#i think blood in the bayou is patreon??

[stainedpurplehoodie]

Now that I'm caught up, here's hoping that whatever the fuck Arthur and Shilo have going on tides me over until Chip and Gill come back

[medlarmeadows]

Whats your favorite jrwi campaign(s)? Its a really hard choice, but I love Riptide and Prime Defenders so so much (I have watched every campaign!)

ooooo it's so hard to choose honestly, because i love different aspects of the different campaigns. maybe it's recency bias but i really enjoyed the suckening. i think the soundtrack added so much to the storytelling and i was just completely immersed in it whenever i was watching. i love prime defenders so much too! but i haven't finished it yet

i think i need to relisten to blood in the bayou one of these days. it was the first patreon campaign i listened to, and i feel like i wasn't as well-versed in ttrpgs back then, so now i can appreciate and understand things a lot better

[anachronistic-falsehood]

yes hello I would like to order one jrwi. haha. anyways ur actually gonna make me start listening to this shit I can’t do this I can’t take more pain whiskey stop making it look enticing

HI HELLO!!! HI. jrwi is a rly fun ttrpg podcast and i've only listened to 2 of the campaigns so far but they're SO GOOD. the patreon is the main place to watch/listen to the episodes but people have put together youtube playlists of the video versions :3 i'll give u a couple of them here if u want :3

prime defenders- FAVOURITE ONE RN BECAUSE I JUST FINISHED IT. it's about teenage superheroes!!! starts out as kind of a sitcom-esque series where the stakes are very low. but then the stakes get high. and things get dire. and just. soooo many things happen. like it goes from zero to one hundred REAL DAMN FAST. and then it somehow goes past a hundred in season two. every character is so fucking good and i love them all and i think u should watch it, it's got 64 episodes total and there are a couple of oneshots in that playlist too if you want to listen to them!!! bizly dms this one and he's sooo fucking good at doing voices and stuff i love every single npc <3 HIGHLY RECOMMEND WATCHING THIS ONE TBH. ITS SO FUCKING GOOD.

the suckening- VAMPIRES IN LOS ANGELES BABEY!!!!! this one is the first one i listened to and it's what convinced me to get the patreon so i could listen to the rest. this is a google drive of audio recordings from the final seven episodes (the first five are available for free on their youtube and spotify) but i can def put together a playlist of the youtube versions and send it to you!! this is just what i had on hand. anyway it's so fucking good. literally parts of this had me crying laughing. it's a comedy horror and it's SO GOOD. charlie slimecicle dms this one!! it's got 12 episodes total right now and theres going to be a season 2 :3

blood in the bayou- again this is a google drive but i think there are video versions if you'd prefer and i can def make a playlist and send it 2 u :3 this one is 4 episodes so if you're looking for something to just dip your toes in u can start with this!! i haven't listened 2 it yet but it's a horror and it's got lots of blood and gore. and bugs! lots of bugs. i love bugs <3 i need to listen to this one. also dmed by charlie

apotheosis- this one's a youtube playlist!! dmed by condifiction!!! i don't know much about the plot of this one personally but i think it's about a team of three people, one of whom is trying to kill, god, another of whom is trying to become god, and another guy who i think is just. there to be a fucking nerd. i know barely anything about apotheosis but i DO KNOW that two characters canonically have gay sex. i have watched the gay sex scene.

there's also riptide which is their publicly available campaign thats fully up on their youtube and spotify!!! it's dmed by grizzly and it's about pirates. i have not watched it myself yet because it is like. over a hundred episodes at the moment??? it is a large undertaking but i will brave it eventually. i have heard from very reliable sources such as my mutual mac that it is very good. i personally rly think u should watch prime defenders :3 it's very good :3 it will not grab ur heart and rip it into two pieces :3 trust me

