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Dungeons + Drama Nerds

Dungeons + Drama Nerds

Dungeons + Drama Nerds is a podcast produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percy Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, three dramaturgs interested in the intersection of theatre and tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGS). Episodes release weekly alternating between Actual Play and Commentary episodes investigating a certain TTRPG system. Season 2 will feature: Blades in the Dark, Bluebeard"s Bride, Kids on Bikes, Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Best Friend"s Birthday Present Inside!, and Lancer. Season 1

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S2E48: I Still Don’t Think I’ll Ever Like Her

Dungeons + Drama Nerds ·

2022/05/11

Our crew of UNIO lancers investigates the fire at the scientists' base before receiving an interesting call from Dr. Bertrand Russell... Please consider spreading the word about access to abortion funds via this list, or, if you have the means, donate to an abortion fund in your area. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as

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S2E47: The Prince of Diagnostics

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2022/05/04

Our lancer pilots are faced with a decision: duke it out with the Warriors of the Agate Cross, or investigate the distress flare from the scientists' base? And what will they do with the androids in the drone ship? Find out on this week's episode of our Lancer campaign! Please consider spreading the word about access to abortion funds via this list, or, if you have the means, donate to an abortion fund in your area. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and

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S2E46: No One Disrespects Mothers Around Me!

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2022/04/27

Our lancer pilots continue their battle against the Agate Cross and discover what lies inside the drone ship they were sent to retrieve. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish, and Tristan B Willis as Decency B. Damme. Lancer was written by Miguel Lopez and

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S2E45: Mac Rogers and the Art of Audio Drama

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2022/04/20

Todd, Nick, and Percy chat with Mac Rogers, playwright and author of several audio dramas, about his journey in both mediums and audio dramas' recent explosion in popularity. Check out Gideon Media: https://www.gideon-media.com/ Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as

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S2E44: Salvage Law is Meaningless when Violence is...

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2022/04/13

Our lancers dive into their first combat against mechs piloted by the Warriors of the Agate Cross, on their mission to rescue a drone ship! Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish, and Tristan B Willis as Decency B. Damme. Lancer was written by Miguel Lopez

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S2E43: BTM: Big Trans Mechs

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2022/04/06

This week, Percy is joined by Tristan B. Willis and CJ Linton to talk about mecha stories and their connection to trans embodiment, as well as the kinds of stories they personally resonate with in terms of queerness and gender. Additionally, noting here that after we recorded this episode, Tristan changed their name, so they are occasionally referred to by their old name in this recording! Some things referenced/recommended in this episode: Heaven Will be Mine - Pillow Fight Games and Worst Girl

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S2E42: Nuance

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2022/03/30

Our crew of lancers embarks on their first mission on a frigid planet outside the network of blink gates, but everything might not be quite as it seems... Ben Ferber's cat: https://www.instagram.com/guywhoisacat/ Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Lancer game features Julia Doolittle as the GM, Todd Brian Backus as Derrick McDuck, Jovane Caamaño as Hatuey, Ben Ferber as 18,000/Fish

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S2E41: Meet the GM: Julia Doolittle

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2022/03/16

This week, Percy sits down with Julia Doolittle to chat about theatre, TTRPGs, and the way those overlap for her, as well as Julia's inspirations for our campaign of Lancer and, of course, Elliot the Dolphin. Link to ways to support Ukraine: https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/ Links to places to donate in Texas: Allgo - https://allgo.org/donate/ TENT (Transgender Education Network of TX) - https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2 OLTT

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S2E40: You Wanna Be a Real Lancer?!

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2022/03/09

Meet our crew of pilots in our session zero for Lancer as our players talk character concepts and how their squad came together. Link to ways to support Ukraine: https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/ Links to places to donate in Texas: Allgo - https://allgo.org/donate/ TENT (Transgender Education Network of TX) - https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2 OLTT - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/organizacion-latina-trans-texas-1 Equality Texas

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S2E39: All the Lights in the Sky are Lancers

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2022/03/03

Todd, Nick, and Percy introduce our campaign of Lancer by discussing the rules and talking about their favorite things about the system. Tune in next week to hear the beginning of our game and meet the cast! Link to ways to support Ukraine: https://how-you-can-support-ukraine.super.site/ Links to places to donate in Texas: Allgo - https://allgo.org/donate/ TENT (Transgender Education Network of TX) - https://secure.everyaction.com/Aluze8fLdEmlU5KgX5Ar1w2 OLTT -

