Backwater Bastards: An Actual Play Podcast
A team of artists telling THE GREATEST BEST FRIEND STORY that the galaxy has ever seen!
While everybody else is out saving the world, we’re just trying to find the next best place to eat.
Join us on our haphazard adventure.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 83 minutes
- Episodes
- 155
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
S3E05: Thrifting
M8, Ze and Boris arrive on Garcia station. But the station, its changed, and the gang are looking for a lost angel . So in order to do that they are first gonna have to find the local warlord. Thespa…
01:16:39 |
Thu 28 Mar 2024
S3E04: Rig, Its a quiet place
It’s leap year on Earth, and that means one thing- Tay and Dan are putting on TURTLENECKS. Trevor and R.E.E.S.E. continue their hunt for Dr. Ze and Boris, when they hit a spot of engine trouble. Fin…
02:09:50 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
S3E03: All systems Margo
Margo and Cleo head out to thwart the galactic company Biolife once more, but halfway there they are con-fronn-ted with stowaways. Now the crew must navigate a jungle planet to discover if Margo's wo…
01:27:06 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
S3E02: Patching things up
Cleo is back on Diaus, Old friends Bortus and Fronn are waiting for the return of their great leader, But how will they take her new look? and is CapTown ready for Cleo's return?
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Starring:
DM Dick …
01:15:55 |
Wed 07 Feb 2024
S3E01: Old Friends
Our Crew have been spread out across Mid Space, and on an outworld moon Dr Ze and Boris continue to lose themselves, fighting away the pain of loss with drink. But while returning to their ship the M…
01:18:57 |
Thu 11 Jan 2024
Bastards Wrapped 2023
It’s another year in the Bastard Books! If you’re reading this, we wouldn’t have gotten this far without you. Join us on a stroll through 2023, as we reminisce over the year’s stories, some big momen…
01:49:31 |
Sun 31 Dec 2023
Everybody’s got a Sword (A YASP adventure ft. Realms of Peril and Glory)
Join Tay and Dick as they ‘awaken in a stage place’ alongside Pip and Naomi of Realms of Peril and Glory Podcast, on a delicious solar punk steamboat, that's also a galaxy-wide famous restaurant. But…
01:42:56 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Short Stories | The Dirt
Margo blue eyes Finds cleo and take her back to the good dirt for a final rest.
This is the fifth of a collection of shorts showcasing the myriad of perspectives in the immediate aftermath of the se…
00:25:56 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
Short Stories | The Usual
Every day for Trevor is the same day. Wake up, worry about rent, eat, and dig. It’s been days since the gates closed- or maybe weeks. It’s all the same now. All that matters is digging out REESE, and…
00:52:10 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Short Stories | The Gate
Ze and Boris flee Midspace with Wraith artillery on their heels, as the gates are closed for the first time since the war. They find themselves in the outer rim, resorting to old tactics. They are al…
00:23:36 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Short Stories | The Queen
It may surprise you to know, that the newly landed Wraith army isn’t the most dangerous thing in Midspace these days… Follow Princess Zhu Zhu to the new palace, to see just how deep the dread can go.…
00:27:06 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
Short Stories | The Evacuation
As the Battle for MidSpace rages all around, Big Pat leads the masses to safety. It's always the people that these conflicts hit first. It wasn't so long ago that she was one of those people- lost in…
00:31:46 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
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S2E47: As Above, So Below [ Season 2 Finale ]
The crew are divided and need to reunite before the captain's ship explodes them all into space dust. But BJ has got away and they need to find him as well. Its high stakes, but this isn't the Bastar…
01:02:26 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
S2E46: The chaos and the Captain
The crew is split , time is running out, and our bastards must find a way to save the doctor, destroy the chaos engine, defeat the captain, confront BJ, and now theres a wraith navy to add to the mix…
01:30:03 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
S2E45: Behind closed doors
The Doctor has been captured, high above midspace station held in a cell of water Ze must figure out a way to escape and to destroy the chaos engine in the process. Meanwhile on Midspace station Cleo…
01:39:34 |
Thu 06 Jul 2023
S2E44: No Way Home
The crew have endured, but barely, and the threats aren't over. Their mission now is to return home, uncover the remnants of their ruined base, and work to disarm the chaos engine while seeking their…
01:02:46 |
Thu 22 Jun 2023
S2E43: Sewer Water
The crew have survived but only just, and they aren't out of danger yet. They still need to find the Captain, deactivate the chaos engine, and in the process save MidSpace station. But heck right now…
01:25:58 |
Thu 08 Jun 2023
SideArm - OffCuts/009
Is that the swing of an axe I hear? it is! Brilliant that must mean there will be some off cuts for my ears to eat.
This week we have a bonus episode for you all! This is one of our SideArm episodes,…
00:27:33 |
Wed 24 May 2023
S2E42: A Distant Toll
The whole of Night City is crashing down on the Bastards’ heads.
Channon has given their last warning, and the trap of all traps has been sprung. Our party splits in the devastating collapse. They ar…
01:23:26 |
Thu 11 May 2023
Lore Dive - Bobby VS Kheen
LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE! It’s time for another Cage-fight! Or should we say, DEBATE NIGHT?
At the left podium, counting their bags of credits and making SPACE 4 U, we’ve got the pink terror himself,…
01:29:23 |
Thu 04 May 2023
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