Strength Check: Recent Episodes
Dr. Andy Wilczak
Strength Check is an Actual Play RPG podcast with a rotating set of participants and rulesets. The current season is Cull’s End, based largely on D&D. Past seasons have focused on innovative interdisciplinary pedagogical development, happening in (almost) real time and finding new ways to engage students and the public. Games have included Kids on Bikes, D&D and Acquisitions Inc.-based side-quests. The first season focused on Dr. Andy Wilczak exploring topics relevant to higher education.
The Party deals with the situation at the Teagues' Tavern and get a glimpse of what lies ahead.
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The Tavern. 'Nuff said.
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The Party meets the Smith, and learns that things are much more fraught in Cull's End than they realized...
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Our Party arrives at the Brachacki Inn and a test occurs. Poor Terry arrived a bit too early and... whoops! You'll find out what happened to him when you press play.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
We discover Darwin's Personal Universe, Misty checks on things and the group heads back to the temple. Later, business picks up and some new clients are taken on an extreme adventure.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
The next chapter in the saga starts with dealing out some randomness. Glonzo finds some mushrooms in the forest. Wisely narrows in on a potential spy in the organization before the group is faced with a grave decision.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
The group shows resistance to tax collection! A decision is made on the cover business before making contact with HQ. Later, the party gains some unique characters during a team building montage! A Forgotten Realms campaign.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
Acq. Inc. tries a horizontal leadership structure! We meet a new party setting up the first undercover franchise in Dagger Falls. A Forgotten Realms campaign.
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The folks behind Strength Check introduce to you our newest podcast project: HECKMOUTH!
Deep dives into film and TV, from single episodes to entire franchises and filmographies.
Hosted by Andy Wilczak and Adam Griffin and released monthly?! (We're figuring that out still); dedicated feed available soon.
On this episode, we discuss The Falcon and the Winter Soldier!
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The folks behind Strength Check introduce to you our newest podcast project: HECKMOUTH!
Deep dives into film and TV, from single episodes to entire franchises and filmographies.
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On this episode, we discuss the Scream film franchise!
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The folks behind Strength Check introduce to you our newest podcast project: HECKMOUTH!
Deep dives into film and TV, from single episodes to entire franchises and filmographies.
Hosted by Andy Wilczak and Adam Griffin and released monthly?! (We're figuring that out still); dedicated feed available soon.
On this episode, we discuss Marvel Studios' WandaVision!
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We catch up with Sam who has quite a fright after helping Mrs. Rockwell clean up. Pop Rocks, Mountain Dew & Jump Scares are everywhere!
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Sam is forced to stay after class while Bret, Brad & Chrys make their way to the Mustardium. Meanwhile, Aelin deals with the fallout from missing work lately. Who's Whitney?
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Mr. Gus sends the Teens to English class and Chrys is determined to find Britney. After multiple cease and desist orders, Mrs. Rockwell attempts to make the school play a reality and an unlikely hero has a solution. Tad's Dad to the Diner!
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A familiar face returns and we meet Zachary Taylor Jonathan Thomas before a Homeroom Hullabaloo breaks out. Later, the Teens regroup in the hallway and formulate a plan. It's Prom Season!
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Aelin runs to check in with the babysitter and we smash cut to the following day at Maple Oak High. Where's Britney?
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The Kids wake up in the back of a van with headphones on. "What the Balls, Man?!" Later, a new ally reveals themselves!?
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Aelin works the longest diner shift ever?? And it's Bad News Brad & The Iron Butterfly against the American Gladiators in an epic confrontation?! Also, Cheddar Bay Biscuits.
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The Kids are in the woods and see a flash of light before heading toward Lake Maybegone. Later, Chrys attempts to de-boobify a trap and it's a scream!
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It's the middle of January in Maple Oak and there's been a lockdown!? Meanwhile, the Kids meet at lunch and formulate a plan to make their way into the forest.
...and who is this guy from the Water Company?
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The aftermath of the Man with the Shovel; another of the kids runs into a familiar crying face; and we DARE to keep the kids off drugs and cigarettes.
Leaper! Leaper! Copy!
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Homeroom Antics!
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The Kids arrive for another week at school that starts with a game of Kiss the Flagpole.
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After an important observation, the play changes; discussion about Maple Oak's refugee population; we learn about Bret's little brother, Brad + a brief RP session where the English class is assigned a group project!
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January 6, 1992 -- it's another day at Maple Oak High, back from Holiday Break, and auditions are starting for the school production of the Phantom of the Opera...
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We are introduced to three of our main characters for this season's game and learn more about the relationships between them.
