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Ep 2: Blackhollow - Part 2 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.252610
Our first fight! The team explores secret doors, secret passages, and make secret discoveries about Blackhollow's demon problem. After a nap Yolanda does a 'quick recap' for the police chief w...
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Ep 4: The Scepter&the Frog - Part 1 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.243275
Our second best heroes begin their journey to the Gwomma Institute. Gail stuffs it. Bug names a horse. Hue tries some new material. Yolanda finds love, warts and all.
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Ep 6: The Scepter&the Frog - Part 3 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.233107
Our heroes bring their un-frog-ettable swamp detour to a close. Yolanda hears voices. Gail attempts diplomacy. Hue plays god. Bug lightens up. [Stick around after the episode for a Q&A ...
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Ep 13: The Monstrous Menagerie - Part 3 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.205474
Precious cargo in tow and worldview only slightly shaken, the Tranquility Team attempts a daring escape. Bug bears down for a duel. Yolanda resin-ates with enemies. Hue speedruns a level. Gail... Listen
Ep 15: The Final Curtain - Part 1 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.200180
The morning after The Tranquility Team’s perfectly mundane goat encounter, they are tasked with playing cultural diplomats to a visiting princess. Bug babysits. Yolanda has a heart to (Shale)ha... Listen
Ep 17: The Final Curtain - Part 3 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.191976
The show must go on! Our heroes continue to juggle entertaining the audience and protecting a Princess. Hue keeps the peace and keeps the pace. Gail gets an upgrade. Bug discovers a strange pos... Listen
Season 1 Recap&Cast Chat from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.179870
Our heroes (real life players) recap the events of Second Best Season 1 (and add insights, personal reactions, and behind-the-scenes commentary) in preparation for Season 2 launch on 11/14.
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Ep 23: The Descent from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.159152
The newly reunited team descends down Mount Mourning. Hue comes down the mountain with new powers. Bug comes down with a cold. Gail finds a window of opportunity. Yolanda lets it all out.
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Ep 25: Dockblocked- Part 2 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.151306
The team explores more nautical means of escape. Hue picks up an accent. Yolanda gets mad lovestruck. Bug advocates self-care. Gail will not have this dance. DM Stephen goes ham on some NPC voi... Listen
Ep 27: Dockblocked - Part 4 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.143541
The Tranquility Team faces off against the creepy Ladies of The Bay. Bug is body positive. Yolanda raises a friend's spirit. Gail loses a knife. Hue takes a prank too far.
Ep 29: Sea Legs - Part 1 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.134100
The Tranquility Team get to know their crewmates as they set sail on the high seas towards home. Hue ditches her duties. Gail drinks in good company. Bug finally tells a lie. Yolanda's in the ... Listen
Ep 31: Sea Legs - Part 3 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.122765
The gang finds their niches aboard the Sophie Sorrowfeather. Gail tries to pillage the pillagers. Bug picks up a few dozen shifts. Hue considers home ownership. Yolanda will see you now.
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Second Best LIVE 2019: Vild Vild Vest from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.091547
Enjoy our first ever LIVE episode in front of a sold out crowd at TheatreLab NYC!
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Ep 39: The Call of the Heart - Part 2 (w/ special guest Carlos Valdes) from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.080925
The gang hatches their plan to free whale-y. Bug makes a friend of fewer words. Hue pops off. Yolanda spreads the Fever. Gail sails with an ex in tail.
The Dating Game! - (October Bonus Mailbag) from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.071754
The Tranquility Team appear as contestants on 'The Dating Game!' - will they find true love based on questions that YOU (our listeners) sent in...or will they just be a nuisance?
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Ep 46: The Crossing - Part 1 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.048567
The Tranquility Team find themselves participating in a very serious show that only Stephen Buckley could dream up.
Gail becomes a fangail. Bug plays dress up. Hue...
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Ep 48: The Crossing - Part 3 (ft. special guest Corin Wells) from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.040987
Journeying deeper into the fissure, Yolanda presently explores her past.
