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Tom continues describing Operation Failing Moon, and now that the Coyote's Aegis party has gathered their allies for the coming battle, they have to get back to the army...but aw dangus, there are patrols everywhere! Then over in the RPG Danger Room, exhausted after doing a deep dive on The Gates, Magill does a round-up of RPG topics that he read about recently - previews of episodes to come,...

The party in Tom's Coyote's Aegis campaign is engaged in an epic combat encounter that lasts multiple sessions...but how can we keep that much combat exciting? And over in the Danger Room, Magill wraps up The Gates! Plus: we contemplate whether Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is, in fact, a Saw movie. Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Tom and Magill are thrilled to be joined by a guest on the podcast for the first time ever as they welcome Lukayo Estrella, creator of The Gates, to the show! Expect much discussion of World of Darkness, the Wachowskis, The Invisibles, and more! At last, with Lukayo here to answer our burning questions, Magill can finally find out if he has to throw his beer in the river. Read all about The Gates...

The Coyote's Aegis team encounters a death priestess and fights cultists of Ishyr! Magill continues his deep dive into The Gates! Plus Tom tries to find inspiration for one of his games, Magill talks about an adventure module based on The Terminator, and they both discuss their dreams. Not like their aspirations, dreams of being stuck in transit or wandering empty museums. Find us on Facebook!...

Having gained allies in myconids and illithids, the Coyote's Aegis party continue their search for the waterfall that was shown to them in their minds. And they meet a kooky goblin and some giants! Then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill finally dives into The Gates: an RPG inspired by Nobilis and City of Mist. But...is it a game? Or something else? Do I have to throw my beer in the river? Plus: M...

In the Coyote's Aegis campaign, the party departs from Omega Base in style and take their vehicles (plus a bunch of soldiers) to the Dralic front. And they make friends with some illithids - weird! Then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill finishes his overview of Wicked Ones, the Dungeon Keeper-inspired Forged in the Dark RPG, and vows to run a game of it sometime. Find us on Facebook! All music co...

The Coyote's Aegis campaign continues with a briefing session where the players learned some Important Illithid Information, and Tom and Magill talk a bit about Liberty's Kids, the Dic cartoon that Tom uses for NPC portraits. Then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill talks about the Forged in the Dark game called Wicked Ones where the players take on the roles of monsters designing a dungeon to...

It's a short, sweet, and silly episode this week as Magill whips out a whole bunch of single-page RPGs by Oliver Darkshire that let you play as space wizards, Roman citizens in a burning city, or even just someone who owns a mastodon! Then it's on to the Coyote's Aegis campaign where the party learns a critical piece of information and the story tees up the final act. Big things are on...

The party in the Coyote's Aegis campaign continues their attempted assassination of Lord Dio as part of Operation Goldeneye, and it all culminates in a scene out of a Bollywood movie! Then Magill forgoes the RPG Danger Room in favour of the Tavern of Many Corners where he talks about some ridiculous topics from everyone's favourite RPG: Rifts. Is Glitter Boy really the worst O.C.C.? And wh...

In this Danger Room-centric episode, Tom and Magill dive further into Nobilis to see if they can figure it out and Tom makes a character that's the embodiment of swarms and infestations! Magill also recommends a cool solo card-and-dice game called Doom Machine, and Operation Goldeneye gets underway in the Coyote's Aegis campaign. Plus there's a porcupine! Find us on Facebook! All music...

There's schemin' a-plenty as the Coyote's Aegis party engage in Operation Goldeneye! And in the RPG Danger Room there's confusion a-plenty as Magill and Tom dive into Nobilis, desperately trying to find some clarity in amongst the florid prose of the sourcebook. I think it's like Sandman? Also, Tom wants to know if you play music during your RPG sessions, and Magill gets confus...

Operation Goldeneye continues in the Coyote's Aegis campaign as the party does some elaborate scheming! Magill talks more about the RPG Don't Rest Your Head and gives an introduction to Nobilis (at long last)! And there's much talk of Neil Gaiman, Tim Burton, and accidental Facebook hearts. Listen...NOW! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Having finished up the deep dive into Writhing in the Dark, Tom proceeds to the next mission in the Coyote's Aegis campaign, based on the module Death on the Wall! Then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill once again puts off tackling Nobilis in favour of talking about Don't Rest Your Head, a game of paranoia and insomnia. And as a bonus, Tom talks about a paramilitary-themed Forged in the Dark...

