Girls Who Don't D&D

[Aeson]

It's just three girls (who've never played D&D before),
a Dungeon Master (who owns all the books but hasn't read them)
and a handful of dice (they're fine)...

The DM seems to know what he's doing. I think he might have read a few lines of at least one book. I'm 3 episodes in. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Girls who don't D&D

The Official Wesbite for the Girls Who Don't D&D podcast

girlswhodontdnd.com

 

[MNblockhead]

Added it to my Pocket Casts lineup. Will be interesting to see if their unfamiliarity with the rules will be entertaining or annoying.

 

[Aeson]

I'm leaning towards entertaining. They seem to be able to go with the flow. The DM uses voice actors for some preplanned bits. In the second episode a couple of the voice actors are listeners who offered to help. The daughter's name is Savage. I hope that's her real name because it's savage. lol

 

[Dire Bare]

The DM seems to know what he's doing. I think he might have read a few lines of at least one book. I'm 3 episodes in. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Girls who don't D&D

The Official Wesbite for the Girls Who Don't D&D podcast

girlswhodontdnd.com

At the bottom of the page are some bios, and it does say that Cory (the DM) has been playing since he was a kid . . . and implies that while he owns a ton of D&D books, he hasn't read through them all . . . rather than not reading any of them at all. The clever wording obscures what they are trying to actually say, I think.

 

[Aeson]

Are they Aussie or Kiwi? I want to say Kiwi. I know the accents are different but as an American exposure to New Zealand accents is really limited. For one of them the numbers 13 and 14 came out as fourdeen and thirdeen instead of thirteen and fourteen. The others didn't seem to do that so I figured it's a regional thing.

 

[Aeson]

At the bottom of the page are some bios, and it does say that Cory (the DM) has been playing since he was a kid . . . and implies that while he owns a ton of D&D books, he hasn't read through them all . . . rather than not reading any of them at all. The clever wording obscures what they are trying to actually say, I think.

I did look for bios. I guess I didn't go down far enough. I guess it's a good thing he's experienced. I remember my early days as a DM. That wouldn't have made for a good podcast. Even today wouldn't make for a good podcast. lol

 

[pukunui]

Are they Aussie or Kiwi? I want to say Kiwi. I know the accents are different but as an American exposure to New Zealand accents is really limited. For one of them the numbers 13 and 14 came out as fourdeen and thirdeen instead of thirteen and fourteen. The others didn't seem to do that so I figured it's a regional thing.

I haven’t listened to this podcast, but as an expat American who’s lived in NZ for 20 years, I can pick up the difference pretty easily.

Aussies tend to lengthen vowels (feesh n cheeps) while Kiwis clip them (f’sh n ch’ps).

I’ll have a listen later and let you know what I think of their accents.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

They're Australian.

 

[pukunui]

They're Australian.

Yes, those are most definitely Aussie accents.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I haven’t listened to this podcast, but as an expat American who’s lived in NZ for 20 years, I can pick up the difference pretty easily.

Aussies tend to lengthen vowels (feesh n cheeps) while Kiwis clip them (f’sh n ch’ps).

I’ll have a listen later and let you know what I think of their accents.

Also, one has the sound of sheep in the background on the audio and the other has shrimp sizzling on the barbie.

 

[AnotherGuy]

The DM seems to know what he's doing. I think he might have read a few lines of at least one book. I'm 3 episodes in. I'm really enjoying it so far.

Girls who don't D&D

The Official Wesbite for the Girls Who Don't D&D podcast

girlswhodontdnd.com

Great find. Thank you for sharing!
I like their site and the podcast seems pretty entertaining from the few skimmed sections I listened to of the 1st episode.

 

[Aeson]

Also, one has the sound of sheep in the background on the audio.

Now I'm confused. Are they Welsh?

 

[reelo]

Now I'm confused. Are they Welsh?

Aren't NZlanders just the "Welsh of Australia"

 

[AnotherGuy]

Now I'm confused. Are they Welsh?

Nah, because we can still understand them.

 

[amethal]

Also, one has the sound of sheep in the background on the audio and the other has shrimp sizzling on the barbie.

Australia has way more sheep than New Zealand does, although NZ does have more sheep per person.

 

[Umbran]

Nah, because we can still understand them.

Mod Note:
Such jokes may go okay when you are among friends, but in an open forum, this generates reports from our Welsh users. So, maybe in the future, think twice. Thanks.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Australia has way more sheep than New Zealand does, although NZ does have more sheep per person.

NZ: 5 sheep/person.
Australia: 3 sheep/person.
(approximate numbers.)

NZ used to have many more sheep back in ye olden days. But in the last few decades a lot of agriculture has moved into dairy. Or so I've been told.

edit: Google tells me there was an increase in dairy production of 1.8% from 2020 - 2021.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

NZ: 5 sheep/person.
Australia: 3 sheep/person.
(approximate numbers.)

NZ used to have many more sheep back in ye olden days. But in the last few decades a lot of agriculture has moved into dairy. Or so I've been told.

edit: Google tells me there was an increase in dairy production of 1.8% from 2020 - 2021.

Also the hobbits ate a bunch of them.

 

[pukunui]

NZ: 5 sheep/person.
Australia: 3 sheep/person.
(approximate numbers.)

NZ used to have many more sheep back in ye olden days. But in the last few decades a lot of agriculture has moved into dairy. Or so I've been told.

edit: Google tells me there was an increase in dairy production of 1.8% from 2020 - 2021.

Spoiler: off topic

That's about right. 25 million sheep and 5 million people. According to Stats NZ, the local sheep population has been on a steady decline since the 1980s, but the investment in dairy cattle isn't as significant as I would have thought. In fact, it looks like cattle farmers have been switching from dairy to meat in the past few years.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Also the hobbits ate a bunch of them.

Unrelated aside: my avatar there on the left, that's me sitting in the Green Dragon in Hobbiton about 5 years ago.