Sherri and Lowell bring on David Walker, a staunch community member, Super GM, and game hacker.
Show Notes:
00:00:51 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Free from the Yoke - Rokugan hack
00:13:25 - Dave's Games Played and his Spotlight - Labyrinth
00:23:36 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Leverage
Second Segment -
00:39:26 - Dave talks about "hard hacking and rolling your own games"
Giving Me Life
00:53:33 - Sherri is relaxing into more cozy games
00:55:04 - Dave is not walking off the Staged show on Netflix
00:56:31 - Lowell is enjoying old Star Trek comics on Comixology
Jammi and Lowell bring on Darold Ross, author and gamer
Show Notes:
00:01:35 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Better the Devil Who Serves You
00:14:25 - Darold's Games Played and his Spotlight - Chekhov Society
00:27:48 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Vaesen
Second Segment -
00:38:46 - Darold talks about his game in development - Blood Ties
Giving Me Life
00:49:48 - Jammi is digging some slice-of-life anime
00:50:58 - Darold is reading lots of male-male romance novels
00:52:00 - Lowell is enjoying Judgment, a spinoff video game from the Yakuza series
Darold's story "Ripper in Red" https://www.amazon.com/Ripper-Red-Stitchers-Darold-Ross-ebook/dp/B08H1G9MVX
Jammi and Lowell bring on Maria of Sword Prince Games.
Show Notes:
00:00:49 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Hearts of Wulin, Supernatural playset
00:13:34 - Maria's Games Played and her Spotlight - Waiting Room
00:24:28 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Mage: the Ascension PbtA
Second Segment -
00:34:56 - Maria talks about her games in development that you can find on her Patreon or itch store.
Giving Me Life
00:44:43 - Jammi is getting life from Sailor Moon
00:45:43 - Maria is obsessed with Duntame (sp) and the webtoon Let's Play
00:47:51 - Lowell's loving odd high school anime shows
Maria's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mariamison
Maria's Itch Store: https://mariabumby.itch.io/
Sherri and Jammi gab with Rich about games and Star Wars gaming, too.
Show Notes:
00:00:52 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Traverser
00:11:12 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Fellowship 2nd edition
00:23:04 - Rich's Games Played and his Spotlight - Rust Hulks
Second Segment -
00:38:23 - Rich chats with Jammi and Sherri about "Star Wars Saturdays," his ongoing anthology campaign to play as many RPGs in the Star Wars setting as possible.
Giving Me Life
00:47:24 - Rich had fun playing Truth or Drink in a Dungeon World Duet game with his wife!
00:49:06 - Sherri has been enjoying the What Ifs between game sessions
00:50:11 - Jammi is digging alt-universe character story ideas
Rich brings on Alexi, Chris, Jim, and Sawyer: four GMs and players in a Gauntlet community special project called Gauntlet Comics to talk about the project and our Summertime Crossover Event!
Show Notes:
00:05:59 - What is Gauntlet Comics?
00:14:27 - How do Gauntlet Comics GMs onboard new folks?
00:21:10 - How do we handle returning players?
00:24:38 - The Gauntlet Comics Summertime Crossover!
00:31:44 - What's Next for Gauntlet Comics?
Giving Me Life
00:39:27 - Sawyer has been loving Into the Badlands and Mad Max: Fury Road, so they're making some Apocalypse Wuxia for an upcoming Gauntlet game series!
00:40:12 - Alexi is enjoying a Legend of Korra rewatch
00:40:56 - Chris is loving Matha Wells' Murderboy Diaries series
00:41:43 - Jim gives a strong recommendation for the TV show Lucifer (now on Netflix!)
00:43:45 - Rich is getting life from uniform numbers (no, really)
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Gauntlet Comics Wiki:
https://gauntletcomics.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page
Jim Likes Games' site:
https://jimlikesgames.com/
Alexi's Cloven Pine Games Itch Page:
https://cloven-pine-games.itch.io/
Sawyer's Itch Page:
https://ferretheim-games.itch.io/
Sawyer's DriveThru RPG selections can be found here:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12534/Ferretheim-Games
Lowell and Sherri welcome Sawyer Rankin of Ferretheim Games to the podcast.
