Effekt

We talk with the Vermeren bothers about Gridshock and Terminal State

00.00.40: Introduction
00.03.30: World of Gaming: UK Games Expo bans AI products; Atrapos Kickstarting from Soul Muppet; Necromunda RPG from ... Games workshop?!; Dragonmeet growing
00.31.34: Interview: Paul and Chris Vermeren about (mostly) Gridshock Zero Edition
01.30.29: Next time and goodbye 

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What Matthew did ~~on his holidays~~ working for Free League

00.00.40: Introduction
00.03.32: World of Gaming: Steve Jackson steps down as CEO of SJG; Time without Tide doing well on Backerkit (at least one listener backed it); Gridshock Zero Edition on Gamefound; Good Society 2nd edition on Kickstarter: Halcyon Stars; CMON’s financial dfficulties via Boardgame Wire
00.22.41: Old West News
00.35.04: Matthew's Tabletop Scotland report
01.06.32: Next time and goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
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00.00.40: Introduction
00.02.44: Thank you to our returning patron: Bill Paine

00.04.23: World of Gaming: The Blood Tree/Across the Horizon; Mörk Borg hot sauce, Liquid Misery pre-order opening; Monte Cooks fall victim to the ubiquity of AI; Rowan Rook and Decard recognise a staff union; Dark Conspiracy on Backerkit; Matthew is at Tabletop Scotland. (Hat discussion - appropriate video)
00.37.01: Tackling Slavery in a game set in Ancient Rome
01.01.43: Next time and goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
• Leave a review on iTunes or Podchaser
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Last week's news today! (Today's news is: Matthew is sunning himself on the beach/sheltering from the West Country rain)

00.00.40: Introduction
00.03.14: Thank you to our new patrons: Jonathan Brandenburg; Ink Chronicles; Steve Scott

00.11.28: World of Gaming: GenCon second largest gaming convention after Spiel Essen,  74000, attendees; Cluster Truck is out in print for Traveller.
00.22.15: #RPGaDay creating characters
00.56.44: Next time and goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
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All the best news from GenCon, its just like being there*

00.00.40: Introduction

00.02.19: World of Gaming: Ennies winners (Crooked Moon) ; WoTC take over everything (WoW and Star Wars); Cosmere system licenced; Vampire 6th edition; Children of Time RPG crowdfund ongoing; Corrected The One Ring in new cover announced, alongside Beastiary and Gondor; Free League Unbound launched;
00.49.27: Old West News: Lone Rider solo rules out
00.54.24: Interview: Kevin Hassall on The Blood Tree, his new Third Horizon Kickstarter 
01.26.01: Next time and goodbye 

*It may not be like being there 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
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This podcast is missing 20 minutes of chat - due a slight recording disaster. Can you hear the join?

00.00.40: Introduction

00.03.42: World of Gaming: Heroic Deeds 5E kickstarting, from our friends at Garblag Games; people are talking about Seven-Part Pact; Limithrons Pirate Map Collection; TotOW contributor Shanna Germain is writing a new game based on Rebecca Roanhorse’s pre-Colombian fantasy Between Earth and Sky; Invincible delivered
00.28.27: Feature - publishing your own supplements -  Licence and template here LibraOffice here; Links to How to Sell on DTRPG; RPG Trader;  itch
00.50.00: Next time and goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
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Dave is back! And so is Jonathan Hicks!

00.00.40: Introduction - wasn't Badlands but The Bad Batch that inspired the Song of The Siren adventure

00.05.06: Thank you to our new Patron: Stewart Hawkes
00.06.52: World of Gaming: Monty Python game available for £5; Atlas games put family RPG Magical Kitties under an open Creative Commons licence; Chaosium have a new game coming - Time without Tide, features a new but strangely familiar ruleset, plus "Delvers" hmmmm; a little bit of Old West adjacent News; Alien: Operation Leading Edge pre-order
00.36.44: Interview - Jonathan Hicks on Operation Leading Edge 
01.13.46: Next time and goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
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• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
• Leave a review on iTunes or Podchaser
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In Dave's absence we have a very special treat for you in this episode: a peek behind the Patreon paywall - an episode of Lost Mountain Saga's Patreon exclusive Birch Basement podcast (featuring, by pure coincidence, Matthew and Dave)

00.00.40: Introduction

00.02.14: World of Gaming - The Children of Time RPG is live soon on kickstarter; New Alien cinematic Operation Leading Edge, on pre-order; just two weeks to back Nordic Skalds' Third Horizon campaign Eater of Worlds
00.05.50: Old West News - Lone Rider has playtest feedback; Tales of the Old West will be the ruleset for the next season of Lost Mountain Saga
00.08.04: An episode of Birch Basement  - Ellinor and Sydney's Patron Exclusive podcast. If you like it (we are not on every episode) join their Patreon at a paid rank.
01.01.28: Next time and Goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
• Leave a review on iTunes or Podchaser
• Find our Actual Play recordings on effektap

having been at UK Games Expo last weekend, when we should have been recording - we are rejigging out schedule, with a quick and dirty recording this week, talking about ... UK Games Expo

00.00.40: Introductions
00.05.38: Old West News - Solo rules coming soon

00.08.00: World of Gaming - New Outgunned: Adventures campaign on Backerkit from 2LittleMice
00.19.04: Looking back on UK Games Expo
00.58.14: Next time and Goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
• Leave a review on iTunes or Podchaser
• Find our Actual Play recordings on effektap

We talk with Axel Widén and Andreas Lundström talk about the forthcoming Coriolis: The Third Horizon Campaign

00.00.40: Introductions

00.04.26: World of Gaming: The Four Pillar AI slop designer history controversy; there is an Elric themed game coming from Goodman Games!; there is an Elric themed game coming from Free League!: FL are co-publishing a, 'acid' western game Frontier Scum; we will be at UK Games Expo.
00.37.37: Old West News: We won Best Role Playing Game at UKGE Judges Choice Awards!
00.49.50: Interview: Axel Widén and Andreas Lundström talk about the forthcoming Coriolis: The Third Horizon Campaign Eater of Worlds 
01.42.01: Next time and Goodbye 

Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.

Like what we do?

• But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.
• Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)
• Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate link
• Leave a review on iTunes or Podchaser
• Find our Actual Play recordings on effektap