Rach and Rich introduce Movie Night, a new series where we pair a movie and a PbtA RPG and talk about how you can watch the movie and improve your experience with the game. Our first pairing is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Masks: A New Generation.
Time Codes
4:42 - a spoiler-free summary of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
8:33 - a spoilerific summary of Masks: A New Generation
11:28 - SPOILER WARNING and a look at Playbooks in the movie
19:54 - a few of our favorite scenes from Spider-Verse as they might play in a Masks session
* Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is in theaters as of this show's publication, go see it!
* You can purchase the Awesome Masks bundle here (affiliate link):
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/261677/Masks-A-New-Generation-BUNDLE?affiliate_id=78493
Rich and Rach discuss Apocalypse Engine Games and defined settings. Most PbtA games don't have them. Why is that? Is that a feature or a bug?
Timecodes:
05:52 - Do Apocalypse Engine games need settings?
13:35 - Discussing some PbtA games with strong settings baked in
30:14 - Challenges with MCing defined settings and how to deal with them
Links
Our website
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Rach comes back from Metatopia 2018 with five stellar interviews with designers of PbtA games in alpha playtest.
Timecodes:
04:56 - Taylor with Descent into Midnight
10:24 - Stentor with Get Ready to Rock
15:52 - Iris with Dream of the Empress
22:23 - Sam with Passing
27:07 - Hamish with Codename Mindblock
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
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Timecodes:
03:07 - Read a Sitch about solo gaming!
12:58 - Open Your Brain to Ironsworn
31:20 - Act Under Fire... as Plussy tries to protect Gauntlet Village
Links
Purchase Ironsworn
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/238369/Ironsworn
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
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Rach speaks with Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games!
Timecodes
1:01 - Read a Sitch - MCing Hard Moves
6:21 - Open Your Brain to Thousand Arrows
15:24 - Act Under Fire with Hojo Ochiki
Thousand Arrows Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/galileogames/thousand-arrows-a-samurai-action-and-drama-ttrpg?ref=discovery&term=thousand%20arrows
Rich welcomes Mike Espinoza to discuss Nahual
01:51 - Read a Sitch playtesting miniseries games
08:37 - Open your Brain to Nahual
17:13 - Act Under Fire with Massuno the Perro
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
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Rach welcomes Jonathan Lavallee to the show!
01:16 - Read a Sitch... on collaborative play and shared GMing
11:23 - Open Your Brain... to We Used to be Friends, the ashcan version
24:27 - Act Under Fire... with Rach and Jonathan playing a scene of We Used to be Friends
Links
We Used to be Friends
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/241912/We-Used-to-be-Friends-Ashcan-Edition?affiliate_id=78493
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
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The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We’re raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova discussing the history and development of the zine, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of The Gauntlet community. It’s a fantastic conversation. Enjoy!
Timecodes:
02:10 - Read a Sitch
07:33 - Open Your Brain
22:32 - Act Under Fire
Another episode where Rach and Rich answer questions from listeners about playing PbtA games
Time Codes:
1:06 - From James Mullen: if the Moves I've picked from a playbook turn out to be sub-optimal for where the story is going, what should I do? Stick with them, ask the MC if I can select new Moves or ask the MC to shift the story so that I can use the Moves I've picked?
8:22 - From David LaFreniere: How should players best facilitate their characters interacting in a hostile way? Follow up, how can the MC help facilitate or, if the game situation/system seems appropriate, encourage players to have their characters engage in hostile ways?
18:20 - From Marc-Alexandre Dube - What materials could the player use to easily organize the information about the character. PbtA abstracts a lot of things, but most moves from most playbooks are a case of "specific over general". Which mean (you'd need to) memorize all the chosen playbook moves on top of the general moves (and the special moves).
27:41 - Marshall Miller asked several questions!
28:03 - What are the best PbtA games for kids?
30:07 - Which are the best PbtA games for PbF?
33:10 - What's the best PbtA game for 1 player + 1 MC?
39:41 - What's the best PbtA game for a large group (e.g. 8+)?
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
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Timecodes:
2:55 - Read a Sitch
16:50 - Open Your Brain
30:22 - Act Under Fire
Links
Zombie World Kickstarter
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Guest:
Jen of Slugfest Games @halcycat on Twitter
Timecodes:
1:33 - What are Custom Moves?
