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Cheating at solitaire in Flavortown Thanks so much for listening to episode 26 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield ( Andrew's Twitter ) Chris - Jake ( Chris's Twitter ) Gino - Ronnie Briggs ( Gino's Twitter ) Matt - The Gamemaster ( Matt's Twitter ) This is a game called the Prince of Providence, a game set in the world of organized crime in New England circa the late 1970's. The first par...

Jake: First Blood Thanks so much for listening to episode 25 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield ( Andrew's Twitter ) Chris - Jake ( Chris's Twitter ) Gino - Ronnie Briggs ( Gino's Twitter ) Matt - The Gamemaster ( Matt's Twitter ) This is a game called the Prince of Providence, a game set in the world of organized crime in New England circa the late 1970's. The first part of the series (...

Think real hard about the last chowder you'll ever have. Thanks so much for listening to episode 23 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield ( Andrew's Twitter ) Chris - Jake ( Chris's Twitter ) Gino - Ronnie Briggs ( Gino's Twitter ) Matt - The Gamemaster ( Matt's Twitter ) This is a game called the Prince of Providence, a game set in the world of organized crime in New England circa the late...

This episode ended up being a real hammer to the balls. Thanks so much for listening to episode 23 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield Chris - Jake Gino - Ronnie Briggs Matt - The Gamemaster This is a game called the Prince of Providence, a game set in the world of organized crime in New England circa the late 1970's. This is the final part of the series to use the FATE Accelerated - there...

Well I can't breathe, I can't swallow Take me down to the hospital Thanks so much for listening to episode 22 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield Chris - Jake Gino - Ronnie Briggs Matt - The Gamemaster This is a game called the Prince of Providence. The first part of this game was played with FATE Accelerated. About 1/3 of the way through, the game system will change as the game changes. I...

CUI BONO? [Latin] What good would that do me? Ambrose Bierce, THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY Thanks so much for listening to episode 21 of our podcast! Andrew - Harvey Littlefield Chris - Jake Gino - Ronnie Briggs Matt - The Gamemaster This is a game called the Prince of Providence. The first part of this game was played with FATE Accelerated. About 1/3 of the way through, the game system will change as t...

Sagged witch picnic. The Romance Concludes. This episode, Steven, Chris, and I play Shooting the Moon , part of the Romance Trilogy by Emily Care Boss/Black and Green Games. Please check out the previous episode if you haven't listened to this yet . Shooting the Moon has a cooperative game setup where we all take turns adding attributes to the beloved and the two suitors. The first half of this re...

Truly a long shot. This episode, Andrew, Chris, Gino and I play Shooting the Moon , part of the Romance Trilogy by Emily Care Boss/Black and Green Games. Shooting the Moon has a cooperative game setup where we all take turns adding attributes to the beloved and the two suitors. The first half of this recording is us moving through this process quickly. We don't explain what we are doing very well...

Did you know that Kuroneko means "Black Cat" in Japanese? I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! We both really enjoyed Kuroneko. In the podcast, you can hear us discuss some of the interesting pieces of this film. Andrew specifically called out the sound design. We also talked about interesting uses of symmetry and juxtaposition throughout. We watched the Criterion Collection edition o...

Our Halloween Dance of the Damned episode emerges, finally, wriggling like an angry graveworm from the depths of my computer. This episode, Andrew, Chris, Gino and I play Dance of the Damned . It's an interesting game inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe story "Masque of the Red Death." Contests, and the meta plot, are resolved via a deck of playing cards, which make for a very interesting ga...

Our first time covering Mario Bava on this show! Gothic chiller Black Sunday is this month's entry in our series on foreign horror films before 1979. This series has proven to be fairly popular with Andrew. I don't know if anyone remembers the premise of this show now, 41 episodes and several years in, but originally it was "horror movie fan (Matt) watches movie with horror movie novice (Andr...

The Winds of Change vs. The Arrow That Pierces Your Heart This episode, Gino and Chris play a game of Reflections, which is a great two player RPG by Third Act Publishing Reflections seems like a really fun game and I love the structure it encourages. Gino did the title card for this episode. If you dig his art, he also has a long running webcomic up at pizzapranks.com and a Patreon for his art. I...

Also, episode 40.5 - Godzilla, King of the Monsters! Obligatory apology - sorry for being a low energy Jeb this episode. I was a tired guy this day. This episode has the greatest opening audio of literally any of our episodes thus far. Also sorry for various pug noises (that's Frankie) and also the lateness of this episode. This episode snuck in just under the wire. Next month, we are putting out...

