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02.25.2021

Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue in the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of Mike, ...

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02.25.2021 Episode 245 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seventeen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue in the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of Mike, ...
01.20.2021 Episode 244 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eighteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue in the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of Mike, ...
01.13.2021 Episode 243 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seventeen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue in the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of Mike, ...
01.06.2021 Episode 242 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Sixteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue in the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of Mike, ...
11.19.2020 Episode 241 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Fifteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
11.12.2020 Episode 240 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Fourteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
11.05.2020 Episode 239 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Thirteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
10.14.2020 Episode 238 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Twelve of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
10.07.2020 Episode 237 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eleven of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
09.30.2020 Episode 236 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Ten of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
09.16.2020 Episode 235 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Nine of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
09.02.2020 Episode 234 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eight of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
08.26.2020 Episode 233 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seven of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs the crew of ...
08.13.2020 Episode 232 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Six of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew ...
08.06.2020 Episode 231 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Five of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew ...
07.31.2020 BONUS – Annihilation Aria Excerpt In celebration of his new novel Annihilation Aria hitting bookshelves, we have a short excerpt from the audiobook edition performed by narrators Caitlin Kelly and Chris Andrew Ciula. Annihilation Aria is available in audio, ebook, and paperback, wherever books are ...
07.30.2020 Episode 230 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Four of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew ...
06.25.2020 Episode 229 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–Part Three of After Alderaan! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return again to the Star Wars universe and Scum and Villainy system, as Mike moves into the GM role while Greg ...
06.17.2020 Episode 228 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–Part Two of After Alderaan! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return again to the Star Wars universe and Scum and Villainy system, as Mike moves into the GM role while Greg ...
06.10.2020 Episode 227 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–After Alderaan! Beginning a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return again to the Star Wars universe and Scum and Villainy system, as Mike moves into the GM role while Greg ...
05.20.2020 Episode 226 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Three of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall and the Blades in the Dark system as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew ...
05.15.2020 Episode 225 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Two of The Case of the Cindered Seal! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the city of Duskwall as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew of Mike, Valerie Valdes, Iori Kusano, and ...
05.06.2020 Episode 224 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–The Case of the Cindered Seal! Beginning a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we again return to the city of Duskwall as GM Brandon O’Brien GMs a new crew of Mike, Valerie Valdes, Iori Kusano, ...
03.17.2020 Episode 223 of Speculate!–Special State of the Field Episode, Live From Farpoint, Part Two In this episode recorded live at the Farpoint Convention in Baltimore, Greg and Mike continue their conversation about the state of TTRPGs, looking at indie games, distribution methods, game jams, zine quests, and more. If you like what you hear, ...
03.10.2020 Episode 222 of Speculate!–Special State of the Field Episode, Live From Farpoint In this episode recorded live at the Farpoint Convention in Baltimore, Greg and Mike chat a bit about personal projects and the state of Speculate before moving into a conversation about the changing landscape of tabletop role-playing and how the ...
01.08.2020 Episode 221 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope, Part Three! Concluding a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we once again return to the land of Star Wars via Scum and Villainy. GM Mike Underwood brings four new players (though ...
12.31.2019 Episode 220 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope, Part Two! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we once again return to the land of Star Wars via Scum and Villainy. GM Mike Underwood brings four new players (though ...
12.17.2019 Episode 219 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope! Beginning a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we once again return to the land of Star Wars via Scum and Villainy. GM Mike Underwood brings four new players (though ...
10.31.2019 Episode 218 of Speculate!–Tabletop Talk–Combining Worlds and Systems In a special episode of Speculate 2.0, Mike and Greg chat about taking an existing world from fantasy or science fiction and combining it with a pre-existing system, as Mike recently did in a previous set of episodes combining Scum ...
