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Basilisk Hill Breakdown



Fantasy Full cast Longform Audio RPG


Synopsis:

An Actual Play podcast, using the Old School Essentials Ruleset, of mid-level hexcrawling and sandbox exploration. Episodes drop every two weeks, and recaps of the sessions can be found at https://www.thirdkingdomgames.com/blog/categories/actual-play


Format: Audio RPG

RPG system: Old School Essentials

Continuity: Longform

Voices: Cast

Genres: Fantasy

Framing device:

Maturity: Young adult

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Content warnings (creator selected): / Violence

Country of origin: United States

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Episodes:

The Mysteries of Hezli Continued-- Basalisk Hills Breakdown Episode 15

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMT

Return to Hezil may what ominous dread awaits the adventurers? What hides outside the town and what is in the home they stumble upon?


The Mysteries of Hezli -- Basalisk Hills Breakdown Episode 14

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:00:00 GMT

Hezil may seem like an innocuous little abandoned town, but it just might not be all it seems to be at first glance. What mysteries and horrors hide just out of site? Watch for the chickens, they just might not be all they seem to be.


Setting Infodump -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 11

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT

The party visits Hobb and learns about the area in this domain play hex crawl style old school play fantasy role play. They venture out on a hex crawl for a frightening undead encounter.


Basalisk Hunt -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 12

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 10:00:00 GMT

The players find themselves Hunting Basalisks and visiting a new town.


Aftermath of the Festival -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 11

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMT

The adventure continues in the Basilisk Hills, an Old School high level domain play hex crawl with Old School Essentials (OSE) You can run the Basilisk Hills yourself: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/374423/Basilisk-Hills-Ultimate-Hexcrawl

Get ready to interrogate some brigands and now that the festival is over, our heroes find themselves fighting giant lizards, giant spiders and getting into more exploration of the Basilisk Hills


The Festival of Liwil Part 2-- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 10

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 09:00:00 GMT

The gang joins an elegant fey feast while the other head off into the night to spring a trap for the outlaw brigands of the Red Foot Gang.


The Festival of Liwil-- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 09

Sun, 03 Sep 2023 20:00:00 GMT

After much anticipation the Festival of Liwil is here, a long awaited time of relaxation and rest. But someone suspicious is spotted sending the party into investigation mode. And we meet a new friend who is quite different from any friend we have met on our journey so far.


The Meaning of the Basilisk Hills -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 08

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:00:00 GMT

This episode we discover the Basilisks


Back in the Saddle - Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 07

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 09:00:00 GMT

After a month-long birthday and graduation induced hiatus, the game is afoot! With the Thirdmonth festival drawing close, the adventurers continue their exploration of the nearby hexes.


Something In The Water -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 06

Tue, 09 May 2023 09:00:32 GMT

The party discovers something in the water and makes a new friend.


Everybody's Doing It -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 05

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 09:00:58 GMT

The party encounter Psychonaut owl folk, and begin talks to open commerce for a drug trade. A writeup of this session can be found here.


Regrouping -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 04

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 09:00:29 GMT

Having reunited back at Black Pit Keep, the party begins to plan their next move, once again splitting into teams, with one group beginning to explore the hex to the north of the keep, and the other planning on escorting Joferth the merchant to Highglade, the village of the owlfolk.


The Manticorps -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 03

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 09:00:55 GMT

The A-team finally encounters the elusive manticore while the B-team returns to civilization.


Ambushing the Ambushers -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 01

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:00:38 GMT

Released slightly out of order, this is the first episode that was recorded, and takes place just before the events of Episode 2. In this episode, the "B-team" is traveling with the caravan back to Liwil. Scouting ahead, they see signs of an impending brigand ambush, and decided to try and turn the tables on the would-be ambushers. The blog post describing this session can be found here.


96,000 Pieces of Silver -- Basilisk Hill Breakdown Episode 02

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 09:00:10 GMT

In this episode, the B-team returns to Dry Gulch with the captured brigands in tow, meet with the Council of Seven, and extract additional rewards. The A-team, meanwhile, begin the somewhat daunting process of bringing more than 100,000 silver and copper coins back to their Keep, a process made easier by the thirty mercenaries they are riding with. An AP report of the episode can be found here: https://www.thirdkingdomgames.com/post/basilisk-hills-breakdown-session-2-96-000-pieces-of-silver