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The Jaunty Mantis TTRPG Podcast

Three expert GMs explore the craft of tabletop roleplaying—why rules feel good, why scenes work, and how stories land. Through casual conversation, creative experiments, and honest breakdowns, this podcast celebrates what makes the hobby special and helps you run better games.

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One Who Walks Again — Nine Worlds / Norse Cyberpunk |...

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2026/10/06

Nine Worlds / Norse Cyberpunk | Actual Play, Pt. 3 The Jaunty Mantis is a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. New episodes every week. Run on Foundry VTT. This video is an independent production under the Nine Worlds Third-Party License and is not affiliated with MetaMorphic Digital Studio.

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Say Something After Violence — Nine Worlds / Norse...

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2026/09/29

Nine Worlds / Norse Cyberpunk | Actual Play, Pt. 2 The Jaunty Mantis is a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. New episodes every week. Run on Foundry VTT. This video is an independent production under the Nine Worlds Third-Party License and is not affiliated with MetaMorphic Digital Studio.

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Vikings at the Foot of the Bifrost — Nine Worlds /...

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2026/09/22

Nine Worlds / Norse Cyberpunk | Actual Play, Pt. 1 The Jaunty Mantis is a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. New episodes every week. Run on Foundry VTT. This video is an independent production under the Nine Worlds Third-Party License and is not affiliated with MetaMorphic Digital Studio.

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“My Sheet Says I Fight Things" | Shadowdark Review

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2026/09/15

Fresh off our Shadowdark actual play, we sit down to argue about what actually happened down there — and why three experienced players kept walking into fights the game never wanted us to take.Matty loves Shadowdark and never wants to play it again. Chris has discovered he doesn't like dungeon crawls, which is awkward, because he runs one. Peaches would go back tomorrow. And Jesse, who ran the thing, has promised to take every critique deeply personally. Along the way: the Havana Protocol, invented

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Not the Kind of Roleplay I Like — Shadowdark Dungeon...

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2026/09/09

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This Was a Flashback — Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl |...

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2026/09/02

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A Savage Minotaur, Drenched in Blood — Shadowdark...

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2026/08/26

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Forty Marks on the Wall — Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl |...

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2026/08/19

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Unhand That Rogue — Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl | Actual...

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2026/08/11

Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl | Actual Play, Pt. 5 The Jaunty Mantis is a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. New episodes every week. Run on Foundry VTT with the Shadowdark module. THE PARTY ⚔️ Jorbin Ironhelm — dwarf fighter (Matty) 🗡️ Ralina Biggins — halfling thief (Peaches, aka The Beast) ✝️ Iraga Dragu — half-orc priest (Chris) 🎲 Game Mother — Jesse This video is an independent production under the Shadowdark RPG Third-Party License and is not affiliated with The Arcane

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Never Yeet A Herbalist — Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl |...

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2026/08/07

A sun-scorched courtyard. A 20-foot bull of black onyx with thirty skulls threaded onto its horns like beads. A floor of cracked, chewed bones. And hoofprints leading to a door.

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It Walked Like A Man — Shadowdark Dungeon Crawl |...

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2026/07/30

The torch goes out. Something with hooves hunts these halls by sound. And the party's newest member smells faintly of pine.

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The Trap at Maximum Trapness — Shadowdark Dungeon...

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2026/07/23

A bronze bull. A cracked wall. A body pinned between them — and a gem worth dying for still embedded in the statue's forehead. The party descends deeper into the tomb and learns what happened to Orwin the Younger... and why nothing good ever comes from going down. The Jaunty Mantis is a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. New actual play episodes every week. This episode: sprung traps, terracotta jars best left sealed, aggressive inventory management, and a locket someone will regret

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Death Is on the Table — Our First Shadowdark Dungeon...

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2026/07/16

Player character death is 100% on the table. No PC can see in the dark — but every monster can. The Jaunty Mantis crew puts Shadowdark RPG to the test with a real dungeon crawl. Jesse takes the GM seat and leads a dwarf fighter with immaculately waxed facial hair, a halfling thief who will absolutely pick her own party's pockets, and a soft-hearted half-orc priest into the Lost Citadel — chasing rumors of forgotten gold and magical weapons of the ancient kings. Torches burn for 60 real minutes. Hit

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Troika! TTRPG: We Read It, We Played It, Here's the...

