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The Circle are driven to follow the leads to old and haunted places.... Welcome to the Circle of Veritas, a Candela Obscura Real Play podcast by the Creative Play and Podcast Network. In the gaslit streets of Newfair, our brave circle of investigators faces ancient horrors, uncovering secrets while battling the supernatural. As they strive to protect the fragile veil of reality, listeners are take...

On this episode I'm so sorry for the background noise, the other player groups parked almost on top of our table this session. Welcome to the Circle of Veritas, a Candela Obscura Real Play podcast by the Creative Play and Podcast Network. In the gaslit streets of Newfair, our brave circle of investigators faces ancient horrors, uncovering secrets while battling the supernatural. As they strive to...

On this episode I'm so sorry for the background noise, the other player groups parked almost on top of our table this session. Welcome to the Circle of Veritas, a Candela Obscura Real Play podcast by the Creative Play and Podcast Network. In the gaslit streets of Newfair, our brave circle of investigators faces ancient horrors, uncovering secrets while battling the supernatural. As they strive to...

Welcome to the Circle of Veritas, a Candela Obscura Real Play podcast by the Creative Play and Podcast Network. In the gaslit streets of Newfair, our brave circle of investigators faces ancient horrors, uncovering secrets while battling the supernatural. As they strive to protect the fragile veil of reality, listeners are taken on an atmospheric journey through the shadows that cloak their world....

Creating Cosplay Content for YouTube Recorded live at Wild Wild West Con 13 11:30am Saturday in Ballroom E Our Host Sarah Spaceman In the new world of short form content, it’s hard to make the leap to long form videos, and when it comes to creating content about cosplay it’s even more difficult. Join Sarah Spaceman as she walks through her process of creating engaging, authentic, and professional...

Lazy Dungeon Mastering - Tools and Tricks for Easier Campaign Sessions and Story Creation Our Awesome Hosts Nicholas Black and Zach Hoyt Running a D&D campaign can be intimidating. Storyline, NPCs, plot points, world building, and then it all gets thrown out the window because of the players! This panel shows how anyone can start a campaign using modern tools and very little prep, and to not b...

The Grim Reaper: Funeral and Mourning Customs in the 19th Century Recorded live on 3/20/2025 5:30pm in Ballroom E Our spectacular hosts are Madame Perry, Tracy Chan, and Beverly Stuart. Our panel will take a deep dive into all the things you ever wanted to know about death in Victorian times but were afraid to ask! Death was considered an ordinary part of life back in the day. Most people died at...

Brass Button Adventuring: The Cogs and Gears of Steampunk Roleplaying! Our hosts: Zach Hoyt and Josiah Higginson Join a panel of experienced game masters in discussing what makes a truly great Steampunk roleplaying game system, and how to select a system for your next great adventure. Please check out the Arizona Browncoats at  https://www.azbrowncoats.us/ https://www.facebook.com/ArizonaBrowncoat...

Who doesn't love Romance? Rhoynish Turtle Conservation Society : Romancing the Skeptics   Recorded live at  TusCon 51 11/10/2024 at 2 PM Sunday in the Terrace room. Our Panelists: Tanya Gouchenour, Jen Senft, Ashley Smith, Madame Askew, Shelby McBride Romance has long been maligned for a wide variety of reasons. Whether you’ve read and enjoyed this best-selling genre for years or are a recent conv...

Being on social media is a big part of selling, maybe more important that what you create. But you can’t let it take over either. How do you navigate this minefield? Recorded live at  TusCon 51 on 11/10/2024 1 PM Sunday in the Terrace Room. Meet the Panelists: Cory Doctorow, Madame Askew, Tim White, J. L. Doty, Tam Chronin. Please check out our panelists at:   Cory Doctorow , https://craphound.com...

Recorded live at TusCon 51 on 11/10/2024 12 PM Sunday in the Fountain Room. Beth Dolgner, Mona Ventress, Brent Miller, Thomas Watson Why go down the indie author path? Is it more fun? Can it pay better?   Meet the Panelists: Beth Dolgner , https://tusconscificon.com/featured-guests/beth-dolger/ https://bethdolgner.com/ https://www.facebook.com/bethdolgnerauthor/ https://x.com/bethdolgner https://w...

Rhoynish Turtle Conservation Society : He’s the Doctor, Baby! Recorded live at TusCon 51 11/10/2024 at 11 AM Sunday - Terrace Panelists Tanya Gouchenour, Madame Askew, Jen Senft, Ashley Smith, Chaz Kemp In the almost 61 years of Doctor Who, we’ve never had a Doctor quite like Ncuti Gatwa - and we love it! Step into our T.A.R.D.I.S to nerd out about this most recent season of Doctor Who! Meet the P...

