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The Thief

The Thief

By: Michael Schofield
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 The Thief is an immersive, fully cast, low-fantasy mystery kicked off by the catalytic arrest of a City Watchman, whose obsession with the disappearance a Lady-in-Waiting is left to the only person he trusts: an undermarket draw-latch called Symphony. The Thief is a Dungeons and Dragons Actual Play edited to within an inch of its life: fully cast, fully immersive. Created by Michael Schofield Played by Sisi Wei Voices by Kristian Byrne, Patrik Deraković-Rakas, S. Kaiya J, Jeremy Roman, Patricia Wires, Charles Villard, Isabela Duffles, Vincent Hughes.Michael Schofield Science Fiction
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  • The Young // 01 • Summer of the Loon

    The Young // 01 • Summer of the Loon
    Sep 29 2025

    While the next season of THE THIEF is around the corner, I want to introduce you to something else I'm making. It's a horror story, a Walking Dead TTRPG, set in 1995 - and I think you'll dig it.

    The Young is a coming-of-age actual play in which a strange sickness spreads through Nokomis County, Michigan, in the summer of '95 - the year Camp Whippoorwill closed for good. This is a horror story.

    On the long weekend before the campers arrive, the new teen junior counselors and cabin monitors for the summer of '95 - the "camptains" - reunite at Camp Whippoorwill.

    Credits

    Nandi Allman as Ta-tyana
    Emily Morse-Lee as Mindy
    Madeline Victoria Posner as Al
    Patricia Wires as Tara

    The Young is produced by the players 🖤, who are playing pretend with me for free.

    Listen however you like: Apple, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Casts, and the rest.
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    18 mins
  • A Huddle-close Yarn • An Interlude

    A Huddle-close Yarn • An Interlude
    Dec 31 2024

    “A Huddle-close Yarn” is an interlude — a kind of tide-me-over — between seasons of The Thief.

    Listen or read the story entirely out of context: it is spoiler free, and it doesn’t require having listened to the first season.

    The Thief is a labor of love. Refer just one rogue and earn your way into the fyrd.

    A full transcript is available.


    Credits

    Written and produced by Michael Schofield
    Performed by Emily Morse-Lee (BlueSky, YouTube)
    Music by ⁠Tabletop Audio⁠ (see usage statements).

    The Thief is produced by the fyrd: our thegns Nandi K, Amzylee, Trei Brundrett, Andy McLellan, Eudico, Rebekah Monson, Andy Priestner, Mike Atchley, Patrick Myers, and Cordelia Black.

    You can join the fyrd and help me make this stuff through Substack or Patreon.
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    11 mins
  • A Huddle-close Yarn • An Interlude

    A Huddle-close Yarn • An Interlude
    Dec 30 2024

    A Winter Parable of a Rich Man's Comeuppance

    “A Huddle-close Yarn” is an interlude — a kind of tide-me-over — between seasons of The Thief. Listen or read the story entirely out of context: it is spoiler free, and it doesn’t require having listened to the first season.

    Read the transcript: https://open.substack.com/pub/thief/p/a-huddle-close-yarn-an-interlude

    Credits

    Written and produced by Michael Schofield
    Performed by Emily Morse-Lee (BlueSky, YouTube)
    Music by ⁠Tabletop Audio⁠ (see usage statements).

    The Thief is produced by the fyrd: our thegns Nandi K, Amzylee, Trei Brundrett, Andy McLellan, Eudico, Rebekah Monson, Andy Priestner, Mike Atchley, Patrick Myers, and Cordelia Black.

    You can join the fyrd and help me make this stuff through Substack or Patreon.
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    11 mins
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