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Hosted by Brian C. Rideout · fiction · EN-US
A Weird Fantasy Old-School Solo Role-Playing Game
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Signup to Generate a PitchSwords Against Madness is hosted by Brian C. Rideout. The show has published 45 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 40: In the Land of the Dead Goddess" (15 August 2026, 14 minutes), "Episode 39: California" (29 July 2026, 20 minutes), and "Episode 36: Detour" (23 May 2026, 25 minutes).
Swords Against Madness publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 45 episodes.
Booking probability for Swords Against Madness is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Swords Against Madness requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Swords Against Madness's contact route on record: verified email.
Brian C. Rideout hosts Swords Against Madness, a fiction podcast with 45 episodes published.
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Episode #40
A summary of Episodes 31-39 Swords Against Madness episode 40 is a summary of the plot from episodes 31 through 39. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main...
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California 1974: four friends make a strange discovery while star-gazing that kicks off a strange journey across space and time that intersects with Miria’s own journey. The story of three teens in San Benito...
Episode #36
Miria goes deep within her mind to commune with the All-Knowing and prepare herself for a dangerous journey.
Episode #36
We turn our attention to Yanghu as he hunts for those who had meddled with his Gorum and Carver tech. This session was played extemporaneously using Swords & Wizardry and the Mythic Game Master Emulator . Sometimes you...
Episode #34
Edryk, Miria, and Kale face a terrifying onslaught on the dismal beaches of Abzû. This game sues the crocodile stats from Swords & Wizardry, It also delves pretty deep into the Dungeons & Dragons theory of the Soul that...
Episode #33
Miria, Kale, & Edryk cross the shimmering plane of Amber, and then into the darkness of Abzû, beset on all sides by monsters and mysteries. This episode includes a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster: the Aurumvorax...
Episode #32
Miria contemplates her past as she, Edryk, and Kale cross the Divine Seed of Amber, a place of beauty, perfection, and cruelty. This episode draws its inspiration from the setting of the Chronicles of Amber by Roger...
Miria, Edryk, Kale, The All-Knowing, and the Squid set sail across the Astral plane and discover that it is anything but empty. This episode uses a mix of planar travel rules found in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons...
Episode #30
A summary of Episodes 21-29. Swords Against Madness episode 30 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main...
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This is a special bonus episode of Swords Against Madness featuring my new TTRPG, Undeadwood: Weird West RPG . Follow the Lost Soul Carson Swift, as he tries to help a bounty hunter track down a stolen item, only to be...
Episode #29
Miria, Edryk, and Kale finally reach the place where the All-Knowing believes there is a means to travel to the planes. The object they discover is far stranger than anything they could have imagined. In this session I...
Episode #28
The party may have destroyed the Dread Silkworm, a half-giant-caterpillar-half-god monster… but there are still more creatures devouring the juju garden, and a mission to fulfill. This episode opens with rounds...
Episode #27
The party attempts to help the Nilkin clear the Ravenous Caterpillars from their sacred garden, only to find the threat is much greater than anyone anticipated. Mythic Game Master Emulator throws a number of crazy...
Episode #26
The Party joins the mysterious wild halflings, the Nilkin, in their village in hopes that the local shaman might be able to help them find the planar travel device. The Nilkin are not as firendly as they might seem, and...
Episode #25
Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, & Kale brave the untamed norther jungles of Nar, to find that the wilderness itself seems to hunger for them… This episode features a reinterpretation of the Vine Horror from the epic...
Episode #24
With the help of the All-Knowing, Miria delves into the terrors of Haalu’s mind to learn more about the cruel and enigmatic Master. This episode includes an encounter with a monster that in Swords and Wizardry is...
Episode #23
The Miria, Edryk, Berle, Raxon, and Kale have their showdown with Haalu; we explore a piece of Edryk’s past, where it crosses with doctor Haidran. This episode includes my quick and dirty rules for fighting...
Episode #22
The party makes a narrow escape. Miria, Edryk, Raxon, Berle, and Kale secretly prepare for treachery. This episode includes an encounter with a classic Dungeons & Dragons monster that isn’t included in Swords &...
Episode #21
Miria and Edryk recruit new followers and head into the jungle, but discover that one of their own party is plotting against the rest… Episode 21 begins a fresh hex crawl with 3 additional PCs: Berle a human...
Episode #20
A summary of Episodes 11-19. Swords Against Madness episode 20 is a summary of the plot from episodes 11 through 19. An opportunity to catch up on the plot or just refresh your memory. It adds nothing to the main...
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