Best Fria Ligan Podcasts (2025)

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GSV: General Systems Vehicle 1:19:26

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9d ago1:19:26

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We talk about Greatships in the Great Dark 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.51: World of Gaming: What we are doing at UKGames Expo; plus, New Dragonbane expansion; Invisible Sun, Bettin' Bullets; online retail coming soon; VTT coming later; our first game with proper rulebooks 00.32.54: Old West News: US shipping notices being received, online retail …

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Pacifica 1:24:01

23d ago1:24:01

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We talk to Gabe Garcia of Firelock Games about the first expansion for the Year Zero Engine WWII RPG, War Stories... 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.20: World of Gaming: Alien beta PDFs out, great to see we are still credited as authors on Hope’s Last Day, Thomas is our new collaborator; Goodman Games kerfuffle; Dave's seminar at UKGE, would you like…

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Voices in the Dark 1:55:16

1M ago1:55:16

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The much postponed group discussion of Coriolis: The Great Dark 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.43: World of Gaming: We were at Dragonmeet: Call to Adventure!; Windheim won all the awards; Epic Encounters Symbaroum Minis; Stonemeiiher games using the US government over tariffs; Realms of the Three Rings and its 5e version is out in print; new will be…

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Ragnarok 1:19:28

2M ago1:19:28

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Finally revenge for Lindesfarne! We interview Andreas Lundstrom about the viking apocalypse. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.26: World of Gaming: Mongoose gets the rights to Dark Conspiracy; War Stories KS starts on the 16th; tariffs in the news; Free League were at Salute; we will be at UKGames Expo Old West News: 00.26.20: Old News West(?): Fulfill…

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Sanctioned 1:21:28

2M ago1:21:28

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We interview haul Dee Sanction Paul Baldowski into the torture chamber 00.00.40: Introductions 00.05.53: World of Gaming: Alien Evolved edition KS is live and doing very well: War Stories KS coming in April; our friend and TotOW artist Máté Cziner has a solo game A Practical Guide for the Amateur Exonaturalist out on DriveThru; The Dee Sanction Mon…

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Seeing Red 1:25:27

3M ago1:25:27

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Featuring TTRPG maestros Ken Hite and Gar Hanrahan 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.00: World of Gaming: The Electric State movie is out and its ... ok; New edition of Runequest Adventures in Glorantha coming; Wasteland Degenerates is Borg compatible Mad Max; Mark Miller is writing for Mongoose Traveller!; our friend and contributor to TotOW Saul Mora…

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To skill or not to skill 1:21:55

3M ago1:21:55

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What makes interesting player characters and NPC for one shots 00.00.40: Introductions https://www.youtube.com/@reluctantartsy 00.07.36: Invincible year zero supers announced; Alien Evolved KS launching later this month; WotC have a new VTT, Sigil link to Enworld's article; Space 1999 pdf out; Terraforming Mars is from Ken Hite and friend of the sh…

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I'm a man you don't meet every day 1:03:30

4M ago1:03:30

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What makes interesting player characters and NPC for one shots 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.30: World of Gaming: Agrella, City of Eternal Euphoria; on pre-order for Symbaroum check it out on Frank's channel; Alien Evolved showcase for John Mullaney's artwork; random generation of stats in Year Zero games?!; Terraforming Mars crowdfunding; Is "work…

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Once more into the breach, my friends 57:44

4M ago57:44

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What makes a good RPG mass battle system? 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.40: Welcome to our new Patron Peter Thomas 00.04.20: World of Gaming: Alien: Evolved edition to KickStart on March 25th; Evil Genius experiences the Streisand Effect; Punch Nazis bundle on Bundle of Holding includes Eat the Reich 00.24.50: Old West News: Tales of the Old West P…

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Go Quest Young Man 1:13:46

4M ago1:13:46

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We preview ZineQuest 00.00.40: Introductions: Rocky Horror Show 00.04.00: World of Gaming: The Sinking Tower released as free Dragonbane QuickStart! Chaosium's 50th anniversay offer to convention organisers; Rivers of London American supplement announced; Diamond Distribution goes bust; Anders Gilbring in hospital 00.26.12: Old West News 00.37.38: …

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2024, we were in you 1:16:30

5M ago1:16:30

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Some of our patrons join us to review the past year 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.20: Old West News: First beta layout being reviewed! 00.05.00: Discussion: Most fun gaming moments of 2024; weirdest/most interesting mews of the year; most anticipated launch next year; and where does Year Zero go from here? 01.14.50: Goodbye Effekt is brought to you…

