Crudely Drawn Swords - A Dungeon World Actual Play Podcast

S1E10: The Crystaline Labyrinth

17 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Our heroes begin their second week in the Ffantasy Ccastle reality show and they face a new challenge - a mysterious labyrinth beneath the castle from...

S1E09: The Curse of Fonevot

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Team Alpha were the first back from their mission to distant Washport, as their rivals return we follow their adventures through the rest of the week,...

S1E08: The Occult And A Cult

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Team Alpha have explored Washport and found evidence of some sinister goings on - now they go in search of the Inevitable Court, but before they can, ...

S1E07: Welcome To Washport

15 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Team Alpha have been transported to the scenic town of Washport, a set so carefully constructed that they immediately attempt to escape, before rememb...

S1E06: Wenchcore!

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The heroes of Team Alpha have returned from one adventure and soon they will be sent on the next, but first: Mandatory sports time! This campaign we ...

S1E05: Attack Of The Skelebarians

06 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Team Alpha had stayed back to investigate Troggleshythe when the alarm bells rang, now they must hurry back to help protect the Dutchess in a way that...

S1E04: The Troggleshythe Trail

23 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The morning after the first feast night, the four teams are given their first quest from the Ffantasy Ccastle. Fortunately it's simple caravan duty, m...

S1E03: The Merry King

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After an epic confrontation in the cellars, Team Alpha research their findings, before they make their way to the evening feast with The Merry King. ...

S1E02: There's WHAT in the cellar?

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Team Alpha get settled for their stay at the Ffantasy Ccastle! and then find themselves handed a surprising and entirely original mission...

S1E01: Ffantasy Ccastle!

20 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anders Roe, Arcwise Turbotine and Brad Mussels begin their spooky tale of uplifting bureaucracy as they are flung head-first into the exciting new Rea...

S1E0.5 Character Creation

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After having created the world in the first episode of the new campaign, now we create our main characters. Apologies for the slightly lower quality ...

A small announcement regarding Trilogy

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In which Ben introduces the new game he has been working on for the last few years.

Season 4/CDS Post Mortem - Spoilers!

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler Warning- this contains spoilers for the entire show! Do not, on any account, start here! This is the audio of our Season 4/Entire Crudely Dr...

S4E68: Crudely Drawn Swords

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An epilogue, in which our heroes say their goodbyes, and we say ours. Thank you for coming on this adventure with us, it has truly been sausage to kn...

S4E67: The World And The Magic Within It

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The fight with the Drake may be over, but now the Hawks face their greatest trial: the armies of the Canavir have come to claim the Gateway. The stake...

S4E66: The Seven Great Blows

20 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Drake has come. Everything the Hawks prepared for, everything they hoped for, and the armies they command, all must come together now if they are ...

S4E65: Ghost Onesie

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Percy has paid the price for great power, and something of great value has been destroyed. As the time of reckoning comes closer, The Hawks must prepa...

S4E64: Really Good At Traps

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have a problem - one of their group is being targeted by a dangerous sect of assassins, and the assassins are probably in the right. It's ti...

S4E63: The Applemen

08 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An important ally and friend of The Hawks is dead and they want to find out the cause - which leads them to dangerous secrets and an unwelcome truth.

S4E62: Never Outgunned

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

New groups approach Aru-sha from every direction - some are friends, others, foes. The Hawks learn more of what is approaching, and who they will have...

S4E61: Trust Team Idiot

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks are back! Awakening in the city Korzuuk, the capital of Mologorok. They have intervened in the past, but of course time has passed in the pr...

S4E60: The Prophecy, Part 3

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Five hundred years ago, three figures sat in a sea-cave and composed a prophecy. This is the third episode during which we explore the outcomes and me...

S4E59: The Awakening, Part 2

13 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the distant past, while Adam and Percy reshape the tides of history itself, Tristan, Enigma and their newfound friend Athel di Mitiabos face the da...

S4E58: The Prophecy, Part 2

30 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a cave by the sea, a ghost, a gunslinger and a guy whose ribcage will later have a book in it write a history of the future that will become the mo...

S4E57: The Awakening, Part 1

16 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While Adam and Percy carefully build a prophecy to shape history to their needs, Engima and Tristan have a different task: Go for a nice walk in the s...