Show Notes:
00:00:47 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Hearts & Souls
00:11:44 - Sawyer's Games Played and their Spotlight - Monsterhearts 2 and Dark Americana
00:20:08 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Agon
Second Segment -
00:30:41 - Sawyer discusses Monsterhearts 2 Skin Overlays, a project they're developing for release soon
Giving Me Life
00:38:45 - Sherri is enjoying My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
00:41:11 - Sawyer is back into the Playstation... One? and Tecmo's Deception
00:42:34 - Lowell is into Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Sawyer's Itch Page:
https://ferretheim-games.itch.io/
Sawyer's DriveThru RPG selections can be found here:
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12534/Ferretheim-Games
Sherri and Jammi welcome Spencer Starke to the podcast.
Show Notes:
00:51 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Through a Mirror Darkly
10:04 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Power Beyond Doubt
26:05 - Spencer's Games Played and his Spotlight - Alice is Missing
Giving Me Life
48:01 - Jammi is chomping their fun with the video game Maneater, a Shark RPG
49:24 - Spencer really enjoys the Parcast Podcast Network lineup of shows
50:47 - Sherri is getting her life back once her big work project ends soon!
Jen's Patreon (for free Power Beyond Doubt playtest materials):
https://www.patreon.com/halcycat
Alice is Missing is live on Kickstarter right now!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/huntersbooks/alice-is-missing-a-silent-role-playing-game
Leah and Alexi Sargeant are our special guests!
Show Notes:
00:47 - Alexi's Games Played and his Spotlight - Checkpoint Midnight
10:01 - Leah's Games Played and her Spotlight - Apocalypse Keys
18:15 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Star Trek Adventures (Express)
Middle Segments -
28:55 - Alexi talks about speedy character creation and discovering characters during play
36:54 - Leah discusses high concept Masks games
Giving Me Life
46:28 - Alexi is excited about Magic the Gathering's Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths
47:13 - Leah is enjoying Robin Sloan’s video game development diary (https://www.robinsloan.com/overworld/)
49:01 - Lowell is digging back into Persona 3 Portable
Cloven Pine Games Itch store:
https://cloven-pine-games.itch.io/
Alun Rees is our special guest!
Show Notes:
01:22 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Girl by Moonlight
15:17 - Alun's Games Played and his Spotlight - Hit the Streets: Defend the Block
29:10 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Goblin Court
40:31 - Middle Segment - Playing to Lose and Putting on the Brakes
Giving Me Life
56:58 - Jammi loves Final Fantasy VII remake
58:36 - Alun is getting life from the positive coverage for essential workers
59:32 - Lowell is getting life from POD WoD books
Alun's Itch store:
https://gallusgames.itch.io/
Goblin Court: https://besw.itch.io/goblin-court
Girl by Moonlight: https://www.evilhat.com/home/girl-by-moonlight/
Show Notes:
01:04 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Neo Shinobi Vendetta
12:09 - Rich's Games Played and his Spotlight - Secret Science Sewer Siblings
21:02 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Hearts of Wulin with Courtly rules
30:40 - Second Segment - Tips and Tricks for moving your face-to-face TTRPG online
Giving Me Life
49:30 - Rich is getting life from Star Wars TV shows on Disney+
50:29 - Jammi loves watching cooking shows online
54:25 - Lowell is digging recycling old NPC names
Show Notes:
00:47 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Apocalypse World: Burned Over
14:51 - Tyler's Games Played and his Spotlight - Free from the Yoke
27:06 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - #iHunt
38:30 - Second Segment - Tyler talks about crunch in RPGs!
Giving Me Life
51:43 - Sherri found a decent buttercream frosting recipe
52:45 - Tyler is getting life from Star Trek Picard
54:25 - Lowell is into Disgaea 5
Show Notes:
0:48 - Jammi's Games Played and their Spotlight - Oathbreakers
12:43 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Brindlewood Bay
28:19 - Robert's Games Played and his Spotlight - Working for the Corp
38:40 - Second Segment - Robert discusses his project to list all the Solo and Duet RPGs!
