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A queer and neurodiverse comedy/horror Actual Play investigating The Strange, a setting of X-Files supernatural mystery crossed with the genre-hopping of Magic Tree House.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
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 Eastram
- Erra: Will Leet
- Hank Stevenson: Nathan Eastram
- Hosted, edited, and produced by Lexi Conwell
- Music by Lexi Conwell
- Logo by Allison M Healy
- Naumachia by Isa Jackson https://astrocryptographer.itch.io/naumachia
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
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 produced by Lexi Conwell
- Music by Lexi Conwell
- Logo by Allison M Healy
- Naumachia by Isa Jackson https://astrocryptographer.itch.io/naumachia
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
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 Allison Meridith Healy.
- Hot Tea by CJ McCullough https://scholasticdragon.carrd.co/
- The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
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. cover-ups.
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 Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
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: Will Leet
Sarah "Belle" Wilson: Valkyrie Bradford
The Administrator: Lexi Conwell
Hosted, edited, and produced by Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
Saturday Apr 01, 2023
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: Valkyrie Bradford
The Administrator: Lexi Conwell
Hosted, edited, and produced by Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Our Finale lyrics by Valkyrie Bradford.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
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 alcohol consumption, sexual harassment (poorly thought out joke misjudged by the editor. My bad.)
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 Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Our Finale lyrics by Valkyrie Bradford.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
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, parental abandonment, death of a family member, terminal illness, emotional trauma, loss of childhood, violence, gore, fates worse than death, witchery, ptsd, transgender anxiety/ dysphoria,
Post-Show: Our Finale, a cozy apocalyptic love song with lyrics by Val!
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 Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Our Finale lyrics by Valkyrie Bradford.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
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, maiming, blood manipulation, abandoned sentimental objects
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 Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
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: human trafficking, discussion of cannibalism, spooky witchery and cackles, minor blood magic, addiction
Stinger: financial lore
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 Lexi Conwell.
Original music by Lexi Conwell.
Logo by Allison Meridith Healy.
The Strange and The Cypher System created by MonteCook Games.
https://www.tumblr.com/diceweave
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/alexconwellcreative
Fractal Skies: https://alexconwellcreative.bandcamp.com/releases