S4E56: The Prophecy, Part 1

02 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks find themselves back in the past with multiple significant tasks to perform. Percy and Adam dedicate themselves to compiling the prophecies ...

S4E55: Not A Princess

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have a prophecy to make, so they're back in the land of the dead and quickly meet an old friend, in fact more than a friend to one of our he...

S4E54: A Bit Of A Yarn

05 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have received bad news about their future selves but time and fate are dangerous to tinker with, and before they make their way into the pas...

S4E53: All He's Ever Done

21 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have found their way to the underground realm of Mologorok (stop that!) and they find their arrival foretold by prophecy, a fact they immedi...

S4E52 - Water Off My Back

07 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having located the ideal place to search for the dragon beneath Aru-sha, The Hawks begin their exploration, only to find themselves confronted by a ne...

S4E51: Who Is That Handsome Man?

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have returned to their old haunt of Aru-sha and in the interests of their researches they're going in search of some old friends. Some thing...

S4E50: Who's Up For Starting A Cult?

10 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Escaping a dangerous situation, The Hawks find themselves in a deep and ancient catacomb and anyone who has visited a crypt will be very conscious tha...

S4E49: Things Undreamed Of

26 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Argent Queen has asked for The Hawks help in forging a new realm of death, with herself as the goddess at its heart. Unfortunately for her, they h...

S4E48: From The Same Place

12 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Pale Hand In Death's Shadow, The Argent Queen, The Princess In Alabaster, The Frostdaughter, Mercy In Ivory, The Pearl Widow... she has many name...

S4E47: Structural Integrity

22 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have found their way into the castle of The White Lady - the decor is on-the nose, the lighting is spooky and the well just had weird blood ...

S4E46: The Old Traditional Greeting

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have made their way to the old barrow at the heart of the dome of smoke and ghosts and now they prepare themselves to enter and face whateve...

S4H6: Always There, Always Changing

01 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Perhaps Tristan and Ambiphorax had further conversations, after the one where he saw his mistake, but if they did, he has yet to recall them. And yet,...

S4E45: A Little Bit Of Elk

15 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have a destination now, the site where Adam and Enigma once overthrew the Court of Lost Renown, but what will they find at that one-time lak...

S4H5: The Song Of Every Bird

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Two things Tristan loves to talk about: Music and himself. His favourite topic of conversation? The combination of music and himself. The problem?...

S4E44: Mumbo Jumbo

01 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Having learned relatively little from the diminutive general of the White Lady's army, the Hawks decide it is time to question their spectral captive....

S4H4: A Second Of Pristine Beauty

25 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Years have passed at the borders of chaos, insofar as Tristan can tell, but eventually he finds himself back in the room where the ancient and terribl...

S4E43: Do You Know What Murder Means?

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The immediate ghost problem has been averted, The Hawks are temporarily protected themselves and make a retreat to the relative comfort of the local i...

S4H3 - The Force Of Our Origins

11 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A year since their last conversation, Tristan finds himself back in the comfortable armchair beside Ambiphorax' fireplace, learning more about where t...

S4E42: Half Past Nunchucks

04 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks are surrounded by ghosts and they need to give Percy time to create a circle of protection around a whole building. Fortunately they are all...

S4H2: A Power With Endless Children

28 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A long time ago, on the borders of endless chaos the ghost of a bard and an ancient power of endless chaos are trapped together. This episode continue...

S4E41: Our Saviour

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tristan is shaken by the revelation of his recollections, but ultimately there isn't time for The Hawks to worry about that right now, because they ha...

S4H1: The Very Heart Of Things

14 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Tristan has a problem, which is that through no fault of his own* he finds himself at the borders of the elemental chaos that the world is shaped from...

S4E40: What did we actually learn?

07 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Awakening from their magical exploration of Adam's memories, the Hawks try to establish how accurate the information they gleaned there actually is, a...

S4E39: The Two Revolvers

23 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Dreadnought Asperitas is gone in a thunder of flame and ruin, but with a following wind, her crew have a chance at getting home safe as their ......

S4E38 - Deadly and Beautiful

09 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Dreadnought Asperitas has reached the location where the Broken Wheel are planning to perform a powerful chaotic rending that will bring disaster ...

