For the Time Being

Mutiny on the Flyland? This is an experiment. We are between recording sessions right now, but I didn’t want to leave you without an episode. So, I’m seeing how well the rules of the Mavericks system lend themselves to solo storytelling. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a stor...

Grappling with Reality This is an experiment. We are between recording sessions right now, but I didn’t want to leave you without an episode. So, I’m seeing how well the rules of the Mavericks system lend themselves to solo storytelling. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a stor...

Zombie Fascists We take a moment away from our prime narrative to visit Elana Rhodes’ backstory and meet her crew a little more closely. Meet Carl the wardrober, played by our own incredible Omar Burgos, and Neville the Camera and lighting guy, played by our special guest for the episode, Casper! The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the...

Symmetry is for the Living We take a moment away from our prime narrative to visit Elana Rhodes’ backstory and meet her crew a little more closely. Meet Carl the wardrober, played by our own incredible Omar Burgos, and Neville the Camera and lighting guy, played by our special guest for the episode, Casper! The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards...

Dinosaur Fight Club Mason, Patience, Elana, and Whiskers leap through time into a cross-time plot from the Battle of the Somme to 87 BCE The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward roleplaying experience that encourages the players and dealer to work together to create th...

Poor Gardening Mason, Patience, Elana, and Whiskers leap through time into a cross-time plot from the Battle of the Somme to 87 BCE The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward roleplaying experience that encourages the players and dealer to work together to create the sto...

The Fireball of History Mason, Patience, Elana, and Whiskers fall through time until they meet with the being at the center of it all. It’s the title character, and it only took us several months to reveal them. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward roleplaying expe...

Kings Will Do Anything to Avoid Going to Therapy Mason, Patience, and Elana have sorted out the mystery in Camelot and are finally going to move on with their lake plan. How will they get Excalibur into Arthur’s hands, and will it mean yet another duel? The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the play...

Name Drop the Great Wizard Oprah Mason, Patience, and Elana return to the court of Camelot to get Arthur on board for their lake plan but they can’t help but stop for some crime fighting and regular fighting along the way. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward rolep...

Bad for the Soul Introducing Sabine as Patience Goodfellow, our heroes join together once again this time in the Court of Camelot. They arrive and are presented with the problem of the bloody murder of one Sir Bors the elder. Will they be able to find the perpetrator. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the ha...

Bad for the Soul Introducing Sabine as Patience Goodfellow, our heroes join together once again this time in the Court of Camelot. They arrive and are presented with the problem of the bloody murder of one Sir Bors the elder. Will they be able to find the perpetrator. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the ha...

Pretty on the Nose Pharaoh Whiskers is locked in conflict with the warlord Nemereth, influenced by the villainous Panhesy. Who has the pharaoh’s back when the chips are down? Is it his wife, his brother, his vizier, his people? Find out as this flashback concludes. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands...

Just as Much a Bastard Meet the family and home of Pharoah Whisketerius Meowrekon Felinious Purrceval the Grand. In this episode we establish the palace and the relationships of this place including his brother Siamun and Queen Neferu as they are manipulated by the nefarious royal vizier, Panhesy. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell th...

If The Source Wills It Our displaced dynamos have made their way through the dying colony of Medusa Fossae to the secret at the heart of the whole thing, a room full of former billionaires whose bio energy is being harvested for the greater good. There, they will finally meet with the cause of all of this and a crisis that hits Aixxa close to home. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks...

Four time travelers find themselves stuck in the Martian capital city of Medusae Fossae. There is a futureistic rave going on, but the party is doomed to stop soon. Can our time travelers save themselves and the colony in time? The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward...

A Boppin’ Rave Four time travelers find themselves stuck in the Martian capital city of Medusae Fossae. There is a futureistic rave going on, but the party is doomed to stop soon. Can our time travelers save themselves and the colony in time? The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a...

Taking Our Bows Our quartet of time dynamos face down Frizz Quilang for swapping out the bows of the Akkadian army on the eve of this historic battle. Will our heroes trick Frizz into revealing his plans and will they be able to do anything about it? The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players...

The Gang’s All Here! The rubber meets the road as our heroes finally meet in the middle of a battle between Sargon of Akkad and the forces of Kish. Something here must be wrong to have dragged four time travelers out of their paths toward this place. Can they figure it out before the damage is irreversible? The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards...

Time To Get Moving Whiskers and Sargon continue to plan the defeat of the armies of Kish while Aixxa, Elena, and Mason finally all connect in a medical tent. Elena, injured by an arrow, uses her distraction to gather information from the medical staff. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the playe...

The Gang’s All Here! It’s session zero time friends. An important part of any RPG is making sure that the table is safe. This one is no different. Listen in as we set our ground rules and talk about the game to come. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of the players. It’s a story-forward roleplaying...

Final Marks/Abilities We’re getting into the mechanics of the game and adding marks to to our decks that lean into how these characters work in the context of the gameplay. The marks are there to modify cards, change the order of play, and manipulate the deck. The Game This Game was played using the Mavericks system. An RPG utilizing a deck of cards to tell the story and put fate in the hands of t...

Allies and Enemies This episode focuses on the other characters who will come into play as we tell the stories of our heroes. These people made them who they are and whose influence color their interactions with the world. When these cards are drawn, the players are encouraged to add into the storytelling some element of how this person’s influence or memory impacts the moment, whether it is causi...

Demeanor, Training, and Fortune In this episode we continue our character creation process with the demeanor, training, and fortune cards. Demeanor helps our players think about how their characters present themselves to the world and the kind of person they aspire to be. Training lets them think about the intentional work that has gone into getting them where they are. Fortune on the other hand t...

It’s Only for the Time Being! In this episode, we get our first introduction to the system just as you would as a player, in character creation. Character creation for Mavericks starts with a tarot-style spread of cards and creative interpretations based on the suits and values dealt. In this episode, we make it through the first three cards and lear about the core of these characters. The Game Th...

Welcome adventurers from across time and space. Five creators have been brought together from across the internet for one purpose and one purpose alone, to travel through time and have a good time doing it. When big changes happen to the timeline, the change attracts other time travelers like gravity. They won’t be able to move past it until they fix whatever was messed up. So, our heroes are stuc...