[wasyago]

hello hello! if u ever do decide to get more into prime defenders, the first seven episodes are a little iffy but i can attest to it getting better (WAY WAY better) after that, and apparently season 2 is even better. so it might be worth getting into at some point if ur interested ^^

also would HIGHLY recommend blood in the bayou if u like horror because. my god it’s my favorite campaign BY A LOT which is saying something cuz i love all the campaigns i’ve listened to so much, but blood in the bayou hits different. it’s run by charlie, very horror based with a really cool premise that charlie executed fantastically, and it’s only got four episodes ^^

either way i’ve finally caught up w riptide and can finally go through your art for it and oh boy it’s literally so so so cool i’m losing my mind, i love how you draw la alma he is so friend shaped

i hope you’re having a great day, and be sure to Just Roll With It! (<- very funny yet incredibly subtle reference. i’m so tired)

hehehhehe i love the reference >:)c always hear it in grizzly's voice in my head ("and just roll with it baybee!!") and also waaa thank you, i love drawing la alma <3 kitty <3 need to draw more of him, but also there's so many cool npc's that i also want to draw aughh not enough hours in a day smh i need twice as much, maybe thrice.....

about other campaigns!

i think someone said in the tags (or replies, don't remember) under my post that first 7 episodes of pd were kinda eh, and it did feel like the first episodes were less serious and less engaging. like, literally my favorite characters after watching them are tide and wavelength, which is like???? one of them barely talked even. but i do believe that it gets better, i saw some of the art and it looks amazing and super interesting!

blood in the bayou. im so absolutely INSANE about. charlie as a dm is SO fucking good im kicking screaming and crying im not normal. everything from the voices he does to the way he explains things and creates atmosphere to the way he treats players and characters augghhbhhbbbbb words cannot explain how much i love it. i LOVE blood in the bayou, its literally perfect in every aspect. the setting, the game, the art (dont get me started on the art), augh augh augh augh--

both of them (and apotheosis!!!) are on patreon tho, which i sadly don't have access to, no matter how bad i want to watch them or to know what happens next. don't want to get into politics much, but. its not that i don't have 10 dollars or however much the lowest tear is, patreon just doesn't work where i live. same as spotify, paypal, steam, and all the other payed services. vpn works for twitter, instagram, ao3, tiktok, but everything that includes banks and dealing with money and paperwork doesn't get fixed by just changing connection unfortunately. it has its benefits, i don't get ads on youtube or twitch, but everything else sucks. and atm the only real way to deal with it is move to another country... (which sounds pretty good, ngl)

[bizlybebo]

Look dude fuck my broski here asks about jrwi. Where to fucking start and all that wicked shit. Now I'm no expert he told me there was like. Some older stuff? And fucking one shots and Riptide. He's the guy who liked William who I fucking mentioned. Dude he's very excited to get into the podcast. So I'm not saying anything but would you fucking help me out dude? I do want to fucking help him cause shit he sounds very shittin excited about that. And dude... Gonna be fucking real with you. Don't see them like that very often. Especially recently there were fucking issues with. With trans people in general with folk around dude. I'm staying a fucking anon dude but I'll owe you one dude. Have my word. Because I'm all for this fucking guy.

-Troy anon

HI TROY ANON JSJFJSJTJE

rambled a bit here, tldr at the end^_^

i mean i started with riptide like a lot of other people, given that it was the current free campaign at the time. however,, it’s veeery long and it may seem a little daunting to get into. if you wanna start short and have a couple extra bucks (or take after the riptide pirates.wink), then i’d say start w apotheosis for silly vibes (although fair warning this one is so gay i ended up shutting my laptop and walking away) or blood in the bayou for horror (this one might be gayer actually. it’s all fucking gay i hate it here). my personal favorite is prime defenders cause it has bizly dming and the characters+dynamics are so insanely charming.

HOWEVER for a new viewer i’d actually say start w wonderlust!!! my main problem when i got into jrwi through riptide was the amount of spoilers— this fandom isn’t always great w them. by starting wonderlust, you can avoid most spoilers since the episodes are still dropping, and get a feel for the way the fandom is when campaigns are ongoing! it also has some of the best pc+pc and pc+npc dynamics yet + amazing worldbuilding + bizly dm. bizly dm my beloved.

also!! if you get into jrwi, i think it’s best to block these tags to avoid spoilers:

#jrwi spoilers, #jrwi riptide spoilers, #riptide spoilers, #pd spoilers, #jrwi pd spoilers, #prime defenders spoilers, #apotheosis spoilers, #jrwi apotheosis spoilers, #bitb spoilers, #jrwi bitb spoilers, #blood in the bayou spoilers, #wonderlust spoilers, #jrwi wonderlust spoilers, etc.

^ kind of an excessive list but imo jrwi campaigns are so worth it and spoilers can really suck. part of the reason why pd is my favorite campaign ever is because i went into it spoiler-free, so everything was a surprise for me ^__^

tldr: id start w wonderlust, support the patreon if you can but i know it’s not possible for everybody. block spoiler tags 🙏

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

your jrwiposting has piqued my interest some. if one were to perhaps look into getting into it... where would one start ?

HELLO ANON !!!!!! OH BOY YOUVE UNLOCKED SOMETHING SINISTER IN MY BONES. I LOVE JRWI AND I LOVE TALKING ABOUT JRWI AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE INTO ITTTTT. there are. MULTIPLE different campaigns it really just depends on where your interests lie the most!! my personal recommendation will always be to listen to Riptide first because that's their free campaign! riptide is a good gauge of the players and whether or not you think theyre entertaining :] also gillion tidestrider is in there and i love him. all of those eps are up for free on youtube, but personally i use spotify the most.

most of the other campaigns are behind a paywall on patreon but personally i think theyre soooo worth it. also for most of their patreon campaigns they do put the first 5 or so episodes out for free to give people a sort of preview for what theyll potentially be paying for (if not there ARE resources on how to pirate the patreon campaigns, if i can find that masterpost in my tag i'll reblog it for u after i answer this!)

ill put a brief overview of each campaign for u under the cut!!

Riptide: long-running free access campaign! uses the traditional dnd ruleset, is set in an oceanic world with pirates vs the navy!

Prime Defenders: long-running main patreon campaign! uses the mutants and masterminds ruleset, is set in a modern/futuristic world with superheroes!

Blood in the Bayou: uses the Call of Cthulu ruleset. EXTREMELY horror focused campaign set in a small town in louisiana in the 80s. this one is only 4 episodes long and WILL fuck you up if youre a fan of tragedy and hivemind eldrich horror and bugs <3

Apotheosis: Uses the dnd ruleset again, but its set in a world where the gods are on the mortal realm and are extremely corrupt and need to be slain <3 BIG fan of the party dynamics in this one, one guy is possessed by an angel who sucks

The Suckening: uses the Vampire the Masquerade rulest, set in modern day (2012? 2018? who knows) LA and follows three vampires from vastly different backgrounds. this one is like horror/comedy.

Wonderlust + Total Monster Kill: the two newest campaigns!! only one episode of each is out. tmk is patreon-only i believe, and is in a monster hunter type setting. wonderlust just put its first episode out for free and i havent actually listened to it yet but its supposedly in a steampunk-ish setting! this is the ones all my mutuals have been freaking out about lately but im slow and havent gotten around to listening yet <3

[grizzlyplays]

I'M A HUGE FAN OF YOURS OMG. Would you consider releasing your song for Rebecca publicly?? And what's your favorite moments from Blood In The Bayou so far? :D

maybe i could make actual music one day for the public!! i've always had a small dream for that. i think Runaway, the song for Rebecca, will stay on Patreon for now! My favorite moment of bitb so far is listening to bizly and condi shine as actors. I did a lot of listening this series, just not really good with horror, and I'll never let go how much they impressed & inspired me.

