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Friends at the Table is an actual play podcast about critical worldbuilding, smart characterization, and fun interaction between good friends. Find us (and a listener guide) @Friends_Table on Twitter.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 560 episodes
- Perpetua 54: Up and Down 02 · 2 h 2 min · Season 9 Episode 64Antistrophe Landrace, Brontë Adelvys, and Caoimhe Wake have emerged from the Dragon's Path and arrived in the shadow of the Gleaming Fortress of Lumai. Somewhere inside, Kley…
- Perpetua 53: Up and Down 01 · 2 h 0 min · Season 9 Episode 63Long before there was an Elevana League, there were the Elven city-states, rivalrous and fragmented. Across centuries, they skirmished over territory, bickered about resources…
- Perpetua 52: At the Threshold 04 · 1 h 49 min · Season 9 Episode 62On a small isle in the southwestern reach of the Valte Archipelego, the crew of the Little Snail sits in frustration. Their ultimate destination has been made clear to them: A…
- Perpetua 51: At the Threshold 03 · 1 h 26 min · Season 9 Episode 61Aloft above the sea, the Adventure Beckons and the staff of the Little Snail head towards a small island in the Valte archipelago. There, they seek information on the White…
- Perpetua 50: At the Threshold 02 · 2 h 14 min · Season 9 Episode 60With the Adventure Beckons resting just outside of town, Nicky, Elena, and Veile have traveled into town to complete two important tasks: Recovering a gem sold by mistake and…
- Perpetua 49: At the Threshold 01 · 1 h 55 min · Season 9 Episode 59For hours, unto days, unto weeks, the crew of the LIttle Snail delved the Castle Eschatonica with their new allies, the Source Rot Investigators from the Elevana League. In the…
- Perpetua 48: Escape from the Rumbling Castle! 08 · 2 h 24 min · Season 9 Episode 58All aboard the Adventure Beckons! Drawn back together after a disastrous time apart, a reunited team of Eschatonica explorers must fight their way to escape. But the Creed of…
- Perpetua 47: Escape from the Rumbling Castle! 07 · 2 h 14 min · Season 9 Episode 57With a single step, a world shattered and the stars faltered. Those who witnessed the destruction must face the future and pick up the pieces, but first they must escape the…
- Perpetua 46: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 06 · 2 h 6 min · Season 9 Episode 56Confrontations with Villains need not be catastrophic. Some hostile encounters, including those against enemy bosses, can be de-escalated through conversation or completed…
- Perpetua 45: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 05 · 1 h 40 min · Season 9 Episode 55Conflict and complication at the edge of Eschatonica! In the Creed of Oracles' fortress courtyard, Antistrophe, Nicky, and Jonathan find out just how far the protocols of war go…
- Perpetua 44: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 04 · 1 h 37 min · Season 9 Episode 54As the crew of the Little Snail and the Sourcerot investigators continue to delve the depths of the Castle Eschatonica, new voices are heard in the air. For those in the western…
- Marielda 10th Anniversary Soundtrack Vinyl Available to Pre-Order Now! · 13 min · Season 9 Episode 53For Semiotician Uklan Tel, the discovery of the object in the vaults of the New Archives was a gift he could scarcely have hoped for. The Holy City, walled and impenetrable, had…
- Perpetua 43: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 03 · 1 h 43 min · Season 9 Episode 52In a chamber of the Castle Eschatonica, filled with technology from another world, Veile, Caoimhe, Elena, and Brontë investigate the truth behind their mysterious gems (and the…
- Perpetua 42: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 02 · 1 h 26 min · Season 9 Episode 51As the northern edge of the Castle Eschatonica grows closer, the adventurers within begin to sense a change in the dungeon around them. While the Celestial Echoes that make up…
- Perpetua 41: Escape the Rumbling Castle! 01 · 1 h 44 min · Season 9 Episode 50In the depths of the Castle Eschatonica, the true beckonings called to the travelers of the Dragon Path. Led across the ether under divine shadow and holy light, to things that…
