Actual People, Actual Play
By William Huggins
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Episode 73 Star Wars Saga Edition: Vector Sith | This week we return to our Star Wars Saga game. We talk about space combat, getting used to tactical play again, and building an alternate universe Star Wars setting. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Andrew, and Will Star Wars Saga Edition | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 72 Dungeon World: Things Killed, Stuff Taken | This week we discuss Dungeon World by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. We talk about the experience the game gives, mechanics, and running the game. We also talk about the living Dungeon World event happening at OrcCon coming up Presidents Day weekend. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Andrew, and Will Dungeon World OrcCon, an L.A. are convention | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 71 Beat To Quarters: Frenchmen, and Pirates, and Harems. Oh, my! | This week we discuss Beat to Quarters from Omnihedron Games. We talk about character creation, tests, and running the game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Andrew, and Will Beat to Quarters from Omnihedron Games | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 70 Star Wars Saga Edition: Character Creation | This week we continue discussing our Star Wars Saga game. We talk about various aspects of character creation. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Andrew, and Will Star Wars Saga Edition | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 69 Star Wars Saga Edition: Sith Happens | This week we begin discussing our Star Wars Saga Edition campaign. We talk about how this is something of a departure from our normal tastes, what brought this game about, and why we started the game with a one shot and pregen characters instead of the characters the group will make and play for the bulk of the game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Andrew, and Will Star Wars Saga Edition The Order 66 Podcast | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 68 The Dreaming Crucible: Follow the Rules | This week we discuss The Dreaming Crucible by Joel Shempert. We talk about what type of stories the game creates, game mechanics, and the game's unique GM dynamic. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dreaming Crucible by Joel Shempert | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Episode 4 Social Issues and It Was A Mutual Decision | There a few things about It Was A Mutual Decision we wanted to talk about that didn'y fit into our normal format. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will It Was A Mutual Decision from Adept Press Machine Age Productions | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 67 It Was A Mutual Decision: Lovin' You's a Dirty Job | This week we discus It was A Mutual Decision from Adept Press. We talk about how IWAMD makes a game our of a relationship ending, the game's wererat element, and how the game's procedure's replace the role of GM. For this episode we are joined by our friend Filamena Young. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will It Was A Mutual Decision from Adept Press Machine Age Productions | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 66 Leverage: The Baggage Job | This week we continue discussing our Leverage game. We talk about relationships between crew members, the plot point economy, and more baggage from other games. We have been nominated for a Golden Geek award again this year. Please go vote for us. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 65: The Misnamed Job | This week we continue discussing our Leverage game. We talk about character advancement, some problems we are having with the system, and some baggage we have from more traditional games. We have been nominated for a Golden Geek award again this year. Please go vote for us. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 64 Leverage: The Legacy Job | This week we continue the discussion of out Leverage game. We talk about call backs, signature assets, how the game is getting easier to run with a little experience. We have been nominated for a Golden Geek award again this year. Please go vote for us. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 63 Leverage: The Set Us Up The Bomb Job | This week we continue the discussion of or Leverage game. We talk about timed actions, failing the job's final roll, and introducing the twist to the job. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 62 Maschine Zeit: Horror in Spaaaaaace! | This week we are joined by special guest David Hill Jr. David was kind enough to run his game Maschine Zeit for us. We discuss character creation, "Conditions," and what goes into running a session. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Maschine Zeit from Machine Age Productions Amaranthine | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 61 Leverage: The Full House Job | This week we pick up the discussion of our Leverage game. We talk about hoe Leverage emulates its genre, Face and Basic actions, and preparing the run a session of Leverage. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Episode 3 Social Issues and Trollbabe | Once again, after recording an episode we had a few things we wanted to discuss that didn't fit into the episode. In this case it was issues involving gender and people who don't fit into society. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Trollbabe from Adept Press | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 60 Trollbabe: Don't feed the trolls | This week we talk about Trollbabe from Adept press. We talk about making character, the system, and GM prep for a scenario. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Trollbabe from Adept Press | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 59 Leverage: The Recruitment Job | This week we begin discussing the Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Production. On this episode we talk about what makes up a Leverage character, the "Recruitment Job," and some challenges Morgan faces game mastering Leverage. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Leverage on TNT The Leverage RPG from Margaret Weis Productions | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 58 The Dresden Files RPG: Faery Balls | This week we look back on our Dresden Files game. We talk how to know when to end a game, things we would have wanted to do, and thing we would have done differently. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 57 Wild Talents: One Roll Nazi Hunting | This week we discuss Wild Talents from Arc Dream Publishing. We talking the basics of the One Roll Engine, involving culturally sensitive subject matter in games, and the tools Wild Talents has for running the game we played. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Wild Talents from Arc Dream Publishing | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playtest Episode 2 Technoir: C@ Fight. | This week we talk about some observations from our second session of Technoir. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Technoir | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 56 The Dresden Files RPG: Curses! | This wee we continue the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about Using the FATE poit economy to fill in gaps in the rules, death curses, and managing villains. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 55 The Dresden Files RPG: Maeve we go to the party? | This week we continue the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about when to engage the system during a roleplaying heavy scene, the distinction between a simple fact about the game world and aspects, and improvising as a GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 54 The Dresden Files RPG: Faerie Tales | This week we return to the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about mixing different types of conflicts, character growth, and how the game gets easier to run as more content is developed during play. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Playtest Episode 1 Technoir: Contention Is A Harsh Mistress | This is the first episode in our playtest series. We play tested Jeremy Keller's Technoir. We talk about character creation, Contentions, and using Transmissions. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Technoir Beta Rules The Technoir Kickstarter | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 53 Dread: Catus Interruptus | This week we discuss Dread, a horror RPG from The Impossible Dream. We talk about the game's use of a Jenga tower, the questionnaires used in game, and concerns for the GM when running Dread. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Dread from The Impossible Dream | 5/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 52 The Roach Returns, Overlord: The Triumph of The Roach | This week we continue or discussion of The Roach Returns. We talk about playing over multiple sessions, the initial relationships set up before play, and the endgame and winning. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Shab-al-Hiri-Roach from Bully Pulpit Games In The Eyes on Kickstarter | 5/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 51 The Roach Returns, Overlord: It's Raining Men | This week we discuss about The Roach Returns, an expansion for The Sab-al-Hiri Roach from Bully Pulpit Games. We talk about the basic mechanics of the game, the differences between the standard setting and Overlord, and playing the game for the first time. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Shab-al-Hiri-Roach from Bully Pulpit Games | 5/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 50 A Penny For My Thoughts: The Kitten Principle | This week we talk about A Penny For My Thoughts by Paul Tevis. We talk about how the game is played, its improv roots, and how its structure replaces the role of GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean A Penny For My Thoughts from Evil Hat | 5/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 49 The Dresden Files RPG: Boba Fettish | This week we continue the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about characters making an impact on things from real world, a follow up on character agendas, and running and interacting with plot level NPCs. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 4/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 48 The Dresden Files RPG: Sons of Dresden (second attempt) | In this episode we continue our series on the Dresden Files RPG. We talk about the conflict between perusing your character's agenda and following the scenario's plot, limitations imposed by the refresh level, and working characters' troubles into the game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Sons of Kryos archive | 4/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 48 The Dresden Files RPG: Sons of Dresden | In this episode we continue our series on the Dresden Files RPG. We talk about the conflict between perusing your character's agenda and following the scenario's plot, limitations imposed by the refresh level, and working characters' troubles into the game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Sons of Kryos archive | 4/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 47 Action Castle: You are in a cottage | On this episode we discuss Action Castle from Memento Mori Theaticks. We talk about how the game emulates text adventure computer games, what playing is like for participants who don't have any nostalgia for text adventure games, and the role of the Parser. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean Action Castle from Memento Mori Theatricks | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 46 The Dresden Files RPG: Gods and Mobsters | This week we return to the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about Advancement, Declarations, and weaving myths not covered in the novels or Our Story into the Dresdenverse. Note: We know Jesse mispronounces Johnny Marcone's name. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 45 InSpectres: Laissez Les Zombis Rouler | This we played InSpectres from Memento Mori. We talk about how characters investigate the supernatural problems they are hired to deal with, why InSpectes works as a comedy game, and the roll of the GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, Will, Morgan, Anna, and Sean InSpectres from Memento Mori | 2/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 44 FATE for Convention Games: Hail to the King Baby | This week we discuss using FATE as tool for genre emulation and convention gaming. We talk about making pregenerated characters your own, on the fly scenario creation, and modifications made to the Spirit of the Century system to make it a better tool in the convention environment. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Spirit of the Century from Evil Hat Productions | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 43 A Taste for Murder: Lord Edward Dies | This week we talk about A Taste foe Murder from Graham Walmsley. We talk about how A Taste for Murder compares to other murder investigation games, the role of players in the game, and how the games structure replaces the GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will A Taste For Murder | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 42 The Dresden Files RPG: A Few Vampires More | This episode continues the Discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about running larger fights and the FATE point economy. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 41 The Dresden Files RPG: From Dusk Til A Fistful of Dollars | This episode we continue discussing our Dresden Files game. We talk about integrating new players and characters to the group, compels from the player's perspective, and managing opposition as the GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 12/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 40 The Dresden Files RPG: Road Trip | This week we resume the discussion of our Dresden Files RPG game. We talk about interacting with canon characters, the PC's relationships with each other, the compel mechanic. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher | 12/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 39 Gamma World: Gammacraft the Gathering | This week we continue the discussion of our Gamma World game. We talk about the Alpha Mutation and Omega Tech cards, the overall difficulty level, and what might be done if we were going to have some longer term play with the game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Gamma World from Wizards of the Coast 4e Dungeons & Dragons | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 38 Gamma World: The Quest for Army Men | This episode is the first of a two part series on the new 4e Gamma World game from Wizards of the Coast. We discuss the games use of the 4e rule set, character creation, and running the game from a published module. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Gamma World from Wizards of the Coast 4e Dungeons & Dragons | 11/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 37 Fiasco: The Big Irish Apple | This week we take a break from our Dresden Files game to play Fiasco from Bully Pulpit Games. We talk about how the game emulates the genre it was inspired, by creating characters, and how the game's structure replaces the GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Fiasco from Bully Pulpit Games The New York 1913 play set we used | 11/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 36 The Dresden Files RPG: It's a Mab Mab Mab World | This week we continue our Dresden Files RPG series. We discuss, the game usefulness as a tool to create Dresden Files stories, teamwork in the game, and Jesse's process for creating the scenario we just played. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Walking Eye podcast The Golden Geek Awards at Board Game Geek The RPG Chill | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 35 The Dresden Files RPG: Mab Men | In this episode we continue the discussion of our Dresden Files game. We talk about the magic system, the or of concessions, and what it's like to run a game in the Dresdenverse. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Walking Eye podcast The Golden Geek Awards at Board Game Geek | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 34 The Dresden Files RPG: That's What Sidhe Said | This episode we continue discussing our Dresden Files game. We talk about, Aspect, our first impressions as players, and the GM's first experience running a FATE game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions The Walking Eye podcast | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 33 The Dresden Files RPG: Character Creation | In this episode we continue our series on the Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions. This week we cover character creation. We talk about the process for creating characters, how we decided on our characters, and how the GM takes the characters the players made and comes up with a game. If you are interested in listening to a recording of people going through the character creation process, check out our friends over at The Walking Eye Podcast. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 32 The Dresden Files RPG: City Creation | We're back! This episode begins a series on The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions, and based on the Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher. In this episode we talk about the city creation process. If you are interested in listening to a recording of people going through the city creation process, check out our friends over at The Walking Eye Podcast. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files novels by Jim Butcher The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions | 9/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 31 Lady Blackbird: Still Flying | This week we discuss Lady Blackbird from One Seven Design Studios. Lady Blackbird is science fiction fantasy game, sort of a cross between Firefly and Final Fantasy. We talk about the game's somewhat unique nature, the role keys play during play, and how the GM constructs the scenario from the framework provided. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Lady Blackbird from One Seven Design Studios Firefly Final Fantasy | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30 Drifters Escape Redux: Drifting Through Time and Space | The week we revisit The Drifter's Escape from, TAO Games, but with a twist. We modified the rules to play Doctor Who. We talk about how we adapted the rules to play Doctor Who, playing in an setting with established canon, and the challenges of keeping focused on the companion when The Doctor is such a dominate character. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Doctor Who The Drifter's Escape from TAO Games | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29 UnSpeakable Inspecting | This week we discuss UnSeakable, a Lovecraftian rules variant for the InSpectres roleplaying came. We talk about how effective this rules variant is for creating Lovecraft inspired stories, the differences between UnSpeakable and core InSpectres, and the GM's role when a significant amount of narrative authority is invested in the players. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will InSpectres from Memento Mori Theatrics UnSpeakable | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28 Dirty Secrets: The Big Confidential Falcon | This is the final episode in our series on Dirty Secrets. We discuss the game's novel format, how the story is wrapped up once the perpetrators are determined, and strategies for moving the whiteness around the grid. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. Dirty Secrets from Dark Omen Games | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27 Dirty Secrets: Round One Fight! | This episode is part three of our series on Dirty Secrets, This week we played the first half of the game's novel format. We discuss how race figures into the game, the role of violence, and the role of Reflection and Revelation scenes. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. Dirty Secrets from Dark Omen Games | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26 Dirty Secrets: A Murder of Titanic Proportions | This week we continue our Dirty Secrets series. We talk about Dirty Secrets' default setting, the short story mode of play, and using persistent characters over several session of Dirty Secrets play. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. Dirty Secrets from Dark Omen Games | 6/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25 Dirty Secrets: With Porn Stars | This episode begins a series on Dirty Secrets, a game of hardboiled noir detective fiction from Dark Omen Games. We talk about how well Dirty Secrets emulates this genre of fiction, the unique complications that can arise if children are included as characters, and since it's a "GMless" we talk about how the game's structure replaces the role of GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. Dirty Secrets from Dark Omen Games | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24 The Dresden Files RPG: There's Still Magic In Hollywood | On this episode we talk about the Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions. Two special guests, Paul Tevis and Ryan Macklin, join us this week as we discuss how the Dresden Files RPG allows players to play characters with varying amounts of supernatural power without having lower powered characters out classed by the more powerful ones. We also talk about the process for creating characters. Finally, we talk about challenges and techniques for running the game in a convention setting. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions Paul Tevis Podcaster Emeritus Ryan Macklin, from the Internet | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23 The Drifter's Escape: Backpacks and Music | On this episode we talk about The Drifter's Escape from TAO Games. We discuss the game's rules for situation creation, the roles deals and demands play, and the game's unique GM-Player structure. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Drifter's Escape from TAO Games | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Episode 2: Diaspora Miscellany | Once again we had more to say about a game than would fit into the episodes we did for it. On this bonus episode we talk about where our game went wrong and answer some questions from one of our listeners. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE The Object of the Game on Jesse's blog, Play Passionately | 6/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22 Diaspora: Boarding Party | This episode is the last in our series on Diaspora. We talk about the role of Fate, strengths and weaknesses of the minigames, and the rules text. We mention a lot of frustrations and criticism we had Diaspora this episode. However, this is not a negative review. We all really liked Diaspora, but it is not without its flaws. Don't let that stop you from playing it though. It's a great game. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21 Diaspora: Here There Be Space Pirates | This week, we continue our series on Diaspora. We talk about aspects, space combat, and hour our game unexpectedly became one of politics and intrigue. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The 2010 RPG Podcast Listener Survey Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20 Diaspora A Space Odyssey | This episode we continue our series on Diaspora. This session we discuss the Personal and Social Combat mini games and what excited us about playing Diaspora. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The 2010 RPG Podcast Listener Survey Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE Post any Diaspora questions you have for us here. The venerable Traveller RPG Shock: Social Science Fiction Babylon 5 Sorcerer Robert A Heinlein Isaac Asimov Bed Time the episode of Coupling Will mentioned | 5/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19 Diaspora Travelling with FATE | With this episode, we begin a series on the hard science fiction game, Diaspora, from VSCA Publishing. On this episode we discuss Cluster Creation, Character Creation, and how a GM can keep track of all the aspects generated in Diaspora. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The 2010 RPG Podcast Listener Survey Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE Post any Diaspora questions you have for us here. The venerable Traveller RPG | 5/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18 Maid in the Great Outdoors | On this episode we discuss the Japanese roleplaying game Maid. We talk about the game's extensive use of random tables, the favor/stress economy, and the controversy surrounding the games sexual content. This episode was recorded at the campsite for Nerdly Beach Party in San Simeon State Park. As a result there is some background noise from the campgrounds and wind. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Maid the Roleplaying Game Nerdly Beach Party San Simeon State Park | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17 Grey Ranks Love And War | In this episode we wrap up the discussion of our Grey Ranks game. The recap runs a little longer than usual for this episode. Those of you who are not interested in this part of the show may want to skip ahead to 9 minutes 26 seconds into the episode. After the recap, we revisit the topic of playing in a historical setting, this time with the consideration that people who participated in the events are still living. Next we talk about the role mission and personal scenes play in telling your character's story. Lastly, we ask Laura about being the only girl playing in a game with strong themes of love and romance. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Grey Ranks from Bully Pulpit Games Sex and Sorcery from Adept Press | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16 Grey Ranks Nets and Straight Jackets | On this episode we continue the discussion of our Grey Ranks game. We talk about Lines and Veils, the games "Thing You Hold Dear" mechanic, and singling players out after missions. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Grey Ranks from Bully Pulpit Games Meguey Baker's article on I Will Not Abandon You versus Nobody Gets Hurt play Sex and Sorcery from Adept Press | 4/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15 Grey Ranks The Uprising Begins | This episode begins a three part series on Grey Ranks from Bully Pulpit Games. Grey Ranks is a game about teenagers taking part in the Warsaw uprising in 1944. We talk about the appeal of playing this game, the nuts and bolts of how scenes work, and our standard GMless question of how the game mechanically fills the GM's role. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Grey Ranks from Bully Pulpit Games Capes from Muse of Fire Studios The Warriors | 4/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14 Zombie Cinema Presents The Three Musketeers | On this episode we discuss Zombie Cinema from Arkenstone Publishing. We talk about the roll of zombies in films and the game, what you need to do for your character to escape the undead hordes, and, like all GMless games, we talk about how the game system fills the role of GM. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Zombie Cinema from Akenstone Publishing Paul Tevis | 4/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bonus Episode 1 Burning Empires Final Thoughts | After wrapping up our Burning Empires game, we still had a couple questions from some listeners and some other things we wanted to talk about. So, we sat down and recorded this bonus episode. It doesn't follow our regular format. There is no fiction recap and the discussion is a little less focused on the system. Sunday we will return with another regular episode. Sunday's episode will be on Zombie Cinema. We will begin our run of Grey Ranks episodes the following week. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ This Modern Death podcast | 3/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13 Vaylen The Final Battle | On this episode we cover the last session of our Burning Empires Game. We talk how the constraints place ply by the scene economy impact creativity, whether or not we are satisfied with our characters story arc, and whether or not the game can still be fun once defeat becomes certain. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ | 3/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12 One If By Land, Two If By Armada of Captured Ships | This episode we return to the discussion of our Burning Empires game. We revisit the topic of beliefs. Specifically, we talk about why fewer beliefs have been resolved in recent sessions. We take another look at the firefight system and share some frustrations we have had with it. Finally, we discuss the GM's job of setting stakes and failure conditions. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11 Montsegur 1244 and the Quest for the Holy Grail | This week we had to take another break from our Burning Empires game, due to a player absence. Laura, Jesse, Patrick, and Will got together and played a game of Montsegur 1244. We talk about playing within the constraints of real historical events, playing with a set cast of characters and their built in relationships and situation, finally we cover our standard topic for GMless games; who does the game fill the GM's role systematically. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Montsegur 1244 from Thoughtful Games In this AP thread on Story Games, I give a more thorough breakdown of the different games that emerge during play. Here are the pictures of the ruins and surrounding area I printed out to show the group. After recording this episode we did some further research and learned the ruins there today are not from the time of the Cathars, but these photos still help give a picture of what they went through. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10 Space Invaders | This episode we continue the discussion of our Burning Empires game. We kicked off the invasion phase and the we contrast the start of this phase with the beginning of infiltration, downtime and the practice rules, and some options the GM has available to him concerning his FoN and skills needed. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9 Humans 1 Vaylen 0 | In this episode we continue the discussion of our Burning Empires game. We wrapped up the infiltration phase and did a trait vote. We talk about the way the trait vote is supposed to work, what we changed, and why we changed it. We then discuss the need for your side to initiate a conflict when you choose certain maneuvers, and the impact that has on play during the maneuver. After that we take a look back at the infiltration phase from the GM's perspective. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ Dogs In The Vineyard | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8 Fighting for What We Believe | This week we are joined by Christopher Kubasik and Patrick Pilati, so we have the whole Burning Empires crew together to discuss the game. We talk about the Artha cycle and the role beliefs play in Burning Empires, the need to engage the game as a game i.e. playing to win, and Jesse's experience running other games after having spent time running Burning Empires. This episode is a little longer than normal. We had a lot to say on these topics. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Check out Christopher's blog Play Sorcerer Burning Wheel HQ Sorcerer Primetime Adventures | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7 Serial Homicide Unit: Teacher stop that screamin' | This week we took another break from our Burning Empires game because of scheduling conflict. Jesse, Laura, Patrick, and Will played a game of Serial Homicide Unit from Incarnadine Press. We talk about the game's unique presentation, how juggling multiple roles influences plays, and the type of experience the game produces. Links: Spooky Outhouse Productions Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Serial Homicide Unit at Incarnadine Press | 2/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 6 Fighting Off Infection | Again, we continue the discussion of our Burning Empires game. This week, we discuss relationship between the characters' stories and the planet wide Vaylen infection story. We revisit the scene economy, this time with an emphasis on pacing. Finally, we talk about the rule for GM characters getting helping dice in the infection mechanic. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5 A Victory for Humanity | This week we continue the discussion of our Burning Empires game. We talk about our use of the scene economy, the scope of scenes, and what is and is not appropriate to accomplish with scene verses maneuver intent. We also revisit the Firefight and Duel of Wits subsystems, where we talk about our growing familiarity with Burning Empires' various moving parts. Finally we cover the loss of the Vaylen FoN, Garret Smiley and what that means for the GM Links: Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Burning Wheel HQ | 1/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4 We've Been Living In The Flames | This week we return to the discussion of our Burning Empires campaign. We talk about how beliefs change during play as well as their mechanical and fictional effects, the Psychic Duel subsystem, and our experiences with the scene economy. Links: Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com You can Follow Will on Twitter @Will_H_ You can Follow Laura on Twitter @LauraBishop You can Follow Jesse on Twitter @jburneko Burning Wheel HQ | 1/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3 The Shab-al-Hiri Roach and The Bacchus Christ Agenda | Due to some player absences, we took a break from our usual Burning Empires game. Jesse, Laura, and Will sat down to play a session of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach. We discuss our love for the roach, the different feel the game has when played with only three people, and the nature of GMless games. Links: Email the show: actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com The Shab-al-Hiri Roach Grey Ranks Zombie Cinema | 1/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2 Infiltration Begins | In this Episode we continue the discussion of our ongoing Burning Empires game, specifically our first session of maneuvers in the Infection Phase. We cover our experience with Burning Empires' learning curve, Duels of Wits, and Fire Fights. We have settled into our format of summary of fiction, general discussion, player focused discussion, and finally GM focused discussion. This episode runs for 31 minutes. Our target length for the show is 30 minutes, so you should expect most future episodes to be approximately the same length. A slight word of warning, I had to remove some noise during the first couple minutes of this episode. A side affect of doing this is the audio is slightly distorted during that time. The audio clears up after minute two. Links: Burning Wheel HQ Mouseguard RPG Picture of the custom Burning Empires Dice I had made for the group. | 1/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1 Burning Leophantos Prime | In this first Episode we discuss the processes of world burning and character burning for our upcoming Burning Empires campaign. Things mentioned on the show: Burning Empires Burning Wheel Mouseguard RPG | 1/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Actually People Actually Actual Play
I like this show; it is actual, actual play. What do I mean by that? Most Tabletop RPG podcasts that call themselves "actual play," are just archiving their play experience. Actual Play is actually a discussion of tabletop gaming that uses our play experiences as a focus for discussion of rules, theory, or our interpersonal relationships and how they effect play at the table.
It's not just that they get this definition correct, but their discussions, so far (episode 6), are interesting, thoughtful, and thorough. I'm really looking forward to seeing what this podcast becomes as they get more experience under their belt. That's why I can't give 5 stars yet... I think there's still room for some growth.
If you are allergic to other "actual play" podcasts, don't write this one off until experiencing the difference.
Excellent TTRPG show
APAP is an engaging and thoughtful reflection on the actual play of role-playing games. I enjoy how the hosts/players have varying degrees of experience and widely different viewpoints on gaming. Will moderates the discussion with a light touch, but keeps everyone on point and sharing with each other.
If you like tabletop role-playing games and the stories that come from them, this show should be in your feed.
A fabulous rpg podcast
APAP takes a thoughtful look at rpg systems and how their structure informs play. The APAP cast has varying backgrounds, experiences and likes/dislikes that give their commentary depth. I especially like that they cover story-heavy games like Fiasco and Grey Ranks as well as Fate-based games. Highly recommended.
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