This episode was meant to be about Household II but we also spent almost half an hour talking about Spectaculars!00.00.40: Introductions00.05.24: Thank you to our new patron: Rikard Falk00.06.56: World of Gaming: We play Spectaculars; Elon Musk feels the need to chip in on D&D; Hasbro not making another D&D movie; yet another Folk Horror game, this time The Terror Beneath from Osprey, (but it uses gumshoe!); we will be at Dragonmeet next week! 00.45.30: Old  West News - join our Facebook group00.49.53: Simone Formicola of 2 Little Mice talks about Household II01.34.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A slightly short episode this time, recorded on the fly because Matthew was away on our usual schedule.00.00.40: Introductions00.04.05: Our interview with Andreas about the My Father's Sword kickstarter00.55.56: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Our old friend Magnus joins us to talk about his new book.00.00.40: Introductions00.04.27: World of Gaming: Windheim hitting doormats; My Father's Sword hitting KS; Conan Kickstarter a week left. Broken Empires RPG kickstarter last hours; Salvage Union Starter set; Spelkongress goers heard more about Coriolis the great Dark and stuff; Dreams and Machines setting guide out00.23.17: Old  West News - join our Facebook group00.37.32: Magnus Seter on Out of the Box get it in PDF01.46.15: GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

After the kickstarter, a pause. Dave and Matthew discuss the world of gaming, catch us up on that's happening with Tales of the Old West since the kickstarter ended and reflect on Coriolis.00.00.40: Introductions00.04.41: World of Gaming: Chaosium Launches Companions of Arthur; Electric State hitting doormats; Path of Glory coming; Alien now Evolving; Ars Magica open licence; new edition of The Expanse crowdfunding; more Pirate Borg too; Conan: The Hyborian Age kickstarts; Matthew went to Essen - shout out to to Laoin and Alex Bueno!00.39.07: Old West News - join our Facebook group00.49.50: Reflections on Coriolis01.04.10: GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.08: World of Gaming: Terminal State funded; Paragons, a YearZeroEngine-ish Superhero RPG kickstarting now; The QuickStart for Discworld is out; D&D not going anywherer; The Last Caravan looks interesting; Matthew will be at Spiel Essen. 00.24.47: Old West News00.28.33: Our "Ask us anything" stream recorded01.31.28: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our ongoing crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.26 : Welcome to our new patron, Nils L00.07.13: World of Gaming: Space: 1999 on pre-order; one for our Swedish fans, Anders Blixt’s Expert Partisan; Chaosium’s BRP competition finalists announced; Discworld RPG coming to KS soon; Dave got his copy of Agean; we are going to Dragonmeet 00.38.21: Old West News: The KS page doing well!00.46.29: Interview: Chris Vemeren on his Terminal State Kickstarter  - back it now01.28.10: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our ongoing crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, Jed McCLure00.03.59: World of Gaming: Mongoose buys Traveller outright; Luke Crane buys Dungeon World; LotR material available in D&D Beyond; Terminal State Kickstarter; Sentients kickstarter; Troubleshooters Ghosts and Thieves Kickstarter00.31.36: Old West News: The KS page goes live at 4pm BST Tuesday 3rd September!00.41.29: Essay - Difficult Histories01.05.12: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.51: Welcome to our new patron, Oliver Nøglebæk00.05.07: World of Gaming: The KS page is ready to follow!00.22.16: Interview - Jonathan Hicks, writer of the forthcoming Alien cinematic and Those Dark Places01.00.38: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Hear the reaction of the team that wrote Hope's Last Day to the Alien 2nd Edition announcement. Then settle down with Neil Kingham for a chat about editing RPGs, the state of Symbaroum and The Tower of the Lich Lord. 00.00.40: Introductions00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, James Ramage00.03.11: World of Gaming: SLA Borg; Diana Jones award goes to United Paizo Workers; Ennie winners announced; ALIEN RPG 2nd ed announced00.38.30: Old West News00.42.20: Interview - Neil Kingham, editor extraordinaire and author of Tower of the Lich Lord01.29.55: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThruPut our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.02: World of Gaming: Vaezine's VaesenCon GM submissions are open; Space: 1999 TTRPG announced00.17.48: Old West News00.26.16: Essay - Life-Path character generation 00.57.45: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThruPut our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.23: Thank you to our new patron: Ewan Dougall00.06.33: World of Gaming: Building Better Worlds nominated for two Ennies; Black Madonna and Hostile Waters for T2K hitting doormats, Moria available for pre-oder; Dave likes Coriolis (duh!); Eldritch Automata crowdfunding on Backerkit00.19.21: Old West News00.27.10: Interview - Nick Francia talks about Eldritch Automata   01.22.14: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThruPut our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.08: Thank you to our new patrons: Uhtred43; Sol Franklin and Andy B00.06.07: World of Gaming: Uk Games Expo report (Frank's vid of the tournament); Neil Kingham's Tower of the Lich Lord, a Symbaroum chose your fighting fantasy adventure; Kickstarters: The Dark Age of Theer from Starfleet Captain Liam Sharp(!); AniMort; Hollows from Rowan Rook and Deckard (crowdfunding on Backerkit); Dave Going to Tabletop Scotland00.37.02: Old West News00.49.28: Interview - Andrew E.C. Gaska on the Planet of the Apes RPG kickstarter 01.35.53: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThruPut our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introduction00.02.45: Round 1 -  Mutant Year Zero00.07.10: Round 2 -  Coriolis00.10.55: Round 3 -  Vaesen00.14.42: Round 4  -  Alien   00.20.02: Round 5  -  Best of the Rest00.26.20: Round 6 -  Woah - new style year zero goes beyond 6?!00.32.03: Round 7  -  What is this madness? D20? (Symbaroum)00.36.42: Final Round - Taking us up to 20   00.40.00: The Prizegiving00.43.00: Questions from the audience 0.54.10:  GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThruPut our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's the big one! The announcement of our free QuickDraw. In this episode Dave and I talk about some of the Westerns, TV, Film and novels that have inspired or influenced the game.-00.00.40: Introduction00.01.58: Thank you to our new Patron, Richard Upton Pickman00.03.35: World of Gaming -  Fall of the Imperium out from Modipheus for Dune; Pilgramage of the Penitent for Mork Borg; Effekt Publishing a a new company that have released their website and made their Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru00.31.34: Discussion - we talk about some of our favourite bits of the Western corpus, and how each piece is reflected in our game. starting with Deadwood.00.39.37: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly00.44.05: Tombstone 00.49.22: Lonesome Dove 00.57.41: Blood Meridian01.01.28: The English01.05.36: 188301.11.11: Next time (UK Games Expo) and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Its a weird one-00.00.40: Introduction00.03.40: Old West News00.09.45: World of Gaming -  Path of Glory, a campaign for Dragonbane; Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland 2nd (non-AI) edition, only a few hours left on the kickstarter; Mothership arriving in print;     d20 fantasy 2nd edition kickstarting 00.15.23: Interview - Millie the GM on her work with UK Games Expo - sign up for the Dragonbane Tournament, check out Dave's seminar and join our   00.50.55: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Its a Dragonbane (Drakar Och Demoner) Special!-00.00.40: Introductions00.02.58: Thank you to our new patrons: Pontus Sjögren; Jimmy Skoglund; and Josh Leape00.04.11: Old West News00.14.25: Listener Feedback: email from Marcus Bone00.17.58 : World of Gaming: Dragonbane adventure from hmmm.... Marcus Bone; Black Powder and Brimstone Kickstarter; Star Trek Adventures 2; Embracer splits, Dragonbane Tournament at UK Games Expo00.38.55: Essay - Writing Dragonbane adventures01.07.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you!  -00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: Old West News00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The Laundry 2nd Edition; Lex Arcana - Rome the Eternal City kickstarter ending soon; Savage World of Solomon Kane from Monolith; Elder Mythos Kickstarter00.40.42: Essay - Year Zero Engine Critical Injuries01.22.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons00.06.15: Old West News00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of Dust and Neon; Our Brilliant Ruin00.43.25: Book Club - Coriolis: The Great Dark01.47.12: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.18: Old West News00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arriving; Dragonbane monster standees!; Chaosium’s design challenge00.31.40: Coriolis - The Pantheon of the Icons including the CALENDAR (and the blog post, oh I see you used my (Jon's) IMAGE for your post, Dave!)00.53.27: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview with our great friend Millie the Gm, who is running her own online play through of Mercy of the Icons on YouTube and our Cairo correspondent Mohamed El Dakak00.00.40: Introductions00.03.49: Welcome to our (brief) new patron - Joachim Buchert00.05.00: Old West News00.10.55: World of Gaming: Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition; Laundry Files 2nd edition; new Discworld game announced take part in Modiphious' survey; Dagger in the Heart; Moria alpha out00.37.24: Panel - Discussing the Coriolis News 01.28.24: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen it on YouTube it might be old news for you loyal listeners by then. So instead we are going to have a reaction panel feature, and for those of you who prefer podcasting over YT, here is a slightly edited audio only version of the interview.Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare's 24 hr gaming marathon fro charity; Star Trek Adventures: The Federation Klingon War; Dune: Fall of the Imperium has Dave words in; This Blighted Isle: Darkened Hill and Dale KS; Alien nexus available from end the en of the month; Gaia Complex KS00.30.48: Interview: Chris "Shep" Shepperson on the Gaia Complex and Conan: The Hyborean Age RPG01.15.48: Exciting news for next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planned - Dave’s writing workshop, Effekt's Free League quiz and Free League's National Dragonbane Championships! 0032.40: Rocks Fall Everyone Dies - Masters of the Air in War Stories01.09.12: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow of the Weird Wizard (with a diversion into Dave's Dune writing); kill engn mechs for Cy-borg ; 00.19.16: Interview  - Garry Harper When We Die 01.17.39: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall Games in Terminator AI battle; Cyan Starlight KS; 5e Ruins of Symbaroum books; Role VTT loses its heart; is the Golden Age over ?00.52.39: Patrons in the Hamam - The Year in ReviewEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show. People enjoyed the peek into our deign process that we released a month ago and asked if there was more. There is - this second hour of discussion from our very first design meeting follows on from where the last bonus episode finished, as we are talking about talents. We had of course discussed the idea on the phone previously, and by text, but this was the first time we actually sat down at a table together to talk about the games principles and start to get into the nitty gritty of mechanics. At that point it was an adaptation of Forbidden Lands, so you will hear a lot of chat in that context. Over the years (Patrons have just received playtest version 6) it has moved away from its Forbidden Lands roots while remaining a Year Zero Engine game.We hope to be making a big announcement next year about a kickstarter for our Tales of the Old West TTRPG. We have a number of ducks to get a a row first. EffektAP is brought to you by Effekt. Music is Old West Game by Stu Venable, used with kind permission of the Angry Folk Media Empire. Like what we do?Leave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogsUse this link to buy Free League stuff in PDF ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.00: Thank you to our new patron: Jeppe Mulich00.05.12: World of Gaming - Electric State on Kickstarter; Matt Colville's Monster Fighting game MCDM RPG; R Talsorian's multi dimensional game Shadow Scar; Doug gets a staring fooled in Outgunned, Dave is guesting on Raldanash's Walking Dead Universe discusion00.45.20: Dragonmeet report 00.54.10: Article: Mechanical Depth01.24.33: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Sorry, chapter markers wrong in this episode, use these timing instead00.00.40: Introductions00.02.13: Thank you to our new patron: Andrew Rackley00.05.12: World of Gaming - Four Borg! Even simpler than Mork Borg, New Free League website with proactive advice for starting to play; oh no! The Adventure Time RPG dumps its Yes And system for a 5e ruleset; Dragonmeet; Magnus Seter's new book00.36.44: A Forbidden Lands approach to Mass Combat01.06.43: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Not only are some people building worlds with the hardcopy of the latest Alien supplement that has arrived on at least a few doorstep, but we speak to a woman who had a brilliant idea for building your game's world (better) with magnetic modular terrain. Plus loads of news from Free League and the world of gaming!.00.00.40: Introductions00.01.54: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds hitting doormats in physical editions: Walking Dead final version out; Electric State RPG announced ; Blade Runner RPG Fiery Angels on pre-order with immediate PDF! Invisible Sun returns to Kick... um Backerkit; Nightfall's Musketeers vs Cthulhu has three days left on Kickstarter; Scoundrels of Brixton review. Comic-Con report. 00.46.21: Interview - Annabelle of Modular Realms, join her Discord to see user's creations, or follow Modular Realms on Instagram or Facebook01.30.01: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We are sorry we missed our usual episode last week. Our intention had been to record an episode during MCM Comic Con London, but we ended up working too hard to make too few sales to do anything other than eat and sleep of an evening. Normal service will be resumed next weekend, and will include some Comic Con related content.To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show, actually something that was a Patreon exclusive when we first shared it three and a half years ago. We hope to be making a big announcement next year about a kickstarter for our Tales of the Old West TTRPG. We have a number of ducks to get a a row first, but to whet your appetites here is a recording of our very first design meeting. We had of course discussed the idea on the phone previously, and by text, but this was the first time we actually sat down at a table together to talk about the games principles and start to get into the nitty gritty of mechanics. At that point it was an adaptation of Forbidden Lands, so you will hear a lot of chat in that context. Over the years (Patrons have just received playtest version 6) it has moved away from its Forbidden Lands roots while remaining a Year Zero Engine game. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions - You're Dead to Me00.09.36: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds PDFs are here; new Dragonbane announcements; The Lost Mountain saga coming out for Halloween; Cohors Cthulhu kickstarting; New Edition of BRP out in print; ; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.54.47: Article - Women in Historical TTRPG - Dr Emma Southron's History of Rome in 21 Women01.25.15: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions - Put it on a plate00.03.55: World of Gaming - Evil Genius sue Netflix over Rebel Moon RPG; Mutant Ad Astra finally makes an appearance; NeoClassscal Geek Revival imported into the UK; Household is brilliant; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.39.55: Article - Community content by the word (Steve Weick's blog posts)01.09.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.06.01: World of Gaming: Dukk Borg; Pirate Borg; Deathmatch Island on Backerkit 17th October;  and Cohors Cthulhu coming to KS 3rd October; D&D part work; the art in They Grow Up So Fast. 00.41.30: Article - Writing Market Garden for War Stories01.07.18: Upcoming episodes and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.47: Thank you to our new patron, Keith Rossellini00.04.50: World of Gaming: Dreams and Machines pre-order; Free League will be demoing Zone Wars at Essen; Assassin’s Creed RPG announced; Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter almost done; Moria Kickstarter 00.27.02: Interview - Interview, Gareth Ryder-Hannrahan01.12.35: Next episode and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.06.50: World of Gaming: Modern Vaesen is out; Slaughterville re-thought and relaunched; Coriolis, Wake of the Icons finally in stores; Eat the Riech! Kickstarter00.29.06: Interview - Andreas Lundstrom talks about Windheim and the Horn of Dawn, 01.15.12: Goodbye, and Sagan