vulkan, regarding the revived map to the mirthril mines. Oh and Ochmos decided to challenge the God of the Forge to a makers battle.
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The Nerds Tell Ghost Stories from their Childhood.
Ben, Brendan, and Joel share some of the stories that they grew up listening to and beleiving. Join us for an idiosyncratic journey down spooky memory lane.
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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
The Nerds tackle arguably one of the most famous murder mystery stories in modern literature. Together we will follow the clues and plot turns to find out who had an issue with 10 complete strangers enough to commit Murder.
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The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
Imagine being young and beautiful for ever, that is exactly what happed to Dorian Grey. What would you do if no consequence could affect you? Join on on this journey into the concept of morality and the human condition with the Portrait of Dorian Grey.
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Warhammer 40K: Xenos
The unviverse of the imperium is vast and terrifying, and so are the non human races that live within it. Join Ben and Brendan as they discuss the Xenos races of the worlds of warhammer 40k.
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The Forever War by Joe Haldeman
William Mandela joined the military in to fight an unnammed unknown enemy in space. The laws of relativity and time dialation take William on a journey through what appear to him as sudden changes in human society such as resource wars, population control initiatives, and the immense leaps in...
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Second Labor
The Heroes return the Horn of Balmytria to its proper place, and return to the Palace of Pythor. Who is still throwing a wild rager celebrating the sparing of his daughter, and the heroes decide that they can celebrate by beating the shit out of each other and betting on themselves. Mox has a...
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Warhammer 40k: The Legions of the Emperor Pt 2.
Brendan and Ben have a discussion about legions 11-20 and their primarchs.
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Odyssey of Dragons: A Clear Warning
After helping the youths previuously trapped by the Dryad the Heroes of Legend are ambushed by centaurs who are loyal to Sidon. These centaurs attempt to take down the party, Mox shows them that they are out of their league.
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Redshirts by John Scalzi
Redshirts is a journey into the world of campy sci-fi of wild away missions and over the top hokey science. A fantastic story of a ship and crew trapped in world that mirrors the adventures that will satisfy the nostalgia of the most fervent trekkie.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Dinner with the Dryad
Reaching an agreement with the dryad who in exchange for information will be allowed to complete the ritual she had intended to complete from the start.
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Warhammer 40K: The Legions of the Emperor pt1
The Nerds give a brief synopsis of the first ten legions of Warhammer 40k and their Primarchs, all while Brendan makes his bias toward the Blood Angels very obvious.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Crimes of the Past.
Deep in the mossy temple, our party frees a number of the imprisoned youths. We encounter a dryad who holds the dragonriders responsible for all the war crimes committed during The War 500 years ago.
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Innocent Mage by Karen Miller
Join as we journey into the kingdom of Lur, which is home to the Doranen and the Olken. The country is ruled by the magic wielding and the magicless Olken do most of the day to day manual work. It is illegal for the Olken to do magic and the Doranen do everything with magic. Join us as we discuss...
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Mossy Temple
What began as trailing a group of goatmen to recover the Horn of Balmytria, eneded up with our party finding a group of young humans that appear to be kept prisoner. Inside we come face to face with a creature that may have some answers.
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Warhammer 40k p3: The Badab Wars pt 2
Today we finish talking about the Badab Wars, from Huron becoming the Blackheart and flying with his astral claws into the maw. To how this set the stage for how Games Workshop developed the Horus Heresy.
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Hammer and the Blade
S3E9: After fighting of assassins and delivering Braccus to take the place of Pythor's daughter as a human sacrifice. The Heroes party with Pythor and receive some cool gifts. Following the revelry the party heads to the Tomb of Balmytria to pay their respects and find that it has been stolen.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Assassins Abound
S3E8: Convinced that they have a plan to save Pythor's daughter (Mox's half sister) the party decide to set up watch in the dungeons. Things seem to be going smoothly until someone has a different set of plans.
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Kings Court
S3E7: Our group leaves the home of the Oracle with a prisoner in tow and on the path to prove themselves to be the prophesied heroes. The party heads to the court of Mox's father, who just happens to be Pythor the god of battle. Who is not in the best of moods.
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Warhammer 40k: The Badab War part 1.
