Fear of a Black Dragon

Public Access is coming to Kickstarter March 17th! In this special podcast episode, Matt and Jason do a deep dive on Public Access—what it is, how it works, and how this edition differs from the version released in 2023. Then, Jason gets very personal talking about the game's inspirations. Finally, Matt and Jason run down what folks can expect in the Kickstarter campaign itself. Check out the campaign here!

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The Between is coming to BackerKit on September 24th! Alex Rybitski sits down with creator Jason Cordova to talk about the game, its mechanics, and the crowdfunding campaign. Follow along with the campaign here. Time Codes 01:45 - What is The Between? 02:59 - The Mystery System 05:10 - The Chicken or the Egg? 08:04 - The Between's Gothic Emulation 12:17 - The Playbooks 18:52 - The Play Cycle of The Between 21:10 - The Day Phase 21:57 - The Night Phase 24:10 - Character Backstories in The Between 25:50 - What are the Janus Masks? 28:40 - Revealing Character Backstories 36:07 - Character Width vs. Depth 38:08 - The Fun of GMing the Night Phase 43:25 - The Unscene 50:28 - A Talk about XP in The Between 51:11 - The BackerKit Campaign Details 55:23 - Book One 57:19 - Book Two 59:36 - Book Three 1:02:47 - Other Materials in the Backer Kit Campaign 1:07:55 - A Note About Previously Published Material for The Between 1:08:13 - A Little Preview of Something New for Backers Join us on Discord!

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The Darkened Threshold is a new podcast from The Gauntlet, coming in 2023! This is a sneak preview of the first episode; the show will launch with its own feed in late December. In the meantime, join us on The Gauntlet Discord server to discuss all things Brindlewood Bay & The Between.

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:09 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:00 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:21:47 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:33 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:02 - Tutorial Levels/Invisible Tutorials Companion Adventures 00:45:07 - a blog article 00:45:22 - website archive 00:45:49 - video game Further notes from Tom: Through Ultán's Door (the Ben Laurence thing we couldn't remember the name of): https://throughultansdoor.bigcartel.com/ Tribe 8: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/1229/Tribe-8-Rulebook-1st-Edition Zenopus Archives: https://sites.google.com/site/zenopusarchives/ GMTK - Half-Life 2's Invisible Tutorial: https://youtu.be/MMggqenxuZc Fen Orc piece on the legacy of Tower of Zenopus: http://www.fenorc.co.uk/home/legacy-of-zenopus

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Jonah Knight from Roll to Meddle talks to Jason Cordova about Brindlewood Bay, coming to Kickstarter April 26th! Follow the Kickstarter campaign here!

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The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:26- How have we used this in our games? 00:02:49 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:46 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:19:50 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:28 - Folk horror in tabletop roleplaying games. Companion Adventures 00:38:53 - RPGs 00:39:59 - Film 00:43:04 - TV 00:44:36 - Literature Linda Codega article on Dicebreaker: https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/feature/folklore-rpgs-fresh-perspectives-cultures

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:33- How have we used this in our games? 00:04:57 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:22:07 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:25:11 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:19 - Grand finales Companion Adventures 00:49:32- Film 00:50:33 - RPGs

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:47- How have we used this in our games? 00:04:25 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:20:12 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:23:43 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:52 - Zooming Out & Fantasy Procedurals Companion Adventures 00:43:11 - X-Files (and other TV) 00:44:54 - Podcasts 00:46:44 - Books, RPGs, and fiction Some links to matters discussed in the episode: Groversville Radio, September 1997 playlist: https://youtu.be/MUFasKZcH_c?list=PLq6xCUPY2FwIzLraC21zKIKr04hYcs5zw "A Colder War" by Charles Stross http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/stories/colderwar.htm John Tynes' DG-era website: http://johntynes.com/revland2000/ Tom's DG PbtA rules: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHtNGtGGeb4qBLrPOhe0Mqx_H3M6-HnAYxPsOtyBQ7A/edit?usp=sharing

​The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:10 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:37 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:23:42 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:29:00 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:31:06 - Ghost Stories Companion Adventures 00:48:30 - Music 00:49:23 - Films 00:52:02 - YouTube playlist of the module as run by Jason

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:05:27 - How have we used this in our games? 00:05:57 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:21:49 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:29:10 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:30:52 - Not Being Ironic about your Elf Games Companion Adventures 00:44:56 - Inspiration for the cast of NPCs from the adventure 00:47:24 - Music 00:47:45 - Film A link to the YouTube playlist Tom mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-cg5JOrOs&list=PLq6xCUPY2FwIm1hzDnx6Ezg2yFkLNZxc6&ab_channel=EarthlyHeavens