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In this bonus episode we sit down with Gareth Hanrahan, game designer, adventure writer and fiction author. Gareth talks us through his new project for Rowan, Rook and Deckard - DIE: Metadungeon, and we chat about adventure design, the history of rpgs and Gareth's approach to writing fiction. You can back DIE: Metadungeon here: rrdgames.com/metadungeon You can find out more about the DIE:RPG here: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/die-the-roleplaying-game/ There's more about the DIE comic here: https://diecomic.com/ And you can find out all about Gareth's work here: https://garhanrahan.com/ For a full list of Gareth's game work visit his RPGGeek page: https://rpggeek.com/rpgdesigner/13834/gareth-ryder-hanrahan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyuss has been destroyed, but what lies in the future for the Slayers? We tie up some loose ends and leave others open. We look back over the campaign, run through your questions, and look forward to the future of the pod. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, is it? Lashonna joins the fight as the Slayers face the final reckoning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are deep into the final showdown with the Wormgod. Kyuss is almost at full strength. Can the Slayers find the means to his destruction? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re way past the end of the beginning, the beginning of the middle, and the middle of the middle. The end of the middle is a distant memory. So is the beginning of the end. Come to think of it, didn’t we just go past the middle of the end? That can only mean one thing… …After more than six long years of playing time, 60 days of game time, and more than 300 hours of episodes, the Slayers begin their final confrontation with Kyuss himself! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With their missions complete in the city of Frostanger, the Slayers rest up and prepare for their ultimate confrontation with Kyuss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the Slayers convince the townsfolk of Frostanger to follow them to salvation? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers have a plan to evacuate the terrified civilians from the Frostanger docks, and lift the morale of the city. Is it a just-might-work plan? Or is it a never-gonna-work plan? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers head to the docks to take on the forces of Kyuss. Can they swing the balance of the battle for Frostanger? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the Slayers hunt down the sniper and guide all the civilians to safety? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Darl Quethos has surprised Parker on the cathedral roof. What is the Eye and does Parker possess it? These and other questions are not answered in our Christmas episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Slayers are in the Temple of Bann Shivu. Parker investigates a hall of mirrors, while Sessions undergoes a transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We return to our Age of Worms adventure. With the Unlife Vortex finally (finally!) disabled, the Slayers follow B’Kruss to Lashonna’s manse. Whatever a manse is. James Garner’s Animal Rescue Fund: https://www.jgarf.org/about   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a break from our scheduled programming, we take a break from our adventure. We chat about our gaming preferences, the systems that interest us, and what might lie in future for the Hilltop once the Age of Worms is over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Can the Slayers finally disable the Unlife Vortex and return to the struggle in Frostanger? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices