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Rogue Trader, Dark Heresy, Deathwatch, Only War, and Black Crusade - the Fantasy Flight RPGs that put players into the 41st millennium of Warhammer 40k. My guest today, Ross Watson, was a major player in the development of the games, joining FFG after a stint working on the US edition of White Dwarf.We talk about adapting 40k to a roleplaying game format, how FFG worked, and how the games changed Warhammer.Ross Watson interview in conversation with Jordan Sorcery_____________________________ Ross' Links:[Ross Watson Patreon]https://www.patreon.com/therosswatson_____________________________ Support My Work: DOWNLOAD MY FANTASY BATTLE SCENARIO DEAD KING WENCESLAS:https://jordansorcery.itch.io/dead-king-wenceslasELEMENT GAMES AFFILIATE LINK:https://elementgames.co.uk/?d=11216PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/jordansorcery
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The first episode of our Warhammer 40k Only War story sees a group of specialists arrive planet-side to receive orders for a special mission. Starring AaronBlack, Mirggles, Nikatine, Techniq, and Guest GM TheWanderingInn The post The Final Gift – Ep. 1 – Planetfall appeared first on Tablestory.
We discuss the release of Pokemon Go, the craze that is sweeping the nation right now. Then, our heroes face the creature from the depths of the tower. Will they finally escape? Or will they finally turn upon each other? I know what we’re rooting for! Alternate titles: Allrighty | I put my hand up | Are we playing a dumb game? | We’re not going to murder Volst |.. Read More
Even by SBG standards, we get banter heavy. Diesel minute. Larp minute. Everyone wonders where their jackets went. And another rope is made… it goes as ropes tend to go. Alternate titles: It’s not gay if you rolled for it | Everyone have their pants on?
Watch out for spoilers in our semi-regular Game of Thrones minute. Someone dies. Alternate titles: The dreamcast | Someone put cinnamon on top of my dog | 50% of his arms are gone | Dead weight
A burning hallway, viscious transparent flying fish on fire from the inside, and team of pals. An arm is torn off in a fiery blaze, flame and blood drifting in the low grav. Alternate titles: Everyone is sad that the healer is dead | The rise of Super Wine
Andrew and Brittney are joined by their friend, Dylan Eddy, to talk about the 2015 film "Mad Max: Fury Road." THERE IS NO PEACE! ONLY WAR! "Pamgaea" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Our heroes venture into the oily deep, to face unknown terrors. Their strategy, as usual, revolves around trying to tie a decent rope.
John Travolta minute is edited out, and nothing of value is lost. Killing perdy goes… badly. We meet a murderous young gent, George O’Dowd, who now joins the guys center stage. A traitor is revealed to be among the squad. An oily gloom is faced.
A full hour of everybody trying to kill Perdy.
SBG Pokémon edition. The mystery of the poop on the pants is investigated, and elaborated on at length. Can our guardsmen escape, or will they be walled in with the horror? Friction among the squad increases. Alternate titles: Close the door, you’re letting all the warp energy out
We reminisce on days past. Sandwiches dreams of his love, who was definitely called Angelica. An Ork is chainsawed. The horrors of the red corridor crushes their sanity. Alternate titles: Clit damage
SBG catches up on current events… four years ago. And then straight into psychic phenomena! Alternate titles: Thaddeus team Jason | Thaddeus same flag | Left in an ork-ward position | Strenuous Simon
A secret is divulged. A red corridor is found. Poop is discussed. Alternate titles: Biscuit tin boys | The red X is definitely a warning… or a destination! | In for a space penny, in for a space pound
Our heroes enjoy some downtime – more or less. Pooping rolls are failed. Our heroes are given the opportunity to name their squad: The lampshades | Cactusmen | The acockaplease | Cool guys 11 | Radical cactusmen 20 | The shiny lightbulbs | Squad lampshades | Bunting crew | ETA cravers
We enjoy some important new minutes: Game of Thrones spoiler minute (lol), belly button minutePerdicles is stuck inside a mantrap… will the guys save him? Or accidentally shoot him in the head? Alternate titles: Good things come to those who are noble