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Ep 50: It Follows (w/ bonus Q&A pt. 1) from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.032850
The reunited Tranquility Team visits "home" base and charts their next move.
Stick around after the episode for an Episode 50 celebration Q&A!
Ep 52: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 2 from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.021748
The Tranquility Team delves deeper into the sewers. Bug does some card magic. Gail's (perception) check bounces. Yolanda takes a massive hit. Hue hates goo.
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SBU Ep 1: Basic Rules Introduction from 2023-12-14T10:28:17.009418
Second Best University kicks off! We're starting by reading the Basic Rules, and this episode covers the Introduction. I also explain what the heck this is (it's awesome is what...
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SBU Ep 3: BR Ch 9: Combat from 2023-12-14T10:28:16.993379
Class is in session for you and apparently your mouse classmate. Did I intend to make a mouse classmate when I sat down to record this? I refuse to answer that question!! Anyways, this time we c...
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SBU Ep 5: BR Ch 8: Adventuring from 2023-12-14T10:28:16.979035
Ah, Chapter 8, Adventuring. As you will soon hear, this is my favorite chapter. I read it on holidays, with my family. We laugh, we cry, we sit in silence enraptured by its wonder. Resting! Visi...
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Ep 59: Wrath of the Wraiths - Part 2 from 2023-12-14T10:28:16.973922
Form ranks! Or is it ‘wranks’ when dealing with wraiths? Will the Tranquility Team lead their squadrons to victory?
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Ep 61: A Stranger Opunus - Part 2 from 2023-12-14T10:28:16.955699
What began as a stealth mission ends as a race against the clock to vacate the Temple of Opunus undetected. Yolanda gets guy gossip. Hue does a "little" snooping. Bug cleans house. Gail ...
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Ep 62: Late Night Paperwork from 2023-12-14T10:28:16.944560
Gail meets Bahali for some late night paperwork. Gail learns more about Bahali than anyone would ever want to learn, as well as some much more interesting things about some more interes...
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Ep 64: Back 2 the Docks too: Return 2 the Do2ks, aka The Dock Strikes Back - Part 2 from 2021-02-17T05:05
Currently there are no plans to release more episodes of Second Best: a DnD Adventure. This is the final episode. Thank you for your support!
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Ep 63: Back 2 the Docks too: Return 2 the Do2ks, aka The Dock Strikes Back - Part 1 from 2021-02-10T05:05
Wait, who did what to who with what?!?! Bug wakes up in a strange new place. Yolanda his the snooze button. Gail dishes and digs out digits. Hue makes an important call.
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Producer Note - Hiatus from 2020-09-19T19:39:55
Hey, everyone. Second Best and SBU need to take a bit of a hiatus in our release schedule. We want to assure you that we are all safe & in good health.
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BONUS: The Haunted House Pt. 1 - (Free Antic!) from 2020-07-30T09:05:02
Hello, Second Besties. Something in your feeds not on a Wednesday? What could this be!? It’s one of our Antics that we are releasing for our audience, for free! Antics are monthly “mini episodes...
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SBU Ep 7: BR Ch 2: Races from 2020-07-29T04:05:28
Put those boards in the sand and stop telling me to die in a library! It's time read about Races in D&D. We cover Humans, Halflings, Dwarves and Elves, as well as how to make up some cultures fo...
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Ep 60: A Stranger Opunus - Part 1 from 2020-07-22T04:05:01
The team trades sewers for sleuthing when they visit the Temple of Opunus. Gail wrecks shop. Bug shops pets. Yolanda thinks small. Hue thinks smaller.
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SBU Ep 6: Discussing Race w/ Glo Tavarez from 2020-07-16T04:20:55
Whoa! Everything is different this episode. What's going on Professor Buckley? And who's this AWESOME lady that's kickflipping so hard all over the classroom??? Settle down everyone- to get read...
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Ep 58: Wrath of the Wraiths - Part 1 from 2020-06-24T04:05:19
The Tranquility Team emerges from the Vault and is attacked by...wraith for it...something real bad!
