We wrap up our incredible gaming session of Symbaroum by inviting back to the table Symbaroum’s co-creator, Mattias Johnsson Haake. This conversation was recorded fresh of the heels of our August recording sessions so while the players and GM knew how things went later in the campaign Mattias himself had only listened to the first two episodes. But after all the fun we had playing his game we absolutely had to invite him to join us for our post-game debrief. This hour will not be your typical interview with a game creator. We heap love on him and gush about the game and share our favorite story point and Mattias opens up about the design choices and some of his favourite themes in the game and how Symbaroum formed into what it has become. This is the final episode, for now, in our 12 part campaign of Symbaorum. If you haven’t listened to the complete playlist we highly suggest you go back into our feed and listen to them all before this interview, because we are going to spill the beans all over your spoiler alert. Win a Copy of The Starter Set For December, Free League has offered up a free physical copy of the Symbaroum Starter Set, which we will mail out to one lucky listener! To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/D4DrR/terrible-warrior-december-symbaroum-give-away Come Play Symbaroum With Us Patreon supporters who are donating more than $15 a month are invited to join a monthly private tabletop game hosted by our resident GM, Justin, over on Discord. To learn more visit patreon.com/terriblewarriors Today’s Terrible Warriors are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, Ainslie Moors Mattias Johnsson Haake. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound The Terrible Warrior Theme Song is by Epic Game Music Symbaroum is created by Free League And during this interview Mitch Wallace mentioned that he won a fan submission contest when he helped write the Symbaroum adventure, The Rite of Passage, which you can find and download by visiting drivethrurpg.com/product/329193/Rite-of-Passage

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Symbaroum Post-Game with Mattias Johnsson Haake

With permission granted and their guide slash corporate spy from the Ordo Magica waiting patiently for them, it’s finally time to descend into the sink hole and discover what secrets lie below Thistle Hold… Spoiler Alert: this episode covers key content from the second act of the Wrath of the Warden campaign, published by Free League Win a Copy of The Starter Set For December, Free League has offered up a free physical copy of the Symbaroum Starter Set, which we will mail out to one lucky listener! To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/D4DrR/terrible-warrior-december-symbaroum-give-away Come Play Symbaroum With Us Patreon supporters who are donating more than $15 a month are invited to join a monthly private tabletop game hosted by our resident GM, Justin, over Discord. To learn more visit patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 12: Into the Sinkhole

Someone has paid a group of ruffians to kill us. We don’t have time for distractions so let’s clean up the trash and find someone in this unforgiving town who can actually help us with our investigation into the mysterious sinkhole, the warnings of darkness, and oh yea the mysterious person paying people to hunt us down. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/HeilT/terrible-warrior-november-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 11: Ambushes & Petitions

Thistle Hold is saved, for now. The barricade has been secured around the sinkhole and the townsfolk continue with their lives. But only Elindra, Iandromei, and Veurd know about Anadea’s warnings about a darkness that threatens Thistle Hold before she was swallowed up by the sinkhole. Seeking answers, and lacking knowledge, the trio set out to meet with the two mysterious witches who arrived yesterday moments before the Bronze Well spoke. This morning there’s more than tea that’s brewing… Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/HeilT/terrible-warrior-november-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 10: Tea With Witches

The Beast Clan has retreated into the forest, the town puts up barriers and believes it is safe. But we know better… Before our trio begins their investigation into the mystery surrounding the woman at the Fern Tavern, they look back on where they’ve been and how they got here. More than a Recap The Terrible Warriors exists to help empower you to feel confident enough to play and run the games we enjoy here. Which is why this is much more than a recap episode, it is as much a part of our "actual play” as the rest of the story we have presented. Every GM needs to have a session, especially after a major battle or a story arc that has concluded, to take stock and let their players recount the events in their own words. A recap session like this helps equip the GM with specific information about what their players are interested in and what, up to this point, has stuck with them the most. And it equips the players with a renewed sense of motivation and inspiration as they remember why they are invested in seeing this story through. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/HeilT/terrible-warrior-november-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 09: The Road So Far...