Find his lists linked on his Twitter account: @LarkBrigade
Giving Me Life
51:22 - Jammi is obsessed with the Hellboy comics
52:26 - Robert is back into Star Trek
53:27 - Sherri is hyped for Animal Crossing and Persona 5 Royal
Show Notes:
01:28 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Masks as a prelude
12:23- Maria's Games Played and her Spotlight - the Night Witches campaign!
24:45- Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Pipedream
34:49 - Second Segment - Maria shares a bunch of the games she's loving
* Girl by Moonlight (https://www.evilhat.com/home/girl-by-moonlight/)
* Once More into the Void (https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/once-more-into-the-void)
* Last Place on Earth by Eli Seitz, which funded on KS! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eliseitz/the-last-place-on-earth)
* Dream Ablare (https://therisingtithes.itch.io/dream-ablare)
Giving Me Life
43:04 - Sherri's getting life from the hype for Animal Crossing New Horizons
44:19 - Maria is joyful about a series of short stories called Hurricane Hills (https://www.thebooksmugglers.com/2016/12/hurricane-heels-hurricane-heels-1-isabel-yap.html)
45:18 - Lowell is getting life from The Magical Nights of Glorious Tang on Amazon Prime
Pipedream on itch.io: https://roleoverplaydead.itch.io/pipedream
Show Notes:
01:14 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Have a Familiar Ring
11:47 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Purplest Prose
22:21 - Second Segment - Austin talks about his game Beam Saber, coming to Kickstarter soon, and his session of running it for the Gauntlet.
Giving Me Life
44:05 - Sherri's getting life from Bon Apetit, a YouTube show
45:43 - Lowell is getting life from a re-read of The Craft Sequence novel series
47:02 - Austin enjoys the podcast - Well, There's Your Problem
Find Take Have a Familiar Ring by Sword Queen Games here:
https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/have-a-familiar-ring
Find Purplest Prose by Pammu here:
https://thedovetailor.itch.io/purplest-prose
Beam Saber KS info is here:
https://tinyurl.com/beamsaberkickstarter
Bon Apetit episodes are here:
https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom
The Craft Sequence novels are here:
https://www.maxgladstone.com/series/the-craft-sequence/
Well, There's Your Problem can be found here:
https://wtyppod.podbean.com/
Show Notes:
00:53 - Sherri's Games Played and her Spotlight - Take My Revolution
11:34 - Lowell's Games Played and his Spotlight - Veiled Fantasy
24:52 - Second Segment - Kurt talks about his experiences developing and GMing his game Lighthearted.
Giving Me Life
47:18 - Sherri's getting life from Revolutionary Girl Utena rewatch
50:44 - Kurt is getting life from catching up on Schitt's Creek
51:46 - Lowell is getting life from board game The King's Dilemma
Find Take My Revolution here:
https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/take-my-revolution
Find Lighthearted here:
https://kurtpotts.itch.io/lighthearted
Timecodes
00:01:20 - History and development of Trophy
00:11:15 - Trophy Dark
00:13:51 - Trophy Gold
00:21:05 - Trophy Loom
00:25:17 - Kickstarter details
Games Played
01:15 - Sherri's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Impulse Drive
14:27 - Alexi's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Sunset Kills
28:15 - Lowell's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Alien RPG
Guest Segment
38:24 - Checkpoint Midnight and Running Games in Historical Settings
Giving Me Life
52:27 - Sherri is getting life from Thanksgiving with family and sweet potato searching
54:04 - Alexi is excited about becoming a dad!!!
54:40 - Lowell is getting life from Penzeys, an online spice store
CheckPoint Midnight updates here:
http://bit.ly/CheckpointMidnightList
Follow Cloven Pine Games on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ClovenPineGames
You can find Cloven Pine Games here:
https://cloven-pine-games.itch.io/
Games Played
01:35 - Rich's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Bat Hack
16:04 - Madjay's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Apocalypse World - Burned Over
28:38 - Rach's Games Played and Game Spotlight - Legacy - Life Among the Ruins
Guest Segment
42:18 - Into the Madlands!!!
