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Effekt

262 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratings

A fan podcast celebrating (mostly Swedish) RPGs including, but not limited to: Coriolis; Forbidden Lands; Symbaroum; Tales from the Loop; and, Alien.

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Episodes

#RPGaMinute! Part 2

August 28, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.51: Thank you to our new patrons: Syd Razavi (and Michael Li?) 00.04.27: Introducing our guest Co-host Jonathan Pay with a Player in the Hammam special 00.15.51: World of Gaming: One D&D announced; Mask Witches of Forgotten Doggerland; Embracer buys Middle Earth Enterprises  00.41.08: Interview - Patron Jonathan Pay asks Dave and Matthew the #RPGaDay2022 questions (part 2) 01.12.59: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG...

#RPGaMinute!

August 13, 2022 00:01 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.01.43: World of Gaming: Ennies awarded, Congratulations Thirsty Sword lesbians Best Game, Product of the year. Troubleshooters U-boat mystery Silver for best adventure. The One Ring Won GOLD for best interior art. Big FL announcements at GenCon DragonBane is the English version of Drakar och Demoner and there is a 5e version of ToR called Lord of the Rings Roleplaying. 00.10.14: Interview - Patron Jonathan Pay asks Dave and Matthew the #RPGaDay2022 question...

Zine Genies

July 30, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 70.7 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.02: Thank you to our new patron: Robin Coutts 00.03.42: Dave blows (his own trumpet): No seriously, he has a book out! 00.09.19: Cubicle 7's 5e Doctors and Daleks looks quite good actually; L5R is getting a 5e (D&D) version, Adventures in Rokugan, Mörk Borg Box of Terrors KS is . . . a box; patron and friend of the show Millie the GM has a game out; it’s Zine Quest month! 00.30.07: Panel: ZineQuest veterans Craig and Josh school Dave in all things Kicks...

Gabe's Rendezvous with Destiny

July 12, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.07: Thank you to our new patrons: Martin Frändén; David Taylor 00.05.45: World of Gaming: Ennies nominations; Matthew plays Bladerunner; Dave reads Into the Odd 00.35.13: Interview: Gabe Garcia talks War Stories: pre-order and UK/EU orders 01.19.19: Next time, talking covid, and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our ...

Dave's Rendezvous with Destiny

June 27, 2022 07:13 - 1 hour - 66 MB

00.00.40: Introduction and thank you to our patrons 00.01.41: World of Gaming: UKGE betters Origins for attendance; War Stories pre-order and UK/EU orders 00.05.01: Interview: little known writer Dave, errr, Semark? talks Rendezvous with Destiny 00.39.52: Interview: Josh Parry talks Lord of Chains for Mörk Borg 01.05.57: Next time, talking covid, and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free L...

(Not) Far from the Madding Crowd

June 16, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.09.54: World of Gaming (eventually): Twilight 2000 and Colonial Marines Operations Manual win awards; DIE successfully Kickstarts; people turn out to be bullying gits 00.31.29: Dave's UKGE report 00.56.16: We talk Tales of the Old West  01.05.22: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (...

Exploring the Ruins

May 28, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.30: Welcome to our new patron: "Frida M. Hannertz (good luck pronouncing that lads)" 00.07.29: World of Gaming: Bladerunner RPG did well; Batman is kickstarting; Dave is at UKGE 00.30.00: We discuss running The One Ring... 00.48.18: ... and The Ruins of Symbaroum 01.07.33: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? ...

Licensed to thrill?

May 08, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.11.40: Welcome to our new patron: Hulot 00.12.25: World of Gaming: War Stories delayed; Dave has some news; Jim McCarthy is running a Free League-arama in the Autumn; Bladerunner RPG is Kickstarting  00.43.40: We talk about licences.  00.50.59: Interview: Dave Scott of Evil Genius - a YouTube History of D20 modern, the kickstarter  01.39.00: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used...

An offer you can’t refuse

April 23, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 84.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.40: Welcome to our new patrons: Christofer Andersson; Matthieu Gras 00.08.10: World of Gaming: Tove Gilbring died this week; Marvel Multiverse RPG playtest released; always planned (never added later)announcement of itch.io Superhero GameJam; Ruins: of the Lost Realm; and of Symbaroum, Cohors Cthulhu; Spelljammer and Dragonlance announced, and Wizards buying D&D Beyond. We speak un petit petit peu french on francophone podcast 00.47.35: Matthew raves abo...

