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CW: Fire, Storms, Earthquakes, Riots, Police Brutality, Death. My friend Andrew and I played our first game together, and they graciously let me record it. We played Live. Love. Die. Remember. together and explored a world where mechs are used to hold back the extreme weather events caused by anthropogenic climate change. Get your own copy of LLDR here https://raycox.itch.io/live-love-die-remember

It's time for part 2 of our 2 part interview series. This week we’re talking to Freyja about her role in making Hard Wired Island. We talk with Freyja about where she got started as a designer, and she's tried to reinforce the themes of the game in its mechanics. If you missed part one you can hear it here: http://insertquesthere.com/2019/05/hard-wired-island-interview-part-1-ettin/ You can suppor...

We have a 2 part interview series to celebrate Ray's continuing recovery. This week we're talking to Ettin about his role in making Hard Wired Island. Ettin talks us through some of the setting, it's weirder parts, and almost goes on a rant about AI. Next week we'll be talking to Frejya about her role, the mechanics of the game, and how she got into game design. Hard Wired Island is up on Kickstar...

Our 30th interview, and it's a really interesting topic. The San Jenaro Co-Op is a new experiment in RPG production. A cooperatively owned and run organisation working together to promote and produce RPG content. With each member sharing in the profits. They sent 2 members of their org over to talk to us. New comer to the industry Chris, and established designer Liam. I was excited to be part of C...

We're back from our short medical break with a fantastic interview. Ray spoke to Nova and L who are making Sundown, a Science-Fantasy, wild west, transhuman queer punk game! We're really impressed by the work they've done. It's live on kickstarter for another 2 weeks, so go take a look. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/grasswatchgames/sundown/ They're also on twitter. The company; Grasswatch G...

We've been quietly following a game called Relics since Ray first heard about it at GXAustralia in 2017. The fact that it's about Angels was enough to get us interested, but it's exploration of memory, power, and and strange events pulled us in deeper. This week we talk to Steve Dee, the Australian game dev responsible for much of Relics. Ray and Steve also talked a little bit about the history of...

After talking about it on [Quest Markers] I wanted to share the game of Dungeon Planet we played back when we launched our patreon. It is of particular merit because of the way we described our Space Adventure. Using descriptions that conjured images of earl sci-fi special effects. Thank you to Alex, Ryan, and Eric for joining Ray for this 1960's sci-fi romp. If you want to watch the 12 hour live...

Nika and Ray take a look at a romantic 2 person RPG about Dragons and Riders and the apocalypse. It's a lovely emotional game that also feeds into some cool power fantasy stuff. And has some nice tools for helping you build the mood and tone.

This week Ray wanted to play LLDR again. We fixed a few typos, and tried out playing a different number of scenes. Thanks to Emily for giving Ray an excuse to play, we hope you enjoy this thoughtful and intimate game.

The first of our series of APs from the Emotional Mecha Game Jam, and also our first AP of a game Fin wrote! It's short, it's edited and processed in an interesting way, it's very intimate. We hope you enjoy our shortest Actual Play yet. And if you'd like a copy of Together Here At The End; you can get it by following the link. https://finbah.itch.io/together-here-at-the-end

CW: Nuclear War, Sinking battleships, Death, Pleas for help. This week is our final episode of Phoenix Academy; and Agnatha is going to war. Our students are being shipped off to take part in a battle they don't really understand, and will face a strange enemy. We hope you enjoyed this series, stay tuned for more Live. Love. Die. in the future.

Content Warning: Death, Slavery, War Crimes, Vulnerability. Something special and intimate. Ray played through a demo of their new game. Solo. It was quite raw and emotional and some of the best podcasting we've done to be honest. A great way to see how LLDR plays; Ray explains why they mechanics are what they are. Leading the listener through a guided experience of Mecha Tragedy.

This week our pilots and mechs have to attend a state funded ball. What will they wear? Who will they take as their dates? What trouble will they get into? Find out! Check out our new game! https://raycox.itch.io/live-love-die-remember

This week we had a lovely chat with Alice about her lover of bioware games, her theft of sour patch kids, and the long nights of discussion that went into her new game; Kiss Her Before The World Ends. Find out more at the follow links. Patreon.com/TafKat Twitter.com/TafKat_ Twitch.tv/TafKat https://tafkat.itch.io/kiss-her-before-the-world-ends

[content warning: this episode involves some ableist language, it's minor but it is in there] This week we're back with more Mecha Drama! Our team finishes up their planning and takes the fight to the Le Beau's; but can they overcome these Enhanced Pilots? Will Ramona's feelings for Sasa compromise the mission? Let's find out together.

A partner of mine, Rae was visiting this week for the first time. We decided to played my favourite RPG of 2018, Oracle by the wonderful Ash McAllan. Our Traveller this week has no memories of who they are. The only clues to their past is a gift for poetry, visions of the unseen, and stars etched in their skin. They seek to know their place in this world, to know if their visions are real. The Ora...

This session our pilots get a secret mission from Garcia and do their best to learn about their enemy. And what a better way to do that than to throw a party in their house? We also tested the Interlude Mechanics a bunch in this episode, and I think we made some good progress.

On this episode our pilot try to grow closer, some try patching their wounds, and other try to gain a lasting advantage. All before a high speed battle against a teacher they've never faced before. How will they fair? We tested out the new interlude mechanic this session too, which is how you play the time between missions. (apologise for the loud fan, it was very hot. We changed up it's position...

Session Zero of our latest campaign playtest of Live. Love. Die. This is a playtest campaign so some stuff is going to be a little rough, and might change during play. This campaign features 3 university students, studying at the top Agnatan Military school. they are training to be Ace Mecha Pilots, the best of the best. Each one an exemplar of what can be achieved in the service. I hope you enjoy...

Some of the minds behind 3 of Australia's Regional gaming conventions have a chat about what goes into making those happen. Our guests are Hayley and Matt. Links from Hayley: https://twitter.com/storybrewers http://arcanacon.org https://www.facebook.com/Arcanacon/ Links from Matt: http://EttinCon.org For more about the GM primer http://EttinCon.org/GM Look at Matt's role http://EttinCon.org/blog

Sid and Ray have a long and lovely discussion about each others work. This was something of an experimental episode. Both of us make games, and both of us interview folks, so we thought we'd interview each other. It was a fun time, but it did lead to a long episode. Sit back and enjoy this cool experiment.

The [International Querterly Hurtfest] is BACK! After the Commanding Consuls took possession of the Azure Jewel, the rules of the [IQH] have changed! In order for the the subjects of this wrestling realm to prove they've got what it takes to hold onto their mystic blessings, they'll have to fight against a trio of outsiders... IN OUR NEW AQUATIC SUPER STADIUM!

Laura is a friend of ours from the Technical Difficulties podcast. In addition to being a fellow podcaster and lovely person, Laura is also an editor. We wanted to start showing y'all the other jobs that go into making an RPG product, and thought editor would be an excellent place to start. https://www.technicaldifficultiespod.com/ https://www.scribophile.com/ https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/...

The cards show me Two Travellers Journeying across the sea in search of Treasure, Love, and Adventure! I see monstrous weather in their path, strange beasts, and laws not of this world. Will you still undertake your quest Travellers? Oracle is a game by Ash McAllan, find it here https://machinespirit.itch.io/oracle

We had a very wholesome chat with Brie about their new game Turn. A Slice of Life game about shapeshifters in small towns. Brie and Ray shared a lovely conversation about the game, it's influence, and some of what sets it apart from other games. We also talked about Pie. If you'd like to support Brie in making this game, check out the kickstarter for Turn. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brie...