UniversiD&D Productions
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Creator: UniversiD&D
Full cast Horror Longform Audio RPG
Synopsis:
UniversiD&D presents its newest original season, Arcadia: A Space Opera. A dead empire. A drifting city-ship. A mercenary crew in over their heads. After the collapse of the Edenic Empire, the galaxy fractured. On the edge of the Arcadia sector, the city-ship BEOWULF is a sanctuary for outlaws, opportunists, and corporations eager to fill the power vacuum. Now, its pastel-lit streets hum with uneasy tension—and the crew of the Orpheus has picked the worst time to start asking questions. UniversiD&D Productions is a cinematic actual play podcast that strives for deeply unique (bordering on experimental) storytelling. If you are a new listener, we recommend starting at the prologue of season 2 (Arcadia), and continuing from there.
Language: English
Format: Audio RPG
RPG system: Kult: Divinity Lost
Continuity: Longform
Writing: Improvised
Voices: Full cast
Genres: Horror
Completion status: Partial
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Episodes:
Sun, 04 May 2025 05:30:00 -0400
Content Warning: Intense Exploration of Grief
I am by birth a fragmented consciousness.
Arcadia Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music: Für Elise - Beethoven
SFX from Pixabay
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Appendix:
Beta Simulation - An artificial copy of a specific person's consciousness.
Gamma Simulation - A robot.
Orbital Commerce Charter (OCC) - A Trade Organization established under the Edenic empire. When the empire fell, the OCC used its economic leverage to take advantage of the power vacuum, and now owns BEOWULF.
The Edenic Empire - The major ruling force for centuries, founded by the people of Old Earth. Also known as "Eden" or "The Garden". Fallen now.
Babel - A planet-sized supercomputer that has replaced all individually conscious artificial intelligences.
EGO Neural Link - The neural chip inserted into the brain of most citizens in the Arcadia Sector, with built-in features such as a universal translator. Each EGO Link can be outfitted with additional modifications.
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Sun, 27 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400
Content Warning: Graphic Violence, Chewing Sounds
It is good to be home.
Arcadia Main Theme by Eric Powers
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Appendix:
OFF/Spring - A transhumanist society that split off from humanity before The Edenic Empire was formed. Dedicated to the furthering of knowledge. Invented Babel.
Free Systems Alliance (FSA) - A group of planets under a shared doctrine that pledge to protect one another under threat of occupation.
Orbital Commerce Charter (OCC) - A Trade Organization established under the Edenic empire. When the empire fell, the OCC used its economic leverage to take advantage of the power vacuum, and now owns BEOWULF.
The Edenic Empire - The major ruling force for centuries, founded by the people of Old Earth. Also known as "Eden" or "The Garden". Fallen now.
The Clear Sky Group - The independent contracting agency that employs The Orpheus Company.
Babel - A planet-sized supercomputer that has replaced all individually conscious artificial intelligences.
Striders - Giant mechs piloted by individual crew members.
Corvettes - Single-pilot ships that fly, but do not break orbit.
Runners - Small crew ships that make interplanetary runs. (i.e. The Orpheus)
Gamma Simulation - A robot.
Beta Simulation - An artificial copy of a specific person's consciousness.
EGO Neural Link - The neural chip inserted into the brain of most citizens in the Arcadia Sector, with built-in features such as a universal translator. Each EGO Link can be outfitted with additional modifications.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400
Content Warning: Violence, Themes of Colonialism
NOW PLAYING: THE WORD FOR WORLD IS OCEAN
The file opens with static. No, rain. Then: breathing. Then: wind. Then: silence beneath the water.
Arcadia Main Theme by Eric Powers
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Appendix:
OFF/Spring - A transhumanist society that split off from humanity before The Edenic Empire was formed. Dedicated to the furthering of knowledge. Invented Babel.
Free Systems Alliance (FSA) - A group of planets under a shared doctrine that pledge to protect one another under threat of occupation.
Orbital Commerce Charter (OCC) - A Trade Organization established under the Edenic empire. When the empire fell, the OCC used its economic leverage to take advantage of the power vacuum, and now owns BEOWULF.
The Edenic Empire - The major ruling force for centuries, founded by the people of Old Earth. Also known as "Eden" or "The Garden". Fallen now.
Babel - A planet-sized supercomputer that has replaced all individually conscious artificial intelligences.
Striders - Giant mechs piloted by individual crew members.
Gamma Simulation - A robot.
EGO Neural Link - The neural chip inserted into the brain of most citizens in the Arcadia Sector, with built-in features such as a universal translator. Each EGO Link can be outfitted with additional modifications.
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Sun, 13 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400
There was once a city in orbit,
built from the bones of warships.
A child ran through its marble halls chasing a coin.
A man signed a name he did not choose.
Four shadows crossed paths near a leaking vent.
The station turned.
The station turned.
And the stars forgot their names.
