We are several of the GamingNow DJs (and support staff and guests) who started playing DnD a couple of years ago, and we stream our games on twitch using a combination of Roll20 for the maps, DnD Beyond for char sheets and some rolls, and actually good old physical dice (with cams) for other rolls.
We currently are running 2 campaigns, though this will change as we evolve, there is a 3rd already being planned. These are:
Rescue Glam
This is a transition from our first campaign to the second. The first was the Water deep Dragon Heist campaign. We succeeded, but in the process one of our party, the Dwarf Druid Glamraes Barrelmane got turned to stone. This mini-campaign is to rescue the stoned Glam and to restore him. Once (if) this is complete we will move into campaign 2 (currently unamed) which is to head north to help “fix” Glam who is also suffering from using dark magics.
The Candle Keep Mysteries
This is a series of one-shots. These will be longer sessions but should be completed in one or two sessions. There will be several characters that rotate in an out of the stories. Initially, these will be new characters but as the stories reach the level of the main characters there maybe some crossovers.
Schedule
Rescue Glam (and then Campain 2) happens every other Thursday at 7pm GMT and lasts around 2 and half hours.
The Candle Keep Mysteries are roughly once a month on a Sunday at around 12 midday GMT and last around 4 hours.
For more info listen to GamingNow the shows (especially JJs Friday night show), or check the Events in the Gaming Now Discord which will have the next of each Campaign listed.
Watch on our twitch channel.
Catchup
Shows will be available on Twitch shortly after the session and will remain there for around 2 weeks. Shows will be uploaded to our YouTube channel within a week of the session.
Competition
Note: This was won by EaglePoint for 2022. We haven’t decided what we’ll do for 2023, stay tuned!
We’re running a competition across all games, and you could win $100!
You must be watching live. When anyone rolls a natural 20 or natural 1 (on a D20 and it counts*) you must enter !critwin (for the 20) or !critfail (for the 1), one per person per instance. Each of these events will go into a separate raffle at the end of the show. For each raffle, we’ll randomly (using more dice rolls) select one person that entered and give them a ticket into the main prize pool. Additionally each time we have a critwin the prize pool goes up $5 and for each critfail it goes down $5. When we reach $100 or at Christmas, we’ll do a draw from all the tickets and whoever wins gets the pot (probably in the form of a Steam voucher but this hasn’t been confirmed yet!). If that all sounds confusing, come along and join in you’ve nothing to lose and it will all fall into place!
GamingNow staff can join the competition (we don’t get paid and want to have fun too!), but can’t enter on episodes they are playing in.
* For example if a char with advantage where 2 D20s are rolled gets a 1 and 15 then only the higher dice counts (the 15) and therefore this isn’t a critfail. Similarly, if rolling with disadvantage and a 20 and 14 were rolled the lower dice counts (the 14) and so this isn’t a critwin. There are also other instances such as Stabby is “Lucky” and so gets to reroll 1’s, unless the reroll is also a 1 this wouldn’t be a critfail.
