Category Archives: Podcasts

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Interview with Meg Baker of Night Sky Games

In this episode, Todd and Timo have a nice little chat with Meg Baker of Night Sky Games about all sorts of stuff including her gaming history, her games Psi*Run and 1001 Nights, how her understanding of education and having kids affects her understanding of games, and designing with certain experiences in mind. Meg has [...]

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Actual Play: The Mountain Witch, Session 2

Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Todd This is our second session of The Mountain Witch. We begin with a review of the last session, then go right into the game as our four ronin continue to climb Mt. Fuji to confront The Mountain Witch, each for their own reason, their dark fates slowly being drawn [...]

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Bonus Episode: Gamer Terminology From Forge Midwest!

Hosts: Clyde, David, Paul/Kevin, Timo, Todd What’s that? You want to hear more? Well this conversation between David and Paul from The Podge Cast and Clyde from Theory From the Closet, The Yellow Menace, and just generally the interwebs, was recorded at Forge Midwest. Put it in your earholes and enjoy!

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Episode 130: Forge Midwest Recap

Hosts: Joe, Megan, Todd We went to The Forge Midwest and played a bunch of games. We discuss them. Important stuff for you to think about: RPG Podcast Survey! Click and take! Jank on Demand! May 19! Come and have fun! Glitter Guild Benefit Show! May 26! Come and have fun, again! Main topic (11:22): [...]

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Actual Play: The Mountain Witch, Session 1

Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Todd We do character creation and play the first of three sessions of Tim Kleinert’s seminal game “The Mountain Witch.” Character creation starts right away and the actual play begins at about 1 hour in. Enjoy!

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Interview: Geek Girls Burlesque from Gorilla Tango Theatre!

We were at Forge Midwest this last weekend (more on that next week) so we didn’t record a regular episode, but we’ve got something even better for you: Megan does an interview with the ladies of Geek Girls Burlesque from Gorilla Tango Theatre, including Ms. Pixy, Stella Cheeks, Sadie Hotkins, Marie Curiosity, and Hot Tawdry! [...]

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Bonus AP: In a Wicked Age Part II (With Forge Midwest Plug)

Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Todd Took me almost a month to get it up because I’ve been busy with work, but here’s our final session of In a Wicked Age! We begin with a quick plug for Forge Midwest from Willow Palecek. Then, at 2:00 we have character creation. The game itself starts at [...]

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AP: In a Wicked Age, Part I

Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Todd The bad news is that there’s no episode this week because Megan and Todd were at Walking Eye Con. The good news is that we have part I of II of our AP of In a Wicked Age (IaWA, to those in the know) for you. Enjoy!

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Episode 127: Emergent Play

On the cast we talk a lot about how detail about the characters, the world or the theme come out during play, what is called emergence. We take this episode to talk directly about that aspect of gaming.

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Bonus AP: Psi*Run

Players: Joe, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd This is a bonus one-shot we did of Meg Baker’s sweet new game Psi*Run. The game starts right away after a short intro by Todd, then we play for about 2 hours and end with a review/discussion of the game that starts at 2:07:35. The game is about amnesiacs [...]

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