Brendan spins the tail of the Badab War, and the threat it posed to the Imperium of man. Join us for part one of this multi part series
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Witches Trap
S3E6: The Oracle is held in the clutches of a Sea Hag who was ordered to abduct her at the order of her father Sydon the Lord of Storms. The group begins to uncover a plot that is much larger than it seems.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Grief at the Grotto
s3e5: On a mission to save the oracle, the group finds the acolytes held at the tip of a blade. The mercenaries demand the surrender from our heroes, but shocking to no one they do not.
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Warhammer 40k: The beginning
Brendan and Ben discuss the origins of Warhammer 40k and the circumstances that led to the creation of Games Workshop's Flagship Product.
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Odyssey of Dragons: The Road to Prophecy
S3E4: Following the vanquishing of the giant boar our party receives an urgent cry for help from the oracle. Dropping everything our party makes haste to the cave of the oracle. (Note: a glitch in audio recording resulted in lower quality audio for this episode.)
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Odyessy of Dragons: The Great Boar Hunt
Episode 3: In hopes to begin fulfilling their destiny, and because Kaitlyn told them to, our unusual group head out to face a giant intelligent boar. This boar has taken to terrorizing the countryside, and has developed a joy of killing. Definitely an excellent place to start.
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Norse Pantheon part 7: Weird Norse Myths
Ep 50: In the completion of our Norse Myth Series: we take a look at some of the stranger aspects of the legends such as: a ship made of fingernails, a man made of spit, and a ring that makes more rings.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Bards and Barfights S3E2
Episode 2: After smoothing over tensions (sort of) the group comes to an uneasy agreement to work together. Then someone talks shit and all hell breaks loose.
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LegendBorn by Tracy Deonn
Episode 49: Join us as we discuss Legendborn, a modern twist to Arthurian legends. Told through the eyes of Bree Matthews: a brilliant black girl who is attending an early college program at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She encounters secret societies steeped in racism and…
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Odyssey of Dragons: Do you know these Heroes? S3E1
S3E1: The adventure begins as four people from very different paths are called together for a divine purpose to fulfill a prophesy and save the world.
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Candlekeep Mysteries: Not so Sneaky Shenanigans
Episode 28: Finally the conclusion (for now) of our adventures in Candlekeep. Mopp is freed from the grips of the Pocketers and it was done with the extremely delicate and stealthy touch of the Periwinkle Posse.
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Norse Myths part 6: Freyja and why everyone wants her.
Episode 48: The Norse Myths seems to have a few things in common 1: Loki always causes trouble, and 2: everyone agrees to do stuff if Freyja agrees to marry them. Who is Freyja and what makes her so desirable? Join us to find out.
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Odyssey of Dragons: Into to Thylea
S3E0: Meet Will, the voice of Onin in campaign two, who takes over as DM for campaign three. Join us for session zero: the start of our third campaign, meet the characters, and learn the background of the world of Thylea.
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The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Ep 47: Set in 19th century New York, we follow the journey of the golem Chava and the jinni Ahmad. These two unlikely creatures find themselves and struggle to understand their new lives. A unique blending of folklores and creates an absolutely riveting tale.
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Morning Star by Pierce Brown
Episode 45: We finally the Red Rising Trilogy and the Rebellion is complete. Follow Darrow's escape and rehabilitation, Severo's awesome insanity, and Mustang's rise to prominence. So many upheavals and twists in the third part of this trilogy.
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Candlekeep Mysteries: Periwinkle Posse make Fast Friends
Episode 27: After Murph impatiently casts fast friends onto a pair of guards. The group enter and things immediately go wrong to the point where sending a recently resurrected now zombie guard to the captain seems like a good idea. The group is shocked when they are found out.
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Norse Pantheon Part 4: Utgard Loki
Ep 44: The Legend of Utgard Loki "Loki of the Outlands" is a giant trickster, that challenged Thor, Loki, and two of Thor's servants. The Aesir are challenged with seemingly mundane task upon which they fail, but are later revealed to be of staggering difficulty. Join us as we take a look into…
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Obsessed with all things nerdy and dream of being a dungeon master? Join us as we talk about books, movies, comics, and games. From Avengers to Zelda and everything in between, we deep dive into what's at the heart of being your unabashed, nerdiest self, and have fun while doing it.
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