Volst’s legs are trapped in the maw, while the vine that has gorged on the unwary guardsman is on the move. Meanwhile, has Perdicles finally pushed everyone too far? We muse on Sandwiches wife’s name: Pretty sure it’s Persephone. Alternate titles: Bigoted sergeant leads heroic troops | Worm time | The Emperor favours the nobleman | I’m sure it’s three or more syllables
Tension rises among the squad, as hierarchical differences raise their little head. We are faced with a selection of doors in the mysterious upper emporium… and who is this Rodriguez Stamina character anyway? Marvel as we throw some sand down a corridor, and end up in a jungle terror! Alternate titles: Don’t worry, I would have shot you
TW: Explicit sexual content Trapped inside the mysterious black box… how will they get back? The only way they know how. Outrageously.But more importantly, tune in for the scintillating backstory of Muscles Biscuit, the man who we’re here for. Alternate titles: That’s the worst one yet | Just trying to find a way to kill Purdie | We should probably conserve our urine| Definitely un-erect | I’m not that bothered.. Read More
Will they make it into the tower? Plasticite shatters, a screech fills the air, sand explodes into the air… Thaddeus officially introduces us to this seasons crew:Perdicles Morrisious Spencer the Third: Noble assholeBartley Trotter: Teaching everyone how to BartleyEloric: The man who knows what’s whatSandwiches Johnston: Just wants to get back to the love of his life… what was her name again? Magdalene?Muscles Biscuit: Last, but definitely not least
The guys try dig their way into the mysterious black tower while the ork attack intensifies. They also eat some stew. Alternate titles: We’ll try get it back on track next week
Everyone mucks around for ages sorting out carrying weight, while the DM nurses his hangover. Loved ones are remembered – and forgotten. Classic SBG ACTION! Alternate titles: They gave me some grenades | I was gonna shoot you guys | Orderly super wine | Angelica Ukelele
Join us for Episode 1 where the Sweet Butt Guys welcome a special guest, get introduced to Only War, create new characters, roll some dice, and, of course, heroically jack it and cry.
Episode 110 - "The Sound of Silence" - We've got a bit of news to talk about this episode with the revelation that Warhammer 40000 is about to have its 9th Edition released, bringing a whole bunch of lore updates, mainly around the Necrons. We talk about what this means for the game and the setting in general. We also take a look at the latest releases from Cubicle 7.
Episode 109 - "Begin Anew" - With the PDF of Wrath and Glory now available from Cubicle 7, we are back to bring you our thoughts on the new release. We go from cover to cover breaking down what has changed, what has happened, and talk about what it all means for the future of the system. Still not our usual show format, we hope that you will enjoy it anyway.
Hoooo boy was this one an editing feat of (adeptus )titanic(us) proportions! As you can probably tell from Kyrie's reference to "the three hour mark" roughly two and a half hours in. Sparing you lots of hemming and hawing, dice rolls, repetition of lists and rules and to be quite honest a lot of 'thinking time' the Dangerously Unprepared crew take you through a real-world character creation for the RPG "Only War" based on Games Workshop's 40k universe.
Episode 108 - "Twelve Plagues of Nurgle" - With everyone around the world current shut inside during the COVID-19 crisis, we decided that the time had come for us to wax lyrical about Warhammer 40k for an hour and a half to give our listeners something to listen to. Not in the normal show format, instead we simply discuss the latest developments on the RPG and 40k in general.
Episode 107 - "A Bit More Orky" - For those of you who didn't get enough Ork action in Episode 100 when we discussed the Ork Boy, we are back with a look at both the Ork Species and the Ork Nob archetype. We also cover off the latest news on Warhammer 40k and give you our review of Apocalypse. Finally we tackle the often asked question of how to build encounters in Wrath and Glory.
Episode 106 - "With Great Power" - For the first time in a long time we welcome a guest to the show in the form of Shane from the Total Party Thrill Podcast. With help from Shane we chat about the Wargear, Influence and Acquisition systems, cover off the Inquisitor archetype, delve in to high level play in Wrath and Glory, and finally chat about the current state of Kill Team.
