Dry banter, bad odds, real dice.
Total Party Kill follows adventuring parties through Dungeons & Dragons scenarios where the table talk matters as much as the quest. Recent episodes move from Candlekeep library trouble to mummy-lord combat, with tactical choices, character bits, and corrections constantly sharing the room.
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Total Party Kill is a long-running Dungeons & Dragons actual-play show with the table left fully visible. It does not sand the game down into a scripted fantasy serial. Recent episodes follow adventures through Candlekeep material, especially The Canopic Being, where a missing librarian, a dangerous book, an oracle, canopic jars, crystal golems, and a mummy lord all begin to look connected. The premise is creepy. The handling is dry, busy, and practical. Tony Sindelar runs the game as Dungeon Master, setting scenes just far enough for the next decision to matter before the players begin asking questions, testing assumptions, and turning suspicious nouns into jokes. A pocket dimension full of hallways can become a tactical map, a rules discussion, and a running gag within minutes. The show is strongest when combat and comedy share the same breath. Initiative order, Constitution saves, healing spells, range disadvantage, monster reactions, and inventory limits all get real attention. So do the ridiculous consequences of caring about those details. A thrown javelin is not just an attack roll; it is morale, distance, ammo tracking, and table personality in one small choice. The Candlekeep arc gives the ensemble plenty to chew on: undead corruption, a powerful oracle, organs stored where they should not be, and characters wondering whether their own names mark them as victims or thralls. It sounds ominous because the scenario is ominous. It stays approachable because the players keep grounding the fantasy in ordinary problem-solving, side comments, and small clarifications. The show also has patience for character texture. Reed Quirrell Kilgariff's cleric energy, Lonewalker's paladin resolve, Malleus Starsinger's bard-druid mix, and Nis's lizardfolk sorcerer academic bit all sit comfortably beside the mechanics. Other recent material from Axe from the Grave adds a magic mandolin, a zombie bard, a conservatory fight, and hostile furniture. The tone remains recognizably the same: brisk, collaborative, amused by failure, and willing to let a plan be dumb if it is entertaining and legal enough to try. Total Party Kill is best for D&D fans who like actual play as actual play, with the jokes, checks, corrections, and table uncertainty intact. Its polish comes from experienced players trusting the room, not from hiding the room.
Made for: Dungeons & Dragons actual-play fans who enjoy tactical table talk, ensemble jokes, and fantasy adventures that leave the mechanics in view. It especially fits listeners who prefer playfulness over grand dramatic polish.
What sets it apart: Total Party Kill stands out by making rules logistics part of the comedy instead of dead air to edit away. The adventures can involve mummy lords, missing organs, and cursed books, but the table keeps finding the mundane absurdity inside every dangerous situation.
Adventuring since 2013, Total Party Kill is an actual-play podcast in which a bunch of friends play D&D on the Internet for your amusement.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Tony Sindelar turns tactical decisions, failed rolls, and player debate into clear, characterful collaborative fiction.
Total Party Kill turns Dungeons & Dragons adventures into ensemble comedy without losing track of the game underneath. Dungeon Master Tony Sindelar sets the scene, recaps the current danger, and then lets tactical choices develop through conversation.
A mummy lord throws curses; your future party debates whether a giant hand has ears.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A tense mummy-lord showdown kept lively by combat chatter and table banter.
The episode turns a Candlekeep mystery into a tense, funny confrontation as the table faces Valen Starnaster, once an oracle of the House of the All-Seeing Eye and now a mummy lord with plans to place organs in unsuspecting followers.
A Candlekeep fight that turns javelins, jars, and mummy-thrall paranoia into table talk.
Total Party Kill makes this Candlekeep level 13 adventure revolve around a book that lists the players' names and hints that they may be mummy thralls.
A Candlekeep mystery opens with a book, an envelope, and a deeply uneasy note.
Total Party Kill opens a new Candlekeep mystery with deliberate introductions and setup. Tony Sindelar serves as Dungeon Master, Micah Sargent arrives as Lonewalker, and a yellow envelope tucked into a book points the table toward the Oracle of the all-seeing orb.
A heist, a mandolin, and a conservatory fight that keeps tripping over its own rules.
Total Party Kill turns Axe from the Grave into a brisk conservatory break-in, with a magic mandolin, a zombie bard's need for sleep, and Scythian Skalderang all pressing into the same fight.
A rooftop fight turns funnier when the fly demon shrinks, then snaps back into danger with one vicious proboscis strike.
Total Party Kill builds a rooftop rescue around a stolen mandolin, with a dead bard's peace resting on whether the operatives can get Golden Axe back from Scythian Skalderang, owner of a hoity-toity music school.
A haunted cold case nudges the party toward a ruined tower and a cult confrontation.
Sleep Without Trace follows a Dungeons & Dragons party further into Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor, the Candlekeep Mysteries case that opened with a ghost-haunted book and a long-cold murder tied to a wealthy house in Waterdeep.
A poison cloud, a bad doorway, and a party wrestling with dungeon geometry.
Total Party Kill frames the Canopic Being mystery as a tactical puzzle as much as a fight, with the 20-foot drop from the doorway and the 7th-level cloud kill setting the terms of the room.
Actual play, aftertalk, and tactical table chatter.
Lore-heavy campaigns, live-table chaos.
Table chaos, sharp play, bad plans.
Grim fantasy, bad plans, live-table chaos.
The adventurers investigate the five-year-old murder of Sarah of Yellowcrest Manor, tracking the suspect Lord Vialis to the town of Greenfast.
The podcast continues a Dungeons & Dragons adventure where players have obtained the slaying stone and face combat with orcs in a goblin-infested city.
A group of friends continues their Dungeons & Dragons heist adventure in a prison setting, with players introducing their characters and setting up the story.
This episode starts a new Dungeons & Dragons adventure called 'Masterpiece, Imbroglio' in the Keys from the Golden Vault series, with the Dungeon Master introducing the setting and a player's character in the city of Varkenbluff.
The Dungeon Master and players continue their Dungeons & Dragons campaign, starting a combat encounter with Zikrin in a basement after a failed disguise attempt.
The Total Party Kill crew continues their Candlekeep mystery, 'The Canopic Being,' in a pocket dimension controlled by the mummy lord Valen Sarnaster.
The fight starts hot.
This episode of The Incomparables Total Party Kill podcast continues a Dungeons & Dragons adventure called the Canopic Golem, with the host and players introducing their characters and setting up the game.
A Dungeons & Dragons podcast episode where the group continues a Candlekeep Mysteries adventure involving a missing librarian, a corrupted oracle, and crystal golems in a pocket dimension.
This episode continues a Dungeons & Dragons adventure where players investigate a mummy lord's plot involving a mysterious book and missing organs.
This episode continues a Dungeons & Dragons adventure from Candlekeep Mysteries, focusing on a battle in an extra-planar dungeon as players investigate a missing librarian and stolen organs.
A book starts the trouble.
Tony Sindelar opens a fresh Candlekeep adventure with an easy, welcoming shuffle into the scene.
The party enters the Skalderang Conservatory already in trouble.
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This episode of the Total Party Kill podcast continues a Dungeons and Dragons campaign where players are in combat with goblins, with the Dungeon Master introducing each character and their roles.