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Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love. Timecodes: 0:05:29 - Apocalypse World for players 0:05:51 - Our Favorite Playbooks 0:11:29 - Some Great Basic Moves 0:21:13 - Apocalypse World for the MCs 0:30:11 - Challenges to Consider 0:37:18 - War Stories (from games we've played) You can find Madjay Brown's show here: https://www.diceology.com/ Madjay's Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/madjayzero You can find Mark Diaz Truman's work here: https://magpiegames.com/

Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)! Timecodes: 0:10:33 - Poll Your Table 0:15:31  - First Session Stuff 0:20:26 - Building Consensus 0:23:17 - Ongoing Games 0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup The IGRC blog: https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/ Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts

Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March. Timecodes: 0:01:14  - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful 0:13:04 - Open Your Brain to Stonetop 0:22:47  - Act Under Fire with Sheriff Pleswyn and Anywyn the Would-Be Hero The Stonetop Kickstarter can be found here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735046512/stonetop

Rach and Rich bring on Epidiah Ravocol to talk about his game Wolfspell. Timecodes: 0:01:42  - Read a Sitch about how PbtA can help play over the internet! 0:08:29 - Open Your Brain to Wolfspell 0:19:39  - Act Under Fire with two newbie wolves Eppy's website where you can find Wolfspell and other wonders: https://www.worldswithoutmaster.com/

Rich interviews Alexi Sergeant of Cloven Pines Games about his new Zinequest Kickstarter for Back Again from the Broken Land. Timecodes: 0:01:22 - Read a Sitch about How Best to Ask Questions and Build on the Answers in PbtA games 0:08:16  - Open Your Brain to Back Again From the Broken Land 0:15:22  - Act Under Fire with 'Lil Plussy Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/clovenpinegames/back-again-from-the-broken-landzinequest

Rach and Rich interview Jess and Alex of Wannabe Games about their game Moonpunk. Timecodes: 0:02:46 - Read a Sitch about using PbtA in the classroom 0:07:11  - Open Your Brain to Moonpunk 0:19:51  - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Prof. Hazel Purchase Moonpunk on DriveThru RPG (aff): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/308781/MoonPunk?affiliate_id=78493 GCOG info link here: https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/gauntlet-community-open-gaming.html

Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2020, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2021. Timecodes: 01:41 - Rich's Gaming Highlights 10:17 - Rach's Gaming Highlights 28:13 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2020 38:55 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2020  45:36 - Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions

Rich interviews Paul Stefko of Nothing Ventured Games about Iron Edda. Timecodes: 0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about converting other RPG settings to PbtA 0:12:37  - Open Your Brain to Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone 0:21:55  - Act Under Fire with the Berzerker Plussy! Purchase Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone on DriveThru RPG (aff): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152277/Iron-Edda-World-of-Metal-and-Bone?affiliate_id=78493 You can support Paul and see lots more of his games on his Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/PaulStefko

Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex.  More links: To keep the discussion going, join us on the Trophy Discord server!  Check out The Trophy Podcast!

Rich interviews returning guest Blake Ryan about his new Kickstarter Season of Dreams. Timecodes: 0:01:30 - Read a Sitch about checking in with your table to help keep it healthy 0:08:25  - Open Your Brain to Season of Dreams 0:16:55  - Act Under Fire with Pine the Tree Spirit Check out the Season of Dreams on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1199830675/season-of-dreams-roleplaying-game

Rich interviews Jessica and Ruth of Five Wits Press about Super Destiny High School Rumble!! an anime-inspired PbtA game.  Timecodes: 0:01:11 - Read a Sitch about MCing when the players keep rolling those 10+s 0:08:30  - Open Your Brain to Super Destiny High School Rumble!! 0:16:46  - Act Under Fire with Tatsu and Hifumi Purchase Super Destiny High School Rumble!! on DriveThru RPG (aff): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/280669/Super-Destiny-High-School-Rumble?affiliate_id=78493 Five Wits Press website: https://thefivewitsp

Rach and Rich interview Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games about Urban Shadows 2nd edition! Timecodes: 0:02:29 - Read a Sitch about PVP in PbtA games 0:16:13  - Open Your Brain to Urban Shadows 2nd Edition 0:29:47  - Act Under Fire with Curtis Scanlon the Wizard You can find US 2E on KS now: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/urban-shadows-second-edition