- Perpetua 40: The Castle Eschatonica 08 · 1 h 28 min · Season 9 Episode 49At the highest point of the Castle Eschatonica, the crew of the Little Snail and Team ABC finally find some answers to their most desperate questions. And yet, many mysteries…
- Perpetua 39: The Castle Eschatonica 07 · 1 h 33 min · Season 9 Episode 48After exploring the branching wings of a multi-dimensional dungeon the ad-hoc mega party joined back up. The lost keys have been retrieved. Their missing photographer has been…
- Perpetua 38: The Castle Eschatonica 06 · 1 h 29 min · Season 9 Episode 47With the Wicked Weaver defeated, the trio of Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky return to their hunt for the crest of the western hall, and their search will lead them into places…
- Perpetua 37: The Castle Eschatonica 05 · 1 h 43 min · Season 9 Episode 46It moved towards Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky through the dark as something other than itself. A creature of guile and hunger, whose taste for life is well developed and whose…
- Announcement for Spotify Listeners · 18 min · Season 9 Episode 46Hello everyone! If you don't use Spotify to listen to our podcast, you can skip this one! If you do listen on Spotify, we have decided to remove our show from the platform…
- Perpetua 36: The Castle Eschatonica 04 · 1 h 48 min · Season 9 Episode 45The Castle Eschatonica has provided as sharp a contrast as one may imagine. In its sunlit west wing, Antistrophe, Caoimhe, and Nicky skulk through the shadows and face down foul…
- Perpetua 35: The Castle Eschatonica 03 · 1 h 47 min · Season 9 Episode 44Perpetua 35 WIth the entryway of Castle Eschatonica behind them, the two newly shuffled groups of adventurers head into the dungeon's perplexing (and perilous) hallways…
- Perpetua 34: The Castle Eschatonica 02 · 1 h 17 min · Season 9 Episode 43By a quirk of fate (and the meddling of a peculiar being named Gnova), two bands of adventurers came crashing into each other in the middle of the Dragon Path. After greeting…
- Off Week + Fundraiser Update! · 20 min · Season 9 Episode 42HELLO! Let's see how rapid fire I can communicate this info after spending 20 minutes babbling about it: PERPETUA: This week's episode is delayed, but will be released this…
- Perpetua 33: The Castle Eschatonica 01 · 1 h 35 min · Season 9 Episode 41The year is 397 BE—Before the End. And in the wide and colorful abyss known as the Dragon Path, fate spins two disparate threads together… This week on Perpetua: Castle…
- Fundraising for Immigrant Justice · 8 min · Season 9 Episode 40On Sunday 15th and Monday 16th of February 2026, we're going to be hosting ICEBREAKER, a two day fundraising marathon on twitch.tv/friendsatthetable to raise money for the…
- Perpetua 32: A Picture of the Hills 05 · 1 h 16 min · Season 9 Episode 39Above Spillaway Peaks, the crew of the Little Snail has found signs of a horrible corruption, tainting not only the town's oxen and their food, but perhaps of something even more…
- Perpetua 31: A Picture of the Hills 04 · 1 h 32 min · Season 9 Episode 38This episode includes discussion of animal injury and illness, including descriptions of wounds and death. A mystery (and the need for a little spending money) has sent the crew…
- Perpetua 30: A Picture of the Hills 03 · 1 h 12 min · Season 9 Episode 37Though the office of the Shining Star stands on the second of Spillaway Peaks' three tiers, on a clear night, its rooftop beacon can be seen from miles away. This, Thelonious…
- Perpetua 29: A Picture of the HIlls 02 · 1 h 17 min · Season 9 Episode 36The crew of the Little Snail has come to Spillaway Peaks in search of an ally: Thelonious, the editor-in-chief of the Shining Star newspaper and a member of the mysterious group…
- Perpetua 28: A Picture of the Hills 01 · 1 h 11 min · Season 9 Episode 35On the western continent of Perpetua, four fated adventurers set out on a prophesied journey. While to the east, in the Elevana League, a trio of travelers began to investigate a…
- Perpetua 27: In Too Deep 03 · 1 h 51 min · Season 9 Episode 34A sudden confrontation! Having 'sniffed out' a lead, Antistrophe, Brontë, and Caoimhe have dug their way towards the truth. That truth rests in the underground archive of the…
- Perpetua 26: In Too Deep 02 · 1 h 25 min · Season 9 Episode 33Castine, Living Metal, has retreated to his chambers to channel his power. An ancient dragon continues to slam at the city's protective dome. Kley Kaina has been dragged away by…