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S2E38: I Was Bigfoot

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2022/02/16

Nick chats with the cast of our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside oneshot about the game - what surprised them, what they enjoyed, what it was like to play weird and wacky characters at the drop of a hat. Tune in next week for the start of our Lancer series! Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday

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S2E37: Chekhov’s Cherry Coke

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2022/02/09

The crew revives Gerry, felled by a sleep dart, and takes off after Preppy Brian in order to save Bigfoot and make it to Percy's birthday party! Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff, Mieko Gavia as Chet Daystar, Susan W. Rodgers as Helma

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S2E36: What is Criminal and Bear but the Lasers and...

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2022/02/02

Todd, Percy, and Nick chat about one-page TTRPGs - their style, their accessibility/approachability, their scrappiness, and the way they might correlate to ten-minute plays and 24-hour theatre festivals. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside game features Jon Jon Johnson as the GM, Christopher Diercksen as Hank McGruff,

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S2E35: Oh Man, Preppy Brian!

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2022/01/26

In the first half of our game of Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole my Car with my Friend’s Birthday Present Inside, Jon Jon leads the cast through character creation, then promptly steals Hank McGruff's Oldsmobile Cutlass while the gang heads to Percy's birthday party. The gang encounters seagulls, Star Wars reenactors, and a veritable treasure trove of soft tacos. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel

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S2E34: Bigfoot, Take the Wheel!

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2022/01/21

Todd, Nick, and Percy are here with a bonus episode to introduce the next game we're playing on the podcast - Oh Dang, Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside by Paul Matijevic. They go over the game rules and chat a little about what excites them most about the game - join us next Wednesday for the first half of our playthrough of the game! Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel

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S2E33: Kids on Bikes 2: Return of Benny

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2022/01/19

Nick chats with the cast of Kids on Bikes about the game - what surprised them, what they enjoyed, what it was like to play grubby little weirdos. Tune in next week for the start of our Oh Dang! Bigfoot Stole My Car With My Friend's Birthday Present Inside series! Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @DnDramaNerds, check out cast bios on our

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S2E32: Fred Still Has a Knife

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2022/01/12

In the finale of our Kids on Bikes campaign, Fred, Kodi, Hank, and George bully a man in his thirties, uncover more secrets in the BromCom HQ, and engage in some civic action. Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Kids on Bikes game features CJ Linton as the GM, Ella Mock as Kodi Thompson Lee Garcia Smith, Percival Hornak as Hank Boswell, Emma Covert as Fred Hudson, and Esther Yumi Ko as

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S2E31: Spect-actorship and TTRPGs: Augusto Boal and...

Dungeons + Drama Nerds ·

2022/01/05

Todd, Nick, and Percy dig into the work of theatre theorist and practitioner Augusto Boal and the techniques of theatre of the oppressed, looking at how we might apply those principles to tabletop role-playing games (and vice versa!). Sources: - Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal, trans. Charles A. and Maria-Odilia Leal McBride - Games for Actors and Non-Actors - Augusto Boal - “Theatre for the Less Oppressed than I: Reconsidering Augusto Boal’s Concept of Spect-actor” by Yonghee Lee -

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S2E30: Shiloh Could Never

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2021/12/22

The gang explores a secret lab and gets up close and personal with some of the gelatinous clouds they first discovered deep within the BromCom building. What other secrets lie in the old mines beneath Bromwell, PA? Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Our Kids on Bikes game features CJ Linton as the GM, Ella Mock as Kodi Thompson Lee Garcia Smith, Percival Hornak as Hank Boswell, Emma Covert as

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S2E29: Queering Monsters

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2021/12/15

Todd and Percy chat about two plays in the kids on bikes genre, including the way each play interacts with the conventions of that genre and each play's relation to queerness and monstrosity. Plays Discussed: - Wolfcrush (a queer werewolf play) by Haygen-Brice Walker - The Interrobangers by M Sloth Levine Dungeons and Drama Nerds is produced by Todd Brian Backus, Percival Hornak, and Nicholas Orvis, and is mixed and edited by Anthony Sertel Dean. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

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