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Roll History

A low-DC dive into D&D through the ages!
Join Sami and Vesper as they explore the history of each edition of everyone’s favourite most-popular-RPG-in-the-world!

Adventure Games History Leisure Hobbies
Update frequency
every 13 days
Average duration
74 minutes
Episodes
50
Years Active
2019 - 2023
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Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 3

Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 3

We did it, everyone. We finally reached the end of Dr. van Richten's story. Brace yourselves for the end of an era (and some Curse of Strahd spoilers sorry)!

Plus: Darkvision Kisses, Hoofed Away, and…

01:12:40  |   Mon 15 Nov 2021
Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 2

Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 2

Happy Halloween I mean November the 6th! You want more Van Richten?! Please take some of this Van Richten; we have far too much

Plus: A Small Crew of Zombies on Electric Scooters, Fizzing From Your B…

01:36:52  |   Sat 06 Nov 2021
Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 1

Roll History: Rudolph van Richten, Part 1

Happy Halloween; it's an extra episode! Find out all you need to know about D&D's premier he-who-fights-monsters!

Plus: FREE GIFT Van Richten Voice, A Vampire Named Baron Meatfeast, and Young Man! Th…

01:19:28  |   Sun 31 Oct 2021
Roll History: Purple Worms, Part 2

Roll History: Purple Worms, Part 2

Join Sami and Alex for the conclusion of our look at worms, purple and otherwise! This one's got REAL WORLD FACTS too, good heavens

Plus: "I'm a Dirt Swimmer, Baby", Horses as a System of Measurement…

00:57:50  |   Sat 23 Oct 2021
Roll History: Purple Worms, Part 1

Roll History: Purple Worms, Part 1

It's long! It's cylindrical! It's a particular colour! What more is there to say? (About an hour of podcast, actually)

Plus: Doctors Hate This Old Worm, It's Explicitly a Tube, and a Worm Wearing a S…

01:02:30  |   Sat 09 Oct 2021
Roll History: The Traveller

Roll History: The Traveller

Today's subject holds the record for 'Most Facts Just Assumed by Eberron's Scholars', so that's nice.

Plus: Garfield the Devourer, Cabinet of Feces, and 100 Children with Old, Old Faces.

Roll History…

01:12:28  |   Sat 21 Aug 2021
Roll History: Bag of Devouring

Roll History: Bag of Devouring

Why not join us for an insightful look at sacks? Please keep all limbs outside of the sack for the duration of this podcast.

Plus: Horse Pony Lovecraft, Great and Mighty Wham-Skull, and Wizard's Dinn…

00:43:30  |   Fri 18 Jun 2021
Roll History: Mimics, Part 2

Roll History: Mimics, Part 2

This is a landmark episode because the 4th Edition section might be the most interesting bit of all? What the heck!!

Plus: That's a Pseudopod Baybee!, Zabu from The Lion King, and The Perfect Mimic S…

00:56:07  |   Fri 04 Jun 2021
Roll History: Mimics, Part 1

Roll History: Mimics, Part 1

We slew the monsters! We dodged the traps! We convinced the Rogue to cooperate! And it was all worth it for this amazing treasure, wait my hand's stuck

Plus: Can of Mixed Nuts, Bags 'n' Pumps, and Cl…

01:14:32  |   Fri 21 May 2021
Roll History: Temple of the Frog

Roll History: Temple of the Frog

Deep in the swamps of Lake Gloomey lies the City of the Temple of the Brothers of the Swamp. How did this happen? What's inside? What was Dave Arneson thinking?!

Join us for a look at the Blackmoor S…

01:42:56  |   Fri 07 May 2021
Roll History: Original D&D Character Build

Roll History: Original D&D Character Build

It's happening. We're actually making a player character for Original, 1974 box set D&D. An 'Original Character', if you will.

Plus: VERY BAD ROLLS, 'I'm Gonna Bang It!' and Gary's Free Consolation K…

01:05:10  |   Fri 23 Apr 2021
Roll History: Mighty Servant and Cloak of the Bat

Roll History: Mighty Servant and Cloak of the Bat

In this week's Treasure Table, Alex becomes a chaotic warlord in the Mighty Servant of Leuk-O, and Sami lurks in the shadows with the ever-classic Cloak of the Bat!

Plus, an Imp with No Toes, Do I Ha…

01:17:45  |   Fri 09 Apr 2021
Roll History: Bless and Foresight

Roll History: Bless and Foresight

It's another Treasure Table! Sami tackles the massive subject of Bless, and Alex's look at Foresight is way, way less in-depth.

Plus, Gary Gygax's Equine Excitement, Morale Failure Soundboard, and th…

01:14:34  |   Fri 26 Mar 2021
Roll History: Firbolgs, Part 2

Roll History: Firbolgs, Part 2

We've reached the light of the modern day with our Firbolg coverage, and we promise that despite however it might sound, we were completely sober on this one.

Plus, Cowboy Facts, Big Farmer, and Gimb…

01:11:27  |   Fri 12 Mar 2021
Roll History: Firbolgs, Part 1

Roll History: Firbolgs, Part 1

We're back from our hiatus and we brought a horde of giant Celts along with us! Careful, there's a 5% chance one of them is a Shaman.

Plus, a snake-in-a-drawer, the Ordning vs Capitalism, and Giant N…

01:03:49  |   Fri 26 Feb 2021
Roll History: Gelatinous Cubes, Part 2

Roll History: Gelatinous Cubes, Part 2

We're rounding off (har har) our coverage of Gelatinous Cubes this time! Plus a rope slime, a psychic slime, and some kind of sweat monster. You would not believe how gross it gets.

Content Warning f…

01:00:34  |   Fri 25 Sep 2020
Roll History: Gelatinous Cubes, Part 1

Roll History: Gelatinous Cubes, Part 1

Imagine a slime with corners. Now imagine its friends. You've just imagined today's episode.

We're still mostly on hiatus! Some slight audio clipping on this one, so apologies for that! We should be …

00:58:28  |   Fri 11 Sep 2020
Roll History: Paladin Wrap-Up

Roll History: Paladin Wrap-Up

You thought we were free of Paladins? You thought it was over?! You were *wrong*.

Apologies to any Paladins who feel they have been misrepresented by the podcast. Hopefully these corrections can begi…

00:50:40  |   Fri 17 Apr 2020
Roll History: Avengers

Roll History: Avengers

We're joined by special guest Joel Comixboi, a real podcaster and not just Alex doing a barely-passable American accent! As it turns out, Avengers aren't just a thing in D&D but are also a somewhat p…

01:08:21  |   Sat 21 Mar 2020
Roll History: Blackguards

Roll History: Blackguards

This was a wild one! We struggle to stay on topic for more than 10 minutes at a time as we look at When Good PCs Go Bad. Seriously though, this was a really wild one, and for that we can only apologi…

01:06:44  |   Fri 06 Mar 2020
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