Teaching Games: Apocalypse Keys
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English - September 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBArts Leisure Games rpg roleplaying storytelling interview game design Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The first episode in a series of special episodes meant to teach some of my favourite indie RPGs. Listen in to hear Rae Nedjadi, designer of Apocalypse Keys, teach you how to play his game.
In Apocalypse Keys, you play OMEN-class monsters working for an organisation named DIVISION tasked with holding back the apocalypse. Inspired by Hellboy and BPRD, the players struggle to find Keys before the villainous Harbingers unlock the Doors of Power and bring doom on the world.
You can learn more on the Evil Hat website or on the itch page.
Transcript of the entire episode can be found here.
Timestamps:
[00:05:36] Part One - Introduction
[00:12:46] Part Two - Character Creation: Name, Origins, Prophecy
[00:24:19] Part Three - Darkness Tokens, Powers of Darkness, What the Darkness Demands
[00:35:28] Part Four - Basic Moves, Conditions
[01:00:00] Part Five - Ruin, Ruin Moves, Bonds, End of Session
[01:13:53] Part Six - Building out DIVISION, Running A Mystery