How The Lucky Die Was Born
Way back in the past, Volonda turned to Neil and Arch and said: “Hey, I have a dumb idea, I might have a campaign”.
A few weeks later Casey was brought into the fold, and with Neil editing, Arch on Social media and Casey rocking sponsorship duty, they were off.
A few months down the line, they went from fortnightly to weekly, a few months after that they had their first voice over, a few months later their first guest, more voice overs, then a crossover with another podcast. A year later, a Patreon funded side campaign called Kino, even more voice overs, another guest, their 100th episode, their first scripted drama and most recently the addition of their fourth player: Eyþór who works behind the scenes in advertising and marketing.
It has been a long process, but a good one, and we’re still looking to future as bigger things sit on our horizon.
What to Expect of TLD
The Lucky Die tells the story of Bikron, a fantasy world that is going through an apocalypse. Our flawed heroes, almost all at the end of a hangman's noose and the other drowning in self pity and addiction, now fight to try and resurrect a long dead legendary hero: once considered murderers and thieves, they now hold the fate of the world in their hands.
The world itself was in conflict long before we open our tale; a treaty thousands of years old divides the continents, orcs, demons and celestials rampage across the lands, political alliances breaking apart from the inside, powerful factions lead by unstable sorcerers… and then we open as blood pours from the sky announcing the death of a God. The world is detailed, and non player characters all have lives and stories of their own that help to fill this world with color and life.
Our main campaign focuses on four imperfect characters and their struggles to put back together a fallen hero, while broken and flawed themselves. The story mainly follows the trials they must face to fix the world, but also heavily incorporates the character’s backstories, their drive to fix themselves and the desperate need to help their loved ones.
The story, although intricate, at times deliberately thought provoking and full of mystery, it is mostly improvised - a dice roll can change the course of the story. Both the players and the Dungeon Mistress (the world the players encounter) must stay on their toes to react to the unknown. And due to the nature of the players involved, TLD has many humorous moments in, and out, of game.
The Lucky Die utilises beautiful scoring to highlight and enhance scenes without being intrusive. The editing, musical compositions and high quality audio, are evident even from the beginning, and still strives to improve to this day. Voice over talents from the Audio Drama community also lend their skills to TLD by voicing important characters; adding yet another layer of richness to the world.
With the introduction of the Patreon, it didn’t take long for fans to help reach the goal of starting a regular side campaign, set on the other continent, where our main adventurers are unable to set foot without sparking a war. This new campaign is released monthly, and focuses on three new companions as they try and cope in the end times.
Now with over 100 released episodes, an in cannon crossover, an additional player added to the roster, bonus episodes, more voice overs, more backstories, more quest, scripted episodes and a second campaign running in tandem with the main story all under their belt The Lucky Die is going from strength to strength and looking forward to whatever the future holds…
That is, if our brave adventurers can save the world. Can they? I guess we’re about to find out...
Volonda - volly[at]blighthouse.studio
Dungeom Mistress, Producer
Volonda is a British voice actress, whom created the main story and world of Bikron. Having been involved in roleplaying games for many years, she finally took up the mantle of DM, and never looked back. One utterance of ‘I have a dumb idea’ later, and The Lucky Die got started.
Volonda is a self professed nerd, with an interest in roleplaying games, computer gaming and making puns. She will happily sit up late at night playing with her American compatriots. Having moved recently to Iceland, she is focusing on learning a new language as well as voice acting. Her voice can also be found on a host of audio drama podcasts, other actual play podcasts, audio books and various one off short performance pieces.
Neil - neil[at]blighthouse.studio
Rhal’Jakk & Ivoris, Editor & Musician
Neil got into podcasts and tabletop games after returning home from playing in punk rock bands in various parts of the country, which he did after quitting music education college. Having a personal love for cinematic and ambient music, Neil had dabbled in making experimental music in many genres before actually dedicating himself to learning audio production techniques.
His love for fantasy games, story telling, and being a huge pain at the table led him to find other dedicated people to do these art projects with. With his good collection of musical experience and very little DnD knowledge, the crew of TLD must attempt to put up with Neil's obscene DnD "art" as he edits and scores all original music for the episodes.
Arch - @Arch_DnD
Balance/Lafian, Arawn & Kaz, Community Manager
Arch first stepped into the realm of Tabletop gaming when his Dad bought him the 3.5e starter set for D&D. Since then, he has been an avid player, all encompassing DM, and an enthusiastic podcaster. He currently has his own Twitch channel that he plays all variety of games on, with some familiar voices as guests.
Aside from Podcasting and Streaming, he also works full-time in a pet store, giving love to our furry, scaled and feathered friends, and posts pictures to our pet mad fans in our discord.
Casey - @childofginevra
Zaltanna Thunderheart, Advertising Liaison
Casey got into tabletop in college, but has had a great love of acting since childhood and RP in general since middle school. Casey loves creating complex and interesting characters.
They are currently in probably too many games and working on multiple podcasting projects. They also work for Nerdy City and has helped them to complete many successful Kickstarter Projects. Casey is also our resident history and horror film buff.
Eyþór - @Abyzzinn
Squash & Greff, Advertising and Marketing
Eyþór Viðarsson is a native-born Icelander from the island Vestmannaeyjar, just off the south coast of Iceland. After moving to the capital for higher education, he quickly discovered his love for podcasts. Very shortly Eyþór began exploring voice acting and it was through one of these projects that he met Volonda.
Eyþór got into roleplaying through his older brother, who made up a roleplaying system just for his younger sibling! Originally a guest, Eyþór has since joined the main cast, become an award winning voice actor and has taken up the mantle of Advertising & Marketing.