Guests – Afterthought 26
We had all these people in the house for some Actual Play stuff, so we figured “why not just keep them sitting around, ply them with pizza, and turn this […]
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Synnibarr 3rd Edition – System Mastery 63
We stop by the realms of Raven “Combat Spanking” McCracken once more to see if there’s still the fires of mad genius behind his eyes. Will we find more incredible […]
Alternate History – Afterthought 25
We take a little time to discuss our own favorite alternate histories, like what might have happened if the Kennedy assassination didn’t, and so on. We also answer a great […]
Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex – System Mastery 62
It’s become apparent over time that there are a few archetypes of bad games. You’ve got Vision of a Madman, as seen in Synnibarr or Skyrealms of Jorune. Fun-Hating Deathslog, […]
Peevish – Afterthought 24
In this episode we discuss our pet peeves in game design. Yes, I know that’s the theme of the whole podcast. We were just being more specific this time. Tell […]
Ralph Bakshi’s Wizards – System Mastery 61
Someone must have really liked our review of the movie, because the demand for this was pretty high. Today we present Wizards: the RPG. The game that finally tells us […]
Randomized – Afterthought 23
Please find enclosed one discussion regarding random elements in games. Can there be too much randomization? Where’s the balancing point and how to find it? Could we perhaps abandon that […]
Gamma World – System Mastery 60
Today we’re thrilled to bring you a game where you can play as a swarm of tiny yetis hanging around with a robot hawk and have an amazing, basically balanced […]
Positive Vibes – Afterthought 22
Tell me boy, what day was this recorded? Why, ’twas Christmas Day! And then it was released the Tuesday following, thus ruining any Christmas magic it may have contained! This […]
Immortal: The Invisible War Pt. 2 – System Mastery 59
We discussed the rules, now let’s talk about the fluff in the second episode of Immortal: The Invisible War. Just what is a Darkle, and what Femmes it? And shouldn’t […]
Terms and Conditions – Afterthought 21
After cramming our tiny mortal meat brains with the craziness of Immortal, we needed to discuss the concept of setting a game apart by the playful act of renaming every […]
Immortal: The Invisible War Pt. 1 – System Mastery 58
It’s been a while since we’ve hit such a rich, dense vein of crazy that we had to slow the pace down and take two episodes to really tease out […]
Ripoff vs. Reference – Afterthought 20
Where’s the line between a good old fashioned ripoff and a well-crafted homage? At what point does imitation cease to be flattery? Also what would we name our kids if […]
Legacy: War of Ages – System Mastery 57
You ever get the urge to take the Highlander movies and William Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy and just artlessly mush them together like Playdough? This book does exactly that, and then […]
The Longest Nard – Afterthought 19
We try to marathon every question anyone sent us all week (spoiler alert, I just found another one this morning), as well as recommend a new game a listener made […]
Panty Explosion – System Mastery 56
Man, just look at that title. How terrifying is this going to be? Well, we don’t want to spoil anything, so here’s Panty Explosion, a game that is verifiably about […]
The One Shot Podcast – Afterthought 18
We talk about the value of one shot games and short campaigns in this episode, so it was hard to think of a better name. It’s cool, certainly no one […]
The World of Tales from the Crypt – System Mastery 55
After recording two episodes about this book, I’m just out of death-related puns. Sorry about that. But hey, there’s a bunch in the episode if that’s what you were hoping […]
With Special Guest David Schirduan – Afterthought 17
Another interview? What’s the deal, it’s like we’re getting respectable over here or something. Hang on… faaaaaaaart. Nope, we’re still good. This time we sit down with game designer David […]
Aberrant D20 – System Mastery 54
Let’s discuss the early aughts and their explosion of rapid-release D20 adaptations of older games! Here’s a White Wolf one that turns everything about superheroes in every way into a […]
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