Counter monkey

All Episodes 2011 - 2016

  • Ended
  • 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z
  • 1h
  • 2d 17h (65 episodes)
  • Comedy, Special Interest
Counter Monkey is a Web Video series hosted by Noah Antwiler, also known as The Spoony One. In this series, Spoony recounts various amusing and awesome stories from his Tabletop Game days, as well as offering helpful tips and tricks for other GMs. Recently it began to feature recordings of regular weekly Pathfinder sessions played over Skype, based on the Kingmaker adventure path and starring many of the same players from his other campaign. The name of the series comes from his days of working at a tabletop gaming store: "counter monkeys" was the employees' name for people who would hang around on the counter, never buy anything, but just tell long rambling stories about their characters and campaigns.

73 episodes

Special 1 Pathfinder Live! (Session 1)

  • 2012-04-24T00:00:00Z1h

This is a recording of the livestreamed Skype call of our new weekly Pathfinder game. Starring Marzgurl as “Maleuseu the Paladin”, PushingUpRoses as “Jinx the Druid”, Sean Fausz as “Magnus the Magus”, Skitch as “Gustave the Pistolero”, Coldguy as “Rrerrh the Ranger”, and Spoony as the Dungeon Master! Feeling brave tonight?

Special 2 Pathfinder Live! (Session 2)

  • 2012-05-04T00:00:00Z1h

The group’s exploration of the Stolen Lands continues southward…but will it end as quickly as it began?

Special 3 Pathfinder Live! (Session 3)

  • 2012-05-13T00:00:00Z1h

The party regroups back at Oleg’s Trading Post, where they meet some new allies and defeat some old foes.

Special 5 ConBravo 2012 – D20 Live

  • 2012-08-26T00:00:00Z1h

Big Mike from the 404s DMs a group at ConBravo consisting of Spoony, Linkara, Roo, and “Birdman” Mike Dodd. Spoony, naturally, dusts off his iconic bard character and proves once again he is the best swordsman in the world.

2014-06-21T00:00:00Z

Special 6 Free RPG Day 2014

Special 6 Free RPG Day 2014

  • 2014-06-21T00:00:00Z1h

Check out the official Free RPG Day website (http://www.freerpgday.com/) to find links to some great free game rules, as well as a participating game store near you!

Special 7 D&D Next Review (Part 1)

  • 2014-08-23T00:00:00Z1h

Is it a throwback, or a throw-out?

Special 8 D&D Next Review (Part 2)

  • 2014-08-23T00:00:00Z1h

You cleaned my room!

Series Premiere

2011-10-08T00:00:00Z

1x01 Shadowrun: The Squirt Gun Wars

Series Premiere

1x01 Shadowrun: The Squirt Gun Wars

  • 2011-10-08T00:00:00Z1h

Here’s a tale of RPGs and the eternal struggle between GMs and PCs. With squirt guns.

Noah tells another poorly-remembered tale of RPGs derailed and players embarrassed, this time of Vegan Steve’s moments of short-lived glory and inevitable downfall, of power corrupting, and of wishes granted.

2011-10-24T00:00:00Z

1x03 The Toilet Pizza

1x03 The Toilet Pizza

  • 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z1h

A story of the meanest, most depraved thing I’ve ever done to another human being. And I’m not proud of it, but it is pretty funny.

2011-10-29T00:00:00Z

1x04 All Jedi or No Jedi

1x04 All Jedi or No Jedi

  • 2011-10-29T00:00:00Z1h

In which I discuss a fundamental problem with any Star Wars RPG and the nature of dramatic storytelling conflicting with human pragmatism!

2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

1x05 Leaping Wizards

1x05 Leaping Wizards

  • 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z1h

A tale of exile and shame, in which I screw the rules and go on a mad PC killing spree with the most unlikely of hitmen.

2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

1x06 Botchamania

1x06 Botchamania

  • 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z1h

Some of the worst runs of dice I’ve ever seen!

1x07 Getting Started with Roleplaying

  • 2011-11-03T00:00:00Z1h

Spoony explains the best ways to get started playing RPGs!

2011-11-06T00:00:00Z

1x08 Invisible Jason

1x08 Invisible Jason

  • 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z1h

A weird tale about a very drunk young man with remarkable endurance.

2011-11-06T00:00:00Z

1x09 Vampire: Spoony’s Jyhad

1x09 Vampire: Spoony’s Jyhad

  • 2011-11-06T00:00:00Z1h

A tale of a very bad Vampire LARP and why Spoony is not a player to be lightly fucked with if you don’t want your campaign completely demolished.

2011-11-22T00:00:00Z

1x10 Tandem’s Last Ride

1x10 Tandem’s Last Ride

  • 2011-11-22T00:00:00Z1h

My iconic character goes on a surreal journey, literally down the rabbit hole all the way to Dungeonland.

