Effekt

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 ★

00.00.40: Introduction00.02.08: Thank you to everyone who voted to make us the 5th most popular TTRPG talk podcast on Enworld. 00.07.08: World of Gaming: Zinequest 5 starts - projects include Treasure Hunting from RPG Stories, Hopes and Dreams of the Orbital Bound from our own whodo Craig and many more; The OGL Saga ends (apparently) but wither WotC?; Dave is unemployed! 00.38.46: For the Prosecution - Dr Mathew Tyler-Jones00.52.27: For the Defence - Mr David Semark01.16.00: 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: Introduction00.06.41: World of Gaming: Ken Hite gets shot; WotC shoot themselves in the foot; Paizo et al create ORC open licence; Free League announce a new OGL for Year Zero Engine and branded open licence for Drakar och Demoner/Dragonbane; Osprey announce slate of new RPGs; Modiphious announce 2d20 DTRPG programme 00.35.04: On the Case(file) - creating Bladerunner adventures01.02.01: 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 ★

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Are we one of your favourite TTRPG talk podcasts? Then show your love by voting for us!00.00.40: Introduction00.06.01: Welcome to our new patrons: Peter Johnsson and Timm Woods00.07.30: World of Gaming: Gen X are the best at games; Are we one of your favourite TTRPG talk podcasts? Then show your love by voting for us!; Most Anticipated game of 2023 is announced.00.32.06: Two Tribes a gridiron RPG. we mention: Friday Night Lights; World Wide Wrestling; Night Witches; Tachyon Squadron01.03.30: 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 Christmas Day! We thought about not releasing an episode today, but given that not all of our international audience don't celebrate Christmas, and still more might be spending the day alone, so we thought a special episode was in order. Join Matthew, Dave, and patrons: Paul; Douglas; Robin; Niclas; Thomas, Aaron, Andrew, Andy, Bruce, Toby and Frank while we chat about the year just gone, the RPGs we have not read, the demo sessions we enjoyed, our favourite settings and memorable RPG scenes.We mention the Enworld favourite podcast awards (though we had to cut a bit as zoom garbled it) find out more and VOTE for us (after the 30th) on that site.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: Introduction00.02.08: Welcome to our new patrons: Michael Gurley and reluctantartsy 00.04.20: World of Gaming: Bladerunner is being delivered to backers in the UK (with some Dragonmeet chat); Space 1889 gets another new version (this time with 5E); and more Dragonmeet.00.36.20: The Cost of Pushing01.06.13: 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: Introduction00.04.20: World of Gaming: Bladerunner is being delivered to backers in the US; Free League have announced another game - Walking Dead Universe, to be kickstarted in the Spring; Chaosium are releasing the Rivers of London RPG in PDF on 30th November; Vaesen: Seasons of Mystery hits retail on the 6th Dec. Modiphius has released a pack of TOS Mystery scenarios for Star Trek; The One Ring is up for the Tabletop Awards (annouced at PAXunplugged on 2nd December) and we are very excited by Dragonmeet.00.40.37: Our roundtable discussion, spoiler heavy about the whole campaign of Mercy of the Icons, with writer Richard Antroiya, fan and RPG writer and composer James Semple; streaming GM Millie the (errrr) the GM and Jonathan Pay. A Garblag Games co-production.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: Introduction00.03.00: Thank you to our returning Patron: Bill Paine00.04.20: World of Gaming: Coriolis: Mercy of the Icons 3 is up for pre-order; amazing success of Monty Python RPG KS; Paranoia is kickstarting, again (yawn); gutter_PVNKS supplement for Cy_borg (not by Exalted Funeral as I incorrectly said); we are excited by Dragonmeet where the Stockholm Kartel will be appearing (in part); our little birds suggest Bladerunner core has arrived in warehouse, but still waiting for the Starter set.00.51.44: Alien: Why money doesn't work, and how it could01.23.26: 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: Introduction00.03.18: Thank you to our new Patron: Rikard Aspholm00.04.43: World of Gaming: Iranian games cafes; Touched by the Gods didn't make its target; Mutant Year Zero: Zone Wars announced; Cowboy BeBop RPG; Fearsome Wilderness Kickstarter 00.29.31: Coriolis: How they play Carrom in the Third Horizon00.49.16: Interview - Matt Cross talks about Fearsome Wilderness01.18.08: 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: Introduction00.04.13: World of Gaming: Mercy of the Icons 3 should go on pre order before next episode; War Stories PDFs are coming out; T2K Urban Warfare pre-order comes with PDFs too; Heart of Darkness physical is arriving; Japanese Vaesen goes Electrum; and...00.18.29: Interview - Kuba Polkowski talks about Touched by the Gods and DriveThru00.54.43: 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 ★

00.00.40: Introduction00.06.53: World of Gaming: Cy-Borg hitting doormats, with reprinted Mörk Borg Ikhon books; reprinted TOR dice coming though, with Ruins of The Lost Realm; Pirate Borg comes home; Stockholm Kartell coming to Dragonmeet00.35.25: Interview - Millie "the GM" Lavell talks about Pocket Quest, Psi Camp on DTRPG, Essen and more01.24.39: 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: Introduction00.6.35: World of Gaming: Exalted Funeral and Crowbar announce Monty Python RPG; WoTC apologise for their slave race in Spelljammer; Kingmaker is coming!; 00.27.31: Interview - We remind Tomas Härenstam that he said Drakar och Demoner would never be translated into English01.01.50: We talk about our experience of the Quickstart01.16.32: 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: Introduction00.02.51: Thank you to our new patrons: Syd Razavi (and Michael Li?)00.04.27: Introducing our guest Co-host Jonathan Pay with a Player in the Hammam special 00.15.51: World of Gaming: One D&D announced; Mask Witches of Forgotten Doggerland; Embracer buys Middle Earth Enterprises 00.41.08: Interview - Patron Jonathan Pay asks Dave and Matthew the #RPGaDay2022 questions (part 2)01.12.59: 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: Introduction00.01.43: World of Gaming: Ennies awarded, Congratulations Thirsty Sword lesbians Best Game, Product of the year. Troubleshooters U-boat mystery Silver for best adventure. The One Ring Won GOLD for best interior art. Big FL announcements at GenCon DragonBane is the English version of Drakar och Demoner and there is a 5e version of ToR called Lord of the Rings Roleplaying.00.10.14: Interview - Patron Jonathan Pay asks Dave and Matthew the #RPGaDay2022 questions (part 1)00.46.03: 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: Introduction00.03.02: Thank you to our new patron: Robin Coutts00.03.42: Dave blows (his own trumpet): No seriously, he has a book out! 00.09.19: Cubicle 7's 5e Doctors and Daleks looks quite good actually; L5R is getting a 5e (D&D) version, Adventures in Rokugan, Mörk Borg Box of Terrors KS is . . . a box; patron and friend of the show Millie the GM has a game out; it’s Zine Quest month!00.30.07: Panel: ZineQuest veterans Craig and Josh school Dave in all things Kickstarter 01.15.03: 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 ★