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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S1E13: Bengaman's Bowling Bonanza [feat. SETH]

The Birthdaying continues with PART TWO of the saga! Cleo, Dr. Ze, and their new compatriot "the man with no name" are reeling in tickets and getting close to not being invited back. They've bested t…

01:16:26 | Thu 16 Jul 2020

S1E12: TMWNN, Squid, & KAK [feat. SETH]

Did somebody say... BIRTHDAY? Herodotus is busy bonding with the ovum - so Cleo and the Doctor are OUT! Join them as their ship breaks down at Bengaman's FamilyFun Milkshake and Mindgames Emporium - …

01:52:15 | Thu 09 Jul 2020

S1E11: Making my way Downtown and I'm Homebound

After all that splittin', the party is back together! And now that we're all here, it's time for some classics. Cleo's nearly gone and blown herself up again, Herodotus is grandstanding in honor of h…

01:55:06 | Fri 03 Jul 2020

S1E10: Keep Rolling

The hunt for the egg continues as the Bastards "stealth" through the enemy base. In between the splitting of the party, the massive firefight, and all of the ...questionable choices- will the young o…

01:49:02 | Thu 25 Jun 2020

S1E09: Wheels or Wings?

All of the Bastards and their newfound compatriots have gathered back at the ship and are about to set out on a... mission of stealth? Can they do it? Can they still the urge to yell an insult, toss …

01:26:19 | Thu 18 Jun 2020

S1E08: When life hands ya Eggs

Our intrepid collectors of crap, Cleo and Dr. Ze, continue buying up the station- while the ever noble Herodotus Arthurian Mendleroth the THIRD, gets a bit too saucy on wraith attention and.. And? Lo…

01:10:32 | Thu 11 Jun 2020

S1E07: Garcia Station

IT'S TIME TO GO SHOPPING. The Bastards have warped on out to a busy little border town on the edge of synth space. Garcia Station, (named for our new Patron, Fernando Garcia!), is home to all manner …

01:34:58 | Thu 04 Jun 2020

S1E06: BIG Badda BOOM! [feat. Spiridon Giannakis]

WOOP WOOP that’s the sound of the... local synth authorities? The Bastards have made contact with Hans, are making contact with the unhappy locals- and are likely about to make contact with the armor…

01:49:29 | Thu 21 May 2020

S1E05: Hans the Space Dragon [feat. Spiridon Giannakis]

After a SECOND narrow station escape, our Bastards have finally dropped into contested space. Buckled in with their crate of credits, a mildly jostled but intact mystery charge, and a creaking but st…

01:21:53 | Wed 13 May 2020

S1E04: The Plentiful Pantry

Armed to the teeth after a quick getaway- egg and briefcase of credits in hand- the Bastards are set to warp! Ahem. However, it does appear that our intrepid pilot, Herodotus, has left some personal …

01:20:25 | Thu 07 May 2020

S1E03: Midspace Miscreants

Our trio's subterranean adventure continues, as they barely escape a brush with fate, in the form of a mutated cavern beast. They quickly learn that not all tentacles are to be trusted! (But they can…

01:45:44 | Thu 30 Apr 2020

S1E02: An Old Rust Bucket

The Bastards are now three, and they've got a job to do. Picked up by local kingpin D.E.E.T.Z.; Cleo, Dr. Ze, and Herodotus are headed into the bowels of Mid space to bring back a... Well, they didn'…

01:15:14 | Wed 22 Apr 2020

S1E01: A Meeting in Midspace

Our adventure begins. Our scene is the Midspace star station. A long-forgotten diplomatic hub torn between three warring empires. In a shady saloon, we meet an Ursine, a jellyfish in a bowl, and an a…

01:26:10 | Wed 15 Apr 2020

S1E00: Pilot Episode

Ursine demolitions expert Cleo DeCap and the Robotic/aquatic Doctor Ze are in search of an easy payout on the hulking space station, Midspace. Located in the center of this galaxy, Midspace station i…

01:37:10 | Wed 08 Apr 2020

Backwater Bastards Trailer

The Bastards are BACK, and officially in orbit! We know you’ve all had enough of being gravity-bound- so we’re kicking this joint for a new star system. Join the same motley crew for new stories, new…

00:00:57 | Tue 07 Apr 2020

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