A read-along exploration of Iain M. Banks Culture novels.
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Space pirates, desperately trying to keep one step ahead of everyone else in the galaxy. Superheroes and villains, banding together against a conspiracy to destroy them all. Ancient magic, steeped in the soil of a sleepy Virginia town. CB writes stories, and ETP is where he reads them aloud.
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RPG roleplaying in the world of Star-Fall. Written and gamemastered by Kevin C Mason. The story is told with the use of short stories, audio dramas, and actual Roleplaying sessions. Starfall is one thousand years in the future where faster than light travel is commonplace, however, freedom is not. Sometimes serious... Many times downright silly. This podcast is everything that you might expect at a game table
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Tabletop Squadron is a Star Wars rpg podcast or Actual Play. We present stories in a campaign setting, with a consistent cast of actors and tell a long form story over many episodes using the Edge of the Empire system. Come join us as a bounty hunter, a slicer, a colonist, and a smuggler learn to work together and find out what's really important to them. It's a big galaxy out there, and we intend to explore it all!
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The Points Between: Epiode Three ("The Chapel of Light")
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Stranded in Daylight, Matthew must determine whether anything he remembers about the Manor is true. 0:41 - Chatper Seven: Daylight by Daylight 12:34 - Chapter Eight: Ghost Stories 28:21 - Chapter Nine: The Chapel of LightBy CB Wright
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The Points Between: Episode Two ("Dust to Daylight")
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Matthew wakes up not knowing where he is, or how he got there. All he knows is that something is very, very wrong... and he's not where he's supposed to be. 0:40 - Chapter Four: Dust 14:39 - Chapter Five: Dusk 23:29 - Chapter Six: DaylightBy CB Wright
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Zakalwe goes to the snow!By Sheridan and John
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The Points Between: Episode One ("Arrival")
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A man drives along a lonely stretch of Virginia road, lost in the endless monotony of a yellow double-line separating his past and future. Somewhere on that road he pulls over to the side, gets out of his car, and walks through a grove of trees to find himself… somewhere else. 0:41 Prologue 6:34 Chapter One - The Land Beyond the Trees 25:00 Chapter…
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Zakalwe ruins a lot of nice people's holidays like the total jerk he is.By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe takes us on a tour of life on a Culture GSV!By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe throws away his weapon, has a philosphical discussion, and fixes for a fightBy Sheridan and John
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This is Zakalwe's brain on drugs!By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe gets in a lot of fights, but his love of the old plasma rifle finally pays off!By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe tries his hand at writing poetry in an idyllic rural setting, but it's not as nice as he'd hoped.By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe plays James Bond again, Diziet gets distracted, and our hero goes to an interesting party which he does not enjoy.By Sheridan and John
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As a flashback from the worst day of Zakalwe's life we get the origin story!By Sheridan and John
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Agent Zakalwe makes a big splash while trying to play the part of James Bond.By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe gets stuck in a storm, takes a long hard look at himself, argues with an idiot, and sees some very strange things.By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe spends a lot of time being rude to GSV minds, but does receive a lovely gift!By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe falls in love, and dreams about the ghost of the real Zakalwe.By Sheridan and John
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Use of Weapons, 10, The Good Soldier, Five
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Zakalwe seems suspiciously happy to run away from his problems, but they have a nice time at the beach.By Sheridan and John
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We find out what happened to Zakalwe on Fohls. It was not nice.By Sheridan and John
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Use of Weapons, 8, The Good Soldier, Four
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Sma and Skaffen recover from a party and go for an island cruise. Meanwhile The Culture goes nuclear around them!By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe goes to the beach, and we ask, is he a Gary Stu?By Sheridan and John
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S2 Epilogue 2 Part 3: Episode VI and a Half: The Rise of Placeholder
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S2 Epilogue 2 Part 3: Episode VI and a Half: The Rise of Placeholder The crew continues their stealth mission into the depths of Exogul and find surprise after surprise. Notice: We are sad to announce that this is our final episode. Unfortunately, life keeps throwing things at us and we can't find the time or space to continue creating the show at …
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Use of Weapons, 6, The Good Soldier, Three
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Skaffen and Sma go to a party on the Xenophobe and have a fight....By Sheridan and John
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Zakalwe has a less pleasant visit to a castle and we ask if any aristocrat can be a good aristocrat?By Sheridan and John
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Diziet gets out of bed and the Culture goes to the wild west to see just how scary a drone can be!By Sheridan and John
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Use of Weapons, 3, The Good Soldier, XIII
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In which we briefly meet an Ethnarch, and get a good look at just how stone cold cool this Zakalwe cat can be!By Sheridan and John
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We meet Diziet Sma and spend a lot of time on how exactly she likes to bone. And The Culture seems to be putting a lot more resources into this caper than we've seen before...By Sheridan and John
