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PODCAST

Tales From The Crit

Riley Groves, Connor Bossleman, Rebecca Groves, Derrick Saviano, Mike Sears, and more!

We are an actual play podcast making our way through smaller story arcs of more popular and lesser known RPG systems, highly narrative tabletop games and mirco-rpgs. We feature a revolving cast of players exploring a wide variety of genres. Come check out our adventures guided by the Crit Keeper, Riley Groves! May not be suitable for children. Content warnings can be found in the episode"s description. New episodes every other Tuesday (See you next next Tuesday!)

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All Episodes

68:21

"White Box" - Finale

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/09/23

Truck, Aurora, and Rusor make it to the final floor of the infernal dungeon they find themselves in but are met with a host of strong foes. Let's find out if their journey will yield the grand reward they seek, a chance to bring their friend back, or prove to be their DOOM!Content Warnings: Adult Language, Fantasy Violence

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43:51

"White Box"- Part Five

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/09/09

Aurora, Rusor, and Truck continue hacking and slashing their way through this evil dungeon while also picking up an ally or two along the way. It's not long before they find out they may have bit off more than they can chew. Content Warnings: Adult Language, Fantasy Violence

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67:36

"White Box" Part Four

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/08/26

Aurora, Truck, and Rusor delve deeper into the dungeon after being attacked by a savage group of imps only to confront the even worse horrors that lay ahead,Content Warnings: Language, Fantasy Violence, Violence against animals

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58:58

"White Box"- Part Three

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/07/29

After Russor's noble sacrifice the trio makes their way into the mysterious cemetery where they are beset upon by a host of enemies. Finally making their way to the Naziri Mausoleum they are greeted an impossibly long staircase. They follow the stairs down deeper and deeper...where will it end?Content Warnings: Adult Language. Fantasy Violence

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75:17

"White Box"- Part Two

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/07/15

Rusor, Truck, and Aurora get the details from the Hermit on how to bring their dead leader back from the grave. The quest ahead seems easy enough, surely there must be more to it. The trio heads deep into the forest in search of a mysterious cemetery that may prove to be more difficult to find than just following a map. Content Warnings: Adult Language, Fantasy ViolenceEpisode Theme Song: Behemoth by Dream Cave found on: Epidemic Sound

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82:17

"White Box"- Part One

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/06/24

We jump back into the RPG space with the old school favorite, White Box! Aurora the Elven Cleric, Rusor the Thieving Dwarf, and Truck the Human Fighter have been separated for almost a year before one of the group learns that there is a possibility in bringing their beloved friend back from the dead. Content Warnings: Adult Language, Fantasy Violence, Drug Use (Alcohol)

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101:02

"War With The Evil Power Master"- Game Night With the...

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/06/03

We get the gang back together for another boardgame night. This time, Renee, Derrick, Connor and myself take on the Evil Power Master with support by the girls on the couch Rebecca and Smriti!We play through this wonderful Choose Your Own Adventure Game and track down the Evil Power Master. Trying to stop him before he takes over the entire Lacoonian System. This will be our last narrative boardgame for a while so sit back and enjoy a good story and great friends!Content Warnings: Language. Fantasy

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56:48

"Spire's End: Hildegard" A Patreon Sneak Peak!

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/05/20

In this special episode we bring you a sneak peak into what episodes on the top tier of our Patreon will look like...err sound like. In this episode we explore chapter one and part of chapter two. This is a solo playthrough so you'll be hearing a lot of me.Spire's End: Hildegard is a card driven choose your own adventure game with tons of replayability. You assume the role of Hildegard, who is charged with delivering a package. You encounter a slew of puzzles, enemies and choices along the way.This

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70:01

"The Last Of Us- Escape The Dark" Part-Two

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/05/06

We finish our journey through the narrative boardgame known as "The Last Of Us- Escape The Dark" as Joel, Billy, Tommy, and Ellie where we keep our promise to either win or die! This boardgame is based on the highly popular video game- The Last Of Us and The Last Of Us Part 2 and has been adapted into a highly successful TV show by HBO. This episode is devoid of sound effects and is a little more unpolished than our usual episodes as we were having too good of a time to worry about some of the

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70:12

"The Last of Us: Escape the Dark" Part One

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/04/22

Jon, Derrick, Mikey, and the Crypt Keeper sit down to play a game of The Last Of Us: Escape the Dark. A board game by Magpie Games based on the wildly popular video game The Last of Us which has also been transformed into a popular TV show which just premiered it's second season. Join us as we play through this narrative board game and try to survive in the world of mushroom zombies!Content Warnings: Adult Language, Fantasy Violence.

