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    Results of https://itch.io/jam/1hp — and discussion of each (tabletop) game in no particular order.Operation Hard Case, by Paolo Jose Cruz.End of the Road, by Jack Shirai.Hit+Die, by Jason Tocci.The Forests of Faera, by Aaron Goss.The Minus Touch, by Craig Maloney.Arid Apocalypse, by Keldaran.Disposable Heroes, by Sandy Pug Games.My Identical Cousin, by Misha Handman.A Duet of Steel, by Adrian Thoen.Little Mimic in the Big City, by Chris Hopper.01 Is The Most Dangerous Number, by Ursidice.

    Dice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2019


    Thanks for the mini rant about d20, @madadric, reminded me to get this one out there.

    HP

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2019 3248:00


    On hit points in D&D — where they came from, where they're going, and how we feel about them.

    Management

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2018


    Episode 31, wherein Adam breaks all the rules and Sage talks about working domain management into games he already likes.

    Comfort

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2017


    A very special holiday question.So much D&D.Call of Cthulhu d20.Mouse Guard x Horatio Hornblower.Burning Wheel.Dungeon World.

    Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017


    In this episode: Risk Legacy, We Didn't Playtest This At All: Legacy, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, Seafall, Charterstone, Fable System.

    Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 58:50


    In this episode: Torchbearer + Keep on the Borderlands (recorded session) Gauntlet D&D 3e, 5e Apocalypse World + 2e Dungeon World Blades in the Dark Microscope: Explorer Charterstone Future Sage: What was that game about toys that come alive each night? Monsterhearts + 2e Inheritance Twilight Struggle, 13 Days, 13 Minutes, Iron Curtain (Katie's review). Adam's convention game starter kit.

    Advancement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 51:30


    In this episode: Freebooting Venus Dungeon World DCC Burning Wheel Torchbearer Mouse Guard Tenra Bansho Zero (I’ll stop, I promise.)

    Characters

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 54:37


    In this episode: Best Friends Paranoia 2016 Amber Diceless Roleplaying Burning Wheel Dread Geas of Duke Vulku Dungeon Crawl Classics Traveller Rogue Trader Diaspora Fiasco The Quiet Year Torchbearer The Mountain Witch

    Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 69:22


    In this episode: A tweet from Ben Wright Apocalypse World Train The Valedictorian’s Death Night Witches GNS OSR 8 Kinds of Fun Bartle’s Taxonomy Of Player Types Tenra Bansho Zero Advanced Squad Leader Combat Commander Towerfall Vim vs. Emacs 16 HP Dragon 99% Invisible Daniel Solis Innovation The X-card The Beast Microscope Oh, and “Today’s 10,000:” https://xkcd.com/1053/

    Balance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 48:13


    Let the Jenga blocks hit the floor.

    Spotlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 44:12


    Whose line is it anyway?

    Blades

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2017 60:05


    ...in the Dark

    Conventions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2016 49:49


    Now that the season is mostly over...

    Essentials

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 38:33


    Indie

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2016 55:07


    Hunting down Wagner.

    Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2016 51:17


    TODO: Write up Black Stars Rise: Lemonade Edition. Also, Prince Valiant should still be backable when this comes out. Adam’s #Threeforged games, in case you want to tear them apart: Forgeborn (1534) Life as it Was (1572) Bootleggers (1580)

    Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2015 67:52


    End of season one! Straits of Anián is the blog Sage was referencing. Other games in the “Tags” list.

    Players

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2015 51:14


    Don't hate the player. Don't hate the game, either.

    Matrix

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2015 55:59


    "I'm not really an extended universe person." -- Adam

    People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2015 60:02


    In this episode: Apocalypse World: Dark Ages Sagas of the Icelanders Lamentations of the Flame Princess Apocalypse World Pendragon Dungeon World Burning Wheel Dungeons & Dragons

    Wish

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2015 60:46


    In this episode: Dungeons and Dragons Burning Wheel Marvel Superheroes Powers for Good Mutants and Masterminds Champions Microscope Dungeon World Apocalypse World Dungeon Crawl Classics Into the Odd Durance The Clay that Woke Dread World of Darkness Vampire: The Masquerade Inspectres Gurps Moldvay D&D Kagematsu With Great Power Sorcerer Polaris Hot War Shock Mouse Guard World Wide Wrestling Undying We Will Remain

    Editions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2015 73:31


    In this episode: D&D (as always), inc. AD&D, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 5.0, and Moldvay. Paranoia Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Brothers Karamazov A Few Acres of Snow Mythotopia Advanced Squad Leader Operational Combat System (OCS) Apocalypse World Madden Pathfinder Dungeon World Lamentations of the Flame Princess Dominion Thunderstone Rummy Poker Fast Action Battles: The Bulge Formula Dé Monopoly Parcheesi Magic: The Gathering

    Death

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2015 38:11


    In this episode: AD&D Apocalypse World Burning Wheel Call of Cthulhu D&D 4e Dread Dungeon Crawl Classics Dungeon World Fate Heavy Rain Mass Effect Night Witches Paranoia Shadows of Mordor Undying

    Cyberpunk

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 59:39


    In this episode: The Twilight Zone (1959, Serling) D&D (1974, Gygax and Arneson) Moldvay D&D (1977, Moldvay) Star Wars (1977, Lucas) Blade Runner (1982, Scott) Neuromancer (1984, Gibson) Shadowrun (1989, Weisman et al) Snow Crash (1992, Stephenson) Diamond Age (1995, Stephenson) Hackers (1995, Softley) Android: Netrunner (1996, Garfield) Harry Potter (1997, Rowling) Deus Ex (2000, Spector) Spycraft (2002, Kapera et al) Shock: Social Science Fiction (2006, Newman) 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars (2008, Hutton) Android (2008, Clark and Wilson) Mouse Guard (2008, Crane) Apocalypse World (2010, Baker) Remember Tomorrow (2010, Hutton) Black Mirror (2011, Brooker) Almost Human (2013, Wyman) Magicians (2013, Simons) Sixth World (2013, Clouser and Yea) Big Hero 6 (2014, Hall and Williams) The Sprawl (2014, Cameron) World Wide Wrestling (2014, Paoletta) Apocalypse World: Cyberpunk (TBD, Blinkinsop)