Turn Relationships into Birr, Birr into Relationships...

April 09, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 82.5 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.07.13: World of Gaming: Death In Space; Fearsome Wilderness; Terminator Alpha; UKGE; War Stories preorder 00.32.36: Interview: Andi Licht talks about her Between Clouds kickstarter 01.13.08: Guest speaker Daniel Williamson of RPG Logic podcast discusses Money in the Third Horizon 01.27.00: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Li...

Something about the Shire

March 25, 2022 16:09 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.25: Thank you to our new Patron, Peter Taylor 00.04.37: World of Gaming: Foundry/DTRPG link up; DREAD Dredd; Hellboy pdfs arriving - metacurrency agogo; The One Ring in stores  00.28.54: Review: The One Ring Starter Set 00.50.58: Alien: The Colony 01.01.51: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand o...

New Horizon

March 12, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 66.5 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.05: Thank you to our new Patron, Nicholas Butta 00.07.42: World of Gaming: Alien - Colony War, novel and RPG adventure; Cornish Vaesen 00.13.35: Interview: Josh Parry, creator of Cornish Vaesen 00.44.20: SPOILER WARNING Where do we go after The Last Cyclade? 01.10.12: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put ...

Don't Fear the Reaper

February 28, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 71 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.55: World of Gaming: Doctors and Daleks; UKGE 00.20.58: Interview: Free League's Anna Westerling, League of Free Agents 00.47.23: SPOILER WARNING Don't fear the end of the Last Cyclade 01.16.12: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere) Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affili...

Critical Fail?

February 13, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 76.7 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.28: World of Gaming: Everyday Heroes; second favourite RPG podcast in Sweden; What is the difference between NFTs and Cthulhu? 00.24.42: Interview: "WhoDo" Craig on #ZiMo and Signal to Noise 00.59.21: Critical successes and critical failures  01.22.06: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on you...

You Gotta Have Faith

February 01, 2022 08:11 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.28: World of Gaming: Heart of Darkness teased; Xenodragon; Dark Souls 5e; Ork Borg; Play what's you've got challenge (tell us what games you are going to play for the first time this year); One Ring 2e arriving 00.35.27: Faith the the Third Horizon - first thoughts on a different push mechanic for Coriolis 01.15.22: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission o...

For one night only, Johan Nohr

January 15, 2022 10:57 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

00.00.40: Intro and welcome to Johan 00.02.06: A message from Dave 00.02.51: Thank you to our new patrons: Will Adams & Fredric Weilöv 00.04.08: World of Gaming: Cybermetal 2012 on Gamefound; Hell Night on Kickstarter (just seven days to go); qvke borg on Itch; Oath and Fort boardgames; Mörk Borg bundle of holding; The One Ring landing on doorsteps and "eleventy-gate" 00.30.39: 2022 - predictions for the future: Has Kickstarter peaked? The rise of other crowdsource platforms; Digit...

Concepts & Philosophies, Who Needs Em?

January 02, 2022 00:01 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.29: Thank you to our new patrons: Will Adams & Fredric Weilöv 00.08.31: World of Gaming: War Stories; Vaesen Britain and Ireland alpha drops; Dark Souls RPG sparks introspection from Dave 00.25.32: 2021 - A review of the year 00.46.45: Games Design: Concepts and Philosophies 01.05.22: Competition update! Win Twilight 2000! Just write a review of our podcast on the directory or review site of your choice and point us to it for a chance to win. Tell us v...

Stick to your principles

December 17, 2021 23:36 - 1 hour - 57.8 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.23: Thank you to our new patron: Doctor Weather (Aaron) 00.05.35: World of Gaming: Asmodee bought by Swedish digital games company behind THX Nordic; Free League Nexus announced; last chance to back Vaesen Britain and Ireland 00.21.10: Feedback - Community Content Masterclass: an email from Marcus Bone. 00.41.45: Competition time! Win Twilight 2000! Just write a review of our podcast on the directory or review site of your choice and post us to it for a...