2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

1x11 The Age of Manure

1x11 The Age of Manure

  • 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z1h

Bennett the Sage guests hosts in this special edition of Counter Monkey, in which he brings some homebrew monsters and items from his RPG past!

Spoony tells the tale of his Thieves’ World campaign, in which some players get a little too…excited.

The party decides to deal with their arch-nemesis, the immortal Tempus Thales, in the only way they can: the Chicago Way.

2012-03-08T00:00:00Z

1x14 The Prisoner Dilemma

1x14 The Prisoner Dilemma

  • 2012-03-08T00:00:00Z1h

Spoony talks about one of the most divisive issues in the history of roleplaying: alignment.

1x15 The Importance of Wearing Pants

  • 2012-03-12T00:00:00Z1h

This story is posted with some reservations, but it just goes to show, you meet all kinds around the gaming table.

1x16 Dungeon Mastering a Great Game

  • 2012-03-27T00:00:00Z1h

Secret storyteller secrets from the dungeonmaster himself!

How to get the party to go anywhere, do anything, fight anyone! But you can only do it once!

2012-09-02T00:00:00Z

1x18 Never Get On the Boat

1x18 Never Get On the Boat

  • 2012-09-02T00:00:00Z1h

Absolutely goddamn right.

1x19 Swimming in Diarrhea is Bad

  • 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z1h

Your characters will never feel clean again.

2012-09-08T00:00:00Z

1x20 The Bardic Knock Spell

1x20 The Bardic Knock Spell

  • 2012-09-08T00:00:00Z1h

There is a fine line between being good at bluffing and becoming the clown nobody ever believes. You don’t want to go from cleverness to making the game goofy, because you’ll frustrate the DM and get the players into a lot of trouble when you go off being ridiculous.

2012-09-11T00:00:00Z

1x21 Circle Strafe

1x21 Circle Strafe

  • 2012-09-11T00:00:00Z1h

Dragons don’t fight fair.

2012-09-12T00:00:00Z

1x22 Don’t Be That Guy

1x22 Don’t Be That Guy

  • 2012-09-12T00:00:00Z1h

How to be a team player– or more importantly, not be that guy who gets everyone else killed.

1x23 The Trouble with Superheroes

  • 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z1h

Hey Cyclops, what do you do this round? Hey, it’s not a very good episode, but it gets better!

Remember when you kicked the shit out of Demogorgon in Baldur’s Gate 2, even when everyone told you it was stupid, and pointless, and actually WORSE than pointless because it would set him free from his imprisonment? Yeah, and you went and did it anyway, didn’t ya?

2012-09-25T00:00:00Z

1x25 Because He's There

1x25 Because He's There

  • 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z1h

Roll 1d100 Sanity Loss for your one chance at GLORY!!

1x26 Hey Fatty! Let’s go to Mordor!

  • 2012-09-25T00:00:00Z1h

The long and barely-coherent rant about superheroes, alien gods, and a hobbit named Fatty finally concludes.

She’s just not that into you.

Just about rule #1 of livin’ in the Cage, berk.

I’m evil, and I don’t care who knows it!

2013-01-18T00:00:00Z

1x30 Counter Monkey Punk

1x30 Counter Monkey Punk

  • 2013-01-18T00:00:00Z1h

We take a look at one of my favorite RPGs and its exciting new revival as a game by CD Projekt Red! Cyberpunk 2077!

2013-01-21T00:00:00Z

1x31 Connection Time Out

1x31 Connection Time Out

  • 2013-01-21T00:00:00Z1h

You’d think computers in the cyberpunk future would make things a lot faster, right? Then why are most of us sitting around playing with ourselves waiting on the decker?

2013-01-24T00:00:00Z

1x32 Cthulhupunk

1x32 Cthulhupunk

  • 2013-01-24T00:00:00Z1h

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange weapons and technology, even cyberpunks will die.

2013-02-23T00:00:00Z

1x33 The Conga Line of Death

1x33 The Conga Line of Death

  • 2013-02-23T00:00:00Z1h

If you’re getting to a battle, might as well jump in the line and take your standard action in time.

2013-03-21T00:00:00Z

1x34 Valley of the Cyberdolls

1x34 Valley of the Cyberdolls

  • 2013-03-21T00:00:00Z1h

I found the book with all the creepy dolls! Dolls…OF THE DARK FUTURE!

2013-03-28T00:00:00Z

1x35 The Jedi Hunter

1x35 The Jedi Hunter

  • 2013-03-28T00:00:00Z1h

Block this, Yoda. And yeah, HK-47 did it better.

Listen up, ya primitive screwheads.

2013-04-09T00:00:00Z

1x37 Problem Players

1x37 Problem Players

  • 2013-04-09T00:00:00Z1h

I’m not exactly the guy to ask for advice when it comes to getting along with people, you know.

2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

1x38 So You Want To Be Evil

1x38 So You Want To Be Evil

  • 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z1h

Because good is dumb.

