Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2021, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2022.
Timecodes:
01:51 - Rich's Gaming Highlights
16:28 - Rach's Gaming Highlights
25:56 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2021
34:23 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2021
42:11 - Rich and Rach's 2022 Gamer Resolutions
Rach and Rich bring on Misha B of Black Girl Gameworks and podcaster and game designer Brandon Leon Gambetta to talk about ways to get the best out of a game of Masks A New Generation. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love.
Timecodes:
0:12:36 - Masks for players - Favorite Playbooks
0:21:54 - Some Great Basic Moves
0:29:09 - Masks thoughts for GMs
0:41:22 - Challenges to Consider when running Masks
Masks A New Generation can be found on Magpie's website here: https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks
Find cool Masks playbooks on itch here: https://itch.io/physical-games/tag-masks
The Masks fan Discord can be found here: https://discord.gg/Up8MBUe8
Misha: https://twitter.com/BGGameWorks
Brandon: https://twitter.com/bleongambetta
Rach and Rich bring on Miciah Dodge to talk about his pulp adventure game Thrilling Adventures!
Timecodes:
0:02:24 - Read a Sitch about Playing in The Groove together
0:11:06 - Open Your Brain to Thrilling Adventures!
0:20:47 - Act Under Fire with Curtis and Plussy in the bayou seeking the Jade Bat
Check out Miciah's Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/miciahdodge/thrilling-adventures-tabletop-role-playing-game
Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Forged in the Dark (FitD) games.
Timecodes:
0:05:49 - What aspects of FitD most surprised us
0:13:56 - Which aspects we found underwhelming
0:21:26 - Advice we offer for first time FitD players
0:33:08 - Thoughts on PbtA and FitD connections
0:35:04 - Our Highs
0:40:37 - Our Lows
0:45:30 - Final Thoughts on FitD and PbtA
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This seventh episode features Erik Bernhardt.
Timecodes:
00:04:14 - Setting Position and Effect - Long-term play and campaign building for Forged in the Dark games
00:10:55 - Progress Clock on Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants
00:25:59 - The Score - Rich and Rach construct a Fae Patron
Find more Brinkwood info at brinkwood.net
Or, you can pre-order Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants here: https://brinkwood.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This sixth episode features Jason Eley
Timecodes:
00:01:28 - Setting Position and Effect - Using Setting Elements in FitD games
00:08:43 - Progress Clock on Copperhead County
00:19:08 - The Score - Rich and Rach
You can find Copperhead County here: https://guitartown.itch.io/copperhead
Other FitD games with cool settings mentioned by Jason:
Band of Blades, Rebel Crown, Nocturne, Hello World
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fifth episode features Austin Ramsay, creator of Beam Saber.
Timecodes:
00:01:31 - Setting Position and Effect - the split between missions and downtime in FitD
00:08:22 - Progress Clock on Beam Saber
00:20:42 - The Score - Rich and Rach play mech pilots!
You can find Beam Saber here:
https://austin-ramsay.itch.io/beamsaber
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fourth episode features Ben Nielson, creator of Wicked Ones, from Bandit Camp.
Timecodes:
00:01:23 - Setting Position and Effect - making Devil's Bargains
00:11:32 - Progress Clock on Wicked Ones
00:20:40 - The Score - Rich and Rach populate a dungeon level and send some adventurers through
You can purchase Wicked Ones here (affiliate link): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/338480/Wicked-Ones-Deluxe-Edition?affiliate_id=78493
Bandit Camp can be located here: https://banditcamp.io/
Rach and Rich bring back Brendan Conway of Magpie Games to talk about Avatar Legends: the RPG, out on Kickstarter now!
Timecodes:
0:03:01 - Read a Sitch about Action and Intent
0:11:51 - Open Your Brain to Avatar Legends: the RPG
0:26:27 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Won against the Dai Li!
Find the Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This third episode features Justin Ford, creator of Moth-Light and host of the Hacked in the Dark podcast
Timecodes:
00:01:55 - Setting Position and Effect - using flashbacks
00:10:05 - Progress Clock on Moth-Light
00:20:13 - The Score - Theta and Plus One try to liberate a solar core
You can find Moth-Light here: https://moth-lands.itch.io/moth-light
Hacked in the Dark podcast can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1249355
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This second episode features John Leboeuf-Little and Stras Acimovic, creators of the Scum & Villainy RPG.
Timecodes:
00:02:32 - Setting Position and Effect - covering the discussion of the fiction in FitD games, and also the non-finality of moves
00:15:51 - Progress Clock on Scum & Villainy
00:27:37 - The Score - a Scum & Villainy chase sequence
You can find Scum & Villainy at Evil Hat's store: https://www.evilhat.com/home/scum-and-villainy/
Stras is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/strasa
John is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/worldnamer
Their official website is here: https://offguardgames.com/
Rach and Rich kick off their second Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This first episode features John Harper, creator of Blades in the Dark, the first FitD game.