10.17.2019 Episode 217 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire, Part Three! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we conclude this edition of the Scum and Villainy experience, this time in the world of Star Wars. GM Mike Underwood and ...
10.09.2019 Episode 216 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire, Part Two! Continuing a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we continue the Scum and Villainy experience, this time in the world of Star Wars. GM Mike Underwood and a whole new ...
10.03.2019 Episode 215 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire! Beginning a new series of Speculate 2.0’s actual play episodes, in this joint production with Greg’s Twitch channel we return to the Scum and Villainy experience, this time in the world of Star Wars. GM Mike Underwood brings a whole ...
08.23.2019 Episode 214 of Speculate!–How Landscape Affects the Quest, Live from Gen Con! In this episode, we post a panel from the Gen Con 2019 Writers’ Symposium, one of the largest writing tracks in North America–this one, with Greg, Anna Smith Spark, John O’ Neill, and moderator Steve Drew, looks at the various ...
07.10.2019 Episode 212 of Speculate!-Origins 2019 Interviews Part Two During our trip to the 2019 Origins Game Fair, we took some time to chat with some game designers about what’s new and exciting in the world of rpgs and to ask about the impact of the actual play movement ...
07.03.2019 Episode 211 of Speculate!-Origins 2019 Interviews Part One During our trip to the 2019 Origins Game Fair, we took some time to chat with some game designers about what’s new and exciting in the world of rpgs and to ask about the impact of the actual play movement ...
06.26.2019 Episode 210 of Speculate!-Pen and Pixels – Live from Origins 2019 Today we have the first of several episodes recorded from Greg and Mike’s trip to the Origins Game Fair in June of 2019.The panel description: Lessons from gaming for prose fiction and lessons from prose for gaming. This panel featured ...
05.29.2019 Episode 209 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Discussion Episode! In Speculate 2.0’s nineteenth actual play episode, we wrap up (for the moment) our sessions in the world of Scum and Villainy by discussing the experience of playing together over this series of episodes, as GM Mike and players Greg, ...
05.16.2019 Episode 208 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Five! In Speculate 2.0’s eighteenth actual play episode, we continue in the world of Scum and Villainy with GM Mike and players Greg, SFF authors Alex Acks and SL Huang, and agent DongWon Song. The crew has the box and a ...
05.09.2019 Episode 207 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Four! In Speculate 2.0’s seventeenth actual play episode, we return to the world of Scum and Villainy with GM Mike and players Greg, SFF authors Alex Acks and SL Huang, and agent DongWon Song. The crew has the box and a ...
04.24.2019 Episode 206 of Speculate!–State of Speculate 2.0 In Speculate 2.0’s sixteenth actual play episode, Mike and Greg chat about how the transition from literary analysis to actual play podcast has gone so far, the things they’ve learned from the games they’ve played, and what things look like ...
04.17.2019 Episode 205 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Discussion Episode! In Speculate 2.0’s fifteenth actual play episode, we conclude (for now) our time in Eberron by discussing the experience of playing together over this series of episodes, as Mike, Maurice Broaddus, Lauren Roy, and Marie Bilodeau chat about how the ...
04.10.2019 Episode 204 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Five! In Speculate 2.0’s fourteenth actual play episode, Greg DMs in the world of Eberron as the party of Pikebreaker (played by Mike), Machupa (Maurice Broaddus), Grim (Lauren Roy), and Clak (Marie Bilodeau) face a dangerous enemy in a risky environment–all ...
03.27.2019 Episode 203 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Four In Speculate 2.0’s thirteenth actual play episode, Greg DMs as we rejoin the party of Pikebreaker (played by Mike), Machupa (Maurice Broaddus), Grim (Lauren Roy), and Clak (Marie Bilodeau) as we return to Eberron and the City of Towers–where the ...
03.06.2019 Episode 202 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Three-Discussion Episode! In this episode, we conclude our playthrough of Scum and Villainy with Speculate 2.0’s twelfth actual play episode. GM Mike and players Greg, SFF authors Alex Acks and SL Huang, and agent DongWon Song discuss their experience of Scum and ...
02.27.2019 Episode 201 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Two! In this episode, we continue our playthrough of Scum and Villainy with Speculate 2.0’s eleventh actual play episode. GM Mike and players Greg, SFF authors Alex Acks and SL Huang, and agent DongWon Song find themselves in a bit of ...
02.07.2019 Episode 200 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part One! In this episode, we open up with a new crew and a new system, as we enter the world of Scum and Villainy with Speculate 2.0’s tenth actual play episode. GM Mike and players Greg, SFF authors Alex Acks and ...
01.22.2019 Bonus Patreon Episode #1 of Speculate!–2018 RPGs We Loved! In this bonus episode for Patreon supporters, we talk about some TTRPGs we loved from 2018, looking at the Mexican urban fantasy TTRPG Nahual, the hugely successful TTRPG Emberwind from Nomnivore Games (full disclosure: Greg does some writing for Emberwind), ...
12.13.2018 Episode 199 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Three–Discussion Episode! In this episode, we continue our return to D&D;, Eberron, and the City of Towers, as Speculate 2.0 rolls on with our ninth actual play episode. DM Greg and players Mike, Maurice Broaddus, Lauren Roy, and Marie Bilodeau chat about ...
12.04.2018 Episode 198 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Two! In this episode, we continue our return to D&D;, Eberron, and the City of Towers, as Speculate 2.0 rolls on with our eighth actual play episode. Greg DMs the opening episode of a one shot adventure continuing the story of ...
11.27.2018 Episode 197 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part One! In this episode, we return to D&D;, Eberron, and the City of Towers, as we continue Speculate 2.0 with our seventh actual play episode. Greg DMs the opening episode of a one shot adventure continuing the story of Pikebreaker, Machupa, ...

