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FictionSuit and the RPG Gods
A fan podcast celebrating (mostly Swedish) RPGs including, but not limited to: Coriolis; Forbidden Lands; Symbaroum; Tales from the Loop; and, Alien.
Buy low, sell high and grease the wheels of the Third Horizon
00.01.00: Introduction
00.02.30: World Of Gaming (Symbaroum and the Forbidden Lands)
00.22.44: Trade In Your Campaign: Free Traders as Crew; Trade is a Long-Burn Business; Scenario ideas and hooks
00.33.30: The History Of Trade in the Horizon: The Portal Wars; The Portal Crisis and Free Trade Treaty; The Navigation Accord; Resistance to the Consortium
00.56.02: Trade in the Horizon Today: The Main Trade Routes; Trading Commodities
01.06.32: Threats to trade
01.11.54: Next episode and farewell
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:16:0220/02/2018
The Symbaroum Effect: The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre Part Three
The final part of our first Symbaroum Actual Play adventure. Rado and Potboy make a discovery. Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony get into the swing of the new system.
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55:0614/02/2018
The Symbaroum Effect: The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre Part Two
The second part of our Symbaroum Actual Play. Rado and Potboy journey to the Mills to investigate the lack of supply. Maps and plans, and some campaign background are available on Dave’s blog, RPGGods.org
Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony get their head around a player facing d20 (roll low) system.
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01:28:0104/02/2018
They have what you need, we have what you want
00.00.38: Introduction
00.04.00: World of Gaming (Forbidden Lands, Symbaroum, Nibiru)
00.13.36: Players in the Hamam, Lloyd Gyan (Coriolis, Symbaroum, Tales)
00.27.38: Nibiru and Federico Sohns
00.47.40: The Syndicate – Are they all bad?
01.02.40: The Spectral Corsair update (a PC death, poison rules, PC crew “power”)
01.19.50: Talent of the Episode – Blood Of Ice
01.26.39. The Mukafa’a Campaign
01.40.00 Goodbye!
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:43:4330/01/2018
The Symbaroum Effect: The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre Part One
The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre: Part One
The first part of our Symbaroum Actual Play. Once again recorded on one mic, so not the best quality. But this time, no Pringles!
Join Rado and Potboy, as night falls in Granite Hold.
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01:35:3625/01/2018
Kickstarting the New Year
The third and final selection of excerpts from our interview with Nils, Kosta, and Rikard from Fria Ligan, recorded in Stockholm last November.
00.00.42: Introduction
00.02.24: Results of our survey (thank you to all who answered it)
00.04.25: Our reflections on Dragonmeet‘s #PodcastZone – check out our appearances on The Formal Gamer (from 13th Jan) and Critical Twits
00.11.48: Forbidden Lands preview of first three chapters
00.20.12: Interview – Open Gaming Licence; Arks and Oases; the Nadir mystery; shipboard life as a design goal
00.34.14: We discuss shipboard life in game, and players not grabbing plot hooks
00.45.25: Interview – Mercy of the Icons (See the lovely cover above!)
00.56.40: We fight over who gets to run it when it comes out
00.59.08: Interview – Learning from Kickstarter mistakes
01.06.45: Dave sets Matthew a challenge, we talk about next episode and share the Love Tove appeal
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:15:0306/01/2018
A Christmas ‘Cast
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. A very short special episode, to wish all our listeners Season’s Greetings, and to celebrate the news that Tales from the Loop has been chosen as Geek and Sundry’s RPG of the Year
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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04:4023/12/2017
Year Zero
The second second part of our interview with Nils, Kosta, and Rikard from Fria Ligan, recorded earlier this month in Stockholm.
00.00.39: Introduction: the survey and our upcoming visit to Dragonmeet‘s #PodcastZone
00.06.16: Interview – Playtesting; a secret boardgame project (!?); and, love for the fan community
00.11.10: We discuss our own time troubles and our recent weekend gaming retreat
00.20.35: Interview – A golden age of gaming; the Genesis of the Year Zero engine; coining “NeoTrad” gaming; Fate and other systems considered for Coriolis; and, what they’d do differently now
00.32.29: We reflect on the pleasures of group and character generation in Coriolis and our upcoming games for Dragonmeet
00.41.58: Interview – Adapting the Year Zero Engine to make each game unique, and the importance of Basic Roleplaying to Swedish RPG culture
00.48.55: We look back on BRP and forwards to the next episode, remind listeners to complete our survey and visit us at Dragonmeet, and roll the credits.
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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54:3630/11/2017
The Symbaroum Effect: Special
00.01.00: Introduction ( and introducing Henrik!)
00.05.15: Mattias and Martin’s Early Days in Gaming, and our thoughts
00.23.30: Järnringen Re-born and Symbaroum, and our thoughts
00.51.10: Järnringen Talks about the Future
00.56.10: Our closing thoughts and end credits.
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01:02:1611/11/2017
Stockholm Calling!
The first of our special episodes. This one entirely recorded in Stockholm. (Some bars were quieter than others, so please forgive the background chatter, especially during the Fria Ligan segment.)
00.00.38: Stockholm Calling
00.03.51: Symbaroum Monster Codex kickstarter, final hours! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449518387/symbaroum-monster-codex
00.10.55: We talk to Järnringen’s Mattias Lilja, writer of the the original Coriolis, and Martin Grip, artist on both editions, about the first edition.
00.28.41: We join Kosta Kostulas, Nils Karlén and Rickard Antroia about how the Free League team came together to continue the Coriolis legacy
00.50.17: We reflect on what we learned so far, discuss the next few episodes, bid Stockholm farewell, and roll the credits.