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91:30

"Root- Let's unite some critters!" Story Finale

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/04/08

After escaping the battle ensuing in Firehollow our Vagabonds high tail (it's a pun, get it?) it to Patchwood to break a key player in the rebellion out of it's prison. When they get there though, they met with even more horrors due to the cat's vicious rule. The Vagabonds encounter the evil Toilmaster, a behemoth of a feline who get's off on torturing innocent creatures. The rebels decide they now have two missions in Patchwood. One a rescue mission, the other an assassination. Soon though, they

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80:51

"Root- Let's Unite Some Critters" Episode Two

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/03/25

We pick up outside of Windgap Refuge that has just been sacked by the Marquise de Cat. With their contact killed in the raid, Peter, Cotton, and Bramble make a bold move in an attempt to set the Denizen's free. They manage to continue on their journey armed only with the information they received and their arms and armor. However, the group of Vagabonds soon realizes there are more horrors in the Woodland than they even knew!Content Warnings: Fantasy Violence, Drug Use (Alcohol), Sexually Suggestive

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79:38

"Root- Let's unite some critters!" Episode One

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/03/11

Welcome to Season Three! Our first story is going to be a 3 episode story arc in using the Root RPG by Magpie Games. This game is ran on the Powered By The Apocalypse System. Peace is hard to sustain in the bountiful Woodlands and its Denizens are once again facing war. Groups of Vagabonds band together to fight off conquerors new and old. We meet our protagonists, Bramble Pinestorm the Fox, Cotton the Rabbit, and Peter the Opossum. Although they don't know it yet, they are about to get swept into

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7:26

Season Three Intromercial

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/03/11

This is less of an episode and more of an update on what we're up to leading into Season Three: Bigger, Badder and Stickier. There are several shameless plugs in there for our Patreon (releasing in April), Wolfbeard Games, and our sister podcast, Paramnesia Theater. There is also a huge cry for help- but you have to listen to find out more!After listening here make sure to move right onto our first episode of Season Three where we play Root the RPG!Content Warnings: None

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138:49

"That's a (buffalo chicken) wrap!" Season Two Cast...

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/02/25

We're putting Season Two to sleep like that little boy did to his old yellow dog. This is a live episode filled with round table discussions on what makes us people, what we liked about this past season, and where we're headed next! And because you're such good friends, we even play a little bonus game of "Ravine" just for you. This episode is a live recorded episode which means it's not as polished as our normal episodes, it does not contain sound effects, but it does contain coughing noises and

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69:38

"Crits On Bikes; Take Two"- Part Seven (It's the...

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/02/11

It's finally here! The end of Crits on Bikes! The end of Season Two! The end of several people's lives in this podcast! In this epic conclusion we find out which men die, and which women and children too. Also, we find out which child is definitely going to be a serial killer when they're olderContent Warnings: Language, Violence

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101:58

"Crits on Bikes; Take Two"- Part Six

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/01/28

Now that the party has finally uncovered some clues thanks to their exploration of the tunnels they begin to piece the mystery together...which takes them a good amount of time. But, after much deliberation and a quick gearing up montage they press forward and set out to confront the murderous twins!Content Warnings: Language, Child Violence, Graphic Imagery

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53:15

"Crits On Bikes; Take Two" Part Five

Tales From The Crit ·

2025/01/14

Now that Danny's previous suspicions are confirmed, Andy and the boys head off to find a less conspicuous entrance to the tunnels running under the town. After failing to break down a wall by conventional means the group plays on Billy's emotions and a little bit of his lost power makes an appearance. Once they're in the tunnels they quickly find out they are not alone. After narrowly escaping the clutches of the unknown beast they discover a second secret and maybe even a third and forth. Content

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76:13

"Crits On Bikes; Take Two"- Part Four

Tales From The Crit ·

2024/12/17

One of the gang returns to town in time to help in the investigation! Reunited, our friends work to unravel the clues as they get the feeling that their safety is in jeopardy. They finally catch a break when Max discovers that something's been lurking right below their noses the whole time. Content Warnings: Adult language, Drug Use (Marijuana)

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87:58

"Crits On Bikes; Take Two"- Part Three

Tales From The Crit ·

2024/11/19

The boys struggle to find clues as to what is going on in their town and as the hours pass things get weirder as multiple members of the party are haunted by what they can't understand. Content Warnings: Violence, Drug Use (Marijuana), Adult Language

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