Nick Plaisance, or "Beardy" as he's known in the United States Australian Football League and tabletop gaming spheres, is an educator to his core. As a public school teacher, Nick found himself running DND and other tabletop games for his students during lunch and between classes, and a deep love for empathetic storytelling was ignited.
As stay-at-home fatherhood approached, he made the transition to teaching and running tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGS) for kids, falling into voice acting as a dozen characters became hundreds. Through voice acting, Nick found himself guesting on actual play podcasts, and is now the official Lorekeeper for Unbalanced Encounters.
Though Nick's days are filled with chasing a toddler, triathlons, Australian football, mountain biking, climbing, story brainstorms, narrating books, and playing ttrpgs, he also dreams of voicing a character on an animated show.
Nick has appeared as a guest on Unbalanced Encounters, in their shows "Random Encounters," "The Hateful Fate," and "Small Gods Scatter." Nick can also be found portraying characters from his games at Delightful Dungeon Diving as well as narrating and producing audiobooks.
Nick has been incredibly fortunate and honored to guest on Unbalanced Encounters, an actual play podcast, in two of their arcs, The Hateful Fate, and Small Gods Scatter.
Lambert, The Hateful Fate
Basil (and Briny), Small Gods Scatter
Beardy is an audiobook narrator and producer, working with 4 Horsemen Publications, as well as independent authors.
Listen to Cacophony of Crowns by Garrett Broussard on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0FPJRS1NT?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007
Listen to Potarium by Kyle Sorrell on Audible. https://www.audible.com/pd/B0DZYNFBVR?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007
Nick has voiced hundreds of characters through his tabletop roleplaying campaigns. Here’s a quick look at his range. Warning, some are not safe to listen to while drinking any liquid. Won’t tell you which.
Wiggins
Jimothy
Gili
Morella
Blackmirax
Bagga
You can contact Nick at [email protected],
and @beardyp on Discord