C03 - Ep. 53 - Under Oondar Fire - Headin' to the Weddin'

September 30, 2026

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5 min read

Three Innocent Miners, One Helmet, and a Lot of Bad Decisions

The episode opens with a grim tableau: Shady Pines Hollow, once a cozy underground town with colorful houses and iridescent stone walkways, is now a war zone. Most houses are aflame or crumbling, half the walkways have collapsed into sinkholes, and bands of Ungariens control the courtyards. The party has descended into the mines beneath the town, trailing prisoners being led by demonic captors, and they need to navigate a branching network of tunnels using the "Deck of Dungeons" mechanic—a card-based system where each player draws from a river of three face-down cards representing different paths, with clear paths advancing the party toward their goal, monster cards adding strikes that eventually trigger combat, obstacle cards blocking progress until resolved, and wanderer cards introducing NPCs.

The Deck of Dungeons in Practice

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What you'll learn

1 (00:01) **Gum Gum Plushie Ad & Carvana Ad** - A short ad segment for the Gum Gum plushie and Carvana.
2 (01:53) **Opening Theme & Recap** - The show's opening theme and a recap of the previous episode's events.
3 (02:52) **"Stinky Dragon" Drinks Segment** - The players invent thematic drinks for their characters, submitted by a fan.
4 (14:10) **Entering the Ruined Town** - The party descends into the cavernous, destroyed underground town of Shady Pines Hollow.
5 (16:24) **Translating the Demon & Learning of the "Weatherwig"** - John's character Natty translates the demon's Infernal commands, revealing the party's next objective.
6 (19:08) **Choosing a Path & Investigating the Crater** - The party decides their next move, with Natty leading them towards a cratered mine entrance.
7 (25:03) **Plan to Interrogate an Ungarien** - The party agrees on a plan to capture and interrogate an Ungarien straggler for information.

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Show Notes

Brutaliteam manage muddled, manacled, minor miners while exploring Shady Pines Mines.

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Cast: Gus Sorola, Blaine Gibson, Barbara Dunkelman, Jon Risinger, Chris Demarais

Writer/Editor/Composer: Micah Risinger

Producer: Benjamin Ernst

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