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2026/07/10

We reviewed Troika! by Melsonian Arts Council once before — but we hadn't played it yet. Now we have. Does actually playing it change anything? (Yes. And no.) Jesse, Matty, and Chris dig into what it's actually like to sit down at the table with an acid fantasy OSR system, whether rules-light games are good for new players, and the eternal question: if story is all that matters, why try different games at all? Also: Matty fixed D&D 5e combat, Jesse ran vampires into emotional ruin, and someone

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What I Wouldn't Give For A Sausage | Troika! Ep 8 —...

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2026/07/02

A bull-bodied hero eats twenty people's worth of fondant in one fistful, and asks for one thing: a sausage. They're illegal in Troika. He's offering money.

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Roll To Ignore The Cats | Troika! Ep 7 — The Jaunty...

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2026/06/26

Roll to ignore the cats. The tiger can tell you really want to pet it, so it's ignoring you harder. Part 7 of our Troika! one-shot on The Jaunty Mantis. The elevator gets four new passengers, the attendant makes an extremely poor choice, and a tiny knight in painted armor enters the party's life and never leaves. Cast Jesse as Gormer the UnderbursarMatty as Darlo Tik'lAnna as MothChris as Game MotherFeaturing the silent stylings of Sir Two StampsFind us 🦋 Bluesky: @jauntymantis 📩

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The Goose Grease Goblin | Troika! Ep 6 — The Jaunty...

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2026/06/26

Gormer pulls a gas mask out of the door in his forehead. Moth's fashion sense becomes an Art Nouveau gas filter. A small egg-shaped man hustles them out of eleven silver.Part 6 of our Troika! one-shot on The Jaunty Mantis. The party rides the elevator up through floors none of them asked for, solving puzzles that didn't need to exist.CastJesse as Gormer the UnderbursarMatty as Darlo Tik'l, Red Priest (currently cursed to swear)Anna as MothChris as Game MotherFind us🦋 Bluesky: @jauntymantis📩

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The Demonic Water & The Wizard's Curse | Troika! Ep 5...

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2026/06/09

Darlo rolls double sixes. The oops table opens. From there, things only get worse. Welcome to The Jaunty Mantis — a podcast of creative questions for curious gamers. This is Part 5 of our Troika! one-shot at the Blanc Mange & Thistle, where three strangers share a hotel room on the eve of the Feast of the Chiliark. In this episode: a demonic puddle on the stairwell, an experimental burning, and a curse the Red Priest will be living with for the rest of the night. Cast - Jesse as Gormer the

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Owls of Floor One | Troika! Ep 4 — The Jaunty Mantis...

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2026/06/02

Moth picks a fight with an owl. Everyone else suffers the consequences. Plus: Darlo discovers his new favorite hobby, Gormer's combat strategy is "wave knife around hopefully," and the staircase ahead has a problem the party is not prepared for. The session-one finale of our Troika! Numinous Edition mini-campaign. Session 2 incoming.CAST - Jesse as Gormer the Underbursar (Sorcerer of the Academy of Doors) Matty as Darlo Tik'l (Red Priest) Anna as Moth (Abyssal Myth Crusher) Chris as Game Mother (GM)

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Not Ominous At All | Troika! Ep 3 — The Jaunty Mantis...

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2026/05/26

A staircase mural of beaked figures, serrated keys, and a horde of screaming demons. Two knowledge rolls. Both fail. The party concludes everything is fine. Spoiler: it is not.Episode 3 of our Troika! Numinous Edition mini-campaign.SYSTEM - Troika! Numinous Edition by Daniel Sell, published by the Melsonian Arts Council. Buy the game: https://www.melsonia.com/ We are not affiliated with the Melsonian Arts Council. Played for the love of weird fantasy.CAST - Jesse as Gormer the Underbursar

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