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Episode 42: Hall of the Dead

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2026/10/03

Miria and Kale navigate the City of the Dead, Duat-Nar hoping to find their lost companions. They find much more than they bargained for, including blood, redemption, and strange secrets.This Episode was Swords & Wizardry at its most entertaining for me, with Mythic GME throwing curveballs every few minutes. I feature a custom monster inspired by the classic D&D monster, the Yellow Musk Creeper. Dusking Flower Dusking Flower: HD: 2+2; AC: 8 [12]; Att: tendril (1d4 +

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Episode 41: Stygia

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2026/09/05

Miria and Kale tell stories to fight off the numbing effects of the land of the dead as they search for one of the Demenses where the recently passed await judgement. In a flashback, Silas, Tom, and Tina delve one of Yanghu’s dungeons seeking a way home.WARNING: This episode has lots of graphic violence. Even more graphic than usual for this podcast. It includes gory sounds and references to toxins and paralysis. Also, mild sexual innuendo. Another round with the Carrion Crawler

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Episode 40: In the Land of the Dead Goddess

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2026/08/15

A summary of Episodes 31-39Swords Against Madness episode 40 is a summary of the plot from episodes 31 through 39. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main plot-line. Music in this Episode From the Free Music Alliance: King Edward by Mister Smith (CC-BY) from the Free Music Archive From Pixabay: “Crossroads” by Alexander Nakarada “Scorched Fields” by Alexander Nakarada “Dark

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Episode 39: California

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2026/07/29

California 1974: four friends make a strange discovery while star-gazing that kicks off a strange journey across space and time that intersects with Miria’s own journey.The story of three teens in San Benito County, California that discover a meteor that drags them across time & space. This is the origin story of Tom Foreman, creator of the wizard van, and his allies Cyrus and Tina. This episode includes references to or oblique depictions of Sex, Drugs, and Rock &

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Episode 38: Elemental

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2026/07/04

Crossing the Ashlands of Muspellsheim, Miria and Kale face a being far beyond their ability to fight... Voice Talent: Jon Cohen plays The All-Knowing in this Episode. Music on this Episode: From the Free Music Alliance: "King Edward" by Mr. Smith a CC-BY song released through the FMA From Pixabay: "Acidcore" by Jumping Bunny "Country Rock" by litesaturation "Orchestral Nebula" by Diogodelassivlavsmores "Jack the Lumberer" by Alexander Nakarada "Slabfall" by Vlad Annekov "Battle Metal" by

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Episode 37: Warships

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2026/06/13

Miria and Kale begin a perilous journey through Ice, Fire, and Eternal skies to rescue their fallen friends.

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Episode 36: Detour

Swords Against Madness ·

2026/05/23

Miria goes deep within her mind to commune with the All-Knowing and prepare herself for a dangerous journey.

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Episode 35: A Gateway to the Stars

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2026/05/02

We turn our attention to Yanghu as he hunts for those who had meddled with his Gorum and Carver tech.This session was played extemporaneously using Swords & Wizardry and the Mythic Game Master Emulator. Sometimes you just want to play the bad guys for a bit, and figure out what the heroes are really up against. The Master The Master was once a gifted and driven chirurgeon called Haidran. His failure to save South Nar from the purple plague drove him halfway to madness

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Episode 34: Crocodile

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2026/04/11

Edryk, Miria, and Kale face a terrifying onslaught on the dismal beaches of Abzû.This game sues the crocodile stats from Swords & Wizardry, It also delves pretty deep into the Dungeons & Dragons theory of the Soul that was made central to the concept of planar travel in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons starting later in the 1st edition and refined in the Planescape setting. I also wanted to share the Enuma Elish, if you want to read some ancient Mesopotamian

