The Saga of the European King
The King has known and loved Axe Axewound for years, ever since they met on an adventure in Spain and deposed his evil brother. But actions have consequences and oaths aren’t just for declaring, and although there is never a good time to initiate a difficult conversation even the best of friends have to have them sometimes. Also the King’s son is stolen by bandits.
info_outline Chapter 34 - The Nemesis of Neglect Names YouThe Saga of the European King
The King and his strike team take a break from the invasion to have a sauna, some fudge and a discussion about the inevitable fate of statism.
info_outline Chapter 33 - They Rode into Town on a Yacht Made of SwansThe Saga of the European King
The King’s invasion of Washington D.C. begins with a thousand sickly snaps as he uses all his strength and cunning to barrel through all resistance.
info_outline 100 Words of Astounding Beauty s01e01 - ScreamThe Saga of the European King
The pilot episode of our new flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time.
info_outline Chapter 32 - Tell Me! Tell Me About the King's Cool New PowersThe Saga of the European King
You don’t just go and face the President of the United States of America without loading up on American-themed powers first. The King needs whatever treats Nanook the polar bear is handing out to help him in the revolution while his ex-wife assembles her own players to counter him.
info_outline Chapter 31 - You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing ForthThe Saga of the European King
Chapter 31 - You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth
info_outline The Podcast of the European King 01 - Where Have We BeenThe Saga of the European King
It is October 2018. What is going on with The Saga of the European King? Quite a bit, actually. Let us sit down with two pots of tea and a bottle of Pepsi Max and tell you what we've made, what we haven't and what is to come. This includes the merits of GMing trial sequences in roleplaying games, the true nature of BBC4 presenters and the difficulties of digging a trench. With , and . Music by Find The Saga of the European King on , , or The video of our live show is in two parts and on YouTube. Tom's Chewbacca game is up on Find the audio dramas made by the children at St Mark's...
info_outline Red Button Audio Workshop: The Dragon of Climate ChangeThe Saga of the European King
As part of our live show last year we also held an audio drama workshop for kids aged 9 - 11. It was part of the and hosted by . Here's a clip of what we got up to. We're looking to put together another round of workshops soon. Thanks to and for running the show and for filming. Music is 'The Happy Monster' by Chubby Jackson and his Orchestra, available from archive.org here:
info_outline Live at ONCA 2017 ACT II - The Boss Battle Where Men Meet ThemselvesThe Saga of the European King
On the 6th of October 2017 we performed the very first live episode of The Saga of the European King to an audience at O N C A gallery in Brighton. It was part of the Brighton Digital Festival and funded by Arts Council England. The episode we put on was the finale of Book 2 which ties up most of the plotlines of the last year. The Adventure Team is reunited on the lawn of the White Roost and the King's plan to conquer the United States of America comes to a head. Music by Nicolai Roos, John Bartmann and Mano Camatsos. A huge thank you to everyone who came, Josh and Amy as ever, Claudia...
info_outline Live at ONCA 2017 ACT I - Mister King goes to Washington to FIGHTThe Saga of the European King
On the 6th of October 2017 we performed the very first live episode of The Saga of the European King to an audience at O N C A gallery in Brighton. It was part of the Brighton Digital Festival and funded by Arts Council England. The episode we put on was the finale of Book 2 which ties up most of the plotlines of the last year. The Adventure Team is reunited on the lawn of the White Roost and the King's plan to conquer the United States of America comes to a head. Music by Nicolai Roos, John Bartmann and Mano Camatsos. A huge thank you to everyone who came, Josh and Amy as ever, Claudia...
info_outlineSaint Francis and Ba'al Hadad are fugitives on the run from the Devil and his master, The King of Europe. They have travelled across the North Pole and through Canada to find the United States of America and all the crimes they have there. How long can they lead their exciting new life on the wide-open country before their past catches up with them?
And would they do if they were offered a flattering new job?
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Written and edited by Tom McNally
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PERFORMED BY:
Amy Sutton, Joshua Crisp and Tom McNally.
Joshua Crisp played Ba'al and Waukheon
Amy Sutton played Saint Francis and the Officer of the Law
Tom McNally did the narration and played The King
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MUSIC
Theme tune music and interstitials composed by Nicolai Roos
Frankie & Ba'al was composed by John Bartmann
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SFX
Sound effects not made by Tom McNally are courtesy of the wonderful freesound.org community. This episode included the following:
DAKOTA
prairie-winter-wind-ambient-natural-recording by westbywest
prairie-dogs-from-bad-lands-south-dakota by bansemer
mesicprarie2 by taterdunnetater
rural-back-yard-whitehill-nova-scotia-april-21-2010 by wildear1
gravel by squashy555
ANIMAL FRIENDS
baby-lamb-calling-his-mother2 by edufigg
20100910-deer-rut by dobroide
rabbit-2 by quetzalcontla
tawny-owl-female by sean-townsend
hungry-guinea-pigs-1 by owl
01161-boar-oink-3 by robinhood76
elk-3 by hyperionn
STUDIO AUDIENCE
crowd-cheer by adam-n
applause-2 by jayfrosting
applause-1 by jayfrosting
cheer-2 by jayfrosting
BALLOON RIDE
basket-creak by sheepfilms
storm-wind by juskiddink
rain-storm by rambler52
ambi-village-across-valley-dessert-birds-dogs-saw-binaural-stereo-recording-dpa4060-nagra-sd-2012-01-10-apache-reservation-arizona by jaap-sijben-gmail-com
wind3 by eliasheuninck
01-21-footsteps-wood-barefoot-jumps-scuffs by splicesound
bird-flying-away by flashdeejay
HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS
pawnee by vumseplutten1709
rainbow by kerri
distant-thunder by thalamus lab
southern-utah-summer-thunderstorm by bretberger
seagulls-flock by cell31 sound productions
dragon-wing-flap by dombanks
airplane-atmos by stebbi30000-gmail-com
STRATEGY MEETING
distant-storm-3 by soojay
coconino-forest by mffm
camp-fire-1 by mick-gibbs
THE PLAN
pouring-wine by bfedri1
cannonball-off-dock-splashing-swimming by splicesound
bow-river-winter by lwdickens
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ART
Track art and logo by Tom McNally
Original character designs by Bruno Stahl