Podcasts by Big Gay Nerds
Big Gay Nerds is an LGBT RPG podcast where a handful of queer friends play tabletop roleplaying games! Episodes are weekly, and every month or so we switch systems to try something new.
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 220 (Beam Saber 2.10) from 2022-02-17T03:45:19
With their latest mission gone horribly south and resolved as well as they can hope for, the Forget-Me-Nots prepare to cut their losses and live to negotiate another day. However, one of their numb...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 219 (Beam Saber 2.9) from 2022-02-10T00:06:47
With the situation at the Ironbreaker Mechforge reaching a volatile head, the Forget-Me-Nots must pull out all the stops to get out alive, let alone succeed in their mission! Will getting messy pay...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 218 (Beam Saber 2.8) from 2022-02-03T00:49:16
As the Forget-Me-Nots once again find their party split and the circumstances desperate, only quick thinking can save the day. Incidentally, remember that time Pfeffer managed to fast-talk his way ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 217 (Beam Saber 2.7) from 2022-01-27T00:02:10
With pre-mission prep behind them, the Forget-Me-Nots must choose a plan of "attack" for their diplomatic mission with a potentially dangerous and duplicitous labor strike. As they deploy, once aga...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 216 (Beam Saber 2.6) from 2021-12-23T22:54:39
The Forget-Me-Nots have a new mission... and it's a delicate one! A labor strike has struck at the chief Tychonian mech factory, and they seem more focused on arming themselves than negotiating ter...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 215 (Beam Saber 2.5) from 2021-12-17T00:41:56
With their mission completed, our newly Tier One heroes return home to recuperate and make the most of their time. However, they'll soon learn that their victory has earned them more trouble than e...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 214 (Beam Saber 2.4) from 2021-12-09T00:01:16
The orbital auction reaches its second, extra-juicy half as the Forget-Me-Nots find themselves in a tight spot, with half their members in a perilous (but lucrative) situation and a quarter of thei...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 213 (Die Laughing 1.2) from 2021-12-01T00:03:02
It's the second half of our holiday-travel-horror special, and things are not going well for this gaggle of hapless victims! No one's died just yet, but guards are low and Brian's goals are still u...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 212 (Die Laughing 1.1) from 2021-11-24T01:22:56
As a delayed holiday special that still turned out to be seasonal, it's time to DIE LAUGHING with Saturn, Levi, Pixie... and our special guest star, Elliot! Listen as they concoct four doomed oddba...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 211 (Beam Saber 2.3) from 2021-10-28T23:39:55
Things heat up in the orbital auction as more high-tech surplus is put up for grabs and the competition becomes increasingly personal. Gabrielle mingles with some new faces (and one uncomfortably f...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 210 (Beam Saber 2.2) from 2021-10-20T15:37:04
On their latest mission, the Forget-Me-Nots are sent into high orbit, where battles are fought not with giant robots, but with giant bank accounts! Can they bring home glamorous prizes from this AD...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 209 (Beam Saber 2.1) from 2021-10-06T01:33:34
We're jumping back into Beam Saber exactly where we left off, as the Forget-Me-Nots recuperate from their messy last mission and see what they can do with the spoils of cold war. Featuring: an empl...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 208 (Masks 3.6) from 2021-08-26T01:11:32
After a rough fight with an awkward resolution, our heroes need to step up their game, and what better way to do that than some old-fashioned training? However, some friendly sparring could turn un...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 207 (Masks 3.5) from 2021-08-18T01:31:35
As the team's second mall throwdown continues, they quickly realize that they could be in over their heads. Luke leaps into peril, Pipa pulls off an awkward rescue, Pate looks for common ground, an...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 206 (Masks 3.4) from 2021-08-10T23:07:32
A supervillain threatens the nearby, shockingly-alive mall, and they're a lot more of a threat than the Alternatives were! How will our heroes respond--especially since one of them is on the clock ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 205 (Masks 3.3) from 2021-07-28T22:54:48
It's time to find out just how much trouble our heroes can get up to while separated! How will they fare without the power of Friendship to save their terrible rolls? Luke goes looking for answers,...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 204 (Masks 3.2) from 2021-07-23T00:30:27
As the dust of their latest brush with high-concept miscreancy settles, our heroes set about their own personal agendas. Juno and Pipa join forces, as the former abides by her corporate caretakers'...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 203 (Masks 3.1) from 2021-07-01T00:57:58
And we're back, with our still-unnamed team of superheroic young adults! Turns out they've been up to some things while we haven't been looking, and I know catching up on canon can be a real hassle...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 202 (Dueling Fops of Vindamere 1.3) from 2021-06-23T00:12:47
The calendar is ticking down until the big fencing tournament, and our fops have to make sure they're as prepared as possible to gain glory for themselves and their respective schools... but there ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 201 (Dueling Fops of Vindamere 1.2) from 2021-06-16T02:13:44
We return to our quartet of rival foppish duelists to see how they handle themselves in more... random circumstances. What shall they do when, say, the proletariat gets sick of them? Or when their ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 200 (Dueling Fops of Vindamere 1.1) from 2021-06-04T23:14:33
It's a BGN Bicentennial! For our 200th episode, friend of the show (and of the RPG world at large) Greg Stolze has provided us with an exclusive advance (and we mean ADVANCE) copy of his newest gam...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 199 (Cage of Sand 2.7) from 2021-05-18T23:12:30
Armed with an awareness of the time loop and the vaguest sense of what's causing it, July the undertaker has one last shot at saving the town of Bitter Branch from endlessly recurring destruction! ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 198 (Cage of Sand 2.6) from 2021-05-12T01:25:05
Things heat up as July becomes more aware of the time loop! But what extreme measures will she have to take to uncover the murderous mystery at the loop's core, and how much progress can she make b...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 197 (Cage of Sand 2.5) from 2021-05-05T00:52:18
As July the undertaker enters her fourth consecutive loop of murder and mystery, she's finally gained enough awareness to tell that things ARE repeating... but will that be enough to save her frien...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 196 (Cage of Sand 2.4) from 2021-04-21T00:28:04
As we enter our third loop, things are looking up for a lot of people in Bitter Branch! July's relationship with Nim has taken a new step, the community's pillars seem as stable as ever, and even D...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 195 (Cage of Sand 2.3) from 2021-04-13T02:12:58
Now that we've done one round of murder and mystery in the town of Bitter Branch, it's time to reset the clock and see how things play out... spoiler alert, it's more murder and mystery. This time,...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 194 (Cage of Sand 2.2) from 2021-04-08T01:35:18
As July the undertaker's day begins, she's surrounded by familiar people, places, and things... but something sinister is about to begin. Let's see what the cards have in store for this desert-plan...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 193 (Cage of Sand 2.1) from 2021-03-31T00:54:21