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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54:3205/11/2017
Don’t let the pretty face fool you, I’m a beast
00.01.16: Coming up in today’s episode:
00.02.38: Forbidden Lands kickstarter, final hours!
00.07.00: Numenera 2
00.12.40: Legends of the Five Rings beta
00.13.58: The Nazareem’s Sacrifice
00.32.39: Players in the Hamam – more on Tango Tango 82 and Forbidden Lands
01.06.50: The Nhamadan Talent
01.27.08: Spectral Corsair
01.44.55: #podcastzone at Dragonmeet
01.45.44: Next time
01.46.22 Farewell and end credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:48:1910/10/2017
All are equal under the Icons, some are more equal than others
A tenth epiversary bumper episode!
00.00.53: Coming up in today’s episode:
00.03.35: Dragonmeet #podcastzone; Forbidden Lands; a new plan for Samar’s
00.13.16: The Children of the Void and Void Talents (Bonus Talents of the episode!)
00.27.36: Discussion – The “Ark” in Coriolis
00.51.00: An RPG Homage to John Carpenter’s “The Thing”
01.07.30: The Mukafa’a Campaign
01.32.00: The Latifs of Dabaran
01.40.33: Spectral Corsair
01.46.30: Feedback
01.48.00 Farewell and end credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:49:5724/09/2017
A Known Mistake is Better Than an Unknown Truth – Part Three
Bonus episode! The final hour of our Actual Play. Can Yaphet and Salah escape the Dark Between the Stars?
Deckplans and more available here
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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56:3603/09/2017
My Ship Without Me is Useless, Without My Ship, I am Useless
00.02.40: Coming up in today’s episode:
00.04.30: New Coriolis adventure! (and other gaming news)
00.24.00: Building the Travelling Daughter
00.45.47: Talent of the Episode “This is my Ship, there are many like it but this one is mine.”
00.55.37: Discussion – Life (and death) in Portal Space
01.12.20: Whoops! Unplanned discussion – Symbaroum
01.17.54: Foreshadowing “The Thing”
01.21.30: Feedback
01.28.43 Farewell and end credits
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01:31:1920/08/2017
A Known Mistake is Better Than an Unknown Truth: Two
Bonus episode! The second hour of our Actual Play. Yaphet and Salah confront the beast.
Deckplans and more available at rpggods.org
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58:5730/07/2017
You haven’t got a prayer
00.00.37: Coming up in today’s episode:
00.02.15: New Coriolis supplements!
00.08.42: Mutant: Mechatron alpha
00.13.57: Tales from the Loop hits retail
00.20.21: The Witchsmeller Covenstead of Phokaas
00.29.57: Discussion – Zalos and Icon Worship in the Third Horizon
00.51.27: The Atheist's Talent
01.07.25: Spectral Corsair
01.18.00: Feedback
01.22.15: Next time
01.23.07 Farewell and end credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:24:4023/07/2017
A Known Mistake is Better Than an Unknown Truth: One
Bonus episode! The first hour of our Actual Play. Yaphet and Salah wake up in the the dark.
Deckplans and more available here
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:06:2413/07/2017
Are you experienced?
00.00.38: Intro and what’s coming up in today’s episode
00.02.17: Feedback from Rickard Antroia(!) on Samar’s Hamam
00.03.48: News from the world of gaming: Ennie nominations, Symbaroum
00.09.57: Experience point allocation
00.23.52: Players in the Hamam
00.45.37: Spectral Corsair campaign
00.55.11: Mukafa’a campaign
01.05.00: Talent of the Episode
01.09.10: Feedback and discussion
01.21.36: Farewell and end credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:24:2610/07/2017
So, that’s what explosive decompression feels like
Shownotes:
00:00:00 Opening titles, what’s in the ‘cast
00:01:58 Western Kickstarter (8 days to go, as of writing)
00:04:12 Ten Candles
00:08:28 Dark Flowers report (spoiler free-ish)
00:12:49 Fixing the Gearhead
00:26:22 Space Combat
00:58:33 Samar’s Hamam
01:06:00 Spectral Corsair
01:17:26 Get in touch
01:18:49 End Credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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01:20:0521/06/2017
The Dark(ness points) Between the Stars
The dark(ness points) between the stars
Shownotes:
00:00:00 Opening titles, and a thank you to our fans
00:02:16 Feedback
00:03:25 What’s On Today?
00:04:02 The Spectral Corsair Campaign character summary
00:08:40 Darkness Points!
00:31:03 Talent of the Episode
00:40:01 Spectral Corsair campaign update
00:47:14 Next time, and how to get in touch (drop us a line at coriolis(at)fictionsuit(dot)org)
00:49:11 End Credits
The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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50:5622/05/2017
Our first podcast!
Our first podcast! All about Fria Ligan’s mystical Science Fiction RPG.
Show notes:
00:00:00 Opening
00:00:30 We say hi
00:01:23 We reminisce (you might say, for too long) about some of the other games we played before Coriolis
00:09:23 Discovering Coriolis
00:15:27 Setting – Ijma’urf: Consensus of the Common Law
00:21:50 Discussion – Dice mechanics
00:28:42 Rules – The System Generator
00:36:23 Discussion – The Spectral Corsair campaign
00:43:19 What’s coming up
00:44:10 Give us your feedback
00:45:15 End credits
The Coriolis Effect.Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric
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46:1808/05/2017