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CW: Fire, Storms, Earthquakes, Riots, Police Brutality, Death.
My friend Andrew and I played our first game together, and they graciously let me record it.
We played Live. Love. Die. Remember. together and explored a world where mechs are used to hold back the extreme weather events caused by anthropogenic climate change.
Get your own copy of LLDR by clicking here. Continue reading “[Live. Love. Die. Remember]: Love’s Comet”
[Content Warning: Death]
This week Ray wanted to play LLDR again.
We fixed a few typos, and tried out playing a different number of scenes.
Thanks to Emily for giving Ray an excuse to play, we hope you enjoy this thoughtful and intimate game.
Content Warning: Death, Slavery, War Crimes, Knife Wounds, and Vulnerability.
Something special and intimate. Ray played through a demo of their new game. Solo. It was quite raw and emotional and some of the best podcasting we’ve done to be honest.
A great way to see how LLDR plays; Ray explains why the mechanics are what they are. Leading the listener through a guided experience of Mecha Tragedy.
[content warning: this episode contains fascist language and speeches, and Extreme Physical Violence.]
This week our pilots and mechs have to attend a state funded ball. What will they wear? Who will they take as their dates? What trouble will they get into? Find out!
[content warning: this episode involves some ableist language, it’s minor but it is in there]
This week we’re back with more Mecha Drama!
Our team finishes up their planning and takes the fight to the Le Beau’s; but can they overcome these Enhanced Pilots? Will Ramona’s feelings for Sasa compromise the mission? Let’s find out together.
This session our pilots get a secret mission from Garcia and do their best to learn about their enemy. And what a better way to do that than to throw a party in their house?
We also tested the Interlude Mechanics a bunch in this episode, and I think we made some good progress.
On this episode our pilot try to grow closer, some try patching their wounds, and other try to gain a lasting advantage. All before a high speed battle against a teacher they’ve never faced before. How will they fair?
We tested out the new interlude mechanic this session too, which is how you play the time between missions.
(apologise for the loud fan, it was very hot. We changed up it’s position after the first hour so it was less distracting.)
EDITOR’S NOTE: This series ended up touching a lot on Fascism and Authoritarianism, and while attempts were made not to make it representative of particular historical or cultural events…I feel like we failed in that regard. I would not have told this story, this way, if I was making it now. It is important to acknowledge our failure. I could have done better.
Session Zero of our latest campaign playtest of Live. Love. Die.
This is a playtest campaign so some stuff is going to be a little rough, and might change during play.
This campaign features 3 university students, studying at the top Agnatan Military school. they are training to be Ace Mecha Pilots, the best of the best. Each one an exemplar of what can be achieved in the service.
I hope you enjoy our session zero, where we build our pilots, and our world. We also do a quick mission at the end too. Continue reading “[Live. Love. Die.] Phoenix Academy 0”
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.
Content Warning: this episode depicts the emotionally charged death of a player character. We all were pretty moved by it, so I wanted to warn y’all that it could get emotional.
Continue reading “[Live. Love. Die.]: RESE Mission 3”
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, mass graves, and the grief caused by both.
Continue reading “[Live. Love. Die.]: RESE Mission 2”