Kevin, Troll, Kat, and CJ sit down to discuss their experiences with Steve Kenson’s ICONS. The end result was a bit of a mixed bag, check it out for details!

Relevant Links

• ICONS
• Golden Age
• Superman
• Elongated Man
• Levelator
• The Question
• Mutants and Masterminds 3rd Edition
• FATE / FUDGE
• Shadowrun / Karma
• Deadlands
• Dresden Files
• Burning Wheel
• Mouse Guard
• Lady Blackbird
• Weapons of the Gods
• Marvel Superheroes
• Roy Chapman Andrews
• Burning Wheel Gold

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro Song “Song of India” by Tommy Dorsey
• Outro Song “The Worst Superpower Ever” by The Double Clicks

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A while ago Kevin stumbled across Chris Chinn’s “Deeper in the Game” blog and quickly became a fan. Chris discusses a lot of interesting topics and puts a lot of thought into each post. One entry in particular caught his attention: The Same Page Tool. This was a tool RPG gamers can use before playing a game to make sure everyone is on the same page for what they expect out of this game, with these people. Kevin, Jen, and Troll had just been in a Mutants and Masterminds game with a new GM, and it became very obvious after just one session that we were not all on the same page. We go through the Same Page Tool question by question and discuss the implications of each question, using the aborted M&M game as an example of how it could help.

Relevant Links

• Deeper in the Game/Same Page Tool
• Mutants and Masterminds
• Tom Moldvay
• Competitive D&D
• Our Apocalypse World Coverage
• White Wolf
• Paranoia
• Weapons of the Gods
• Neverwinter Nights
• Gary Gygax
• Burning Wheel
• Deadlands
• Progress Quest
• “Stay A While, and Listen!”
• Zombie Cinema
• Traveller
• 3:16
• Arcana Evolved
• Mouse Guard
• GURPS
• Rifts
• Burning Empires

Crunchy Bits

• Intro and Outro music by 

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Kevin, Jen, CJ, and Troll gather around to discuss the ins and outs of D. Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World. There were a wide variety of opinions about Apocalypse World, and we spend some time discussing the particulars of the GM style of AW and how the tone of the text affects some people’s enjoyment of the game. Overall, we really enjoyed Apocalypse World.

Relevant Links

• Apocalypse World
• Vincent Baker’s Blog
• Mad Max
• Waterworld
• Fallout
• Gamma World
• Mutants and Masterminds
• Campaign Cartographer
• The Caller
• ““
• Chaos Rising
• Mark Singer
• The Beastmaster
• D&D Hack for AW
• Parkour Hack for AW
• Human Contact
• Elizabeth Sampat
• Sight for Sore Eyes Charity
• DLC
• Dragon Age
• Mass Effect 2
• Planescape

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails
• Outro “The Earth Died Screaming” by Tom Waits

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The crew gets together for our final session of Apocalypse World. We sit down and generate a new character for Jen and integrate her into the game world. It works out pretty well, and we have a nice setup for further stories. Also, Errol’s efforts to seduce Midnight finally come to a… head?

Relevant Links

• Apocalypse World
• Vincent’s Blog
• Atomic Monstrosity (actually the Atomic Beast by Judd Karlman)
• Saffron
• The Red Rocket
• Dreamcatcher
• Mischievous (Troll was right)
• ““
• I said Abrams APC but I meant Bradley.
• ““
• Tom Clancy
• I-80 Truck Stop
• The Fountain of 1000 Chemicals
• Yiffing
• “The Errol King“

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro Song “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails
• Outro Song “Bad Things” by Jace Everett

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This was a tumultuous session! Corbett, the leader of Princey’s personal security, decides he’s had enough of playing second fiddle to Midnight. There are no status quos in Apocalypse World! This session proves that, as everything changes, drastically and preeminently.