S4E37: Full Throttle!

26 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If they are to understand how to help Adam Eagle-Ankh save his world, The Hawks need to understand more about it. Fortunately they have a talented smi...

S4E36: To Say Outright

12 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks are preparing their next move, but first they seek to understand their situation, and it keeps getting more complicated. What is the great p...

S4E35: What's Your Problem?

28 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Knight Commander of the Western Church has only recently stepped into the role and now he and his allies must decide where their next steps will l...

S4E34: More Time In Chimneys

14 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The cavern shaking around them, The Hawks continue their investigation into the death of the dragon god Ramnkellek, knowing that soon they must return...

S4E33: The Body Of A God

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks are going down, but not as a form of much-deserved justice. Oh no, they want to see what they can learn in the cavern of one of the Dragons ...

S4E32: Human Naked

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Their adventures in the past are over. The Hawks are making their way back to their own time and their own bodies, confident that they have put the pa...

S4E31: No More Lifetimes

03 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Against a vast army of the miscreations of chaos, a small force of brave fighters makes a stand to defend the magical rite that may just save their wo...

S4E30: The Uncanny Valley

20 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The battle of Kel Teppey is beginning as The Hawks and a small handful of defenders attempt to protect a powerful spell that - if cast successfully - ...

S4E29: Doves Take Flight

06 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Tide Of Light must take place at the top of the hill where currently a goblin forge stands. Can The Hawks defeat the defending goblins and get the...

S4E28: On The Other Side Lies Freedom

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As soon as the gates are open and Enigma gives the signal, the attack on the Goblin settlement at Kel Teppey will begin. The Hawks prepare themselves ...

S4E27: What Swords Do

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks split once more, with Enigma and Adam making their way up the pass with the main group, while the disembodied forms of Percy and Tristan hol...

S4E26: Maintain The Illusion

25 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks are earning their place in history, but with a very small group beside them, a goblin town ahead and an army of monstrosities behind them th...

S4E25: Arts And Rafts

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes the world confronts you with great challenges- the powers of gods and demons, fairy courts and goblin forges, the relentless march of chaos....

S4E24: The First Rule Of Survival

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While Team Hardbody are confronting danger, the ghost boys go on a holiday to scout out their destination and return with a plan and a deal to offer.

S4E23 - Chandedear

06 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's a formal ball and Enigma has just flipped the table! Time for the two Hawks trapped by the Court Of Lost Renown to regain their freedom and try t...

S4E22: Sensible Shoes

23 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hunt for the Questing Beast is complete and Enigma struck the blow that brought it down. Now it is time to celebrate the victory, a triumph of ski...

S4E21: The Legs Of A Snake

09 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the distant past, The Hawks are attempting to reshape the world, and to start with that means ensuring it stays the shape it was. Percy and Tristan...

S4E20: Ghost-Friend Power!

24 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the distant past, our four heroes have a moment of respite after arriving in the midst of an attack by miscreated newt-people. Now they need to pla...

S4E19 - When She Lifted The Ship

09 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ailana Serrista, hero of an ancient age, has agreed to help the Hawks to travel to her time, if it will help her see her wife. Now it is time for them...

S4E18 - Unstop Ceasebeing?

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have befriended the woman whose ancient skeleton their bodies are lying beside and now they must figure out what they need to know to put th...

S4E17: Friend Or Foe

12 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With their preparation complete, the Hawks mission begins, and they prepare to return to the place where their adventure began, and then even further ...

S4E16: Out Of My Way, Yumnuts!

29 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the realms of the dead, the Hawks are divided and confused. Why was their mission already complete? How can Enigma best find Percy and Tristan? Why...

S4E15: Psychic Hornbeast

15 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Having successfully found some spoooky ghosts, it's time for the Hawks to set out on a daring mission, to set right what once went wrong. What challen...

S4E14: Many Names

01 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks return to the pass where their adventure began, to explore the aftermath of the battle they fought here a year ago and, of course, to go on ...

S4E13: Mere Raymond

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Their work at the Priory complete, The Hawks are headed in a new direction, via some careful negotiation of terrain and townsfolk.

S4E12: Tough Day

03 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Having acquired some valuable assets, The Hawks are almost ready to leave Upton Priory, but it feels like a wasted opportunity if they don't take a mo...