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Episode 33: Abzu

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2026/03/21

Miria, Kale, & Edryk cross the shimmering plane of Amber, and then into the darkness of Abzû, beset on all sides by monsters and mysteries.This episode includes a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster: the Aurumvorax, reproduced here based on the stats in the AD&D2e Monstrous Manual for Swords & Wizardry. I did take liberties with the speed of the aurumvorax to make it more of a threat and more weasel-like. Aurumvorax The Aurumvorax or gold-gorger is an

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Episode 32: Cruel

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2026/02/28

Miria contemplates her past as she, Edryk, and Kale cross the Divine Seed of Amber, a place of beauty, perfection, and cruelty.This episode draws its inspiration from the setting of the Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny, one of the top six inspirations for Dungeons & Dragons listed in AD&D‘s Appendix N. This scifi-dense story is mostly told in flashback. Much of my Scifi elements of my campaign are played using Cepheus Deluxe and White Star: Swords & Wizardry in

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Episode 31: Where Time & Space Don’t Really Matter

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2026/01/31

Miria, Edryk, Kale, The All-Knowing, and the Squid set sail across the Astral plane and discover that it is anything but empty.This episode uses a mix of planar travel rules found in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e, and the D&D3.5e Planar Handbook, as the players travel across the Astral Plane. It also features a monster from Dungeons & Dragons3.5e: The Elsewhale. Elsewhale Elsewhale: HD: 16; AC: 6 [13]; Att: bite (4d8); SV: 4; Special:

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Episode 30: Strange Journeys

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2026/01/10

A summary of Episodes 21-29.Swords Against Madness episode 30 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main plot-line. Cast This episode includes performances by: Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore Music in this Episode From the Free Music Alliance: King Edward by Mister Smith (CC-BY) from the Free Music Archive REVELATION by Soularflare (CC-BY) from the

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Bonus: Bullets Against Madness 1: Wahpettons

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2025/12/23

This is a special bonus episode of Swords Against Madness featuring my new TTRPG, Undeadwood: Weird West RPG. Follow the Lost Soul Carson Swift, as he tries to help a bounty hunter track down a stolen item, only to be dragged into a battle between a powerful land-owner and a dark cult of alien mystics.This episode is played using my Undeadwood: Weird West TTRPG system, and its dark, American folklore-enriched setting of Wonkatonkwa County. The game is available on DriveThruRPG. You can

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Episode 29: Wizard Wagon

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2025/12/20

Miria, Edryk, and Kale finally reach the place where the All-Knowing believes there is a means to travel to the planes. The object they discover is far stranger than anything they could have imagined.In this session I reference the amazing role-playing game Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG from Goodman Games. DCC catches the strange psychedelic vibe of the books that inspired D&D – and Swords Against Madness – better than any other game on the market. It also borrows some rules

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Episode 28: Friend

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2025/11/29

The party may have destroyed the Dread Silkworm, a half-giant-caterpillar-half-god monster… but there are still more creatures devouring the juju garden, and a mission to fulfill.This episode opens with rounds 8-14 of a brutal gruelling battle! The Dread Silkworm may have fallen, but it is far from the only threat that the party was facing! This is an AI-free episode of Swords Against Madness. Cast This episode includes performances by: Jon Cohen from Tale of the

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Episode 27: Silkworm

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2025/11/08

The party attempts to help the Nilkin clear the Ravenous Caterpillars from their sacred garden, only to find the threat is much greater than anyone anticipated.

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Episode 26: The Nilkin

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2025/10/18

The Party joins the mysterious wild halflings, the Nilkin, in their village in hopes that the local shaman might be able to help them find the planar travel device. The Nilkin are not as firendly as they might seem, and have a dangerous task that needs doing.

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Episode 25: The Devouring Wilderness

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2025/09/27

Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, & Kale brave the untamed norther jungles of Nar, to find that the wilderness itself seems to hunger for them… This episode features a reinterpretation of...

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Episode 24: The Pirate’s Tale

Swords Against Madness ·

2025/09/06

With the help of the All-Knowing, Miria delves into the terrors of Haalu's mind to learn more about the cruel and enigmatic Master.

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