Episodes

  • The Bastards are taking a brief hiatus so that they can experiment, play, and recover from the tornado that was 2024. 
    In the meantime, they will be hosting game nights in the Discord, pausing the Patreon for a month, and then releasing some hot, fresh SideArms. (Don't forget that you can speedbinge them on the 7 day free trial!) 
    Our heroes will be BACK and ready for action in 2025, with a plan to get the whole gang back together... Or die trying.

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • TW: Gore, Cannibalism, Blood.
    RWD presents - a Rendezvous with Bastards! Our friends find themselves trapped in the middle of a meltdown. Will they be able to escape this emergency, or will the mystery behind the walls prove just too tempting to ignore? Millicent practices first aid, Lucky smells the ground, Harrison shows off his criminal enterprise and Hank hits back.

    Backwater Bastards is a sci-fi comedy improv actual play podcast played by three international artists with an emphasis on slice-of-life style situational humour. This show features immersive sound design, its very own game system, Orbital Refuse- and a team of alien antiheroes that will choose each other over the universe every time. Tay and Dan are two of those aliens, and can be found anywhere that you find Backwater Bastards, or on twitter at @TAYvanbiljon and @deadtoothbrush.

    A Rendezvous With Destiny: A Bite Marks actual play podcast. New episodes every other Thursday! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @RWD_Pod, and join our Discord Server here: https://linktr.ee/RWD_POD

    A Rendezvous With Destiny: Outcast's theme music is written and performed by Chloe Elliott. Find it, and other original tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/user-914339386

    The Shiver name, mechanics and lore are solely the property of Parable Games. We have no affiliation with Parable Games and in no way represent them or their views.

    Music:
    RWD: Outcast Theme :: Chloe Elliott
    Censor Beep Sound Effect :: Free Use - YouTube
    Phantom From Space:: Kevin Macleod
    Medusa :: Kevin Macleod
    Eating: Comedy - Masticating apple - 1967 (7C, reprocessed) :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Bells, Door Chimes And Buzzers - Electric door chimes rung at intervals. (Ding-dong note) :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Footsteps Across Sand - footsteps as man walks across sand on beach :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Hand Saw - close-up sound of hand saw being used to cut down side branch. Crack as branch breaks and falls. :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Footsteps: Mud - Footsteps, one person running in mud. : BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Lifts - Lift doors close, lift runs. : BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Martian Cowboy :: Keving Macleod

    Electronically Generated Sounds - Emergency alarm (with slight phasing). (Futuristic Spot Effect.) :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Wilhelm Scream - Free MP3 Download :: Sound Vault - YouTube

    Timecode:
    00:00:00 - 00:00:26 - Intro
    00:00:27- 00:05:33 – Government Mandated Banter
    00:03:10- 01:10:39 – The Adventure
    01:10:40 - 01:15:08 – Outro 
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  • Episode 1: Closer to Heck
    Our good friends Chloe, Will, and Am are - A Rendezvous with Destiny - an actual-play podcast that immerses listeners in tabletop role-playing games where players explore mythological themes and narratives. They took us on this incredible adventure and it was so much fun! Thank you again to Chloe, Will, and Am and please go and check out their show where ever ya get your podcasts.

    RWD (A Rendezvous with Destiny ) presents - a Rendezvous with Bastards! Joined by the Ennie-nominated cast of Backwater Bastards, we descend into a spine-tingling game of Shiver. Our band of 20-somethings are invited to their mate Steve's debut at a local Haunted House. But is all as it seems? Harrison refuses to play taxi, Lucky rushes in, Millicent is millitant and Hank is left in the dark.
    A Rendezvous With Destiny: A Bite Marks actual play podcast. New episodes every other Thursday! Find us on Twitter and Instagram @RWD_Pod, and join our Discord Server here: https://linktr.ee/RWD_POD
    A Rendezvous With Destiny: Outcast's theme music is written and performed by Chloe Elliott. Find it, and other original tracks here: https://soundcloud.com/user-914339386
    The Shiver name, mechanics and lore are solely the property of Parable Games. We have no affiliation with Parable Games and in no way represent them or their views.

    Music:
    RWD: Outcast Theme :: Chloe Elliott
    Martian Cowboy :: Kevin Macleod
    Phantasm :: Kevin Macleod
    Phantom From Space:: Kevin Macleod
    Censor Beep Sound Effect :: Free Use - YouTube
    Electronically Generated Sounds - Emergency alarm (with slight phasing). (Futuristic Spot Effect.) :: BBC Sound Effects Archive
    Wilhelm Scream - Free MP3 Download :: Sound Vault - YouTube

    Timecode:
    00:00:00 - 00:01:00 - Intro
    00:01:01- 00:06:17 – Government Mandated Banter
    00:03:10- 00:58:43 – The Adventure
    00:58:44 - 01:03:09 – Outro 
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  • Trevor has returned and has brought news of Cleo, but she needs help. So now Ze and Boris must race to finish their business on Garcia station to get to her aid. But just one thing, that business is an intergalactic war.
    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by @georginalesaux

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Hello Backwater Bastards listeners! This week, we're introducing you to The Sprouting, another actual play podcast we think you'll enjoy!

