Clockwork mystery with table-night warmth.
Red Dirt D&D follows a D&D table through the Curse of the Clockwork City, with Brooke Bullock guiding a party through Ironspire's secrets, threats, and uneasy alliances. The show keeps its dramatic scenes close to the characters, then lets the roundtables loosen everything back into jokes, callbacks, and messy table chemistry.
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Red Dirt D&D is a lived-in actual-play series with the sound of friends who have been building a campaign together long enough to trust the detours. The campaign material is serious, but the table never becomes stiff. Curse of the Clockwork City gives the cast a steampunk mystery space full of secret societies, divine plots, spider imagery, dangerous patrons, and civic stakes. Ironspire feels unstable. Zalen Pierce is discussed as more than a power seeker, with the possibility of godhood turning him into a larger threat than ordinary ambition. That gives the story a clear pressure point. Around it, the party handles aftermaths, uneasy loyalties, late-night walks, hidden medallions, and choices that ask how much harm can be prevented before the first move is made. The character work lands because it often arrives quietly. A midnight blue duster with the Sapphire Society logo can say as much as a speech. A promise to intercept danger before most of the children are harmed can make the room go cold. Then the show finds the joke again. A body cleanup becomes a kobold errand paid in maple syrup, and a lore conversation about Lolth and spider gods can become a wandering riff on Grandma Spider, Anansi, and Charlotte Web Spider. That tonal swing is the point. The show treats failed plans, odd names, and rules-adjacent chatter as part of the campaign's texture rather than distractions from it. Roundtable episodes make that even clearer, with Brooke Bullock, Michael Cross, Johnny Payne, Kiri Hester, and Connor Chenault bouncing through recap, craft talk, teasing, and callbacks. It can be chaotic. It is also attentive to what the players remember, what the characters fear, and why a choice mattered at the table. The actual-play scenes slow down for suspicion and consequence, especially when Minthra Thorn, the Sapphire Society, or spider-marked symbols enter the frame. The roundtables speed up, letting cast chemistry carry the listener through jokes before circling back to the campaign. Red Dirt D&D works best for listeners who like fantasy danger with visible table fingerprints: laughter, corrections, lore recall, and the occasional deeply practical errand after a grim scene.
Made for: Best for actual-play listeners who like D&D campaign continuity, cast banter, and fantasy intrigue that can move from grave to ridiculous fast. It also fits fans who enjoy roundtable reflection alongside in-character scenes.
What sets it apart: The show keeps the table in the mix: lore, mechanics, character gossip, and side jokes all become part of how the campaign feels. Its steampunk city mystery is grounded by a cast dynamic that can make a dark reveal and a dumb spider joke belong in the same episode.
Red Dirt DnD mashes together fantasy with the Wild West. The third campaign of Red Dirt Dnd takes us to the steampunk metropolis of Ironspire. The characters August E. Greymoor, a Human Fighter; Sable, a Half-elf Rogue; Dr. Elias Stone, a Human Cleric and Moxie, a Tiefling Bard as they work to uncover the Curse of the Clockwork City.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Red Dirt DnD turns campaign choices, rules debates, and accidental jokes into a lively account of how shared fantasy worlds take shape.
Red Dirt DnD lets campaign play and table talk feed each other: an actual play can turn on a grim act of justice, while the Round Table episodes revisit the choices, rules, and accidental inventions behind the story.
A clockwork jukebox appears just when your steampunk plotting needs to surrender to table-wide riffing.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A loose, funny roundtable that folds banter into lore.
This roundtable starts in a light, affectionate groove, with friends trading jokes about hair, goatees, spiders, and the silliness of calling a creature "Grandma Spider." That loose banter makes the conversation feel lived in before it turns toward Lolth and Varanex, where the…
A cleanup-heavy Red Dirt D&D episode with a dry comic streak and a calm, reflective finish.
Red Dirt D&D settles into the fallout after the action, with the group cleaning up blood, sorting out another body, and deciding who walks whom home.
A loose, funny table talk episode that keeps campaign details moving through running jokes.
This roundtable spends most of its time on Curse of the Clockwork City, and its appeal is the way the crew turns recap into live chemistry. The jokes, the Extra Life shirt chatter, and the running callbacks give the table a worn-in feel without smoothing off the rough edges.
A loose tabletop session where steampunk bits and kobold talk carry the story forward.
The session keeps its feet under it by treating the weird stuff like part of the room, not a flourish added on top. The clockwork jukebox, Otto as DJ, and Kobe's arrival all land as quick bits that fit the table.
A comfortable return to the table, with practical talk about subduing fights without simply breaking them.
