The End of Time and Other Bothers
An improvised fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Alba Salix, Royal Physician. We use the Dungeon World roleplaying system and improv to weave a tale of flightless fairies, half-demons and cafeteria line workers, dystopian empires, magical waterfalls and mysterious books. Oh, and the end of time—that's in there somewhere too.
Episodes
Welcome to The End of Time and Other Bothers! It's an improvised fantasy roleplaying game set in the world of Alba Salix. In this introductory episode, our Game Master Sean Howard sits down with Michael Howie, the voice of Eggerton, to give a bit of background on the setting, on the game system we're using (Dungeon World), and what we're hoping to achieve with our improv-based approach.
Introducing a brand new improvised fantasy adventure set in the world of Alba Salix, Royal Physician.
Blat the half-demon has a calamity in the filing room. Eggerton the fairy gives a fateful presentation. And Darcy the human realizes she is being hunted.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Playe...
End Notes is our debrief session with the cast and/or crew of The End of Time and Other Bothers, and comes out on the Wednesday following every episode of the main show. We are providing the first two End Notes. The rest of these sessions are available to supporters of the show at: patreon.com/albasalix
You don’t need to listen to End Notes to make sense of Other Bothers — they’re just here to fill you in on some of the gam...
Darcy, Blat and Eggerton find themselves thrown back through time to a strange town.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design and Music: Eli M...
End Notes is our debrief session with the cast and/or crew of The End of Time and Other Bothers, and comes out on the Wednesday following every episode of the main show.
In this episode, GM Sean and producer Eli sit down to discuss how EOT fits into the canon of our scripted shows Alba Salix, Royal Physician and The Axe & Crown, and how we're dealing with creating a biweekly show without burning out.
The new recruits undergo their pre-training assessment. Eggerton finds himself up against the wall. Darcy tries her strength. Blat goes... shopping?
Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
Get your merch on at our TeePublic store.
The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura P...
It's time for our adventurers to start their training. Darcy, Eggerton and Blat each go on a strange and terrifying journey.
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Get your merch on at our TeePublic store.
The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: St...
Our three adventurers try out their new skills around the Academy. Meanwhile, a new threat is rising.
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Get your merch on at our TeePublic store.
The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design...
Darcy, Blat and Eggerton find themselves abruptly promoted and sent into the unknown.
Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design and Music: Eli McIlveen
Where to find us:
The trio make their way to a storybook castle to answer a mysterious proclamation.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design and Music: Eli McIlveen
Where to find us:
- Our We...
Introducing Farlorian Fridays!
It's a new tradition we've started on our Patreon feed: Every Friday, we'll be bringing you a new bit of whimsy from the world of Alba Salix: bonus and deleted scenes, unrecorded scripts and games of various sorts. We'll also post a few to our Alba Salix and Other Bothers podcast feeds, but Patreon patrons get to hear them all and hear them first!
We are kicking things off with a recording...
Darcy, Eggerton and Blat make their way across the desert to visit an ancient oracle, with questionable guidance from Ananka.
This week's episode is sponsored by Liberty: Vigilance! Visit libertyendures.com
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Con...
Ananka's visions are failing her as she, Blat, Darcy and Eggerton wander in search of the Oracle Idris — and find themselves at a mysterious inn.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Special Guest: Maggie Makar
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Des...
Alone in the forest, Blat, Darcy and Eggerton find the temple of the Oracle at last.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Players: Carter Siddall, Michael Howie and Marisa King
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design and Music: Eli McIlveen
Where to find us:
Darcy finds danger in the passages beneath the chapel, while Blat faces a terrible choice.
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- Game Master: Sean Howard
- Blat: Carter Siddall
- Darcy: Marisa King
- Eggerton: Michael Howie
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smith
- Sound Design and Music: Eli McIlvee...
Blat's powers are seriously out of control as the ancient god Morrigu tries to tempt him — and another traveller stumbles into the temple.
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- GM: Sean Howard
- Darcy: Marisa King
- Eggerton: Michael Howie
- Blat: Carter Siddall
- PLUS a special guest star!
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant:...
Transported to a mysterious land by an angry goddess, our adventurers become separated from one another — and their sanity.
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Eggerton: Michael Howie
- Blat: Carter Siddall
- Darcy: Marisa King
- Magnus: Julian Sark
- Story Consultant: Laura Packer
- Game Consultant: Stephen Smit...
Darcy, Eggerton, Blat and Magnus flee the fearsome Celene into perilous territory.
After this episode, we'll be taking a short break while we roll out Season Two of Alba Salix, Royal Physician. Our adventurers will return in December!
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Darcy: Marisa King
- Eggerton: Michael Howie
- ...
It's a gloomy Winter Festival as Darcy and Eggerton return to the Academy. Blat looks for an escape from Celene's advances. Ananka confronts Greg about his betrayal.
We're back from our hiatus, and we'll resume our regular schedule in the new year — every two weeks starting January 13!
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The Peeps This Week:
- GM: Sean Howard
- Eggerton: Micha...
Warning: Spoilers for Episodes 4 and 11!
Happy Holidays, everyone! To round out 2018, we're posting some of our favourite Patreon #FarlorianFridays exclusives, starting with this sound effects breakdown where Eli describes how he created the sound of Blat's signature weapon.
Patreon supporters get access to all our Farlorian Fridays content, including:
- upcoming commentaries with the cast
- stories and lore from the Alba...
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