2013-05-28T00:00:00Z

1x39 Dem Bones

1x39 Dem Bones

  • 2013-05-28T00:00:00Z1h

They come at you in all shapes, all sizes, and in all sides.

2013-08-09T00:00:00Z

1x40 Spoony Gets Mazed

1x40 Spoony Gets Mazed

  • 2013-08-09T00:00:00Z1h

A dungeon with invisible walls, invisible doors, and invisible treasure guarded by an invisible dragon. Do I have the wits and courage to triumph?

He who does not watch this video has forgotten the face of his father.

It’s a sort of riddle for you veteran dice-slingers out there.

2013-09-06T00:00:00Z

1x43 Shadowrun: The Code

1x43 Shadowrun: The Code

  • 2013-09-06T00:00:00Z1h

Shoot the hostage.

2014-03-07T00:00:00Z

1x45 Know Your Role, Part 1

1x45 Know Your Role, Part 1

  • 2014-03-07T00:00:00Z1h

Now you can play the RPG that resurrects the glory years of the WWE. Play wrestlers such as the Bashams! The Un-Americans! The Gymini! The Dicks! Mark Jindrak! And Kenzo Suzuki! Behold, tales of my brief days on a lame e-fed when I learned that all of my characters were ECW ripoffs (whether I knew it or not) and a look through the WWE “Know Your Role” RPG, made after they got the F out.

2014-03-08T00:00:00Z

1x46 Know Your Role, Part 2

1x46 Know Your Role, Part 2

  • 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z1h

FINALLY… the Monkey HAS COME BACK… home… And you live in a dimension where Johnny Polo has been officially given a stat-block in a licensed RPG. You’re welcome.

2014-03-16T00:00:00Z

1x47 Let's Split Up

1x47 Let's Split Up

  • 2014-03-16T00:00:00Z1h

We can destroy the campaign faster that way.

2014-05-20T00:00:00Z

1x48 Nightstake

1x48 Nightstake

  • 2014-05-20T00:00:00Z1h

Sometimes crits just break your heart.

2014-05-29T00:00:00Z

1x49 Tools of the Trade

1x49 Tools of the Trade

  • 2014-05-29T00:00:00Z1h

Mats, minis, and markers! Just be sure to keep the markers straight.

My cleric sees you bleeding and casts Sexual Healing.

The Cocksheath of Pleasure: It's ribbed and enchanted for her pleasure.

1x52 They Duel. That's What They Do.

  • 2015-01-21T00:00:00Z1h

A Lion and Crane Dueling for honor. I think? Spoony sashimi.

Maybe if we called it "Paragon, But Not an Asshole About It." Lighten up, people.

2015-07-10T00:00:00Z

1x54 BABOON!!!

1x54 BABOON!!!

  • 2015-07-10T00:00:00Z1h

Nature's wrath is unleashed upon my Pathfinder group, and our wizard finds love in the most unlikely of places. Sometimes it just falls right in your lap.

1x55 An Entirely Miscible Episode

  • 2015-07-15T00:00:00Z1h

If I can be serious for a minute, I'd like to share the brief but impactful tale of Young Spoony's first character: a Lawful Good fighter with pure intentions and lofty dreams of becoming a hero. Alas, his was a journey cut tragically short by one too many drinks.

There are some things even the Universal Translator and Google can't decipher. It all looks like Wingdings to me.

Tandem started out with a bit of an identity crisis. Picking fights, falling in with the wrong crowd, and playing a sell-out concert at Stonehenge. And oh, how they danced.

1x58 The Apocalypse Stone, Part 1

  • 2015-08-07T00:00:00Z1h

Someone pulled the toothpick out of the Cosmic Cheeseburger.

1x59 The Apocalypse Stone, Part 2

  • 2015-08-14T00:00:00Z1h

Sometimes, the only thing that will hit is a critical miss.

2015-08-30T00:00:00Z

1x60 3d6 in Order

1x60 3d6 in Order

  • 2015-08-30T00:00:00Z1h

Perhaps you think you're being treated unfairly...?

Take a hot, steamy look beyond the beaded curtain at the most sensual of blue magic: Nymphology. But beware the Creamy Ooze...

2015-09-27T00:00:00Z

1x62 What's an Anti-Paladin?

1x62 What's an Anti-Paladin?

  • 2015-09-27T00:00:00Z1h

The ultimate heel, and he's on a mission from Evil.

1x63 Roll for initiative, Jesus!

  • 2015-12-12T00:00:00Z1h

Moses knows what paladins are.

2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

1x64 Sorbo the Conquerer

1x64 Sorbo the Conquerer

  • 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z1h

It's a wild & wonderful story of one man's peculiar magical gift and his bizarre inheritance that helps shape his future as a conquering hero. All of it undone in one berserk round and a toss...

2016-11-07T00:00:00Z

1x65 Exploding Head Syndrome

1x65 Exploding Head Syndrome

  • 2016-11-07T00:00:00Z1h

The mother of all migraines. Remember, there is no three-finger touch.

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