We're playing Cage of Sand, but... it's so familiar, as if we've done this before... Oh well! In this loop, we're following the local undertaker of a down-on-its-luck frontier town. In space! But t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 192 (Masks 2.6) from 2021-03-12T14:00:27
Luke and Pate have found some modern entertainment they should both enjoy: two dudes slamming each other around! But will their date go smoothly when Luke's past resurfaces in unexpected ways, and ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 191 (Masks 2.5) from 2021-03-03T02:50:59
Danger often strikes when it is least expected... and where it is least wanted. Our heroes are awoken by an intruder in their own headquarters; who or what could it be, why is it here, and are they...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 190 (Masks 2.4) from 2021-02-24T01:29:55
In the aftermath of the Burnheart Memorial Festival battle, our team of young misfits are left to grapple with some complicated feelings. Pipa reclaims assets from "his" sordid past, Juno opens her...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 189 (Masks 2.3) from 2021-02-17T00:00:18
The battle for the Burnheart Memorial Festival rages on between our young heroes and Lady Photon! As Photon Boy struggles to find common ground with his future self, Pipa runs his mouth, Starcross ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 188 (Masks 2.2) from 2021-02-10T00:34:10
It's a shockingly well-timed Big Gay Nerds Valentine's Day Special! In Halcyon City, they celebrate in a slightly different way--having a street fair to memorialize a redeemed supervillain--but tha...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 187 (Masks 2.1) from 2021-01-27T02:13:35
Our young heroes return, only to face the most frightening foe this roleplaying system has to offer: the opinions of others! Can the team survive getting fashioned police? Who will stand their grou...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 186 (Under Hollow Hills 1.5) from 2021-01-20T01:48:15
It's time for these circus performers to finally do some performing! But what sorts of acts will entertain an entire market of goblins and other faeries? Along the way we'll get to swing the spotli...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 185 (Under Hollow Hills 1.4) from 2021-01-13T04:10:51
The big, noisy mess of the Goblin Market gets even more complicated as our performers meet more of its denizens. Peer Moontide comes on strong to a totally normal faerie woman while Sinead and Scur...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 184 (Under Hollow Hills 1.3) from 2021-01-06T04:34:01
After their somewhat awkward arrival, the Circus's star performers have set about trying to understand their market venue better. Just what kind of show will be a hit with goblin merchants and thei...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 183 (Under Hollow Hills 1.2) from 2020-12-29T23:41:33
It's time to get properly acquainted with our performers and their Arcadian venue! The circus has been summoned to perform for royalty, but a bustling marketplace full of goblins isn't quite the sa...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 182 (Under Hollow Hills 1.1) from 2020-12-16T02:21:30
The capricious, immortal denizens of Faerie love entertainment as much as the next person--perhaps even more than the next person--and when there are no hapless mortals to prank and/or kidnap, how ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 181 (Cage of Sand 1) from 2020-12-10T00:52:09
Greetings, travelers! You're just in time for Hallowe--what? Oh. Well, delayed editing aside, prepare for a chilling tale of an underdog in an underground kingdom, a royal heir locked in their towe...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 180 (Beam Saber 1.7) from 2020-12-02T02:25:57
Our second mission comes to a close in a flurry of bullets, blades, and bullshitting, with the dice swinging in all directions to make things as chaotic as possible! Boss doubles down on a shaky st...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 179 (Beam Saber 1.6) from 2020-11-25T18:03:16
Things kick off in the Forget-Me-Nots' second mission when Boss's genius plan to split the party somehow complicates things! Both halves of the squad are now face-to-face with ADVERSE/PR0XY mechs w...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 178 (Beam Saber 1.5) from 2020-11-11T01:41:53
The Forget-Me-Nots have a new job on their hands, and while it's not as immediately dire as a hostage situation, the chain of command has put them out of their element: escorting a team of scientis...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 177 (Beam Saber 1.4) from 2020-11-04T02:39:56
Having successfully completed their mission--though not quite the way they were supposed to--the Forget-Me-Nots retire to the Humboldt Estate to lick their wounds, look into personal affairs, and p...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 176 (Beam Saber 1.3) from 2020-10-28T00:58:05
As the Forget-Me-Nots' hostage negotiation with the Honeybee pirates progresses, complications begin to arise. Boss keeps pressure on their leader while Golden Boy and Stiletto attempt to mingle wi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 175 (Beam Saber 1.2) from 2020-10-21T01:28:43
The Forget-Me-Nots have been assigned their first mission, and it's a tense one! A squad of Royal Blue pilots have been taken captive by Dragonteeth pirates, and it will take trained diplomats to s...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 174 (Beam Saber 1.1) from 2020-10-14T01:26:26
Almost two thousand years after the Resurrectionists pulled off their final score, a new collection of misfits with tragic pasts gather...
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Big Gay Nerds Listening Guide (October 2020) from 2020-10-06T14:27:43
Big Gay Nerds has been recording actual-play episodes for almost four years(!), and because we jump between systems so often, it can be hard to know where to start or where to go next. So, we've pu...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 173 (Masks 1.6) from 2020-10-02T01:30:07
Despite a technical error that silenced one of our players, I have done my best to bring you this annotated conclusion to our first Masks block. The young heroes, deciding that there are fates wors...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 172 (Masks 1.5) from 2020-09-23T01:06:02
While hunting for someone to sponsor their team, Juno and Pipa find some more experienced heroes who want to give the next generation a leg up. But when this sweet deal proves laden with awkwardnes...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 171 (Masks 1.4) from 2020-09-16T01:00:19
After a big day of mall brawls and super-finger-wagging, our young heroes must focus on other matters. For Pate and Luke, that means mandatory counseling sessions for the temporally displaced; for ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 170 (Masks 1.3) from 2020-09-09T17:45:28
After busting some criminals, our young heroes have themselves been busted for busting up an otherwise thriving and profitable shopping mall! When faced with judgement by the Exemplars--the biggest...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 169 (Masks 1.2) from 2020-09-02T14:30:20
Our Masks campaign kicks off in the most bustling, vibrant part of any American city: the shopping mall! When our young heroes are witness to a crime, of course they'll spring into action... but co...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 168 (Masks 1.1) from 2020-08-28T21:40:42
Here we go! It's a campaign years in the making with Masks: a New Generation! Join Owen, Levi, Saturn, Sara, and Jo as they dive into a world of superheroics and young-adult drama! Meet a brash Cel...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 167 (Sports are Just Numerology) from 2020-08-19T13:54:37
Out of all the competitors in the long and sometimes messy history of Giant Robot Derby League, Princess Catamount of the Royal Standard and Alpha of the Chrome Crushers may not have the most impre...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 166 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 7) from 2020-07-30T19:13:36
It all comes down to this. The Resurrectionists have one of the two things they came for, but can they find closure and still escape the Heavensent?
