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Dave is back! And so is Jonathan Hicks! 00.00.40: Introduction - wasn't Badlands but The Bad Batch that inspired the Song of The Siren adventure 00.05.06: Thank you to our new Patron: Stewart Hawkes 00.06.52: World of Gaming: Monty Python game available for £5 ; Atlas games put family RPG Magical Kitties under an open Creative Commons licence; Chaosium have a new game coming - Time without Tide ,...

In Dave's absence we have a very special treat for you in this episode: a peek behind the Patreon paywall - an episode of Lost Mountain Saga's Patreon exclusive Birch Basement podcast (featuring, by pure coincidence, Matthew and Dave) 00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.14: World of Gaming - The Children of Time RPG is live soon on kickstarter ; New Alien cinematic Operation Leading Edge , on pre-order;...

having been at UK Games Expo last weekend, when we should have been recording - we are rejigging out schedule, with a quick and dirty recording this week, talking about ... UK Games Expo 00.00.40: Introductions 00.05.38: Old West News - Solo rules coming soon 00.08.00: World of Gaming - New Outgunned: Adventures campaign on Backerkit from 2LittleMice 00.19.04: Looking back on UK Games Expo 00.58.1...

We talk with Axel Widén and Andreas Lundström talk about the forthcoming Coriolis: The Third Horizon Campaign 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.26: World of Gaming: The Four Pillar AI slop designer history controversy ; there is an Elric themed game coming from Goodman Games !; there is an Elric themed game coming from Free League !: FL are co-publishing a, 'acid' western game Frontier Scum ; we will...

We discuss the latest Symbaroum news with Mattias Johnsson 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.04: World of Gaming: Free League announce a 10th Anniversary edition of Symbaroum   00.03.19: Interview: attias Johnsson on the new 10th Anniversary edition and the City States expansion 01.14.21: Next time and Goodbye  Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with...

Can our guest convert The Flowers of Algorab to the older Third Horizon ruleset 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.33: Welcome to our new patron: Changed Later  00.05.18: World of Gaming: Gehenna Gaming fold , leaving Elrdrich Automata ’s fate unknown; Die RPG welcome to the Meta Dungeon ; Vampire Republic RPG; we have to talk about Dungeon Crawler Carl ; Paizo break their non-D&D duck with 13 Omen...

What can Ancient Greece teach us about the Icons? 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.16: Welcome to our new (and returning) patrons: Easy Peasy Pumpkin (aka Nic) and Keith Rossele  00.04.12: World of Gaming: Free Tabletop Licence expanded to include the Third Horizon, Forbidden Lands, Symbaroum etc; we got Flowers of Algorab ; Fomoria Kickstarting; we are going to be at Salute 00.34.15: Old West News:...

We talk about writing Alien Evolved adventures  00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.18: Welcome to our new patron: Leon Castro Lagunas 00.06.41: World of Gaming: Ballad Hunters is NOT on Kickstarter (yet); Pact - year Zero demonic horror; Mythic Battles on Gamefound ; Tunnels and Trolls on Kickstarter ; Public Access on Kickstarter ; what exactly is The End is #Trending ? ; Fairy Quest ; Trudvang made o...

We talk about interview prolific author of Third Horizon adventures Kevin Hassall 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.22: Welcome to our new patron: Peter Taylor 00.03.53: World of Gaming:    Temeraire RPG from Magpie Games currently Kickstarting ; last ten days days of Dragonbane: Trudvang kickstarter ; Pirate Borg starter set available and its great plus Down Among the Dead ; The Serpent a very Coriol...

We talk about Tabletop Gaming Live, our first convention event of the year, and chat in Millie Lavelle about RPG plans for EK Games Expo 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.53: World of Gaming: Mantic Games announce a Ghost in the Shell RPG (not to be confused with Ghost in the Shell Arise - or "Ghost in the Machine"?! What was Matthew on?!); Cohors Cthulhu Larium Adventures is out (we divert into how o...

Writing personal agendas for Alien   00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.42: World of Gaming: Gallows Corner on Kickstarter ; Dragonebane Trudvang kickstarting 17th November ; Flowers of Algorab out; Matthew will be at Tabletop Gaming  Live in Doncaster next week 00.17.39: Old West News: Our Gold Country AP campaign starting next week, Biting the Dust in Albuquerque on DriveThru soon 00.28.44: Feature:...

We interview Duncan Rhodes, and then he (about to run his first Alien game) interviews us! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.40: World of Gaming: 10 most anticipated games of 2026 ; Results of Toon Backerkit campaign; Dragonbane: Trudvang kickstarting soon; Matthew (and Frank/Raldanash) will be at Tabletop Live in Doncaster 00.26.16: Old West News: Our new streamed campaign starts with session zero 00...

