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Series 65.2 - Spooky Micro RPGs - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village and Absolution in Brass

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Welcome to the second episode of Series 65, everyone! This series will be covering varying degrees of spooky micro RPGs from various sources so that you can have a good heap of options for your own groups if you are hoping to do an RPG one shot this Halloween! In today’s episode, Amelia and Ryan sit down to talk about and do the setup for It Takes a Child to Raze a Village by Ursidice and Absolution in Brass by Sharang Biswas!

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    It Takes a Child to Raze a Village (Ursidice):

    • DriveThruRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/317712/it-takes-a-child-to-raze-a-village?affiliate_id=1601603
    • Itch: https://ursidice.itch.io/village
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      • Absolution in Brass (Sharang Biswas) [Ultimate Micro RPG Book]:

      • Simon and Schuster: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ultimate-Micro-RPG-Book/James-D-Amato/The-Ultimate-RPG-Guide-Series/9781507212868 
      Timestamps:
      • 00:00:00 - Announcements
      • 00:01:22 - Introduction
      • 00:02:46 - What's in a game? - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village
      • 00:05:48 - Let's make some people! - It Takes a Child to Raze a Village
      • 00:08:49 - How the stats work
      • 00:09:40 - Demands and Suspicion
      • 00:11:33 - Defining our rituals ahead of time
      • 00:21:34 - Creating a Village
      • 00:33:42 - Figuring out items needed for each ritual.
      • 00:44:46 - What's in a game? - Absolution In Brass
      • 00:49:40 - Let's make some people! - Absolution in Brass - What fueled your character's life?
      • 00:53:20 - Occupation
      • 00:54:18 - Fuel
      • 00:56:55 - What one possession from your life do you still carry?
      • 00:57:11 - What physical limitation does your undead brass form impose on you?
      • 00:57:32 - What is the first initial of your character's name?
      • 00:58:40 - Describe your character
      • 01:02:03 - How the game plays
      • 01:05:09 - Proximal Shard
      • 01:16:50 - Medial Shard
      • 01:35:15 - Ending the Game
      • 01:36:41 - Episode Closer
      • 01:38:07 - Call to Action
      • 01:49:47 - Credits
        • Music:
        • Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod
        • Clip 1: Meditation yltsA kciR yb pU Impromptu uoY eviG annoG reveN 03
        • Clip 2: Dystopia by Ian Kelosky on Soundstripe:
        • https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/15186
        • Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs
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