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SBU Ep 4: BR Ch 10: Spellcasting from 2020-06-17T04:05:06
Doing Chapter 10 immediately after Chapter 9?!? This isn't the Second Best U I've grown to love!! Well hold your horses cause this week's episode is.... Magical. That's right- I finally figured ...
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Ep 57: The Wishlist from 2020-06-10T04:05:04
The gang stumbles upon an artifact they won't soon forget.
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Ep 56: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 6 from 2020-05-27T04:05:08
The gang is led down into a vault to fulfill a prophecy. But whose prophecy is it, anyway?
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SBU Ep 2: BR Ch 7: Using Ability Scores from 2020-05-20T04:27:05
Second Best University continues! We're starting by reading the Basic Rules, and this episode covers Chapter 7: Using Ability Scores. What?!? That's all of the game! We talk abo...
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Ep 55: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 5 from 2020-05-13T04:05:03
The Tranquility Team follow their sewer guides to the leader of the Sedamseb who is as normal as everyone else they've met so far.
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Ep 54: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 4 from 2020-04-29T04:05:06
The Tranquility Team stumbles upon another group of plucky explorers. Bug practices self control. Gail gets a whiff of something foul. Yolanda plays yenta. Hue punches up.
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Ep 53: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 3 from 2020-04-15T04:05:27
The gang is absolutely a-MAZE-d by the sewer system. Gail kristens an enemy. Bug stands abreast. Yolanda is doggone different. Hue finds herself.
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Ep 51: Secrets&Sanitation - Part 1 from 2020-03-18T04:05:02
[Show note: We record all episodes about 3 months in advance of release. Stick around the interstitial to hear a quick recently recorded update! We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy and ...
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Bonus Q&A Pt. 2 from 2020-03-11T04:05:15
We're here in our off week to bring you the second half of our bonus Q&A from episode 50! Thanks again for all of your great questions.
Ep 49: The Crossing - Part 4 (ft. special guest Corin Wells) from 2020-02-19T05:05:04
Yolanda journeys deeper into Iasa; the gang journeys deeper into another back room.
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Ep 47: The Crossing - Part 2 from 2020-01-22T05:05:05
Bug, Gail, and Hue search high and low for Yolanda. Yolanda makes a deer friend.
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Milarimas Greetings! from 2019-12-25T05:05:02
The Tranquility Team (and some fan favs) send Milarimas greetings to the important people in their lives.
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Ep 45: Homecoming - Part 4 from 2019-12-11T05:05:01
The Tranquility Team makes a royal visit and is showered with rewards... and questions.
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Ep 44: Homecoming - Part 3 from 2019-11-27T05:05:27
Fresh off a fight alongside the Finest, the Tranquility Team returns to an ultra secure location. Bug checks the baby in the bathwater. Hue gets some Franch dressing. Yolanda observes visiting h...
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Ep 43: Homecoming - Part 2 from 2019-11-13T05:05:14
After a long absence away, the Tranquility Team finally returns to Milarien. Hue plays the piper. Gail rallies with a rival . Bug forgets a feat. Yolanda is the GOAT.
Ep 42: Homecoming - Part 1 from 2019-10-30T04:43:13
The Tranquility Team (with Famore in tow) helps out a town in need and makes a scaly friend along the way. Bug takes in the sights. Yolanda takes a bite out of crime. Gail gets ahead. Hu...
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Ep 41: Always Ask Famore (Season 3 Premiere) from 2019-10-16T04:05:01
In the Season 3 Premiere, our heroes stumble upon an old associate in the proverbial Dragon's Den.
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Ep 40: The Call of the Heart - Part 3 (w/ special guest Carlos Valdes) from 2019-09-18T04:05:16
In the Season 2 Finale, the Tranquility Team and their new friends shine in a showdown against some smugglers. Bug leads by leaping. Yolanda gets swept away. Hue lights up the sky (and this guy... Listen
Ep 38: The Call of the Heart - Part 1 (w/ special guest Carlos Valdes) from 2019-08-21T04:05:16
The arrival of a particular pirate pulls Gail's past to the present. Hue silences a critic. Yolanda craves a teen's attention. Bug extends his family. Gail gets nuts. --- This episode featu... Listen
Ep 37: Trouble Brewing - Part 3 from 2019-07-24T04:05:05
The team solves a mystery more monstrous than missing coffee. Gail shows off her violent tendon-cies. Hue breaks history. Bug calls on imaginary friends. Yolanda makes the news.
