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By Richard Rogers

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+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.

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Final Episode - Lessons Lea...

12.31.2022

It's a super-sized episode as Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2022, and we bring the podcast to a close. Timecodes: 0:01:23 - Read a Sitch about 2022 gaming highlights 0:35:14 ...

+1 Forward episodes:

12.31.2022 Final Episode - Lessons Learned in 2022 It's a super-sized episode as Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2022, and we bring the podcast to a close. Timecodes: 0:01:23 - Read a Sitch about 2022 gaming highlights 0:35:14 ...
11.01.2022 Sneak Preview: The Darkened Threshold 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 ...
10.26.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - What We Have Learned Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Firebrands games. Timecodes: 0:00:53 - Our First Impressions of Firebrands 0:05:58 - Which Firebrands games did we try out? 0:08:27 - What aspects of Firebrands most surprised us 0:14:11 - Which ...
10.10.2022 Apocalypse Keys Rach and Rich bring on Rae Nedjadi to talk about their game Apocalypse Keys, which is crowd-funding on Kickstarter until October 11, 2022 Timecodes: 0:02:40 - Read a Sitch about The Promise of a Move 0:11:56 - Open Your Brain ...
09.26.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - Once More Into the Void Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This seventh episode of the series features Rae Nadjadi, creator of Once More into the Void. Timecodes: 00:01:30- Setting Up 00:07:53 ...
09.15.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - Superstars: Racing Icons Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This sixth episode of the series features Tristan and Pete, creators of Superstars: Racing Icons. Timecodes: 00:03:52- Setting Up 00:12:27 - ...
08.30.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fifth episode of the series features Andrea of Plotbunny Games, creator of Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies. Timecodes: ...
08.16.2022 Ryne Rach and Rich bring on Adam and Thryn of Furtive Shambles to talk about their game Ryne, which is funding on Indie Go Go until August 21 Timecodes: 0:01:45 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Actual Play 0:16:11 - ...
08.02.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - Thy Words Inspire, Thespians Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fourth episode of the series features Cole, creator of Thy Words Inspire, Thespians. Timecodes: 00:02:14- Setting Up 00:08:09 - The ...
07.22.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - A Complicated Profession Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This third episode of the series features Jason Price of AlwaysCheckers, creator of A Complicated Profession. Timecodes: 00:02:31 - Setting Up ...
07.15.2022 Plus 1 Forward 2022 ENnie Episode Rach and Rich hop on the mics to celebrate and maybe educate you on the ENnie awards. We've been nominated for 2022's Best Podcast category! This is a primer on what our show is about and the pair of hosts ...
07.04.2022 Summer Series Firebrands - Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This second episode features Takuma Okada, creator of Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern. Timecodes: 00:01:21 - Setting Up 00:07:48 - ...
06.21.2022 Summer Series Firebrands- Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands Rach and Rich kick off their third Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This first episode features Meguey and Vincent Baker, creators of Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, the first Firebrands game. (we ...
06.15.2022 AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over (1 of 3) Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW! It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and ...
05.26.2022 AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW! It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and ...
05.11.2022 Scalability Rach and Rich bring back Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club to talk about scalability in PbtA games. Timecodes: 0:04:32 - What's a Forever Game? 0:07:34 - Paul talks about Fellowship 0:29:27 - End Game in Improvements 0:30:09 ...
04.22.2022 Brindlewood Bay Kickstarter Special Jonah Knight from Roll to Meddle talks to Jason Cordova about Brindlewood Bay, coming to Kickstarter April 26th! Follow the Kickstarter campaign here.
04.19.2022 Burning Hearts Forever Rach and Rich bring on Eva Terra to talk about their game Burning Hearts Forever. Timecodes: 0:02:14 - Read a Sitch about cool Moves! 0:07:16 - Open Your Brain to Burning Hearts Forever 0:14:11 - Act Under Fire with a ...
04.07.2022 The Real Thing RPG Rach and Rich bring on Jason Peercy and Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops to talk about their simple and gritty RPG officially based on the music of Faith No More. Timecodes: 0:01:47 - Read a Sitch about Using Music in ...
03.22.2022 Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition Karen Twelves joins Rach and Rich to talk about her book currently on Gamefound - Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition! Timecodes: 0:01:51 - Read a Sitch about Relationships in PbtA 0:09:14 - Open Your Brain to Improv for Gamers 0:22:58 ...
03.11.2022 Friendship, Effort, Victory Rich and Rach bring on Kamala Kara of Far Horizons Co-Op to talk about their shonen battle manga tabletop roleplaying game. Timecodes: 0:01:20 - Read a Sitch about Telling Stories during Combat Scenes 0:05:51 - Open Your Brain to Friendship, ...
02.24.2022 Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour Rach and Rich bring on Dusty De Leon of HellaBigWorks games to talk about their RPG about Small Town Heroics and Big Time Adventures. Timecodes: 0:02:23 - Read a Sitch about Love Letters and Set Pieces 0:06:26 - Open Your ...
01.31.2022 Great American Witch Rach and Rich bring on Christopher Grey to talk about his modern gothic RPG Great American Witch. Timecodes: 0:02:02 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Failure 0:08:25 - Open Your Brain to Great American Witch 0:19:33 - Act Under ...
