The Heroes Tried Their Best

The Heroes Tried Their Best

The Heroes Tried Their Best is a comic fantasy actual play podcast following a secret society of monster slayers as they investigate a series of mysterious pattern of kidnappings in Lamplight City. Experience thrilling battles inside meandering trains, hijacked zeppelins, occult rituals and meet a wacky cast of characters. The RPG game system we use as of right now is dungeons and dragons fifth edition and its sourcebooks, as well as D&D Beyond. -- -- Season 2 of the Heroes Tried Their Best is out now! There will be brushes with the Feywild, Eladrin, Vampires, and Werewolves among other creatures from the depths of horror mythology. There are homebrew elements as well, like cold iron weaponry, cane swords, firearms, and hidden stakes. || || Meet the Players: ~*~The Game Master: Dan~*~ ::Season 2:: The Gnome Swashbucklin' Rogue: Frankie played by Meg -- The Harengon Graverobber/Aarakocra Bard: Vlander/Gurdy played by Alex "CheezySpud" -- The Satyr Wild Magic Woo-girl: Denysia played by Brandi "DorkyDino" -- The "Excitable" Harengon Ranger: Flynn, played by Taylor "LuckyLewin" -- ::Season 1:: The Halfling Wildmagic Sorcerer: J.R played by Meg -- The Human Paladin-Rogue: Waylon played by Alex -- The Half-Elf Artificer: Roran played by Taylor || || You can catch updates on the podcasts as well as all the TTRPG discussions on the podcast twitter page: https://twitter.com/BravestBunch -- If you're interested in content beyond dungeons and dragons 5e, you can catch us on Twitch: https://www.youtube.com/@bravestbunch -- If you'd like to see our faces as well as our everyday adventures, be sure to check out our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravestbunchttv/ -- If bonus episodes of D&D are your thing, or you just want to help us out, check out our patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/bravestbunch -- BravestBunch media is run by Dan and Meg ||

Episodes

August 30, 2022 82 mins

In the pilot episode of the Dungeons and Dragons actual play series, three sort-of heroes attempt to solve a mystery aboard a moving train, they meet a celebrity, and (some of them) eat some delicious pancakes. 

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In this episode of the Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: The heroes test their minds against the recruitment test of the Foxglove Society, Vampires sort-of appear, and they offend everyone on the train platform immediately. 

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September 1, 2022 89 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: The heroes investigate a disappearance, they break into a house, and they fail to impress Connell. 

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September 1, 2022 101 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: The crew hunts their first creature, they save some people, and they begin finding clues (except they don't really know they're clues yet.)

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September 1, 2022 93 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: Resist Arrest, Find out that consequences are a thing, and get wrapped in a net. 

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September 1, 2022 87 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: Our heroes visit an estate, are invited to a sweet party, and embarrass themselves. 

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September 7, 2022 88 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: The crew attempts to fly an airship, Scoddy visits his home, and magic goes awry. 

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September 21, 2022 82 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: We discover the Roran McYevir has potentially the softest hands in the universe, bargains are struck, and the group returns to action. 

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October 5, 2022 88 mins
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October 19, 2022 94 mins

In this episode of our Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast: The signs of the Hag ritual are becoming apparent, A storm brews, and the heroes prepare for the battle of their lives. 

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November 2, 2022 111 mins

Thanks for sticking with us throughout this, we really appreciate it. Season 2 will be up before you know it. If you need to scratch that itch in the mean time, you can find bonus origin episodes on Patreon and track news of the upcoming season on Twitter. Thank you so much, and we hope to see you all next season. 

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November 16, 2022 60 mins

This is the first of two crossover episodes that we are doing with a couple members from the cast of Tales from Daekonia, Sam and Rob. In this special episode, our players are three members of the Foxglove Society tasked with discovering the cause of numerous disappearances in the small town of Laxford. The regular cast - along with a new voice - from Lamplight City returns in mid-December, where we delve into the mysterious origin...

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November 30, 2022 87 mins

In this Dungeons and Dragons crossover extravaganza, Rob and Sam from Tales of Daekonia join us on this trip back into the time period of season 1. They steadily close in on the creature responsible for the murders in this town and set about their preparations. 

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December 14, 2022 67 mins

In the pilot episode to season 2 of Lamplight City, we meet a ragtag team consisting of Harrengon, a Satyr, and a Gnome as they find themselves thrust into conflict after conflict, beset upon from multiple planes. This is a Dungeons and Dragons actual play podcast in fifth edition. 

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December 28, 2022 78 mins

In this episode we discover one of Zircel's fears, meet the village top, and attempt to locate some soul jars. This is a dungeons and dragons actual play podcast and you can find us on all socials @bravestbunch. (Including patreon, wink)

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January 11, 2023 72 mins

In this episode of the dungeons and dragons actual play podcast, our crew deals with the aftermath of the Fey Incursion, tries to find the Scuttlebucket, and kiss a skull thing.

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January 25, 2023 58 mins

In this episode the party manages to track down Loinsplitter and much to Zircels delight they visit the Scholar's Covenant. 

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February 8, 2023 72 mins

In this episode: the party retrieves Zircel from the scholars covenant, the party returns to Reina, and the village top faces consequences for his actions.

The Heroes Tried Their Best is a tabletop roleplaying game actual play podcast that uses the Dungeons and Dragons system. You can get access to early and exclusive episodes at:

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February 22, 2023 78 mins

In this "special" episode of our Dungeons and Dragons campaign, the party take issue with the government, NPCs, each other, NPCs again, and organized religion. Picture thanksgiving dinner with your family, but instead of dinner it's dice, and instead of delicious food, they argue with a fantasy rabbit for ten minutes. 

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In this action-paced dungeons and dragons session: the players go shopping for legitimately like 30 minutes - and not the cool fantasy dnd shopping, but like actual grocery shopping (I wish I was making this up), the gang meets the Sheriff of the capital who leaves much to be desired in the way of professionalism, and Flynn strikes out on his own in an attempt to slay the Night Dad with Buck at his side with horrible consequences. ...

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