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We get an introduction to cast members for this season's game and start working out the setting of Maple Oak.
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The season comes to an end as Percy Gritts is put into a Thriller Situation! But does the story stop here?!
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The Gang gets blindsided and attempt to break the walls down!
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
The Party explores the Tower before formulating Plan F and seeking higher ground.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
The Party continues toward the Citadel.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
The Party splits up and travels to the Farmer's Market & Blacksmith Shop to start their investigation.
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An Acquisitions Incorporated Side-Quest!
We meet a new party of Acq-Inc Interns as they start their encounter into the classic 3rd Edition campaign, The Sunless Citadel.
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The Gang continues their explosive interaction with the knight and Zephyra coins a phrase!
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The Gang heads down the stairs behind the door in the Spooky Old Tree before events turn to Hammer Time.
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The Gang sets off on their quest to find the nearby skeleton warren and find themselves saying "Hold My Action!"
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Solar makes a 24-hour declaration and the questions come flying in! Then the Gang gets Frog & Toad on Shay's map. A Matrix Moment follows as the Gang suits up for battle.
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The Gang reconvenes at Death by Chocolate and run into a hat-wearing Barnabas before Percy alarms the group with his Solar plan.
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The Gang & Shay come to an agreement about their next mission before the fight in the ring shakes things up.
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Percy works his stuff as the Gang attempts to strike a deal with the owner of the Diamond Mine.
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Percy shouts at Aelos & Nym about police officers/cops while Dak slides away to talk with an old friend.
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DM Dr. Mr. Coach Wilczak gives a recap of the game before the Gang re-establishes their positions at the Diamond Mine.
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Solar plays the Lando Rule, Aelos plays GODCOP and Percy wants to know what the deal is.
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Solar & Aelos step outside as we get background on race and magic in Backfire while Percy fumes.
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Aided by his CI, Solar starts an investigation into the recent events at Death by Chocolate while Loss Prevention Officer Percy Gritts watches on..
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Solar returns to the game as a surprising connection is revealed at Death by Chocolate!
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The bewildering conclusion to the epic stock room battle awaits! Meanwhile, Paul is engrossed..
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The Gang continues their epic hit-and-run battle with darts, daggers, disappearing and deals with a wisp? Praise Be!
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The Gang finds themselves in the middle of an epic battle of jurassic proportions!
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Nym explores a recent treasure while the Gang heads down to the basement of Death by Chocolate to investigate the ruckus.
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Business damn sure picks up as the Gang put their brains to work.
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It's the long awaited debut of Death by Chocolate as the Gang regroups and a new cast member enters the fold.
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It's an action-packed episode as Brody and his Boyz are currently occupied by the Gang!
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Paul puts the burns back and the gang bickers in the street before encountering some familiar faces!
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It's an Insight vs. Deception Standoff! Percy's new book really gets to him...and then Nym.
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The parties converge leading to Joey Greenhorne playing the most intense game of Telephone in his life.
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Percy & Zephyra take a walk out of sight; at Sam's Gold Buy & Pawn, Aelos & Nym approach Paul about next steps.
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"Let Me Axe You Something" said the large man to Paul's Two. A triple threat match breaks out? It's chaos at Sam's Gold & Pawn! An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Solar works the crime scene. Zephyra WORKS the crime scene. Percy makes the crime scene work. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Aelos, Nym & Paul the Banker journey to a pawn shop in the Underneath to settle some business. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Back at the crime scene, our players encounter a band of youngsters with a carriage in their sights. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Our players face off with the Ruby Rats and a lie begins to compound. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Aelos & Nym devise a plan to relocate their new friend. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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We enter the Underneath! Aelos & Nym find themselves in the midst of a brawl which leads to them coming together to make a new friend. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Introducing two new members to the underworld of Backfire: Aelos & Nym! Also, the origin of Fishy McFish is told.
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We return to the scene of the crime for our first interrogation! An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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There's been a murder and our first group of players begin to form their party. An Actual Play D&D Podcast!
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Return to Backfire! We continue learning about our first set of players and the circumstances under which they meet are introduced.
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Welcome to Backfire! An introduction to our first set of players.
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We couldn't quit you, Strength Check! A preview of what's coming up in season 2!
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The first season of Strength Check concludes this week with a talk about our on demand culture and what it's doing to us and how that influences how we consume art. Also, a preview of what's to come in the future of the show.
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This week we talk about Giuseppe Petrosino and the label of Sherlock Holmes. Why aren't there more of them today? We also talk about mental health and dealing with the sense that we aren't doing enough when we very much (probably) are.
