This week we are joined by the awesomely talented and inspirational Meg Baker!
Play List
Monster of the Week (00:40)
Freebooting Venus (4:13)
The Dread Geas of Duke Vulku (09:26)
Lacuna (12:04)
Giving Me Life
Museum & Game Design (14:50)
Rich! (17:20)
Her Story (17:58)
Interview Segment
Playing Nature’s Year (20:33)
Cider that definitely won’t kill you (26:26)
Emotion and vulnerability in games (27:49)
New game cycle (36:00)
Apocalypse World 2E (38:52)
The Final Question (46:16)
Night Sky Games: http://www.nightskygames.com
Lumpley Games: http://www.lumpley.com
Unruly Designs: http://www.unrulydesigns.com
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In this episode, we are joined by guest host Hannah Shaffer. Here are the time codes:
Games We Played
Noirlandia (00:31)
Legendary Encounters (05:15)
Hot Guys Making Out (09:56)
Giving Me Life
Birthday Week (16:45)
Owl Con (19:21)
Gauntlet NJ (22:30)
Interview Segment
Questlandia (25:59)
14 Days (33:55)
Games People Play (44:33)
Accessibility of games for new players (48:00)
Damn the Man and Sentencing Day (53:42)
The Final Question (56:46)
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In this episode, Dan rips my fucking heart out. Also, we discuss best practices for running a multi-session game as a one-shot. Here is the breakdown:
Games We Played
Codenames (00:40)
Ghost Lines (08.20)
Monsterhearts (13:25)
Dungeon World (totally not Jason)(18:07)
Giving Me Life
Wrapping-up a Long-term PbP (20:45)
Making a Murderer (23:28)
Dan ripping my fucking heart out (28:24)
Main Topic (34:15)
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This week we are joined by Andrew Medeiros, co-designer of Urban Shadows and other fine Powered by the Apocalypse games. Here is a breakdown:
Games We Played
Hollowpoint (00:37)
The Watch (6:05)
Until Dawn(10:46)
Giving Me Life
Street Star (18:07)
Self-publishing (19:29)
Games with Massive Learning Curves (22:46)
Interview Segment
Urban Shadows (26:20)
The Forgotten (34:47)
Legends of the Guard (38:00)
Why PbtA? (41:28)
Drew's Inspirations (44:58)
In-production Heroines card game (47:39)
The Final Question (48:36)
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In this episode, we introduce our new Game Advocates segment, starting with Dungeon World. Here are the time codes for this episode:
Games We Played
Bath Salts (00:23)
Remember Tomorrow (07:30)
Giving Me Life
Downsizing (19:00)
Comic Strip AP (22:57)
Main Topic - Dungeon World Advocate (26:59)
It's a short episode this week as we talk about the giant list of games we played over the holidays and what's been giving us life. Also, because the people demanded it, this week's show notes are new and improved with time codes:
*Games We Have Been Playing*
Time & Temp (2:49)
Heroine (4:21)
AW PBP (5:45)
Kapow! (7:50)
Mysterium (12:25)
Microscope: Union (15:14)
Regency Ladies (20:53)
Metal Showcase 11 PM (22:51)
Downfall (25:59)
*Giving Me Life (31:53)*
Fit Kids & Couch to 5K (31:53)
D&D Beach Reading (35:06)
Tiny quad-copters (39:02)
It's a full house this week as Steve, Kristen, Rich, Dan, and Jason all talk about the games that meant the most to them in 2015.
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In this crossover episode with the Tabletop Superhighway podcast, Larry and Jesse join us to talk about our favorite gaming sessions of 2015. Games we discuss include:
Pathfinder (!), Apocalypse World, Lovecraftesque, Wandering Monsters High School, Renegade Jennys & Boilerplate Jacks, Dungeon World, Reign, Time Cellist, and much more!
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This week, Steve joins us to talk about what hot RPG gifts the kids are going to be talking about this holiday season.
Games: Mysterium, Apocalypse World Furiosa, Dread, Stars Without Number, Apocalypse World, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, Sweet Agatha, Escape From Tentacle City
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In this episode, Kristen joins us to talk about making the transition between games that have you playing strictly "behind your character's eyes" and games that ask you to share in creating the fiction external to your character.
Game we discuss this week include: Urban Shadows, Renegade Jennys and Boilerplate Jacks, Uncharted Worlds, Dungeon World, In a Wicked Age, Lasers & Feelings, and Apocalypse World.
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This week we talk to Jason Morningstar about the Golden Cobra contest, the games he's working on, and prepping for a stint as an arcane janitor.
Games Discussed: Monsterhearts, Masks, Pandemic Legacy, Sweet Agatha, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Kaleidoscope, The Warren, Soth
Bully Pulpit Games: http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/
Golden Cobra: http://www.goldencobra.org/
Beginner Larps
Larps from the Factory: http://larpfactorybookproject.blogspot.com/p/larps.html
The Tribunal: http://leavingmundania.com/2014/08/17/j-tuomas-harviainen-larp-collection/
The Upgrade: http://jeepen.org/games/upgrade/
The Climb: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/122764/The-Climb
Juggernaut: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144312/Juggernaut
Metal Showcase 11PM: http://www.lulu.com/shop/jason-morningstar/metal-showcase-11pm/paperback/product-14623170.html
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In this episode, Rich & Jason discuss an article called "The 'Good Roleplayer' Doesn't Exist and Must Die," which can be found here:
http://leavingmundania.com/2015/11/03/the-good-roleplayer-doesnt-exist-and-must-die/
We also discuss a bunch of games, including: Masks, Dresden Files FAE, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Star Wars D6, Funnel World, Meg Baker's Wishing Games, Fiasco, Lady Blackbird, Monster of the Week, and The Warren.
