2023 - Livestream Schedule

 

I do a regular livestream on DungeonDelver's channel, which generally happens,

  • Thursday midnight GMT, which is
  • Wednesday 9pm Florida time, which is
  • Thursday 11am (noon) Australia Eastern time 
  • and runs for 2 hours
Below is the schedule for 2023. The dates are in Melbourne, Australia time, though it's still called Wastrel Wednesdays since it's on a channel from Florida. Isn't globalisation a wondrous thing? The links are to a livestream video. 

2023
Feb 08 Thu    Classic Traeller – The Void Episode 3.01 - Intelligence
Feb 15 Thu    Classic Traveller – The Void Episode 3.02 - Betrayal
Feb 22 Thu    Classic Traveller – The Void Episode 3.03 - Cat & Mouse - finale

Mar 08 Thu    General chat - urban legends and DMing principles
Mar 15 Thu    Conflict Readthrough & Intro
Mar 29 Thu   General chat - I show up an hour in
Apr 26 Thu    General chat - general drivel
May 03 Thu    General chat - retiring characters, problem players

May 10 Thu - AD&D1e Hexcrawl How-To
May 17 Thu - AD&D1e Random Dungeons

Jun 14 Thu General Chat - general blather    
Jun 21 Thu - Roadwarden 

July 13 Thu - Kyle, Human Fighter (mini)
July 20 Thu - Smart-Aleck Swords and Random Demons
Jul 27 Thu - Survival
Aug 3 Thu - Gaming the verboten
Aug 10 Thu - Conflict, and dumb players
Aug 31 Thu - Nostalgia Ain't What It Used To Be

Sep 14 - Conflict 1.01 - Pamiristan - Intro
Oct 12 - Conflict 1.02 - Pamiristan - Standup Fight!
Oct 19 - Conflict 1.03 - Pamiristan - Danger Within
Oct 26 - Conflict 1.04 - Pamiristan - Debacle on the Tarmac
Nov 11 - Conflict 1.05 - Pamiristan - Consequences
Nov 29 - Conflict 1.06 - Pamiristan - Mayhem in the Markansu
Dec 13 - Conflict 1.07 - Pamiristan






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