29:22 - Act Under Fire - Making a Custom Move exercise
Links:
The Story Games "Custom Moves make the game" thread:
http://story-games.com/forums/discussion/13109/apocalypse-world-custom-moves-make-the-game/p1
Some of Jen's awesome Monsterhearts Custom Moves:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kjVqgHQaQb4Ulieqv1KvMD6tdYzz_9jS8-pix44XPTE/edit
Candy Bar Visit Custom Move:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FeaYjJ6TjkB8D4RYG4vVLGmPvtV-QVJHDWlvuR8OMEQ/edit?usp=sharing
Timecodes
2:21 - Read a Sitch
9:33 - Open your Brain
16:24 - Act Under Fire
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Timecodes
1:53 - What are Moves?
4:50 - Move Triggers
5:17 - Trigger 1: Failed PC Moves
7:38 - Trigger 2: The Players' Expectant Look
15:40 - Trigger 3: The Golden Opportunity
19:00 - Choosing Moves from your Big List
25:22 - MC Moves and Planning Ahead
29:03 - Move Stockpiling?
31:40 - What to Do When You Can't Figure out What Move to Use?
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Timecodes
1:40 - Read a Sitch
6:55 - Open Your Brain
16:35 - Act Under Fire
Links
Dream Askew // Dream Apart KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyalder/dream-askew-dream-apart
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Time Codes
02:13 - Read a Sitch (coming back to the table after a hiatus)
12:51 - Open your Brain to SCUP
27:48 - Act Under Fire (Plussy the Voice)
Link to the game:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/239692/The-Sword-The-Crown-and-The-Unspeakable-Power?affiliate_id=78493
Timecodes
00:00:52 - Death Knights
00:09:38 - Atitlan Riders
00:21:17 - Bullets in the Mountains
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
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Agenda and Principles from existing games
04:49 - The Ward
09:38 - The Fellowship
17:46 - Dream Askew
21:15 - Impulse Drive
24:28 - Monster of the Week
Plus One Forward's "Universal" Agenda
26:33 - Introduction
27:57 - Agenda One
28:22 - Agenda Two
30:45 - Agenda Three
31:29 - Plus One Forward's "Universal" Principles
32:03 - Principle One
32:26 - Principle Two
33:26 - Principle Three
34:25 - Principle Four
36:08 - Principle Five
37:54 - Principle Six
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Timecodes
00:00:29 - Overview of discussion
00:04:12 - Common advancements
00:23:07 - Switching playbooks
00:30:25 - Creating a second player character
00:38:52 - Playing safe vs playing risky
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Timecodes:
02:06 - Read a Sitch
10:52 - Open Your Brain
23:17 - Act Under Fire
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Timecodes:
01:53 - Read a Sitch
09:51 - Open Your Brain
23:48 - Act Under Fire
Links for Patrick and Daniel:
Twitter and Instagram: dundaswestgames
Facebook: facebook.com/dundaswestgames
Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat: danielhkwan
Blog: danielhkwan.com
Email: patrick@dundaswest.com
Twitter and Instagram: kenan_patrick
Grab a copy of the preview of the game at PWYW:
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233160/Ross-Rifles-Preview-Edition?affiliate_id=78493 (
Rach talks with Elsa S. Henry about Dead Scare!
Timecodes
00:57 - Read a Sitch - Accessibility for tabletop RPGs
08:02 - Open your Brain - Dead Scare
21:08 - Act Under Fire - Neighborhood Creation for Dead Scare
Buy Dead Scare: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/205214/Dead-Scare?affiliate_id=78493
Rich welcomes Rory MacLeod to discuss his new game, Infinite Galaxies!
Timecodes
2:17 - Read a Sitch - One-shot / Con GMing thoughts
7:49 - Open Your Brain - Infinite Galaxies
18:44 - Act Under Fire - Plusbot 9000 on the ice planet of Zoth!
Links
Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/197523193/infinite-galaxies-core-rules
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG
Time Codes
Question One: What sets being a player in PBTA apart from being a player in another system? Submitted by David LaFrenierre (01:51)
Question Two: What strategies and practices do you employ as a player in a PBTA game to set the other characters up for success? Submitted by Matthew Doughty (10:24)
Question Three: What should I be doing during other players scenes? Submitted by Rob Diebold (21:14)
Question four: How do you best engage Hx/Strings/Bonds/interPC mechanics? Submitted by Mischa Krilov (28:19)
Rach speaks with Melissa Lewis-Gentry, Jason Pitre, and Phil Vecchione about their in-development games!
Timecodes
Robot Cities (00:44)
Circles of Power (07:57)
Hydro Hackers (18:39)
Links
Our website
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
Our Patreon
patreon.com/gauntlet
Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG