Latest Year zero Podcast Episodes
Critical Thinking
Effekt - April 16, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWhich is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you! - 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.28: Old West News 00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The Laundry 2nd Edition; Lex Arcana - Rome the Eternal City kickstarter ending soon; Savage World of Solomon Kane from Mon...
Lost in the Dark
Effekt - April 01, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons 00.06.15: Old West News 00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of Dust and Neon; Our Brilliant Ruin 00.43.25: Book Club - Coriolis: The Great Dark 01.47.12: Next time and Goodbye Ef...
The Pantheon of the Icons
Effekt - March 18, 2024 00:01 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.18: Old West News 00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arriving; Dragonbane monster standees!; Chaosium’s design challenge 00.31.40: Coriolis - The Pantheon of the Icons includi...
Into The Great dark
Effekt - March 04, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview with our great friend Millie the Gm, who is running her own online play through of Mercy of the Icons on YouTube and our Ca...
We interview Nils and Kosta about Coriolis: The Great Dark
Effekt - February 25, 2024 16:05 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen it on YouTube it might be old news for you loyal listeners by then. So instead we are going to have a reaction panel feat...
Cyberpulp
Effekt - February 19, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare's 24 hr gaming marathon fro charity; Star Trek Adventures: The Federation Klingon War; Dune: Fall of the Imperium has D...
Per Ardua Ad Astra
Effekt - February 05, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planned - Dave’s writing workshop, Effekt's Free League quiz and Free League's National Dragonbane Championships! 0032.40: R...
Still Walking
Effekt - January 22, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg 00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow of the Weird Wizard (with a diversion into Dave's Dune writing); kill engn mechs for Cy-borg ; 00.19.16: Interview ...
Review of the Year
Effekt - January 08, 2024 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion 00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall Games in Terminator AI battle; Cyan Starlight KS; 5e Ruins of Symbaroum books; Role VTT loses its heart; is the Golde...
Bonus show: Designing Tales of the Old West - part 2
Effekt - December 24, 2023 21:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsHappy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show. People enjoyed the peek into our deign process that we released a mont...
How Deep Can We Go?
Effekt - December 11, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.00: Thank you to our new patron: Jeppe Mulich 00.05.12: World of Gaming - Electric State on Kickstarter; Matt Colville's Monster Fighting game MCDM RPG; R Talsorian's multi dimensional game Shadow Scar; Doug gets a staring fooled in Outgunned, Dave is guest...
We should have brought some fire
Effekt - November 27, 2023 12:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsSorry, chapter markers wrong in this episode, use these timing instead 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.13: Thank you to our new patron: Andrew Rackley 00.05.12: World of Gaming - Four Borg! Even simpler than Mork Borg, New Free League website with proactive advice for starting to play; o...
Building Worlds
Effekt - November 12, 2023 20:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsNot only are some people building worlds with the hardcopy of the latest Alien supplement that has arrived on at least a few doorstep, but we speak to a woman who had a brilliant idea for building your game's world (better) with magnetic modular terrain. Plus loads of news from Free Lea...
Bonus show: The early days of game design - Tales of the Old West
Effekt - November 05, 2023 12:36 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe are sorry we missed our usual episode last week. Our intention had been to record an episode during MCM Comic Con London, but we ended up working too hard to make too few sales to do anything other than eat and sleep of an evening. Normal service will be resumed next weekend, and wil...
Patriarchy schmatriarchy!
Effekt - October 16, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions - You're Dead to Me 00.09.36: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds PDFs are here; new Dragonbane announcements; The Lost Mountain saga coming out for Halloween; Cohors Cthulhu kickstarting; New Edition of BRP out in print; ; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.54.47: A...
Paying the Piper
Effekt - October 02, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions - Put it on a plate 00.03.55: World of Gaming - Evil Genius sue Netflix over Rebel Moon RPG; Mutant Ad Astra finally makes an appearance; NeoClassscal Geek Revival imported into the UK; Household is brilliant; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.39.55: Article - Community ...
A Bridge Too Far?
Effekt - September 18, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.06.01: World of Gaming: Dukk Borg; Pirate Borg; Deathmatch Island on Backerkit 17th October; and Cohors Cthulhu coming to KS 3rd October; D&D part work; the art in They Grow Up So Fast. 00.41.30: Article - Writing Market Garden for War Stories 01.07.18: Upc...