om Drakar ock Demoner from the forthcoming Dragonbane soundtrackEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.04.04: World of Gaming: It’s Gen Con as we record; Ennie Results full list of nominees and winners; Diana Jones award won by Coyote and Crow; Free League announce a Moria campaign for both Ring games; Badgequest, girl-guide/scouts game on Kickstarter; friend of the Show Andreas kickstarts Windheim for DoD/Dragonbane; Slaughterville, YZE game kickstarting (KS cancelled - watch this space); Free League sixth (and ninth?) biggest TTRPG Kickstarter company; writers rates  00.55.00: Vaesen - The Devils is in theDetail01.01.56: Interview - Christopher Brown of Laughing Rogue takes about Slaughterville01.32.31: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.50: World of Gaming: Pendragon starter set out in the UK; Pendragon fiction coming from my mate Chris November; Cubicle 7 coming out with a second edition of the Laundry Files; Gary’s Appendix kickstarts a third issue with some more words from renowned OSR expert Dave; now Critical Role have found out we are going to MCM Comicon, they are coming too; Dragonbane dropping into people's mail; Modiphious announce Captains Log solo RPG; a new case file and Expansion book announced for Bladerunner. 00.35.01: Interview : Dave Whitworth and Or Tom Murr on Modern Vaesen01.16.00: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.06.17: World of Gaming: Ennie Nominations (our names in lights!); Cohors Cthulhu free Quickstart out; Modiphious sending out Dreams and Machines pendants to streamers (the creator doc Dave mentioned is here); Chaosium are about to crowdfund a Call of Cthulhu actual play; Pendragon starter set is out (except UK); Adventure Time RPG; Gangs of Kahabro new year zero engine game from the peeps behind Zweihander (Want to join the playtest? Head to the Zweihander RPG Discord for sign-up details: https://discord.gg/Zweihander); Erik Granstrom blogs the sexy bits that were edited out of the new Bloodmarch books00.46.42: Article - 10 tips for better game design01.06.04: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We talk to Fiona Howat, MU/TH/UR of the Alien competition at UK Games Expo, and learn her shocking dark secret! 00.00.40: Introduction00.03.34: World of Gaming - Pirate Borg on pre-order, and coming to retail on International Talk Like a Pirate Day; Renegade Game Studios put their foot in it; Diana Jones awards nominees announced; FreeRPG day happened; freelance rates survey (with a sidebar on pay at conventions); UKGE memories00.43.13: Interview: Fiona Howat of What Am I Rolling01.00.26: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

    00.00.40: Introduction00.06.11: Thank you to our new Patron: David Morrison, live!00.15.01: Roving reporter Duffy 0019.23: Reporter Pete talks about Camden Games' Shape Invaders coming to a kickstarter near you, and asks a pertinent question about the pitfalls of creating a new system from scratch 00.24.53: Reporter Clint talks about Alien and asks about the    games we are NOT going to play00.33.47: Another, anonymous, reporter asks a question about Free League's business model00.41.44: Reporter Ant talks about Jolly Thinkers' Cheese Thief and asks about the future of TTRPG00.49.41: Reporter (and patron and friend of the show) Craig talks about Games on Demand at UKGE and asks about small press games that have caught our eye and we plug his Lunar Shadow games  00.52.23: Reporter (and patron and friend of the show) Mohamed talks about playing Alien and Death in Space and how our podcast introduced him to TTRPGs   01.00.26: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We offer you three new careers for Alien, and get excited about UK Games Expo,00.00.40: Introduction00.04.36: Thank you to our new Patron: grey-nimlet00.08.52: UKGE; Live recording (Sixth birthday spectacular!); 10 tips for better Game design0020.21: Critical Role's Candela Obscura mashes together Blades in the Dark and Vaesen; simultaneous pre-order of Tales from the Lost Realm (TOR) and Tales from Eriador (LoTR); The Walking Dead PDFs now with additions; Mystery Flesh Pit National Park Kickstarter; D&D books price going up00.43.13: Article - three new careers for Alien Colonies01.00.26: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It's a War Stories special with Matthew talking about his experience playing a campaign, and