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[Content Warning, this episode involves Butchery, Carrion, and Bugs.] Oracle is a future telling role playing game. Using special cards the Oracle and Travellers attempt to divine what the coming adventure will bring. How they will try and overcome challenges. And what their ultimate fate shall be. We tried out Oracle with only 1 Traveller and liked the results. If you liked listening to it, you c...

Dana and Hamish joined us to talk about their history and relationship with RPGs, and their new game Dinosaur Princesses. It was great chatting to Hamish again, and wonderful getting to meet Dana. check it out on kickstarter http://kck.st/2CWEBnd

Olivia is a wonderful game dev that had influence on our own work before we even knew who she was. Involved in several projects over the years, she recently started advocating for a new way of producing games.

The final episode of our mini playtest with Alex and Ryan. This week we telegraph hard that our desire to explore one of the death moves, and we do deliver. Our pilots run their newly improved mechs through their paces. The ground crews engage in some bonding. And then everything burns.

We talked to 3 cool designers about there new game Querent! It use Tarot cards, I think it's very cool! Find their game here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fatbirdstudios/querent-the-cartomancers-tome

Luke is a wonderful Australian RPG Designer. They have been the inspiring force behind many great ideas in our community, and has made some really wonderful games. We had a great time talking about their work, how they've inspired other designers, and why the Australian RPG maker scene is populated with such weird & interesting stuff.

It's time for the second session of our first Playtest of LLD. This week we look at more of the moves, Go on a mission, and confront a powerful enemy. This session is closer in format to what we envision a typical game of LLD to look like. Also; it has Banshees. Content Warning: this episode includes a gruesome death, a depiction of grief, and mass graves.

We sat down with the creator of Prism; a diceless RPG set in an Aquatic world, that explores relationships. The game has some interesting setting features as well, with it's gods, families, and codes of ethics. Find it on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/2LEqJy9

Alex and Ryan join Ray, for a mini-playtest campaign of Live. Love. Die. a new mecha romance RPG that Ray is writing. In this session we take a look at character creation, setting generation, and get into some combat. We hope you all enjoy this 3 part series of Live. Love. Die.

Melody Watson, and Craig Page join Ray in talking about some of the ways LARP and Table Top RPGs intersect, and differ. This was the first of a few talks like this we'll be planning to have, so let us know what we left out. We'll definitely try and get to it next time.

We had the pleasure recently of interviewing Ashton McAllan; an Australian game designer, live streamer, and general wonderful person. We talked about her games, her history, and the communities she's involved in. It was a very important interview for us cause Ashton is a person in the industry that Ray very much admires. Please give it a listen, and tell us what you thought.

The meme team is back! This time they're on their way to a strange alien garden, filed with dangerous secrets for sure! Sadly this was the last time we were able to record a Meme Team game, but if you liked this content, let us know! We'll try and do something like it again.

This is the first of 2 APs we recorded with the Meme Team. There was a plan to do more; but it became untenable. It's still great content and I think you'll all love it. The Meme Team are a First In Gatecrashing team. The travel through the Fissure Gate to new worlds in order to see if it's safe for others to follow. The Meme Team are part of the London Calling Collective a group of anarchists tha...

We have an interview for y'all today. We sat down with Christoph to chat about his upcoming game Free Spacer. A game of pulling jobs in space to try and goals of retirement...or something more substantial. If you're a fan of Red Markets or the Forged in the Dark stuff, this could be of interest to you.

The final part of the Jotun Moot mini campaign. We might return to these characters, but where we'll find them is a mystery. If you enjoyed it, let us know!

We had occasion to talk to game designer, and fellow interviewer; Brie Sheldon. We talked about what motivates them to create, why they interview people, and Brie even gave us some ideas for Two Sided Quest! We also tried out some slight modifications to our intro.

This week we square up to a Jotun for the first time with perhaps; too many plans. Enjoy this session of Dungeon World!

Session 1 of our Dungeon World game! And we open with so many good jokes! There is a small amount of background noise in this episode, but nothing to loud or persistent. But enjoy the Adventures of Gib and Claviovarsus! Two Adventurers thrust together by the chaos of fate.

We're playing Dungeon World again, and honestly it was a delight. Character creation, Setting generation, and picking a quest! All of that and a little bit more, in this session zero episode with Ellery, Fin, and Ray.

We took another look at Mars Colony, this time Ray was Kelly Perkins. We also used some strange political factions. Enjoy.

Melody is an awesome making of things. We know here from her work making RPGs, and the discussions she often has about them on twitter. We asked her on the show to share a little about her process, and her games.

Ben is a Maltese-Australian game designer with a background in video game design; but he also makes RPGs. We had him on to talk about his history, his process, and some of his games. It was a blast and we can't wait to play Ben's stuff.

A Duo is a conversational LARP for 2 players created by Ray Cox. In A Duo the location you play in will inform your setting. Allowing you to pick from a list of playsets. Ellery and Ray recently playtested some of the scenarios. Audio quality is a bit all over the place but we learned a lot by playing.

Party Fowl: The Game of Drunk Ducks is an area control game on a modular board where the goal is to be the coolest duck at a party. It sounds like a rad concept so we talked to two of the cool ducks behind this project; Spencer, and Caleb. Party Fowl is up on KickStarter right now, so if you want to support it please follow this link. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/159466030/party-fowl-the-g...

The finale of our adventures in Monsterhearts, for a little while at least. We had a discussion about our feelings on the game at the end of the episode rather than write up reflections; cause this was a short campaign. No new episode of the podcast on the 28th, as we will be on vacation.