Community Content Masterclass

December 11, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 88.8 MB

00.00.00: A special announcement: vote for your favourite podcast (and us) here. 00.01.07: Introduction 00.07.17: Thank you to our new patron: Doctor Weather (Aaron) 00.08.08: World of Gaming: Dragonmeet; Salvage Union (with interview at 00.19.20)  Vaesen - Mythic Britain and Ireland and Seasons of Mystery 00.38.58: Feature - Community Content Masterclass. Check out: The Jonstown Compendium Index; The Dregs and Cups of Clearwine, and artist Kris Herbert. Of course check out our stu...

Matthew's problem with prep

November 24, 2021 17:35 - 1 hour - 78.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.30: Thank you to our new patrons: Jerry Jenkins; Russ Barratt: and Marcus Bone 00.08.05: World of Gaming: Vaesen - Mythic Britain and Ireland and Seasons of Mystery; Dragonmeet 00.24.14: Workshop wonders: Salamanx Surveyor; Coriolis Reloaded - Combat Overhaul; and Cold War Goes Hot 00.54.29: Feature - The Problem with Prep - GM prep for Forbidden Lands (the older piece on adventure site creation is here) 01.23.33: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brou...

Feeling Fulfilled

November 06, 2021 12:01 - 1 hour - 85.1 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.54: World of Gaming - Paizo's Pathfinder Nexus - ttrpg going digital?; Troubleshooters (in UK) and T2000 arriving; its the 40th anniversary of Call of Cthulhu; our weekend away.  00.38.34: Feature - Interview with GamesQuest CEO, Nigel Matthews 01.28.52: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on y...

Not Live from Essen Spiel '21

October 24, 2021 09:21 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.56: World of Gaming - Unionizing at Paizo, with a diversion into the price of RPGs and the end of Degenisis; my FreeRPG day haul; Tales from the Loop boardgame on the way; Twilight 2000 and Putrescence Regnant fulfilling now; Dave on Band of Badgers; TOR starter set expected in January; Kalymba Kickstarter; War Stories version 0.5 playtest version coming out to those on the Facebook playtest group. 00.48.11: Feature - Matthew's postcard from Essen, feat...

The Wise Words of Chairman Dave

October 09, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.15: Thank you to our new patron: Dystopia Matt 00.04.45: World of Gaming - Dystopia Matt's Fearsome Wilderness coming to Year Zero; Free RPG Day; Aegean kickstarter; Black Rose Manor from Three Eyed Goat, The One Ring PDFs delivered. 00.37.59: Feature - What Dave has learned about game design 01.04.39: Essen and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publ...

You know what a turtle is? Same thing

September 25, 2021 09:31 - 1 hour - 75.9 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.10: Thank you to our new patrons, Marty Jopson, Peter Djerv, and Mattias Lodmalm 00.04.20: Michael Bruce writes in about Alien RPG's Three World Empire 00.13.05: World of Gaming: SLA Industries and other Ennie Winners; Asmodee for sale; Into the Odd; War Stories: Matthew has a job at the Games Shop 00.42.57: Blade Runner RPG, we interview Tomas Haremstram 01.19.34: Last minute news about D&D 5th ed Rokugan and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Ficti...

The Music of the Spheres

September 11, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 83.7 MB

00.00.40: Introduction. Arggghh! An interloper! 00.06.16: World of Gaming: Dee Sanction Adventures; Drakar Och Demoner; Into the Odd; Avatar delays? 00.33.52: Composer in the Hamam: Andreas Lundström, Soundcloud, Sweden Rolls Patreon  01.27.37: Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere) Buy pdfs via our DriveThru...

Power-gaming is Good for the Soul

August 29, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.08: Thank you to our new Patrons:  Stevan Radojevic and Jason QueerAF 00.05.38: World of Gaming: Steve Perrin; Success for Book and Beasts and Bloodmarch; SLA industries Kickstarter 00.26.06: In Defence of Power-gamers 01.10.49: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (and elsewher...

Blood and Beasts

August 14, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

00.40.00: Introduction 00.07.02: World of Gaming: Flying Buffalo sold; Carbon Grey kickstarting; Avatar legends RPG simply blowing everything else on KS away and ushering in a new age of PbtA; James Bond Spectre boardgames announced. 00.29.59: Erik Granstrom interview: Svavelwinter RPG Quickstart available in English from Free League's website 01.05.23: Back Book and Beasts and Bloodmarch here 01.10.49: Goodbye, and may the Icons bless your adventures Effekt is brought to you by ...

Live (kinda) from UK Games Expo!

August 03, 2021 11:44 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB

00.00.00: Introduction 00.01.08: Setting Off 00.04.09: The press preview - the set up and our staring role on OnTabletop 00.06.22: Friday Breakfast - talking numbers, and Brown Sauce 00.08.14: Saturday set-up, and reviewing Friday sales 00.17.07: Player in the Hamam: Neil Jackson of Paladin Roleplaying, currently kickstarting Starfarer dice 00.30.56: Wash-up on Monday: Destroyer of Worlds and Vaesen win awards, we discuss Sunday, and our comparative lack of swag 00.58.45: World o...

Cold War Goes Hot

July 18, 2021 15:45 - 1 hour - 65.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.45: Thank you to our latest patron Scott Spieker 00.04.18: World of Gaming: whats going on at Cubicle7? (with bonus(?) discussion and about the merits and otherwise of YouTuber The Critical Drinker); Is The Trove shut down?; The Sight (by friend and Patron Andy Brick) is out for The Dee Sanction; Rogue Trooper supplement, Tour of Nu-Earth 1 by patron, Ben Rogers published for the Judge Dread game. Vaesen and the Dee Sanction up for UKGE awards and they ...

Animal Magic

July 03, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 55.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.24: World of Gaming: the TSR dumpster fire; Alberator and Project Cassandra; UK Games Expo; War Stories  00.38.44: Genlab Alpha 00.57.40: Next episode (James Langham!) and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere) Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link Leave a review on iTunes o...

Are you experienced? Take 2

June 21, 2021 09:20 - 1 hour - 86.3 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.00: World of Gaming: Twilight 2000; one of James Langham's T2K videos; Wyrd Science KS; The Siren; UK Games Expo; and more of our stuff including the Coriolis Planetarium 00.26.47: Breaking in - getting published. We mention Frank Graff's excellent work.  00.45.45: Alien XP for campaigns: Matthew's take 00.52.01: Alien XP for campaigns: Dave's take 00.55.32: Alien XP for campaigns: Discussion 01.32.41: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to ...

Back to the Workshop

June 06, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.01.50: Thank you and welcome to our new patrons: Jim McCarthy and Nicholas, plus an impromptu conversation about Alien Campaigns 00.12.04: World of Gaming: Marvel's Multiverse RPG 00.21.03: Wolf and Raven 00.33.27: Playing with Goblins 00.44.23: The Hyenas of Odacon, wherein we also mention The Siren and the Coriolis Planetarium 00.52.44: Mythic Japan: Ukiyo-e 01.03.04: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Mus...

Back To Where It All Began

May 24, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 64.4 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.05.22: Thank you and welcome to our new patrons: Steve Knot And John (L?)Junggren 00.08.54: World of Gaming: Project: Cassandra; Dune; Twilight 2000; Broken Compass; Into the Motherlands; Awfully Cheerful Engine;  00.31.17: The Silver City - a Zone for Mutant Year Zero 00.55.36: In development: what he have been doing for Vaesen, Firelock, ToTOW and Coriolis 01.08.36: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music i...

The New Seekers

April 25, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.48: Thank you and welcome to our new patrons: Mohamed El Dakak, William Paine and Dean Morrisey 00.07.05: World of Gaming: Free League are Kickstarter champions; Changed Stars KS coming soon; Dune PDF; Twilight2000 Beta; our merch!  00.25.20: Tales of the Old West update 00.20.59: Skills in Alien RPG campaigns 00.48.26: Next episode and Goodbye 00.51.23: SPOILER WARNING! WE return to talk about the Circle of Seekers. Effekt is brought to you by Fictio...

The Ruin of Symbaroum?

April 10, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 75.1 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.21: Welcome to our new patrons: Pierre Gravelat; Paul Venner; Carl Landsberg; and Philip Greeley  00.03.55: Competition congratulations to our competition winner  00.10.08: World of Gaming: The Community Atlas is out for Coriolis; Edgeland - Year Zero Engine Cyberpunk 00.20.41: Interview with Mattias Johnson Haake about Alberetor – The Haunted Waste and The Ruins of Symbaroum 5E 01.18.04: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsui...

