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+1 Forward

160 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 50 ratings

+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.

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Final Episode - Lessons Learned in 2022

December 31, 2022 18:23 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

It's a super-sized episode as Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2022, and we bring the podcast to a close. Timecodes: 0:01:23 - Read a Sitch about 2022 gaming highlights 0:35:14 - Open Your Brain to our stray thoughts about PbtA games and play 0:52:08 - Act Under Fire - our closing thoughts You can find Rach on Mastodon (it's a social media site - google it!) She's @[email protected] You can find Rich on Mastodon, too. He's @orklord@...

Sneak Preview: The Darkened Threshold

November 01, 2022 04:00 - 40 minutes - 40.6 MB

The Darkened Threshold is a new podcast from The Gauntlet, coming in 2023! This is a sneak preview of the first episode; the show will launch with its own feed in late December. In the meantime, join us on The Gauntlet Discord server to discuss all things Brindlewood Bay & The Between.

Summer Series Firebrands - What We Have Learned

October 26, 2022 03:58 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB

​Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Firebrands games.  Timecodes: 0:00:53 - Our First Impressions of Firebrands 0:05:58 - Which Firebrands games did we try out? 0:08:27 - What aspects of Firebrands most surprised us 0:14:11 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:23:49 - Advice we offer for first time Firebrands players 0:28:57 - Our Highs 0:34:00 - Our Lows 0:37:20 - Final Thoughts on Firebrands and PbtA  

Apocalypse Keys

October 10, 2022 13:32 - 53 minutes - 46.8 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Rae Nedjadi to talk about their game Apocalypse Keys, which is crowd-funding on Kickstarter until October 11, 2022 Timecodes: 0:02:40 - Read a Sitch about The Promise of a Move 0:11:56 - Open Your Brain to Apocalypse Keys 0:22:09 - Act Under Fire Check out Apocalypse Keys on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/apocalypse-keys Find Rae's website here: https://www.swordqueengames.com/

Summer Series Firebrands - Once More Into the Void

September 26, 2022 11:36 - 36 minutes - 33 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This seventh episode of the series features Rae Nadjadi, creator of ​Once More into the Void. Timecodes: 00:01:30- Setting Up 00:07:53 - The Challenge 00:18:46 - Playing the Games Find Once More into the Void here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Jagash/once-more-into-the-void

Summer Series Firebrands - Superstars: Racing Icons

September 15, 2022 04:04 - 39 minutes - 32.5 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This sixth episode of the series features Tristan and Pete, creators of ​Superstars: Racing Icons. Timecodes: 00:03:52- Setting Up 00:12:27 - The Challenge 00:22:39 - Playing the Games Find Superstars: Racing Icons here: https://feelingfickle.itch.io/superstars-racing-icons Follow Tristan on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/feelingfickle Follow Pete on Twitter here: ...

Summer Series Firebrands - Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies

August 30, 2022 12:55 - 49 minutes - 42.8 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fifth episode of the series features Andrea of Plotbunny Games, creator of ​Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies. Timecodes: 00:06:02- Setting Up 00:17:33 - The Challenge 00:26:09 - Playing the Games You can find Andrea's itch store here: https://catcurious.itch.io/ She tweets here: https://twitter.com/this_curiouscat Plotbunny Games website (in Germa...

Ryne

August 16, 2022 02:17 - 50 minutes - 45 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Adam and Thryn of Furtive Shambles to talk about their game Ryne, which is funding on Indie Go Go until August 21 Timecodes: 0:01:45 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Actual Play 0:16:11 - Open Your Brain to Ryne 0:28:57 - Act Under Fire in a land of ice seeking something hidden away Check out Ryne on Indie Go Go: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ryne You can find Furtive Shambles here: http://furtiveshambles.com/

Summer Series Firebrands - Thy Words Inspire, Thespians

August 02, 2022 00:32 - 35 minutes - 30.8 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fourth episode of the series features Cole, creator of ​Thy Words Inspire, Thespians. Timecodes: 00:02:14- Setting Up 00:08:09 - The Challenge 00:15:22 - Playing the Games You can find Cole's games here: https://magicole.itch.io/ They tweet here: https://twitter.com/TheMostMagiCole Cole's Twitch stream group can be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/rollplusbond

Summer Series Firebrands - A Complicated Profession

July 22, 2022 02:40 - 35 minutes - 34.2 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This third episode of the series features Jason Price of AlwaysCheckers, creator of ​A Complicated Profession. Timecodes: 00:02:31 - Setting Up 00:07:06 - The Challenge 00:20:20 - Playing the Game BOTH A Complicated Profession and the +1 Forward podcast are nominated for ENnie awards. Public voting for the winners of our respective categories (and many others) is live at...

Plus 1 Forward 2022 ENnie Episode

July 15, 2022 14:56 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB

Rach and Rich hop on the mics to celebrate and maybe educate you on the ENnie awards. We've been nominated for 2022's Best Podcast category! This is a primer on what our show is about and the pair of hosts who make it happen. Timecodes: 00:01:21 - What's a Plus One Forward? 00:02:54 - Who are your hosts? 00:06:12 - What do we talk about in this show? 00:07:17 - What's a summer series? 00:07:49 - A list of some ENnie-nominated games we've featured in previous episodes (links below) ...

Summer Series Firebrands - Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern

July 04, 2022 22:42 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This second episode features Takuma Okada, creator of ​Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern. Timecodes: 00:01:21 - Setting Up 00:07:48 - The Challenge 00:14:30 - Playing the Game You can find their games here: https://noroadhome.itch.io/

Summer Series Firebrands- Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands

June 21, 2022 03:34 - 47 minutes - 38.6 MB

Rach and Rich kick off their third Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This first episode features Meguey and Vincent Baker, creators of ​Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, the first Firebrands game. (we even renamed the segments!) Timecodes: 00:02:03 - Setting Up 00:13:14 - The Challenge 00:31:06 - Playing the Games You can find their games here: https://lumpley.games/ Meguey's "talking to people" writing was found here: https://twit...

AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over (1 of 3)

June 15, 2022 03:28 - 1 hour - 68.6 MB

Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW! It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and after each session of play, we'll have a post-play discussion together. Tune in for opening scenes and our first post-play discussion Time Codes: 00:03:47 - Character Intros 00:08:11 - Starting Move with Druben Ki 00:12:19 - Kyrie's Opening Scene 00:2...

AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

May 26, 2022 00:36 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MB

Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW!  It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and after each session of play, we'll have a post-play discussion together. Tune in for the character introduction and Hx to kick things off. Time Codes: 00:04:41 - Rach's character bio 00:06:05 - Cody's character bio 00:06:55 - Greg's character bio 00:...

Scalability

May 11, 2022 03:43 - 52 minutes - 43 MB

Rach and Rich bring back Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club to talk about scalability in PbtA games. Timecodes: 0:04:32 - What's a Forever Game? 0:07:34 - Paul talks about Fellowship 0:29:27 - End Game in Improvements 0:30:09 - Improvements Never Taken 0:32:12 - Monsterhearts Season Changes 0:33:09 - Urban Shadows Scaling 0:34:01 - The MC has no stats! 0:34:38 - But there are So Many Moves 0:38:17 - Paul discusses non-advancement incentives 0:43:27 - Recs for PbtA game...

Brindlewood Bay Kickstarter Special

April 22, 2022 01:26 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

Jonah Knight from Roll to Meddle talks to Jason Cordova about Brindlewood Bay, coming to Kickstarter April 26th! Follow the Kickstarter campaign here.

Burning Hearts Forever

April 19, 2022 00:07 - 27 minutes - 21.2 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Eva Terra to talk about their game Burning Hearts Forever. Timecodes: 0:02:14 - Read a Sitch about cool Moves! 0:07:16 - Open Your Brain to Burning Hearts Forever 0:14:11 - Act Under Fire with a final battle against the Tyrant! Check out Burning Hearts Forever on Eva's itch store: https://worstgirleva.itch.io/ You can find Eva on Twitter: @WorstGirlEva  

The Real Thing RPG

April 07, 2022 04:32 - 32 minutes - 28.7 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Jason Peercy and Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops to talk about their simple and gritty RPG officially based on the music of Faith No More. Timecodes: 0:01:47 - Read a Sitch about Using Music in Game Sessions 0:11:18 - Open Your Brain to The Real Thing 0:19:27 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Curtis in a very bad room Check out the Kickstarter for The Real Thing here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jasonward/the-real-thing-rpg You can find Accidental...

Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition

March 22, 2022 03:49 - 42 minutes - 30.5 MB

Karen Twelves joins Rach and Rich to talk about her book currently on Gamefound - Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition! Timecodes: 0:01:51 - Read a Sitch about Relationships in PbtA 0:09:14 - Open Your Brain to Improv for Gamers 0:22:58 - Act Under Fire with some Improv games! Gamefound Info: Gamefound preview page: https://tinyurl.com/IfG2ndEd (give it a follow for some freebies!) When it goes live on April 5, the campaign link will be https://gamefound.com/projects/evil-hat/improv-f...

Friendship, Effort, Victory

March 11, 2022 01:50 - 39 minutes - 35.3 MB

Rich and Rach bring on Kamala Kara of Far Horizons Co-Op to talk about their shonen battle manga tabletop roleplaying game. Timecodes: 0:01:20 - Read a Sitch about Telling Stories during Combat Scenes 0:05:51 - Open Your Brain to Friendship, Effort, Victory 0:18:35 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Curtis in the championship match You can follow Kamara on Twitter @KamalaKaraA1 You can find FEV on the Far Horizon's itch page here: https://far-horizons-co-op.itch.io/fev

Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour

February 24, 2022 04:43 - 35 minutes - 33.2 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Dusty De Leon of HellaBigWorks games to talk about their RPG about Small Town Heroics and Big Time Adventures. Timecodes: 0:02:23 - Read a Sitch about Love Letters and Set Pieces 0:06:26 - Open Your Brain to Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour 0:15:16 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Lamar You can find more of Dusty's stuff on their itch page: https://hellabigworks.itch.io/ Find Tendencies on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/TendenciesG

Great American Witch

January 31, 2022 03:36 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Christopher Grey to talk about his modern gothic RPG Great American Witch. Timecodes: 0:02:02 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Failure 0:08:25 - Open Your Brain to Great American Witch 0:19:33 - Act Under Fire with the witches Chantell and Plussy going clubbing You can find more of Christopher's stuff here: https://christopher.world/

Lessons Learned in 2021 and Rich and Rach's 2022 Gamer Resolutions

December 31, 2021 05:46 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MB

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

Take an Advance... on Masks A New Generation

December 27, 2021 02:51 - 54 minutes - 49.2 MB

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://magp...

Thrilling Adventures!

November 23, 2021 04:22 - 42 minutes - 41.2 MB

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

Armour Astir Advent

November 07, 2021 16:22 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MB

Rach and Rich bring on Briar Sovereign to talk about their game about mecha and magic. Timecodes: 0:01:09 - Read a Sitch about using play-by-post to bridge live game sessions! 0:10:00 - Open Your Brain to Armour Astir Advent 0:16:01 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Chantel as they take on some mechs Briar's Twitter: https://twitter.com/weregazelle Briar's Itch store: https://weregazelle.itch.io/

Summer Series FitD- What We Have Learned

October 18, 2021 22:56 - 48 minutes - 41.9 MB

​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

Summer Series FitD- Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants

October 05, 2021 00:39 - 38 minutes - 31.4 MB

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 Brink...

Summer Series FitD- Copperhead County

September 21, 2021 02:52 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MB

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 B...

Summer Series FitD- Beam Saber

August 31, 2021 04:08 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MB

​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

Summer Series FitD- Wicked Ones

August 19, 2021 04:09 - 47 minutes - 33.9 MB

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://...

Avatar Legends

August 05, 2021 11:46 - 55 minutes - 49.3 MB

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

Summer Series FitD- Moth-Light

July 27, 2021 11:36 - 41 minutes - 38.7 MB

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 H...

Summer Series FitD- Scum & Villainy

July 13, 2021 03:36 - 50 minutes - 45.8 MB

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 f...

Summer Series FitD- Blades in the Dark

June 30, 2021 02:04 - 49 minutes - 44.8 MB

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 ...

Briar & Bramble

June 18, 2021 04:23 - 41 minutes - 35.5 MB

​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

Extreme Meatpunks Forever

June 01, 2021 03:39 - 40 minutes - 51.7 MB

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/

Ironsworn: Starforged

May 17, 2021 11:52 - 42 minutes - 36.8 MB

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

Shibuyan Knights

May 03, 2021 02:15 - 37 minutes - 33.8 MB

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

Take an Advance... on Apocalypse World

April 11, 2021 23:28 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

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:...

Starting a New PbtA Game

March 29, 2021 03:32 - 31 minutes - 26.3 MB

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

Stonetop

March 18, 2021 03:53 - 47 minutes - 44.7 MB

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

Wolfspell

February 25, 2021 04:06 - 41 minutes - 39.2 MB

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/

Back Again from the Broken Land

February 09, 2021 04:23 - 32 minutes - 28.1 MB

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

Moonpunk

January 20, 2021 03:07 - 44 minutes - 34.6 MB

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

Lessons Learned in 2020 and Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions

January 01, 2021 05:26 - 54 minutes - 48 MB

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

Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone

December 21, 2020 05:50 - 37 minutes - 33.4 MB

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 gam...

Trophy Preorder Special

December 03, 2020 22:09 - 36 minutes - 42.3 MB

Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex.  More links: To keep the discussion going, join us on the Trophy Discord server!  Check out The Trophy Podcast!

Season of Dreams

December 02, 2020 05:10 - 32 minutes - 36.8 MB

Rich interviews returning guest Blake Ryan about his new Kickstarter Season of Dreams. Timecodes: 0:01:30 - Read a Sitch about checking in with your table to help keep it healthy 0:08:25  - Open Your Brain to Season of Dreams 0:16:55  - Act Under Fire with Pine the Tree Spirit Check out the Season of Dreams on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1199830675/season-of-dreams-roleplaying-game

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