We realized the second half of last night's chat episode wasn't spoiler-y, so here it is on its own for those truly CRAVING some Duality Bites! www.hagdealgaming.com/spoiler-free...

Jay Ben and Asteria talk about all the pre-campaign work (and general years of gaming together) that laid the groundwork for their dramatic improv around Lemma's backstory. NB: Lots of spoilers since we talk about the intense emotional scenes from the most recent QoD episodes!

"Hey GM how do you come up with all those NPCs?"

Dearest Listeners, this one's special. Huge revelations, wrenching vulnerability, flirty arm wrestling...a lot can happen at a Shadowjack wake. The halfway point of the season, and it cracks the storytelling open in a way we never could have planned. www.hagdealgaming.com/episode-7-to...

Despite various illnesses, here at last is part of our punchy happy IN-PERSON chat last month. Please enjoy the Chicago Coven as we discuss breaking the game before it begins, and plotting to arrive places uninvited. #daggerheart #queenofdaggersheartoffire www.hagdealgaming.com/db-5-prologu...

Her adversary type is SOCIAL what an absolute icon #daggerheart #strixhag #owlwitchborne

Owl Witch, our beloved, our undisputed Patroness, against whom dost thou flap vengeance and how can we help (we have literally no further questions)? #daggerheart

Very cool news! The folks at Talking Crit are hosting us on their Discord server for any and all fan chat about "Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire." Hard to ask for a lovelier community. If you're a QoD fan, remember to tag yourself Dread Poets Society :) discord.gg/ttGqkGPt

Sometimes the Internet and the real world are equally baffling so we put on our evil queen crown and we make fun things out of spite.

Editrix Carmela has been...absurdly sick for two weeks, truly hexed. So, no new episode this Labor Day Weekend. A good chance to settle in with our particularly plump Episode 6, if you haven't yet--and we'll be back next week with some more Duality Bites! www.hagdealgaming.com/episode-6-a-...

Carmela and Jay Ben return to discuss playing half a season using only one of their two domains. What's it like to be a spellcaster who won't cast spells? (Yes, both of them.) www.hagdealgaming.com/db-4-one-han... #daggerheart #dualitybites #ttrpgs @darringtonpress.bsky.social

A jam-packed episode! Our Poets' first proper combat, and the beginning of a new arc. Who are the Shadowjacks? Where is the Sallow Ring? Why do so many mysterious folk seem to know who Evelyn is? #daggerheart #actualplay #ttrpgs

Hag representation at last night's #sporclecon Battle of the Brains @sporcle.bsky.social #nerdcoven

The crowd that showed up for @twafirstlady.bsky.social yesterday #sporclecon #fourplay #queenofnerds @sporcle.bsky.social

@twafirstlady.bsky.social @asteriathehag.bsky.social and @janefury.bsky.social all in the same physical space??? Two hours of recorded #daggerheart talk must naturally ensue. Thank you #sporclecon for luring us to the same city. #dualitybites #darknexus #queenofdaggersheartoffire #qodcast

Time for more #daggerheart system chat! This week, Carmela and Jay Ben talk about mixing, matching, and reflavoring ancestry (such as Jay Ben's Lemma, the half-clank half-fungril "human"), and what Orderborne community has meant to them both

In honor of the NPC teased at the end of Ep 5, I (Asteria) must shout out this song by @naethanapollo.com, which I *indelibly* associate with said NPC. None of the lyrics fit. (The first thing you'll notice about her? She starts fights!) But to me, it's the sound of the song in her heart.

Hope that you've still got some room for #daggerheart after #gencon 😈 Our Poets hit the road, and the books. Will unraveling Lacuna's past help them decide its future? And while they're choosing the realm's path, they'd better keep an eye on their own...

Anyone: [says the word "Isaac"] Us: Our GM, Isaac Allen Burns?

#dualitybites Ep2! Making GM Moves can be a lot of pressure, especially when players roll with Fear. 8 months into our campaign, what has Asteria learned the hard way? What might she have done differently? Cuz hindsight is 20-20--or, as we say in #Daggerheart, 12-12. episodes.fm/1816646717/e...