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Its beginning to feel a lot like Symbaroum 1:23:38

5M ago1:23:38

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We meet The Wanderers Tome at Dragonmeet! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.41: World of Gaming: Most anticipated game of 25 poll is live at Enworld, please vote for Tales of the Old West; New The One Ring?LotR RP Elf books on pre-order from Free League; there’s a TOR bundle offer on Bundle of Holding; Pendragon GM’s guide happening; Western PDF delive…

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Dragons, met 1:07:15

6M ago1:07:15

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We meet The Wanderers Tome at Dragonmeet! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.18: World of Gaming: FreeLeague and 2 Little Mice announce distribution partnership; DC Heroes 4Oth anniversary Kickstarter; our Dragonmeet report "Londons Friendliest Gaming convention": Western is on its way 00.42.30: Old West News - join our Facebook group 00.49.28: Intervie…

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Come into the Garden Maud 1:36:34

6M ago1:36:34

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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, t…

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An Evening with Andreas 55:13

7M ago55:13

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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 Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Fre…

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Out of the Box 1:55:47

7M ago1:55:47

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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 …

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A Moment of Reflection 1:05:11

8M ago1:05:11

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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 Evol…

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The home straight! 1:33:27

8M ago1:33:27

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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: N…

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Rollin,' Rollin,' Rollin' 1:33:05

9M ago1:33:05

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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 pa…

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The Final Countdown! 1:07:48

9M ago1:07:48

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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 a…

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Saddle up! 1:02:54

10M ago1:02:54

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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 Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea,…

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All about Symba ... Bloody hell! Alien! 1:31:22

10M ago1:31:22

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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…

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Adventure of a lifetime 59:34

11M ago59:34

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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 Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League…

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Automata for the People 1:25:18

11M ago1:25:18

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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: Int…

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You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! 1:39:16

11M ago1:39:16

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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…

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The All About Free League Pub Quiz 55:04

12M ago55:04

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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.…

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Welcome to the Old West 1:15:20

1y ago1:15:20

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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. - 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; Pilgr…

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A Games Expo Minisode 52:08

1y ago52:08

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Its a weird one - 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 …

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You really want Dragonbane? 1:09:15

1y ago1:09:15

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Its a Dragonbane (Drakar Och Demoner) Special! - 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…

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Critical Thinking 1:23:51

1y ago1:23:51

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Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you! - 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 Engin…

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Lost in the Dark 1:49:05

1y ago1:49:05

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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 Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by …

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The Pantheon of the Icons 56:49

1y ago56:49

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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…

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Into The Great dark 1:33:18

1+ y ago1:33:18

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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 00.0…

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We interview Nils and Kosta about Coriolis: The Great Dark 39:28

1+ y ago39:28

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We interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen it on YouTube it might be old news for you loyal listeners by then. So instead we are going to have a reaction panel feature, and for those of you who prefer podcasting over YT, here i…

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Cyberpulp 1:19:16

1+ y ago1:19:16

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare's 24 hr gaming marathon fro charity; Star Trek Adventures: The Federation Klingon War; Dune: Fall of the Imperium has Dave words in; This Blighted Isle: Darkened Hill and Dale KS; Al…

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Per Ardua Ad Astra 1:13:17

1+ y ago1:13:17

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planned - Dave’s writing workshop, Effekt's Free League quiz and Free League's National Dragonbane Championships! 0032.40: Rocks Fall Everyone Dies - Masters of the Air in War Stories 01.0…

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Still Walking 1:22:28

1+ y ago1:22:28

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg 00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow of the Weird Wizard (with a diversion into Dave's Dune writing); kill engn mechs for Cy-borg ; 00.19.16: Interview - Garry Harper When We Die 01.17.39: Next time and Goodbye Effekt…

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Review of the Year 1:51:40

1+ y ago1:51:40

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion 00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall Games in Terminator AI battle; Cyan Starlight KS; 5e Ruins of Symbaroum books; Role VTT loses its heart; is the Golden Age over ? 00.52.39: Patrons in the Hamam - The Year in Revie…

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Bonus show: Designing Tales of the Old West - part 2 1:04:17

1+ y ago1:04:17

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Happy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show. People enjoyed the peek into our deign process that we released a month ago and asked if there was more. There is - this second hour …

