Risky Standard is an actual-play podcast featuring a group of rowdy best friends playing a variety of tabletop role-playing games to tell stories set in original worlds. Currently playing Beam Saber (by Austin Ramsay) to follow the adventures of a squad of mech pilots fighting for a revolutionary space federation in a war against encroaching empire. Find us on Discord, Bluesky and more here: https://linktr.ee/riskystandard
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Austin Ramsay Podcasts
You think you've seen a big actual play? You haven't seen anything like this! CalazCon is a mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 Beam Saber play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democratic Federated Systems. Their choices will affect each other through the course of their shared campaign. Can they liberate the city together, or will they be consumed by the con ...
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Welcome to Admiralty Blues, an actual-play podcast of Beam Saber (by Austin Ramsay) - a Forged in the Dark sci-fi game with mechs! Many battles waged on the planet Sirvon's supercontinent have been fought with these giant machines, and the ongoing cold war has heated up again as unknown forces have wiped out the Admiralty's communication network: the belligerent Vanguard pirates and the vengeful once-empire of Lorne have found their time to strike! Tasked with fixing the network is Mercury S ...
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Hex takes the wheel as the Verdigale sets sail on the Wildsea once more. As the ship races across the thrash a strange song from the tangle below catches our crew’s attention. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale. Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as th…
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VotV Episode 03: Discovery Beneath the Waves
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After a plentiful and unexpected harvest in the aftermath of a rootquake, the crew of the Verdigale takes some time to investigate their surroundings. Welcome to Risky Standard - Voyage of the Verdigale. Voyage of the Verdigale is a weird-fantasy adventure story set atop the strange and vibrant ocean of treetops known as the Wildsea. It follows the…
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“...the author seeks to refute the emerging trend in the literature which characterizes the Verdancy as a moment of cataclysm, the destruction of the world; he should like to posit that the Verdancy instead represents a moment of grand transfiguration, the granting of the world a new Shape - one which this volume shall attempt to describe at length…
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VotV Episode 01: The Crew of the Verdigale
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Centuries ago, the old world was swallowed by forests immeasurable. A new world emerged from the ruins scattered across the endless canopy. Now sailors take to the treetop sea on ships drawn by roaring saws, connecting the distant islands and creating ties that bind them. The verdant ocean is strange and dangerous but it is full of opportunity and …
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The long silence of summer has ended and Risky Standard is back. Some of us have moved, gotten married, finished semesters of grad school, and now we're setting full sail ahead for Season 2 of Risky Standard where we'll be playing The Wildsea by Felix Isaacs. Season 2 premieres on Thursday, November 6th and you can also find the Risky Standard crew…
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CalazCon 113 - Legislature - Democracy Forever, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, imprisonment, assassination Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join the Legislature for their last parliamentary session! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win th…
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CalazCon 112 - Legislature - Democracy Forever, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, imprisonment Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join the Legislature for their last parliamentary session! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and mi…
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CalazCon 111 - The Farm Upstate - Metamorphosis, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, Cannibalism, Dismemberment, Explicit Monsterfication, Monsterfuckery, Exploitation of war trauma Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadi…
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CalazCon 110 - The Farm Upstate - Metamorphosis, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, acid attack, cannibalism, parental death, teeth stuff Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying …
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The Division of Silent Accords, Part 6: The Basilica
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The thrilling conclusion of The Division of Silent Accords! The ancient contagion growing at the heart of the Aeonian is revealed. Argot, Bracco & Dr. Forstall near a truth too vast to name. At the threshold of the Basilica, the silent operatives must make a desperate choice- enter the sanctum and risk what remains, or become entombed as the dereli…
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CalazCon 109 - Blue Sky Endowment - What I've Done, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf o…
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CalazCon 108 - Blue Sky Endowment - What I've Done, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, discussion of sex Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the…
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CalazCon 107 - PizZA - The Few And Far Between, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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CalazCon 106 - Piz/ZA - The Few And Far Between, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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CalazCon 105 - Terminal Company - You've Got The Bles, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, mania, depression, death, self destructive behavior Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to…
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CalazCon 104 - Terminal Company - You've Got The Bles, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of …
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CalazCon 103 - The 86 - Some Got Away
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The 86 for their epilogue! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the Democr…
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CalazCon 102 - The Farm Upstate - The Rue Ruse, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, discussion of suicide bombing, teeth, acid attack Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while tryin…
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CalazCon 101 - The Farm Upstate - The Rue Ruse, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on beha…
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The Division of Silent Accords, Part 5: Excession
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Time is running out aboard the Aeonian, as the derelict hulk lurches toward threadspace and the darkness between stars. Within the heart of the anomaly, a strange contagion blooms into a distorted reflection of the familiar. In the shadow of an aberrant facade, something impossible waits: a palatial garden, glistening in cesium-gold. FEATURING Pete…
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CalazCon 100 - Blue Sky Endowment - Roll Sixes And Never Die, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, bugs, discussion of alcohol Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts a…
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CalazCon 099 - Blue Sky Endowment - Roll Sixes And Never Die, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Blue Sky Endowment for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on beh…
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CalazCon 098 - Piz/ZA - He Said, I'll Never Be Like Either Of You, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, assassination, body horror, human experimentation, exploitation, eye trauma Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazC…
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CalazCon 097 - Piz/ZA - He Said, I'll Never Be Like Either Of You, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Piz/ZA for their final Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the D…
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CalazCon 096 - Terminal Company - Operation Slingshot, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their last Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf…
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CalazCon 095 - Terminal Company - Operation Slingshot, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join Terminal Company for their last Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf…
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CalazCon 094 - The 86 - The Harder They Fall, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The 86 for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the …
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CalazCon 093 - The 86 - The Harder They Fall, PART ONE
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The 86 for their latest Mission! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on behalf of the …
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CalazCon 092 - The Farm Upstate - Cutting Our Losses, PART TWO
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CONTENT WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE: War, Welcome back to CalazCon! This week we join The Farm Upstate for their latest Downtime! CalazCon is a Beam Saber mega game series featuring 30 players across 6 play groups. Each squad battles against the occupying nomadic media convention, CalazCon, while trying to win the hearts and minds of the locals on be…
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