...because the logo seems to not be part of the preview and SOMEONE spent too much time on it #dualitybites #daggerheart #darringtonpress www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vutsr-...

✨Now in proper podcast form! More #daggerheart systems and QoD bts chat coming soon ✨ @darringtonpress.bsky.social

😭 Rest In Glory

Pistachio Drupe and Ginny Shiredan: just two faun adventurers who could use a break to drink some cold milk and talk about life on the farm 🌰🤝🫜 An actual @dodoborne.com / #queenofdaggers crossover would likely be unspeakable but in my heart we are sibs.

Loving @dodoborne.com soooo much and wanting Pistachio and Ginny (@twafirstlady.bsky.social) to be best faun friends 🧡🧡🧡 they could drink milk and be brave together, I'd watch that.

Heads up darlings! Tomorrow's ep will be a mini-sode just on the PCs' level-up. #daggerheart buffs, come get the crunch-- 99% relevant to the current rules. No show knowledge needed. Not interested in system talk? Come back on Aug. 3 for Ep. 5, and the start of a whole new arc! #shadowjacks

Our household was not ready for this read.

(Surrounding Ginny there are three wolves.) Episode 2: Howl available now on YouTube and most podcast platforms. #daggerheart #queenofdaggersheartoffire #actualplay #ttrpgs

👀 👀 Witch you say? Dread domain you say? This is of interest to The Hags.

Love that Mark is playing so collaboratively, très #daggerheart

#rhearipley is Glory, Queen of Bones #daggerheart #womenswrestling

Touchstones have been key in describing QOD--especially since the phrase "dark fantasy" evokes something a bit different than it might've in the 80s and 90s. What would you call the subgenre for Labyrinth, Legend, Ladyhawk, The Last Unicorn, The Neverending Story?

Get it together, The Magician. www.youtube.com/shorts/a4m5H... #daggerheart #actualplay #ttrpg

Boom! youtu.be/4d3vFJjZzV0

Fun Fact: when the video version of an episode drops late, it's usually because Asteria spent too long choosing the font for a new NPC's title card!

Episode 4 is here! (Video version will join us soon) www.podbean.com/ew/pb-d75wy-... #daggerheart #ttrpgs #queenofdaggers

Trying to get @twafirstlady.bsky.social her edit notes but once again distracted just listening to her soundtrack choices. Soren Theme ♥️♥️♥️

Recording #queenofdaggersheartoffire tomorrow after more than a month off!! It'll be our first time using the OFFICIAL rules so I'm boning up. Turned to a totally random page, no one involved should read into it. #daggerheart

Hello Dearest Listeners! The YouTube version of Episode 3 is delayed because our video editor (Asteria) is sick AF and keeps falling asleep while it processes. But the podcast version is live as usual! Available on all major podcast platforms. #daggerheart #ttrpgs #actualplay #qodcastpodcast

youtu.be/IvQv-jgxcQQ #daggerheart

No idea why I said central instead of eastern but the point stands: RED AND YELLOW!!! #medievaltimes #daggerheart www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MnGSoK/

The howl of a woman who hunts with wolves... #daggerheart #ttrpg #podcast

Second episode drops tonight at 7pm ET! On YouTube AND on podcast platforms. www.hagdeal.com/listen #daggerheart #qodcast #podcast

Oh yeah, we're chattin. youtu.be/2rUiWofZuno?...

WE ARE GO. Meet the Poets of Lacuna. Join their journey through a royal clash between Hope and Fear. youtu.be/EvSGGcfSqfc?...

Hi all! We'd forgotten how long it takes to export/upload a file this big, but the premiere is coming tonight!!! Any minute now...

Not a drill!!! Our very first episode of Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire will drop TOMORROW, Sun 5/25 @ 7pm ET!! In the meantime enjoy a snippet. #qodcast #daggerheart #ttrpg youtube.com/shorts/2-dNg...