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Dark Star Adventurecast

Dark Star Adventures

THE VERIDIAN EXPANSE IS A PLACE WHERE DEBTS ARE PAID IN BLOOD.In a galaxy of corporate cold wars and fading fringe worlds, the crew of the Scapegoat is just trying to stay flying. From high-stakes planetary heists to the silent terrors of deep-space shipwrecks, one bad jump is all that separates a payday from a cold grave.Dark Star Adventurecast is a narrative sci-fi actual play. We play Stars Without Number live, and edit what happens into a story worth following. If The Expanse and Firefly are

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All Episodes

43:00

You're a Good Person, Robert

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/07/07

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe crew tracks the assassin back to a docked Omnitech ship at the spaceport. What they find inside is a face they know. Dr. Iso gets her revenge. And Robert and Haleyy have the conversation they've been circling for years.Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/darkstaradventurecastMeet the Crew:Jeff as Star

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15:31

Rock Tumor | Star Master Log: Everything We Say Is...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/30

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastStarting with Episode 25, the Star Master Log gets a new format: Jeff sits down with a rotating cast member for a spoiler conversation about the episode that just dropped. First up is Stephanie, who plays Haleyy with two Y's, breaking down Rock Tumor: the Spigot arc premiere and the episode that introduces

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12:18

SWN Rules Explained: How the Adventurer Class Works...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/25

This rules breakdown was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastBrian breaks down the Adventurer class, skill checks, grenades, and saving throws in Stars Without Number, using scenes from Episode 25 "Rock Tumor" as a case study. The Adventurer is SWN's hybrid class — a way to mix any two of the three core classes and build something new, at the cost of each

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52:20

Rock Tumor

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/23

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe crew is nursing Haleyy's mystery condition and racing a ticking clock: they need a black market ship module or they're grounded forever. A visit to an old military contact brings medical answers no one wanted and an enemy neither of them saw coming.Buy us a coffee:

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120:07

Three Stars One-Shot (w/Astronomica and 7th Star)

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/17

If you want to hear every main episode two weeks early, head over to https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe Dark Star Adventurecast teams up with Astronomica and 7th Star to the Right for a fully improvised Lasers & Feelings crossover one-shot. Six players, one ship, and a Hive Armada blockade standing between them and a set of ancient space ruins!Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/darkstaradventurecastMeet the Crew:Jeff as Star MasterBrian as Blaze StarcutterScott as BitsStephanie as

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14:27

Boom! Biosionics! | Star Master Log: Does the World...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/16

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastJeff breaks down the design decision behind the Biosionics reveal in episode 24 — why he pulled psychics from the campaign before session one, and the discipline of withholding explanations until the world is ready for them. The Auction arc closes. Two years of slow-rolled strangeness finally lands.He

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11:06

SWN Rules Explained: How the Psychic Class Works in...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/11

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastBrian breaks down the psychic class from Stars Without Number, using the firefight from "Boom! Biosionics!" as a case study. He covers all six psychic disciplines, the effort and torching system, the mortally wounded window, and system strain.He covers:(00:00) - Intro (01:51) - The psychic class (02:35) - The

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44:23

Boom! Biosionics!

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/09

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe crew reaches the basement of Exosite 34b, and finds something they weren't prepared for.Two days from now, Brian drops his SWN Rules Explained on how psionic powers work, don't miss it!Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/darkstaradventurecastMeet the Crew:Jeff as Star MasterBrian as Captain ThorneStephanie

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24:35

Pick Up the Box | Star Master Log: The World Doesn't...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/06/02

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastJeff breaks down Episode 23, "Pick Up the Box": the moment Haleyy commands an unhallowed for the first time, what the gap between untethered and unhallowed actually means in lore, and what the crew paid for by taking their eye off Strake.He covers:(00:26) - Introduction: "Pick Up the Box"(02:59)

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10:43

SWN Rules Explained: How the Warrior Class Works in...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/28