Ep 36: Trouble Brewing - Part 2 from 2019-07-10T04:05:02
The Tranquility Team "teas" off their coffee investigation. Bug exhibits Model behavior. Gail demonstrates the magic of knives. Hue pun-ches up. Yolanda makes it rain.
Ep 35: Trouble Brewing - Part 1 from 2019-06-26T04:00:14
Fresh off their dungeon crawl, the gang is waylaid by a much bigger boat and tasked with a new quest. Bug comes on strong. Yolanda takes on a management position. Hue makes time for her fans. G... Listen
Ep 34: Missouri Jones and the Temple of Giants - Part 3 from 2019-06-12T04:03:27
Caught between warring academics, the team fights to escape the trapped temple with their relic. Yolanda gets into a hairy situation. Hue gets some major air. Bug throws a fight (and a friend).... Listen
Ep 33: Missouri Jones and the Temple of Giants - Part 2 from 2019-05-29T04:00:03
The Tranquility Team continue their dungeon crawl accompanied by the Dwarf adventurer Missouri Jones. Yolanda masters a dungeon. Hue tries acid. Bug says a soggy sorry. Gail steps on it.
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Ep 32: Missouri Jones and the Temple of Giants - Part 1 from 2019-05-15T04:05:01
The team disembarks and meets an intrepid historian-slash-adventurer. Bug feels it all closing in. Yolanda bears arms for a friend. Hue chills out. Gail goes behind Bug’s back
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Ep 30: Sea Legs - Part 2 from 2019-04-17T10:00:16
Our Second Best heroes investigate potential intruders aboard the ship. Bug learns the Birds, the Bees and the Bugs. Gail gets liquored up while Hue gets upside-down. Yolanda shoots first and as...
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Ep 28: Dockblocked - Part 5 from 2019-03-20T10:00
The Tranquility Team ties up loose ends in Nydahar the only way they know how: loudly. Yolanda tries diplomacy. Bug grows his portrait collection. Gail proves she's a pro pirate. Hue drops the ... Listen
Ep 26: Dockblocked - Part 3 from 2019-02-20T11:00
The Tranquility Team, bogged down by the bragadocious Edris Elbow, make their way into the cave in search of hags. Hue gets thicker skin. Bug declines an advance. Gail gets reminded of home. Yo... Listen
Ep 24: Dockblocked - Part 1 from 2019-01-23T11:00
With their secret divulged and no way to leave Nydahar, the gang gets creative with their exit strategy. Gail and Bug seek alternate means of escape while Hue and Yolanda say hello to their lit... Listen
Ep 22: The Ascent - Part 4 from 2018-12-26T12:00
In the final chapter of The Ascent, our divided heroes find themselves in a race against time. [This arc features special guests Zach Cherry and Andy Vatter]
Merry Milari-mas! (BONUS December Antic) from 2018-12-19T12:00
Oh hello there! We hope you're having a lovely holiday season wherever you are. Enjoy this special FREE holiday antic! You can hear more antics as a $5 or more Patron! See you next week for the... Listen
Ep 21: The Ascent - Part 3 from 2018-12-12T12:00
In Kordoth, Omine and Luck keep up appearances while Hue powers up. In Nydahar, the rest of our heroes begin their arduous ascent up Mount Mourning. [This arc features special guest Zach Cherry... Listen
Ep 20: The Ascent - Part 2 from 2018-11-28T11:30
In the frozen realm of Nydahar, the Tranquility Team must prove their worth by doing what they do worst: telling the truth. Meanwhile, in the high-tech land of Kordoth, Hue and her twin brother... Listen
Ep 19: The Ascent - Part 1 (Season 2 Premiere) from 2018-11-14T12:00
In the Season 2 premiere, everyone finds themselves in foreign lands: what remains of the Tranquility Team on a pilgrimage to a far-away region, and Hue in the bizarre high-tech world of Kordot... Listen
BONUS Episode + Patreon Announcement! from 2018-10-31T11:00
We're launching a Patreon! But don't worry, we're not too busy to release something fun in your feeds. Enjoy this spooky antic! Antics are fun mini-episodes that are available to $5 Patrons on ...
