Desperate Attune
Desperate Attune is an actual play podcast about characters with their identities in peril, played by an international cast devoted to fiction-first gaming, collaborative worldbuilding and complex character drama. Our current campaign is ’House of Endings’, using Blades in the Dark and set in the demon-haunted city of U’duasha. Desperate Attune is Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree), salty, Prince and Aadiyat (Soap).
Listen on:
Here open the doors to the House of Endings...
Their villages were proud, and they lived under the glow of their ancestors. The farmers of Kethrys have been uprooted by the inexorable engine of industry. Landless, they huddle in the filthy waterfront of U'duasha, the high-handed city that rules over their world. Here they exist on the meager hospitality of the noble houses and their Five Demon Princes.
In U'duasha the Five dwell. Five only.
They threw Prince Khattam into the wilderness, after it was done.
This is our second season, using John Harper's Blades in the Dark. Follow the Cult of the Ceaseless Wheel as the players defend their migrant community and discover their heritage -- or build it from whole cloth.
Hosted by Prince, starring Soumithri (tree), Zoheb (Klow), Emma, and Aadiyat (Soap).
Episodes
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
The crew confront the past and future of what it means to be Kethrysi, and trace the true meaning of the Ankhattam family tree.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Thursday Jan 18, 2024
Saeeda eats a mango. Other things also occur.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poem is 'Mango' by Zia Ahmed
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
Thursday Jan 25, 2024
The crew go to a traditional Skovlan boat-burning festival. Saeeda makes a friend, Bidrohi befriends a rival, and Mushfiq is just hanging around.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Thursday Feb 01, 2024
Having returned from food-related adventures, the crew attend a speech by Alkader Ankhattam, and discover that an old acquaintance is looking into their affairs...
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poem is 'The Good Life' by Tracy K. Smith
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
Thursday Feb 08, 2024
The Rising Moon Sword School faces down Hardil Subramanyan, one of U'duasha's most notorious and dangerous lawyers. Saeeda gets drunk. Bidrohi breaks a mug.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Monday Feb 12, 2024
Ustad Jai Klev prepares an answer to Saeeda.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring salty, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Reading by Prince
Text by Zoheb (Klow)
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
Wednesday Feb 14, 2024
In this special episode of Desperate Attune, the cast play Pasión de las Pasiones to solve the problem of Belle Brogan's wedding to Lord Strangford. (The problem is us.)
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring (and GM'd by) salty
Guest featuring Hande
Not appearing in this episode are Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
'High Seas of Love' playset by salty
Pasión de las Pasiones by Brandon Leon-Gambetta and Magpie Games
Intro music is 'Tango de Manzana' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is the Charleston
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
Thursday Feb 15, 2024
A new face joins the Rising Moon Sword School. Mushfiq gets to see what he looks like from the other side.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring salty, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poem is 'Jai Klev's Poem to Saeeda' by tree
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
Thursday Feb 22, 2024
An emissary from the Lord of Nothing comes to the Sword School with a deal that cannot be refused.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring salty, Emma and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker playbook by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
Thursday Feb 29, 2024
The crew visits a bar in the undertown to meet an old comrade, and to convince her to return to the Rising Moon. Mushfiq dons a cunning disguise. We learn of another of Bidrohi's exes. Saeeda smokes a cigarette.
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Desperate Attune's season 2 is hosted by Prince
Edited by Zoheb (Klow), Soumithri (tree) and Prince
Featuring Emma, Salty, and Aadiyat (Soap)
Poem is First Memory, by Louise Glück
Poetry read by Emma
Blades in the Dark by John Harper and Evil Hat Productions
With thanks to Johnstone Metzger
Duellist playbook by Zoheb (klow)
Walker and Bearsark playbooks by Prince
Iruvian playbooks by Johnstone Metzger
Intro music is 'Jalandhar' by Kevin Macleod
Outro music is 'Alapana in Kiravani Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Recap music is 'Alapana in Shankarabharanam Ragam' by U. Srinivas
Sound effects from Pixabay.com
Cover art by Fahim Anzoom Rumman (botagainsthumanity)