It's time to say goodbye.
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 165 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 6) from 2020-07-22T16:42:39
As we hurtle towards the climax of the Resurrectionists' final, sea-train-based heist, the situation escalates rapidly and our antiheroes have to think fast! But even when their goals are tantalizi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 164 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 5) from 2020-07-15T00:51:52
Having uncovered a secret that only raises more questions, the Resurrectionists get to work, grilling suspects and consolidating allies. I can't really say much more for fear of spoilers, except th...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 163 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 4) from 2020-07-01T15:56:20
After their first day on the Heavensent ended in a shocking revelation, the Resurrectionists stop to get their bearings and finally grill the Azure Rose for everything it knows about the Sun Shard ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 162 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 3) from 2020-06-24T13:52:48
Wooee, it's one of those LONG episodes! There's a little too much to sum up here, but for the sake of tantalizing: Blondie lives out the true tourist experience, Ira has a date, Flint snoops his wa...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 161 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 2) from 2020-06-16T23:04:06
As we settle into the train heist's unique system of time management, the gang starts sinking their teeth into the mission. With two targets, likely disguised and/or hidden, what's the best way to ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 160 (Blades in the Dark FINAL SCORE: Part 1) from 2020-06-09T23:05:06
All aboard the Resurrectionists' last score! Once a month, the double-decked locomotive known as the Heavensent takes a three-day journey from Doskvol to Grand Tycheria, crossing over the inky sea....
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 159 (Blades in the Dark 5.9) from 2020-06-03T19:50:02
With their last big score--infiltrating an sea train in search of revenge and some kind of magic stone--looming in front of them, the Resurrectionists consolidate what resources they have in prepar...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 158 (Blades in the Dark 5.8) from 2020-05-27T13:39:30
With the action of their rescue mission having rapidly escalated, the Resurrectionists have to act fast to get their man and get out before this becomes another fight to the death. Can Blondie use ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 157 (Blades in the Dark 5.7) from 2020-05-20T14:32:21
Amidst everything else, Thalia's husband has gone missing under (cough cough) mysterious circumstances, and only the demonic Blue Rose knows where he is. Of course, its knowledge isn't free. Paying...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 156 (Blades in the Dark 5.6) from 2020-05-13T13:38:01
With one of their most harrowing scores behind them, the Resurrectionists have some time to breathe. However, none of them can afford to take their eyes off of their next big goal: revenge and, if ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 155 (Blades in the Dark 5.5) from 2020-05-06T13:56:36
No time for introductions; this episode starts with the coldest open in the podcast so far! Our scrappy antiheroes have always punched above their weight, but now that they know just who wants them...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 154 (Blades in the Dark 5.4) from 2020-04-29T00:36:56
We pick up from our last horrifying cliffhanger to find the Resurrectionists in one of their tensest and most mysterious situations to date! Trapped in a fineries shop with a corpse, at least one k...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 153 (Blades in the Dark 5.3) from 2020-04-22T14:00:14
Last time, the Resurrectionists discovered that they had been double-crossed by their oldest ally! Now they're out to take revenge the only way they know: robbing the upper-middle-class quasi-Victo...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 152 (Blades in the Dark 5.2) from 2020-04-08T03:02:09
After defending their turf, the Resurrectionists are left with bolstered resources, a mysterious hostage, and, in one case, lasting psychological damage! It's time for them to lick their wounds and...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 151 from 2020-04-01T13:44:10
It's April 1st, and while everyone else is joking around, we've been stuck with a very serious scheduling conflict. There's only one thing to do: another Talky Episode.
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 150 (Blades in the Dark 5.1) from 2020-03-24T21:32:44
The Resurrectionists are back from the dead in a big way: one extra-long episode featuring a score so exciting we could only stand to do it all in one go! We left our antiheroes with a cliffhanger:...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 149 (World Wide Wrestling 2.4) from 2020-03-11T01:39:04
In this episode... oooh, I don't want to spoil it! But rest assured you'll see some fierce cyborg wrestling rivalries, romance with varying degrees of requital, surprise arrivals galore, and one hu...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 148 (World Wide Wrestling 2.3) from 2020-03-04T02:03:07
After last episode's little ultraviolent intermission, it's time to step back and get a feel for who these underground cyborg wrestlers REALLY are. For example, did you know that Krunk the Barbaria...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 147 (CYBER//PUNK 1.1) from 2020-02-26T02:26:27
In the futuristic dystopia of 1999, while the masses are placated by the spectacle of professional wrestling, there exists a turbulent underground of freelance operatives who break the law and risk...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 146 (World Wide Wrestling 2.2) from 2020-02-13T00:49:34
Alright chummers, flick on your holo-vids (or, if you're a Premium subscriber, wink your left eye to activate your implanted display) for the latest episode of Underground Cyborg Wrestling! We've g...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 145 (World Wide Wrestling 2.1) from 2020-02-05T02:24:44
We're going back to the future in more ways than one! The year is 1999, and our technologically-advanced society is plagued by injustice and corruption. The masses need a distraction from their liv...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 144 (Edge of the Empire 1.5) from 2020-01-22T03:06
Our first adventure in a galaxy far, far away comes to a head in the shadowy slave-pits of Hell, where our heroes are closer than ever to freeing themselves... and to being captured by the Baron's ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 143 (Edge of the Empire 1.4) from 2020-01-15T00:27:07
Having ditched their tour guide and made contact with other would-be escapees, our rough-and-tumble heroes are out to break the literal grip that Hell has on its people and, more importantly, our h...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 142 (Edge of the Empire 1.3) from 2020-01-08T00:10:30
Our ragtag band of space explorers have discovered a highly developed, prosperous world with extremely welcoming inhabitants, but something feels a little off... could it be that there's something ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 141 (Edge of the Empire 1.2) from 2020-01-01T06:00:18
Our adventure in a wild corner of a galaxy far, far away begins! As dozens of ships gather in search of untold treasures, will the Darter and its ragtag crew of outlaws be able to pull ahead? They ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 140 (Edge of the Empire 1.1) from 2019-12-18T02:56:55
Today we're dipping our toes into an esoteric little property known as "Star Wars." It's this whole sci-fi setting with aliens and robots but there's actually some fantasy elements if you dig into ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 139 (Monster of the Week 1.4) from 2019-12-05T02:12:25
Last episode ended with our brave monster-hunters stuffing their half-dead quarry in the trunk of their car and taking off before the cops arrived. Now, all they have to do is figure out where it t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 138 (Monster of the Week 1.3) from 2019-11-28T02:01:22
Things really kick off in this session. Oh, it starts tame enough with clandestine pocket-watch communication, a decorative horseshoe heist, and first aid through dark magic, but then things get we...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 137 (Monster of the Week 1.2) from 2019-11-20T01:39:15
Alright gang, it's time to solve a mystery! A teenager has gone missing in upstate New York, and their neighbor says that a strange flying light is to blame. Is this the work of extraterrestrials, ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 136 (Monster of the Week 1.1) from 2019-11-13T03:22:09
It's time to gear up and investigate a new system: Monster of the Week! It's a PbtA game about modern-day slayers and the abominations they fight, and Levi, Pixie, Snapper, and Jonix are ready to w...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 135 (Pigsmoke 3.4) from 2019-11-07T03:43:55
The situation at Pigsmoke comes to a head when the newest professor's ambitious-but-amoral plan begins to draw his peers in. When the chips are down, who will take the route that's best for their c...