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Ep 18: The Final Curtain - Part 4 from 2018-10-17T11:00
Hamletton comes to a thrilling and unwritten conclusion in our Season 1 finale. Will it be curtains for our heroes? Yolanda does crowd work. Bug knows friend from fiend. Gail uses her social ne... Listen
Ep 16: The Final Curtain - Part 2 from 2018-09-19T11:00
As the curtain opens, two of our heroes are in the audience dealing with unexpected guests, while two are onstage dealing with unexpected ghosts. Yolanda heals on her terms. Bug keeps an "... Listen
Ep 14: The Goat from 2018-08-22T11:00
The Tranquility team (that's Gail, Yolanda, Bug, and Hue) have "successfully" completed their last assignment - recovering a mysterious oval object from O'Doult's monstrous mansion. T... Listen
Ep 12: The Monstrous Menagerie - Part 2 from 2018-07-25T11:00
The team continues their journey through the perilous levels of O’Doult’s mansion, and encounter some unusual guests along the way. Gail shortens the tour. Yolanda shuts things up. Everyone se... Listen
Ep 11: The Monstrous Menagerie - Part 1 from 2018-07-11T11:00
The gang goes undercover to infiltrate O’Doalt’s mansion full of rare and dangerous creatures. Yolanda Greases up. Bug gets competitive. Gail and Hue revive a classic grift
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Ep 10: The Docks - Part 2 from 2018-06-27T11:00
A frightening monster is only the second-most dramatic thing the team discovers on a boat this week. Yolanda finds out that marriage hurts. Bug accidentally intimidates. Hue kills with comedy. ...
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Ep 9: The Docks - Part 1 from 2018-06-13T11:00
The gang kicks off their risky animal-smuggling mission by attempting the most dangerous task of all: getting on a boat. Gail loses her nerve, and a few other things. Bug never lets go. Yolanda ...
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Ep 8: The Scepter&the Frog - Part 5 from 2018-05-30T11:00
The team receives a new mission once their swampy scepter journey comes to an end, but not before a run-in with the First Best heroes. Gail learns a dark place to hide a dagger. Bug meets someon...
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Ep 7: The Scepter&the Frog - Part 4 from 2018-05-16T10:30
The gang heads to a fancy research institute where they act very proper indeed. Yolanda is reunited with her one true love. Bug gets in a big boy talk. Hue makes her dreams come true. Gail e...
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Ep 5: The Scepter&the Frog - Part 2 from 2018-04-18T16:00
A quest for true love quickly devolves into an uncomfortable, swampy work retreat. Gail loves love. Yolanda sobers up. Bug counts bottles. Hue tweets.
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Ep 3: Blackhollow - Part 3 from 2018-03-21T17:03
The Tranquility team wrap up their adventures in Blackhollow. Yolanda flips out. Gail stabs things she shouldn't. Hue meats a monster. Bug dreams big.
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Ep 1 [Remastered]: Blackhollow - Part 1 from 2018-02-20T18:56
The Tranquility Team (that's our heroes - Bug, Yolanda, Hue, and Gail) begin their mission to Blackhollow, investigating some demon sightings. After speaking with Guards, Mayors, Bartenders, Ba...
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Ep 0: Prologue from 2018-02-20T03:55
Prologue to Second BestL A DnD Adventure. Dungeon Master Stephen Buckley tells us about the world he created, and the players (Ali, Glo, Marty, and Stephen Kelly aka SK) introduce their charac...
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