Dark Tides

Dark Tides is a biweekly improvised audio drama series, set in the Hookba Archipelago. The show follows Ernest Marsh, a newly commissioned Park Ranger arriving in the Archipelago. And Allister Stern, a local conspiracy theorist and aspiring cryptozoologist. Together these young investigators unravel a twisted mystery of disappearances and fatal encounters with the uncanny as they search for the truth.Can you trust the voices in your head? Can you survive the troubled waters? Beware the Dark Tides. If you can't wait for the next episode of Dark Tides, or would like to support us and help us to keep making the show, head over to the Dark Tides Patreon for heaps of bonus content. A post show where we chat about the show. A Prequel series that expands the universe. Extra Ernest and Allister adventures and a bustling discord, full to the brim with dead memes! Head over to patreon.com/darktides for all the Dark Tides content you could desire!

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trans & tired

Promising, but lost me after episode 4.

I'll start with the good stuff: it's delightful to see a group of people so into the story they're telling. The music is great, the story intriguing, and the setting conceptually lush. A lot of the humor lands, especially as the players and GM get more into it. And this next bit comes with a heavy disclaimer that I haven't gotten very far into the show- about halfway through season 1 including the holiday eps. Personally, the jokes about oppression and misogyny make the characters a lot harder to like and do not pair well with the small, all-male cast. Sometimes it just feels like the digs at poorer people and women you'd get from any mid-2000s edgy comedy. As an LGBT listener, I cringe, expecting an attack helicopter joke any minute. If the show has since improved in this regard I'll gladly get back into it, but for now I'm taking a break. This is no condemnation, just food for thought.
sleepmelodies<3

Bingeworthy! Start listening now!

I consume a ton of podcasts and this one has quickly become a favorite. I can’t wait to find out what’s going to happen in the next episode. By far the best RPG/real play podcast I’ve heard. Love the story arcs, characters, and just everything about this show. Well balanced— there are arcs that keep me on the edge of my seat and are super tense and then there are some lighter hearted/fun episodes along the way. Imaginative, different, well done—all the way around! Oh, and I love the music they choose to weave into the episodes, it always adds to the atmosphere but doesn’t distract.