The Swedish Style

March 28, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 90 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.01.50: A tribute to Yaphet Kotto 00.03.58: Competition update  00.05.26: World of Gaming: Alien fourth in ICV2 survey; Solomn Vale Kickstarter; first Feng Shui subscription product out, preorders for Alberetor – The Haunted Waste 00.22.25: What's coming in two weeks and goodbye from Dave (he's leaving the show)* 00.25.04: The Swedish Style - a panel discussion with Anders Blixt, Magnus Seter, and Shannon Appelcline  *he is not leaving the show Effekt is ...

Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it

March 14, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 108 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.08: Thank you to our new patron: Peter Jenson 00.04.27: A bit of self-promotion - Planetarium: Miran Chain; thanks to everyone who bought the Coriolis Calendar and Summer in December; Alien the Colony; "That's why I am the best GM" teeshirts etc at RedBubble store.  00.14.58: World of Gaming: Coyote and Crow; Pixel Dice; Terminator RPG; Achtung Cthulhu 2d20; Temples and Tombs KS 00.37.21: Hacking the Engine for History: Dave's manifesto 00.48.56: Hacki...

Kicking off the OGL explosion

February 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.51: Thank you to our new patrons: Karl Unde; Rowland A Gault; Arne Sahlberg; Liam Beeton; and "Beskar" Tom Cantwell 00.07.08: A reminder of our competition Choose any Free League game in English Write an adventure for it in English in 1500 words or less (about two sides of US letter paper) Send it to our email by Monday 15th March You retain all the intellectual rights to your work The prize is a £50 (or local equivalent) voucher for Drive Thru RPG ...

Avast there landlubbers! Pirates on the port bow!

February 14, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 99.4 MB

To celebrate our 150th episode (by some ways of counting) we launch a competition to write a whole adventure in 1500 words, and talk to Alex Aguila, who has already done it, about his life in gaming and Year Zero Engine plans 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.36: Thank you to our new patrons: Wil Logsdon and Aaron Silverman 00.05.19: World of Gaming: ZineQuest; The One Ring KS, Xanadu - Nibiru Expansion; Traveller Mercenary set;  Alien Colonial Marine Operations Manual delay; Alien Dea...

A light from the shadows shall spring

January 23, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 106 MB

Woah! We get an exciting scoop about when the Kickstarter for the new edition of The One Ring is going to be announced, plus how its different from the first edition, and how Free League was one of the few companies that didn't make an approach when Cubicle 7 dropped the game, and how they eventually played a blinder to tackle it away from a third company! Hear too about the creative hub of game designers in Venice. 00.00.40: Introduction 00.05.51: Thank you to our new patrons: Not...

I am fortune’s fool

January 01, 2021 00:01 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB

00.00.40: Introduction and thank you to our new patron, John Salquist 00.05.52: We review 2020, and hand out a prestigious No-Trophy for various arbitrary awards like "on-line tool do the year," "best game" and " 00.55.44: Pushing rolls in Verona Beach 01.20.56: We look forward to 2021 01.32.40: Goodbye and end credits . Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? P...

Secrets of the Void be with You, My Friend

December 14, 2020 00:01 - 2 hours - 118 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.34: Thank you to our new Patrons: panicked sheep, Andy Gibbs and errr one other... maybe? 00.06.33: World of Gaming: W.I.L.D, Opera House, Dune and Twilight: 2000 Alpha 00.35.16: The Nomads: Redux 00.55.07: Writer in the Hamam: Rickard Antroia Interview 01.31.30: Goodbye and end credits 01.32.49: Spoilers in the Hamam: Rickard "Spoiler" Antroia talks about what us GMs do after the *spoiler* events of Mercy II, the Last Cyclade . Effekt is brought to y...

You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here

November 21, 2020 17:32 - 1 hour - 93.6 MB

00.00.37: Introduction 00.04.42: Thank you to our new Patrons: Alexander Karnowski, Frontinus of Boraelia, Tony Semark, and Craig Duffy 00.10.18: World of Gaming: The Dee Sanction (final hours as this feed goes live), a digression into Tales of the Old West, W.I.L.D, Terminator, Dragonmeet and the FL December plans, Dieselshot Alien panel 00.43.12: Players in the Hamam: Moa Frithiofsson and Adam Palmquist talk about the forthcoming Frozen Inferno 01.19.31: Rank and Chains of Comma...

