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Realis 05: Feast at the Citadel Bein 04

This episode carries content warnings for body horror and military violence

On a moon of muddy histories, none is as unclear as that of the Citadel Bein. There are, in fact, no records of a fortress ever being raised on the hill above the lake. But when you cannot find the roots, find the branches: Date the changes in county-wide taxes. Track the yearly increase in travel during the harvest season. Re-read the stories of the pigs and the soil and cross-reference the lyrics of t...

Put it on a Pedestal: What’s New @ the Table

Come with me to the pig vault. Early access to the fourth episode of Realis is available for $5+ Patrons as of last week. Over in the main feed, we posted the third episode<...

Realis 04: Feast at the Citadel Bein 03

This episode carries content warnings for body horror, injury and magical intoxication

Like many of the truths of Realis, the nature of the Creature—conceptually—is contingent on context and subjectivity. In illustration: For the Child, the Dog may be First a companion, Second a responsibility, and Third a curious sliver of raw wilderness. For the Parent, the Dog may be First a living lesson, Second a dutiful guard, and Third, a fellow Caregiver, capable of providing food, ...

Hunters ARE Evil - Hunter x Hunter ep. 116-118: Media Club Plus S01E37

Welcome to Media Club Plus: a podcast about diving into the media that interests us and the stories that excite us.

This week we’re starting off with maybe the most important episode of Hunter x Hunter to date: a bottle episode featuring Gon’s emotional face-off with Pitou, and Killua’s emotional face-back with Gon (because Gon never turns around in this scene). We’ll get into it in depth but that’s literally all that happens in this one. In the next two episodes we check back...

The Clown Barracks: What’s New @ the Table

i’m sorry did you say pig magic. The third episode of Realis, Feast at the Citadel Bein 02, came out for $5+ Patrons last week. That means the second episode went up in the mai...

Realis 03: Feast at the Citadel Bein 02

As far as traveling spectacles go, the Krinsky Family Circus has it good. Because it only operates on the four moons of the Tetraspherica, which orbit close enough for low orbit shuttles to traverse, it does not need to rely on the mercurial whims of an Orphan Vessel. And because of the variety of cultures encountered on its circuit, there is always the opportunity to find new hires and encounter fellow showmen from which new techniques. Most of all, because the route is short and reliable, T...

A Gentle Chuckle Situation : What’s New @ the Table

Ali’s Notarized Rhyming Promise. Guess what? There’s a new episode of Realis up for our $5+ patrons! Meanwhile over in the main feed the character creation episode is now av...

Virtue's Last Reward stream today

In about 45 minutes at 3:30 ET Sylvi and Keith are looping back to play more Virtue's Last Reward to hopefully find an ending that isn't blocked by another scene hidden somewhere http://twitch.tv/friendsatthetable

Realis 02: Feast at the Citadel Bein 01

Ulled is a pocked and placid-seeming agricultural moon. But as the saying goes, be wary the still lake. Yes, farmers speak softly and tend to their crops with loving cultivation. Yes, life is quiet and late afternoons are restful. Yes, harvest work brings reward. But then there is underneath. There is underneath.

But Those Nerveless Chancers, The Krinsky Family Circus And Travelling Curiosity, they know only what is above. 

They know they step on fertile soil and soft grass, ...

Gon Is the Imposing Presence - Hunter x Hunter ep. 113-115: Media Club Plus S01E36

Welcome to Media Club Plus: a podcast about diving into the media that interests us and the stories that excite us.

The King is already gone, but there's a castle full of ants desperate to find and protect him. Gon and Killua have a brief encounter with Netero and Zeno on their way to find Pitou. Killua especially is having some sort of crisis (crises?). Zeno almost has words of warning for the boys, but instead says "hey man don't look at me you figure it out". Meanwhile, Ikalgo immedi...

A Musket Can Contain a Sword: What’s New @ the Table

There’s lots of clowns in the world! On Thursday we ran a live premiere of the intro to Realis, the game Austin’s been working on over the past few years. As you may already know Realis is the base for our next patrons-only campaign (not to be confused with our next main season, which is using Fabula Ultima....

Realis 01: Those Nerveless Chancers

I want you to close your eyes and imagine with me: Imagine Realis Itself, the Radiant Planet at the heart of the Thousand Moons, that orb which lights the cosmos entire. Above it, the betrayer star, the Corpse Sun, red and sick and pulsing ill, small and fainter by the day. Below it, hungry and roiling, the Great Void, an abyss of voracious clouds. And in between, those thousand moons, countless except you know their number. Varied eternally, yet all dwarfed by the azure orb around which they...

An Introduction to Realis

( pssst, we're releasing this episode early for our patreons. But if you're free tonight and feeling festive, join us at 7 ET PM TONIGHT at twitch.tv/friendsatthetable for a debut stream! )

Two and a half years ago, towards the end of our NNAFN fundraiser, I announced that I was making a game called Realis. That game is now here—at least in Ashcan form. 

So, what is Realis? Realis is a curse...

Realis Premiering tomorrow (+ debut stream details!)

If you've had an eye on social media or read through Janine's most recent weekly update, you'll know that tomorrow is the release date of an 2025-01-22 22:14:19 +0000 UTC View Post

VH1's Behind The Spirit - Hunter x Hunter ep. 110-112: Media Club Plus S01E35

Welcome to Media Club Plus: a podcast about diving into the media that interests us and the stories that excite us.

It's been almost 20 episodes since the Extermination Team took a train to East Gorteau to prep for an attack on the castle and almost 40 since Gon and Killua warped to Kite, by chance, officially starting their journey to the most dangerous place on earth. What seemed like a simple plan, to give cover for Netero to fight the King by separating the royal guards, is now a co...

Curses & You! : What’s New @ the Table

Have a curse? Here’s some curse facts! The finale of Shooting the Moon went up in the main feed last week, but if you enjoy the setting of that game then fret not, we’ve actually returned to it several times since. For $5 tier patrons and up, you can list...

Thank you, Reptar: What’s New @ the Table

15 St. Bernards and one very big St. Bernard. Part 3 of our Shooting the Moon live game went up in the main feed. It’s a cozy, silly, strange and wintery tradesperson romance, with some genuine Friends at the Table naming going on. Listen here or in your app of choice.

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