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I like this solution, and it doesn't suffer from the representation erasure you get from most wholesale removals of problematic material. Having no Vistani hurts no one. Although there's something ironically Scarlet Witchy about that statement. - i

Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 08 - Innocents and Insensibility | Critical Lit A cape a day keeps the Dark Powers at bay! Never mind the young woman of indeterminate age in the King's Bedchamber. Just don't use the bathroom if you value your privacy—or sanity. In this episode: C...

Curse of Strahd Deep Dive Episode 8: Innocents and Insensibility. A cape a day keeps the Dark Powers at bay! Never mind the young woman of unspecified age in the King's Bedchamber. Just don't use the bathroom if you value your privacy—or sanity.
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Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (Part 2) - October 2025 Bonus Episode | Critical Lit Get more from Critical Lit on Patreon

October bonus content on Patreon! Break out the golden bathrobes and horny green mist. Lucy's little quadrouple and their stern, professorial dom turn into pretty effective vampire hunters, despite some initial setbacks. RIP Lucy, you would have loved the Saja Boys.
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And now I want a corporate Strahd game. Friday afternoon, Strahd slinks over to Lipsiege’s desk, holding a mug made from a human skull that says #1 Lord. “Lief, I em going to need you to go ehead and come een doomorrow.” He glances at the chain on Lief’s ankle before sauntering away, cackling. - i

Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 07 - Working Stiffs | Critical Lit Now hiring at Castle Ravenloft! Feeling chained to your desk? Make it more than just a feeling, with a career that will last the rest of your life. Maybe even longer! In this episode: Chapter 4 (Main ...

Curse of Strahd Episode 7: Now hiring at Castle Ravenloft! Feeling chained to your desk? Make it more than just a feeling, with a career that will last the rest of your life. Maybe even longer!
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Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 06 - Velcome to ze Dollhouse | Critical Lit It turns out life (and unlife) at Castle Ravenloft is as zany as the town of Barovia is dour. Trade the gloomy mists for the crack of lightning, chanting witches, the clacking fingernails of crawling ...

Curse of Strahd Episode 6: What horrors await within Castle Ravenloft? Marionettes, puppets & faceless dolls galore! Surely there's no metaphor here. As long as you never stop running to catch your breath, you'll be fine.
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Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 05 - Kids These Days | Critical Lit It's 10pm in Barovia. Do you know where you children are? Strahd does, and he has plans for them. Or maybe the hags will get to them first. If only you could tear yourself away from these delicious me...

Chapter 3 of Curse of Strahd reads like a Barovian Career Fair. Choose from: Trapped in Cellar, Doll-like Bride, Buried Father, Ground Into Pie. Or get your degree. You can major in Expectations Management or Accounting.
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Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula (Part 1) - September 2025 Bonus Episode | Critical Lit Get more from Critical Lit on Patreon

September Bonus Content is here for Patreon subscribers! Strahd has us in a chokehold, so we're vamping through 1992's Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, a Keanu Reeves vehicle (not that one). Gary Oldman chews scenery & Winona Ryder in killer drip.
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I also considered Hylic Maneuver, Holiday in Barovia, and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Mordenkainen. - i

Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 04 - Gnostic Nosferatu | Critical Lit Only some listeners will be able to comprehend the mysteries laid bare in this episode. And only some of those will be compelled to pursue the eternal truth. The rest are condemned to a base existence...

Chapter 2 of our Barovian tour closes with an illuminating look at Vistani leader Madam Eva that should have come much earlier! The Mad Mage is, and Strahd might just be the Demiurge of Gnostic myth. Hylics of the world unite!
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Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 03 - Lacrimo Ergo Sum | Critical Lit There once was a peasant named Vlad / Who felt neither happy nor sad / With no soul inside / T'wasn't grim when they died / Though the dirt nap did drive them quite mad. In this episode: Lay of the La...

There once was a peasant named Vlad
Who felt neither happy nor sad
With no soul inside
T'wasn't grim when they died
Though the dirt nap did drive them quite mad

^^^ This is our way of saying that in this new episode LIVE NOW we talk all about soulless Barovians without souls (and much more)!

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Part 2) - August 2025 Bonus Episode | Critical Lit Get more from Critical Lit on Patreon

August bonus content is here for Patreon subscribers! We wrap up our breakdown of The #DnD Movie: Honor Among Thieves. Don't let AI tell you it's spelled Honour—despite great work by the very British Regé-Jean Page. In fact, don't let AI tell you anything. #ttrpg
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I’ve been planning to read through Van Richten’s soon for context, so this is another reason to! - i

PLEASE if you have run or played CoS tell us your experiences with Death House!

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Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 02 - You Got Fogged Podcast Episode · Critical Lit · 07/30/2025 · 1h 50m

Our second episode on Curse of Strahd is live!

We talked about the Tarokka deck, the kinda iffy portrayal of the Vistani, the provided adventure Hooks (s/o creeping fog), and Thee Death House

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Critical Lit: Curse of Strahd 01 Podcast Episode · Critical Lit · 07/14/2025 · 1h 37m

After that, listen to the group enter the creeping fog of Barovia, as they begin discussing Curse of Strahd, diving into the intro and first chapter of one of D&D’s most beloved adventure modules.

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Critical Lit: Tomb of Horrors Podcast Episode · Critical Lit · 07/13/2025 · 3h 4m

Calling all adventurers, storytellers, and gamers: the first episodes of Critical Lit are available for streaming now! Come along with our hosts as they dive into the good, the bad, and the many spike pits of the original Tomb of Horrors D&D adventure module.

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