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Dave is back! And so is Jonathan Hicks!
00.00.40: Introduction - wasn't Badlands but The Bad Batch that inspired the Song of The Siren adventure
00.05.06: Thank you to our new Patron: Stewart Hawkes
00.06.52: World of Gaming: Monty Python game available for £5; Atlas games put family RPG Magical Kitties under an open Creative Commons licence; Chaosium have a new game coming - Time without Tide, features a new but strangely familiar ruleset, plus "Delvers" hmmmm; a little bit of Old West adjacent News; Alien: Operation Leading Edge pre-order
00.36.44: Interview - Jonathan Hicks on Operation Leading Edge
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In Dave's absence we have a very special treat for you in this episode: a peek behind the Patreon paywall - an episode of Lost Mountain Saga's Patreon exclusive Birch Basement podcast (featuring, by pure coincidence, Matthew and Dave)
00.00.40: Introduction
00.02.14: World of Gaming - The Children of Time RPG is live soon on kickstarter; New Alien cinematic Operation Leading Edge, on pre-order; just two weeks to back Nordic Skalds' Third Horizon campaign Eater of Worlds
00.05.50: Old West News - Lone Rider has playtest feedback; Tales of the Old West will be the ruleset for the next season of Lost Mountain Saga
00.08.04: An episode of Birch Basement - Ellinor and Sydney's Patron Exclusive podcast. If you like it (we are not on every episode) join their Patreon at a paid rank.
01.01.28: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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having been at UK Games Expo last weekend, when we should have been recording - we are rejigging out schedule, with a quick and dirty recording this week, talking about ... UK Games Expo
00.00.40: Introductions
00.05.38: Old West News - Solo rules coming soon00.08.00: World of Gaming - New Outgunned: Adventures campaign on Backerkit from 2LittleMice
00.19.04: Looking back on UK Games Expo
00.58.14: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We talk with Axel Widén and Andreas Lundström talk about the forthcoming Coriolis: The Third Horizon Campaign
00.00.40: Introductions
00.04.26: World of Gaming: The Four Pillar AI slop designer history controversy; there is an Elric themed game coming from Goodman Games!; there is an Elric themed game coming from Free League!: FL are co-publishing a, 'acid' western game Frontier Scum; we will be at UK Games Expo.
00.37.37: Old West News: We won Best Role Playing Game at UKGE Judges Choice Awards!
00.49.50: Interview: Axel Widén and Andreas Lundström talk about the forthcoming Coriolis: The Third Horizon Campaign Eater of Worlds
01.42.01: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We discuss the latest Symbaroum news with Mattias Johnsson
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.04: World of Gaming: Free League announce a 10th Anniversary edition of Symbaroum
00.03.19: Interview: attias Johnsson on the new 10th Anniversary edition and the City States expansion
01.14.21: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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Can our guest convert The Flowers of Algorab to the older Third Horizon ruleset
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.33: Welcome to our new patron: Changed Later00.05.18: World of Gaming: Gehenna Gaming fold, leaving Elrdrich Automata’s fate unknown; Die RPG welcome to the Meta Dungeon; Vampire Republic RPG; we have to talk about Dungeon Crawler Carl; Paizo break their non-D&D duck with 13 Omens; our Salute report
00.40.06: Feature: Thomas on porting Flowers of Algorab to the Third Horizon. Thomas has since created a video guide here
01.06.30: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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What can Ancient Greece teach us about the Icons?
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.16: Welcome to our new (and returning) patrons: Easy Peasy Pumpkin (aka Nic) and Keith Rossele00.04.12: World of Gaming: Free Tabletop Licence expanded to include the Third Horizon, Forbidden Lands, Symbaroum etc; we got Flowers of Algorab; Fomoria Kickstarting; we are going to be at Salute
00.34.15: Old West News: US warehouse stocked; GM screen PDF available on Drivethru; The Gift Horse coming soon
00.41.44: Feature: The Icons, "greeked"
01.06.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We talk about writing Alien Evolved adventures
00.00.40: Introductions
00.04.18: Welcome to our new patron: Leon Castro Lagunas00.06.41: World of Gaming: Ballad Hunters is NOT on Kickstarter (yet); Pact - year Zero demonic horror; Mythic Battles on Gamefound; Tunnels and Trolls on Kickstarter; Public Access on Kickstarter; what exactly is The End is #Trending? ; Fairy Quest; Trudvang made over $1m; Year Zero Engine gets an artical (and Tales of the Old West a mention) in Rascal
00.53.20: Feature: Writing for Alien Evolved
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We talk about interview prolific author of Third Horizon adventures Kevin Hassall
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.22: Welcome to our new patron: Peter Taylor00.03.53: World of Gaming: Temeraire RPG from Magpie Games currently Kickstarting; last ten days days of Dragonbane: Trudvang kickstarter; Pirate Borg starter set available and its great plus Down Among the Dead; The Serpent a very Coriolis flavoured Traveller campaign is being kickstarted ....
00.30.31: Old West News: beware AI misrepresentation
00.46.26: Interview: Kevin Hassall on his extensive Coriolis and other RPG output.
