Backwater Bastards

15/06/2024

We’re nominated for a in audio and sound design!

If you’ve ever listened to our show and thought to yourself- dang. That gd Daniel Matthews spent 14 hours just on hand crafting that glitch effect— well you were wrong, it was more like 20. But hey! Now’s your chance to make it up to him by throwing us a vote!

VOTE BASTARDS 4 BEST NOISE IN THE CRIT AWARDS! Cause dangit, we STILL ain’t won anything 😂

14/02/2024

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15/07/2023

Y’ALL IT’S TIME TO SAVE THE WORLD AND THROW DOWN SOME ENNIES VOTES! (You’re our only hooooope! ✨)

So, something truly radical has happened. Our weird little show has been nominated for Best in the ENNIES, and we need your help to WIN! (Like, all of it. We’re beggin’ here.)

How can you help? We need votes! Voting is open till July 23rd, and all you gotta do is find the Best Podcast category and give us a big fat “1”! (But only if we’re your favorite, of course.)

SO LET’S MOBILIZE, SPACE CADETS! Gather your crew, and throw down those “1’s” like it’ll save every got dang underdog in the galaxy! 🚀✨

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https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/index.php

13/07/2023

HECK! IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE A BASTARD! 🚀

We’ve been nominated for 2 , to the , and we’re up for Best Podcast in the !

Thank you to everyone that helped get us here- and please forgive all the vote beggin’ we’re about to do 😅🥹🤷‍♂️💛🤞✨🚀

08/06/2023

GUESS WHO’S BDAY TODAY?! It’s Richard Kimber-Bell! (You might know him as DM DICK DYNAMITE 🧨)!

He’s growin up on us, and if you forgot to get him a present- there’s still time to vote for him as BEST NPC in the CRIT awards!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNVWISaAPIbYfGhdw9ce0RDcjJlm8NfB5JwuD0FXD60ChUww/viewform

(Look for the yellow square 🟨 on Best NPC, that’s Dick’s character Boris!)

Join us in wishing a Happy Birthday to Mr Dick Dynamite!! 🍆🧨

Double-bassist extraordinaire and dungeon master* -he can apparently play the fiddle and the dobro too.

Have a great day!

*if you’re a table-top/board game player, check out his podcast Backwater Bastards

Photo by Paul Smith

01/06/2023

HEY , WE SEE YA LISTENIN! 🚀

Our crew spent the weekend at in London, (don’t worry you’ll hear about it soon) and it looks like we picked up a few stowaways!

If you’re joining us for the first time, WELCOME!! Thank you for letting us take you to SPACE!

19/05/2023

SEE YOU AT COMIC CON, LONDON! 🚀

06/05/2023

HEY BASTARDS! Who’s on your best trading card?

06/05/2023

Backwaters Bastards is on a LIST! The good kind!

14/02/2023

HEY VALENTINES. WE LOVE YA. ❤️

10/02/2023

So proud to finally share this announcement! Backwater Bastards has joined the Realm family and dangit, the future is lookin’ INTERSTELLAR!! TEN TOPS FOR EVERYBODY!

09/11/2022

WHAT A DAY! We’ve got 900 followers on Spotify]! 🎉

One of our BIG podcast GOALS this year is hitting 1000 followers. 🦾

We want to make it all over the galaxy, because Backwater Bastards is the ULTIMATE friendventure! We wanna take you along for THE WHOLE RIDE! Not just part!! That’s why we’re on this followquest.

Following us is FREE, and it keeps you in the know about what we’re making!

What’s a huge goal you’re motoring on? Tell us about it! Maybe we can help each other? 🚀❤️

30/10/2022

The Bastards are out in full force at MCM London Comic Con! Our Taylor van Biljon moderated a panel, and Richard Kimber-Bell was on it getting grilled! The tables have finally turned! DMs getting DMed! LIVE!

25/10/2022

Now, a little over a week before we get to MCM Comic Con, it gives me great pleasure to announce the full line up of our stellar Dungeons and Dragons game on Saturday evening, 5:30pm - 7pm

Come along and enjoy the action packed game as Vamir (Pendragon Nomad), Huggan (Ben The Quest Giver), Brick (Tay from the Backwater Bastards) and Dave the Paladin (Stephen Santouris from Roll The Damn Dice) as they stand against a horde of orcs led by the war chief Dohma Raskovar.

12/07/2022

HEY YOU. Let’s get outta here. 🚀

Looking for the greatest sci-fi comedy best friend adventure of all time?? Of course you are! Come find us wherever you get your podcasts!

Dungeon Master Dick and our heroes are exploring ancient lands and sci-fi worlds. Jump right into our audio adventures and madcap rambles by clicking Listen Now, or visit our website to see more!

09/07/2022

HEY BASTARDS! WE NEED YER HELP!

Nominations for the People’s Choice Podcast Awards are now open! You can find us in the People's Choice and the Comedy categories.

You can vote for us up until July 31, and every vote counts cause dangit us Bastards got to stick together. LET’S GOOOO!

The People's Choice Podcast Awards established in 2005 an annual event to honor the best podcasts in the podcasting space. 15th Annual Event Underway

17/06/2022

THERE’S A NEW EPISODE YA SPACEHEADS!

The long awaited PART 3 of the ZE DAY ORIGIN ARC!

Do they find treasure in the cavern of the synth Angel? Or something rarer still…

It’s but it sure ain’t y’all. Let’s get ! 🚀

02/06/2022

IT’S NEW EPISODE THURSDAY! 🚀

We’re BACK with ZE DAY Part 2- and we are coming home with this treasure, dangit!

But before we do that.. Did anybody see that? …is somebody.. following us?

20/05/2022

The moment you’ve all been waiting for for.. Over 2 years!! IT IS ZE DAY!

Today is the day that we venture into the void of non linear time to meet Zafrey Electra, solider of the Atoll..

The jelly that was, before the jelly that is…

16/05/2022

DID YOU KNOW that the Bastards have a SECRET CHAT SHOW called SIDEARM?? And that it’s for patrons only? And this one is about POKEMIN? (Hey c’mon now y’all, that’s how Dan spells it.)

Come for the laughs, stay for the tales too HOT for the show. 😉
https://www.patreon.com/posts/66512155

28/04/2022

IT’S NEW EPISODE THURSDAY and we’re taking y’all straight into our game system!

Ever wanted to take a peek at how Orbital Refuse works? Help us Alpha test it!
.and if you’re a Patron, come get your copy of our character sheet- and make yerself! (We wanna see!!)

16/04/2022

Have you heard the new episode yet? ARE YOU READY FOR THE ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN?

…or are you just here to eat sauce packets and blow stuff up.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cb24CSPgtN4uWwMY5vCd9?si=4PGv7eFPQ-6koMw4QeOjDQ