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Episode 126: Ensemble Casts
When gamers sit down around a table with a bunch of characters and start playing the game, the stories that come out of it can take a variety of different paths. With this in mind, we delve in to the nature of the ensemble cast, and what it means at the table: what characteristics and aspects come out, how do the character stories develop, and how different games handle different types of inter-PC relationships.
Bonus Interview: Josh Mannon
This is a bonus interview Todd conducted with Josh Mannon: Father, Husband, and Game Designer! Josh runs At the Table Games and has been playing, designing, and hacking games for a long time. Todd and Josh discuss discovering new and different games, how to hack games successfully, what makes fictional worlds worth gaming in, Josh’s [...]
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Episode 125: Co-operative Boardgames
We talk about our favourite cooperative boardgames, and some of the design and play characteristics of these games
Bonus AP: Final Apocalypse World Session
Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd Our final session with the crew of the Leviathan. Thanks for listening. We begin with a review of previous sessions. The AP starts around 21:30. We conclude with a deconstruction of the campaign. That starts around 3:17:40. Important Links: Chicago Game Day Walking Eye Con Enjoy!
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Episode 124: Triggering the Mechanics
Deciding how and when the mechanical aspects of a game should be used can be a complex topic. Even with newer games providing clearer guidelines as to what should trigger mechanics, there’s often a decision to do just that. We hijack this episode with a discussion of how that choice shakes down, and how different games provide different guidance and methodology
Episode 123: What game for this context?
There’s a mantra that Ron Edwards espouses as being key to playing a successful game: “I want to play this game with these people at this time.” Another way that could be phrased is “What game do I want to play with these people at this time?” When you know you’re going to be playing with certain people, we discuss how you choose which game to play?
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Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 7
Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd Our second to last session of the Apocalypse World campaign. Shit gets real.
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Episode 122: Scott and Timo Talk
This weeks episode is a conversation between Scott and Timo, talking about the role of the GM and the structure of play as they each approach it.
Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 5
Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd The next installment of our ongoing AP. Suddenly Jax has a southern accent.
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Bonus AP: Apocalypse World Part 5
Players: Joe, Megan, Timo, Todd We return with another AW AP. The sound is a little worse on this one for some reason (seriously- I didn’t do anything different), so sorry about that. Enjoy!
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