Season 4 kicks off with this episode as we experiment with a new format and geek out about everything from death rays to Dragonbane. We rundown the role-playing games we hope to play this season, review the games we delved into during the hiatus, and geek out about technology in our campaigns.

Chapters

0:00 - Intro and Overview of Season 41:28 - Unveiling the New Format3:45 - Tech Talk: Gadgets and Geomorphs10:26 - The Board Game Bonanza Begins17:06 - Deep Dive into Dragonbane22:00 - Exploring Tech Tools for Tabletops27:00 - What's Next: Upcoming Games and Gadgets31:13 - Viewer Interactions and Requests38:04 - Post-Apocalyptic Game Picks43:25 - Wrapping Up and What to Expect Next

https://youtu.be/eoPtrnBmPbM

Show Notes

Welcome to Season 4

Playing with the Format

Different kinds of episodes, with content released as a podcast and on YouTube.

Main Show (30-40 minutes, the main topic comes first, then the banter)

Campaigns and Coffee (20 minutes, random topics)

Interviews (20-30 minutes)

Shorts (1-5 minutes - Mirror Universe Advice!)

Actual Play (2 hours)

Demos / Walkthroughs / Unboxing (5-20 minutes)

Role-playing Games in Season 4

Continuing with Cyberpunk RED.

Where did we leave off again? 

Dreams and Machines

Dragonbane?

Mutant Crawl Classics?

Mothership?

What do you want to see us play?

Obligatory Banter

Technology Annex

Ken’s new iPad Pro

He’s using it to map the next Cyberpunk RED adventure

The Apple Pen helps with this. 

So do Traveller GeoMorphs!

And ProCreate!

And Continuity

And Astropad Slate (turns your iPad into a drawing tablet)

When not making apps, Ken is reading comics in Marvel Unlimited, in a desperate attempt to get caught up on his X-Men reading

And he protected it with a case:

ESR for iPad Pro 11 Inch Case

David is using Obsidian heavily for game design and the Dreams and Machines' game

He's trying to limit the amount of plugins he is using or he won't get anything done

Ken’s been using Zettler, but it’s clunkier.

The Game Room

Seems like we need to upgrade this place. Maybe “The Polyhedral Cathedral”?

Dragonbane RPG

Ken continues to reconnect with his Swedish roots.

Dragonbane is a translation of Drakar och Demoner, Scandinavia’s first and biggest tabletop RPG, originally launched in 1982.

Wouldn’t it be cool to get a Swedish gamer on to talk about the original game? 

David made a character.

David picked up a lot of game related things at the end of the year

Microscope

So You Want to Be a Game Master

Mutant Year Zero: Ad Astra

Bangarang and the Gutterlands

Youtube: Bill Making Stuff

Owlbear Rodeo 2.0

David’s been using the new version for Dreams and Machines

Outro

Thanks for attending our latest minion and future overlord training. Thanks for coming! If you were sitting near the old death ray, head over to dice.camp and follow us @lairofsecrets. We've got all you need for those Hyperion gamma burns.