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A tabletop RPG show run by students, staff, and others at Boise State University's Esports program. Originally conceived by the show's producer and dungeon master, Joanna "Glovely" Klock, in 2022, the show is currently in its first season. Episodes air live once a week on their Twitch channel, and then are uploaded to Youtube.

Episodes typically run about 2 hours in length, though they may be longer or shorter depending on circumstances. The whole show is run out of the Boise State Esports Arena, though the players themselves are frequently not physically present in the arena.

The first season campaign is called "Pantheon City", and takes place in a modern-day-meets-swords-and-sorcery-meets-Greek-Mythology setting, in which the Gods have determined there will be an election for the next ruler of the gods. The 6 player characters run around solving the mysteries of strange goings-on behind the scenes.

You can find the Twitch Channel here and the YouTube Channel here.


Bronco Tabletop contains examples of:

  • Absurdly Sharp Blade - The name of Andromeda's glaive, Aichmirós, literally means "Sharp"
  • Gadgeteer Genius - Lucian. He powers his gadgets using a battery pack that lets him override the child safety locks.
  • I See Dead People - Tristan can see the ghosts of the recently departed and communicate with them from beyond the dead. It comes in handy more than once over the course of the campaign.
  • Non-Human Non-Binary - Andromeda is both a Satyr and Non-binary.
  • Product-Promotion Parade - Parodied. When Erwin catches a foe with Tasha's Hideous Laughter, the DM uses it as an excuse to promote her show; the one the viewers are watching in this very moment.
  • The Big Guy - Larbb usually fills this role, especially after he learns to Wild Shape into a Polar Bear
  • The Smart Guy - Lucian and Juniper, who are both chosen of Athena.
    • To a lesser extent, Erwin has a high intelligence stat, but rarely uses it.
  • The Strategist - Lucian. He's frequently handling non-combat scenarios to let his party members fight freely.
    • In Episode 7, he concocts a plan to drop Cerberus into the River Styx by destroying the bridge out from under it with the help of Juniper's Flaming Sphere spell and Larbb's "Dokia" brand cell phone.
  • The Team Normal - Lucian is the only member of the party to not have any magical abilities when the campaign starts. It doesn't last.

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