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Episode 245 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seventeen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 244 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eighteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 243 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seventeen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 242 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Sixteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 241 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Fifteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 240 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Fourteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 239 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Thirteen of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 238 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Twelve of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 237 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eleven of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 236 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Ten of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 235 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Nine of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 234 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Eight of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 233 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Seven of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 232 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Six of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 231 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Five of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

BONUS – Annihilation Aria Excerpt

Episode 230 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Four of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 229 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–Part Three of After Alderaan!

Episode 228 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–Part Two of After Alderaan!

Episode 227 of Speculate!–Star Wars: Scum and Villainy–After Alderaan!

Episode 226 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Three of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 225 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–Part Two of The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 224 of Speculate!–Blades in the Dark–The Case of the Cindered Seal!

Episode 223 of Speculate!–Special State of the Field Episode, Live From Farpoint, Part Two

Episode 222 of Speculate!–Special State of the Field Episode, Live From Farpoint

Episode 221 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope, Part Three!

Episode 220 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope, Part Two!

Episode 219 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: A Hidden Hope!

Episode 218 of Speculate!–Tabletop Talk–Combining Worlds and Systems

Episode 217 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire, Part Three!

Episode 216 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire, Part Two!

Episode 215 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy, Star Wars Edition: Echoes of Empire!

Episode 214 of Speculate!–How Landscape Affects the Quest, Live from Gen Con!

Episode 212 of Speculate!-Origins 2019 Interviews Part Two

Episode 211 of Speculate!-Origins 2019 Interviews Part One

Episode 210 of Speculate!-Pen and Pixels – Live from Origins 2019

Episode 209 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Discussion Episode!

Episode 208 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Five!

Episode 207 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Four!

Episode 206 of Speculate!–State of Speculate 2.0

Episode 205 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Discussion Episode!

Episode 204 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Five!

Episode 203 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Four

Episode 202 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Three-Discussion Episode!

Episode 201 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part Two!

Episode 200 of Speculate!–Scum and Villainy: The Box, Part One!

Bonus Patreon Episode #1 of Speculate!–2018 RPGs We Loved!

Episode 199 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Three–Discussion Episode!

Episode 198 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part Two!

Episode 197 of Speculate!–Eberron: Murder in Skyway, Part One!

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