[navysealt4t]

HI JAZZY

SORRY for rambling in your notes i have BRAINROT and i will talk forever about it if presented the opportunity

also. where would you recommend starting for jrwi. because im Curious now

!!!!!! JUNPING UP AND DOWN FOR JOY AGACAVAHUSCSHS C !!!!!!!!!!

okokok soo there r a few different places u can start :33 there r like 4 campaigns that r easy to access.

there’s the main one Riptide!!! which is what i post about most :3 theres pirates and gay people and idk i’m really bad at summarizing things. but very much found family and a good mix of seriousness and silliness :] this playlist has all the episodes in order (108 episodes…. it’s very daunting. i stared watching at about 80 episodes i think?) it’s currently still going (and according to the dm, grizzly, about halfway through!)

the other on going camping is prime defenders !! idk anything about pd rlly, except that it’s like teenage/young adult superheroes? and i think it starts pretty lighthearted but gets way more serious. i barely know anything about this campaign tbh. i think there’s 5 episodes on the youtube and the rest is on patreon (there may be a totally approved playlist with the patreon episodes though. idk tho) this is the first episode tho !

then one of the two completed campaigns is APOTHEOSIS!!!!! i think apotheosis is tied with riptide for my fav campaign :] i think u might like apoth, idek know how to properly summarize it it’s so so good. like. godslaying, queer people, sex jokes, religion, angst, it’s amazing . i can’t pick a fav pc either it’s so so good. the first episode is on youtube and the rest (12 or 13 i think) are on patreon (i have a link to a totally approved and public playlist tho if u want it). it’s genuinely such a good campaign. i’m not an expert on it tho uhh if u wanna know more my good friend @/scrubbythebubble knows a lot about it :3

and last but not least BLOOD IN THE BAYOU!!!!!!!! ogh. i can’t even start this campaign is amazing. like horror? friendship? middle aged men? bugs? this is the campaign for u. charlie slimecicle is such a good dm. it’s a call of cthulu campaign but if u don’t know the mechanics they’re explained very well through the campaign . it’s genuinely so so good it’s given me the shivers so many times. the first episode is on youtube and the last 3 are on patreon. the last 3 episodes r audio only so i sadly don’t think there’s a totally approved playlist out there 😔 it’s rlly good tho just uh. quite a few content warnings

YEAH!!!! sorry this is so long and took so long i just love love jrwi. uhh if u plan on watching anything i would block the tags ‘jrwi spoilers’, ‘jrwilb’, and ‘[campaign name] spoilers’ if it’s pretty hard to stay unspoiled for like apoth and bitb, but i REALLY recommend going in with no spoilers bc shit just hits soo much harder :3 and jrwilb is the liveblogging tag !!

but yeah!!! councilblr/jrwiblr is (usually) very chill and we like to have fun and leave ominous messages for new ppl to freak about over :3 if u wanna know anything else feel free to dm or send an ask i loveeee talking about jrwi hehe

[jrwi-shitty-doodles]

Hey it's somebody!

[Can you see who made this tumblr? I wanna keep it anonymous for the dramatics]

I made a doodle account where I just pour shitty doodles on a little account filled with pretty much every jrwi PC I can probably do some of the older ones but if yall ask me to do asshat shit cannon from a fuckin patreon one-shot back in 2019 with I won't be able to do that lmfao. Oh also I haven't watched Blood in the bayou or the convergence oneshot but I will most definitely still doodle em! Riptide are the poster guys because not everyone has patreon and as much as I would have loved to made our lovely little defenders of prime as the face of this evil organization I kindaaa can't ENOUGH RAMBLING I think im making this longer then it should be for a damn intro, one day I'll clean it up [maybe] But asks are open gimmie a little guy to draw any! And I don't wanna hear SHIT about how Jay's hair pin is on the wrong side okay! I won't think to much about it, YOU won't think too much abt it!

OKAY! Before we start this rodeo of 1 asks per month/sarcasm[hopefully]!