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How Deep Can We Go? 1:26:51

1+ y ago1:26:51

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.00: Thank you to our new patron: Jeppe Mulich 00.05.12: World of Gaming - Electric State on Kickstarter; Matt Colville's Monster Fighting game MCDM RPG; R Talsorian's multi dimensional game Shadow Scar; Doug gets a staring fooled in Outgunned, Dave is guesting on Raldanash's Walking Dead Universe discusion 00.45.20: Dr…

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We should have brought some fire 1:08:08

1+ y ago1:08:08

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Sorry, chapter markers wrong in this episode, use these timing instead 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.13: Thank you to our new patron: Andrew Rackley 00.05.12: World of Gaming - Four Borg! Even simpler than Mork Borg, New Free League website with proactive advice for starting to play; oh no! The Adventure Time RPG dumps its Yes And system for a 5e r…

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Building Worlds 1:32:41

1+ y ago1:32:41

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Not only are some people building worlds with the hardcopy of the latest Alien supplement that has arrived on at least a few doorstep, but we speak to a woman who had a brilliant idea for building your game's world (better) with magnetic modular terrain. Plus loads of news from Free League and the world of gaming! . 00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.54…

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Bonus show: The early days of game design - Tales of the Old West 1:01:50

1+ y ago1:01:50

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We are sorry we missed our usual episode last week. Our intention had been to record an episode during MCM Comic Con London, but we ended up working too hard to make too few sales to do anything other than eat and sleep of an evening. Normal service will be resumed next weekend, and will include some Comic Con related content. To make up for our ab…

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Patriarchy schmatriarchy! 1:27:17

1+ y ago1:27:17

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00.00.40: Introductions - You're Dead to Me 00.09.36: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds PDFs are here; new Dragonbane announcements; The Lost Mountain saga coming out for Halloween; Cohors Cthulhu kickstarting; New Edition of BRP out in print; ; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.54.47: Article - Women in Historical TTRPG - Dr Emma Southron's History …

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Paying the Piper 1:11:38

1+ y ago1:11:38

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00.00.40: Introductions - Put it on a plate 00.03.55: World of Gaming - Evil Genius sue Netflix over Rebel Moon RPG; Mutant Ad Astra finally makes an appearance; NeoClassscal Geek Revival imported into the UK; Household is brilliant; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.39.55: Article - Community content by the word (Steve Weick's blog posts) 01.09.36: Next ti…

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A Bridge Too Far? 1:10:02

1+ y ago1:10:02

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.06.01: World of Gaming: Dukk Borg; Pirate Borg; Deathmatch Island on Backerkit 17th October; and Cohors Cthulhu coming to KS 3rd October; D&D part work; the art in They Grow Up So Fast. 00.41.30: Article - Writing Market Garden for War Stories 01.07.18: Upcoming episodes and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit…

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The Gates of Gar 1:15:20

1+ y ago1:15:20

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.47: Thank you to our new patron, Keith Rossellini 00.04.50: World of Gaming: Dreams and Machines pre-order; Free League will be demoing Zone Wars at Essen; Assassin’s Creed RPG announced; Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter almost done; Moria Kickstarter 00.27.02: Interview - Interview, Gareth Ryder-Hannrahan 01.12.…

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The Bane of Dungeons and Dragons 1:18:43

2y ago1:18:43

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.06.50: World of Gaming: Modern Vaesen is out; Slaughterville re-thought and relaunched; Coriolis, Wake of the Icons finally in stores; Eat the Riech! Kickstarter 00.29.06: Interview - Andreas Lundstrom talks about Windheim and the Horn of Dawn, 01.15.12: Goodbye, and Sagan om Drakar ock Demoner from the forthcoming Dragon…

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The Devil of Slaughterville 1:34:30

2y ago1:34:30

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.04: World of Gaming: It’s Gen Con as we record; Ennie Results full list of nominees and winners; Diana Jones award won by Coyote and Crow; Free League announce a Moria campaign for both Ring games; Badgequest, girl-guide/scouts game on Kickstarter; friend of the Show Andreas kickstarts Windheim for DoD/Dragonbane; Slau…

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The Case of the Disappearing Slenderman 1:18:11

2y ago1:18:11

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00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.50: World of Gaming: Pendragon starter set out in the UK; Pendragon fiction coming from my mate Chris November; Cubicle 7 coming out with a second edition of the Laundry Files; Gary’s Appendix kickstarts a third issue with some more words from renowned OSR expert Dave; now Critical Role have found out we are going to M…