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Use of Weapons, 1, Slight Mechanical Destruction, and Prologue
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We start The Big One for Banks fans, a great whiskey is reviewed, and the scene is set for a wild ride with fortunately short chapters!By Sheridan and John
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S2 Epilogue 2 part 2: The Hunt for Red Exogul
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The Crew and their companion Stiro continue their hunt for the mysterious planet of Exogul and experience some questionable snacks. Transcript Not Yet Available Guest appearance by: Rob Stith as Stiro Kuwe (@LordOfTheStith) Your Game Master is Nick Robertson Xianna'fan is played by Lilit Penrod Karma Nailo is played by Cameron Robertson Tink is pla…
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We wrap up Elon Musk's favourite book with a short chapter that ties up a couple of loose ends and really gets into non-binary love.By Sheridan and John
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S2 Epilogue 2 part 1: Modes of Investigation
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An associate from Karma's past proposes a prosperous adventure to the crew. Transcript Not Yet Available Guest appearance by: Rob Stith as Stiro Kuwe (@LordOfTheStith) Your Game Master is Nick Robertson Xianna'fan is played by Lilit Penrod Karma Nailo is played by Cameron Robertson Tink is played by Hudson Jameson Content Warnings Sexual suggestion…
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The Player of Games, 3, Machina Ex Machina
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With apologies for the delay we are back with the third chapter of The Player of Games where we get to see just what rat bastards The Culture can be when they get going.By Sheridan and John
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Getting deep and dirty into The Player of Games and really wondering what Elon Musk gets into in this tale of cruelty and perversion. Chapter 2, Imperium asks a lot of questions and we do our best to answer them.By Sheridan and John
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A Rake by Starlight: Episode Seven ("Something Goes Wrong")
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Everything was going relatively well until the corpse showed up alive. Things unraveled quickly after that.By C B Wright
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The Squad takes a break from their normal Star Wars shenanigans for some slightly different Star Wars shenanigans. https://jessfromonline.itch.io/going-rogue going rogue was originally developed as an expansion for riley rethal’s Star Wars-inspired Belonging Outside Belonging system, galactic 2e. this second edition of going rogue expands it to a 3…
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The Squad takes a break from their normal Star Wars shenanigans for some slightly different Star Wars shenanigans and play going rogue byJess Levine. https://jessfromonline.itch.io/going-rogue going rogue was originally developed as an expansion for riley rethal’s Star Wars-inspired Belonging Outside Belonging system, galactic 2e. this second editi…
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A Rake By Starlight: Episode Six ("Unwanted Attention")
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Grif and his crew just made the deal of a lifetime - potentially. But sometimes success attracts attention, and they've had a lot of success in the last year. Someone is about to make Grif an offer he can't refuse.By C B Wright
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The Player of Games begins as we talk about the first chapter of this remarkable book and consider what games are really being played.By Sheridan and John
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The crew remembers they agreed to finding Kettle love. Featuring a special bonus after the show! Transcript Not Yet Available Content Warnings Heavy sexual innuendos Strong Language Violence, injury, death Music Credits The Builder by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4484-the-builder License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-l…
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Consider Phlebas, 14, Consider Phlebas, and all the other bits
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We come to an end of the journey for the first of The Culture books. Fear not we shall return soon for The Player of Games.By Sheridan and John
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Consider Phlebas, 13, The Command System: Terminus
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It's a big episode with a big body count! But finally we finish up in these goddamn tunnels!By Sheridan and John
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S2 Episode 49: Four Spaghettis and a Funeral
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Season 2 Episode 49 In the season 2 finale the crew must come together in a way they never have before to defeat their enemy. Transcript Not Yet Available Content Warnings Character death Sexual suggestions and scenarios Drug and alcohol use Strong Language Violence, injury, death Music Credits Land Of Pirates by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://fi…
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Consider Phlebas, 12, The Command System: Engines
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We get to learn a lot more about Idirans, and trains, in a chapter that spends a lot of time setting up the finale!By Sheridan and John
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The Crew must face off against Endo if they want to retrieve the Force artifacts and save the Galaxy. Transcript Not Yet Available Content Warnings Sexual suggestions and scenarios Drug and alcohol use Strong Language Violence, injury, death Music Credits Land Of Pirates by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4961-land-of-pirates Lic…
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Consider Phlebas, 11, The Command System: Stations
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The drone makes some jokes, the Idirans are mean, and Yalson has a big surprise!By Sheridan and John
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Consider Phlebas, 10, The Command System: Batholith
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The KFC ventures deep under Schar's World, while through Fal's musings we learn the history of the Culture.By Sheridan and John
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