We talk about solo gaming, especially as it pertains to Tales of the Old West 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.30: Welcome and thank you to our new patron: Shaky T (Simon) 00.03.59: Slightly unscheduled Old West (Marches) news  00.10.00: World of Gaming: Blades ‘68 from Evil Hat; Tiny Defender s trauma therapy RPG out of Palestine; Traveller: Cluster Truck 00.30.28: Going Solo (we mention Beyond Cata...

Taking the opportunity of the Christmas break to gather some patrons, and review the year 2025 as well as look forward to objectives for 2026. Featuring patrons, Frank, Thomas, Douglas, Paul, Jed and Bruce talking about Planet of the Apes; Space 1999; Harnmaster; Ronin, Spectaculars; Coriolis: The Great Dark; and, Forbidden Lands in German! Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is b...

Kind of a freeform episode  Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw  available for free on DriveThru . The core rules are now available on DriveThru too. Put our brand on your fac...

Dedicated to Diggy 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.26: World of Gaming: Twilight Sword from 2Little Mice and FreeLeague on Backer Kit; Ghost in the Shell RPG kickstarting; we are going to be at Dragonmeet running the Free League Stand and Selling Tales of tee Old West next door; we are also writing an epic Alien: Evolved adventure for UKGames expo. 00.23.02: Tales of the new Verse 01.25.18: Next tim...

Actually a packed but tight episode not much over an hour, there's efficiency  00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.51: Welcome to our new patron: Charlie Creek 00.03.28: World of Gaming: AI controversy at UKGE; we are going to UKGE ; we are also going to TableTopGaming live ; and Dragonmeet ; Cohors Cthulhu on sale ; Apocaplyse World Burned Over Kickstarter , Japanese’s version of Mörk Borg being kickst...

Recorded at Spelkongress, Stockholm, Sweden! (The audio is of varying quality) 00.00.30: Introductions 00.03.48: World of Gaming: news from Spelkongress presnantions that we did not go to, that were mostly in Swedish - our Swedish patrons did attend though and thoughtful told us what was going on, on Discord. 00.12.01: On the plane David and Matthew discuss their hopes for the event 00.38.25: Eric...

The episode we mucked up, not featuring the interview with Tomas that we failed to actually record  00.00.40: Introductions 00.065.46: World of Gaming: Cosmic Corsairs Kickstarter ; Vaesen Mythic Carpathia pre-orders ; Alien Evolved Pledgemanger closes; we are going to Spelkongress ! 00.24.22: Old West News: The Foundry module is available to buy ; The Made in the Old West license means you can pu...

In an episode for creators everywhere Dave looks back on his two years working solely on RPG writing, what went right and what he might have done differently. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.29: welcome to our new Patron Phillip D Massey 00.06.12: World of Gaming: Invincible kickstarter ; Vaesen getting delivered; the new Conan RPG too 00.26.31: Old West News: The Foundry system is ready for downloa...

We talk about crowdfunding vs pre-orders, how tired we were after Tabletop Scotland, and chat with Andreas of Nordlc Skalds, who reveals some exciting news that you can't afford to miss 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.04: World of Gaming - Melsonian Arts Council gives up on crowdfunding sites ; Planet of the Apes arriving; RipCrypt from Modiphius; our Tabletop Scotland report 00.45.29: Interview: An...

Matthew needles Dave in this episode, plus we talk about Coriolis licenses, Tabletop Scotland, Windheim and NPC for Tales of the Old West 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.26: World of Gaming - Coriolis the Great Dark 3rd party license released ; TableTop Scotland approaches (next weekend!); Windheim Falling the second part of the Horn of Dawn, is on Kickstarter 00.24.48: Essay and Discussion: Non-pla...

De minimis; Diablo; deadly wuxia; DIE; Dungeons and Dyslexia; and detectives 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.59: World of Gaming - De minimus and US imports; Diablo rpg ; Streets of Jade and its inspiration ; DIE the TTRPG of the comic about TTRPGs is getting a Comic QuickStart; we got a great review ; Tabletop Scotland 00.42.12: Interview with Paul Baldowski about Cork Bord 01.29.03: Next time and...

Old school podcasting! Hose rules for Coriolis the Third Horizon 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.37: Thank you to our new Patron - D20 Raven 00.05.12: World of Gaming - The One Ring  starter set and 5e version ; Dragonbane minis up on Kickstarter ; Coriolis - The Great Dark official release date 12 August; new game Twilight Sword , by 2Little Mice & Free League; ENNIE wins . 00.32.56: A Vaesen t...

Old school podcasting! Hose rules for Coriolis the Third Horizon 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.03: Thank you to our new Patron - Paul Penna 00.02.33: World of Gaming - Troll Lord games crowdfunding a factory ; Green Ronin legal defence fund , crowdfunding legal costs: Cörk Bord , Paul Baldowski’s Nordic police procedural/horror. 00.23.04: Old West News - our error 00.35.29: Faith in the 3rd Horizo...