    Beginnings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2015 67:18


    In this episode: Apocalypse World Apocalypse World: Dark Ages Blades in the Dark Burning Wheel D&D Dungeon Crawl Classics Dungeon World Lamentations of the Flame Princess Monsterhearts Mouse Guard Questlandia Risk Legacy Undying Vampire: The Masquerade

    Generic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2015 95:08


    When all role-playing games are generic, none of them are.

    Dune

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2015 64:24


    In this episode: TWURPS Dune (unknown) En Garde! (Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, 1975) Dune: The Board Game (Bill Eberle, Jack Kittredge, and Peter Olotka, 1979) Dune: Chronicles of the Imperium (Last Unicorn Games, 2000) Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG (CJ Carella, 2002) Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002) Dune: A Dream of Rain (Steve Medeiros, 2004) The Shadow of Yesterday (Clinton R. Nixon, 2004) Burning Empires (Luke Crane, 2006) Apocalypse World (D. Vincent Baker, 2010) Microscope (Ben Robbins, 2011) Dungeon World (Adam Koebel and Sage LaTorra, 2012) Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (Cam Banks and Rob Donoghue, 2012) Rex: Final Days of an Empire (Corey Konieczka, Christian T. Petersen, adaptation of Dune, 2012) Apocalypse World: Dark Ages (D. Vincent Baker, first look 2014) D&D 5e (Wizards of the Coast, 2014) Undying (Paul Riddle, b3.5 released 2014) The Great Pendragon Campaign (Greg Stafford, 5th ed. published 2015) Playing Darkest Dungeon, Talking RPGs (Koebel, 2015)

    Perform

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2015 55:50


    For an audience, whether live or recorded, streamed or in-person.

    Clockwork

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2015 57:54


    In this episode: Dungeons & Dragons (Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, 1974) Pendragon (Greg Stafford, 1985) Gurps (Steve Jackson, 1988) Amber Diceless Role Playing (Erick Wujcik, 1991) Civilization (Sid Meier, 1991) C°ntinuum: roleplaying in The Yet (Chris Adams, Dave Fooden, Barbara Manui, 1999) Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002) Mutants & Masterminds (Stephen Kenson, 2002) Dread (Epidiah Ravachol, 2004) Burning Empires (Luke Crane, 2006) Best Friends (Gregor Hutton, 2007) The Blossoms are Falling (Luke Crane, 2007) Mouse Guard (Luke Crane, David Petersen, 2008) Diaspora (Brad Murray, C.W. Marshall, Tim Dyke, Byron Kerr, 2009) Freemarket (Jared Sorensen, Luke Crane, 2009) Apocalypse World (D. Vincent Baker, 2010) Microscope (Ben Robbins, 2011) Time & Temp (Epidiah Ravachol, 2012) Fate Core (Leonard Balsera, Brian Engard, Jeremy Keller, Ryan Macklin, Mike Olson, 2013) The Clay that Woke (Paul Czege, 2014)

    Party

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2015 53:13


    In which we discuss playing to your audience, delicious and piping hot rules in only three microwave minutes, hack Shakespeare, alternate universe Firefly, and a surprise finish. Games mentioned in this episode: Moldvay D&D (Tom Moldvay, 1981) Once Upon a Time (Richard Lambert, Andrew Rilstone, James Wallis, 1993) The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Michael Cule, Derek Pearcy, James Wallis, 1998) Universalis (Mike Holmes, Ralph Mazza, 2002) Dread (Epidiah Ravachol, Nathaniel Barmore, 2004) Primetime Adventures (Matt Wilson, 2004) Here I Stand (Ed Beach, 2006) Fiasco (Jason Morningstar, 2009) The Play’s the Thing (Mark Diaz Truman, 2012) Virgin Queen (Ed Beach, 2012) Cuba Libre (Volko Ruhnke & Jeff Grossman, 2013) Circle of Hands [PDF] (Ron Edwards, 2014) The Clay that Woke (Paul Czege, 2014) Legion of Honor (Richard Kane, Mike Ruttler, 2014)

    Underrated

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2015 58:19


    In which we wax respectful of translators, reference many versions of D&D, and eventually settle the question of underrated game once and for all. Games mentioned in this episode: En Garde! (Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, 1975) The Adventures of Indiana Jones (John Byrne, David “Zeb” Cook, 1984, all copies destroyed.) Gurps 3e (Steve Jackson, 1988) Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Frank Chadwick, 1990, out-of-print.) Dungeons and Dragons (Many, many awesome people, editions discussed are from 2000 and on.) Tenra Bansho Zero (Junichi Inoue, 2000) Deadlands d20 (John Goff, Shane Lacy Hensley, John R. Hopler, 2001) Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002) Call of Cthulhu d20 (Monte Cook, John Tynes, 2002, out-of-print.) Sorcerer (Ron Edwards, 2002) Trollbabe (Ron Edwards, 2002) My Life With Master (Paul Czege, 2003) F.A.T.A.L. (Byron Hall, 2004) Mouse Guard (Luke Crane, David Petersen, 2008) Microscope (Ben Robbins, 2011) Dungeon World (Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel, 2012) Apocalypse World: Dark Ages (Vincent Baker, first look 2014)

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