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It's a new era for the podcast....AGAIN! Tom has started their Boots on the Ground campaign and Magill is playing in it, which means there's a new story to chronicle on the show. In the introductory mission, the would-be members of the Resistance ambush a truck carrying weaponry and stake their claim on a base to serve as their headquarters. Then we go from the start of a game to the very end as M...

Tom continues workshopping Boots on the Ground, discussing sources of inspiration and possible locations for the party's headquarters. But Magill just wants to waste time with the one-page RPG called Wasted Hours, which sees you take on the role of an office drone working for an SCP-like paranormal investigation bureau. Will Tom manage to avoid the scorn of the manager while fudging documents and...

Tom continues to workshop their Forged in the Dark RPG called Boots on the Ground as Magill gets ready to play it. But where should the party's headquarters be? And Magill hangs his head in shame after making a dumb mistake with the Marching Order rules. But fear not, he's on track now, and he and Tom are going to find their way through the Decaying Manse, damn it. Find us on Facebook! All music c...

Tom continues their workshopping of the Boots on the Ground RPG that they wrote as Magill goes through the character creation process to make yet another Italian demolitionist. Then over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill busts out Marching Order: a cross between Darkest Dungeon and a Choose Your Own Adventure book! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

We've got a short little episode for you this week as Tom keeps workshopping their paramilitary kinda-G.I. Joe-ish Forged in the Dark RPG called Boots on the Ground! This time we're checking out the Taskforce sheet. And Magill has brought a funny solo mini-RPG called Michigan Dogman - watch your back when you're out in the woods! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Now that Coyote's Aegis has wrapped, Tom's bringing a new game to the table: one that they created! Tom talks about Boots on the Ground, the Forged in the Dark game that they've been working on, and Magill ponders how much of Blades in the Dark needs to go into one's own FitD game. Plus Magill has also brought a bunch of RPGs to see if Tom would play any of them. Find us on Facebook! All music com...

It's finally here: the epic conclusion of the Coyote's Aegis campaign, and the (possibly temporary) wrap-up of the MPOC saga! A momentous milestone for the podcast! Tune in to find out how it all went down. Oh, and Magill reviews a pretty cool mech vs. kaiju mapmaking RPG! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Dangus mangus, Tom's run out of content! Well, not really, but the snake is officially eating its own tail as the conclusion of Coyote's Aegis has been delayed. And what's more: Tom's not even sure how it's going to end! Magill has some thoughts, as well as a review of Two-Hand Path, a look at some articles from the Bell of Lost Souls, and more. Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nit...

The Coyote's Aegis campaign stampedes towards its conclusion as the heroes activate the Infinite Improbability Drive and have to fight a Nalfeshnee while barely avoiding losing all their magic items. Listen to Tom grapple with the reality of the impending end of the story and how the campaign slowly fell apart. Then Magill and Tom review most of the single season of Kindred: The Embraced, the shor...

The party in the Coyote's Aegis campaign encounter a bunch of Modrons and bump right up against the present as the podcast timeline finally eats its own tail! Then over in the tavern, Magill continues the deep dive into Vampire: The Masquerade by talking about vampiric disciplines. Why are so many focused on combat when combat seems like a bit of an afterthought in Vampire? And Magill also rev...

On this episode, Magill finally gets around to looking at the solo dungeoncrawler game Two Hand Path! And he dares you to actually tattoo your own hands while you play. Then over in Coyote's Aegis, the ritual tour of the Gigalich continues as the campaign BUMPS UP AGAINST THE PRESENT! That's right, pretty soon Tom isn't gonna know what to talk about! But for now, have a listen. Find us...

Magill's back on his Vampire: The Masquerade bullshit, talking about the White Wolf system in general and character creation in Vampire in specific. Then it's over to the Coyote's Aegis campaign where Tom's players find themselves in the realm of Worships rootin' through the Nightside Eclipse archives. And for the last time: we're not Crate & Crowbar, even though Crate...

Magill's gonna babble on about Vampire: The Masquerade clans some more! But not before Tom tells us the latest from Coyote's Aegis: after leaving the realm of Writhen, the party travels to Omino to find a good place to perform the next step of their ritual. Looks like they're headed back to the arena! Plus Tom successfully got Magill to play Warhammer 40,000 again and now both hosts ar...