[de-attolis]

so like. how would one get into jwri (if thats the right abbreviation??) is it like a podcast or something?

:O YES YES YES YES OK OK OK SO

Yeah jrwi is a podcast but they also have videos on youtube of like them actually playing (all the audio is the same though :D)

Technically they've done three campaigns and are running two but so:

first campaign i think just ended cause they stopped for a while. I'm not sure why actually but its called The Fated and its dnd. I haven't seen it but all the episodes are on youtube technically

Their current campaign on youtube which would be the best place to start is called Riptide :D its the pirates dnd campaign and all of the episodes are on youtube for free. it is long but really fun

Their patreon campaign is called Prime Defenders and its done with the mutants and masterminds system meaning that all of the characters are superheroes. the first five episodes are available for free on youtube and the rest on patreon and its still ongoing

One of their finished campaigns is called Apotheosis (and is my personal favorite). another dnd campaign and only the first episode is on youtube and rest on patreon and i love it so much the best way to describe it is like yeah youre fighting the gods ahfkdskj

The last one is only audio and again first episode is on youtube the rest are on patreon and its blood in the bayou. its a horror call of cthulhu game and its so much fun its basically just three normal guys who are put in a horror situation and its amazing the soundtrack for it is also on youtube :D

Technically you can start anywhere and none of the campaigns are connected they're all different universes :D

I would very much suggest starting with Riptide though since its all on youtube and then again a couple of episodes of the current stuff theyve done on patreon are also there

[hexesandhearts]

I just re-watched (listened?) blood in the bayou (patreon-exclusive dnd campaign by just roll with it) and !!!!!!!!!!!!!! this continues to destroy me and i can't stop thinking about them and im listening to the original song one of the characters made on repeat and i just!!!!!! i don't wanna spoil it but omg 😭😭😭😭 thinking about it makes me want to slam my fists against the bus seats im sitting on rn

[fireylesbianhell]

if you want to watch jrwi riptide, all the episodes are on spotify with video/audio, and I think they update there before youtube as well. A bunch of the other campaigns (blood on the bayou, prime defenders, apotheosis, and a few oneshots) are only accessible from their patreon, with a handful of teaser episodes from those on their youtube and spotify.

thanks! also a thanks here to the other people who responded to the last post, and i’m gonna start with the riptide prolouge tommorow. glad to know it’s on spotify aswell!

[anachronistic-falsehood]

OK HERE IS THE OFFICIAL MAC GHOSTIEZONE JRWI PROPAGANDA!!!!!!

just roll with it is the name of the podcast as a whole. the group is grizzlyplays, condifiction, slimecicle and bizlychannel !!! they have MULTIPLE campaigns, where they each take turns being the dm!! very cool to see everyones different styles and each campaign has a distinct unique vibe so its really got stuff for anyone. im gonna format this as a list with as minimal detail as possible so this ask doesnt get super long SO if u have any specific questions just let me know :]

RIPTIDE

riptide is their longform public campaign, available wherever u wanna grt ur podcasts from (i like using spotify). its the pirate campaign!! and genuinely considered their primary campaign bc its the one most easily accessible to everyone

DM: grizzly

PCs: gillion tidestrider (charlie), chip (bizly), jay ferin (condi)

PRIME DEFENDERS

Superhero campaign!!!! this is generally considered their secondary campaign. currently available to the lowest patreon tier, although the first 5 eps of season 1 are available for free!

