Episode 78 – Luchicago.

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In this episode, the guys continue crucible month with the designer of Trail of Cthulu and Night’s Black Agents: Kenneth Hite! (65min)

Things you may be interested in:

Ken Writes About Stuff.

Lucha Libre Hero! – A wrestling RPG, but they’re superheros too!

Piledrivers and Powerbombs! – Another wrestling RPG!

World Wide Wrestling – A wrestling game powered by Apocalypse. Designed by Chicago’s own Nathan D. Paoletta!

Journeys to Somewhere Else – A Kickstarter featuring a book of John Avon art.

Penny Press – Be a newspaper baron in the yellow journalism era of old New York City!

Pack the Pack – A fast paced tile laying game of loot hoarding, satchel stuffing, gem matching and inventory management! I interviewed the designer, Meg McGinley, right here!

The Shadow Over Westminster – A co-operative horror deckbuilder set in modern day London!

Istanbul – NOT Constantinople.

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Episode 66 – Wretches Like Us.

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In this episode, the guys rock out another Campaign Crucible! (71min)

Things you may be interested in:

The Arthur C. Clark Awards

365 Dungeons – A Kickstarter for a desk calendar featuring a new dungeon every day! (Pardon us, but yes…the campaign is over sorry!)

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Episode 56 – Get Low.

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In this episode, we chat about running Low Fantasy campaigns! (75min)

Things you may be interested in:

TimeWatch: Time travel adventures in GUMSHOE!

Gravwell: A sweet boardgame about alternate-reality gravity because why not?

The Dire Wolf Project: These guys are making Dire Wolves for real. What could possibly go wrong?

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Episode 49: Supe Du Jour.

NPC Cast Episode 49: Supe Du Jour.

In this episode, the guys talk about the Superhero genre as it relates to RPGs! (64min)

Some things we discuss on this episode:

Mutants and Masterminds, Champions, Silver Age Sentinels, Big Eyes Small Mouth, Mutant City Blues, Rotted Capes, Necessary Evil, Base Raiders – All of which are Superhero RPGs.

Titans Tactics- A skirmish board game!

DC Deckbuilding: Heroes Unite- An expansion to the DC Deckbuilder!

High Command: Big Guns– An expansion to Warmachine: High Command!

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Episode 45: Barnstormers.

NPC Cast Episode 45: Barnstormers.

In this episode, the guys hit you with another Campaign Crucible! (75min)

Some things we discuss on this episode:

Extra-Life.org: The guys played 25 hours straight for charity!

Dread: An amazing horror RPG utilizing a Jenga tower!

Ryuutama: A sweet-looking Japanese RPG that is being translated to English!

The GUMSHOE System: A great RPG system designed for investigation-oriented games!

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Episode 29: Tinseltown Tails.

NPC Cast Episode 29: Tinseltown Tails.

In this episode the NPC’s do another Campaign Crucible, with surprising results! (57min)

Some things we discuss on this episode:

The Gumshoe System:  A role-playing system for investigative games.

FATE Accelerated: A lighter version of the FATE RPG system. Pay what you want!

FIASCO: An AMAZING storytelling/rpg game from Bully Pulpit!

The Ennie Nominees:  Nominees for the coveted ENNIE awards.

Kings of Air and Steam: A pickup and deliver game with zeppelins!

The Angry DM: Friend of the show, the Angry DM.

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Episode 16: Hugging Adele.

NPC Cast Episode 16: Hugging Adele.

In this episode the guys talk about Playgroup Dynamics! They also answer a listener email about running a mystery game! It’s NPC Aaron’s birthday!(62min)

Some things we discuss on this episode:

The Gumshoe System on RPG Geek – An RPG system specifically designed to deal with sleuthing.

Geek Social Fallacies – An interesting list of traits that certain game enthusiasts exhibit.

Robin’s Laws of Good Gamemastering – Recommended reading!!!

Rocket Dice – The Kickstarter is over, but the fun is just beginning.

Urbania on Board Game Geek – A board game designed by Simone Luciani

Torchbearer – A dungeon delving RPG with resource management. By the makers of Burning Wheel and Mouse Guard.

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