The Gates of Gar
Effekt - September 04, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.47: Thank you to our new patron, Keith Rossellini 00.04.50: World of Gaming: Dreams and Machines pre-order; Free League will be demoing Zone Wars at Essen; Assassin’s Creed RPG announced; Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter almost done; Moria Kickstarter...
The Bane of Dungeons and Dragons
Effekt - August 23, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.06.50: World of Gaming: Modern Vaesen is out; Slaughterville re-thought and relaunched; Coriolis, Wake of the Icons finally in stores; Eat the Riech! Kickstarter 00.29.06: Interview - Andreas Lundstrom talks about Windheim and the Horn of Dawn, 01.15.12: Goo...
The Devil of Slaughterville
Effekt - August 08, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.04: World of Gaming: It’s Gen Con as we record; Ennie Results full list of nominees and winners; Diana Jones award won by Coyote and Crow; Free League announce a Moria campaign for both Ring games; Badgequest, girl-guide/scouts game on Kickstarter; friend o...
The Case of the Disappearing Slenderman
Effekt - July 23, 2023 09:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.50: World of Gaming: Pendragon starter set out in the UK; Pendragon fiction coming from my mate Chris November; Cubicle 7 coming out with a second edition of the Laundry Files; Gary’s Appendix kickstarts a third issue with some more words from renowned OSR ...
What Dave Doesn't Know About Writing...
Effekt - July 10, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introductions 00.06.17: World of Gaming: Ennie Nominations (our names in lights!); Cohors Cthulhu free Quickstart out; Modiphious sending out Dreams and Machines pendants to streamers (the creator doc Dave mentioned is here); Chaosium are about to crowdfund a Call of Cthulhu a...
Alien MU/TH/UR
Effekt - June 27, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe talk to Fiona Howat, MU/TH/UR of the Alien competition at UK Games Expo, and learn her shocking dark secret! 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.34: World of Gaming - Pirate Borg on pre-order, and coming to retail on International Talk Like a Pirate Day; Renegade Game Studios put their fo...
Our sixth birthday spectacular, recorded live and uncensored at UK Games Expo with special guest star Johan Nohr
Effekt - June 10, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratings00.00.40: Introduction 00.06.11: Thank you to our new Patron: David Morrison, live! 00.15.01: Roving reporter Duffy 0019.23: Reporter Pete talks about Camden Games' Shape Invaders coming to a kickstarter near you, and asks a pertinent question about the pitfalls of creating a new s...
Career Opportunities
Effekt - May 30, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe offer you three new careers for Alien, and get excited about UK Games Expo, 00.00.40: Introduction 00.04.36: Thank you to our new Patron: grey-nimlet 00.08.52: UKGE; Live recording (Sixth birthday spectacular!); 10 tips for better Game design 0020.21: Critical Role's Candela Obscura...
Band of Historians
Effekt - May 16, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIt's a War Stories special with Matthew talking about his experience playing a campaign, and Dave talking about his philosophy when writing that very campaign. Plus lots of news from the World of Gaming 00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.14: Thank you to our new Patrons: Verminlord, Sebastia...
Honey, I'm home!
Effekt - May 02, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsNot one, but three essays! A new Talent of the Episode; Drugs in the Forbidden Lands and GMs don't want you to know this simple Stronghold Hack! 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.50: World of Gaming: Dave's Building Better Worlds on pre-order; Dave spills the beans on Dreams and Machines...
Touching Base
Effekt - April 18, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsWe go DnD crazy! And build bases, and talk Star Trek; Picard 00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.42: Thank you to our new Patrons: Brokenwitch, Ian Stronach, Peter John Newbold (with a sidebar about Picard) 00.13.07: World of Gaming: DandD movie review, Lord of the Rings (5th ed variant) rel...
Don't Tell Me the Odds
Effekt - April 05, 2023 20:03 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this episode Matthew bores Dave rigid talking about the two different dice systems in Year Zero Engine 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.02: Thank you to our new Patrons: Richard Turnbull, Gordon Thomas Jehu and Martin Cookson 00.09.18: World of Gaming: Walking Dead update; both YZE an...
The Dead Are Walking
Effekt - March 21, 2023 00:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsIn this episode we talk to Mattias Jonsson Haake, head honchos the Walking Dead Universe 00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.27: Thank you to our new Patron, Manuel 00.04.36: World of Gaming: We are going to UKGE, Dragonmeet (not) moving? Terminator T2, Tales from the Lone Lands for The One ...
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