This is the conclusion of the recording from our first Weird West game night, and wraps up the first Chapter of our story. Tune in next time as we begin a new Chapter and things start getting a little bit weirder in the Weird West town of Tharsis, Arizona.

That will show up in later episodes of this podcast series, but until then we continue our actual play recording with the player characters heading into the Saloon, meeting some more of the residents of Tharsis, Arizona, and taking on their first job in the Weird West.

This episode kicks off the new game with an introduction to the setting, character creation, and the travelers arrival in the dusty frontier town of Tharsis, Arizona.

As with our last series of Actual Play game recordings we’re still using the older audio recorder, so the sound quality isn’t as great as you might find with some other podcasts. I have ordered a new recorder, so in the future the audio should improve a little.

More 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons combat! This is the “big” fight against the Kobolds and their Dragon Priest leader, and runs a bit longer than our last episode. As our group gets the hang of 4e, we have more discussion around what it all means in the fiction of the game world, where to get maps and minis, and what we like best.

Our first 4th edition D&D combat! This week’s episode gets into the nuts and bolts of 4e with a battle against a group of Kobolds near Falconcrest.

4th edition uses miniatures and maps, while our old school game had a more “radio theatre” approach to combat. Hopefully this recording will make sense for people who weren’t at the table.

This week we begin a new game with a break from old school D&D and a switch to 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons.

The group gets up to speed with 4e and discusses how we’ll get to the battle we know lies ahead. After looking around town, and making a new ally the party heads out into the wilderness to deal with the Kobold menace.

Music courtesy of the band Autumn Eyes from their album “Downfall of Giants”.

The conclusion to our second old school D&D game session!

A panicked retreat from the rampaging cavemen leads the party to an encounter with an old associate from their last expedition to the Ancient Academy.

Next week’s episode will be a break from Classic D&D while we give the newest edition a try with our first game of 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons.

The party regroups after narrowly escaping defeat at the hands of the undead. After reflecting on their losses they choose to continue exploring the Ancient Academy and encounter another group of goblins. Learning that these creatures have prisoners in the dungeon the players must decide what to do with this information. Should they try and release them? Is the enemy of your enemy your friend?

We kick off our second old school game night with the character’s heading back to the dungeon below the monastery. For “Return to the Ancient Academy” the group was one player (and one character down), and a few of the hired men decided not to press their luck and retire with their hard earned coins from the first expedition. Fortunately a couple of new men could be found who were fool-hardy enough to join the group.

Things quickly become dire for the group when they decide to investigate the sparkling object at the bottom of the putrid pool in the sunken room.