Squirrels, goblins, and getting railed by a truck. This episode, Andrew, Chris and I play Goblin Quest. Although this is meant to be a GM less game, I decided at the time, mainly out of exhaustion, to play a pseudo game master role. We sort of built the plane as we played it with this game, so please bear that in mind. I think that it (Goblin Quest) is a great one session game, especially if, like...

Andrew and I are hard at work trying to find a time in which to get together and record our episode on Godzilla. If you are looking for a foreign horror movie fix, I might suggest some past episodes? Aside from our last two episodes on House and Nosferatu: the Vampyr, we also did episodes on M (episode 11), the Testament of Dr Mabuse (Episode 10), Vampyr (episode 17), and Suspiria (episode 25). Ot...

Diddly dun dun diddly dun dun diddly dun dun diddly dun dun We're playing Stars Without Number. Andrew is gamemaster, Chris, Gino and I play a particular hapless crew of smugglers. This is the conclusion of our Stars Without Number series. Check out past episodes of our podcast for some of Gino's character art and title card illustrations - they are really great. You can support him on Patreon. Ne...

Hello everyone and welcome to the fourteenth episode of the ActualPlay. Network podcast. We're playing Stars Without Number. Hired to transport a box from one planet to another, Gino, Chris and I failed to do so. This is the second episode of three for season 1 of our Stars Without Number series. We've recorded a few more games with these characters, so you will eventually hear more of Fal Q May,...

What's in the box? This episode kicks off our Stars Without Number series. Andrew is GMing this time, with Chris, Gino, and myself playing spacefarer types. In case you aren't aware Stars Without Number , is sort of an old school style game in a sci fi setting. I'm a big fan of games like this, because they leave a lot of room for the players and also are pretty challenging and sometimes deadly. I...

Jonathan Harker journeys to Transylvania in order to sell a house in bucolic Wismer to a mysterious noblemen. Nightmare after nightmare follows. Nosferatu the Vampyre came out in 1979 and was directed by Werner Herzog and stars Klaus Kinski. This is a famous pairing, explored by Herzog in My Best Fiend . We watched the Shout Factory edition of Nosferatu the Vampyre , which, although light on speci...

In case you forgot what was happening, Grizznacht, Jean Luc and Nicky, played by myself (Matt), Andrew, and Gino were investigating the theft of a magical artifact that is coveted by both the vampire crime boss of the city, Sigismind, and the Prince of the city. The party is right now exploring an underground Nosferatu city. This is the fourth and final episode of our Vampire the Requiem series. P...

The pavement is pounded. What emerges may be more dead rats than anyone could handle. I'd just like to say that if anyone was waiting for this episode, I know that it is 6 months late. We've had a variety of personal problems, but I am happy to say that I think I will be able to be much closer to on track with our podcast. In case you forgot what was happening, Grizznacht, Jean Luc and Nicky, play...

View on our website Andrew and Matt discuss the nutty Japanese surrealist haunted house film House. (Andrew loves it) Seven Japanese schoolgirls travel to an aunt's house - the aunt, however, turns out to be an undead ghost. The movie's bizarre editing choices and camera tricks make it a real trip to observe. It has legitimately thematic depth that other movies like this sometimes lack, touching b...

In the final episode of our Vincent Price series, Andrew and Matt enjoy some paddleball theatrics. Check out the other episodes in our Vincent Price series: The Pit and the Pendulum The Masque of the Red Death The Haunted Palace The Fall of the House of Usher Witchfinder General Abominable Dr Phibes Dr Phibes Rises Again The House on Haunted Hill Next Month: House (1977)

The campy, compact classic really rubbed Andrew the wrong way. Can't really say why. This film was directed by William Castle, and stars Vincent Price as Frederick Loren and Carol Ohmart as Annabelle Loren The blind caretaker, one of a series of red herrings built into the plot of the House on Haunted Hill, was Andrew's favorite part. Andrew found the film's 96% on Rotten Tomatoes to be absurd. Fo...

Dr Phibes rises again -- into a film that is not quite as good as the first. The Cast of Characters Vincent Price as Dr Anton Phibes Robery Quarry as Darius Biederbeck Valli Kemp as Vulnavia Peter Jeffrey as Inspector Trout Contact Matt: Email: matt@goldenagehorror.com @thewatermethod on twitter Contact Andrew: @pizzapranks on twitter All Godless Here on Amazon - 99 cents! Theme is Swan Lake Dub b...