Relevant Links

• Apocalypse World
• Vincent Baker’s Blog

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro Song “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails
• Outro Song “Blaze of Glory” by Bon Jovi

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After a nice break from the holidays we’re back with a vengeance! Things get rolling nicely this session: A Kidnapping, a Rescue, and more creepy amorous advances by Burroughs.  Enjoy!

Relevant Links

• Apocalypse World
• Vincent Baker’s Blog
• Check out our to see the pic Jen snapped of CJ during the “Exploding Teeth” discussion.

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro Song “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails
• Outro Song “The Horror of Our Love” by Ludo

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Jen and Kevin have been playing in a “warm-up” Apocalypse World game for the last couple months and its been an absolute blast. We were all very excited to show our listeners D. Vincent Baker’s new game. In the first session, we do a little bit of world creation, character creation, and a few quick scenes to get a feel for the characters. Jen may have created her most disturbing character yet! Enjoy.

Relevant Links

• Apocalypse World
• Vincent Baker’s Blog
• (more to come!)

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro Song “The Day The World Went Away” by Nine Inch Nails
• Outro Song “Whiskey, Chitlins, and Skirt” by The Gone Jackals

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We were fairly convinced Paul Tevis’ A Penny for My Thoughts was cursed. Both of our warm-up games were a huge flop, and it took two attempts to get a recording. Once we got the recording done, there were innumerable transfer problems. All in all, I think things turned out pretty well, though. This episode is edited slightly differently from others, as we actually stay in character the entire time. It was a fun little twist on our sessions!

Relevant Links

• A Penny for My Thoughts
• Paul Tevis

Crunchy Bits!

• Outro Song by… I’m sorry. Dear Lord I am so very sorry…

Kevin, Jen, CJ, and Troll discuss their experiences with the Dresden Files RPG. All in all, we had a very positive time with this game.  We discuss our reactions to Aspects, the Fudge Dice, City and Character Creation, and how faithful the game is to the Dresdenverse.

Relevant Links

• Evil Hat
• Dresden Files RPG
• Jim Butcher
• Letter Jacket
• Perry, IA
• FUDGE
• D&D 3.5
• Urban Dictionary
• 4DFate probabilities
• Lighting Lad
• Cosmic Boy
• Shadowrun
• Twilight
• Smallville & it’s RPG
• Silverado
• Weapons of the Gods
• Ptolus
• Mutants and Masterminds
• Arcana Evolved
• Burning Empires
• Yojimbo
• Fringe
• X-files
• Eureka
• Diaspora
• Starblazer Adventures
• Flash Gordon
• Traveller
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Dean Koontz
• In A Wicked Age
• Penny for My Thoughts
• H.P. Lovecraft
• White Wolf
• LARP Episode
• Mage: The Awakening
• RPG Geek Thanks for the Nomination!

Crunchy Bits!

• Intro music from “The Wizard” by  of Idle Thumbs
• Outro Music “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf remixed by Fatboy Slim

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Things come to a head in the exciting conclusion to our run through the Dresden Files RPG. A small note on the sound quality: about 45 minutes in the AC kicks on, which was accompanied by a very annoying rattle. I used noise reduction to eliminate most of it, but as a result the remainder of the episode sounds just a tad tinny. Sorry if this is bothersome, but trust me, it was better than the rattle!

Relevant Links

• Dresden Files RPG
• LARP episode
• Metagaming episode
• Archon
• Absinthe
• Luke Meyers
• Tony Mast
• Ron Jeremy
• Arlington Cemetary
• Billy the Werewolf (Spoilers!)
• Electroshock Therapy
• The Mind/Body Split
• Retrograde Amnesia (The “Pro-something” Kevin was thinking of was actually Prosopagnosia, aka “Face Blindness”)
• Farraday Cage
• St. Elmo’s Fire
• Blackstaff (Spoilers!)

Crunchy Bits!

• Dresden Files Actual Play Session 5: 2 hours
• Intro music from “The Wizard” by  of Idle Thumbs
• Outro music “Itsy Bitsy Spider” by The Boogers.

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