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This week, Epidiah Ravachol talks with us about Worlds Without Master, running the long con to get players for the games you're interested in, and the myriad joys of accounting.
Here are the links for the final question:
Dan: http://i.imgur.com/goe7Ue3.jpg
Eppy: http://www.toomuchjoy.com/index.php/music-2/finally-1996/
Games discussed: Everything in Worlds Without Master (Swords without Master, Wolfspell, Enter the Avenger, Sorceress Bloody Sorceress, A Scoundrel in the Deep, Invisible Empire, No Longer with Us, Masks of the Mummy Kings), Meguey Baker's Wishing Games, The Final Girl, Ten Candles, Dread Geas of Duke Vulku, Lamentations of the Flame Princess, Monster of the Week, Lovecraftesque, Usagi Yojimbo, Amazons, Golden Sky Stories: Fantasy Friends
Worlds Without Master: http://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/
Eppy's Webpage: https://dig1000holes.wordpress.com/
Meguey Baker's Wishing Games: https://www.patreon.com/Meguey
Other Links:
Children Falling Over - https://www.reddit.com/r/childrenfallingover
Darth Darth Binks - https://www.reddit.com/comments/3qvj6w/
This week, we are joined by Paul Czege and Robert Bohl to talk about our final thoughts on the Threeforged contest and the joys of sensory deprivation.
Games Discussed: In Production, The Clinic, The Perfected City, Traverser, Soth, Masks, A Taste for Murder, Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Paul's Website: http://halfmeme.com/
Rob's Websites: https://plus.google.com/+RobertBohl/about
http://misspentyouth.robertbohl.com/
Threeforged Review Document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11gqZg_JSiI_4fJ6yApQneI34s9wLPszgkwfaNjtjwOY/edit#gid=0
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This week, we talk with Emily Care Boss about the revamp of her Romance Trilogy.
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This week, Steve joins us to talk about games that teach valuable lessons and also a little more Threeforged talk.
Games discussed: Dresden Files FAE, Dungeon World, Lacuna Part 1, Masks, Monster of the Week, Urban Shadows, Soth
Snail's Pace: http://snailspace.forgreatjustice.net/
Adam's NGP Forum: https://ngp.calypti.ca/discussions
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This week, Rich joins us to talk about participating in playtests and living in the comic book TV renaissance.
Games Discussed: Monster of the Week, Star Wars: Edge of the Empire, Monikers, Masks, Dresden FAE, Monsterhearts, Lacuna Part 1, A Penny for My Thoughts
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This week, Jason talks with Josh Fox and Becky Annison about their game, Lovecraftesque, which they are currently Kickstarting.
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This week, Steve joins us to talk about a ton of threeforged games and what's next for The Gauntlet.
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Games: Fiasco, Mascarade, The Final Girl, Monsterhearts, A Hard Goodbye, Psychic Detective Agency, Children's Radio Hour, Fear of the Dark, Ultranormal Encounters, Last Year's Magic, Timelines, The Clinic, It is Forbidden, In a Week of Sharks, Field Work, The Book of Armaments
This week, Scott joins us to talk about running games as a new GM and unfortunate movie theater experiences.
Games discussed: Dungeon World, In A Wicked Age, Night Witches, Zombie Cinema, Monsterhearts, Urban Shadows
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This week, we talk with Grant Howitt about his upcoming projects, Chronicle and The Door, as well as a wide range of topics from Goblin Quest and Paranoia to Twitter and Hulk Hogan.
Grant's Games: lookrobot.co.uk/games
Grant says you should play Wushu!: http://danielbayn.com/wushu/
She's A Super Geek - Magical Girls One Last Job AP: http://sasgeek.com/podcasts/8-one-last-job-1/
The Panasonic Toughpad Conference: http://lookrobot.co.uk/2013/01/14/the-panasonic-toughpad-press-conference/
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This week, Kristen joins us to talk about underrated RPG mechanics and unexpectedly sexy medieval clothing.
This week's games: Dungeon World, In A Wicked Age, How We Are Like The Storm, Zombie Cinema, Night Witches
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This week, Steve joins us to talk about dice analysis for crazy people and playing games with difficult subjects.
Games: Lost Legacy, Inigo Montoya, Jr., Dungeon World, One Night, Fiasco, Dead of Winter
This week, Russ joins us to talk about Blades in the Dark and sweet dance moves.
Games Discussed: Blades in the Dark, Adventures on Dungeon Planet / Carcosa, Dungeon World, The Clay That Woke, The Quiet Year, Forbidden Island, One Night: Ultimate Werewolf, Kaleidoscope, Lost Days of Memories and Madness
This week, Kristen joins us to chat about RPGs we would love to see and that awkward moment when your mom starts talking to you about vampire erotica.
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Games Discussed: The Clay That Woke, Adventures on Dungeon Planet / Carcosa, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Deep Forest, Monster of the Week, The Final Girl