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  • This episode was meant to be about Household II but we also spent almost half an hour talking about Spectaculars!

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.05.24: Thank you to our new patron: Rikard Falk
    00.06.56: World of Gaming: We play Spectaculars; Elon Musk feels the need to chip in on D&D; Hasbro not making another D&D movie; yet another Folk Horror game, this time The Terror Beneath from Osprey, (but it uses gumshoe!); we will be at Dragonmeet next week!
    00.45.30: Old West News - join our Facebook group
    00.49.53: Simone Formicola of 2 Little Mice talks about Household II
    01.34.36: Next time and Goodbye

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  • A slightly short episode this time, recorded on the fly because Matthew was away on our usual schedule.

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.04.05: Our interview with Andreas about the My Father's Sword kickstarter
    00.55.56: Next time and Goodbye

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  • Our old friend Magnus joins us to talk about his new book.

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.04.27: World of Gaming: Windheim hitting doormats; My Father's Sword hitting KS; Conan Kickstarter a week left. Broken Empires RPG kickstarter last hours; Salvage Union Starter set; Spelkongress goers heard more about Coriolis the great Dark and stuff; Dreams and Machines setting guide out
    00.23.17: Old West News - join our Facebook group
    00.37.32: Magnus Seter on Out of the Box get it in PDF
    01.46.15: Goodbye

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  • After the kickstarter, a pause. Dave and Matthew discuss the world of gaming, catch us up on that's happening with Tales of the Old West since the kickstarter ended and reflect on Coriolis.

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.04.41: World of Gaming: Chaosium Launches Companions of Arthur; Electric State hitting doormats; Path of Glory coming; Alien now Evolving; Ars Magica open licence; new edition of The Expanse crowdfunding; more Pirate Borg too; Conan: The Hyborian Age kickstarts; Matthew went to Essen - shout out to to Laoin and Alex Bueno!
    00.39.07: Old West News - join our Facebook group
    00.49.50: Reflections on Coriolis
    01.04.10: Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.03.08: World of Gaming: Terminal State funded; Paragons, a YearZeroEngine-ish Superhero RPG kickstarting now; The QuickStart for Discworld is out; D&D not going anywherer; The Last Caravan looks interesting; Matthew will be at Spiel Essen.
    00.24.47: Old West News
    00.28.33: Our "Ask us anything" stream recorded
    01.31.28: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.03.26 : Welcome to our new patron, Nils L
    00.07.13: World of Gaming: Space: 1999 on pre-order; one for our Swedish fans, Anders Blixt’s Expert Partisan; Chaosium’s BRP competition finalists announced; Discworld RPG coming to KS soon; Dave got his copy of Agean; we are going to Dragonmeet
    00.38.21: Old West News: The KS page doing well!
    00.46.29: Interview: Chris Vemeren on his Terminal State Kickstarter - back it now
    01.28.10: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, Jed McCLure
    00.03.59: World of Gaming: Mongoose buys Traveller outright; Luke Crane buys Dungeon World; LotR material available in D&D Beyond; Terminal State Kickstarter; Sentients kickstarter; Troubleshooters Ghosts and Thieves Kickstarter
    00.31.36: Old West News: The KS page goes live at 4pm BST Tuesday 3rd September!
    00.41.29: Essay - Difficult Histories
    01.05.12: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.01.51: Welcome to our new patron, Oliver Nøglebæk
    00.05.07: World of Gaming: The KS page is ready to follow!
    00.22.16: Interview - Jonathan Hicks, writer of the forthcoming Alien cinematic and Those Dark Places
    01.00.38: Next time and Goodbye

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  • Hear the reaction of the team that wrote Hope's Last Day to the Alien 2nd Edition announcement. Then settle down with Neil Kingham for a chat about editing RPGs, the state of Symbaroum and The Tower of the Lich Lord.