01.22.53: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We talk about Tabletop Gaming Live, our first convention event of the year, and chat in Millie Lavelle about RPG plans for EK Games Expo
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.53: World of Gaming: Mantic Games announce a Ghost in the Shell RPG (not to be confused with Ghost in the Shell Arise - or "Ghost in the Machine"?! What was Matthew on?!); Cohors Cthulhu Larium Adventures is out (we divert into how often phasers are "locked" in Start Trek); SLA industries Savage Worlds edition announced; Tunnels and Trolls beta quickstart released; late pledges on The Cosmographers Atlas showcase some beautiful illustration; Ryan Dancy leaves AEG after AI commentary.
00.53.08: Matthew's Tabletop Gaming Live Report
01.04.33: Interview: Millie Lavelle on UK Games Expo epic games sign up here
01.19.02: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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Writing personal agendas for Alien
00.00.40: Introductions
00.03.42: World of Gaming: Gallows Corner on Kickstarter; Dragonebane Trudvang kickstarting 17th November; Flowers of Algorab out; Matthew will be at Tabletop Gaming Live in Doncaster next week
00.17.39: Old West News: Our Gold Country AP campaign starting next week, Biting the Dust in Albuquerque on DriveThru soon
00.28.44: Feature: Writing Personal Agendas for Alien RPG.
00.59.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We interview Duncan Rhodes, and then he (about to run his first Alien game) interviews us!
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.40: World of Gaming: 10 most anticipated games of 2026; Results of Toon Backerkit campaign; Dragonbane: Trudvang kickstarting soon; Matthew (and Frank/Raldanash) will be at Tabletop Live in Doncaster
00.26.16: Old West News: Our new streamed campaign starts with session zero
00.29.46: Interview Duncan Rhodes, author of (deep breath) The Creative Game Master's Guide of Extraordinary Locactions and How to Design Them, and the Hipsters and Dragons blog.
01.34.26: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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We talk about solo gaming, especially as it pertains to Tales of the Old West
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.30: Welcome and thank you to our new patron: Shaky T (Simon)
00.03.59: Slightly unscheduled Old West (Marches) news00.10.00: World of Gaming: Blades ‘68 from Evil Hat; Tiny Defenders trauma therapy RPG out of Palestine; Traveller: Cluster Truck
00.30.28: Going Solo (we mention Beyond Cataclysm; Frank; and The Soloist)
01.11.53: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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Taking the opportunity of the Christmas break to gather some patrons, and review the year 2025 as well as look forward to objectives for 2026. Featuring patrons, Frank, Thomas, Douglas, Paul, Jed and Bruce talking about Planet of the Apes; Space 1999; Harnmaster; Ronin, Spectaculars; Coriolis: The Great Dark; and, Forbidden Lands in German!
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Kind of a freeform episode
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Dedicated to Diggy
00.00.40: Introductions
00.04.26: World of Gaming: Twilight Sword from 2Little Mice and FreeLeague on Backer Kit; Ghost in the Shell RPG kickstarting; we are going to be at Dragonmeet running the Free League Stand and Selling Tales of tee Old West next door; we are also writing an epic Alien: Evolved adventure for UKGames expo.
00.23.02: Tales of the new Verse
01.25.18: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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Actually a packed but tight episode not much over an hour, there's efficiency
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.51: Welcome to our new patron: Charlie Creek00.03.28: World of Gaming: AI controversy at UKGE; we are going to UKGE; we are also going to TableTopGaming live; and Dragonmeet; Cohors Cthulhu on sale; Apocaplyse World Burned Over Kickstarter, Japanese’s version of Mörk Borg being kickstarted; Pioneer Kickstarter; Godzilla RPG announced
00.45.47: Old West News: The Foundry module is available to buy; The Made in the Old West license means you can publish and sell your own adventures
00.54.36: Invincible, the not-an-interview-with-Tomas discussion
01.09.09: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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Recorded at Spelkongress, Stockholm, Sweden! (The audio is of varying quality)
00.00.30: Introductions
00.03.48: World of Gaming: news from Spelkongress presnantions that we did not go to, that were mostly in Swedish - our Swedish patrons did attend though and thoughtful told us what was going on, on Discord.
00.12.01: On the plane David and Matthew discuss their hopes for the event
00.38.25: Eric Granstrom, on Svavlewinter (The Brimstone Sleep) for DoD/Dragonbane; and Alderland for Forbidden Lands
00.47.43: Anders Gilbring, on Western
01.04.20: Magnus Seter, on Trudvang
01.49.40: Anders Blick, on on being an elder statesman of Swedish gaming (and Ereb Altor)
01.26.08: Next time and Goodbye
01:27:14: Music by TjautEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing.
Music by kind permission of Tjaut [email protected] www.tjaut.se
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The episode we mucked up, not featuring the interview with Tomas that we failed to actually record
00.00.40: Introductions
00.065.46: World of Gaming: Cosmic Corsairs Kickstarter; Vaesen Mythic Carpathia pre-orders; Alien Evolved Pledgemanger closes; we are going to Spelkongress!
00.24.22: Old West News: The Foundry module is available to buy; The Made in the Old West license means you can publish and sell your own adventures
00.41.03: Invincible, the not-an-interview-with-Tomas discussion
01.04.08: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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In an episode for creators everywhere Dave looks back on his two years working solely on RPG writing, what went right and what he might have done differently.
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.29: welcome to our new Patron Phillip D Massey00.06.12: World of Gaming: Invincible kickstarter; Vaesen getting delivered; the new Conan RPG too
00.26.31: Old West News: The Foundry system is ready for download; The Last Vegas Legacy adventure
00.38.40: Dave's reflections
01.11.307: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.
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