Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire: A Daggerheart Adventure
Episodes
Duality Bites! Ep 13: The Actor and The Gamer (or, The One That Got Away)
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Carmela and David interview each other about coming from opposite ends of our group's spectra of experience--those who have gamed before, and those wh...
Duality Bites! Ep 12: Settling the Score (Musical Storytelling)
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
David was bursting to ask Carmela about her approach to the sound editing of the podcast--specifically, her use of music. Carmela walks us through how...
Duality Bites! Ep 11: Don't Say Action Tracker (ft. Isaac Allen Burns)
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Just a couple of jesters strapped in button-downs and khakis, who definitely won't make you maps. DODOBORNE'S Isaac Allen Burns returns to chat with A...
Duality Bites! Ep 10: Two GMs Is a Crit (ft. Isaac Allen Burns)
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Can one podcast withstand the might of *two* Daggerheart GMs? Nope! We had to split this one up, it was just too powerful. DODOBORNE'S Isaac Allen Bur...
SEASON FINALE: Purest Heart's Desire
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The Heart Afire is finally within reach...in the claws of a grinning hag. Our young Poets will have their wits to rely on, but this quest has drawn th...
Episode 12: Reap What You Sow (Part 2)
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The morning brings many surprises in the Queen of Harrows' palace: breakfast, gifts, hexes, childhood friends...and a voyage into the forbidden. The...
Duality Bites! Ep 9: Thirsty Sword Thespians (The Dramaturgy of Daggerheart)
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a wide-ranging episode, David and Asteria wax philosophical--and psychological, and dramaturgical--about the art of TTRPG storytelling. Get ready f...
Episode 12: Reap What You Sow (Part 1)
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Separated in the Queen of Harrow's palace, our young Poets must tread carefully. Even a tiny cut from ones own dagger can have grave consequences--ima...
Episode 11: A Harrowing
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Harvest Court contains multitudes, and our Poets no longer no whom, or what, to trust. It's been a long, weary road, after all, marked by loss and...
Episode 10: What Hath Iron Wrought
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Faced with a showdown between Glory and Fortune themselves, the Poets make some quick decisions--and try to put together the pieces of all that's befa...
Duality Bites! Ep 8: The Great Weasel Trap (Environments, Adversaries, & Combat Design)
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asteria and Carmela react to the big Episode 9 combat, and break down Asteria's use of the "Burning Heart of the Wood" environment. Listen to the actu...
Episode 9: A Ring Afire
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Poets at last find themselves in a fight they can't escape. What will they learrn about themselves in this trial by chaotic fire? Will motes of Ma...
Duality Bites! Ep 7: Fish Don't Know They're Wet (Knowledge Rolls & World-Building)
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Part 2 of our Live From Chicago session! Asteria, Carmela, and Katie talk about exploring the Realm of Lacuna through player questions and dice rol...
Episode 8: Waking
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Strange visions greet our Poets in their sleep. Stranger still is the task that awaits them on the morrow...  STARRING Jay Ben Markson as Lemma K...
SPOILER-FREE BONUS Duality Bites! Ep 6.5: Improv is Scary, RPGs Are Great
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The second half of our most recent chat episode, for those who haven't yet listened to episodes 6 and 7 of Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fire. In this ...
Duality Bites! Ep 6: Back to the Future (Backstory Collab & Dramatic RP)
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asteria and Jay Ben share the collaboration and pre-campaign discussions that led to Lemma's flashback scenes and backstory reveals. Looking back on t...
Episode 7: Touched by Fire
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As night falls on the Shadowjack camp, our heroes are drawn apart--by their pasts, by their fates, and by curiosity. Though they call themselves allie...
Duality Bites! Ep 5: Prologue Dice! (Homebrew Mechanics & Collaborative Storytelling)
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asteria and Carmela visit Katie in Chicago for our first ever in-person coven meeting! In this portion, we talk about the homebrew mechanics of Season...
Duality Bites! Ep 4: One Hand Tied (Playing Sub-Optimally, for the Fiction)
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 spe...
Episode 6: A Road Diverged
17 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A jam-packed episode! Our Poets are caught in the thick of a shadowy ambush. In the aftermath, they'll learn things about Lacuna--and themselves--they...
Duality Bites! Ep 3: A Clank By Any Other Name (Customizing Heritage)
10 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Carmela Smith (producer, editor, and hag-about-town) chats with her fellow player Jay Ben Markson about his PC's custom ancestry, and about how both G...
Episode 5: The Heretics of Lacuna
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Duality Bites! Ep 2: The Only Thing We Have To Fear (A GM Self-Review)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GM Asteria, in a solo episode, considers a hallmark of the Daggerheart system: Making GM Moves. A nerve-wracking prospect--especially when your player...
Duality Bites! Ep 1: "How Do I Optimize?" (Domains, Experiences, & the New Three Pillars)
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
GM Asteria chats Daggerheart mechanics! Joined by Katie McLean Hainsworth and Jay Ben Markson after the debut episode of Queen of Daggers, Heart of Fi...
Mini-sode! The Poets Level Up
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After Episode 4, Asteria and the players pause to talk through their level-up decisions. Almost NO SPOILERS or campaign familiarity required--just goo...
Episode 4: What's in a Name?
06 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves a carnival! Our heroes aren't exactly in the mood, but then they don't exactly have a choice, as the Rain Queen's court has blown into ...
Episode 3: Upon a Zephyr
22 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As strange music heralds the arrival of the Rain Queen's court, our heroes find themselves separated. Soren shows OrLeon what it's like to live amids...
Episode 2: Howl
08 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WARNING: We curse in this one! The dice will do that to you. Our heroes scramble to reckon with the strange force they've unleashed. As the Ward crack...
Episode 1: Turn and Look
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Four young Poets--the realm of Lacuna's specially gifted guardians--embark upon a simple visit to a neighboring town, as part of their training. Surel...