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Episode 134 (Happy Anniversary) from 2019-10-24T02:18:11
Less of an episode than an announcement: we just turned three years old, and this time I didn't commemorate it with a terrible baby voice! It's time to look back at our accomplishments, and forward...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 133 (Pigsmoke 3.3) from 2019-10-16T23:42:32
This is an episode about people in compromising situations digging themselves even deeper for the sake of advancing their goals... Admittedly, a LOT of our episodes are about that, but this one has...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 132 (Pigsmoke 3.2) from 2019-10-09T02:44:07
This new term at Pigsmoke seems to come with an extra helping of intrigue, especially now that Liam (played by Levi) has rejoined the party just in time to get tangled up in the Mindbending Departm...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 131 (Pigsmoke 3.1) from 2019-10-01T23:00:07
Pigsmoke College is back in session, and the professors are just as excited to be back as their students. The Dean has recruited a mysterious figure--played by Jonix!--to join its hand-picked mento...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 130 (What We Were 1.2) from 2019-08-28T01:30:18
Our ragtag magicians have finally found their goblin... or, more accurately, he has found them and taunted them as a disembodied voice, ushering them towards a "guessing game" that seems a little m...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 129 (Bleak Spirit 2.2) from 2019-08-14T02:14:38
As Echo traverses the ruined city, climbing ever higher and encountering ever stranger products of wild magic, the changes they have undergone become more apparent. What will they be by the time th...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 128 (Bleak Spirit 2.1) from 2019-08-07T01:27:40
We're back at it with... well, technically, this is from before we left Bleak Spirit to begin with. But now you can listen to the system played with a new crew--Owen, Sara, Pixie, and Jonix--in an ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 127 (What We Were 1.1) from 2019-08-01T02:04:09
We're jumping right into yet another Kickstarter campaign tie-in, this time with What We Were by Freddie Taylor Bell! It's a setting-agnostic system that focuses on personalized character arcs, and...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 126 (Bleak Spirit 1.2) from 2019-07-24T00:44:11
Nicks's journey reaches its thrilling climax and chilling conclusion! As he ventures deeper into the abbey in search of treasure, he will find more and more hints at the horrific events that led to...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 125 (Bleak Spirit 1.1) from 2019-07-17T02:21:14
We're delving into the pre-release version of a game from the creator of Pigsmoke: Bleak Spirit, a game about a stranger in a strange land where no one knows for sure what the real story is. Owen, ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 124 (Blades in the Dark 4.5) from 2019-07-03T02:35:19
Having recruited a new member, secured some privacy, and shifted their inter-gang alliances, the Resurrectionists settle in for a week of recuperation. Blondie hob-nobs over tea, Flint sticks his n...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 123 (Blades in the Dark 4.4) from 2019-06-26T00:02:08
The Resurrectionists have welcomed Ira Glasgow the Slide into their ranks, but they find themselves in a familiar situation when Ira's prior... ahem, associate isn't eager to let them move on. Can ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 122 (Blades in the Dark 4.3) from 2019-06-19T01:19:03
The Resurrectionists set out to find their next score, but quickly discover that political powderkegs with underlying hints of conspiracy are, in fact, complicated. Short on leads, they stumble int...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 121 (Blades in the Dark 4.2) from 2019-06-12T03:20:38
With their latest wins and losses behind them, the Resurrectionists settle in for a little downtime. Franz recovers from the (ahem) licking he got, Thalia reflects a little on her home life, and Kr...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 120 (Blades in the Dark 4.1) from 2019-06-05T02:17
The Resurrectionists are back, as their name would imply! We return to Doskvol after a long hiatus to see our favorite pseudo-Victorian rogues finish what they started: tracking down and killing a ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 119 (Fate 1.11) from 2019-05-22T01:52:06
After an explosive end to the last episode, the united champions of Jorl push forward to end the invasion in the Fomorians' own mothership! Though they have determination and unexpected allies on t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 118 (Fate 1.10) from 2019-05-16T00:25:40
The Battle of Smyden continues as our knights converge on the aliens' entry point! Zeno keeps up the wrestlemania, Geoffrey has a lucky streak, Agrippa plays diplomatic hardball, and Prim has her b...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 117 (Fate 1.9) from 2019-05-08T23:15
The Invasion that these Knights are Of, apparently, finally kicks off! When the volcano that once split Jorl in two becomes the beachhead for a hostile force, can our ragtag heroes and their hurrie...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 116 (Maid 2.2) from 2019-05-01T01:48:22
It's time for more M.A.I.D. action! Fern joins us with Daisy, a maid who... well, to use a certain turn of phrase, she wears a lot more hats than the little maid doily thing. She, Princess Hekatom,...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 115 (Lasers & Feelings 2) from 2019-04-24T21:34:47
Back by popular demand, it's Lasers & Feelings, the one-page, one-stat RPG! All of your favorite Raptor crewmates are here: Robin the Savvy Pilot, Chumbo, Dizzy the Hotshot Explorer, fan-favorite C...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 114 (Fate 1.8) from 2019-04-10T23:23:18
The united knights of Jorl make their last push to prepare for the coming invasion! Agrippa proves that shame works, Geoffrey makes an uncertain promise, Zeno writes two letters, and Sara completel...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 113 (Fate 1.7) from 2019-04-04T00:24:35
Listen, usually I put a lot of thought into these descriptions, but this time... there's a point in this episode where someone says "betrothed by the Squatchmaster General" and I just can't top tha...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 112 (Fate 1.6) from 2019-03-27T02:43:49
After a slight detour, we're back in Knights of Invasion, with the newly-organized party taking it upon themselves to rally their countrymen towards a unified defense! First off, we've got to meet ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 111 (Maid 2.1) from 2019-03-20T10:50:36
That's right, Maid is back! But it's not the charmingly mundane Maid focused on the world-jumping Hawksmore fortress and its frilly agents of conquest; this is M.A.I,D., a futuristic task force of ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 110 (Fate 1.5) from 2019-03-06T22:39:19
With the tournament over and cosmically larger problems heaped onto their collective plate, the knights of Jorl reassemble their blown minds and take stock of the situation. Both King Karl and Quee...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 109 (Fate 1.4) from 2019-02-27T23:44:35
The tournament comes to a head when all four of our knights--and two that aren't ours so much as mine, being NPCs--wade into an all-out melee! This plays out as what may be the longest single comba...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 108 (Fate 1.3) from 2019-02-19T22:54:35
It's time to tilt! We've got a real strong bracket for this jousting tournament, folks, with Ser Zeno the handsome foreign heir starting on one side and Ser Geoffery the handsome horse-whisperer on...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 107 (Fate 1.2) from 2019-02-13T11:34:28
No occasion bigger than Queen Kelda's 30th birthday could bring the courts of Jorl together for civil competition, making this a fantastic opportunity for knights to win glory... or a political adv...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 106 (Fate 1.1) from 2019-02-06T16:23:42