S4E11: The Wilde Strategy

20 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have busted in to the temple keep at Upton Priory, which was once Percy's home church. Now they seek the forbidden tomes that lie concealed ...

S4E10 - Going To Need These Boys!

06 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A large new friend has emerged, at almost no cost whatsoever to Tristan, which is just the way he likes it. His companions, however, are feeling less ...

S4E09: Avoid The Horn

22 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Their planning has paid off and the Hawks have successfully located a horribly dangerous beast bred as a living siege engine. Could it have paid off b...

S4E08: Cucumber Sandwiches

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have returned to the town where the team first met up, and where they held off disaster for a time. Life took them in another direction, how...

S4E07: You Can't Burn Water

25 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Hawks have a destination, their old hometown of Farmouth, but the question arises of how to get there - and what will they find when they arrive?

S4E6: Blood Rite

11 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In an abandoned village, our heroes prepare the first step of their plan, testing their power to create a certain influence over their enemy.

S4E05: I Promised You A Plan

28 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Having eluded dire peril, met up with one old friend and avoided meeting another, The Hawks are travelling north to find somewhere to hide out for a w...

S4E04: A Sexy Tussle

14 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Beside the magical curtain of the Southern Lights, The Hawks are outnumbered but ready to fight to the last and send a signal to the world.

S4E03: Skin To Skin

30 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hector doesn't need to stay around to supervise the capture of the Hawks - his ambush has sprung and he has plenty of troops on hand to bring them dow...

S4E02: Not Invincible

16 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It was a trap, but of course they always knew it would be. If they could decapitate Hector's operation it would be a massive advantage, but of course,...

S4E01: To Reshape The World

03 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

"I fear The Hawks are doomed. I found the Reaching Scroll I shared with Bambari scrawled over with unreadable symbols, so dense that it almost looked ...

S3I2- Towers And Canals, part 2

12 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Once long ago there was a city, the capital of a grand empire. Now there is a ruin of shattered rock, home to ogres and crows. How did this great metr...

Crudely Drawn Swords Without Master Part 5: The Softness of Rest

21 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Rogues approach Coilspite's lair, but can they defeat the power that resides within and overthrow the devastating force of the serpent sorceror's ...

Crudely Drawn Swords Without Master Part 4: The Kindness of Leonard Glank

07 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Confronted by the sorcerer Coilspite, the mystery of an empty cage and a panoply of peril, the Rogues must find their way through the mysterious realm...

Crudely Drawn Swords Without Master 3: The Tower

24 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Akashobya showed them the way, Grizzard manifested the path and Sir Leonard lead the charge. Now the Rogues find themselves in a different realm, one ...

Crudely Drawn Swords Without Master 2: Akashobya

10 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Four rogues, or more accurately three rogues and one rogue sword, have made a perilous journey from the Mirefort through the mysterious swamp-savannah...

Crudely Drawn Swords Without Master 1: Coilspite!

25 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It was the broken age, an age of disaster and peril, a time where the only way to survive the brutal onslaught of endless chaos was for each person to...

S3I1: Towers And Canals, part 1

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Once long ago there was a city, the capital of a grand empire. Now there is a ruin of shattered rock, home to ogres and crows. How did this great metr...

Spoiler Warning: Season 3 Post Mortem

15 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Spoiler Alert: Do not listen to this episode unless you want to be hit with spoilers for the whole of Crudely Drawn Swords up to the end of Season 3. ...

S3E40: Transformative Magic

01 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

[Correspondence ends]

S3E39: I'm Going To Miss You, Buddy

26 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Bambari you are making a journey few westerners have managed since the days of the Stone Empire - I don’t know whether even Jack of the Wild made it...

S3E38: Kobold Together

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Saffron, I’m really sorry we are taking so long. I wanted to destroy the sword to destabilise Hector's power. But Percy won’t let me. He thinks i...

S3E37: What Have I Got To Give?

28 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I knew that when you wandered out in the world you would be capable of great things and it sounds like that is exactly what you are doing! There won’...

S3E36: Straight Up The Wizard's Sleeve

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How exciting for you! You’ve got the principles of the curse breaking just about right, but the danger with undoing a Great Work is that there are a...