Mad Dungeon

This is an abbreviated version of our episode last summer with Joey Royale. Be sure to check out the map on our website.

This week our guest is Sarah Moore, host of Sarah's Table on GenConTV where she spotlights RPGs created by indie designers and small publishers. She's the co-designer of The Crowned, an RPG by Formerly Feral Games, where you play a god of a small slice of reality. Sarah is also the production coordinator for Actoroke and wears many hats for Peter Adkison's World of Chaldea. We also discuss what “joyful gaming” means to her. Follow Sarah (Pixies and Pins): Website - IG - Facebook - X - Sarah's Table Twitch / GenConTV (Friday nights, 5pm PT) Follow Formerly Feral Games: Website - Facebook - X — ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is a game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! Dungeon Cats backerkit surveys have been sent! Check your email kittens! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance to save their home from being destroyed by the slumbering Shriekfrapp? I hear that it’s good luck to flip a gold coin into the water when you arrive. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on our homepage. — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by

This week Stefan Pokorny of Dwarven Forge is our guest from our Gary Con 2024 series focusing on the question, “What has 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons meant to you?” We discuss his childhood in NYC and growing up with D&D, his journey from artists to sculptor of the most popular modular terrain for tabletop roleplaying, The Dwarvenaut (the 2016 documentary about him), and his latest venture Starforged (his new collection of hand-painted, modular sci-fi terrain cast in Dwarvenite). Follow Stefan: IG - Facebook - X - Wikipedia Follow Dwarven Forge: Website - IG - Facebook - X - YouTube - Discord — ANNOUNCEMENTS MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: It’s the final days to back the Kickstarter for the core rulebook. It includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG is about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! Dungeon Cats backerkit surveys have been sent! Check your email kittens! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP is out now on all streaming platforms. Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on our homepage. — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week the Vat Spawn are at the Rock Ride station platform with The Coroner. They’re stopped while trying to pass through a DJPD checkpoint. The fuzz find a joint on Warlock Roc and they’re detained. They unsuccessfully attempt to bribe the officers, and the cops call in backup. Tiger Wizard uses the Mad Dungeon word “sneakily” to create a cartoon style fight cloud, and they come out with their clothing swapped. The Vat Spawn escape in their new police uniforms, make their way through the municipal district to the colosseum where the executions will take place. They attempt to enter through a side entrance guarded by a DJPD officer by telling him that they were bringing The Coroner as a last minute addition to the public execution. The Coroner flips out at this undiscussed plan and runs away. Bat Alchemist utilized the Mad Dungeon word “sexy” to make every officer’s name Gary. AGAB: All Garys Are Bastards. They make friends with this Gary and he lets them into the colosseum just in time to see ten people be mutilated and dumped into the Necropolis below. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP is out this Friday. It features Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! The water is draining away at the secret golden oasis because of all the infighting between the adorable, ear-like loboids. Can you help the tiptoers, bouncers and striders to stop bickering and unite with their magic dance? JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Our guest this week is Brigitte Winter of Scryptid Games. Brigitte (she/her) is a writer, photographer, and game designer based in Maryland. She consumes and creates stories and games that are queer, feminist, intimate, and deliciously weird. We talked about Scryptid Games, Psychic Trash Detectives, Ball of the Wild and their Kickstarter for Against the Gloom where you play punk pirate troubadours who fight against the Gloom. We’re excited to announce that we, Epic Levels, will be providing a song written for Against the Gloom when the game ships. Follow Brigitte: IG - Itch / Follow Scryptid: Website - IG - Facebook - X - YouTube — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “House on Haunted Hill Dwarf” is out now on all streaming platforms. Give it a listen, share it with your friends, dance to it on TikTok. This is leading up to our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week our heroes meet The Coroner in the basement of his mortuary. We learn that the dead bodies of Def Jamisus city are sent down chutes to the Necropolis below. The Marshal of Mummies explains that astral markers are needed to re-up their magical powers before leaving them with The Coroner to take them to view today’s public executions, and will meet them in goblin town later. The vat spawn move through the streets of the walled city, learning more about tone-stone, that there’s venders selling bags of spaghetti everywhere, and that their public transit system, The Rock Ride aka The “R,” moves along the perimeter of the city's 100-foot tall walls. They move from an undead district, through the interior wall to the market district, to the entrance to the inner concentric circle wall to the city center. There, they’re stopped at a Def Jamisus Police Department checkpoint. Warlock Rock fails at casting the spell candy talk, and is frisked. The DJPD finds a joint and the entire crew is detained. Will they be thrown into the slammer, or make a mystical escape from the fuzz? ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. This is leading up to our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot and more. MYSTIC PUNKS KICKSTARTER: The Kickstarter for the core rulebook is live now, and includes art from our very own Tiger Wizard, and an entire adventure from Steve Albertson aka Dragon Warrior. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week we talk with Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo about their kickstarter for the Mystic Punks TTRPG, OUT TODAY exclusively through Exalted Funeral. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game We talk about all the fun things that come with the Mystic Punks Tabletop Roleplaying Game Kickstarter: Pick up a free PDF of the Mystic Punks Quickstart Rules. — ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “House on Haunted Hill Dwarf” is out now on all streaming platforms. our new TTRPG fantasy meets hip hop album, The Mega Dungeon Men EP, featuring Mega Ran, MC Frontalot, Denkles and Dizzy the Bard dropping verses alongside Dragon Warrior and Tiger Wizard all set to nostalgic beats by Inner Resting. GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week, the Vat Spawn chat about crime and punishment before smoking a joint to heal their wounds. Dr. Dre-colich shows the vat spawn to their very specific apartments and they get geared up for their intense four-part mission. First, infiltrate a goblin enclave to find CleRick Rubin's missing daughter. Second, cozy up to CleRick Rubin and the Mayor to find out where they are keeping the dragon orbs. Third, get the dragon orbs. Lastly, Party. We learn about tone stone, the musical building blocks of the city before the Vat Spawn take an elevator to the top side, to the city of Def Jamisus. The elevator music is exactly what you'd expect. ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! You can have your cat in the zine by simply backing at any level! The campaign is now live on the Epic Levels’ Kickstarter! Back now! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Our guest this week is Luke Gygax and we talk Founders & Legends (Mar. 15-20), Gary Con (March 21st-24th) and Gaxx Worx: Okkorim, G20 shoes and G20 magazine, Gooey Cube. The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx: Mega-Adventure & Campaign, 50 Years of Adventures - Essays collection. Follow Luke at: website – IG – FB – Twitter Follow Gary Con at: website – IG – FB – Twitter – TikTok – YouTube – Twitch ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. Additional Music by Space Brother © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Welcome to episode one of Rise of the Vat Spawn! In this episode, our protagonists are birthed from colorful vats before fighting some undead skeletal animals. Dragon Warrior gets stabbed in the guts. Warlock Roc gets sprayed by goo. Bat Alchemist manipulates that same liquid goo to freeze the baddies in places. Tiger Wizard tames a skeletal tiger. They’re introduced to Anoop, the Marshal of Mummies, and their creator, an undead dragon named Dr. Drecolitch, explains the necropolis they’re in, the city above (Def Jamisus),its political structure, the great dragon wars, and the dragon orbs that he desires. They fly through the necropolis on Dr. Dracolitch's back to a walled enclave filled with the mutilated exiles of Def Jamisus, learning about how crime is dealt with in Def Jamisus. They return to Dr. Dracolitch’s to heal their wounds, and are introduced to Anoop’s grow room. -- ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats is live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. Additional Music by Space Brother © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adven