Current Prize Pot: $60
Current Tickets
Name | Number of Tickets |
---|---|
Trac1978 | 19 |
Ratbait2021 | 13 |
Joske Allier | 9 |
Eaglepoint1983 | 9 |
Thog Kepas Addams | 3 |
Phreakbee | 2 |
Danger Mouse 23 | 1 |
History
The pot started at $20
Who Won | Session | Win/Fail | Prize Pot |
---|---|---|---|
Trac1978 | Rescue Glam Pt2 | Win | $25 |
Ratbait2021 | Rescue Glam Pt3 | Win | $30 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Rescue Glam Pt3 | Win | $35 |
Ratbait2021 | Rescue Glam Pt3 | Win | $40 |
Joske Allier | Rescue Glam Pt4 | Both at the same time | $40 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Rescue Glam Pt4 | Win | $45 |
Joske Allier | Rescue Glam Pt4 | Fail | $40 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt1 | Win (x2) | $50 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt1 | Fail (Tasar attack of opportunity) | $45 |
Joske Allier | CandleKeep Pt1 | Win (Arlo for medicine) | $50 |
Joske Allier | CandleKeep Pt1 | Win (DM for Brooms initiative) | $55 |
Phreakbee | CandleKeep Pt1 | Win (Tasar bashing a door) | $60 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt1 | Fail (DM for sword) | $55 |
Thog Kepas Addams | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Win (Stabby investigating Loot) | $60 |
Joske Allier | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Fail (Rat investigating Loot) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Fail (Toxi stealth check) | $50 |
Thog Kepas Addams | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Fail (Toxi to hit) | $45 |
Joske Allier | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Win (Oriondai dex save squeezing past Glam) | $50 |
Trac1978 | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Win (Stabby initiative again Red Knight) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Fail (Jax saving throw) | $50 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Fail (Jax Investigation with Red Knight) | $45 |
Thog Kepas Addams | Rescue Glam Pt5 | Win (Glam last death saving throw) | $50 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt2 | Fail (Quent’s Bear to Hit) | $45 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt2 | Win (Tasar Performance) | $50 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt2 | Win (Quent Initative) | $55 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt2 | Win (Arlo to attack book creature) | $60 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt2 | Win (Ash to hit) | $65 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Fail (Arlo, arcana check to see if food could leave the house) | $60 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Fail (Tasar, perception check in overnight watch) | $55 |
None | CandleKeep Pt3 | Win (Quent, Initiative against a bush) | $60 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Win (DM, Hit against the Quents weasle) | $65 |
Danger Mouse 23 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Win (Taser, Hit a wolf) | $70 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Win (Taser, Hit a wolf again) | $75 |
Phreakbee | CandleKeep Pt3 | Fail (DM, Rat hit Ashryn) | $70 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Fail (Ashryn, saving throw from Fairy Draong) | $65 |
Trac1978 | CandleKeep Pt3 | Fail (DM, Book hit Axe Beak) | $60 |
Ratbait2021 | Campaign 2 Ep1 | Fail (Oriondai, dex falling over on ship) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep1 | Win (Glam rolling for travel day 2) | $60 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep1 | Win (Toxi, nature check of a feather) | $65 |
Joske Allier | Campaign 2 Ep1 | Fail (Toxi, crit fail on crit win / fail coin) | $60 |
Joske Allier | Campaign 2 Ep2 | Fail (Jax, rolling to not fall of the ship) | $55 |
Ratbait2021 | Campaign 2 Ep2 | Win (Toxi, to pull Glam back on board) | $60 |
Ratbait2021 | Campaign 2 Ep2 | Fail (Glam, insight check during an investigation) | $55 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep2 | Fail (Glam, another insight check during an investigation) | $50 |
Ratbait2021 | CandleKeep Pt4 | Fail (Quent for perception) | $45 |
Joske Allier | CandleKeep Pt4 | Win (DM attacking Arlo) | $50 |
Ratbait2021 | Campaign 2 Ep3 | Win + Fail (Enemy ship attacking) | $50 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep3 | Fail (A NPC saving throw for Hypnotic Pattern) | $45 |
Ratbait2021 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Win (Glam, dex save) | $50 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Win (Capt Jax, dex save) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Win (Toxi, to hit against Capt Durraen) | $60 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Fail (Jax, crit fail to notice drow) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Win (Badger bite attack on caster) | $60 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Win (Toxi attack on Capt Durraen) | $65 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Fail (Badger dex saving throw) | $60 |
Eaglepoint1983 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Fail (DM concentration save from badger) | $55 |
Trac1978 | Campaign 2 Ep4 | Fail (Capt Durraen attack on Jax) | $60 |
Characters
Original / Rescue Glam
- DM (Tythe)
- Jax (JusJ4ck)
- Toxiros Tanciraajak (Accy)
- JD (Maddog Superior)
- Glamraes Barrelmane (QGazQ)
- Sergei Tuborgski (Sarge)
- Robin “Stabby” Greenbottle (QGazQ)
- Oriondai (Phreekbee)
CandleKeep Mysteries
- DM JJ
- Arlo of the Reaching Wood (Tythe)
- Tasar Balkas (EaglePoint)
- Quent (Sarge)
- Ashryn Iceward (QGazQ)
Other
- Smurficus (XMan)
- Eagle’s Point (EaglePoint)