Here we go, with an adventure that I think I've wanted to run since the show's inception, if not earlier! It's the enticingly open-ended Fate system, where the little personality quirks setting you...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 105 (Termination Shock 1.3) from 2019-01-16T22:43:08
The crew of the Australia is ready to meet with a mysterious contact... and get some shore leave in the meantime! Or station-leave, to be precise. If shores are planets in this metaphor than I gues...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 104 (Termination Shock 1.2) from 2019-01-09T15:49:31
A handful of prisoners and backwater settlers are given the chance for a fresh start for themselves and humanity as a whole... once they get their hands on some prohibitively rare fuel for their mi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 103 (Termination Shock 1.1) from 2019-01-02T16:10:07
The Big Gay Nerds are boldly going where only playtesters have gone before: the universe of Termination Shock! Join Owen, Saturn, Snapper, and newcomers Nick and Vanessa as they brush up on timelin...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 102 (Pigsmoke 2.3) from 2018-12-25T16:00:34
The holiday celebration is winding down, but many questions are left unanswered. Will Simone's entirely nonmagical charms work on a professional mindbender? Will Liam's dedicated campaign of kissin...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 101 (Pigsmoke 2.2) from 2018-12-19T16:49:17
Now that this celebration is properly underway, it's time to get into the holiday spirit with some shady political maneuvering! Good will toward man is all well and good, but when everyone either w...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 100 (Pigsmoke 2.1) from 2018-12-12T15:07:22
December is a month full of celebration for many different faiths and cultures, but there's one event that everyone can appreciate: the end of the fall semester! But for the faculty of America's #1...
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Big Gay News: Termination Shock from 2018-12-10T17:06:36
We're doing another Kickstarter tie-in! But this time, our episodes are being hosted on the designer's channel. You can listen to me, Saturn, Snapper, and two new Big Gay Nerds here https://soundcl...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 99 (Blades in the Dark 3.7) from 2018-12-05T16:02:13
The Resurrectionists have found a skilled (and gilled) smuggler who can help them move ill-gotten goods, but there's one problem: she's already contracted to another gang. Our scoundrels have stole...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 98 (Blades in the Dark 3.6) from 2018-11-28T16:17:15
It's another planning-focused episode as the Resurrectionists consider their options in the wake of a city-shaking disaster that they, for once, are not directly linked to. Is it time to seek profi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 97 (Blades in the Dark 3.5) from 2018-11-21T17:38:08
In the aftermath of their daring and damaging scavenger hunt, the Resurrectionists still aren't out of the woods, as the consequences for their actions are nipping at their heels. Blondie takes one...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 96 (Blades in the Dark 3.4) from 2018-11-07T15:24:46
After searching desperately through the Lost District, the Resurrectionists finally close in on their priceless target... at the same time as their heavily-armed competition! They say that no plan ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 95 (Thousand Year Old Vampire) from 2018-10-31T14:02:08
It's Halloween, so it's time to roll out some scares! But how can we top our regular content, which is already chock-full of ghosts and ghouls? The answer is to get EXISTENTIAL with it! Owen and Pi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 94 (Blades in the Dark 3.3) from 2018-10-24T14:11:32
It's the 2nd anniversary of Big Gay Nerds' first episode, and to celebrate I make everyone really mad. Then we move on to the matter at hand: sneaking the Resurrectionists into a walled-off city di...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 93 (Blades in the Dark 3.2) from 2018-10-17T14:22:10
Blondie, Flint, and Pebble kick off their latest heist: extracting a cadaver from the Spirit Wardens' morgue. Their plan to get in: disguise Flint as a dead person. Their plan to get out: doesn't e...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 92 (Blades in the Dark 3.1) from 2018-10-10T13:33:13
Blades in the Dark is back! After their last two heists, the Resurrectionists have started going up in the underworld, which means increased membership! Unfortunately, it also means catching the ey...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 91 (Maid 1.3) from 2018-10-03T16:15:19
Scientists said it couldn't be done, but the misadventures of the Hawksmore maids continue to escalate! But first, a new face rolls her way into the group, as played by the returning Fern! Watch as...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 90 (Maid 1.2) from 2018-09-19T15:57:12
The maids' adventure continues when everyone discovers mysterious presents left in the night, but none is more mysterious than the one Lord Hawksmore receives! How will these combat-ready custodian...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 89 (Maid 1.1) from 2018-09-12T14:18:59
Snapper's behind the BGN wheel for the first time, and he's driving us straight into Maid RPG, an INCREDIBLY Japanese game that simulates the world of domestic service with painstaking realism (or ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 88 (Monsterhearts SEASON FINALE: Part 2) from 2018-08-25T20:00:07
Here it is: the biggest episode of Big Gay Nerds yet, the one that we've been building towards since this podcast began! When a murderous gangster and her vampire girlfriend face off against a mind...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 87 (Monsterhearts SEASON FINALE: PART 1) from 2018-08-15T16:04:07
You read right: the Season Finale is so big, it won't fit in one episode, even a long one like this! When Cardinal comes back to town with more on her mind than bootleg DVDs, how will the students ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 86 (Monsterhearts 7.11) from 2018-08-08T15:15:02
The clash at Pennyworth's house comes to a head in the penultimate--yes, you heard that right--episode of Monsterhearts! Jessamine is back and badder than ever, Bishop has to choose between bloodth...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 85 (Monsterhearts 7.10) from 2018-08-01T13:06:44
So, this is kind of a weird episode, because it wasn't originally intended to be an episode: it was going to be the second half of the previous episode. It's a little short, but trust me, it's acti...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 84 (Monsterhearts 7.9) from 2018-07-24T14:59:40
The Master of Ceremonies might have lost his favorite ceremony-mastering seat, but the show must go on! Jessamine comforts Pennyworth, Mark contacts his new ally, and all three confront each other ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 83 (Monsterhearts 7.8) from 2018-07-12T15:13:45
In this episode you're finally going to find out what happened in the forest, as Pennyworth barges back into the spotlight, leaving a trail of chaos behind him! Meanwhile, Mark gets an unusual assi...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 82 (Monsterhearts 7.7) from 2018-07-04T14:30:17
With Pennyworth's conflicts still in the background, things continue to escalate on campus as the characters' personal affairs intersect. Can Jessamine keep Charlotte's trust without lying to her? ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 81 (Monsterhearts 7.6) from 2018-06-27T14:50:10
While Pennyworth confronts his pursuers--presumably, we're down a player again--and Bishop relaxes after a job well done, Jessamine tries to walk away from her latest feeding like it never happened...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 80 (Monsterhearts 7.5) from 2018-06-20T16:24:39
Mark gets some quality education and starts planning for his future while Pennyworth decides who his real friends are and promptly tells them what's what, but Jessamine is the star of this episode....