Arcadia Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay and TableTop Audio
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Appendix:
Arcadia - The sector of the galaxy that was occupied by the Edenic Empire, and therefore connected by Aperture gates. The "known galaxy".
BEOWULF - A City-Ship that orbits a red dwarf star. It was once a military vessel under Edenic rule, but has been converted to a corporate dreamscape.
The Edenic Empire - The major ruling force for centuries, founded by the people of Old Earth. Also known as "Eden" or "The Garden". Fallen now.
Talle Vesh - Also known as "Big Middle". The commercial district of BEOWULF, like Times Square in space.
The Clear Sky Group - An independent contracting agency that The Orpheus is employed by.
The Orpheus - The ship crewed by our protagonists.
Babel - A planet-sized supercomputer that has replaced all individually conscious artificial intelligences.
OFF/Spring - A transhumanist society that split off from humanity before The Edenic Empire was formed. Dedicated to the furthering of knowledge. Invented Babel.
Free Systems Alliance - A group of planets under a shared doctrine that pledge to protect one another under threat of occupation.
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Prologue: The Fate of Chariot-03
Sun, 06 Apr 2025 05:30:00 -0400
New listeners: start here!
Six frozen crewmembers. No contact in an eternity. The skeleton crew of Chariot-03 is waking up.
Arcadia Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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This is the prologue for our upcoming season of Arcadia: A Space Opera. This sci-fi season is completely separate from Heart: The State Within, so you can jump in here! Episode 1 will follow next week with more context, new characters, and an explanation of the game we will be running for this season.
Fri, 07 Jun 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Part 2 of the 2-part finale.
It is quiet here. I didn't think it would be quiet anywhere. But it is quiet here.
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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HEART Finale Pt. 1: Extinction Event
Fri, 31 May 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Part 1 of a 2-part finale.
This is the end of the line. Find life wherever it still exists.
Content Warning: Gore, Religious Themes, Excessive Language
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
soundimage.org
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HEART: The Sun Sets All The Same
Sat, 18 May 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Who can we trust, if we cannot trust each other? Who can we trust, if we cannot trust ourselves?
Content Warnings: Excessive Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music:
"Outpost 31" & "Ghost Town"
tabletopaudio.com
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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Sat, 04 May 2024 05:30:00 -0400
When we have no natural predators, what is it that we fear most?
Content Warning: Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
soundimage.org
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Maybe history is not set in stone. Maybe it's just a story we tell ourselves, so that we can wrap our minds around how the hell we got to where we are now.
Content Warning: Religious Themes
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
soundimage.org
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Fri, 05 Apr 2024 05:30:00 -0400
You are what I revolve around.
You are the sun that rises, I am the rain that falls.
I do not live without You.
I will take You.
I will be You.
Content Warning: Graphic Violence
Theme Music by Eric Powers
Additional Music & SFX:
"Strangers on a Train"
tabletopaudio.com
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Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:30:00 -0400
If we replace every last plank in our bodies, are we still the same vessel?
Content Warning: Body Horror, Excessive Language
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
soundimage.org
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Sat, 16 Mar 2024 04:00:00 -0400
To be completely alone, surrounded by nothing but air, and buildings, and trees.
To be completely alone, surrounded by thousands of people.
Content Warnings: Grating Metal SFX, Bodily Horror
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Will our journey be done if we reach The Crown? Will we finally be safe, our loved ones back at our side?
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
soundimage.org
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HEART: Tracks at the Edge of the World, Part 2
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 05:30:00 -0400
The sound of fire fills the air. The smoke fills our lungs. The train moves forward.
Content Warnings: Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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HEART: Tracks at the Edge of the World, Part 1
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 05:30:00 -0400
People aren't the whole world. Human beings are just added noise on quiet plains. But the mountains are eerily silent this morning.
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Sun, 11 Feb 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Something knows we are out here. Something is watching us. Waiting for us.
Content Warnings: Body Horror, Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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Fri, 02 Feb 2024 05:30:00 -0400
An old world is out there, waiting to welcome us again.
Content Warnings: Trypophobia, Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional SFX from Pixabay
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HEART: The Sun Rises in the Morning
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:30:00 -0400
There is a carriage at the edge of the world. Onboard are four souls whose fates will soon be revealed.
Content Warnings: Discussion of death
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 19 Jan 2024 05:30:00 -0400
No more words. No more breaths. We'll save each other when we're dead. We'll see each other again in whatever lies beyond this wretched city.
Content Warnings: Intense Gore, Gun Violence, Excessive Language
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/ SFX:
"Heart: High Rise" from tabletopaudio.com
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Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:30:00 -0400
It's finally time! Bring your loved ones! Everyone you know! It's never happened before and it will certainly never happen again!
Content Warning: Talk of Death, Violence
Theme Music by Eric Powers
Additional Music:
"Outpost 31"
tabletopaudio.com
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Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:30:00 -0400
Frogs, insects, fish, what makes them so different from us? They are conscious, too. They live, they breathe. We pick them apart when they die, daggers and combs into their skin. Why should we face a different fate?