Rach and Rich host a live Q&A episode at Gauntlet Community's Open Gaming Weekend in October 2020! Timecodes: 0:02:41 - What we miss most about in-person gaming cons? 0:07:56 - Ever increased the odds to create tragedy?  0:15:52 - Which is your favorite move? Why? 0:23:09 - What was the most disappointing move in play? 0:27:44 - What's the best 'fight/confrontation resolution' mechanic? 0:34:41 - What's a genre great for PbtA that nobody has tackled yet? 0:38:58 - When does PBTA shine? When does it fail the group? 0:43:33 - What are the most interesting mechanics or concepts to bring back into “baseline” PbtA games from offshoot systems like Forged in the Dark or Belonging Outside Belonging? 0:48:28 - Do you prefer detailed moves as in most PbtA games or a streamlined approach as in World of Dungeons? 0:52:33 - What has been the most positive and most negative shift in gaming you’ve seen in the last decade?

Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of BOB games.  Timecodes: 0:04:30 - What aspects of BOB most surprised us 0:07:51 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:16:37 - Advice we offer for first time BOB players 0:21:40 - Thoughts on Setting Elements as MC Tools 0:32:45 - Idle Dreaming 0:39:30 - Final Thoughts on BOB and PbtA

Now that summer is "officially over", Rach and Rich finish their Summer Series of BOB game features. This series has covered games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This seventh episode features Sam Zimmerman of Typhos Games. Timecodes: 0:02:06 - Spend a Token... to hear Sam talk about the impact of the "Kill Someone" move on games 0:10:55  - You Also Play As The... person learning about Révolution 0:21:35 - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of Révolution You can find Révolution here: https://typhosgames.itch.io/revolution  

Rach and Rich continue their Summer Series. This series covers games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This sixth episode features Josh Fox of Black Armada Games Timecodes: 0:01:37 - Spend a Token... to hear  0:08:19  - You Also Play As The... person learning about  Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars 0:25:27 - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of Flotsam: Adrift Amongst the Stars Purchase Flotsam here (affiliate link): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/268658/Flotsam-Adrift-Amongst-the-Stars?affiliate_id=78493  

Rach and Rich continue their Summer Series. This series covers games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This fifth episode features Luke of Games from the Wildwood. Timecodes: 0:01:48 - Spend a Token... to hear Luke talk about Setting Elements and Moves 0:11:34  - You Also Play As The... person learning about Grand Guignol 0:18:24 - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of Setting Elements in Grand Guignol Luke's Itch store can be found here: https://gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/ Luke is part of the podcast Feelings First: https://soundcloud.com/feelingsfirst

Rach and Rich continue their Summer Series. This series covers games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This fourth episode features Jay Dragon of Possum Creek Games. Timecodes: 0:01:48 - Spend a Token... to hear Jay talk about Idle Dreaming 0:07:58 - You Also Play As The... person learning about Wanderhome (and Moomin) 0:17:02  - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of Wanderhome Wanderhome's KS page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdragsky/wanderhome Jay Dragons's Itch store: https://jdragsky.itch.io/ Jay's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/jdragsky

Rach and Rich continue their Summer Series. This series covers games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This third episode features Jammi of Sword Queen Games. Timecodes: 0:01:28 - Spend a Token... to hear Jammi talk about GMs in a BOB game 0:14:53   - You Also Play As The... person learning about Balikbayan 0:27:38  - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of BALIKBAYAN with Kidlat the Aswang and Dixon the Santelmo. Sword Queen Game's Itch store can be found here: https://temporalhiccup.itch.io/

Rach and Rich continue their Summer Series. This series covers games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This second episode features Riley Rethal, creator of Venture. Timecodes: 0:02:03 - Spend a Token... to hear Riley discuss Idle Dreaming 0:08:21  - You Also Play As The... person leaning about Venture 0:15:43 - No Dice, No Masters... a demo of Venture's character creation and a setting element Riley's Itch store can be found here: https://metagame.itch.io/