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastBrian breaks down the warrior class from Stars Without Number, using Haleyy and Robert's infiltration of the exocyte in "Pick Up the Box" as a case study. He covers the class's attack bonus, hit point advantages, and guaranteed hit ability, then digs into how burst fire stacks with the gunslinger focus

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45:44

Pick Up the Box

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/26

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe crew hits the Sibylen exosite to rescue Froggy, Vera, and the other auction survivors from the Void Cultists. What they find inside is worse than expected.Two days from now, Brian drops his SWN Rules Explained on the warrior class, don't miss it!Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/darkstaradventurecastMeet the

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28:28

Good Job, You Monster | Star Master Log: There's a...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/19

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastJeff breaks down Haleyy's two moments from the session, the same character from opposite ends, then gets into what a failed roll actually owes the players. He also opens up the Void Cult lore on Unhallowed vs. Untethered, and answers the ship scale question that's been quietly wrong for 22 episodes.He

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9:42

SWN Rules Explained: How Starship Combat Works in...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/14

This rules breakdown was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastBrian breaks down starship combat in Stars Without Number, using a scene from Episode 22 as a case study.In this episode:How starship combat rounds work in Stars Without Number -- and why they last 15 minutes instead of secondsThe five crew departments (bridge, gunnery, comms, engineering, captain) and what

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40:03

Good Job, You Monster - Auction, Part 2

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/12

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastLocked inside their own ship by an Omnitek admin override, the crew has one option left: cut their way out. The ship-to-ship combat that follows happens on the ground, fifty meters apart, with no room to maneuver and nowhere to run.Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/darkstaradventurecastMeet the Crew:Jeff as Star

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31:17

Welcome to Your Prison | Star Master Log: Policy 872.3

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/05/05

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastJeff breaks down "Welcome to Your Prison," the first episode of the auction arc, covering the table moment seven sessions in the making when Thorne cited corporate policy to get out of handcuffs, and why Strake's most effective weapon was never his soldiers.He covers:(00:00) - Introduction:

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10:18

SWN Rules Explained: How the Expert Class Works in...

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/04/30

This rules breakdown was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastBrian (Thorne's player and assistant star master) breaks down the Expert class from Stars Without Number, using scenes from "Welcome to Your Prison" as a case study.Expert class vs. Warrior: how they're built differently and what the Specialist focus actually doesHacking / Program skill: how

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43:41

Welcome to Your Prison - Auction, Part I

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/04/28

This episode was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastThe crew wakes up in handcuffs on Sibylen with Viktor Strake holding all the cards. Before they can find out what he plans to do with them, Thorne cites a corporate policy clause from memory and walks everyone free. They have 24 hours before Strake can take them back into custody, and there's a $1.06 billion alien

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28:34

Haleyy's Story | Star Master Log: And Hug

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/04/21

This Star Master Log was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastJeff breaks down Haleyy's Focus episode, where the entire session takes place inside her unconscious mind. He digs into how he designed a dream climax with no dice rolls, the hero's journey structure he used to walk Steph from denial to acceptance, and the full reveal of the mechanism behind

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7:23

SWN Rules Explained: How "Club Up a Weapon" Works

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/04/16

This rules breakdown was released two weeks early for patrons. To skip the wait on every episode, Star Master Log, and rules breakdown, join us at patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastNew series! Brian (Thorne's player and assistant [to the] star master) breaks down the rules behind the scenes of the Dark Star Adventurecast, a Stars Without Number actual-play podcast.In this episode, Brian covers the "Club Up a Weapon" move action from the Stars Without Number revised rulebook (page 50),

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56:26

She Never Existed - Haleyy's Story

Dark Star Adventurecast ·

2026/04/14

Haleyy lies unconscious on the floor of an alien facility, trapped in a dream she can't wake from. Inside her mind, she's 12 years old again, riding bikes with childhood versions of her crewmates, following a mysterious signal into the woods. But the dream turns dark, and Haleyy is forced to confront the truth about who she really is.Want episodes 2 weeks earlier? Check out our Patreon, where episodes are always early and ad-free! https://www.patreon.com/DarkStarAdventurecastOr buy us a

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