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Episode 143: I Knew There Was Going To Be a But
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This month, Mike and Roger look at Roger’s latest enthusiasm, Mongoose’s revision of the Bayern campaign for 2300 AD. (No spoilers.) We mentioned: Transhuman Space and GURPS 3e core at the Bundle of Holding (to 6 January), Eclipse Phase, our episode about transhuman games, Mongoose Traveller...
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The Bayern mission will take its crew to explore the Pleiades, over 400 light years from Earth. We’re using the Mongoose republication of 2300 AD and its revised version of the Bayern campaign. (I got it in a recent Bundle of Holding.) I’m planning to run this for some of you (you know who...
on Dec 6
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Its 1992, and the staff of an events company get involved in some distinctly odd activities… @Shimmin started this as a playtest, but the convention at which the adventure would be run was cancelled. So we let it spread out a bit more. Session 1: Don’t Think Our Budget Runs To Submarines: 1992...
on Nov 1
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(Call of Cthulhu) Bootleg Whiskey, Liquor, Champagne & Wine
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Riddles takes us to 1920s Boston, with gangsters and bootleg whiskey. And probably some deaths from natural causes. (If you insult a man called “Icepick”, I’d call that natural causes.) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/362071/bootleg-whiskey-liquor-champagne-wine Session 1: Check That...
on Sep 6
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Episode 138: We Are All Gamers Old In Wickedness
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This month, Roger and Mike look back on our experience with Blades in the Dark. Warning, Roger gets a bit ranty. We mentioned: RuneQuest at the Humble Bundle (until 3 August), Blades in the Dark, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Powered by the Apocalypse, Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Ocean’s Eleven (1960),...
on Aug 1
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They Came From Beneath the Sea
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/300642/they-came-from-beneath-the-sea Can clean-cut 1950s America survive Whartson Hall? (Or possibly vice versa.) Session 0: Black Market Sarsaparilla (character generation): Is the world ready for pipe-smoking scientists and rebellious kids? Right-oh, daddy-o!
on Jul 12
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The Perishing of Sir Ashby Phipps
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Friday the 1st of June, 1866. Minor baronet Sir Ashby Phipps, a robust and even-tempered man of some fifty summers, was found dead four days ago in his garden, a look of unimaginable terror on his face. Can this really be a simple case of heart failure? ...
on Apr 5
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Episode 136: The City is Like a Woman, and She Wants Her Alimony
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This month, Roger and Mike consider system choice and system mastery, and look at Mike’s new Blades in the Dark campaign. We mentioned: Fiasco at the Bundle of Holding (until 16 April), our original comments on this offer, Ken and Robin talking about Renfields, Roger and Nick talking about...
on Apr 1
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Episode 134: My Sex Life is Cosmically Important
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This month, Roger and Mike can’t get away from bashing dungeons, and consider the (sadly still-extant) adversarial relationship between players and game masters. We mentioned: Dungeon Fantasy RPG, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, Nordlond, Pathfinder, Cold Shard Mountains, the most important table not...
on Feb 1
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The Wharties tackle the latest iteration of this venerable Warhammer FRP campaign. Session 0: Doomed Is Not a Career Path: A character generation session before we plunge into the campaign.
on Dec 8, 2023
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Episode 132: A Mad Career Towards Some Dreadful Ending
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This month, Roger and Mike consider railroading, its inevitability, and how to build characters who are a good fit for the campaign. We mentioned: Secrets of the Ancients, The Dracula Dossier, The Armitage Files, Walker in the Wastes, The Franklin expedition, Night’s Black Agents, Cubicle 7’s...
on Dec 1, 2023
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(multiple systems) One Last Job
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Frank Glass used to do the thing. Now he doesn’t do the thing any more. But maybe he’ll have to do it again. Session 1: That Labrador Gets Out a Lot: Frank Glass doesn’t do that any more. But maybe someone wants him to do it one last time.
on Oct 20, 2023
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Episode 130: Character Description Language
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This month, Roger and Mike consider class-and-level and other ways of building and improving characters. We mentioned: Hostile returning to the Bundle of Holding (until 2 October), Mistborn Adventures at the Bundle of Holding (until 9 October), RuneQuest, Shadowrun, GURPS Action, Rolemaster...
on Oct 1, 2023