Reviews! Vampires! MPOC hijinx! This episode has all those things. Magill reviews a solo RPG and a kickass movie, Tom regales us with the latest chapter of the MPOC saga wherein the heroes proceed to Writhen to continue the Mad Dash ritual, and then the hosts finish things up by trying to categorize vampires from pop culture into the different vampiric clans from Vampire: The Masquerade. Find us o...

Coyote's Aegis returns from its hiatus as everyone gets reacclimated to the campaign. In real life, it was months, but on the podcast it took no time at all! And then the Tavern of Many Corners makes its grand return to the show as Magill begins his deep dive into Vampire: The Masquerade with a look at the rules of vampirism in the World of Darkness setting. Find us on Facebook! All music comp...

Dangus mangus, we made it to episode 200, which of course means big things! Like in the Coyote's Aegis campaign, we finally reach the infamous HIATUS that put the game on ice for months! And the party finds itself on a quest to plant a bomb in a prison - but they have to fight some robots to do it. Then over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill pulls out a big list of peoples' first non-D&D...

The Coyote's Aegis second tour of Sitra Ahra continues as the party encounters a bunch of drones at an excavation site where they find a red dragon egg! And there are also succubi, mutant trogglings, myconids, and all kinds of other beasties! Over in the RPG Danger Room, Magill profiles a collaborative city-building game called "I'm sorry, did you say street magic?" and also give...

It's almost Tom's birthday! Or it was when we recorded this episode, anyway, and to celebrate Magill has brought two pieces of RPG content that he thinks Tom will enjoy: a zine for generating goblins, and an RPG based around breakfast cereal! And you had better believe that Tom comes up with the greatest cereal mascot of all time. Then over in Coyote's Aegis, after cleansing a prison o...

Hey, is that d20 legal? Or is it...A BEHOLDER? Tom's birthday is coming up and Magill got them a d20 that transforms into a classic monster. Pretty neat, right? In the Coyote's Aegis campaign, the heroes are headed to Sway where they encounter surly guards, gelatinous cubes, a military parade, and more! And in the RPG Danger Room, Magill looks at Dinocar, the crazy map-making, blindfolded-...

Myconids don't dance! It's just a fact. And no, it turns out Campestris aren't Myconids, so while THEY dance, the Myconid mushroom folk DO NOT. On this episode, the Coyote's Aegis campaign runs into a veritable traffic jam of Myconids on their way to the next realm of Sitra Ahra! And in the RPG Danger Room, Magill is looking at the ultimate Choose Your Own Adventure-style solo-RPG...

The players in Coyote's Aegis have to hunt down a trogg in order to complete their ritual in the Sitra Ahra realm of Larvae - hey, they said they'd never go back there! And then in the RPG Danger Room, Magill is in a Mad Max mood so he's taking a look at a post-apocalypse-with-cars RPG called Atomic Highway! And this just in: xorns are still goofy looking. Find us on Facebook! All musi...

It's an RPG sandwich on this episode, as Magill kicks things off with a look at the amphibian-infested solo tactical game This Frog Is Ruining My Dungeon Crawl! Then it's over to Coyote's Aegis as the party begins to suspect there's a Night Goblin in their midst as they learn more about the black waters of Sitra Ahra and how they drain into the Gigalich. And they've gone back t...

Tom and Magill are up to their elbows in Rifts on this episode as Magill continues his attempt to learn two systems at once by hopping between Savage Worlds and Savage Rifts sourcebooks. Over on Tom's side of things, the party in the Coyote's Aegis campaign are escorting the Cult of One to the realms of Sitra Ahra and spell the doom of the Nightside Eclipse! Plus Magill goes on a weird tan...

After some D&D news, Tom dives into Coyote's Aegis where the party traverses the Tangle to meet Odium and make a plan to escape Sitra Ahra! Then Magill and Tom continue making a Mind Melter in Savage Rifts. So many Edges to choose from! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Nitro.

Aww dangus! What's Magill going to play next? Tom helps him figure out his next solo RPG venture. Then in the Coyote's Aegis campaign, the party enlists the help of a singing goblin named Jimjar Bonbun to guide them to the Tangle! And in the RPG Danger Room, we do more Rifts stuff with the Savage Worlds crossover adaptation: Savage Rifts! Find us on Facebook! All music composed by Vince Ni...