12.31.2021 Lessons Learned in 2021 and Rich and Rach's 2022 Gamer Resolutions Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2021, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2022. Timecodes: 01:51 - Rich's Gaming Highlights 16:28 - Rach's Gaming Highlights 25:56 - Rich's Lessons Learned ...
12.27.2021 Take an Advance... on Masks A New Generation Rach and Rich bring on Misha B of Black Girl Gameworks and podcaster and game designer Brandon Leon Gambetta to talk about ways to get the best out of a game of Masks A New Generation. Join us for a ...
11.23.2021 Thrilling Adventures! Rach and Rich bring on Miciah Dodge to talk about his pulp adventure game Thrilling Adventures! Timecodes: 0:02:24 - Read a Sitch about Playing in The Groove together 0:11:06 - Open Your Brain to Thrilling Adventures! 0:20:47 - Act Under ...
11.07.2021 Armour Astir Advent Rach and Rich bring on Briar Sovereign to talk about their game about mecha and magic. Timecodes: 0:01:09 - Read a Sitch about using play-by-post to bridge live game sessions! 0:10:00 - Open Your Brain to Armour Astir Advent 0:16:01 ...
10.18.2021 Summer Series FitD- What We Have Learned Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Forged in the Dark (FitD) games. Timecodes: 0:05:49 - What aspects of FitD most surprised us 0:13:56 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:21:26 - Advice we offer for first time ...
10.05.2021 Summer Series FitD- Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This seventh episode features Erik Bernhardt. Timecodes: 00:04:14 - Setting Position and Effect - Long-term play and ...
09.21.2021 Summer Series FitD- Copperhead County Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This sixth episode features Jason Eley Timecodes: 00:01:28 - Setting Position and Effect - Using Setting Elements ...
08.31.2021 Summer Series FitD- Beam Saber Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fifth episode features Austin Ramsay, creator of Beam Saber. Timecodes: 00:01:31 - Setting Position and Effect ...
08.19.2021 Summer Series FitD- Wicked Ones Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fourth episode features Ben Nielson, creator of Wicked Ones, from Bandit Camp. Timecodes: 00:01:23 - Setting ...
08.05.2021 Avatar Legends Rach and Rich bring back Brendan Conway of Magpie Games to talk about Avatar Legends: the RPG, out on Kickstarter now! Timecodes: 0:03:01 - Read a Sitch about Action and Intent 0:11:51 - Open Your Brain to Avatar Legends: the ...
07.27.2021 Summer Series FitD- Moth-Light Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This third episode features Justin Ford, creator of Moth-Light and host of the Hacked in the Dark ...
07.13.2021 Summer Series FitD- Scum & Villainy Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This second episode features John Leboeuf-Little and Stras Acimovic, creators of the Scum & Villainy RPG. Timecodes: ...
06.30.2021 Summer Series FitD- Blades in the Dark Rach and Rich kick off their second Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This first episode features John Harper, creator of Blades in the Dark, the first FitD ...
06.18.2021 Briar & Bramble Rach brings on Freddie Taylor-Bell to talk about their game about a community of wayward animals in search of a new home - Briar & Bramble Timecodes: 0:01:16 - Read a Sitch about the ease of transition from player to ...
06.01.2021 Extreme Meatpunks Forever Rach talks with Heather and Aura, the design team behind Extreme Meatpunks Forever. Timecodes: 0:01:10 - Read a Sitch about MC tools in a PbtA game 0:06:32 - Open Your Brain to Extreme Meatpunks Forever 0:16:30 - Act Under Fire ...
05.17.2021 Ironsworn: Starforged Rach and Rich bring on Shawn Tomkin to talk about his new game Ironsworn: Starforged, which is on Kickstarter until May 26, 2021 Timecodes: 0:01:37 - Read a Sitch about oracle-based play 0:14:43 - Open Your Brain to Ironsworn: Starforged ...
05.03.2021 Shibuyan Knights Rach and Rich bring on Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games to talk about his shonen anime-styled Steampunk RPG Shibuyan Knights. Timecodes: 0:01:26 - Read a Sitch about character keepers 0:11:42 - Open Your Brain to Shibuyan Knights 0:17:53 - ...
04.11.2021 Take an Advance... on Apocalypse World Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we ...
03.29.2021 Starting a New PbtA Game Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)! Timecodes: 0:10:33 - ...
03.18.2021 Stonetop Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March. Timecodes: 0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful 0:13:04 - Open ...
02.25.2021 Wolfspell Rach and Rich bring on Epidiah Ravocol to talk about his game Wolfspell. Timecodes: 0:01:42 - Read a Sitch about how PbtA can help play over the internet! 0:08:29 - Open Your Brain to Wolfspell 0:19:39 - Act Under Fire ...
02.09.2021 Back Again from the Broken Land Rich interviews Alexi Sergeant of Cloven Pines Games about his new Zinequest Kickstarter for Back Again from the Broken Land. Timecodes: 0:01:22 - Read a Sitch about How Best to Ask Questions and Build on the Answers in PbtA games ...
01.20.2021 Moonpunk Rach and Rich interview Jess and Alex of Wannabe Games about their game Moonpunk. Timecodes: 0:02:46 - Read a Sitch about using PbtA in the classroom 0:07:11 - Open Your Brain to Moonpunk 0:19:51 - Act Under Fire with Plussy ...
01.01.2021 Lessons Learned in 2020 and Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2020, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2021. Timecodes: 01:41 - Rich's Gaming Highlights 10:17 - Rach's Gaming Highlights 28:13 - Rich's Lessons Learned ...
12.21.2020 Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone Rich interviews Paul Stefko of Nothing Ventured Games about Iron Edda. Timecodes: 0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about converting other RPG settings to PbtA 0:12:37 - Open Your Brain to Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone 0:21:55 - Act ...
12.03.2020 Trophy Preorder Special Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of ...
12.02.2020 Season of Dreams Rich interviews returning guest Blake Ryan about his new Kickstarter Season of Dreams. Timecodes: 0:01:30 - Read a Sitch about checking in with your table to help keep it healthy 0:08:25 - Open Your Brain to Season of Dreams 0:16:55 ...