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 79 (Monsterhearts 7.4) from 2018-06-13T13:31:37
New faces continue to leap onto the dogpile of complications forming over our protagonists. Jessamine meets a handsome stranger who might know more than he lets on, Pennyworth has a vulnerable mome...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 78 (Monsterhearts 7.3) from 2018-06-06T13:30:57
The immediate fallout after the Big Night has more or less died away, but even "normal life" has become a lot more complicated for everyone at Mater Dolorosa. While Mark is off doing who-knows-what...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 77 (Monsterhearts 7.2) from 2018-05-30T16:59:18
Each of the main characters stand at their own crossroads, confronted with shifting paradigms and uncomfortable obligations. Bishop fights snitching with snitching, Mark struggles to shield his fri...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 76 (Monsterhearts 7.1) from 2018-05-23T12:11:59
Monsterhearts is back in a big way! Unless it all ends catastrophically here and now, which is extra likely after the drama bomb of last session. With the status quo of Mater Dolorosa College shake...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 75 (Warhammer Fantasy 1.4) from 2018-05-16T15:07:45
Though Johann has been called away on a higher duty, the remaining deputies must investigate the sewers to find the origin of the mutant menace. A simple matter of trap-dodging and corpse-looting t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 74 (Warhammer Fantasy 1.3) from 2018-05-09T13:04:49
After their grueling battle with the sewer mutants, our main characters have a little chat with the police and wind up with more responsibility and authority than any of them have handled before. K...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 73 (Warhammer Fantasy 1.2) from 2018-04-25T14:13:17
A dying knight issues a sacred quest, and an untrained but enthused youth accepts it, beginning a journey that will change his life forever. Meanwhile, a malnourished jester misdelivers some satire...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 72 (Warhammer Fantasy 1.1) from 2018-04-11T12:19:11
What system are we gaying up next? Oh, it's Warhammer Fantasy, 2nd Edition! What manner of characters will Owen, Saturn, and Snapper be casting into this world of grim darkness? Whatever the dice d...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 71 (The Tragedy of GJ237b 1.1) from 2018-04-04T16:29:37
To celebrate over twenty thousand plays on Soundcloud, we're trying out our most unique system yet: "a role-playing game for no players."
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 70 (Lasers & Feelings 1) from 2018-03-28T12:09:07
Here's something we've never done before: an actual self-contained one-shot, with a system so simple it all fits on one page! With Saturn at the helm, and guest stars Snapper and Pixie filling in f...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 69 (Spell 1.4) from 2018-03-22T15:04:37
In the climax of our Spell adventure, the Cahokia Carnies have infiltrated the magically oppressed railroad town and decide to use some direct action. I'd do my usual character-by-character teasers...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 68 (Spell 1.3) from 2018-03-14T15:08:44
The Cahokia Carnies have escaped peril and arrived in the big city, where they can lay low to resupply before heading straight on to their destination! Nothing can slow them down, especially not an...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 67 (Spell 1.2) from 2018-03-07T14:48:33
In this episode, things kick off with chaotic action and that pretty much sets the tone for the remaining hour. Our lovable miscreants show some style, show some leg, have a little qar trouble, mee...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 66 (Spell 1.1) from 2018-02-28T14:07:30
Today we start Spell: The RPG, a game in the process of being Kickstarted that we have been offered a sneak peek at! Oats leads us into the end of the Gilded Age, where three colorful outlaws are m...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 65 (Blades in the Dark 2.5) from 2018-02-21T14:45:41
The Resurrectionists rappel directly into a tense stand-off with a guest-star celebrity (lookalike) villain! Luckily, he's willing to give them a sporting chance with a game of chance, and Flint is...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 64 (Blades in the Dark 2.4) from 2018-02-14T12:28:42
With the Clarion House back in their sights and their past failures firmly in mind, the Resurrectionists decide that a little information-gathering would not be amiss. To this end, they make a frie...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 63 (Blades in the Dark 2.3) from 2018-02-08T14:45:43
In this episode, the Resurrectionists realize that they might be in over their heads, and have to make some tough decisions in a hurry. Sometimes, discretion is the better part of valor, especially...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 62 (Blades in the Dark 2.2) from 2018-01-31T10:31:09
Now that they're all rested up--or at least as rested as career criminals in a haunted city can hope to be--the Resurrectionists take some time to pick their next score and settle on driving out lo...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 61 (Blades in the Dark 2.1) from 2018-01-24T15:15:35
We finally return to Duskvol and the Resurrectionists! After their daring heist in the last session, our characters' bones and egos have seen better days, and on top of that the law's on their tail...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 60 (Monsterhearts 6.5) from 2018-01-17T12:56:10
The last episode of this session ends with a really big bang, and no I'm not going for a cheap sex pun. Pennyworth (now Worthy) goes on a proper rampage and blows away the opposition... until he do...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 59 (Monsterhearts 6.4) from 2018-01-10T14:55
This episode mostly revolves around Pennyworth, who we left stuck in a bad situation; and Jessamine, who has finally emerged from her smoke-filled dorm room. They're both looking to get back at the...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 58 (Monsterhearts 6.3) from 2018-01-03T16:11:05
The first Big Gay Nerds episode of 2018 comes in strong, though not without some sickness-induced complications. While Jessamine lays low and gets high, Bishop takes on yet more obligations in exch...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 57 (Monsterhearts 6.2) from 2017-12-27T15:41:37
Mark tries to carry out the plan he hatched at the end of the last episode. Technically, in terms of pure quantity, not much happens in this recording. But what DOES happen is pretty damn big, and ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 56 (Monsterhearts 6.1) from 2017-12-19T14:58:30
After some scheduling mishaps, we're back to Mater Dolorosa College just in time to see it spiral even deeper into the sexy abyss. Jessamine cleans up, Pennyworth provides moral support for immoral...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 55 (The Quiet Year 1.2) from 2017-11-29T12:52:38
Summer comes to our quiet, nameless little mesa, and as the heat rises so do the ambitions of its inhabitants. They begin to devise grand projects to secure more resources and better defend the few...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 54 (The Quiet Year 1.1) from 2017-11-22T21:51:14
It's that time of year when we reflect on how our ancestors faced hardships, like stinky water and the hippocabra, but overcame them to share the bounty of their harvests, like magnets and petrifie...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 53 (Pigsmoke 1.5) from 2017-11-15T12:40:08
Faced with a true challenge to their abilities as wizards and teachers--a Chosen One who would be better off chosen for a football draft or his dad's car dealership--the professors of Pigsmoke fina...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 52 (Pigsmoke 1.4) from 2017-11-08T12:53:34
It's time for the professors of Pigsmoke (or at least the ones we care about) to get a proper introduction to Chad Blackwood, the Dean's Chosen One. Can this seemingly average student live up to ex...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 51 (Pigsmoke 1.3) from 2017-10-31T13:18:40