Dave talking about his philosophy when writing that very campaign. Plus lots of news from the World of Gaming00.00.40: Introduction00.02.14: Thank you to our new Patrons: Verminlord, Sebastian Schmitt, and Christph Kleschke AKA Laoin00.06.30: World of Gaming: UKGE; Bladerunner starter set wins the best adventure award for UKGE Judges awards; LoTR RPG; 2000Ad buys Tunnels and Trolls; Critical Role have a new Vaesen-like mystery coming out, but using a very different system; Break is an anime RPG that appeal to our patrons; Ronin is Mork Borg in fantasy Japan; Outgunned looks like an interesting cinematic action RPG - can it replace Feng Shui in our hearts? 00.41.52: Article: Using and Abusing History - the first part00.49.17: Interruption: Defining Authentic01.00.07: Article: Using and Abusing History - the second part part01.25.55: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Not one, but three essays! A new Talent of the Episode; Drugs in the Forbidden Lands and GMs don't want you to know this simple Stronghold Hack!  00.00.40: Introduction00.03.50: World of Gaming: Dave's Building Better Worlds on pre-order; Dave spills the beans on  Dreams and Machines; Alchemy VTT kickstarts with Free League headlining; FREE Ukrainian Vaesen supplement now in English; Scoundrels of Brixton takes South London to the stars; Blood and Doom FINISHED on Kickstarter; Join us and Johan Noor at UKGE; is Dave going to GenCon00.48.28: Talent of the Episode: Beekeeper01.00.00: Narcotic Herbs in the Forbidden Lands01.08.53: GM's don't want you to know this Stronghold Hack01.22.25: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We go DnD crazy! And build bases, and talk Star Trek; Picard00.00.40: Introduction00.02.42: Thank you to our new Patrons: Brokenwitch, Ian Stronach, Peter John Newbold (with a sidebar about Picard)00.13.07: World of Gaming: DandD movie review, Lord of the Rings (5th ed variant) released 9th May, LOTR RPG Live Play, Chaosium taking a hybrid approach to AI with Quest Portal Elder, Teminator t2 ks not doing well00.43.37: Essay - Base Building01.11.16: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode  Matthew bores Dave rigid talking about the two different dice systems in Year Zero Engine00.00.40: Introduction00.03.02: Thank you to our new Patrons: Richard Turnbull, Gordon Thomas Jehu and Martin Cookson00.09.18: World of Gaming: Walking Dead update; both YZE and Dragon plane licenses officially released; Chaosium are bringing back BRP, under an open licence (ORC); D&D movie; Talislanta what’s all that about ?00.27.28: Essay - Stepped Dice or Dice Pool?00.53.44: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode we talk to Mattias Jonsson Haake, head honchos the Walking Dead Universe00.00.40: Introduction00.02.27: Thank you to our new Patron, Manuel00.04.36: World of Gaming: We are going to UKGE, Dragonmeet (not) moving? Terminator T2, Tales from the Lone Lands for The One Ring,00.27.39: Interview - Mattias Jonsson Haake, head honchos the Walking Dead Universe RPG01.07.24: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode we talk to Oz Mills, creator of the Tales from the Loop campaign They Grow Up so Fast00.00.40: Introduction00.16.10: World of Gaming: Chaosium ban AI art from community content; Paizo make a statement against AI art (but not, so far against its use in community content), ikhon finally released; Launch of Walking Dead Universe on Kickstarter announced00.38.23: Interview - Oz Mills author of They Grow Up so Fast01.21.00: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this episode we take another delve into the treasure of the Free League Workshop00.00.40: Introduction00.02.32: World of Gaming: Free League release a daft of the FTL (free tabletop license); They Grow Up so Fast - new UK based campaign for Tales from the Loop; The One Ring wins Best Role Playing game from OnTabletop00.31.06: Free League Workshop Showcase: for Coriolis Birr and Reputation;  and The Lost System; for T2K Canon Plus; and Twilight 2249; for Forbidden Lands  Castles and Strongholds; and Shadows on the Wall; Unsung Heroes of the Abomintorium for Symbaroum; and Green Pieces fro CyBorg; for Vaesen, Riverboat Gambler and VaeZine; D66 Paradise Valley Encounters for Mutant Year Zero; and Summer Camp Spy games for Tales from the Loop01.31.39: Next time, and goodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★