Cozy roleplaying in a haunted post-apocalypse.
Join Cobb, Tissa, and Penelope as they travel the pastoral continent of Amylte and try to help the world heal from the mistakes of its war-torn past.
Sword of Symphonies is the award-winning Actual Playtest of Heroic Chord, led by designer Cat McDonald and played by their excellent friends.
This week, Kersten has been taken to an intergalactic prison located somewhere in the moons of Jupiter!
Join Cat, Nick, Kathleen, and guest Bill as we talk combat!
Music by Kathleen!
The enormous Westbreaker drifts over placid seas, eastward to warmer weather, as countless ships have over the course of Amylte’s history. A ship built for shattering the ice of the north is hardly a…
Amylte is a resting place. the gods here sleep, powerful in repose but stationary. Most of the continent is the gravesite of the old world, the burial mount of old ideas and structures.
The continent…
Every place has its own normal. Everyone has their own normal, a normal that belongs only to them. While the citizens of Stageport would be aghast at living under the wing of the Ambassador in Pearl,…
The world is full of things. Curious things, unexpected things, unimportant things. We're all free to decide which things matter, when presented with the chaos of every day. In the end, that's the di…
A long time ago there was a girl. She was strong and brave and she learned to hunt and survive the wilderness of the Rhime.
A long time ago there was a boy. He was quiet and keen and loved to read boo…
This world is full of people. Stout people, narrow people, gentle people, coarse people. An entire kaleidoscope of feelings and thoughts and outlooks and lives that whirl together in a rainbow agains…
Once upon a time, two powerful demons came to the same place, a place they thought Agrippina could not see them. Well, not once upon a time. Several times, upon a time. Repeatedly, upon a time. These…
This week, Kersten's off on a wonderful adventure in a fantasy world! Until she can find her way home, Nick, Kathleen, Cat, and Dillon are going to finally talk about the whole concept of Sword of Sy…
They don't care about anything else. One concept is the light around which their solar system revolves, and everything else is swallowed in darkness. The Noble Demons do not hate humanity. Quite the …
Once upon a time, so long ago that detail is lost and even sentiment gets a little blurry, there was a man. Probably a man like any other. Most likely flesh and blood. Driven by a powerful, seething …
Nothing is simpler than things we expect to be complicated. Nothing is more complicated than things we expect to be simple.
The difference, of course, is understanding. There is no such thing as simpl…
This week, since we have Dillon, let's talk about something Dillon is very good at!
That's right, it's Worldbuilding time! Yay!
There are some scholars in Amylte who are deeply preoccupied with the existence of Horrors. They are extremely difficult things to study, if indeed they are “things”, and of course once one has asked…
Some two hundred and twenty years ago, a farmer left her community to put down roots in the foothills. Today no one knows why, though she must have had her reasons. And two hundred twenty years ago, …
What is trust, exactly? it is a sort of foreknowledge, a sense of destiny, the ability to predict and rely on a certain outcome. We trust that one day will follow another, that our favorite podcast c…
Cat and the gang get ready for season two! Thrill as the characters are re-introduced! Chill as season one is recapped!
And in the end, we find ourselves at the Last Tooth.
Welcome to Sword of Symphon…
The conclusion of our mini-series. They have the Lady’s Axe, they have the Frosted Lapis, and they have the Minewhelk Shells. Now they just need to bring it all together.
Queen Bancotha’s on the rampa…
Now that they know more about what’s bothering Queen Bancotha, it’s time to put together a shopping list. Where do you go for Mine Whelk Shells, Lady’s Axe, and Frosted Lapis?
And how on earth do you …
Welcome to our first episode of Monster Care Squad! This week, it's time to party as the crew of the Grey Monarch come to the island of Forsmoria. The ocean here is choked with an overgrowth of seawe…