Sun, 27 June 2010
This week we continue our Dirty Secrets series. We talk about Dirty Secrets' default setting, the short story mode of play, and using persistent characters over several session of Dirty Secrets play. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. |
Sun, 20 June 2010
This episode begins a series on Dirty Secrets, a game of hardboiled noir detective fiction from Dark Omen Games. We talk about how well Dirty Secrets emulates this genre of fiction, the unique complications that can arise if children are included as characters, and since it's a "GMless" we talk about how the game's structure replaces the role of GM. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Wikipedia entry on Hardboiled detective novels. |
Sun, 13 June 2010
On this episode we talk about the Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions. Two special guests, Paul Tevis and Ryan Macklin, join us this week as we discuss how the Dresden Files RPG allows players to play characters with varying amounts of supernatural power without having lower powered characters out classed by the more powerful ones. We also talk about the process for creating characters. Finally, we talk about challenges and techniques for running the game in a convention setting. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will The Dresden Files RPG from Evil Hat Productions Paul Tevis Podcaster Emeritus Ryan Macklin, from the Internet |
Sun, 6 June 2010
On this episode we talk about The Drifter's Escape from TAO Games. We discuss the game's rules for situation creation, the roles deals and demands play, and the game's unique GM-Player structure. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com |
Wed, 2 June 2010
Once again we had more to say about a game than would fit into the episodes we did for it. On this bonus episode we talk about where our game went wrong and answer some questions from one of our listeners. Links: Actual People, Actual Play forum at Spooky Outhouse Productions Email the show at actualpeopleactualplay@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter Laura, Jesse, and Will Diaspora Hard Science-Fiction Roleplaying With FATE The Object of the Game on Jesse's blog, Play Passionately |
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