Frankenstein's RPG

In this episode we look very closely at Art in RPGs and meander down several long tunnels talking about layout, fonts, collaboration and Kerning (which I still think is making funny faces, but am reliably informed is space between letters?)

There is some huge love for the following artists: Behnke, McBride, Sienkewicz, Horsley, McNeil, Hewlett, McKeen, Hartas, Acchileos, Allsop and Fenlon and for some bizarre reason we find that Elmore is inexplicably cruel to trees?

We also hand out some awards - The Krause Awards for art "interpretation" - and they're not always for the good...

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Huge thanks to Kaye, Paul and John

So in this episode our motley gang explore the Combat system that we'd most like to see from a plethora of examples of good to great combat systems! But it's not quite as clear cut as you might think.

We also then look at the concept of "Failing Forward" - and here we just revert to type.

So we’re starting to get a shape to the game - I think we’ll be having a go at stitching some of this together soon - and of course we’ll be looking for playtesters! Maybe a con launch?

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Our music for the podcast is supplied by the Freak Fandango Orchestra “The Gypsy Song” under the open content license and is from their album “Wild Goats and useless heroes”

Here we are again! This episode we take a look at how you arrive at a Character - attributes, characteristics or skills or traits or stat bonuses or...well listen and see what it is we decide on in the end!

We discuss an absolute plethora of games this week and some we touch on:

Heroquest https://www.chaosium.com/heroquest/

Vampire OF The Masquerade https://www.modiphius.net/collections/vampire-the-masquerade

Everywhen https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249193/Everywhen#:~:text=Everywhen%20is%20a%20standalone%20game,in%20any%20era%20or%20background.

MERP (we've linked to MERP a lot already!)

DC Heroes https://www.dcheroesrpg.com/ - this is the one we reference!

Gumshoe system - https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/gumshoe/

Squadron UK (Golden Heroes) http://squadronuk.co.uk/

Call of Cthulhu - if you don't know where to look is this the right pod for you???

Several new metaphors come to the fore with this one - Leaky Row Boat, Cleopatra's Barge and squids not the least. And a big thank you to Martin (@mcookie123) Kaye (@k_0) and Doc Cowie (@dracowie) for a superb hour or so of your time! Don't forget to look for us on line at https://www.frankensteinrpg.co.uk/ and on twitter @frankensteinrpg or via email on [email protected], happy listening!