Betcha didn't see that one coming...* And thus, we have our final submission up for judging from the February Traditional Game Design contest run on SomethingAwful. Davin Valkri's "Gendai no Kami: Modern Divinities (Little Miracles)" gets the "This is My Milwaukee" treatment as we make both old gods and recreate Milwaukee in glorious 2D. Get it? Cuz it's written on paper?This has been a weird few months... *unless you guessed it between the two options [...]

Will our brave soldier librarians make it through the remaining three days? Will cake be eaten? Will someone actually get an ending to their story at all, or will they end up falling into the abyss of history left forgotten? No, but seriously, do they end up eating cake?!? We finish our playthough of the last original finalist of the TG Design Contest we ran on SomethingAwful earlier this year. Curious how they did? Listen in already! Cheat Sheets we mentioned having on our phones are a [...]

Morning of the First Day. Seven Days Remain. Here's the first half of our four hour play session for DNA Cowboys' "Requiem for Rose: The Thrid Age of The Zalfor Saga". We broke the session literally in half - the remaining days in the week will be in Episode 19 next weekend. [...]

Watashi Wa Demon-Cake-Chan! Do you like cake? What about demons? Sci-Fi culture wars? Possession? FRICKIN CAKE?We do, which is why we're happy to be finally playtesting DNA Cowboy's submission for the TG Design contest we ran on SomethingAwful earlier this year. The timing is perfect - we've hit the spoopiest time of year, and this is suppose to be a demon and sugar fueled romp. Will we survive? [...]

Apparently, we made it an Isekai game with Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn as characters. This episode, we finally play through LurksWithWolves' "Strikers [NG+]" (the Cortex+ game he made for the February Design Contest on SomethingAwful). Will the mighty gravity sorcerer Chrono-Trigger Terranigma McSecret-of-Mana, the lucky athlete Bodang Longcrank, and the honorable swordsman Aeon Graildrake (pictured above) escape the cave of (now deactivated) death traps? What about this weird owl theme [...]

Another day, another dollar, another game being judged from the SA Design Contest! This time it's "Strikers [NG+]" from LurksWithWolves. Will it be a Cortex+ of fun or a Cortex+ of puns? This joke didn't work in retrospect. I apologize. Just click the image above to listen to the episode. [...]

We've finished the trials, and are ready to try assembling the Silver Monkey by clicking the link above! ​Take a step back to an age before iPhones and the internet and that gatdang FACEBOOK and join us as we make characters (and the world they live in) for our playtest of Mr. Misfit's entry into the February TradGames Design Contest, "Legend Divide"....This counts as being in a timely fashion due to it being set in the past, right?Check out Bretbren's music track from th [...]

Why Captain Jack for a game set in Mesopotamia? You'll have to click above to listen (or download) to find out! Take a step back to an age before iPhones and the internet and that gatdang FACEBOOK and join us as we make characters (and the world they live in) for our playtest of Mr. Misfit's entry into the February TradGames Design Contest, "Legend Divide"....This counts as being in a timely fashion due to it being set in the past, right? [...]

Click the image above to download or listen ​​Oh, welcome back. You've been gone for a while. We're here to play another game submitted for the February TG Design Contest. Agent Rush's "Wonderland ReTune" is up to bat and we're ready to play. How will it play out? wonderland_retune_character_sheet.pdfFile Size: 1409 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File [...]

Click the Image above to listen to Part 1 ​Oh, welcome back. You've been gone for a while. We're here to play another game submitted for the February TG Design Contest. Agent Rush's "Wonderland ReTune" is up to bat and we're ready to play. How will it play out? wonderland_retune_character_sheet.pdfFile Size: 1409 kbFile Type: pdfDownload File [...]