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Arcanum Quest: episode 1

This is the first episode of six in our Arcanum Quest series.
Arcanum Quest is a homebrew game using the New World of Darkness rules. Kim took the quest line, missions, setting, and dialogue for the video game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, and he converted it into a table-top RPG for his players. He tried to follow the given path of the game as closely as possible and did an admirable job.

Hope you enjoy this game as much as we did, or even more. Please share it with others.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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The Crusading Couch episode 3: letting go.

In this episode, we take a crack at the topic of ending stories, campaigns, and  letting go of your characters; both in death and retirement. We didn’t realise how hard this topic would be to talk about until we started recording, but hopefully you find it interesting and entertaining.

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We’d also love to hear from you. You can find our contact information on our about page.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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News and promotion.

POINT 1
The next episode of The Crusading Couch is going to deal with letting go of characters and campaigns. We’ll be looking at ways of coping with character death, the right moment to end a story (be it a characters, or a campaigns), and a bunch of alternative ways of approaching these topics.

If there is anything you think we should talk about in this topic, please leave us a comment or drop us an email. Hell, if there is anything you’d like to share with us; please drop us a line. You can find our contact info on our about page.

POINT 2
We are just getting started here at [IQH] and we’d love to keep on doing it for years to come. Part of what will make that possible is sharing links to our site, passing around our posts, and helping people find our content. WITH THAT IN MIND: when we get to 100 likes on our Facebook page (or 100 subscribers on WordPress, which ever comes first) Raymond will run a one shot game where you, the Listeners, choose the setting/theme. You want robot alien noir, set in a post World War II Germany; baby, we will make that happen. So PLEASE like, comment, and most importantly SHARE our post.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Turning’s Big Bang episode 10: best-laid plans of mice and men often go astray

The final episode of Turnings Big Bang Season 1. Big action and big drama in this episode as the players fight for the future of Turning and conduits.
I hope you all enjoyed this, I know we did. I look forward to revisiting Turning later this year hopefully.

Next Monday we’ll have the first episode of Arcanum Quest up.
This coming weekend we are also recording a new episode of The Crusading Couch and an Eclipse Phase game.

Please share this around, like and comment on our posts (I’d love to hear from you).
Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Turning’s big bang episode nine – a recipe for disaster

in this episode of TBB the players make their final plans and preparations. they solidify alliances, and pick their targets. there is a scripted news event. the universe is also starting to unravel,but don’t worry about that too much; the time for that will come later.

i hope you enjoyed this, our second last episode of turnings big bang season 1. if you like our podcast please share it with others.

farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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the crusading couch; upcoming episodes

our next episode of the crusading couch is going to be titled: “what makes a good player?” i wanted to give the listeners an opportunity to make suggestions in advance of the recording, hence this post.

well be looking at what makes a good player in the eyes of the GM, as well as the view of another player. players might look for someone that doesn’t hog the spot light, where as a GM might be more concerned about whether his players read the setting material.

another episode coming up in the future will deal with the topic of letting go of campaigns and characters. this will focus on campaigns that drag on needlessly. as well as players that port their characters across editions, campaigns, settings, and genres. we have yet to set a date for when we will record that one but it is on the short list.

the next episode(what makes a good player) will be recorded on the 12th of December, so get your suggestions in before then.

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Turning’s Big Bang: episode five – no rest for the wicked

last run the players evaded capture by the police. and sadly Vulcan was cut down by a sniper employed by the corporations.

after fleeing from the police jaz and marina stumbled across some super villains attempting to rob a bank and causing trouble in the shopping center. they stepped in to help and made an ally in the process.

in this run we introduce liams new character; Eidolon. the players set themselves some missions: Jaz tries to get some more cash. Eidolon attempts to cover his tracks. and the whole team learns more about the corporations plans for turning.

if you enjoyed this actual play please share it with your friends.
farewell from the past, i’m raymond.

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Turning’s big bang: episode four – bullets and blacktop and bankheists OH MY!

at the end of the last episode our players escaped from corporate custody in an armoured car. now they need to evade recapture by the police. we also introduce some super villains. ALSO ALSO: one of the player characters comes face to face with their own mortality.

please share our recordings anyway you can, we’d love to have more listeners.

farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Eclipse Phase: better luck next time.

in this one shot eclipse phase game Kim, Vorn, and new player James, have to find out what happened to a missing Firewall sentinel. along the way they antagonist an Ultimate, piss off a scum swarm, and have to confront a group of Aztec cultist.

i was inspired to make this game after watching a few music videos that featured gifs and loops that would deteriate and become glitched as the song progressed.

if you like this Actual play please share it. Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Turning’s big bang: episode three – balancing the books


in the last episode the players managed to find and begin renovating a secret base to suit their needs.

more importantly they investigated strange signals they heard on the radio. they ran afoul of some heavily armed security, and took the comatose man the security was guarding back to their secret base.

3 security guards are dead, 2 are seriously injured. who is this man? why did these security guards give their lives to protect him? what kind of attention will the players actions bring down on their characters? you’ll have to listen to find out.

farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.