A Fireside Chat

November 04, 2020 17:38 - 1 hour - 88.2 MB

Recorded at our 00.00.37: Introduction 00.03.47: World of Gaming: Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds Alien (did you notice our "subtle" edits?); Role; Putrescence Regnant  00.15.57: Thank you to our Patrons: Ben and Frank 00.18.28: Players in the Hamam: Frank Graeff talks about translating The Truth About Station 18; Djachroum and the Rimward Reach and Light Flower Dark Leaf. 00.49.54: Forbidden Lands - a simple system for battles 01.16.35: Playing and running our Western game, Tales of t...

A Gaggle of GMs

October 10, 2020 11:56 - 1 hour - 125 MB

00.00.37: Introduction 00.04.06: Thank you to our Patrons: Bruce Laing, Michael, AW Baader, and returning patron Thomas Powell 00.06.38: World of Gaming: The Labyrinth; Conekt; Feng Shui 2 subscription; Essen Spiel; Summer in December; Twilight 2000 news;  00.25.56: GMs in the Hamam: Niclas and Thomas join us to talk about running games at conventions, check out Thomas' FLW adventures. 01.07.00: Alien - Battleship Potemkin  01.27.40: Ice Cold Inferno and goodbye . Effekt is broug...

Kantai Kessen

September 21, 2020 00:01 - 1 hour - 66.1 MB

00.00.37: Introduction 00.02.50: Thank you to our Patrons, David Thompson and Lasse Borly 00.04.44: Find our Actual Play recordings on effektap 00.08.50: World of Gaming: Free League Showcase and Conekt 00.14.20: Workshop Wonders: Shakespeare's Monkeys and Superhero Zero 00.25.18: Havaleh - Money Transfer in the Third Horizon 00.38.55: Tales of the Old West 00.50.57: Alien - HMS Yamato 01.09.22: Next time and goodbye . Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music ...

Navigating Game Lore (our UKGE 2020 seminar)

September 12, 2020 17:41 - 53 minutes - 72.9 MB

As a podcast that started talking about the Third Horizon in Coriolis, new GMs often ask us “where do I start?”  But Coriolis is the youngest setting in this discussion. Runequest’s Glorantha, by contrast, is over four decades old. So we have brought together experts in four much loved settings, to talk about how to break down any barriers and start having fun. Recorded at UKGE Virtually Expo 2020, the panel is chaired by co-host Matthew and features: B. Dave Walters is a revoluti...

Good luck, you're on your own

August 29, 2020 15:28 - 2 hours - 112 MB

00.00.37: Introduction, and the Ennies 00.04.13: Thank you to our Patrons: Kevin J Feeley, Jason Coleman; Roland Olexsak; Geoffrey; and Saul Morales who, with his wife, has his own Effekt inspired podcast! 00.09.30: World of Gaming: UKGE virtually Expo; People's Choice wins for Alien and Chariot of the Gods; Horror panel; Lore panel; and get your pledges win for these two successful Kickstarters: Servants of Memory; Twilight2000 00.40.27: Interview: Marc Miller talks Twilight T200...

We won, we won, we bloody won!

August 04, 2020 00:01 - 1 hour - 96.8 MB

00.00.40: Introduction, and the Ennies 00.03.23: Thank you to our Patrons: especially Henrik Bengtsson 00.05.07: World of Gaming - Mostly the Ennies, oh! and our "Smiling" Effekt branded facemasks 00.18.36: Player in the Hamam: Millie the GM, Running Tales from the Loop; Creating FLW content and managing UKGE seminars 01.04.17: Tales of the Old West: we discuss version 0.3 of the game we are creating 01.25.16: Alien: The Three World Empire 01.40.46: Next time and goodbye . Effekt...

Trust your enemy to be your enemy, but never trust your neighbour to be your friend

July 12, 2020 00:01 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.09: Thank you to our new Patrons: Thomas Boulton and Hari Seldon  00.04.46: World of Gaming - Vaesen fulfilment and pre-order; Free League showcase; Bitter Reach; GenCon Online; AlbaCon; Klingons 00.26.00: Two more picks from the the Free League Workshop 00.35.09: Alien: The Union of Progressive Peoples 00.48.30: Campaign catch up: Matt asks Dave for feedback on the first adventure in Mercy of the Icons, Wake of the Martyr 01.03.54: The Coriolis Calend...

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