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Welcome to Encores and Ability Scores! Each week, for your listening pleasure, our cast of intrepid Thespians mash up a new musical with the sword-and-sorcery-world of Dungeons and Dragons. We believe that the magic of musicals doesn’t have to end when the curtain goes down-so we take it to the tabletop.
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Episodes
53 episodes
DM Sam Interview with DarkAlchemy Minis
This week, we're sharing a recent exclusive interview with DM Sam fresh off her run with "Down the Rabbit Hole" and Roy from DarkAlchemy Minis @darkalchemyltd This is exclusive content and more behind-the-scenes content, int...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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32:44
Down the Rabbit Hole | The Finale
Alice, Caterpillar, Dee and Dum face off in an epic final battle against the White Rabbit who reveals himself as the true villain, seeking to become a Tyrant of Time. What follows are some of the most garbage rolls and skill checks you've ever ...
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Season 2
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Episode 51
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1:04:51
Down the Rabbit Hole | Part 4
All hail! The Red Queen approaches! Defy her at your peril! --The Red Queen makes demands of the party, but all is not as it seems... Best to keep your wits about you while playing croquet or you might lose your head!
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Season 2
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Episode 50
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44:47
Down the Rabbit Hole | Part 3
Curiouser and Curiouser.... Alice and Co. arrive at the Mad Hatter's Tea Party, but it seems he's truly misplaced his cup and saucer this time. Flying teacups, unicorns, peacocks, and chaos abound!
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Season 2
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Episode 49
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41:47
Down the Rabbit Hole | Part 2
Alice, Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum, and The Caterpillar have managed to make it past the wobbly woods, the mushroom forest, and the grove of singing flowers but now they face a maze of brain-breaking, logic defying riddles from The Cheshire Cat. C...
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Season 2
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Episode 48
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47:42
Down the Rabbit Hole | Part 1
Years after Alice returned from Wonderland, she's now a grown woman in New York City. She's a successful writer and her daughter is just as precocious and stubborn as she is. But when she starts hearing whispers again, will she once again ventu...
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Season 2
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Episode 47
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51:08
Cook County Rag | The Finale
With Velma's show-stopping number as a distraction, the girl gang makes a break for it! They just have to get to the roof, climb 50' down, get past the watchtower guards, and break through the chain link fence! Enjoy the finale, everyone! ...
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Season 2
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Episode 46
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24:41
Cook County Rag | Part 4
"Hey does this rag smell like chloroform to you?" ---Mona steals some drugs. Katalina steals a bunch of shit. Junie makes a deal with Velma. Mona and Jack the hot guard share a private moment involving handcuffs.
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Season 2
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Episode 45
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49:33
Cook County Rag | Part 3
"I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole. A diggy diggy hole. A diggy diggy hole." --Christian, that's racist against dwarves. --Hey, I didn't make her Scottish, ok? But if you're tunneling out of this prison, you need Tracy Tunnelsworth. And she's...
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Season 2
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Episode 44
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28:59
Cook County Rag | Part 2
Welcome to E Block in Cook County Jail. For their heinous crimes, our hotsy totsy dames Mona, Junie, and Katalina, have landed themselves in the Slammer. --The Big House. The Clink. The Pokey. (Which considering how hot Jack the guard is, are t...
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Season 2
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Episode 43
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47:30
Cook County Rag | Part 1
Meet Katalina the Knife--a bootlegger with a heart of gold, Mona Moonshine-- Vaudevillian Vixen, and Junie Jinx--- the hardworking and devoted wife. These ladies have better places to be than Cook County jail. But they'll have to find a way out...
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Season 2
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Episode 42
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47:47
The Miserables | Finale
TO THE BARRICADES! A guerrilla conflict between Javert and his Royalist police force and the Friends of the ABC, led by Marius and Enjolras, ensues. --How do you win a fight against a superior force? Spam Fireball of course. Dodge this, you fil...
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Season 2
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Episode 41
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57:16
The Miserables | Part 4
The Party accepts a quest from the revolutionaries: Deliver supplies under the cover of darkness to agents of the insurgency throughout the city. Will they succeed with Inspector Javert patrolling the streets?
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Season 2
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Episode 40
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24:56
The Miserables | Part 3
While Petra and Camille beat a man to death with a sack of human teeth and then loot his mangled corpse, Muzzy and the Father visit Sacre Coeur Church and tend to the hearts of the people. The party reassembles and arrives at the secret locatio...
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Season 2
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Episode 39
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37:57
The Miserables | Part 2
Unsavory types abound as the Party navigates back alleys and cafes on their way to find the secret meeting spot, the Corinthian. But when the party comes across a truly pitiful sight, will they be able to stop themselves from getting involved?&...
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Season 2
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Episode 38
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45:10
The Miserables | Part 1
June 1832- Paris. The city roils with tension: Famine and cholera grip a beleaguered populace. Industry transforms the labor force, and a burning anger for King Louis-Philippe and the ruling noble class festers in the hearts of the people. Whil...
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Season 2
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Episode 37
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57:02
Green One: A Two Part Holiday Special | Part 2
When we last left our Holiday Heroes, they had bypassed the perils of Mount Crumpet by constructing a hot air balloon and floating safely to the top, whereupon they discovered the Grinch's lair. What dangers face them as they venture forth? Can...
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Season 1
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Episode 36
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1:22:40
Green One: A Two Part Holiday Special | Part 1
It is said that Christmas-time is holly-jolly for all, But the Grinch on Mount Crumpit? No, it fills him with gall. The Whos down in Whoville, they like Christmas a lot,But old Grinchy’s not a fan— “Santa can rot!”For reasons ...
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Season 1
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Episode 35
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1:16:43
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | Post Mortem
A special post-recording talkback with the cast, unpacking their thoughts on the characters, the improv, is Rocky Horror actually a well-written story, and other random thoughts.DND Live Players; Wow, they really are just like us!
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Season 1
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Episode 34
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12:36
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | The Finale
Even the best laid plans of mad scientists have a way of going off the rails... Especially when one of their henchmen has an anti-matter rifle. Riff Raff and Frank face off, but Magenta has other plans. Frankenfurter----it's all over. OR IS IT?...
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Season 1
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Episode 33
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24:13
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | Part 4
After the massacre in the laboratory, it's time to relax ---with some BDSM, swinging, and Voyeurism---naturally. Riff Raff has a leather coat for dinner. Dr. Frank has Rocky and Brad for dinner. Columbia and Magenta have Janet for dinner. And e...
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Season 1
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Episode 32
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35:37
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | Part 3
What's Rocky without the Horror?? It's time to get gory in the laboratory. And just in case you're feeling a tad peckish later.... I hear there's a little leftover Meatloaf...
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Season 1
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Episode 31
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57:36
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | Part 2
Frank N Furter has arrived and Rocky's almost done marinating. Riff Raff and Magenta get their hopes up. Janet does drugs with Columbia. Brad won't shut up. Everybody Comes-----up to the lab.
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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32:03
Sci-Fi, Double Feat. | Part 1
It's Halloween, and what better show to mash-up than the spookiest, sexiest of them all. That's right it's Rocky Horror! Just like Curse of Strahd... but hornier. So much hornier---Strap on your fishnets, corsets, and thigh-highs. It's time to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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45:48