The heroes of Thistle Hold rally behind our trio to push back against the invading beasts, mutated by corrupted darkness, and make their stand to defend their home. Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from the first act of the Wrath of the Warden campaign from Free League. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/BRT0f/terrible-warrior-october-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 08: Heroes of the Hold

Justin connects with Craig Campbell to talk about his “cozy gaming” solo RPG, Secrets of the Vibrant Isle. The pandemic era of gaming has seen a lot of us forced to spend time alone. And if you weren’t fortunate enough to have a good internet connection and a quiet space to connect you might not have been able to replace your old gaming group with a virtual one. Perhaps that’s why there’s been a rising interest in the genre of sole RPGs. In the Secrets of the Vibrant Isle you will play a person who has chosen to sail out to this mystical place, you explore the terrain and meet it’s denizens and after four weeks of in-game time they will decide if you are allowed to remain on the Vibrant Isle or be cast away. Craig will share with us how he came to create the game, some of the design challenges he had to overcome, and what you can expect if you decide to pick up this book for your next evening of alone time. The Kickstarter is happening right now and runs until November 3rd, so there’s still time to support this unique game. You can visit the kickstertarter page by following this link or visiting https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1582756696/secrets-of-the-vibrant-isle?ref=dy7mn1 And check out Craig’s other work at nerdburgergames.com If you want to follow Craig on twitter, his handle is @NerdBurgerCraig Our new theme song was created by Epic Game Music Follow us on Twitter at @dicewarriors and support the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/terriblewarriors

Meet the Makers: Craig Campbell (Secrets of the Vibrant Isle)

The Well has spoken. The ground has opened up. Something is pouring out from deep beneath Thistle Hold. There’s no time to find answers. The heroes of the hold must rally to it’s defense and push back against these creatures. And among our trio, one of them is about to show the others just how much they’ve been preparing to fight back against the darkness… Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from the first act of the Wrath of the Warden campaign from Free League. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/BRT0f/terrible-warrior-october-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 07: Invasion

Justin connects with Tristan Zimmerman to learn more about his shanty hunting RPG, appropriately named Shanty Hunters. Tristan is the writer behind the popular Molten Sulphur blog, which offers up real world historical inspiration for your gaming table, and in November he’s launching a kickstarter for a game that combines his loves of history, storytelling, and sailing. In Shanty Hunters, you set out to capture and return rogue sea shanties back to shore. Using the gumshoe engine, each game generates it’s challenge and investigation around the lyrics of the sea shanty you’re trying to claim. It’s a wild idea and perfect for groups looking for a short one-short or limited run campaign to give yourself a break from a longer game you’re currently playing. The Kickstarter launches on November 2nd and you can visit the page right now to set your reminder by visiting kickstarter.com/projects/1395430458/shanty-hunters And check out Tristan’s Molten Sulphur blog at moltensulfur.com And keep up with Pete & Mitch directly by following Pete on Twitter @IG_Pete and Mitch @mitchsbustillos Theme song created by Epic Game Music Follow us on Twitter at @dicewarriors and you can support the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/terriblewarriors

Meet the Makers: Tristan Zimmerman (Shanty Hunters)

Six months after their fateful journey through the Titan Mountains, the Fathiel Siblings find themselves living in Thistle Hold and no closer to learning the fate of their parents. But unbeknownst to them, darkness is growing and something much greater than themselves will draw them into the fate of Ambria, Davokar, and all of Symbaroum… Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from the first act of the Wrath of the Warden campaign from Free League. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/BRT0f/terrible-warrior-october-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 06: Tension in Thistle Hold

It’s too late. It’s too late for the elves to stop it. It’s too late for the caravan to escape it. It’s too late for Bellun. It’s almost too late for Ludo. All they can do now is face the darkness and hope the light still still shine long enough to defeat The Blightborn. Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from The Promised Land adventure included in the Symbaroum core rulebook. Abominations can not be reasoned with. They exist only to devour the living. They will never stop. They will never rest. All you can do is run or fight. And if you run it will chase you and you will have to fight anyways. The Iron Pact tried to stop it. Now they must work with the Caravan to defeat the man once known as Bellun. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We'll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/BRT0f/terrible-warrior-october-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 05: Blightborn

