Authors & Dragons
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Narcissist monks! Insane Paladins! Positive masculinity barbarians! Authors and Dragons is a weekly Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where a group of comedic fantasy writers take on a world of might and magic...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/authors-dragons-comedy-dnd-podcast--5624719/support.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Fantasy rules supply the structure, while MK Gibson and the ensemble turn every roll, mishap, and stray detail into an escalating group riff.
A campaign scene in Authors & Dragons Comedy DnD Podcast can turn from a persuasion roll into a disastrous public speech, then veer toward an undignified magical stunt.
A giant calzone menaces the party; your straight-faced fantasy quest has left the building.
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A convention floor hangout that moves from plugs into costume jokes and the comedy of being recognizable in public.
The episode opens with Con-Carolinas plugs, then settles into convention talk, costumes, and the odd pressure of being recognizable in public.
A dead orc child, a lying demon, and a table that keeps making the worst angle funnier.
This episode runs on a bleak little setup: a dead orc child on the deck, a demon insisting it is all an illusion, and Moog stuck deciding what to believe.
A demon fight becomes a grimy, funny scramble.
One combat sequence carries the episode, with Moog, a demon woman with a rocket apparatus, and enough visual mayhem to keep each roll feeling like part of the show.
A loose listener Q&A that keeps turning personal stories into escalating bits.
Side Quest 151 becomes a loose listener Q&A after Drew cannot make it, and the missing cohost gives the others more room to just talk. The episode works best when it lets small prompts drift into personal reactions and running jokes about crying, movie endings, and one very…
A ship fire, a missing tablemate, and a table that keeps turning chaos into comedy.
The episode starts with a ship fire and a missing tablemate, then keeps folding practical trouble into comedy. MK Gibson holds the room as host and dungeon master, while the table heckles itself through smoke, portals, and the cup that keeps the scene in motion.
Chaotic table banter and a running gag turn a simple choice into the episode's engine.
MK Gibson opens the episode in a rush of chaotic table banter, and the cast keeps knocking any sense of order sideways with interruptions, flirtation, and a stream of back-and-forth that rarely settles for long.
A fast fight where the banter stays tangled up with the combat.
The episode keeps moving: crocodile-country caution, a quick climb up the ladder, a wind-blurred line of sight, and a fight that treats every tactic like a dare.
Dockside banter, card-table chaos, and just enough forward motion to keep it moving.
A Bad Hand leans into dockside screwball energy, with the group bantering over cards, tossing jokes back and forth, and drifting toward the docks, the gambling hall, and Just In Time.
Sharp Black pop culture commentary with gossip, jokes, and blunt advice.
Awards season, celebrity memoirs, and new music picked apart with host Louis Fertel and guests.
Comedian Chris Gethard takes one anonymous call a week and can't hang up first.
Isa Calderón and Lucía Lijtmaer riff on feminism and TV history from Spanish stages.
Graham Clark and Dave Shumka turn one small topic into a full episode of tangents.
MK Gibson opens with Robert Bevin missing and immediately turns the absence into fuel for the room.
MK Gibson opens Authors and Dragons Presents the Dicey Bastards Season 2 as a D&D video podcast with Robert Bevan, Rick Waltieri, Drew Hayes, Emily Kaplan, and Steve Weatherill at the table.
Dicey Bastards S2 E1: Cruise Campers opens with MK Gibson bringing back the full cast — Bevan, Rick Waltieri, Drew Hayes, Emily Kaplan, and Steve Wetherill — and immediately folding in the season setup for a trip to the port town of Faramio.
The room is already on fire.
Authors & Dragons Comedy DnD Podcast uses Side Quest 147: Horsepocalypse Now as a loose Q&A episode, with Emily Kaplan, Rick Voltaire, M.K.
A group of comedic fantasy writers discuss an upcoming convention and play Dungeons & Dragons in a humorous actual play podcast.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy writers roleplay and joke their way through adventures.
Party circles attacking snowman with axes and daggers
SideQuest is a convention-side chat that starts with housekeeping, plug chaos, and a lot of wordplay before it ever settles into a clear lane.
Killing desperate slave = moral action. Freeing them = moral action. Stealing toys = tinsel punishment.
Comprehensive analysis of societal collapse patterns, arguing that civilizations fail from internal erosion of guardrails—faith, family, press, education, law—rather than external military defeat.
The deck goes bad fast.
The episode opens with the sponsor read and the familiar setup before the combat turns into a full-body mess.
The show skips Drew for the day and turns into a fan Q&A.
The hosts of Authors & Dragons discuss Halloween-themed movies and TV shows, from the bizarre 1976 Monster Squad intro to critiques of recent horror series like Alien: Earth.
Authors & Dragons Comedy DnD Podcast turns Side Quest 149: Dragon Con Long Gone into a loose recap of Steve’s Dragon Con trip with Robert Bevan, including a lost recording, a hotel-room rethink, and a lot of porch-time drinking.
The Dicey Bastards split up to handle crises across the ship: Stan fights a library fire with magical mugs, Caber and Claudia tackle a water park monster, and Moog battles food creatures while puppeteering a dead elf.
Authors & Dragons Comedy DnD Podcast episode "Side Quest 148: Geoffrey Rush's Ball Bag" opens with a long argument about sequels wrecking their own happy endings, with examples from Happy Gilmore, Ghostbusters II, Mighty Ducks, Young Guns II, Rocky IV, and Terminator.
The Dicey Bastards engage in a chaotic theater combat against a flesh golem made of actors, blending D&D gameplay with comedic banter and dramatic role-playing.
The Dicey Bastards attend a theatrical performance on a cruise ship, where they suspect Matt Demon of murder.
We accidentally created a sexual Akira situation.
The Dicey Bastards investigate a murder on the Grand Whimzee, splitting up to explore a brothel and an obstacle course.
Key insight from segment 5
The Dicey Bastards navigate a beachside heist to board the Grand Whimsy ship, involving a flying carpet mishap, abandoning their ooze-based son Hanzo to a turtle for passage, and hiding in crates with comedic banter.
When your own books don't matter but your D&D session does.
MK Gibson opens Season 2 with the full cast in place.
The crew drops into a dockside mess of cards, bad luck, and confidence that really should not survive the day.
The hosts play Imminent Peril, a creative survival RPG, with guest Aaron Lanowitz, where they improvise absurd scenarios in a fairy tale forest with metallic clowns, leading to hilarious deaths and chaotic gameplay.
In this season finale, the Dicey Bastards attend a school play mocking their adventures, sabotage a town election by drugging candidates and stuffing ballot boxes, and leave West Cherry after ensuring their preferred candidate wins.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy writers roleplay humorous characters in a season finale.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where writers parody other podcasts and joke about post-apocalyptic payment.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy writers roleplay humorous characters in a world of might and magic.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy writers roleplay humorous characters in a weekly campaign.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy authors introduce their characters and set up a humorous adventure.
The hosts return from holiday break, joking about being full of meat, before starting a side adventure.
A comedic D&D actual play podcast where fantasy writers improvise and joke during a side quest episode.
A comedic Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast where fantasy writers introduce their eccentric characters and promote their RPG products.