Here's a Halloween scare for you: acadeeemiaaa! Pigsmoke's professors may have a Dean-given task looming over their heads, but that doesn't mean they don't have everyday business to take care of. A...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 50 (Pigsmoke 1.2) from 2017-10-25T11:43:28
It's the start of a new year at Pigsmoke College, and four professors have been summoned to the Dean's office to assist in its enigmatic machinations. Could this be the start of a magical journey t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 49 (Pigsmoke 1.1) from 2017-10-18T11:29:32
After a month away from the recording booth (just kidding we can't afford one) the Big Gay Nerds join forces with a new old friend to get theirs hands on Pigsmoke: a Roleplaying Game of Sorcerous A...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 48 (Monsterhearts 5.5) from 2017-10-16T20:28:14
Another chapter of Monsterhearts comes to a close. Bishop formally throws their hat in with Shady Business while the rest of Mater Dolorosa's "gifted" students have one more sleepover and ponder th...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 47 (Monsterhearts 5.4) from 2017-09-27T12:43:39
Lines have been crossed, and while no one's looking back, no one's entirely sure what's ahead either. Bishop takes some advice from their big sister. Pennyworth decides who his real friends are. Ma...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 46 (Monsterhearts 5.3) from 2017-09-20T11:58:49
Mark and Pennyworth go to the comic shop.
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 45 (Monsterhearts 5.2) from 2017-09-13T17:54:37
It's been said that you can't really know someone until you fight them; if that's true, then Jessamine, Mark, Pennyworth, and the mysterious helmed swordsperson who has been lurking campus after da...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 44 (Monsterhearts 5.1) from 2017-09-06T11:55:16
September's here, so it's time to go back to school and catch up with all your old friends! What have the students at Mater Dolorosa College been up to? Well, Bishop's been doing the lion's share o...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 43 (Dungeons & Dragons 2.3) from 2017-08-30T12:04:48
I'm gonna put this in the front: if bugs freak you out this isn't going to be the episode for you, unless you're looking to get freaked out, in which case you're in luck! The party is so close to t...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 42 (Dungeons & Dragons 2.2) from 2017-08-23T13:17:11
After delivering a humiliating defeat to the abandoned mine's first monster, the gang ventures deeper into progressively more unsettling rooms. The next on their list is full of fungus and skeleton...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 41 (Dungeons & Dragons 2.1) from 2017-08-16T13:33:54
Feodora, Gull, Myra, and George are back and ready to solve the world's problems, provided that those problems can be solved by killing things underground. Luckily, it looks like they've stumbled o...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 40 (Blades in the Dark 1.5) from 2017-08-09T10:21:43
The Resurrectionists stagger into the final step of their daring heist, half-dead (some moreso than others) and just really stressed the hell out. Will they escape with the Sunshard, their lives, a...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 39 (Blades in the Dark 1.4) from 2017-08-02T13:12:05
Elevators. We all see them as we go about our day-to-day lives. Sometimes we even ride them when the stairwell would be too much of a hassle. Simple, safe, and convenient, right? Well today, the Re...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 38 (Blades in the Dark 1.3) from 2017-07-26T12:05:40
The Resurrectionists are all mingled out and ready to put their plan into action! Granted, "steal the gem" isn't so much a PLAN as it is a GOAL, but they're good at improvisation. Listen to them sn...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 37 (Blades in the Dark 1.2) from 2017-07-19T11:02:01
The campaign kicks off fast when the Resurrectionists' high-society friend points them towards the biggest, riskiest heist of their burgeoning careers: stealing a giant gem from the ruler of the ci...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 36 (Blades in the Dark 1.1) from 2017-07-12T11:09:45
In this extra-long episode, Saturn leads us into the steampunky, horrorish, post-fantasy-apocalypse city of Doskvol. There we meet four new friends, all of whom are fallen from grace in one way or ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 35 (Patreon) from 2017-07-05T22:12:56
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 34 (Monsterhearts 4.5) from 2017-06-21T20:45:11
This episode is mostly defined by characters doing very unwise things on the basis that they sound cool at the time, and in the process they holistically recreate a scene from every horror movie. P...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 33 (Monsterhearts 4.4) from 2017-06-14T11:02:26
This episode... look, I was trying to think of ways to be all coy about this, but let's just get it out in the open. This is the episode where Sex Moves finally come into play. Don't act like you d...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 32 (Monsterhearts 4.3) from 2017-06-07T13:11:39
The last thunderstorm of summer has passed, but the floodwaters of mystery haven't gone down just yet. The students of Mater Dolorosa College start their weekend with a lot of unanswered questions,...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 31 (Monsterhearts 4.2) from 2017-05-30T10:59:33
It's a dark and stormy night at Mater Dolorosa College... and, eerily enough, real life! While Bishop and Mark scramble awkwardly through the fallout of their actions, Pennyworth and Jessamine cont...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 30 (Monsterhearts 4.1) from 2017-05-23T10:59:24
It's time to jump right back into the action at Mater Dolorosa College! The Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority has all but declared war on the Anime Club, and now Bishop is ready to bring their wrath to be...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 29 (World Wide Wrestling 1.3) from 2017-05-16T10:58:01
We’ve got time for one more episode of World Wide Wrestling before Chrisley Knows Best comes on. This time, we meet a couple NPWs (non-player wrestlers) who don’t care for our up-and-coming roster ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 28 (World Wide Wrestling 1.2) from 2017-05-09T10:53:04
The feud between Billy Crystal and Reverend Greyskull rages on, dragging pro-athlete Alexandros and enigmatic Kitten Is Angry into a tag-team match! Which fighting duo will emerge victorious? Only ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 27 (World Wide Wrestling 1.1) from 2017-05-02T14:08:27
Levi leads Owen, Saturn, Ian, and newcomer James into the wide wrestling world of World Wide Wrestling! When the rough-and-tumble Billy Crystal is pitted against the fallen rising star Reverend Gre...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 26 (Monsterhearts 3.5) from 2017-04-25T14:15:48
It's our halfiversary here at Big Gay Nerds! In this episode, Bishop finds themself out of their element and faced with ever-more startling revelations. Pennyworth plays host, Jessamine plays the v...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 25 (Monsterhearts 3.4) from 2017-04-18T19:10:38
In the aftermath of Mark's rampage, Bishop vows to find out more about their mysterious peers. Meanwhile, Jessamine eyes the menu and Mark gets his shit together for long enough to drop some arcane...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 24 (Monsterhearts 3.3) from 2017-04-11T15:11:55
In this episode of Monsterhearts things get real messy, like HBO messy. Alcohol? Check. Drugs? Check. Violence? Most definitely check. Mean words? Check. Sex? Checkish, I mean it’s mostly just impl...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 23 (Monsterhearts 3.2) from 2017-04-04T14:07:43
This Monsterhearts episode is about relationships. Jessamine and Pennyworth form a cautious alliance. Mark's new friendship gets taken in a new direction. Bishop reconnects with family.
