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Friends at the Table

Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Autumn in Hieron 00: We’re Not Calling It Duckberg

Autumn in Hieron 00: We’re Not Calling It Duckberg

In our first episode, Austin staples "post-" onto the front of genres he doesn't love to create new ones he maybe likes ... Read more

12 Sep 2014

2hr 56mins

Ranked #2

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Twilight Mirage 00: The Final Eight Divines

Twilight Mirage 00: The Final Eight Divines

Heads up: This is our world building episode for our new season, where we describe the setting and some major components... Read more

29 Jun 2017

3hr 16mins

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Ranked #3

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PARTIZAN 00: The Divine Principality

PARTIZAN 00: The Divine Principality

It is the year 1423 of the Perfect Millennium, and the galaxy has been conquered by the Divine Principality. At the cent... Read more

19 Dec 2019

3hr 20mins

Ranked #4

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COUNTER/Weight 00: If Han Solo Used To Be Beyoncé, or: Hashtag Otechku

COUNTER/Weight 00: If Han Solo Used To Be Beyoncé, or: Hashtag Otechku

Whether you're a brand new listener or a long time fan, welcome to Friends at the Table, an actual play podcast about cr... Read more

15 Jul 2015

2hr 47mins

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Ranked #5

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The Road to PARTIZAN 01: Dialect Pt. 1

The Road to PARTIZAN 01: Dialect Pt. 1

Welcome to the Road to PARTIZAN, an interlude connecting Twilight Mirage to PARTIZAN, our next full season (where we’ll ... Read more

3 Oct 2019

2hr 49mins

Ranked #6

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Marielda 01: The City of Light Pt. 1

Marielda 01: The City of Light Pt. 1

In the time of fraught paladins and wavering wizards, of contemptible fighters and indignant druids, of wide eyed ranger... Read more

14 Jul 2016

2hr 6mins

Ranked #7

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Twilight Mirage 01: The Beloved Dust

Twilight Mirage 01: The Beloved Dust

The Beloved Dust, a group of investigators and operatives with Divine mandate, learns that there is an imminent threat t... Read more

30 Jun 2017

1hr 55mins

Ranked #8

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Autumn in Hieron 01: We Have Not Yet Begun To Be Pompous

Autumn in Hieron 01: We Have Not Yet Begun To Be Pompous

Our Dungeon World campaign kicks off, as the party lands on a strange island, dominated by a giant tower. Austin makes a... Read more

19 Sep 2014

1hr 25mins

Ranked #9

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COUNTER/Weight 01: I Would Like A Bribe

COUNTER/Weight 01: I Would Like A Bribe

In the first session of our new MechNoir game, the freelancer problem-solving crew known as The Chime begins an investig... Read more

17 Jul 2015

1hr 58mins

Ranked #10

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PARTIZAN 01: The Seaside Town of Obelle

PARTIZAN 01: The Seaside Town of Obelle

It started with as basic a job as they come: The Society of Banners and Bright Returns (SBBR), a rookie outfit based in ... Read more

26 Dec 2019

2hr 19mins

Ranked #11

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Spring in Hieron 01: The Touch of Others

Spring in Hieron 01: The Touch of Others

It is still winter, yet. Months ago, the heat and the dark emerged from the long sands of Rosemerrow, bringing terror an... Read more

11 Oct 2018

3hr 4mins

Ranked #12

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Spring in Hieron 00: What Came Before

Spring in Hieron 00: What Came Before

Join us as we recap Hieron and get ready for Spring!! Today’s plan is to go over Hieron, check out some old maps, and f... Read more

10 Oct 2018

3hr 34mins

Ranked #13

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Marielda 03: The Crosstown Job Pt. 1

Marielda 03: The Crosstown Job Pt. 1

Marielda is a city filled with scoundrels. Bakers lean on the scales as they count loaves of bread. Men and women in pub... Read more

29 Jul 2016

2hr 37mins

Ranked #14

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Twilight Mirage 27: The Miracle of the Mirage: The Siege

Twilight Mirage 27: The Miracle of the Mirage: The Siege

While the other strike teams move in bursts of heroism to confront their foes--Independence and Sui Juris respectively--... Read more

6 Jan 2018

4hr 1min

Ranked #15

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COUNTER/Weight 27: An Animal Out of Context

COUNTER/Weight 27: An Animal Out of Context

As Ibex’s Righteous Vanguard lands on Counterweight, the Kingdom Come drifts away in a slow arc towards September. The t... Read more

19 Feb 2016

3hr 10mins

Ranked #16

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Winter in Hieron 01: An Arrow Let Loose

Winter in Hieron 01: An Arrow Let Loose

In the early days of the New Archives, the philosopher and historian Krent Kava wrote that the first sign that Hieron wa... Read more

18 Nov 2016

1hr 39mins

Ranked #17

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Twilight Mirage 02: The Last Divine

Twilight Mirage 02: The Last Divine

After receiving word that the city-ship of Seance* would come under attack, the Beloved Dust move to intercept the threa... Read more

7 Jul 2017

1hr 46mins

Ranked #18

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Autumn in Hieron: Holiday Special 01: I Don’t Know What’s in That Box

Autumn in Hieron: Holiday Special 01: I Don’t Know What’s in That Box

In the seaside port of Velas, it is Sun Day, the Long Day, the Day of High Sun, the most holy 20 hours of the year. Visi... Read more

24 Dec 2014

2hr 27mins

Ranked #19

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Spring in Hieron 31: A Handful of People

Spring in Hieron 31: A Handful of People

The morning after the second sun broke open, the campus of the the Last University is quiet. But this is not hard-won ex... Read more

31 May 2019

2hr 26mins

Ranked #20

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Spring in Hieron 41: The Second Spring Pt. 3

Spring in Hieron 41: The Second Spring Pt. 3

..alone would drive many settlements to resign themselves to his vassalage, as the Duke’s medicinal stores separated him... Read more

23 Aug 2019

3hr 13mins

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