Tom wraps up his deep dive into the now-classic module Writhing in the Dark - finally the party will meet the big bad illithid in the middle of the brain bucket! And over on Magill's side of things, he shares some cool D&D resources he found, talks about a cool solo card game called Dustrunner, and helps Tom build a character in the swimming pool-based LARP called Prawn! Plus: Sea Dracula!...

Tom continues his deep dive into the Writhing in the Dark module as the Coyote's Aegis party continues their exploration of the Brain Bucket. And speaking of deep dives, over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill is talking about the swimming pool LARP called Prawn! Plus we debate the differences between roleplaying games, party games, and improv games, and go on a big tangent discussion Wizards of t...

We made it to 150 episodes! Can you believe it? What a nice, round number. On this show, Tom continues his deep dive into the Writhing in the Dark module, and things get really crazy in the RPG Danger Room as Magill tries to make sense of the truly unusual game Wisher, Theurgist, Fatalist. How does one even go about playing a game where the gameplay is messing with the rules of the game? Sounds li...

Tom continues his deep dive into the module Writhing in the Dark as his players rinse every room of the dungeon on their way to meet an illithid! Then over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill sings the praises of this D&D Lite game called Cairn that promises quick and easy setup! But Tom is less than impressed. Plus more talk about Essence 20 and Magill reviews Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among T...

The Coyote's Aegis party is headed for trouble as they venture into THE BRAIN BUCKET in one of Tom and Magill's favourite modules: Writhing in the Dark! Then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill mucks around with the borderline incomprehensible improv game Time Wizards, so make sure you wear a big hat and have a big beard. Plus a discussion of the differences between Cookie Monster and Nanalan,...

The Coyote's Aegis campaign wraps up Operation Birth & Death, based on the module Hillsfar Reclaimed, and pull off some ghostly scooting while they're at it. Then Magill dives into the prefab campaign that comes with the Savage Worlds: Low Life RPG and ponders the different ways that you can get your party together at the start of an adventure. Plus, tasty soup and shiny grime! Find us...

Operation Birth and Death continues as the Coyote's Aegis party sneaks their way past some guards to get into a masquerade ball! Then over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill continues the deep dive into Andy Hopp's Low Life by running down all the different religions of Mutha Oitha so Tom can choose one for his Holy Roller. Plus some talk about Tom's Easter-themed game of Essence 20: G.I....

It's a jam-packed episode this week! We start off with Tom's review of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, then it's a big ol' installment of the Coyote's Aegis campaign that sees the party infiltrate a masquerade ball! Then over on Magill's end of things, he discusses the multitude of work by Low Life creator Andy Hopp (including Hopp's convention Con on the C...

After a month off, the crew in Coyote's Aegis gear up for Operation Birth and Death (or is it Death and Birth?) and encounter some old friends along the way. Then Tom and Magill use the Savage Worlds: Low Life character creation flow chart to make Tom's character: Crawley the Oldster Croach! Plus thoughts on Tom Clancy and Nanalan. Shoosh! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince N...

The heroes of Coyote's Aegis spend some down time between adventures getting up to shenanigans like Junkyard Wars, and Magill dives into the Savage Worlds RPG Low Life, created by Andy Hopp! Plus we talk about Atlantis stuff and Tom discovers Creepy Freaks unboxing ASMR. Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Tom found the complete transcript of this act of the Coyote's Aegis campaign and so we get to hear the real, actual play-by-play of his session, complete with out of character player commentary! Then over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill busts out the Savage Worlds system as a lead-in to the truly bizarre RPG he'll be covering next episode. Plus, some D&D rules loopholes to torment your...

The Coyote's Aegis party is heading into the land of mushrooms to tangle with some Myconids! Which side will they take in the shroomy conflict? Then Magill talks about a campaign module he was able to create extremely quickly thanks to some help by ChatGPT. Plus Tom roasts Guillermo Del Toro. Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.