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​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 - the split between missions and downtime in FitD 00:08:22 - Progress Clock on Beam Saber 00:20:42 - The Score - Rich and Rach play mech pilots! You can find Beam Saber here: https://austin-ramsay.itch.io/beamsaber

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 Position and Effect - making Devil's Bargains 00:11:32 - Progress Clock on Wicked Ones 00:20:40 - The Score - Rich and Rach populate a dungeon level and send some adventurers through You can purchase Wicked Ones here (affiliate link): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/338480/Wicked-Ones-Deluxe-Edition?affiliate_id=78493 Bandit Camp can be located here: https://banditcamp.io/

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 RPG 0:26:27 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Won against the Dai Li! Find the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game

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 podcast Timecodes: 00:01:55 - Setting Position and Effect - using flashbacks 00:10:05 - Progress Clock on Moth-Light 00:20:13 - The Score - Theta and Plus One try to liberate a solar core You can find Moth-Light here: https://moth-lands.itch.io/moth-light Hacked in the Dark podcast can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1249355

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: 00:02:32 - Setting Position and Effect - covering the discussion of the fiction in FitD games, and also the non-finality of moves 00:15:51 - Progress Clock on Scum & Villainy 00:27:37 - The Score - a Scum & Villainy chase sequence You can find Scum & Villainy at Evil Hat's store: https://www.evilhat.com/home/scum-and-villainy/ Stras is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/strasa John is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/worldnamer Their official website is here: https://offguardgames.com/

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 game. (we even renamed the segments!) Timecodes: 00:01:05 - Setting Position and Effect 00:09:08 - Progress Clock 00:24:00 - The Score You can follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/john_harper Purchase games like Blades in the Dark and Agon on Evil Hat's site here: https://www.evilhat.com/home/category/our-productions/ John's older games can be found here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/

​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 designer with PbtA games 0:06:28 - Open Your Brain to Briar and Bramble 0:15:00 - Act Under Fire with Rach as Clair the raccoon! Find the Briar and Bramble on Itch here: https://drunkwizard.itch.io/briar

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 with Amber and Crow Find out everything about Extreme Meatpunks Forever the RPG here: http://meatpunksrpg.com/

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 0:24:10 - Act Under Fire with Rich and Rach as they explore a waypoint Find the Ironsworn: Starforged kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawntomkin/ironsworn-starforged

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 - Act Under Fire with Ramen and Yuzu! Ashy Feet Games: https://ashyfeet.com/ The Gauntlet's Play Aids Folder: http://tiny.cc/TheGauntletPlayAidsFolder