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This week, we introduce the Black Hand Society, an organization that terrorized the U.S. in the early 20th century and talk about the development of gangs in America. We also talk about nostalgia and why we feel nostalgic about things and what it means, especially when those things are bad. It's important to tell these stories and we talk about why that is -- and what your story could mean to someone else.
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What kind of world can we envision if not this one? Following up on our discussion of the assassination of President McKinley, we talk about what anarchy actually stands for and why it is that people think it is nothing but chaos. We also talk about the work of Natalie Goldberg and Dorothea Brande and what our obsessions and our dreams can do for us, that it's OK to have them, that they're valid, and that they're worth working towards even if they're not something that's going to make us rich.
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Write Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg - https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Down-Bones-Freeing-Writer/dp/161180308X/
Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande - https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Writer-Dorothea-Brande/dp/0874771641/
Scratticus Academy on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/Scratticus
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We're recording on Star Wars Day, so this week's episode is a love letter to one of the most important stories in modern American mythology.
The comic I mentioned: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Darth-Imperial-Machine/dp/1302907441/
Star Wars: Always https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdoWJywrOuw
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The Assassination of President McKinley seems like it should be an event that every American child is taught about, and that McKinley should be someone who is memorialized and maybe even deified in American culture. So why isn't he? What could possibly be lost by teaching people about his administration and his assassination? We discuss this and put out a call for participants this summer for a criminal justice themed D&D project.
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Gaming can teach us a lot about failure, and it's a lot more than just learning that you can't win all the time. Games can also show us that sometimes the system is rigged against us and that we're going to fail no matter how hard we try. And that's OK! Because failure is inevitable, we should feel free to take more chances. Failure isn't oppressing, it's liberating. We also take a few minutes this week to talk about the assassination of President William McKinley and the anarchy movement in the U.S. and how much we conform to what's expected of us.
McKinley information taken from The President and The Assassin by Scott Miller.
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What is it that makes some people rise up in the moment? This week, we talk about how superhero stories are modern American mythologies and what these characters represent to us in the 21st century. Spoilers: it's more than just a throwaway popcorn movie for kids. There's a lot of hope that we're going to be able to take out of Avengers: Endgame no matter how the story ends. Plus, we introduce next week's talk on President William McKinley and talk about a future Play for Progress podcast.
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It's really common for people to feel constrained by the choices they've made and limited in the choices they can make in the future. In reality, we have a lot more options than we tend to realize we do. This is especially important for people who are suffering from mental health problems, past or current victimization, or substance use disorders -- and think their suffering is going to last forever -- to hear. Plus, we hear from a Play for Progress volunteer about why she thinks mental health advocacy is important and why D&D is good for everyone. Finally, what choices are in the future for Strength Check?
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It's ok to admit you're stressed and under a lot of pressure, and so this week we're going to talk about the power of taking inventory of your work and why it matters. Talking about our mental health publicly before the pressure gets too great can be helpful, especially when it gives us an opportunity to think about what we're actually trying to accomplish. Plus, we talk about the murder of Stanford White in 1906 and what we can learn from cases over a century old.
Find The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex, Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Simon Baatz on Amazon.
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It's been a rough week because of the unrelenting weather and baffling and horrible violence around the world. Just like it's important to be mindful of your emotions and ask why you're responding to things the way you are, it's also important to think about how things outside your control are dragging you down, and how best to respond to this negativity: Love your people and fight forever. Plus, an update on the Play for Progress project and a quick introduction to a few of our first characters.
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In light of the sentencing of Paul Manafort and the public reaction to that, this week's episode discusses how important it is to understand our anger when we hear about criminal justice issues and to question why it is we're reacting the way we are - beyond just looking for revenge. This idea is talked about with regard to Al Capone, Kip Kinkel, and Jerry Sandusky, and how sad these stories are and how important it is to be hopeful in the face of such darkness.
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The opioid epidemic has claimed so many lives, but we don't get to hear the stories of people who've been lost nearly enough. This week, Andy talks about a personal loss and tries to understand the loss of a dear friend, and talks about how the opioid epidemic fits into other public health crises in the U.S. today. Plus, a brief update on Play for Progress and how Dungeons & Dragons can be used to help young people dealing with mental health problems.
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The official launch of Strength Check! How much do we care about people? Are we concerned about people, or just their bodies? The cases of Elizabeth Short (the Black Dahlia) and Marty Bergen are discussed with this question in mind. What can we do better for each other?
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The unofficial introduction to Strength Check and a discussion of how Dungeons & Dragons might be used to help young people recovering from violence or living with mental health problems and a recap of introducing D&D to the Play for Progress volunteers and what happened during their very first campaign.
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