    The Sprouting Season 1, Ch. 01 The Meeting of Souls - Pt 1

    Welcome to The Cradle. Our protagonists meet at a fuel stop... sorry, Gas Station... and come to the realization that travelling onwards as a group is far safer than travelling alone. As they navigate this eldritch plant strewn world, what horrors might they encounter?
    I guess you're about to find out.
    Transcript

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    BIG thank you to:
    Karim Kronfli for Roland
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    Email: [email protected]
    Website: https://linktr.ee/thesprouting
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    This is a Blighthouse Studio production.
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  • Trevor has returned and has brought news of Cleo, but she needs help. So now Ze and Boris must race to finish their business on Garcia station to get to her aid. But just one thing, that business is an intergalactic war.
    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by @georginalesaux

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
    -
    Send inquiries and fanart to [email protected]
    Support the show and gain access to extra content by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Backwaterbastards
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  • The bastards have been hit with the most ancient of foes, the scheduling big bad! and have lost. So this week instead of an episode we give you a tasty offcut. Please take this offering and grant us some extra time.
    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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    Support the show and gain access to extra content by joining our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Backwaterbastards
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  • Ze, Boris and M8 are at war. Barely alive and grappling with the deformed remnants of their plans, the Doctor and his crew face the wrath of the roused Synth Army. As the drones fly in, Ze and the assembled Bastards prepare for the end. But what they get, is something else entirely.

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Salvo

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Dr. Ze, Boris and M8 have no choice but to flee the Angel they came to save. With the help of a fast car, the legacy code, and Thespa’s militia, they brace for the impact to come… Both from the loose Angel, and the leagues of synthetic deserters- desperate for the refuge of a less violent world.

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by skiamakhia_/

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • The Doctor Ze , Boris and M8 otherwise known as PUMP BOIS are in some deep danger, how deep? try behind enemy lines deep. But they must go deeper if they are to find and free M8s angel.

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by IG @georginalesaux

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • It's a special time, it's time for us to chow down on some OFFCUTS, all the tasty lil morsels that didn't make it into the main episode are now here, for your ear pleasure. And if you wanna hear more of this and all of our other Patreon exclusive content then check us out on Patreon. There is even a FREE 7 day trial if you would just like a taste.

    Love ya all and see you INNN SPPPAAACCCCEEEE! ( in space )

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Daniel

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Cleo has been taken aboard the ship for scientific testing, but it doesnt seem like this will be easy, for Cleo or the crew.
    But whos that in the shadows?

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Drew

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Bortis and Margo have infiltrated the Biolife stronghold, leaving Cleo and Fron in the jungle behind them. Struggling to find a way after them, Cleo and Fron turn to old tactics. It wasn’t that long ago that a party split punished the Bastards- what tidings will it bring today?

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Bodieh

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • M8, Ze and Boris have found their way to Garcia station, and with the help from an old friend Thespa they now know how to get to the synth side to find their lost Angel. But to do that they will need to rely on Brawn, not brains.

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Daniel Matthews

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • M8, Ze and Boris arrive on Garcia station. But the station, its changed, and the gang are looking for a lost angel . So in order to do that they are first gonna have to find the local warlord. Thespa.
    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Bodieh

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • It’s leap year on Earth, and that means one thing- Tay and Dan are putting on TURTLENECKS. Trevor and R.E.E.S.E. continue their hunt for Dr. Ze and Boris, when they hit a spot of engine trouble. Find out what becomes of them as Tay and Dan co-DM the DM for the first time ever in a special one time glimpse into Trevor’s Travels! He’s on a journey, and at this rate- it might take a whole ‘nother leap year to get back home… (Especially if these two spaceheads are sharing the wheel.)

    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Daniel Matthews

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Margo and Cleo head out to thwart the galactic company Biolife once more, but halfway there they are con-fronn-ted with stowaways. Now the crew must navigate a jungle planet to discover if Margo's worst fears are true.
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    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Daniel Matthews

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Cleo is back on Diaus, Old friends Bortus and Fronn are waiting for the return of their great leader, But how will they take her new look? and is CapTown ready for Cleo's return?
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    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Daniel Matthews

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • Our Crew have been spread out across Mid Space, and on an outworld moon Dr Ze and Boris continue to lose themselves, fighting away the pain of loss with drink. But while returning to their ship the M.A.X the duo are confronted with an old friend.
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    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap / M8 -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews

    Episode art by Richard Kimber-Bell

    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
    Distributed by Realm
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  • It’s another year in the Bastard Books! If you’re reading this, we wouldn’t have gotten this far without you. Join us on a stroll through 2023, as we reminisce over the year’s stories, some big moments, and perhaps.. a sneak peek into what awaits us in 2024…
    If you’re a new listener- tread lightly! Here be spoilers!
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    Starring:
    DM Dick Dynamite the Dungeon Master -- Richard Kimber-Bell
    Cleo deCap -- Taylor van Biljon
    Dr Ze/Doctor Zafrey Elektra -- Daniel Matthews
    Episode art by Daniel Matthews
    Ambiance sound support by Jamie Nord and Michaël Ghelfi
    Synth Music Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    Episode Edit / Sound design by Daniel Matthews
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