Justin connects with Pete and Mitch from Imagining Games to talk all about their latest creation, the Chew role playing game! Chew is an award winning comic book written by John Laymen and drawn by Rob Guillory. It's absurd, it's dramatic, it's grim. As Pete puts it, it's The Wire meets The Boys at the bottom of a bucket of chicken. As fans of the comics Pete and Mitch now have the opportunity to bring this game to your gaming table. They share all about what this world is, if you're unfamiliar, as well as why they chose to make their game a "Forged in the Dark" game, and what to expect should you invite your friends over for dinner and find yourself running a game of Chew. Check out their kickstarter page right now to learn more by visiting kickstarter.com/projects/peteyp/chew-the-roleplaying-game You can follow Imagining Games on Facebook at facebook.com/imagininggames And keep up with Pete & Mitch directly by following Pete on Twitter @IG_Pete and Mitch @mitchsbustillos Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Follow us on Twitter at @dicewarriors and you can support the show by becoming a patron at patreon.com/terriblewarriors

Meet the Makers: Pete & Mitch (Chew, the RPG)

The confession has been tabled and the Iron Pact reveals themselves. It will be up to the caravan and it’s defenders to decide the fate of their cursed pathfinders. But when the Iron Pact tells them the price one pays for breaking their rules, will the cost be too high to pay? Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from The Promised Land adventure included in the Symbaroum core rulebook. The threat of darkness and corruption is ever present. The church, the wizards, and the witches all have their own opinions about what darkness and corruption truly is. But they all agree on the same thing, if you take enough corruption you will be destroyed. And what remains… will no longer be what you once were. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit https://gleam.io/BRT0f/terrible-warrior-october-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 04: The Choice

Content warning: this week's episode deals with conversations of child abuse and racism with topics including Canada's residential schools and the 60's Scoop. This week we welcome back one of our co-founders, Mike Ashkewe, to hear him tell his story about where he's come from and where he's going. September 30th has been marked in Canada as National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, so we've decided to dedicate this episode to Mike's story. Along with being the creator and host of This Week in Geek and a founding member of Terrible Warriors, Mike is an indigenous person and a survivor of the 60's Scoop. Today he'll share with us his story of learning about what the 60's Scoop really was and how it has affected him and his family, his journey of connecting with his past and his own identity as a member of the Anishinaabe people, and his most recent work in advocating for survivors of the 60's Scoop and his work with the NPD party. Get Informed, Get Involved If you'd like to learn more, Mike highly recommends visiting the 60s Scoop Legacy of Canada facebook group at facebook.com/60sScoopLegacy and following Katherine Legrange on Twitter at @KatherineLegra2 You can follow Mike on Twitter @BirdmanDodd And stay up to date with all things This Week in Geek at thisweekingeek.net Follow us on Twitter @dicewarriors Editing is by Justin Ecock Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound

Behind The Screen: Mike Ashkewe - National Day of Truth & Reconciliation

The Sunstone has been recovered and the path through the mountains laid clear but outside forces march towards the caravan and a darkness growing within will threaten the safety of everyone… Spoiler warning: This episode includes content from The Promised Land adventure included in the Symbaroum core rulebook. This high up into the mountains everyone must work together to gather supplies and enough wood to keep the fire going and to stay warm. But be on your guard for beasts, and other things, which feed upon the vulnerable and not everyone is what they appear to be. Win a Copy of Symbaroum Free League has offered up a free digital copy of the Symbaroum core rulebook for a lucky listener. We’ll be giving away a copy in September, October, and November during the run of our campaign. To enter, click out the gleam sweepstake screen on this page or visit gleam.io/competitions/NYBAL-terrible-warrior-symbaroum-give-away Patreon Supporters Can Listen Early Patreon supporters who are donating more than $5 each month can listen to the first story episode now, and will have early access every week for the duration of this campaign! Find out more by visiting patreon.com/terriblewarriors Our players are Mitch Wallace, Sean Horbatiuk, and Ainslie Moors. Justin Ecock is the GM and audio editor. Music is licensed through Epidemic Sound Symbaroum is created by Free League And you must check out Mitch Wallace’s creation, Necrobiotic, by visiting pennyforatale.com/necrobiotic

Symbaroum 03: Shadows in the Mountain

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