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+1 Forward episodes:

Final Episode - Lessons Learned in 2022

Sneak Preview: The Darkened Threshold

Summer Series Firebrands - What We Have Learned

Apocalypse Keys

Summer Series Firebrands - Once More Into the Void

Summer Series Firebrands - Superstars: Racing Icons

Summer Series Firebrands - Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies

Ryne

Summer Series Firebrands - Thy Words Inspire, Thespians

Summer Series Firebrands - A Complicated Profession

Plus 1 Forward 2022 ENnie Episode

Summer Series Firebrands - Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern

Summer Series Firebrands- Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands

AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over (1 of 3)

AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over

Scalability

Brindlewood Bay Kickstarter Special

Burning Hearts Forever

The Real Thing RPG

Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition

Friendship, Effort, Victory

Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour

Great American Witch

Lessons Learned in 2021 and Rich and Rach's 2022 Gamer Resolutions

Take an Advance... on Masks A New Generation

Thrilling Adventures!

Armour Astir Advent

Summer Series FitD- What We Have Learned

Summer Series FitD- Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants

Summer Series FitD- Copperhead County

Summer Series FitD- Beam Saber

Summer Series FitD- Wicked Ones

Avatar Legends

Summer Series FitD- Moth-Light

Summer Series FitD- Scum & Villainy

Summer Series FitD- Blades in the Dark

Briar & Bramble

Extreme Meatpunks Forever

Ironsworn: Starforged

Shibuyan Knights

Take an Advance... on Apocalypse World

Starting a New PbtA Game

Stonetop

Wolfspell

Back Again from the Broken Land

Moonpunk

Lessons Learned in 2020 and Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions

Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone

Trophy Preorder Special

Season of Dreams