(we even renamed the segments!)
Timecodes:
00:01:05 - Setting Position and Effect
00:09:08 - Progress Clock
00:24:00 - The Score
You can follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_harper
Purchase games like Blades in the Dark and Agon on Evil Hat's site here: https://www.evilhat.com/home/category/our-productions/
John's older games can be found here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/
Rach brings on Freddie Taylor-Bell to talk about their game about a community of wayward animals in search of a new home - Briar & Bramble
Timecodes:
0:01:16 - Read a Sitch about the ease of transition from player to designer with PbtA games
0:06:28 - Open Your Brain to Briar and Bramble
0:15:00 - Act Under Fire with Rach as Clair the raccoon!
Find the Briar and Bramble on Itch here:
https://drunkwizard.itch.io/briar
Rach talks with Heather and Aura, the design team behind Extreme Meatpunks Forever.
Timecodes:
0:01:10 - Read a Sitch about MC tools in a PbtA game
0:06:32 - Open Your Brain to Extreme Meatpunks Forever
0:16:30 - Act Under Fire with Amber and Crow
Find out everything about Extreme Meatpunks Forever the RPG here:
http://meatpunksrpg.com/
Rach and Rich bring on Shawn Tomkin to talk about his new game Ironsworn: Starforged, which is on Kickstarter until May 26, 2021
Timecodes:
0:01:37 - Read a Sitch about oracle-based play
0:14:43 - Open Your Brain to Ironsworn: Starforged
0:24:10 - Act Under Fire with Rich and Rach as they explore a waypoint
Find the Ironsworn: Starforged kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawntomkin/ironsworn-starforged
Rach and Rich bring on Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games to talk about his shonen anime-styled Steampunk RPG Shibuyan Knights.
Timecodes:
0:01:26 - Read a Sitch about character keepers
0:11:42 - Open Your Brain to Shibuyan Knights
0:17:53 - Act Under Fire with Ramen and Yuzu!
Ashy Feet Games: https://ashyfeet.com/
The Gauntlet's Play Aids Folder: http://tiny.cc/TheGauntletPlayAidsFolder
Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love.
Timecodes:
0:05:29 - Apocalypse World for players
0:05:51 - Our Favorite Playbooks
0:11:29 - Some Great Basic Moves
0:21:13 - Apocalypse World for the MCs
0:30:11 - Challenges to Consider
0:37:18 - War Stories (from games we've played)
You can find Madjay Brown's show here: https://www.diceology.com/
Madjay's Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/madjayzero
You can find Mark Diaz Truman's work here: https://magpiegames.com/
Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)!
Timecodes:
0:10:33 - Poll Your Table
0:15:31 - First Session Stuff
0:20:26 - Building Consensus
0:23:17 - Ongoing Games
0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup
The IGRC blog:
https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/
Paul's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts
Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March.
Timecodes:
0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful
0:13:04 - Open Your Brain to Stonetop
0:22:47 - Act Under Fire with Sheriff Pleswyn and Anywyn the Would-Be Hero
The Stonetop Kickstarter can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735046512/stonetop
Rach and Rich bring on Epidiah Ravocol to talk about his game Wolfspell.
Timecodes:
0:01:42 - Read a Sitch about how PbtA can help play over the internet!
0:08:29 - Open Your Brain to Wolfspell
0:19:39 - Act Under Fire with two newbie wolves
Eppy's website where you can find Wolfspell and other wonders: https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/
Rich interviews Alexi Sergeant of Cloven Pines Games about his new Zinequest Kickstarter for Back Again from the Broken Land.
Timecodes:
0:01:22 - Read a Sitch about How Best to Ask Questions and Build on the Answers in PbtA games
0:08:16 - Open Your Brain to Back Again From the Broken Land
0:15:22 - Act Under Fire with 'Lil Plussy
Check out the Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clovenpinegames/back-again-from-the-broken-landzinequest
Rach and Rich interview Jess and Alex of Wannabe Games about their game Moonpunk.
Timecodes:
0:02:46 - Read a Sitch about using PbtA in the classroom
0:07:11 - Open Your Brain to Moonpunk
0:19:51 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Prof. Hazel
Purchase Moonpunk on DriveThru RPG (aff):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/308781/MoonPunk?affiliate_id=78493
GCOG info link here:
https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-community-open-gaming.html
Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2020, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2021.
Timecodes:
01:41 - Rich's Gaming Highlights
10:17 - Rach's Gaming Highlights
28:13 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2020
38:55 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2020
45:36 - Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions
Rich interviews Paul Stefko of Nothing Ventured Games about Iron Edda.
Timecodes:
0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about converting other RPG settings to PbtA
0:12:37 - Open Your Brain to Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone
0:21:55 - Act Under Fire with the Berzerker Plussy!
Purchase Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone on DriveThru RPG (aff):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152277/Iron-Edda-World-of-Metal-and-Bone?affiliate_id=78493
You can support Paul and see lots more of his games on his Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/PaulStefko