Halfwits & Failed Crits
Halfwits & Failed Crits is an Actual Play Podcast where the players' blundering choices and cursed dice are the real big bad evil standing in the way of getting to the end of a campaign! Listen to our adventure averse journalists in a cozy fantasy called The Parable Infused Tribune. Played with PenultiMyth, a game of our own design! Or dive into our back catalog to experience our award nominated sci-fi epic about destiny confused space kids in Children of the Spine. Played with Stars Without Number, by Kevin Crawford. (Produced by Halfwit Podcasts)
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Welcome to the table everyone!
I'm Jonathan, Narrator of Halfwits & Failed Crits, an actual play podcast where the real big bad evil is the players' absolutely cursed dice.
Join us as we build rich living worlds to stumble through, meet weird foes and even stranger allies, and display reckless disregard for anything that gets in the way of a great story.
Currently you can listen to our Adventure Averse Jour...
In this episode zero the Failed Crits Crew sits down and breathes some more life into the star sector. Jonathan reads a bit of history from the Stars Without Number rule book by Kevin Crawford, each player develops the lore of a planet, and finally we make the new player characters!
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After the Scream Pursuit Syndicate met their fate in the final battle of the Prequel, a group of onlooking children were transported to the newly appeared Planet under the Spine, Nedrak. Astrid Folstad (Kiley), John Coal (Bobby), Kamala Magar (Laura), Mohan Wayuu (Luis), and Nadia Kadir (Mary) find their young selves fighting for survival as tensions run high and resources run low.
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Astrid Folstad (Kiley), John Coal (Bobby), Kamala Magar (Laura), Mohan Wayuu (Luis), and Nadia Kadir (Mary), are five years older and have lived a comfortable life in the newly established dorms of the Undarnott Service Co. They wake up, hang out, eat food, go to work, and hang out just to repeat the cycle the next day. Some of the party members are getting tired of the daily grind and want to look into exploration g...
This is the first Faction Turn where Jonathan moves the people of the greater sector around like the little chess pieces they are, which keeps the world alive and changing outside the main campaign.
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Game System:
Stars Without Number by Kevin Crawford.
Opening Theme:
Into the Portal - Wowobit
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We rejoin the Children as they spend their usual morning in the dorm reading magazines, feeding amorphous wolf birds, hacking government websites, and figuring out how to obtain a gun. But their job from the other day isn't complete, and they set out on their first journey outside of Undarnott Campus! What mysterious world awaits where their package needs to be? Find out on Children of the Spine Episode 2 - Rea...
This is the first of 5 games that were intended to be one shots, using the Stars Without Number Revised system by Kevin Crawford, but the group ended up liking it so much they wanted to make this the next campaign.
In this episode we meet the members of a notorious pirate gang known as the Space Pursuit Syndicate as they begin a heist of some unknown technology being traded in secret. They are Casey Blake Ca...
After their cryptic encounter in Lognar, the Children are in search of answers. And what better person to give answers than everyone's favorite elderly neighbor, Frank.
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The crew of the Resonance is now in possession of a potential pre-scream artifact, and a map to find more! After deciphering the next set of coordinates, they are off to the planet Barbalil, where a civil war between the monarchy and the religious zealots is reaching a climax. Speaking of, there's rumor that one of our own crew may have an in with the royalty, or inversly, is very much no longer welcome here. Hop...
The Children are in lock-down! John, Kamala, Astrid, and Nadia get caught venting, while Mohan stays behind with a clean house and a new friend.
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We rejoin the crew of the Resonance hot off of their battle in Barbalil, a second pre-scream artifact secured. As they make their way to the next set of deciphered coordinates, the planet Ephet-Izaki, we get a rare glimpse at the mundane lives of world class pirates. Infestations, robots, photographs, and a resource crisis all keep the long spike drill rides...interesting. On planet, Madam N.O.S. (Kiley) revisits her ...
The children prepare for their trip to the true outside of the bubble! Kamala goes through some changes, John is a perv, Astrid tries to redeem herself, Nadia flexes her pilot muscles, and Mohan hunts down his would be abductors!
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With the crew forever expanding with the addition of Professor Kono "Flick" Waotaka, the crew of the SPS Resonance needs to learn more about the items they are collecting and what the end game will be. In order to do that, they decide to visit Casey's homeworld of Astollea, where some of the best tech and minds in the sector reside. Will they get the answers they are looking for? Will they have to aggre...
In this bonus episode Kiley takes the reins as GM in a wildly silly one shot where we play bears trying to steal from a honey convention. Join Earl (Mary), Bread (Laura), Kikkoman (Luis), and Mars (Jonathan) as they resist going full bear or surrendering to a life of crime, while trying to get their paws on the most expensive honey they can find.
Music:
Crunk Knight Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Halfwits are lead by Bee, one of the creators of World of Wyldrvir, in a one shot called Nokka's Fishing Hole! We figured since in real life we are about to have a Christmas in July party we might as well invite you on this wintry adventure we all had back in January!
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We rejoin the Children right in the action as the intense motorcycle chase begins after being shot at by unknown assailants! Will they get back to Undarnott or will they be at the mercy of these terrorists, and where are the beings that were supposed to abduct them? Find out on Children of the Spine Ep 6 - We Evolve Beyond!
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The crew of the SPS Resonance has collected the artifacts, Learned critical information, made a new mech, and perilously flung themselves toward the final location on their map, not knowing what awaits them. What will they find there? Who will be waiting for them? Will we ever find out what this insidious Scream related plan entails? Find out on the Finale of the Prequel to Children of the Spine!
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The Children take their new mining truck S1LV3A for a leisurely drive across the Fornhagi surface, meeting majestic creatures, lovely people, and trying not to miss their dinner date with Mohan's alien friends.
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Our resident mistress of the dark Mary takes the role of Fate in this spooky scary one shot sure to send shivers down your spine! Join Murphy the Merfolk (Luis), Lilith the Vampire (Kiley), Amelia the Spectre (Laura), and Joaquin the Mummy (Jonathan) as we race to obtain mortality and a long deserved rest from monstering.
Theme:
Unholy Knight by Kevin MacLeod
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The Lost are found, but by who?! And where's Havelock?! Astrid gets a new power, Nadia mourns her metatool, Mohan is ass up, John is about to explode, and Kamala does some competitive hacking.
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