This week we chat with Justin Sirois of Severed Books & Toys to discuss the first Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th at Peabody Brewery. Sign up to be notified of his BackerKit to make Mork Borg Action figures that launches April 2nd. This is a collab with Johan Nohr & Pelle Nilsson. The 7-inch fully articulated figure of the skeleton from the cover of the MÖRK BORG. It will also include a zine written by Pelle and art by Johan, Dread Risen Zine. Listen to our Mad Dungeon episode with Justin where we made MD 205 Flail Milk. Justin is working on a Spine of Night RPG and more Mothership RPG stuff. Follow Severed Books at: Website – IG – FB – Twitter — ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: live on Kickstarter for Zine Quest, and fully funded! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! Back on Kickstarter! THE MEGA DUNGEON MEN EP: Our latest song “More Than Meets the Eye” is out now on all streaming platforms. GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: purchase at Exalted Funeral made with and illustrated by legendary artist Erol Otus! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast. You can support us via Patreon Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Welcome to session zero of our season 3 actual play Rise of the Vat Spawn where fantasy and hip hop culture are smashed together to create an epic urban adventure. Here we'll discuss what to expect for the season, including format, tone, safety tools, and we'll utilize Mad Dungeon words as we have in our previous seasons. We'll create and introduce the characters (Tiger Wizard, Dragon Warrior, Warlock Roc and Bat Alchemist) using the Mystic Punks RPG system. Steve gave the team his inspirational Appendix N: Nimona, Arcane, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, She-Ra and The Princesses of Power, Masters of the Universe, Final Fantasy 7, Studio Ghibli, Fist of the North Star, Ill Bill “War is My Destiny” Video, Wild Style, Style Wars (1983 documentary), Altered Carbon, and Hype Williams videos. Hope you all enjoy this improvised story that we'll create together. ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats , a game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot, is live on Kickstarter! Back now! GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be attending Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: We have a new poster adventure map now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral based on our Mad Dungeon season one, episode 20, Song of the Shriekfrapp, with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11×17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Thanks for listening to Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

Welcome to our first episode of Season Three! This week we talk with Anthony Meloro and Jay Domingo about their upcoming kickstarter for the Mystic Punks TTRPG, out exclusively through Exalted Funeral. Pre-save the Mystic Punks Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/mystic-punks-table-top-roleplaying-game?ref=clipboard-prelaunch We discuss our season three actual play in which mash fantasy and hip hop as we explore the city-state of Def Jamisus using the Mystic Punks as our game system. We discuss what separates Mystic Punks from other games like soulbound weapons and the spell system. Overall, it’s a game about going against the normies and being an outsider. Check out our previous episodes with Anthony and Jay: MD 001 #CancelSatan w/ Anthony Meloro MD 002 Tower of Slime with Jay Domingo Get other Mystic Punks goodies to gear up for the release right now at Exalter Funeral. — ANNOUNCEMENTS DUNGEON CATS: Tiger Wizard’s rules-fluffy mini-RPG Dungeon Cats launches today on Kickstarter for Zine Quest! A game about cats going into dungeons, slaying vile creatures and getting away with the loot! GAME FACE CON: Epic Levels will be attending the inaugural Game Face Con in Baltimore on March 9th & 10th! GARY CON: Epic Levels will be podcasting live at Gary Con March 21st-24th for Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary celebration. FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival: Epic Levels will be attending this small press festival along with our pals at Mystic Punks RPG. It will be on March 30th in Athens, Georgia at the 40 Watt Club. NEW POSTER MAP: for purchase at Exalted Funeral with the legendary Erol Otus—who not only made the adventure with us, but also illustrated the 11x17 front-side poster image! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button at epiclevelsrapgods.com — Season Three of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where we alternate between “Rise of the Vat Spawn,” an actual play using Mystic Punks RPG, and Side Quests where we interview other game creators. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Robin Bellury and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Jay Domingo. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in our adventures–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

For part two of our grand season 2 mega dungeon finale, this week we talk with: Marc Miller, legendary creator behind Game Designers' Workshop (GDW), Traveller and owner of Far Future Enterprises. Shanna Germain, award-winning author, editor, game designer and co-founder of Monte Cook Games. We talk The Magnus Archives and her next novel. Follow Shanna: Website - Patreon - Instagram - Twitter - Facebook Chris Lindsay, product Marketing Manager at Wizards of the Coast, head Dungeon Master for the D&D Adventurers League, D&D in a Castle and The Deck of Many Things (2023). Follow Chris: Instagram Sean K. Reynolds, designer/developer at Monte Cook Games. It's Only Magic. Follow Sean: Instagram - Twitter - Patreon — The Mad Dungeon season 2 #dungeon23 Mega Dungeon is complete! Wizard Tower of Love w/ Monte Cook. The Gas Top w/ Mike Mason. Grand Master Lucille’s Skip-Kick w/ Skip Williams. Flying Crimson Chaos Beaver w/ Jeff Richard. Col. Cybercop w/ Joseph Goodman. Laser Sword Assembly w/ Marc Miller. Skedaddle: The Mice Prison Rodeo w/ Shanna Germain. Anfernee, Dealer of Anthropomorphic Antiquities w/ Chris Lindsay. Yorin, Broomstick Custodian w/ Sean K. Reynolds. — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com New Erol Otus poster adventure map at Exalted Funeral. — Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where Epic Levels and a guest create a playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. Patreon & website HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels. Beat by Inner Resting. © 2024 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

For part one of our grand season 2 mega dungeon finale, this week we talk with: Monte Cook of Monte Cook Games talks about D&D 3E, Numenera, Cypher System, Old Gods of Appalachia RPG and his upcoming The Magnus Archives. Follow Monte Cook: Website - Twitter - Facebook Mike Mason of Chaosium talks Call of Cthulhu, Alone Against the Static, Arkham Unveiled, the upcoming/updated Cthulhu By Gaslight and his podcast Eldritch Stories. Follow Chaosium: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook Skip Williams "The Sage" talks D&D 3E, Dragon Magazine, Gary Con & Founders and Legends for D&D's 50th anniversary. Find Skip on Facebook and at Gary Con: Co-Event Manager & Honored Guest Jeff Richard, creative director of Chaosium talks Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, and upcoming RuneQuest projects: Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way, the Solar cult book and more. Follow Jeff on Facebook. Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games talks Dungeon Crawl Classic, Grimtooth, Adventures on the Purple Planet and Appendix N. Follow Goodman Games: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook — The season finale super room will be revealed next week along with the final mega-dungeon that we spent a year creating with all our friends! — Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com New poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon. Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week’s guest is Chris Prynoski, owner of Titmouse, and we talk about The Legend of Vox Machina, the upcoming Mighty Nein, the power he gained as steward of The Sandal of Gygax, and his game group the Murder Hobos. Follow Titmouse: Website - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - Facebook - Titmouse merch MD 239 Hangin’ Sacks 5th Ave w/ Chris Prynoski This store has a portcullis separating you from the nugglets, zombie-like living testies that’ll chomp your nards. Hangin’ Brains, the seamstress necromancer, demands that you choose necropants from the rack before she releases the nugglets on you. There’s six styles of necropants made from human skin. They each have distended testicles and magically adhere when you put them on, becoming your skin. 1- Purple-Veined Jeans: They’ll form a coin barrier between your nutsack and the necropants’ nutsack giving you immunity to the bite of the nugglet. 