Round Table settles into an easy rhythm, letting jokes, corrections, and unfinished thoughts move naturally without forcing the pace. Its strongest stretch arrives when the discussion turns to subduing something without wrecking it, and the talk of grapples, blunt damage, and…
Neighbor talk for games and life.
The roundtable opens with familiar voices, a fresh haircut, and immediate jokes.
The hosts introduce themselves and their characters as they begin exploring the D&D campaign 'Curse of the Clockwork City'.
In Episode 55 of Red Dirt D&D, 'Contrapasso,' the party processes the violent justice delivered to a disgraced priest of Varanex while preparing for an expedition to the Haunted Isles to stop Zalen Pierce's ritual.
The hosts introduce their characters and begin exploring the fantasy adventure 'Curse of the Clockwork City' in this Dungeons & Dragons podcast episode.
This episode features a roundtable discussion of episodes 51-53 of the Red Dirt D&D podcast's Curse of the Clockwork City campaign.
A group of players roleplay characters in a steampunk Wild West fantasy campaign called the Curse of the Clockwork City.
A group of players roleplay characters in a fantasy Wild West steampunk setting, beginning a new campaign called 'Curse of the Clockwork City'.
A group of players roleplay characters in a fantasy Wild West steampunk setting, beginning a new campaign called Curse of the Clockwork City.
The cast of Red Dirt D&D introduces their third campaign, Curse of the Clockwork City, with banter about Oklahoma weather and Stranger Things spoilers before starting the game.
A Dungeons & Dragons actual-play podcast set in a steampunk Wild West city, where a party of adventurers uncovers a curse.
The episode begins with a sponsor ad for a T-shirt club and a home builder, then introduces the cast and setting for a D&D campaign in a steampunk city.
A group of players roleplay characters in a steampunk Wild West fantasy campaign, with pre-show banter and sponsor ads.
Red Dirt D&D's Round Table for episodes 39 through 42 of Curse of the Clockwork City features hosts Michael Kross, Connor Chenault, Johnny Payne, Kiri Hester, and DM Brett Bullock discussing recent session highlights, dice luck, and campaign developments.
Red Dirt D&D's Round Table for episodes 37 and 38 of Curse of the Clockwork City features hosts Michael Kross, Connor Chenault, Johnny Payne, Kiri Hester, and DM Brett Bullock discussing the spider encounter, Kobe the kobold's unplanned origin story, and the August-Sable campfire conversation at the closed Siren Song.
Red Dirt DnD's roundtable for episodes 33-36 reunites hosts Johnny Payne, Kiri Hester, Connor Schnold, and DM Michael Cross after a three-to-four month hiatus.
A group of players role-play as characters in a fantasy Wild West steampunk setting, beginning a new campaign in the Clockwork City.
A group of players roleplay as adventurers in a steampunk Wild West fantasy city, uncovering a curse.
The hosts of the Red Dirt D&D Podcast reunite for a roundtable discussion to preview Season 2 of their Curse of the Clockwork City campaign.
A group of players role-play as thieves infiltrating a mansion to steal a celestial codex in a steampunk fantasy Wild West setting.
A group of players role-play characters in a fantasy Wild West D&D campaign, currently fighting bat-like creatures in a mansion.
A group of thieves infiltrates a mansion and encounters a creature with hooks for arms in a fantasy Wild West setting.
A group of thieves plan a heist in a steampunk city after a week of downtime.
A fantasy Wild West D&D actual-play podcast where a group of adventurers uncover a curse in a steampunk city.
A group of players roleplay as thieves planning a heist in a steampunk city, with one member captured.
A group of thieves attempt a heist at the Afterlife Casino, with one member being dragged to prison as part of the plan.
A group of thieves infiltrates a casino to steal gold and a statue in a fantasy-western steampunk setting.
A Dungeons & Dragons actual-play podcast set in a steampunk Wild West city, following a party of adventurers uncovering a curse.
A D&D actual play podcast set in a steampunk Wild West city, following a group of adventurers uncovering a curse.
This episode of Red Dirt D&D features the Red Dirt Outlaws playing a fantasy role-playing game with characters including a wood elf monk, astral elf sorcerer, fairy warlock, human barbarian, and drow rogue.
This episode introduces the characters and begins a fantasy adventure in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign with the Red Dirt Outlaws.
This episode introduces the cast and characters of a Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast set in Oklahoma, featuring sponsorships from local gaming companies.
This episode introduces the characters and setting of a Dungeons & Dragons actual play podcast set in Oklahoma, featuring a diverse party of fantasy adventurers.
A group of players roleplay characters in a fantasy Wild West D&D campaign set in the steampunk city of Ironspire.