Episode Three of the "Finding Games", a podcast by the people behind Needy Cat Games which showcases talented individuals from the tabletop industry and finds out how they ended up doing such a weird job. In Episode Three, Sophie catches up with our old friend Nathan Dowdell, who's been writing roleplaying games professionally for the best part of a decade. He cut his teeth on Warhammer 40,000 roleplaying games like Black Crusade and Only War, before working for Modiphius on Mutant Chronicles Third Edition. He must have done something right as he's now the lead developer for their 2d20 system, where his work has included the award-winning Star Trek Adventures. Finding Games is supported by the Needy Cat Games Patreon backers - sign up at www.patreon.com/needycatgames! Follow Nathan on twitter: @N01H3r3 Follow Us: Website: www.needycatgames.com Twitter: @needycatgames Facebook: Needy Cat Games Music from filmmusic.io: "Happy Boy End Theme" by Kevin MacLeod "The Show Must Be Go" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Lobby Time" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Episode 105 - "Rhana Dandra" - There is big news this month with the revelation that the Wrath and Glory licence has been moved to Cubicle 7. We cover this change, but we also bring you a regular show as well. As promised we are tackling the Eldar in Wrath and Glory with a look at the species in general, the Corsair archetype and another discussion on role playing the xenos mindset. In line with our discussion on the Aeldari, we also review the recent Ynnari mini-codex from White Dwarf.
Episode 104 - "Primaris Perspective" - We are opening up the vaults of Belisarius Cawl as we bring you an episode discussing all things Primaris. We cover the rules for building space marine characters, and then take a deep dive in to the Primaris Intercessor archetype. In fitting with this we review Shadow Spear, which brings some new rules and lore to Primaris Marines, and finally we discuss the key considerations when planning an all space marine campaign for Wrath and Glory.
Episode 103 - "Unforgiving" - Welcome to our latest show where we are delving in to the ruinous powers. We start by covering the rules for corruption, mutation, and madness, and then we move on to a discussion on the Heretek archetype. We have a guest join us for our review, and end off the show with a discussion on how Wrath and Glory characters would be ported in to the 40k tabletop rules.
Episode 102 - "Theatre of the Mind" - We are back for 2019 and in our latest show we are taking a look at Psykers and the Psychic Powers system in Wrath and Glory. In line with this we cover the Sanctioned Psyker archetype, before reviewing Dark Tides, and ending off with a quick discussion on the best way to describe your characters and NPCs to the rest of the group.
Episode 101 - "Into the Void" - In our latest show we're back to analysing the various systems of Wrath and Glory, and this time around we take a look at the rules for Voidships. We also talk about the Rogue Trader archetype, review Warhammer Quest Blackstone Fortress, and we end of with a discussion on the considerations of running sandbox style games.
Episode 100 - "Da Undred Show" - Get ready to Waaaagh with James and Mike as we bring you our centenary show right at the conclusion of Orktober. With a hundred shows now under our belt we welcome back some of our favourite guests including Ross Watson and Tim Huckelbery for a bit of a retrospective on what got us to this point. We also celebrate the season with a deeper look at the Ork Boy archetype and finally share some messages from fans of the games and our show.
Episode 99 - "Cards and Tables" - We finally return to our original format with all regular sections of the show now back. We start with a look at the various card decks of Wrath and Glory, before moving on to a look at the Ganger archetype. We then give you our review of Kill-Team, and finally we end off by talking about the importance of the session 0 in your Wrath and Glory campaign.
Episode 98 - "GenCon Special 4" - In our latest episode, we bring you all of the news from GenCon 2018 including the official launch of Wrath and Glory. We discuss the Ulisses North America panel, talk about the rules for character creation, and review the Wrath and Glory Core Book itself. Finally we return to our career series with an in-depth look at the Skitarius archetype.
Episode 97 - "A New Threat" - With the release of Wrath and Glory just around the corner, we can finally start to talk about the system and the setting itself. Along with covering the latest news, we also take a deep dive in to the Threatening Task mechanic of the new game. We also review Blessings Unheralded, and we invite you to help us resolve an issue in our own gaming group.
Episode 96 - "Origins Special" - We bring you a special episode fresh from the Warhammer Weekend and the Origins Games Fair. In this episode we have not one but three interview guests as we break down all of the latest news on Wrath and Glory as the game sees its first public release with the Free RPG Day module Blessings Unheralded.