Champagne Cosplay on a Thrift Store Budget  Recorded live at TusCon 51 11/10/2024 at 10 AM Sunday - in the Terrace room.   Panelists  ThermoAZ and Sharon Skinner   So you want to cosplay Iron Man but you don’t have Tony Stark’s budget?  That’s alright! There are ways to look rich and cool while only being cool.  ThermoAZ Please see more and follow ThermoAz at https://www.instagram.com/stories/ther...

Romantasy and Romance in Fantastical Settings Recorded live at TusCon 51 11/10/2024  9 AM Sunday in the Terrace Room. Panelists Auntie Histamine and Evie Betz There’s a lot more to romance in fantasy than kissing sleeping maidens and slaying dragons. Let’s talk about worlds where the maiden lets the prince sleep and runs off with the dragon. Evie Betz https://tusconscificon.com/featured-guests/evi...

Working With Cosplay Photographers Recorded live at TusCon 51 on 11/09/2024 10 AM Saturday  Panelist Pete Mecozzi  Cosplay for a photographer is a little different than the halls and the stage. How is it different and how do you help your photographer show you and your work off? Pete is a fantastic guy and professional photographer and drone pilot, please check out his links and profiles: https://...

Evoking Fresh Worlds/Worldbuilding in Very Little Space panel Recorded live 11/9/2024 9 AM Saturday - Fountain room Our Panelists KJ Kabza, Natalie Wright, Janni Lee Simner, Ross Lampert, Thomas Watson, Avily Jerome It’s great to build new worlds, and new ideas into your story, but you can’t get too fond of your cleverness. So how do you let your audience know how cool your world is and still tell...

Here is the next of our 13 RPG's Halloween! Join Talia, Emma, David and Guenter as we try out Candela Obscura in... Case Title: The Gloom Beneath Case Summary: In The Sidle, residents are reporting strange occurrences in their homes and shops. Shadows in newly lit alleys seem to shift unnaturally, items vanish without a trace, and at night, people have begun to disappear, leaving no sign of strugg...

We hope you enjoyed Shadows in the Fog, our Urban Shadows 2e one shot, If you're interested in our character shets and the adventure I wrote up for this game before the group were unleashed on the narrative, please check out our Patreon page for that and more. For our first game of our  13 RPGs of Halloween  were trying out the newest edition of Urben Shadows by  Magpie games Urban Shadows is a po...

Shadows in the Fog, our Urban Shadows 2e one shot: Part two and the conclusion will be posted next week! For our first game of our  13 RPGs of Halloween  were trying out the newest edition of Urben Shadows by  Magpie games Urban Shadows is a political urban fantasy tabletop roleplaying game in which mortals and supernaturals alike vie for power in a modern-day city. Vampires, faeries, hunters, wiz...

For our first game of our 13 RPGs of Halloween were trying out the newest edition of Urben Shadows by Magpie games Urban Shadows is a political urban fantasy tabletop roleplaying game in which mortals and supernaturals alike vie for power in a modern-day city. Vampires, faeries, hunters, wizards, and more clash in the shadows...or make backroom deals for their piece of the streets and skyscrapers....

Join the Arizona Browncoats as they take a look at the cultural importance of the Space Western genre, exploring where it came from, how it has affected modern media, and where we see the genre going in the future. Panelists: Zach Hoyt , Megan Hall and ME! (James Springer) as we take Old West and Sci Fi!   The Arizona Browncoats, legally Arizona Browncoats, Inc, are a fan-club and cosplay organiza...

A scurvy-ridden, rules light, art heavy tabletop RPG. Inspired by history, fantasy, horror and rum. Your cutlass & flintlock won’t save you from the hordes of skeletons, the Kraken, or even your own crew. PIRATE BORG is a complete game based on and compatible with the award -winning MÖRK BORG RPG. But it’s also a tool kit. Most of the tables can be hacked and used with any tabletop RPG. We fin...

Tucson Comic Con 2024 Panel Narrative Role-Playing Games - A New Genre?  Panelists: Becca Aazlor, Clayton Aazlor, Kirsten Aazlor Recorded live at Tucson Comic Con Saturday August 31, 2024 :: 11:20 am to 12:10 pm There has always been a massive divide between the kind of role one takes on in a video game or table top roleplaying game (TTRPG), and the kind of role one takes on when imagining and pla...

Happy 15th Anniversary to Tucson Comic Con !!! Scott Kolins is an award-winning comic book creator known for his extensive work with Marvel and DC. Join us for a spotlight on his amazing career! Moderated by Mike MacLean. We got to listen in on a panel by Award-winning Comic Book Creator https://www.facebook.com/scott.kolins.5/ https://www.instagram.com/scottkolins/   Check out 'Patra #1' From Jam...

(Reposted from  D&D Journey of the Fifth Edition ) It is that time again! #RPGADAY2024! We are huge long time fans of RPGaDAY2024 and this is its 11th year!     Its going to be a great month! We will be doing the normal prompt along with the alternate options on both  the dnd journey of the fifth edition podcast  as well as I'm going to do the Alt list on  the creative play and podcast network...