Episodes
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Friday Jan 10, 2020
Mike runs into Monica Speca and Neall Raemonn Price at PAX Unplugged and gets all the great details about the upcoming Exalted Essence, an upcoming rules-lite way to experience Exalted 3rd Edition. Afterwards, they talk about Scion 2nd Edition and all the cool developments for that setting.
Time Stamps:
00:00:38 - PAX Unplugged Chat
00:02:55 - Exalted Essence Introduction
00:10:05 - Scion Talk
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Friday Dec 27, 2019
#132: PAX Unplugged Vampire the Masquerade Overview
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Crystal and Mike talk about PAX Unplugged, their experience with the convention, the food they found near the convention, and their awesome experiences running Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition.
Time Stamps:
00:00:38 - Introduction
00:01:30 - News
00:06:00 - PAX Unplugged
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Sunday Dec 01, 2019
#127: Mummy: the Curse 2nd Edition. RPG Setting First Impressions
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Sunday Dec 01, 2019
Crystal, Chigg, and Mike discuss the new Mummy: the Curse 2nd Edition, looking at the preview documents for the ongoing kickstarter. They discuss how the new edition tackles niggling issues from the previous edition, how rad the "achronological time" idea is, updates to the rules and setting, and how this edition of Mummy may actually be the best Chronicles of Darkness game for new players.
Spoiler Alert: Chigg wants to play and run this game.
Mike and Crystal will be at PAX Unplugged, December 6th - 8th in Philadelphia, PA. Stop by and say hi or play in one of our games!
Time Stamps:
00:00:38 - Introduction and Game Update
00:03:30 - News
00:07:06 - Mummy the Curse 1st Edition Review
00:13:41 - Mummy the Curse 2nd Edition First Impressions
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Friday Nov 15, 2019
#125: Gehenna Gaming, The World of Darkness Multi-Game Collective
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Mike and Chris are joined by Ian of Gehenna Gaming, a rad gaming collective using interlinked tabletop chronicles of Vampire: the Masquerade to tell complex stories and also introduce new players to the game. Ian discusses the group's current New England based chronicles, their plans to explore Kult and Call of Cthulhu, and finally some spicy plans for the future.
Gehenna Gaming and Mike of Darker Days will be running 4 tables of Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition games at PAX Unplugged - December 6th-8th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Come by and join us!
Time Stamps:
00:00:38 - Gehenna Gaming Interview
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Friday Aug 09, 2019
#118: Chigg's Gencon 2019 Roundup (Live From His Kitchen Table)
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Friday Aug 09, 2019
Surviving his arduous journey back to the Lone Star State, Chigg regales Mike and the listeners with stories of his Gencon experience. He recounts tales of Star Trek technobabble, the dangers of chocolate in Pugmire, gives warnings of collectible card game addiction, and tantalizes with the possibility of running Cyberpunk Red.
This episode is a bit light on the horror roleplaying content, but we'll be back to our regularly scheduled shows in two weeks!
Time Stamps:
00:00:33 - Gencon Roundup!
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Friday Jul 26, 2019
#114: World of Darkness Demon Hunter X Character Creation and Hot Takes
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Chris makes a character for Demon Hunter X - a tough Strike Force Zero operative based off Major Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell. Mike and Chigg tag along for color commentary, and also discuss a few cool additional rules for Shih and SF0 characters alike.
Check out the Darker Days Blog for a copy of this episodes character sheet!
Time Stamps:
00:01:38 - News
00:03:00 - Demon Hunter X Character Creation
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
#112: The Hinterkaifeck Murders, A Secret Frequency
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Mike takes listeners on a journey to 1920s Bavaria, where the grisly Hinterkaifeck Murders took place, and explains how this despicable act can influence your horror games. Featuring content for Werewolf: the Forsaken, Mage: the Ascension, Mage: the Awakening, Wraith: the Oblivion, Promethean: the Created, Demon: the Fallen, and Chronicles of Darkness.
Time Stamps:
00:00:22 - Hinterkaifeck Murders Secret Frequency
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Friday Jun 28, 2019
#111: Powered by the Apocalypse System and Settings Review
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Mike, Chris, Chigg, and James take a look at Powered by the Apocalypse, the popular open source roleplaying system! The team explains the gameplay basics and the original settings, then diving into discussions and analyses of three of the most intriguing and divergent PbtA games: Kult: Divinity Lost, Blades in the Dark, and City of Mist.
Time Stamps:
00:02:50 - News
00:11:40 - PbtA Basics
00:29:43 - Kult: Divinity Lost Discussion
00:39:15 - Blades in the Dark Discussion
00:53:50 - City of Mist Discussion
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Friday Apr 12, 2019
#106: World of Future Darkness and Bleeding Edge Setting Reviews
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Mike calls Pete, a resident of the future, and gets ready to discuss the numerous articles and ebooks covering Cyberpunk, the World of Darkness, and Chronicles of Darkness. First up is World of Future Darkness, an article in White Wolf Magazine #36, giving you rules and setting advice to crossover Cyberpunk 2020 and Vampire: the Masquerade. Then they cover Mirrors: Bleeding Edge, a generic cyberpunk ebook for Chronicles of Darkness.
Cyberpunk: Night City will take place May 24-25, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas and on The Net. Be sure to grab your tickets for this unique event at: http://cyberpunk.jackalope-larp.com/
Chris's new sourcebook Venice Unmasked is also now available through Storyteller's Vault.
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Monday Apr 01, 2019
#105: Nightlife RPG Review (An April Fools Horror Heartbreaker)
Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
What begins as a simple, farcical April Fool's review ends with Chigg and Mike failing some Sanity checks, losing Maximum Humanity, and facing their own Hubris. Get ready for Nightlife, an Urban Horror Role-playing Game published at some undisclosed time in the Nineteen Nineties...
This episode was inspired by the System Mastery podcast, whose host Jef recently wound up in a U.S. hospital without insurance (he gave his insurance to his baby daughter instead). Please consider helping him with the exorbitant medical bills: Bit.ly/livingmastery
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