Episode 95 - "Preorders Are Go" - In our latest episode we cover the biggest news about Wrath and Glory to date - the announcement about the preorder date and what products will be available in each bundle. There's also a ton of news about Warhammer and general, and we use this episode to discuss all of it.
Episode 94 - "They Toll for Thee" - We've been on a bit of a hiatus due to both of us traveling, but we are finally back to give you the latest info on the upcoming Wrath and Glory RPG. Today's episode includes looking at the latest two developer diaries as well as a quick discussion on the recently streamed game session from Bell of Lost Souls - the Box of Sorrow.
Episode 93 - "Imperium Sanctis" - Once again we take a look at the latest news on Wrath and Glory starting with the latest designer diary and a bunch of important dates from Ulisses North America. We then sit down and chat again with lead developer Ross Watson for a few key reveals about the upcoming game.
Inquisitor Mariel Valance recruits a new warband, tasked with investigating how the secessionists were able to capture a Chaos Space Marine. This campaign continues some of the story found in our Only War campaign, We Got This. GM: Megan Players: Aser, Bran, and Mike D. System: Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy 2e Music by Kevin MacLeod, "Urban Gauntlet." (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ For more information visit The Redacted Files. To help support us, check out our Patreon.
There was a small posting error in the last episode of Severan Dominate. Please redownload that episode and find the previous one posted up this week. Our apologies. The post Correction on Only War appeared first on The Drunk and The Ugly.
Episode 92 - "That Guy" - We have a new Wrath and Glory designer diary to digest that gives us some more information on Tiers and Ascending. We go through all of the latest news regarding the warhammer RPG lines and chat a bit about where the war game is at. Finally we have a little talk about how not to be That Guy in your gaming group.
Episode 91 - "Multiple Personalities" - In this episode we take a look at the latest designer diary from Ulisses North America about Wrath and Glory, including the reveal about Archetypes and the artwork that was shared over the past few weeks. We also take some time to answer a listener question about players using multiple PCs to balance an unbalanced group.
Episode 90 - "Pool of Tiers" - It's our final show of 2017, and we've got a bit of Wrath and Glory news to talk about. With two info drops since our last episode, we take the opportunity this episode to discuss the dice pool system of Wrath and Glory, as well as take a look at the mechanics of Tiers of play.
Au programme de ce numéro 16 :NewsCritique : Étranges Époques 1&2 (Appel de Cthulhu) (45mn)Critique : On Mighty Thews (1h03mn50)Dossier : Retour d'expérience sur Warhammer 3 (1h27mn50)Les liens de ce numéro : Le kickstarter de la version anglaise des Ombres d'Esteren, celui de Tabletop Forge, les logiciels naturalreaders et soundplant.Le supplément gratuit Abattoir pour Patient 13, disponible sur le site de Yno.Les infos sur la Bibliothèque interdite ont été trouvées ici.Le premier scénario de la campagne “Achtung Cthulhu!” est disponible ici. La version Beta de “Only War” est ici. La page du site de John Wick parlant de Cold&Dark. Le blog d'Angus Mc Nicholl parlant de Fading Suns. Et enfin, celui que vous attendez tous : le kickstarter de World of Synnibar.
Au programme de ce numéro 16 :NewsCritique : Étranges Époques 1&2 (Appel de Cthulhu) (45mn)Critique : On Mighty Thews (1h03mn50)Dossier : Retour d'expérience sur Warhammer 3 (1h27mn50)Les liens de ce numéro : Le kickstarter de la version anglaise des Ombres d'Esteren, celui de Tabletop Forge, les logiciels naturalreaders et soundplant.Le supplément gratuit Abattoir pour Patient 13, disponible sur le site de Yno.Les infos sur la Bibliothèque interdite ont été trouvées ici.Le premier scénario de la campagne « Achtung Cthulhu! » est disponible ici. La version Beta de « Only War » est ici. La page du site de John Wick parlant de Cold&Dark. Le blog d'Angus Mc Nicholl parlant de Fading Suns. Et enfin, celui que vous attendez tous : le kickstarter de World of Synnibar.