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Eclipse Phase: Fast Extraction.


This week we’ve got a nice short Eclipse Phase scenario that i just sort of whacked together. It’s a Martian Train heist, to kidnap a Jovian VIP. there are some references to our eCOPse phase games(new one in may).
If you’d rather watch the live stream than listen to it, you can find it HERE.

This is only the second game I’ve ever run online. I’ve played in a couple of online games lately and it removes some of the scheduling issues of a normal in person TTRPG run. This was probably the most linear scenario I’ve ever run, and the shortest; in spite of that i kinda loved it. I hope to run more online games in the future.

If you want to play in one of our online games: like us on facebook, follow us on WordPress, Soundcloud, and Twitter. I’ll try and run an online game every month, and they will be announced on those platforms…maybe we should do a mailing list as well?

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Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Famous(ish) people I’d like to role play with

It’s about 10pm here is the land of Oz, and yet it feels like 3am because my brothers children woke me an hour early.

So I thought I’d make a list of famous people, of varying levels of fame, who I’d like to play a role playing game with. These are in no specific order, and some of these people will no doubt have never played an RPG, but here we go.

  • Ross Payton of RPPR. Technically he ran a game I played in, but still; i want to do it again.
  • Caleb Stokes of RPPR, I love all the guys and gals at RPPR but Caleb is the GM I wish I was. sadly I would need to change too much about who I am to get into doing that much planning.
  • Matt Easton of schola gladiatoria. I just find him an interesting bloke, and I think he’d be down for it.
  • Hank Green of vlogbrothers, Sci-show, and much more. I’m a long time nerd fighter and I’ve always enjoyed Hank’s videos more than John’s (though I love John’s as well). Add to the fact he’s about to be on RPG show with Wil Wheaton.
  • Vin Diesel. Probably one of the most famous DnD players around, I have no idea if that is a thing he is still into but man…if he is.
  • Adam Savage of mythbusters acclaim. He is a really creative personality, and I feel like if you could get him to embrace the hobby he could have a lot of fun with it.
  • Will and Norm of Tested.com. They have never played an TRPG, which seems odd considering their job as professional (and I kind of hate this word) nerds.
  • (This one is someone very few people would consider famous, but he is more well known than any of my other friends) Craig Page. He wrote a kind of well known paper on Jedi lightsaber forms, he also works for the dresden files larp.
  • Joerg of The Slingshot Channel. He’s a bit of a mad genius and I feel like he would be a lot of fun.
  • Mike Rugnetta of PBS idea channel. Oh man, I could fucking die happy. When I learnt Mike played Shadow Run, it made me rethink my decision not to get into shadow run. Kim and I both LOVE idea channel.
  • This isn’t really a famous person, but one of the minds behind Eclipse Phase. I have never been so enthralled by an RPG setting before, I’d love to see how they run it.
  • Michael Shean, Who is an author I have never read but have become friends with on tumblr… I should really read one of his books.

I don’t know, just some thoughts I had. I might add more to the list as I think of more. For now that will do.
Why don’t you leave in the comments your own list of famous and semi famous people you’d like to game with?

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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The Crusading Couch episode 4: story organisation.

This week, in lieu of an Arcanum Quest episode, we have this months Crusading Couch episode. In this podcast we discuss the importance of planning and organising your story. We also have a guest on, our friend Caitlyn. She’s been involved with role playing for a while and we thought she’d offer some interesting insight.

We hope you enjoy this episode of The Crusading Couch. If you did, please share it with your friends.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Arcanum Quest episode 4

I’m a little late on posting, but only by 40 minutes (it’s 0040 at time of posting).

We’ve got a fresh episode of our steampunk game, Arcanum Quest!
In this episode we take a lovely trip to a library, and burn down a culturally significant forest…that is also a city. We may or may not have murdered a monarch.

If you’d like to hear more from us and show your support: please like us on facebook, follow us on soundcloud and wordpress, and above all else share our content.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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Arcanum Quest episode 3

The 3rd episode of our Steampunk game; Arcanum Quest. This was adapted by Kim from the video game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura. It was pretty fun to play, though at times I got a little frustrated…mostly with the constant back tracking to Tarant (or back Taranting)!

If you liked this please check out our other recordings, and please share it with your friends.

A reminder that when we hit 100 followers on WordPress or Sound Cloud, or 100 likes on Facebook, we are going to do a listeners choice actual play.
You, the Listeners, will be able to send us in suggestions for setting, rules systems, themes, what ever. We’ll pick the ones we like most and then have you all vote on which one we’ll play.

We could do a Numenera game for example…set in the world of Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind!

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Arcanum Quest episode 2

In this episode of Arcanum Quest we undertake some INDUSTRIAL ACTION! And someone gets their beautiful face blown off.

A reminder that when we hit 100 subscribers on WordPress or Sound Cloud, or 100 likes on Facebook; we are going to do a listeners choice actual play.
You, the Listeners, will be able to send us in suggestions for setting, rules systems, themes, what ever. We’ll pick the ones we like most and then have you all vote on which one we’ll play.
It could be a game about a time travelling news crew trying to get the big scoop!

If you like our content please share, it’s really important because it helps new people discover our podcast. Just the other day Kim (the GM of today’s game) shared a link on his Facebook and it doubled the traffic to our site.

Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.

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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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Farewell from the past, I’m Raymond.