Content Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Human Dissection, Gore, Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 22 Dec 2023 05:30:00 -0400
I was afraid before. I'm not afraid anymore. I've changed. It's all so different now.
Are we still friends? Or are we strangers now?
Content Warnings: Gore, Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:00:00 -0400
Seeing the world, knowing what you're doing, not being able to stop it. Seeing the world, seeing your friends, killing the people around you. This is a lonely, isolated existence.
Content Warnings: Violence, Excessive Language
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:30:00 -0400
In every district, on every street, you'll likely find a boy trying to outrun his father's past.
Content Warning: Violence, Implications of Parental Abuse
Theme Music by Eric Powers
Additional Music:
"Outpost 31"
tabletopaudio.com
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HEART: A Brief Foray Into Predestination
Sat, 02 Dec 2023 05:30:00 -0400
There is an old proverb in Heart that goes like this:
"When the fighting is past, there will come a time when we will gaze out from our castle walls and tell ourselves we will stand tall forever. Only then, in our moment of pride, will these stones crumble beneath our feet."
Content Warnings: Gore, Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 24 Nov 2023 05:30:00 -0400
People may forget things. It's part of what makes them human in the first place. But the earth doesn't forget. The trees and stones carry memory through the ages, caring precious little for terms like past or present. The stone and the trees will remember the debts you owe. Maybe you shouldn't have survived those woods last time. Maybe you won't this time.
Content Warnings: Intense Gore, Prolonged Descriptions of Blood, Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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HEART: The Slow and Methodical Death of a City
Fri, 17 Nov 2023 05:30:00 -0400
There's a curse on this foul city. It pours through the cracks in the walls. Seeps into the blood of the people. There's a curse on this city, and it is whispering to me. Do you hear it, too?
Theme Music by Eric Powers
Additional Music:
"Alone Again" by Eric Matyas
www.soundimage.org
"Outpost 31"
tabletopaudio.com
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HEART: The Swift and Brutal Killing of a Man
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:30:00 -0400
"A lie is just a diverging strand of the truth, not its opposite. From a lie we can extrapolate information: what details are thought to be important, what real ideals are held by those who have the power in shaping their story. Lies are not the opposite of truth. The opposite of truth is the absence of any information at all. There is no truth but the one we can see for ourselves. And there is no lie but the one we can know to be false."
-Samantha Shilling, from The Drybrook Almanac
Content Warnings: Descriptions of Death, Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
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Fri, 03 Nov 2023 05:30:00 -0400
"Where does science stop, and magic begin? Supernatural is relative. It is relative to how much we know about our world. That which we can know, we can face. We may fear it, but we can face it. That which is unknown, though, we stand no chance against. When we stand in front of the unknown, we are tiny, helpless creatures, and the light has been shut off."
-Samantha Shilling, from The Drybrook Almanac
Content Warnings: Description of Drowning, Gore, Gun Violence
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/SFX by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 27 Oct 2023 05:30:00 -0400
Do you have memory of our life as it once was? Not as we once were, but as all of us used to be. My memory reeks of peppermint, and tastes like candied apples. Would you like to try it?
Content Warnings: Intense Gore
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music/ SFX:
"Rain and Thunder Outside", "Ominous Pursuit" by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
"Heart: High Rise" from tabletopaudio.com
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Fri, 20 Oct 2023 05:30:00 -0400
Evil may only enter our lives willingly. We shut it out, let its tune pass over us in waves as we ignore its call. Eventually, though, we must invite it in. Hear the song it sings. So tell me, Father: what's behind that door?
Content Warnings: Gore, Religious Themes
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:30:00 -0400
Today is a good day for visions. I am ready to be a prophet. I am ready to be a prophet. I am ready.
Content Warnings: Gore, Description of Drowning, Religious Themes
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 06 Oct 2023 05:30:00 -0400
It is midnight in the city. While the streets remain empty, the neon interiors of Heart still pulse. Outside, two fates begin to wrap around each other.
Content Warnings: Drug Abuse, Gun Violence, Death
Heart Main Theme by Eric Powers
Additional Music by Eric Maytas:
"Darkness Approaches," "Cyber City Nights," & "Warped Alien Band"
SoundImage.org
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Fri, 29 Sep 2023 05:30:00 -0400
There is a train at the edge of the world. Onboard are two souls whose fates will soon become intertwined.
Content Warning: Gore, Gun Violence
Theme Music by Eric Powers
Additional Music & SFX:
"Wandering the Streets" by Eric Matyas
www.soundimage.org
"Outpost 31" & "Strangers on a Train"
tabletopaudio.com
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Heart: The State Within Trailer
Thu, 28 Sep 2023 01:45:00 -0400
Season 1 begins Friday, September 29th. Join us, poor souls.
Theme music by Eric Powers
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