2 - Harem: Made of loose and flabby skin, anyl movement blows the pants open to expose your scrotal region for easy chomping. 3 - Bidol the Sentient Scrotal Sleeve: He’ll editorialize what it thinks about your balls before belting out a “rebel yell” to call over the nugglets. 4 - Necro Booty Shorts: You’re cursed with Titmouse’s irresistible animation. 5 - Kilt of Many Circles: A breezy skirt covered in holes that expose your ballzak. 6 - The Unreliable Codpiece: This platemail codpiece has a lock and key, but it intentionally opens up at the most inopportune times. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Chris Prynoski ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week we talk about all the fun we had at PAX Unplugged 2023. Thursday: Andrew set up the Exalted Funeral booth while Steve said hi to Tony Vacinda (Plus One Exp), Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr (MÖRK BORG), Brian Colin (Vast Grimm), Jarrett Crader (Space Penguin Ink) and Brian Shutter (Neon Lords of the Toxic Wastelands). Then they both went to a party hosted by 9th Level Games. Friday: Andrew worked the Exalted Funeral booth while Steve ran Mad Dungeon rooms using OSE: Old School Essentials in the Alexandria RPG Library room. Steve walked the hall and got some time with Joey Royale, the folks at Quest Chest, Craig Cambell (Nerdburger) and Brigette Winter (Psychic Trash Detectives). Steve was able to get in a game of The Walking Dead (Free League) before meeting Andrew at the BackerKit party where we threw axes with Joseph Goodman (Goodman Games), Banana Chan, Jason Furie (Realm Runners), Justin Sorios (Severed Books) & Adam Good and Jamie Perez (Stations - An Infinity of Ships). Saturday: Steve ran another group through Epic Level Mad Dungeon rooms before meeting Andrew at the Exalted Funeral booth just in time for a signing with artists David Hoskins and Justine Jones. Steve played in Levi Combs (Planet X Games) D&D 1E game exploring his Escape from Skullcano Island adventure. That night they all convened at a party hosted by Kickstarter before a wild night of Karaoke with the entire Exalted Funeral crew, the Mork Borg fellas, Zac Goins (WoGD), Jarrett Crater (Space Penguin Ink), Cassi Mothwin (Clean Spirit, The Sticker Game) who won The Tabletop Award for Rising Star: Designer, and the award’s hosts Wheels & Maddie from Dicebreaker. Sunday: After a Philly cheesesteak breakfast, Steve and Andrew attended the Tabletop Music: Professional Nerd Musicians Q&A panel with Arcane Anthems, Nur-D, Denkles, Ginny Di, Omega Jones, Emaline Stirling, and Will Savino. — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats is a rules-light, casual TTRPG by our own Tiger Wizard. The pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! Click the "notify me on launch" button to make sure you don’t miss out! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Mason Grant. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week’s guest is Amy Vorpahl and we talk about Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, Candlekeep Mysteries, Dimension 20 , Breaking News: No Laugh Newsroom, her latest album Behold Her Dreams, Geek & Sundry to Critical Role and her D&D Beyond show “Jingleshearth.” Follow Amy: Website/Newsletter - Instagram - Twitter - YouTube - TikTok - Bandcam — Ad-lib: “I know that (a PC) kissed (a silly name) underneath the (a silly place) and you had your (a silly object) in your left hand.” Chuckle Cottage: This cottagecore bachelor pad is filled with delightful desserts and a cozily burning fireplace with a phantom portrait that’ll consume you with psychic damage if you look at it. A magically animated red-plaid Duvet will choose a champion who gets one “do-over” in the game. Sarguar Nardgar MacDuffin: This red-plaid clad Scottish wizard is a santa. He offers you Magic Cookies that’ll make you feel: 1-cozy, 2-whimsical or 3-awful, and gives you the rules of the game. He has a massive bag of swords to give away to the winners. The game: In real life (IRL) don’t laugh/smile or you lose. Players make eye contact with one other person. DM may say the name Sarguar Nardgar MacDuffin and read the above ad-lib to attempt to evoke laughter. Everyone else must remain silent. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Amy Vorpahl ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week’s guest is Justin Nauman, president of Tabletop Gaymers. We talk about the GAYMER and ALLY Badge Ribbons that they pass out at conventions, Gayme Night for LGBTQ+ Community Centers and The Gaming Safe Space Initiative - in association with GAMA. Follow Tabletop Gaymers: Website - Instagram - Facebook - Twitch - Discord MD 237 Sashays & Shields w/ Justin Nauman Two thin runways are above a 30-foot drop to a magnetic floor. You’re welcomed by the floating Bearbara Grizzelich, a drag performer dressed as a leather-daddy bear. They explain the rules and hand out a ribbon to the victor. Magic ribbons: “Sashay Queen,” 1/day fly 30 feet. “Bear Pride Flag,” 1/day briefly doubles your strength. “Drag-on King,” 1/day briefly boosts your AC. Sashays & Shields: This ball competition consists of walking like a supermodel down the catwalk in full armor with a shield. Dex checks. Don’t fall. Grizzelich will judge you on dance, beauty and realness. After each walk the loser has one of their three chunks of runway drop away until one falls to their doom. Dance Houses: Each wall has a viewing booth occupied by the ghosts of previous competitors who now occupy one of the four dance houses: Queen, King, Genderfuck or Camp. Choose a house, and an opposing house’s champion ghost will haunt their respective armor and choose their shield with the longest stream of ribbons to compete against you. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Justin Nauman DJ horn attribution this ep to: neilyhype — Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on our Kickstarter! Black Friday at our sponsor Exalted Funeral. Snag yourself a copy of Tiger Wizard’s postcard adventure, Bottom of the Spiked pit for free! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. JOIN OUR MAILING LIST by clicking the newsletter button on epiclevelsrapgods.com Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.

This week’s guest is game designer, writer, sensitivity reader, and editor Jacqueline Bryk. We talk about her background in diplomacy and how that fits into how she designs games, TTRPG safety tools as a language of communicating with each other, and her surrealist fiction zine The Pinesorrow Collection, Vol. 1, a love letter to atmospheric storytelling. We discuss her LARP games like Send N00ds and solo games like Just A Little Time, I Have No Railgun And I Must Scream, and Butterfly On The Wheel, and her upcoming A Thousand Yards Of Lace, a hack (with permission) of Thousand Year Old Vampire. Follow Jacqueline: https://linktr.ee/rufflejax — This cathedral has a checkerboard floor, a large chandelier made of stainless steel championship belts, and a boxing ring in the center. Inside of the ring is a coffin containing Eva Slaughter “The Red Reign of Pain,” a yoked goth-girl boxer. The Devil himself says that if someone doesn’t step up to marry Eva’s ghost, he’ll drag her soul to hell. An eccentric cast of boxing champions stand in a circle around the ring on glowing rune-inscribed tiles giving eulogies. They then look at you to complete the circle. Ghost Marriage: If you choose to go through this ritual, you’re bound to Eva’s ghost, who rises, dukes up, from the coffin. A wispy ghost ring wraps around your finger, tethering you to your new ghost wife. Burn effigies of money and other items for her to use in the afterlife or she’ll haunt you. Art: Tiger Wizard Words: Steve Albertson Story by: Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, Jacqueline Bryk — ANNOUNCEMENTS Dungeon Cats pre-launch page is now live on the Epic Level's Kickstarter! We’ll be be at PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia from Dec. 1st-3rd. Two new poster adventure maps are now available for purchase at Exalted Funeral. — Thanks for listening to Season Two of the Epic Levels Mad Dungeon podcast, where D&D hip hop group Epic Levels and a guest create a system-neutral, playable dungeon room using improv, comedy, and lifetimes wasted on roleplaying games. You can support us via Patreon for early episode releases, bonus map content, extra art, access to our discord server, and lots of other exclusive goodies. Get nerd merch and stay up to date with socials: HERE Mad Dungeon is hosted by Andrew Bellury, Steve Albertson, and produced by Zach Cowan. Theme song by Epic Levels and beat by Inner Resting. © 2023 Epic Levels. All characters in this adventure–even those based on real people–are entirely fictional.