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, James Ramage
    00.03.11: World of Gaming: SLA Borg; Diana Jones award goes to United Paizo Workers; Ennie winners announced; ALIEN RPG 2nd ed announced
    00.38.30: Old West News
    00.42.20: Interview - Neil Kingham, editor extraordinaire and author of Tower of the Lich Lord
    01.29.55: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.03.02: World of Gaming: Vaezine's VaesenCon GM submissions are open; Space: 1999 TTRPG announced
    00.17.48: Old West News
    00.26.16: Essay - Life-Path character generation
    00.57.45: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.02.23: Thank you to our new patron: Ewan Dougall
    00.06.33: World of Gaming: Building Better Worlds nominated for two Ennies; Black Madonna and Hostile Waters for T2K hitting doormats, Moria available for pre-oder; Dave likes Coriolis (duh!); Eldritch Automata crowdfunding on Backerkit
    00.19.21: Old West News
    00.27.10: Interview - Nick Francia talks about Eldritch Automata
    01.22.14: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.02.08: Thank you to our new patrons: Uhtred43; Sol Franklin and Andy B
    00.06.07: World of Gaming: Uk Games Expo report (Frank's vid of the tournament); Neil Kingham's Tower of the Lich Lord, a Symbaroum chose your fighting fantasy adventure; Kickstarters: The Dark Age of Theer from Starfleet Captain Liam Sharp(!); AniMort; Hollows from Rowan Rook and Deckard (crowdfunding on Backerkit); Dave Going to Tabletop Scotland
    00.37.02: Old West News
    00.49.28: Interview - Andrew E.C. Gaska on the Planet of the Apes RPG kickstarter
    01.35.53: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introduction
    00.02.45: Round 1 - Mutant Year Zero
    00.07.10: Round 2 - Coriolis
    00.10.55: Round 3 - Vaesen
    00.14.42: Round 4 - Alien
    00.20.02: Round 5 - Best of the Rest
    00.26.20: Round 6 - Woah - new style year zero goes beyond 6?!
    00.32.03: Round 7 - What is this madness? D20? (Symbaroum)
    00.36.42: Final Round - Taking us up to 20
    00.40.00: The Prizegiving
    00.43.00: Questions from the audience
    0.54.10: Goodbye

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  • It's the big one! The announcement of our free QuickDraw. In this episode Dave and I talk about some of the Westerns, TV, Film and novels that have inspired or influenced the game.
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    00.00.40: Introduction
    00.01.58: Thank you to our new Patron, Richard Upton Pickman
    00.03.35: World of Gaming - Fall of the Imperium out from Modipheus for Dune; Pilgramage of the Penitent for Mork Borg; Effekt Publishing a a new company that have released their website and made their Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru
    00.31.34: Discussion - we talk about some of our favourite bits of the Western corpus, and how each piece is reflected in our game. starting with Deadwood.
    00.39.37: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
    00.44.05: Tombstone
    00.49.22: Lonesome Dove
    00.57.41: Blood Meridian
    01.01.28: The English
    01.05.36: 1883
    01.11.11: Next time (UK Games Expo) and Goodbye

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  • Its a weird one
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    00.00.40: Introduction
    00.03.40: Old West News
    00.09.45: World of Gaming - Path of Glory, a campaign for Dragonbane; Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland 2nd (non-AI) edition, only a few hours left on the kickstarter; Mothership arriving in print; d20 fantasy 2nd edition kickstarting
    00.15.23: Interview - Millie the GM on her work with UK Games Expo - sign up for the Dragonbane Tournament, check out Dave's seminar and join our
    00.50.55: Next time and Goodbye

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  • Its a Dragonbane (Drakar Och Demoner) Special!
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    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.02.58: Thank you to our new patrons: Pontus Sjögren; Jimmy Skoglund; and Josh Leape
    00.04.11: Old West News
    00.14.25: Listener Feedback: email from Marcus Bone
    00.17.58 : World of Gaming: Dragonbane adventure from hmmm.... Marcus Bone; Black Powder and Brimstone Kickstarter; Star Trek Adventures 2; Embracer splits, Dragonbane Tournament at UK Games Expo
    00.38.55: Essay - Writing Dragonbane adventures
    01.07.36: Next time and Goodbye

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  • Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you!
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    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.03.28: Old West News
    00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The Laundry 2nd Edition; Lex Arcana - Rome the Eternal City kickstarter ending soon; Savage World of Solomon Kane from Monolith; Elder Mythos Kickstarter
    00.40.42: Essay - Year Zero Engine Critical Injuries
    01.22.36: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons
    00.06.15: Old West News
    00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of Dust and Neon; Our Brilliant Ruin
    00.43.25: Book Club - Coriolis: The Great Dark
    01.47.12: Next time and Goodbye

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  • 00.00.40: Introductions
    00.01.18: Old West News
    00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arriving; Dragonbane monster standees!; Chaosium’s design challenge
    00.31.40: Coriolis - The Pantheon of the Icons including the CALENDAR (and the blog post, oh I see you used my (Jon's) IMAGE for your post, Dave!)
    00.53.27: Next time and Goodbye

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  • In a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview with our great friend Millie the Gm, who is running her own online play through of Mercy of the Icons on YouTube and our Cairo correspondent Mohamed El Dakak

    00.00.40: Introductions
    00.03.49: Welcome to our (brief) new patron - Joachim Buchert
    00.05.00: Old West News
    00.10.55: World of Gaming: Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition; Laundry Files 2nd edition; new Discworld game announced take part in Modiphious' survey; Dagger in the Heart; Moria alpha out
    00.37.24: Panel - Discussing the Coriolis News
    01.28.24: Next time and Goodbye

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