Giving Me Life
51:03 - Rach is going to Japan!
52:24 - Madjay is loving playing D&D Wednesday mornings with his son
53:27- Rich is getting life from his son's VR experience
Links:
Codex, volume 1 is on sale now! https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/codex-volume-1-book.html
Fight with Spirit link: https://storybrewersroleplaying.com/fight-with-spirit-a-high-school-sports-rpg/
Madjay's podcast is called Diceology, you should check it out! https://www.diceology.com/
Games Played
01:17 - Sherri's Games Played and spotlight - Become One
11:42 - Jamila's Games Played and spotlight - Balikbayan Returning Home
27:53 - Lowell's Games Played and spotlight - Mutants in the Night
Guest Segment
41:50 - Jamila talks about the games she's working on!
Giving Me Life
55:50 - Sherri's getting life from GauntletCon and her Gauntlet gamer friends and their hacks
59:07 - Jamila is getting life from Outer Worlds
1:00:48 - Lowell is digging The Fog Knows Your Name and Choice of Games https://www.choiceofgames.com/
Jamila's Itch page: https://temporalhiccup.itch.
Mutants in the Night: https://dungeoncommandr.itch.io/mutants-in-the-night
Time Codes
1:58 Sherri talks about Silent Titans
13:15 Lowell talks about Night's Black Agents: Solo OPs
30:50 Q&A
54:48 Giving Me Life: Sherri on Troika
56:40 Giving Me Life: Lowell on Gauntlet Con
Games Played
01:25 - Sherri's Games Played and spotlight - Nahual
13:51 - Sarah's Games Played and spotlight - Lighthearted
25:54 - Lowell's Games Played and spotlight - Amber Diceless
Guest Segment
41:31 - Sarah talks about playing and running games set in historical periods
Giving Me Life
48:50 - Sherri's getting life from Monster Hunter World's latest expansion
50:06 - the Amazon Prime Video series Unbound and it's animation is giving Sarah life
51:13- Lowell is digging the new Lana Del Ray album
Nahual, by Miguel Espinoza, can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1971035968/nahual-a-tabletop-rpg-of-mexican-urban-fantasy
Kurt Pott's RPG Lighthearted can be found here:
https://kurtpotts.itch.io/lighthearted
Games Played
01:33 - Rich's games played and Spotlight - Hogwarts RPG
14:38 - Luiz's games played and Spotlight - Thirsty Sword Lesbians
29:15 - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - WWW RPG and open table play with ongoing campaigns and narratives
Guest Segment
40:46 - Luiz talkes about his game Melody of a Never-ending Summer
Giving Me Life
53:53 - Luiz cried at a musical about Cazuza
54:53 - Rich is super into House and Powers of X
56:54- Lowell gives Monte Cook some love
Melody of a Never-ending Summer can be found here:
https://luiz-paulo-ferraz.itch.io/mons
Games Played
01:15 - Sherri's games played and Spotlight - Kuro
10:23 - Jim's games played and Spotlight - The Ward
28:1+ - Lowell's games played and Spotlight - The Sprawl
Guest Segment
41:26 - Jim Crocker is the virtual vendor for Gauntlet Con 2019!
Giving Me Life
48:09 - Sherri is into Twitter?
51:57 - The musical Six is giving Jim life
53:53- Lowell has special feelings for a certain motorcycle
Jim Crocker's online webstore can be found here:
https://jimlikesgames.com/
0:24 Introductions
2:29 What's Band of Blades' Pitch
10:57 The Legion, Roles, and Playbooks
21:50 Band of Blades' Play Sequence
25:26 Campaign Themes
35:30 Designing Band of Blades as a Limited Campaign
43:50 Running Online
Buy Band of Blades here:
https://www.evilhat.com/home/band-of-blades/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/243347/Band-of-Blades