DM: bizly

PCs: william wisp (charlie), vyncent sol (condi), dakota cole (grizzly)

OK THE REST OF THESE ARE THEIR. SHORT/LIMITED RUN CAMPAIGNS. personally i rlly like recommending these as a good place to start since theyre not as big of a commitment and gives a good feeling for the dynamic between the players if youre not as familiar with them as ccs :]

BLOOD IN THE BAYOU

call of cthulu HORROR campaign. SUPER gross. fucking love it. only 4 episodes!! this is generally the one i recommend first as long as i know the ppl im telling abt it are good with nasty meat blood horror

DM: charlie

PCs: rolan deep (condi), kian stone (grizzly), timothy rand (bizly)

((side note here, timothy rand and tim marblehornets are the same genre of guy to me. god i love them))

APOTHEOSIS

15 episodes. what if gods were real and walked the earth and fuckinf hated you. what if the entire purpose of your campaign was to kill god. and also the lamest character in the party is possessed by a biblically accurate angel who hates his guts

DM: condi

PCs: peter sqloint (charlie), rumi (grizzly), thanatos (bizly)

THE SUCKENING

GAYASS VAMPIRE CAMPAIGN. currently myyyyy. third favorite. tied for 3rd with bitb i think. depends on the day. currently only 9 episodes, still ongoing !!! new eps every other saturday :]

DM: charlie

PCs: emizel tucker (condi), shilo bathroy (bizly), arthur benette (grizzly)

uhhhhh there are! a few more oneshots and two-three episode campaigns that theyve done (some of which are prequels for riptide and pd!!) but if i started listing those we'd be here forever . please enjoy i fucking hate it here (affectionate)

OOOOO THANK U MAC THANK U!!!! oooo i am intrigued by Blood in the Bayou.... nasty meat blood horror....... hell yes. hell fucking yes. i will have to check out that one for sure!! and i will def check out some of the other ones (ik u like that gillion tidestrider guy i think :3 would LOVE 2 get to know him!!!!) THANK U MAC A THOUSAND HUGS BE UPON YE!!!!

[the-ghost-gardren]

(everything is vauge as fuck about bitb so dont worry about spoilers!! )

Now that im like- finally calm, god I loved everything about this so much. As someone who adores the horror genre, gore, violence and the horrors just in general, Blood In The Bayou was really such a fucking treat for me.

I think it's mostly because a lot of the time since I've been exposed and numbed to this from a young age (see me at like 11 watching an open heart surgery whilst eating my dinner and commenting about blood squirts to my mum) that i really enjoy and take a shine to the horror genre as it's such a favourite piece of media of mine. And with BITB being set in the 80's and my love of the characters of 'The 70's show' has really tied everything together so nicely.

Most of the time things are predictable, in novella format or even film format and they just...are obvious. Either because it's a film trying to cash in on a trope or just something in general that's overused or obvious.

I think i can say with everyone that I fucking ADORED the whole leadup and the reveal to what happens and what the creatures are and how they work. I really thought it was gonna be some boring ass cult thing like 'The Babysitter' after the first episode, just with some nice extra layers of Charlie's gore storytelling, and perhaps some 'Stranger Things' drawings too from when Rand was piecing things together and the whole meeting up to play dnd stuff.

But honestly I've been plesantly surprised about how great just...everything has been. It's got this great original feel with how everything's told and all the not even real red herrings and the tiny tiny hints in galloway's map are just great. Every small piece that was mentioned towards The Big Reveal in our final episode about one of our boys was so SO great and all the small steps placed that were pieced together by their PC made everything make sense. so good.

Honestly this is the first time that, in a horror setting, I've actually not known what was going to happen. (Well, bar the final 'boss' of the whole thing. That was kinda obvious but there was nobody better who it could be and it slots in greatly.) Because of how dnd works mainly and the unpreditability of rolls actually adding to the thrill, and the great reactions and storytelling between the cast spliting up and our guide and narrator's own workings of storytelling.

If you're NOT part of the patreon and want a short, good 11 odd hours of a podcast to tide over halloween to november? highly reccomend going into it if you're fine with descriptive gore & body horror (especially in the last two episodes) , sex jokes and lots and lots of mentions of drugs and shit it's the 80's baby that stuff just happens.

But seriously. If you're not too good with alien-body horror, I got a just a tiny bit of a wince in the final episode with some of the visuals, so just be on the safer side for yourself with that stuff!