The Darkened Threshold

The Darkened Threshold

The Darkened Threshold is a tabletop roleplaying game podcast about the mystery and horror genres, with a specific focus on the games Brindlewood Bay and The Between

Episodes

May 20, 2025 66 mins
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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:30 - The end of Near Enough to Hell

04:46 - Kicking off The Company of Salt & Iron

 

Topic

13:10 - Keeper’s Notebook: Reactions

 

Media Recommendations 

44:04 - Million Dollar Secret

47:00 - The Lies of Locke Lamora

 

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April 20, 2025 59 mins

Games We’ve Been Playing

01:18 - The Girls of the Genziana Hotel

04:30 - Running the new edition of The Between for The Bad Spot

 

Topic

10:20 - Combat Roll basics

 

Media Recommendations 

53:40 - Hearts of Wulin

55:08 - R.E.P.O.

 

Come hang out with Alex & Jason on Discord!

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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:12 - The Sketterich family 

 

Topic: The Vast of Night

15:44 - Film discussion

45:23 - Game design talk

 

Come hang out with Alex and Jason on Discord!

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March 24, 2025 60 mins

Games We’ve Been Playing

01:24 - Introducing a new Legacy

05:12 - Kicking off Crown of Salt 

 

Topic

09:52 - The Hunt Roll

 

Media Recommendations

52:30 - Indiana Jones & the Great Circle

55:18 - Balatro

 

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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:26 - Alex’s The Pirate Queen’s Gambit campaign

07:30 - Further thoughts on West Marches Trophy

 

Topic

15:17 - Lost Transmissions

35:00 - Public Access: Double Feature Writing Contest

 

Media Recommendations 

50:17 - The Roottrees Are Dead

53:02 - In Search of Darkness I-III

 

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March 2, 2025 68 mins

Games We've Been Playing

01:12 - Wrapping up Skinny Jeans playtest

Topic

13:54 - The Risk Roll

Media Recommendations

01:03:01 - The Detective & The Log Lady PLUS reflecting on David Lynch

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February 17, 2025 58 mins
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February 7, 2025 68 mins

Games We've Been Playing

01:15 - Bringing a group back from a long hiatus

05:45 - West Marches Trophy?

 

Topic

13:08 - Trophy RPG overview

 

Media Recs

57:45 - Ari Aster films

01:00:34 - It's a Good Life

01:02:30 - The Ruins (book from 2006)

01:04:32 - Scarlet Hollow

 

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January 27, 2025 57 mins

Topic

01:10 - Looking ahead to CfB in 2025

Media Recommendations 

47:45 - Dread Delusion 

49:55 - EoH Found Footage Miniseries and Horror’s Greatest S2E3

52:31 - Don’t Feed the Muse

54:14 - Possession 

 

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January 19, 2025 70 mins

Games We've Been Playing

01:40  - Roots of Old Kalduhr

08:14 - Classic Mastermind campaigns

Topic

14:40 - Having a successful CfB Session One

Media Recommendations

01:02:03 - Skeleton Crew

01:05:14 - Severance 

01:07:06 - The Troop

 

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It's a new year! Come hang out with Alex and Jason on The Gauntlet Discord server! 

 

For this episode, Alex and Jason reflect on PAXU 2024. Later, they each discuss some of their favorite pieces of horror media from 2024. Enjoy! 

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September 18, 2024 73 mins

The Between is coming to BackerKit on September 24th! Alex Rybitski sits down with creator Jason Cordova to talk about the game, its mechanics, and the crowdfunding campaign. Follow along with the campaign here.

Time Codes
01:45 - What is The Between?
02:59 - The Mystery System
05:10 - The Chicken or the Egg?
08:04 - The Between's Gothic Emulation
12:17 - The Playbooks
18:52 - The Play Cycle of The Between
21:10 - The Day Phase
21...

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September 11, 2024 37 mins

The Between is coming to BackerKit! 

 

Discussion

01:30 - The Factotum

Media Recommendations 

29:57 - Sherlock (again) 

30:38 - Downton Abbey 

31:52 - Batman Caped Crusader 

33:30 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 

34:40 - Pride and Prejudice (2005)

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September 2, 2024 49 mins

The Between is coming to BackerKit! Sign up to be notified when the campaign goes live! 

 

Discussion

02:15 - The Explorer playbook

 

Media Recommendations

43:25 - Sherlock (2010)

43:44 - Bridgerton

44:10 - Apocalypse Now!

44:24 - The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries

45:10 - Ain’t Slayed Nobody actual play of The Between

 

Come hang out with Alex & Jason on our Discord server!

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July 10, 2024 41 mins

Join us on The Gauntlet Discord server!

Discussion

01:35 - The Undeniable playbook

 

Media Recommendations

34:04 - The portrayal of Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful

35:15 - Hellraiser and The Hellbound Heart

36:22 - Memoirs of a Geisha

37:00 - Castlevania Netflix series

38:43 - Bad Times at the El Royale

39:10 - Monkey Man

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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:30 - The Between game with a homebrew Mastermind 

08:00 - The Between actual play campaigns

 

Discussion

12:40 - Design Diary: Reflecting on our 4-day Pizza Time! writing binge

 

Media Recommendations

41:50 - Dark Harvest and Maggie’s Grave

43:50 - Ted’s Caving Journal

 

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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:45 - Near Enough to Hell

08:05 - A God Must Feed

 

Discussion

15:43 - Design Diary: Pizza Time 

 

Media Recommendations

51:25 - The Resolution  and The Endless 

53:42 - Fallout TV show

58:01 - Disco Deathtrap 

01:01:03 - Delicious ...

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March 11, 2024 42 mins

Discussion

01:60 - The American playbook

Media Recommendations

37:00 - Deadwood & Justified

38:37- The Light Sublime trilogy

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February 28, 2024 47 mins

Games We’ve Been Playing

02:33 - Shadow Society

05:07 - Dr. Murdoch

 

Discussion

09:04 - The Mother and the Orphan

 

Media Recommendations

44:59 - The Autopsy of Jane Doe

45:40 - Scully autopsies in The X-Files

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