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Hi folks, Mike here. We’ll have more Girl by Moonlight: Fractal Spire for you next week, but I wanted to check in here with a brief message of thanks on behalf of the whole Speculate team to everyone that supported the fundraiser marathon this last weekend. Whether you donated, pledged to patreon, hung out with us and […]

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 12th (a week earlier than previously announced) to raise funds to release episodes more regularly and potentially fund new projects! More info – https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008 This episode carries content notes for falling, a doll, hospitalization, long-term medical care, discussion of chronic and critical medical conditions, and hostages. The party […]

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 12th (a week earlier than previously announced) to raise funds to release episodes more regularly and potentially fund new projects! More info – https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008 This episode carries content notes for brief discussion of armed revolution and violence, discussion of food. The Dream Knights arrive at […]

Special note: We’re running a special marathon stream on Nov 19th to raise funds to take the show onto a weekly release schedule! More info here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-event-73693008 This episode carries content notes for violence, discussion of injury and trauma, burning, long-term medical care. Ruth has a hard conversation years in the making. Vik keeps an eye […]

This episode carries content notes for severe injuries, repetition of trauma, time travel, reference to a sex act, inanimate object transformation, tentacles, earthquakes, and surreal dream imagery Cat shows off some impressive driving skills. Ruth gets back in the game. The dream knights continue dealing with Janet/Siobhan.Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch […]

This episode carries content notes for catatonia, repetition of trauma, discussion of gross food, food service work, vomiting, car crash, severe injuries, blood, reference to a sex act Cat, Nina, and Vik head into the dream to try to rescue Siobhan’s psyche. They trade work stories on a long walk at night and then discover […]

This episode carries content notes for magical disassociation, trauma, chest wound, brief reference to alcohol and torture, divination, and a omen of death. Ruthless and Vik deal with the unexpected reunion and revelation. Vik does some investigation into the officer harassing the owners of Monsieur & Roses. The group assesses Janet/Siobhan’s condition and gets rolling […]

This is a preview of a full bonus episode that you can hear (or watch) right now on the Speculate patreon. If you want to hear the five other game recommendations from this discussion, join today! https://www.patreon.com/speculate This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for home invasion, combat, surreal dream imagery, supernatural injury, discussion of trauma. An unexpected intruder crashes into Ruth’s apartment and makes a tense situation even worse. Vik tries to keep the property damage under control. A familiar face reappears, but not in the way anyone expected. Fractal Spire is a […]

This episode carries content notes for discussion of medical procedures and brain imaging, food, and divination. Ruthless explores what it’s like to exist in the waking world and makes a less-than-stellar impression on the others. Dice is confused. Again. Nina helps the others process what’s going on. Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch […]

This episode carries content notes for a person in a coma, anxiety attack, and institutional punishment. The Dream Knights emerge from a collapsed dream with an unusually unconscious Siobhan and a rogue avatar. Ruthless focuses on hospitality rather than answering questions. A complicated web of obligations threatens to overwhelm the knights. Fractal Spire is a […]

This episode carries content notes for animate mannequins, hand-to-hand combat, forced transformation, magical devastation, person in a coma The team confronts the puppetmaster at the center of the “spa”. Cat and Vik both try to get things under control, but they keep spiraling. A second avatar manifests and purposes become crossed, resolving quite…dramatically.Fractal Spire is a joint production […]

This episode carries content notes for panic, disorientation, sounds of torture, dentistry equipment, transformation, animate mannequins The dream tries to separate the knights as they explore the “spa”. Dice is in a bad spot. Ruth decides to take the short way to the spa’s “proprietor”, but Cat won’t let him go alone. Fractal Spire is a […]

This episode carries content notes for mannequins and disorientation. The dream knights dive into the unknown and find themselves visiting an incredibly creepy spa. A familiar hole re-appears. Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel, playing Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis (forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions). We are grateful for the […]

Today we’re bringing you an excerpt from a worldbuilding session for Valloward, our Court of Blades campaign running on Twitch.tv/Arvaneleron. Mike and Brandon build on the worldbuilding done during the game of Ex Novo in preparation for playing Court of Blades. They talk about fantasy-caribbean architecture, magical solar power via volcanic rock, the oracular plentifruit, and more. You can catch the entire […]

This episode carries content notes for emotionally charged conversation, manipulating dreams, alcohol, bars, description of dangerous pursuit, descriptions of and references to kidnapping. Vik talks Dice through how he can try to make amends to Nina and Ruth. The team sorts through notes about dream travel and returns to an old haunt of Euphony’s. Cat […]

This episode carries content notes for sleep deprivation, eating, meat, and smoke bombs. The Dream Knights run down leads and recover from the attack on Monsieur and Roses. Vik has a clandestine chat about books. Cat focuses her oracular powers on the deck of reveries, then has Nina over for pizza and movies. Fractal Spire […]

Note: Brandon had some major technical problems during the recording, and even with Rudy’s excellent editing skills, this episode may be choppier than normal. This episode carries content notes for combat, gas grenade, time distortion, unnatural textures, and transforming inanimate objects.   Cat comes to grip with the oracle cards and Time Traveler shenanigans ensue. […]

This episode carries content notes for combat, vandalism, gas grenade Ruth and Vik question Dice about their experience working for the Conspiracy. Monsieur and Roses is attacked by masked figures, and Ruth has finally had enough. The players reflect on the session and express some wishes for the future. Fractal Spire is a joint production with Greg’s […]

This episode carries content notes for alcohol, public drunkenness, and rich people being obnoxious. Cat manages more workplace problems at Somnio and receives another mysterious oracle card. Ruth’s attempts to close up shop are thwarted by increasingly unexpected events. The cast discusses what advance to take in order to make the characters less squishy. Fractal Spire […]