A Series of Announcements & A Casting Call
Hello, our beloved and most patient listeners! We hope that you and yours are healthy and wealthy and wise, and that you’re as excited as we are to return to the last chapters of the story of The Bronze Scales.
We finished recording Campaign One on May 17th, and are now working on editing and timestamps for the remaining episodes, which reach their finale at Episode 87.
Due to scheduling conflicts and personal circumstances, we had precious few sessions left as a full group. Our greatest desire was to conclude the story of the Bronze Scales in as satisfying a narrative way as possible and while we were all still available to contribute, and so we took some liberties with the pacing and narrative of episodes 86 and 87, which are told in more of a series of vignettes than actual play of D&D 5e. 87 falls back onto actual play a little more, as we conclude the Bronze Scales’ narrative and tell the story of the fate of the Divine Gate, and all of Nor.
We are looking forward to our next full campaign, which will take place in a new region of Norithil many generations after the aftermath of the finale of this first campaign. We have further homebrewed, house ruled, hacked, and adapted the core mechanics of D&D, hoping to move further away from published content in light of recent developments at WotC. That aside, we are also striving to implement new methods of play into a system we are all fond of and familiar with in a way that better benefits the style of narration and play that we are all looking for, and in a way that encourages creative independence and innovation.
While we fine tune that, in the interim between campaigns, our smaller core cast is hoping to play, record, and hopefully release one-shots and smaller “mini-series” campaigns, exploring indie games and a variety of systems (many of which we will hope to borrow from to implement into the next campaign), and:
WE ARE LOOKING FOR GUEST PLAYERS!
We will be casting guest spots for the one-shots and mini-series, as well as for the full campaign.
We have nothing scheduled in stone as of yet, as we wish to be flexible to those we welcome aboard, but our usual play time is Sunday, 5pm PST/8pm EST and we would be thrilled to have you aboard!
If you would like to sign up for a guest spot, please dm us on twitter, and we will be in touch as soon as we have more information!
We will also ensure that Black players and other players of color have top priority in casting, as we strive to make our table a welcoming and diverse place to play and enjoy.
When we began recording our game back in 2017, we were doing so as a group of long-time friends who had begun a private game together, who had all met coincidentally online, and who were excited to share our story with the world. But now that we’re an actual show, and we are actively casting for a show, it would be irresponsible of us not to seek out and elevate marginalized voices in the TTRPG space.
Our table already hosts a variety of queer identities and neurodivergent players, but that’s not good enough, and for a long time we’ve been discussing ways of further diversifying our podcast in a way that benefits those creating that diversity. We have a responsibility to share a platform with players of color and especially Black players. Black lives and voices matter and we are working to create a safe table where you can share your voice and your creativity and stories with the world.
We have the will and responsibility to create a more diversified table, and have the space and a perfect opportunity to do so.
Finally, the date of our return to Norithil: Wednesday, June 24th, we will resume our usual posting schedule with Episode 81, “Red Sky at Mourning,” and continue our typical weekly Wednesday/Friday upload schedule until the finale.
We want to thank everyone who has listened, spread the word, and enjoyed our story. We have never advertised the show, and our audience is small, but we have heard only good things from you all, and we are eternally grateful for your support. We hope that as we move forward, we expand our horizons and opportunities and continue to increase the quality of the content we produce for you all.
Keep safe, keep fighting, and keep wondering. We love you, and we’ll see you next time in Norithil.
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