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 22 (Monsterhearts 3.1) from 2017-03-28T20:43:55
Class is back in session at Mater Dolorosa College! Jessamine and Pennyworth try to tidy up some loose ends from our last session, and Bishop starts doing some research when their peers' business b...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 21 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.7) from 2017-03-21T15:05:13
In the final—for now—Dungeons & Dragons episode, the party weighs their options, plays to their strengths, and exploits unusual routes to try out advanced tactics instead of just running into thing...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 20 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.6) from 2017-03-14T22:29:12
We start this episode by celebrating a milestone and making a promise that we ultimately fail to keep; listen all the way through to discover which! Then the party storms a bandit-infested tower; w...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 19 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.5) from 2017-03-07T15:18:38
The heroes return to the caverns and very quickly remember why they left. Myra is attacked by '90s Nickelodeon nostalgia. Gull threatens to get Too Hot for Soundcloud. Feodora gets a little too eag...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 18 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.4) from 2017-03-01T01:14:08
After braving the creepy caverns, the adventurers reap the rewards of their do-gooding! First, we take some time to level them up and review the new tricks up their sleeves. Then, they kick back at...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 17 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.3) from 2017-02-21T19:40:43
Our heroes—yeah, let’s go with heroes—descend further into the caverns and encounter: holes within holes! Peril after peril! Two dogs stapled together! Watch as they get walloped to death’s door an...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 16 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.2) from 2017-02-14T17:08:13
It's St. Valentine's Day, and what better way to celebrate than to descend into an unlit cave complex in search of dead bodies? George the bugbear, Gull the tiefling, Feodora the dwarf, and Myra th...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 15 (Dungeons & Dragons 1.1) from 2017-02-07T18:06:51
Levi leads us into the latest iteration of Dungeons & Dragons, the biggest name in tabletop roleplaying! We navigate character creation, noting the improvements that Fifth Edition brings to the tab...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 14 (Monsterhearts 2.4) from 2017-01-31T20:55:43
Another Monsterhearts session wraps up with ominous cliffhangers! I think that means we’re doing it right. With a strange new threat and personal secrets revealed, the students of MDC are left vuln...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 13 (Monsterhearts 2.3) from 2017-01-25T21:06:25
Mark faces consequences for his... wait, I read that wrong, he faces consequences for Bishop's actions. Meanwhile, what started out as a wholesome ritual sacrifice goes awry when a mysterious force...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 12 (Monsterhearts 2.2) from 2017-01-10T21:35:20
This week in Monsterhearts, everyone sticks their nose into each others' business and makes way too many anime references! Pennyworth shows Mark what smooth moves really look like; Jessamine engage...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 11 (Monsterhearts 2.1) from 2017-01-03T19:23:19
We return to Mater Dolorosa College! In the wake of last week's party, everyone has personal business to address. A new friend meets a new threat, Mark gets a pep-talk from his boss, Bishop has a f...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 10 from 2016-12-28T19:34:48
The holidays are here and the year is almost over, so the Big Gay Nerds gather to talk about tabletop games of the past, present, and yet to come.
(To all you Sara fans, she was enjoying ...
Big Gay Nerds: Episode 9 (Ring of Fire 1.4) from 2016-12-20T20:46:30
The Ring of Fire session comes to its thrilling conclusion! Rio attempts to solve a problem without violence! Seimei and Oshiro escalate the situation without really knowing what the situation is! ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 8 (Ring of Fire 1.3) from 2016-12-15T01:37:37
After the last episode's revelations, our heroes leap into action with a plan to reap fame and fortune from the dire situation! Witness hard-boiled investigation, barroom combat, equestrian heistin...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 7 (Ring of Fire 1.2) from 2016-12-08T02:18:59
Rio, Oshiro, Mori, and Seimei kick off their new misadventures in the Ring of Fire by cashing in on their earlier, undocumented misadventures. Then they're invited to the lavish estate of an eccent...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 6 (Ring of Fire 1.1) from 2016-12-02T01:20:01
A new big gay nerd joins the team! Ian's here with a character-driven, easily-modified game called Lady Blackbird (http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/) and a genre-splicing setting of his ...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 5 (Monsterhearts 1.5) from 2016-11-29T19:40:06
With the first Monsterhearts session over, we reflect on... whoa! Oh boy, this one starts out pretty heavy. But seriously though, we talk about what makes this game so much fun for us. I promise th...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 4 (Monsterhearts 1.4) from 2016-11-15T23:41:52
Our first session of Monsterhearts draws to a conclusion! Bishop steals away with more than family photos. Jessamine gets her fill and earns a reputation. Mark... Mark's got a real mixed bag of a s...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 3 from 2016-11-09T02:39:30
Let's get this party started! Our band of young monsters arrives at their first-ever college party to mingle with their peers... and advance their dark agendas. Jessamine sinks her claws into Jake,...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 2 from 2016-11-02T22:23:46
Class is in session at Mater Dolorosa College! Not that any of the students care. Bishop, Jessamine, and Mark are too busy chasing money, blood, family heirlooms, and the cheapest beer they can ill...
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Big Gay Nerds: Episode 1 from 2016-10-25T19:58:27
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Big Gay Nerds, an LGBT RPG podcast! Join Owen, Levi, Sara, and Saturn as they discuss and play tabletop roleplaying games.
Today we're getting started w...