Kiwi fantasy chaos with heart and dice.
Fate of Isen follows a Kiwi comedy table through Book 2 of a sprawling Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition adventure. The story swings from a cloud kingdom and political parade customs to poisoned heroes, trap-filled vaults, and affectionate table chatter.
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Fate of Isen is a Kiwi Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition actual-play show with a loose comic engine and a surprisingly sturdy fantasy frame. The Book 2 material in these excerpts follows a group called the sidebars through a cloud kingdom, strange districts, trapped vaults, parade-obsessed towns, poisoned bodies, and improvised negotiations with people who may or may not understand how alarming their own customs are. The table runs on jokes, but the world is not disposable. Cloud corridors echo like stone. Symbols resist magic. Scientists may hold answers about a kingdom in danger. Town authorities casually explain rules that sound ordinary to them and horrifying to everyone else. The comedy often comes from that collision between local logic and adventurer disbelief. It is punchy. It is also warm. Players celebrate bad rolls, tease each other through combat, and turn character confusion into running bits rather than dead air. Dungeons & Dragons mechanics stay present: Dexterity saves, inspiration, poison damage, hit points, conditions, and combat rounds all matter. Still, the show treats rules as a rhythm section for character comedy, not a cage. A monk can forget the obvious move. A trap hallway can become a slapstick sequence. A dangerous fight with sky boars can sit beside holiday sign-off chaos and affectionate audience check-ins. The show also has a strong Aotearoa texture, from kia ora greetings and te reo phrases to its explicit place in New Zealand tabletop role-playing. Bonus episodes and side stories step away from the main party to show other corners of Isen, giving the world room to breathe. The result is an actual-play series for listeners who want banter, fantasy peril, community warmth, and a table that is comfortable letting the ridiculous and the sincere arrive in the same scene.
Made for: For actual-play listeners who enjoy Dungeons & Dragons mechanics, quick comedy, affectionate table banter, and fantasy worlds that can handle absurd turns. Best for people who like loose, character-first campaigns rather than polished audio drama.
What sets it apart: Its Aotearoa tabletop identity, te reo-inflected greetings, and Kiwi comedian energy give the show a texture distinct from more generic fantasy actual plays. The table lets jokes run wild while still tracking real stakes, recurring lore, and consequential dice rolls.
The Fate of Isen is a fun and loose Dungeons & Dragons actual-play podcast from Aotearoa New Zealand. Join the quest as incredibly unlikely heroes (played by kiwi comedians) fumble their way through saving the world of Isen. There are empires, gods, demons, giant kiwi, and so much more!Book 1 was DM'd by Brad Zimmerman.Book 2 is DM'd by Julz Burgisser.Join the resistance! Become a supporter on Patreon to access bonus episodes and other sweet Fate of Isen perks.Ranked as one of the top D&D podcasts in the world.
Cloud kingdoms and sky boars make excellent company when you like your heroics gloriously accident-prone.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A trapped hallway, a failed save, and enough banter to keep the danger funny.
Fate of Aizen, book two, turns a trapped hallway into a comic stress test. Dexter moves ahead with clear caution, spends Heroic Inspiration, and still misses the 14 that trips the trap.
An hourly parade town turns bureaucratic fantasy nonsense into an easy, sharp laugh.
Book 2 Bonus: Sexy Battle Wizards settles into a town where every hour brings a parade, misbehavior sends people down the hole, and the jacketed goons keep the strange system moving.
Toy talk, clouded corridors, and a paint-marked crawl give Book 2 a sturdy comic shape.
Book 2, Fate of Aizen, opens on welcomes and sidebars while Jules is away in Melbourne at a toy fair with BD&D, then settles into a clouded underground stretch where Dexter Clementine and the table have to think their way past echoes, guards, and the risk of getting turned…
A scrappy return built around poison, potions, and Kiwi comedy.
Fate of Aizen returns after a long hiatus with a frazzled energy that suits a tabletop show getting back into its rhythm. It moves from welcome-back chatter into poisoned characters, a search for an antidote, and a stop at Brannigan Growl's house, where potions, apologies, and…
Cloud-kingdom imagery, Kiwi banter, and Dr Larkin Vereth keep the episode on track.
Audience on High stays anchored in its cloud kingdom by letting the imagery and local stories do the heavy lifting, while the scientists working toward a solution keep the stakes pointed.
Old monsters, carefully inspected.
Crunchy Pathfinder chaos with table-side rules insight.
Actual-play chaos with real table momentum.
Old-school RPG talk from the messy table.
Rules text turned into table advantage.
Actual play with sharp, chaotic table talk.
A D&D 5th edition actual play podcast by New Zealand comedians, celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week and Māori language week.
A Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition actual play podcast by New Zealand comedians, introducing the cast and setting for a new airborne chapter.
A Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast side story featuring Kiwi comedians exploring new characters in the world of Aizen.
The sidebars return from a mysterious trip and head to a monastery to find a missing earth stone, encountering dragons.
The host welcomes listeners to a Dungeons & Dragons 5e podcast by New Zealand comedians, introduces a dinosaur character, and thanks a guest DM for filling in.
Fate of Aizen: Book 2 Bonus: Sexy Battle Wizards turns a one-page RPG by Grant Howard into a live College Errant mission after Amy steps in for Jules.
Fate of Isen: A Kiwi RPG Podcast opens Book 2 with a Kiwi-comedian Dungeons & Dragons table, a Melbourne toy fair, and a cast roundtable about favorite toys.
Fate of Isen returns after a long hiatus with a self-care check-in, a level-up, and the Air Kingdom crisis still unresolved.
In this Fate of Isen: A Kiwi RPG Podcast episode, DM Jules opens with cast Christmas traditions, including player Kasia's yearly game of "Whamageddon," avoiding any accidental exposure to Wham's "Last Christmas." Rather than recapping herself, Jules has players Severo, Erica, Kasia, and a fourth player reconstruct what happened last episode: escaping a museum, chasing a kidnapped grandmother to a farm, and ending up in a barn full of chaos.
Fate of Isen: A Kiwi RPG Podcast, Book 2 Ep67 Audience on High, opens with a late-start stream, a dinner-choking joke, and a cast roll call from Dexter Clementine, Erika, Granny Sabinka Sabinka, and Jules.
A special interlude episode of The Fate of Ison where GM Brad runs a D12 Go session exploring the Forgotten organization with cast members from Book 2.