#neverending train

[modmad]

we just ran the second part of the Neverending Train finale and Oh. My goodness that was some stuff that happened HOO BOY! @ky-the-squiddy has been running this series for a YEAR and I just have to say I am so extraordinarily grateful- I have never seen anything like this; a DnD campaign that incorporates about 30 players, but never felt overwhelming with the cast, has an overarching story but never neglected the little moments and side quests, an environment that allowed for in depth character development AND zany cartoony humour without either feeling out of place. What a privilege to have been a part of it!

the audio is going to be edited next week so we have time to draw fanart of all the wild things that happened (diceparser REALLY wanted us to die in part two) and you bet I’m going to be contributing! Until then enjoy this art of Two Idiots and a Minty; what a fantastic team to create stories with, I hope we can meet up and play together in the future!​ (oops forgot to say the lineart for Higgs was by Mock bc they draw their mad scientist bun the best you know they do)

[ky-the-squiddy]

ALL RIGHT, IT'S FINALLY EDITED, HAVE AT IT, FOLKS

Fingers crossed I'll get the finale finale done tomorrow! 'Cos there might be Something happening this weekend...

[superat626]

Hi - @modmad, @ky-the-squiddy and CartoonKitsune (Who...may not have a Tumblr?) destroyed me a tiny handful of lines again. Tatter de mailion - @ky-the-squiddy The Engineer - @modmad Minty - CartoonKitsune

[modmad]

I cannot describe the emotions I had when I saw the Engineer's playlist update, scroll down to the end, wonder why there's no video, scroll up slowly and see a new video under Neverending Train Session aaaaaaahhhgh I look forward to listening to it and getting emotional

YEAH IT WAS CERTAINLY THAT if you’ve listened to the Staircase Carriage and the Recovery Carriage, go get u some Big Talkin Closure with Minty, Tatters and... what’s that guy’s name again?

[modmad]

some montage art of the setup for that latest Neverending Train episode.

The Engineer had to go through a loooot of carriages. Alone. For a long time.

[modmad]

Hi! I just started listening to the engineers journey playlist and I'm currently at the recovery carriage. I was just windering has The Engineer's journey on the neverending train been concluded or is it still ongoing since I saw the taffy train reunion episode?

it’s ongoing, but it’ll be completed very soon! the finale for the Never Ending Train is going to be played/recorded on the 13th and 15th of February and he’s in both! We’re all very excited aaaaaa

[modmad]

I just had to say I'm about halfway through the Neverending Train playlist and I'm lOSING MY MIND IT'S SO EPIC (*weeping* traindaaaad...) anyway you're all amazing and I've never ever seen such a huge cast of characters in DnD all contributing to the same story somehow without it getting overwhelming, it's so fascinating!

IT’S WILD HUH all credit goes to @ky-the-squiddy for being such an amazing galaxy brained DM and running this incredible campaign! (again you can find the link for the NETrain games in this list of playlists) it’s coming to a close soon and I’m absolutely terrified AND stoked, but also will be a little heart broken that it’s over ngl! but it’s right time for it, and nothing could be better than a satisfactory finale!

[modmad]

In what order do the toonkind arcs go? I know taffy train is the first, but what’s the order after that? And do you have links to all of them?

actually, it’s not necessarily! it’s just a good one to listen to first bc man Stuff Happened and it gets referred to in several other games. This Toonkind DnD playlist is not exactly chronological but it basically is, and most of the first games are one-shots so it doesn’t matter what order you listen to them in *before* Taffy Train.

Speaking of I have now made a Taffy Train Saga playlist! It has the key games but also the side games that relate to it so you can go nuts on that.

Other ‘arcs’ are the Neverending Train games run by Ky, and the Eleventh Law series and related games, originally run by Yuni. Another sort-of-arc of its own is Calling All Stars and the subsequent acting lessons! There’s a lot of Dodo Studios games now so I might make a playlist for that too.

Due to how complex its become I have made a playlist just for the Engineer’s journey, which is in chronological order and I’ll try to keep it that way (including putting in any new NETrain games, which actually precede the Taffy Train Reunion game), and I’ve just made a playlist for Alibi as well bc he’s been in quite a few games himself which do benefit from being listened to in order.