- Perpetua 25: In Too Deep 01 · 1 h 53 min · Season 9 Episode 32A confrontation with the Hexcloak Commander, whose ominous air suggests dire motives. A conversation with the living god of metal, whose curious mind pries into their own. A…
- Perpetua 24: Aquatic Ambush! 02 · 1 h 32 min · Season 9 Episode 31The Little Snail floats aboard Captain Hornbeam Hypostyle's Crystal Conch Express, strapped down to its large, open deck, cutting a boxy silhouette against the light of the…
- Perpetua 23: Aquatic Ambush! 01 · 2 h 2 min · Season 9 Episode 30Before he departed from Calstega Bay, the man named Onyx, Commodore of the Valte Empire and member of the mysterious group known as the Luminaries, gave the crew of the Little…
- Perpetua 22: A Roar Across Cenn 04 · 2 h 9 min · Season 9 Episode 29Cenn, City of Chains shakes and rumbles. A threat once only felt through the tremors of the ground emerges, claws long, hide scaled, and sharp… sharp all over. Even whiskers…
- Perpetua 21: A Roar Across Cenn 03 · 1 h 6 min · Season 9 Episode 28All across the Elevana League, pilgrims leave their homes and travel over great distances towards the city of Cenn, determined to meet with the only member of the Ennead who…
- Perpetua 20: A Roar Across Cenn 02 · 2 h 24 min · Season 9 Episode 27After an ominous meeting with Thereus Aegir, leader of the Hexcloaks, Caoimhe Wake regroups with Brontë Adelvys and Antistrophe Landrace, fresh from their victorious Beachminton…
- Perpetua 19: A Roar Across Cenn 01 · 1 h 56 min · Season 9 Episode 26Called to Cenn, City of Iron Chains, Caiomhe Wake, Antistrophe Landrace, Brontë Adelvys (and his two attendants), arrive to find crisis rumbling in burg. The Hexcloaks have…
- Perpetua 18: Sizzling Rivalry, Crashing Waves! 04 · 2 h 50 min · Season 9 Episode 25After escaping one ambush in their hotel room and a second aboard the Buzzard Black, the crew of the Little Snail is finally preparing themselves for their climactic showdown…
- Perpetua 17: Sizzling Rivalry, Crashing Waves! 03 · 1 h 52 min · Season 9 Episode 24After being taken under the wing of Commodore Onyx, the crew of the Little Snail were brought up to date on the situation in Calstega Bay and beyond—learning for the first time…
- Perpetua 16: Sizzling Rivalry, Crashing Waves! 02 · 2 h 11 min · Season 9 Episode 23Many are the questions that run through the heads of the Little Snail's award-winning chefs as they are paraded through the streets of Calstega Bay. Some are quite philosophical…
- Perpetua 15: Sizzling Rivalry, Crashing Waves! 01 · 2 h 20 min · Season 9 Episode 22Elena. Jonathan. Nicky. Veile. Four would-be adventurers, drawn together by circumstance yet bound by fate. At the helm of the Little Snail, they've driven full speed towards the…
- Perpetua 14: On Track to Iron Chains Pt. 03 · 1 h 20 min · Season 9 Episode 21Aboard the Argent Wind, Caoimhe Wake, Antistrophe Landrace, and Brontë Adelvys settle in for a peaceful journey east. But to live the life of the traveler is to dare fate, as all…
- Perpetua 13: On Track to Iron Chains 02 · 1 h 14 min · Season 9 Episode 20From the roof of the restricted Hexcloak train station, Caoimhe Wake, Antistrophe Landrace, and Brontë Adelvys can hear the approach of a train. It is a train that will take them…
- Perpetua 12: On Track to Iron Chains Pt. 01 · 1 h 50 min · Season 9 Episode 19Drawn together by mystery, circumstance, and burgeoning camaraderie, the trio of Caoimhe Wake, Antristrophe Landrace, and Brontë Adelvys (plus the young prince's loyal servants)…
- Perpetua 11: Journey to the Bay Pt. 03 · 1 h 29 min · Season 9 Episode 18With Redolencia behind them and a new friend on board, the crew of the Little Snail powers forward towards Calstega Bay. Unfortunately, as a familiar crack sounds in the…
- Perpetua 10: Journey to the Bay Pt. 02 · 2 h 13 min · Season 9 Episode 17Led by the cries of someone in danger, the crew of the Little Snail have charged into the Celestial Echo of Redolencia, an otherworldly swampland where magic works differently…
- Perpetua 09: Journey to the Bay Pt, 01 · 2 h 6 min · Season 9 Episode 16The humble crew of the LIttle Snail could not have known what they were getting into. A simple, kindness had led them towards danger and mystery unknwon. A fallen tower. Undead…
