Backwater Bastards: An Actual Play Podcast

Backwater Studios

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.

Science Fiction Leisure Comedy Improv Games Fiction

Update frequency: every 11 days
Average duration: 83 minutes
Episodes: 155
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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S2E18: Heck

It’s just one quick job.. ..To the dark side of MidSpace. To a lone substation hanging in the shadow of ZhuZhu’s lawless empire. For a few more credits, the Bastards make a deal and find themselves a…

01:37:38 | Fri 14 Jan 2022

SideArm - Mercury Underpants

This week we have a bonus episode for you all! This is one of our SideArm episodes, our Patreon exclusive content. We release two SideArm episodes a month, and if you like this type of ramble, laught…

00:51:01 | Sun 02 Jan 2022

S2E17: Margo Blue Eyes

Back in the future, our heroes grapple with a…reluctant client. Who is this person? And why is Cleo pretending to be someone else in front of her? Somehow the Bastards land the job, but the details a…

01:48:51 | Fri 24 Dec 2021

S2E16: Cleo Day Part 4 - You are what you eat

Some say bad things come in threes, but who’s keeping count? The Caps are back in the laboratory, trying their best to salvage the remnants of their gang. There’s an evacuation order in place, and th…

01:24:04 | Thu 09 Dec 2021

S2E15: Cleo Day Part 3 - Two weeks notice

Cleo and The Caps saw the secret in the bowels of the factory and have been on the loose ever since. They survived the walls, the charges, and even their own poor disguises. Somehow they’ve got to fr…

01:41:04 | Thu 25 Nov 2021

S2E14: Cleo Day Part 2 - When dirt hurt

Posing as eager future employees, Cleo and The Caps gain entry to the factory. They stow their old gear, pull on their new jumpsuits, and feel their first hot water showers. They head further and fur…

01:33:48 | Thu 11 Nov 2021

S2E13: Cleo Day Part 1 - Wet Food

Cleo deCap is just another dirt farmer on Daius. And so is Bortis, and Fron- and everybody else they know. Thing is, Cleo has bigger dreams than just farming dirt. The Bringening is coming up, and th…

01:55:31 | Thu 28 Oct 2021

S2E12: Live, Laugh, Love [feat. Adal Rifai of Hello from the Magic Tavern]

The Bastards go out for a cola, and come back forever changed. Board the nightmare taxi and LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE the truest adventure of your wildest dreams with The Bastards, and Adal Rifai of Hello fr…

01:01:49 | Wed 13 Oct 2021

S2E11: Back in the hole

Did somebody call for a hole expert? The galaxy's favorite hole experts are BACK in MidSpace and looking for a new place to stash their ship. Can't just leave it under Princess Zhu Zhu's nose! Jump o…

01:39:40 | Thu 30 Sep 2021

S2E10: The Source of the Sauce

The Bastards get fed up! Yup! You heard that right. The Bastards have arrived at Stu's, The Home of the "Everything", for a quick lil bite to eat before heading out back into space. They're rolling f…

02:02:54 | Thu 16 Sep 2021

S2E09: Pay Ya Hecking Artists

It's shopping time! The Bastards have made it to the checkout! It didn't seem like it would happen, you know- after all the rats.. But it has, and they're loading up! These Bastards got some money to…

01:21:27 | Thu 26 Aug 2021

S2E08: Hot Shrimp

The Bastards have landed! Now if only they can get past these synth bandits, and this little guy in the hooded cloak, and these thousands of rats, and, and… Kheen? Is that you? - Starring: DM Dick Dy…

01:26:46 | Thu 19 Aug 2021

Bobby Got Space 4 U

This week sit down with our Bastards to watch the Midspace famous show "Bobby got space 4 U!" (HEY Bastards! Recognize the sound of this lil' treat? That's right! This is the show that the synths are…

00:12:21 | Thu 12 Aug 2021

S2E07: Small Victories

There’s a kidnapping ransom in Kheen’s quarters, and a new job on the Bastard’s plates. They’re off to save the famous designer, but are they truly seeing the full picture? - Starring: DM Dick Dynami…

01:36:10 | Thu 05 Aug 2021

S2E06: What's he building in there?

Our Bastards find themselves in the great creative halls of KHEEN! After all this time, will they get their amazing new 'fits? Or will there be some strange?... - Starring: DM Dick Dynamite the Dunge…

01:23:22 | Thu 29 Jul 2021

S2E05: Anne Hathaway [feat. Trevor]

Our Bastards are hot on the heels of the bandits who stole their only chance at leaving this trash station. ..A Battery! THE Battery! The only one that'll get them outta here. With the help of Rads, …

01:58:11 | Thu 22 Jul 2021

S2E04: Finders Keepers and Losers Weepers [feat. Trevor]

The Bastards are FINALLY kicking back and eatin' snacks, when Boris calls with a problem. That problem turns into a midnight adventure, and the Bastards, dare we say, make a new... friend? Hope they …

01:33:06 | Fri 16 Jul 2021

S2E03: Get Keen on the Trash Moon!

Under Boris' leadership, The Bastards have arrived at a moon made entirely out of trash. What brings them here? The quest for sauce and new outfits, of course! Something unique and something that wi…

01:50:12 | Thu 08 Jul 2021

S2E02: Party Pose

HECK! The crew has just barely made it past The Shattered Wall- and they find themselves in immediate danger. They must now provide tribute to their new honored friends, or face the void of space alo…

01:12:48 | Thu 01 Jul 2021

S2E01: The Butter Knife

Cleo and Ze race to get out of Zarg Moon territory before the New Terran forces blockade the entire sector. Aboard their starship the Grey Dragon, powered by an A.I called Reese, and piloted by the Z…

01:47:49 | Thu 24 Jun 2021

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