Super Fan Art from SupervillainJay!

 I just love this piece, sent to me recently by SuperVillainJay (check out his other great stuff right here).  This is, of course, part of the cast of S1.  

Left to right: Aradine, Umura, Gyrios, and Harl... a very cool take on these characters. Thanks, Jay!!

I've Switched to Spreaker/i-Heart

 So I have made the jump from Podbean to Spreaker/iHeart.  I had a good run with Podbean, so why the switch?

With Podbean, I had mostly pursued ad swaps with other pods and I embedded them into the audio so they were permanent.  I liked this idea because it meant that even years after publication, the ad swap partner was still getting something out of the ad.  Of course, there's the negative side of that coin: some pods went away while their ads remained.  Still, overall, I liked that system.

The real problem with ad swaps was that, when Podbean also introduced regular ads, certain eps could get very ad heavy - worse, it was unpredictable.  There might be 3 ads in a show one month, and 5 ads in the same episode the next month.  

Finally, working with other creators introduced an additional aspect of waiting on someone else to deliver product before I could finalize an episode.  I had so many bottlenecks with ad swap partners while I waited for them to send me audio files and it made my workflow slow and unpredictable.

Originally, when iHeart approached me and made the offer, I said no.  I was mid season and didn't want to do anything that might interfere with regular delivery of episodes.  But when they approached me a second time, S2 was coming to a close and I was able to accept.

I'm hoping the listener experience will be an improved one going into S3, but if there are any concerns out there, please let me know - I'm trying to put out the best podcast I can :)

Shownotes for Nallukar Nights part 2

Talk         305_Hidden Valley https://tabletopaudio.com/

Recap The Horde by Ivan Duch https://soundcloud.com/user-37116439-378850875/the-horde-master

Part 2 Argsound: Dark Silence  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_R26EyQdI8

Part 3 Soul's Departure by Darren Curtis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGCyDuF9lcc

Some  FX: https://www.zapsplat.com

Chaotic Chronicles Newsletter

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Mini Series: Nallukar Nights Release Announcement & Shownotes for Ep 1

Hi folks,  I've just put out episode 1 of a collab with Steve Morrison of Errant Adventures where we do a mashup of our two shows.  It mixes the produced audiodrama sections form TOTM and the improvised gameplay from Errant Adventures.  

This is a four part mini-series and the first 2 episodes will be hosted by me on my feed, while the latter two will be hosted by Steve on his.  

Ridiculously, it took 2 years to make!  We hope you enjoy it. 

Shownotes for Episode 1

Talk         305_Hidden Valley https://tabletopaudio.com/

Part 1a 158_Waterkeep https://tabletopaudio.com/

Part 1b Emonds Field https://soundcloud.com/user-37116439-378850875/emonds-field-master

Part 1c Argsound: 102 Dark Silence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_R26EyQdI8

        & 125 Existential Dread https://tabletopaudio.com/

Part 2a Darren Curtis – She’s Watching Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGguA2HUUr4

Part 2b Staring Abyss https://ivanduch.bandcamp.com/track/staring-abyss-2

Some  FX: https://www.zapsplat.com