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Having pulled off a two-for-one score, the Crooks set out to enjoy some hard-won downtime; but a loose end gets, well, loose. Find us @playaround pod on Instagram and be a lamb and leave an Apple Podcasts review!Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” CoalburnMatt Melton - Edward “Hardway” EllerbySimon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad Sophie Hughes - The city of DuskvolEdited by Simon FoxIntro music by Thomas NewbyAlbum art by Erin Archambeault Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions

It’s a simple plan: break into a barrister’s house through his sex dungeon. What could possibly go wrong for the Canal Street Crooks?CW: Brief description and allusions to torture.Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” CoalburnMatt Melton - Edward “Hardway” EllerbySimon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad Sophie Hughes - The city of DuskvolEdited by Simon FoxIntro music by Thomas NewbyAlbum art by Erin Archambeault Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions

In the wake of the Booker job, the Canal Street Crooks get their due. Traumatized and in debt to dangerous forces, the trio plan a daring score to buy time. There’s no stopping now. Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” CoalburnMatt Melton - Edward “Hardway” EllerbySimon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad Sophie Hughes - The city of DuskvolEdited by Simon FoxIntro music by Thomas NewbyAlbum art by Erin Archambeault Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions

Meet the Canal Street Crooks, an ambitious trio of thieves trying to make a name for themselves in the haunted, industrial city of Duskvol. On this first score, a simple robbery turns deadly when family history gets involved.Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” CoalburnMatt Melton - Edward “Hardway” EllerbySimon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad Sophie Hughes - The city of DuskvolEdited by Simon FoxIntro music by Thomas NewbyAlbum art by Erin Archambeault Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions

Coming Soon: four of the best friends you’ve never met play the best roleplaying games you’ve never heard of. The cast may not be famous — and their stories may lack dungeons and/or dragons — but this hilariously heartfelt actual-play can roll with the best of them.Here's a teaser for our first season of PAFO, where hosts and pals Sophie Hughes, Simon Fox, Matt Melton and Dylan Hunter play Blades in the Dark, a game of scoundrels and thieves set against a steampunk backdrop. Subscribe now so you don't miss an episode and follow us @playaroundpod on Instagram and @playaroundpod.bsky.social! Dylan Hunter - Arvis “The Professor” CoalburnMatt Melton - Edward “Hardway” EllerbySimon Fox - Alexi “The Lush” Loshaad Sophie Hughes - The city of DuskvolEdited by Simon FoxIntro music by Thomas NewbyAlbum art by Erin Archambeault Blades in the Dark is designed by John Harper and published by Evil Hat Productions