One Shot Test Kitchen

We return to one of the most seminal games of modern TTRPGs and have ourselves a Fiasco. Follow the trials and travails of the Windsleydale twins and Caelan Pope as we play as bookhounds in Depression-era London, and be there when it all goes wrong.

Fiasco is available from Bully Pulpit Games (https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/). Our particular playbook, Bookhounds Fiasco, is made by Pelgrane Press and is based on their Trail of Cthulhu game. (https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/bookhounds-fiasco-playset/)

Occasional ambient audio from https://tabletopaudio.com/

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Last Shooting is made by Alice Olivia Grizzle (@TafKat_ on Twitter), and is available for $10 here: https://tafkat.itch.io/kiss-her-before-the-world-ends

CW: Implied abuse, suicidal ideation

The year is drawing to a close, so we gather everyone around the hearth in the Test Kitchen to talk about the games we played. Now that we've tried out a ton of systems and settings, how do we feel about tabletop gaming on the whole? Have our tastes shifted? Listen to find out!

The Test Kitchen will also be taking a brief hiatus over the next month or so, but look for us back in your feeds early next year!

Samara and Mike review their experience with Last Shooting, and talk about the vulnerability and trust of a 2-player system, resolving combat without a combat system, and the role mechs play as an extension of other forces in the world they inhabit.

Last Shooting is made by My Name Is Grant (@gen_ironicus), and is available for $5 here: https://my-name-is-grant.itch.io/last-shooting

Samara and Mike take on a unique two-player RPG this week, with Last Shooting, a game about two mech pilots and their encounters in war. We play out the story of PJ and Kal, people from very different worlds brought together in this war.

Last Shooting is made by My Name Is Grant (@gen_ironicus), and is available for $5 here: https://my-name-is-grant.itch.io/last-shooting

We may be Samara-less, but April-Lyn and Mike examine their experience with the Cyberpunk RED system. They also give movie recommendations at the end, and you should go watch Blade Runner 2049 like right now. 

Cyberpunk RED will be available later this year at rtalsoriangames.com, or you can get the Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit at Drivethru RPG here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/279014/Cyberpunk-Red-Jumpstart-Kit

We head to the dark future with the latest version of the RPG classic Cyberpunk 2020, called Cyberpunk RED. This update comes alongside the highly anticipated release of the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, and the Test Kitchen checks out what makes this world and system special as we take on a job from a shadowy fixer....

Special Guest: Tim Shea

Cyberpunk RED will be available later this year at rtalsoriangames.com, or you can get the Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit at Drivethru RPG here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/279014/Cyberpunk-Red-Jumpstart-Kit

The Test Kitchen takes on Risus, a 4-page game system initially published in 1993(!), which Mike definitely knows is the year Doom came out. This barebones system calls itself an "emergency" RPG, but does it work? Listen to find out!

Risus is available for free at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/170294/Risus-The-Anything-RPG

After our sojourn in the world of the henge, we come back together to discuss the highs and lows of Golden Sky Stories.

Golden Sky Stories is available for purchase at http://starlinepublishing.com/our-games/golden-sky-stories/.

We're dealing with some lighter fare these days as we try out Golden Sky Stories in the test kitchen. Inspired by the works of Studio Ghibli and Miyazaki, we dive into some heart-warming role-playing rich with happy animal spirits and the power of friendship. 

Golden Sky Stories is available for purchase at http://starlinepublishing.com/our-games/golden-sky-stories/.