Speculate

Mike talks about three generations of official Star Wars RPGs as well as four other RPGS that aren't officially Star Wars RPGs but are absolutely great for telling Star Wars stories.

Games mentioned:

WEG Star Wars (1987, 1992, 1996, 2018 anniversary edition) -- Greg Costikyan

Star Wars RPG (WotC) – 2000, 2002 -- Bill Slavicsek, Andy Collins, J.D. Wiker

Star Wars Saga Edition (2007) - Owen K.C. Stephens, Rodney Thompson, Chris Perkins

FFG/Edge – 2012- Edge of Empire (Jay Little, with Sam Stewart, Andrew Fischer, and Tim Flanders), Age of Rebellion (Jay Little), Force and Destiny (Jay Little)

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Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for livestock, animal products, death, necromancy, resource exploitation, capitalism, over-work, bone, decay, magical infestation, and discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic

Guests Marianne Kirby (@therotund) and AJ Hackwith (@AJHackwith) join Mike for a game of A Land Once Magic to create a world that is coarse and candle-lit, hallowed and haunted.

Starring Marianne Kirby and AJ Hackwith, with Mike Underwood as the facilitator.

A Land Once Magic is an rpg by Viditya Voleti. Find out more at https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-magic

Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for livestock, animal products, death, necromancy, resource exploitation, capitalism, over-work, bone, decay, and magical infestation

Guests Marianne Kirby (@therotund) and AJ Hackwith (@AJHackwith) join Mike for a game of A Land Once Magic to create a world that is coarse and candle-lit, hallowed and haunted.

Starring Marianne Kirby and AJ Hackwith, with Mike Underwood as the facilitator.

A Land Once Magic is an rpg by Viditya Voleti. Find out more at https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-magic

Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for livestock, animal products, death, necromancy, resource exploitation, capitalism, over-work, bone, decay, and magical infestation

Guests Marianne Kirby (@therotund) and AJ Hackwith (@AJHackwith) join Mike for a game of A Land Once Magic to create a world that is coarse and candle-lit, hallowed and haunted.

Starring Marianne Kirby and AJ Hackwith, with Mike Underwood as the facilitator.

A Land Once Magic is an rpg by Viditya Voleti. Find out more at https://vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-magic.

Check out our Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for teleportation, dangerous driving, heights, and falling.

Mike leads The Strange Friends through a special Speculate! one-shot of Mikey Hamm's interdimensional teen caper rpg SLUGBLASTER!

Greedy Zzkaska's has the best pizza in the multiverse, so when this trio of teens discover that superstar Dorus Kal is throwing a blowout party this Saturday night and has sworn to do a collab with whoever impresses him the most that night, they set out to be the group that arrives first with Zzkasks's Supreme Horde meal deal! But first, they'll have to contend with modem banshees, giant crabs, and deadly hover-chariot traffic!

Starring Brandon O'Brien, Iori Kusano, and Valerie Valdes, with Mike Underwood as the Slugmaster.

Slugblaster is an rpg by Mikey Hamm. Find out more at https://wilkies.itch.io/slugblaster

Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This week we're bringing you a preview of a special recording where the cast of Fractal Spire was joined by Girl by Moonlight designer Andrew Gillis to discuss their game and Speculate's actual play series using Girl by Moonlight's In a Maze of Dreams playset.

Listen to or watch the entire conversation by becoming a subscriber at a subscriber at patreon.com/speculate. You'll also get lots of bonus material from GM prep videos to bonus discussion episodes, behind-the-scenes features, and more!"

Fractal Spire" is an actual play series of Girl by Moonlight, a game by Andrew Gillis, forthcoming from Evil Hat Productions, who sponsored this series. Follow Andrew Gillis at @commutingcrow on Twitter and find out more about Girl by Moonlight at https://evilhat.com/girl-by-moonlight-in-development/

Starring Iori Kusano, Jeoi Gawain Lin, Michael R. Underwood, and Valerie Valdes, with Brandon O'Brien as the Stage Manager.

This episode carries content notes for disorientation, obsession, and involuntary teleportation.

The thieves find themselves on a strange city block with a lighthouse at its center, and discover the truth of their patron's desires and the secret of the missing star.

The Strange Friends play a special Speculate! one-shot of Colin Cummings' Carly Rae Jepsen-themed heist rpg BOY PROBLEMS. https://boyproblems.itch.io/boy-problems.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the cast of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).

Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!

This episode carries content notes for high-speed transit, vomiting, and spoiled food/beverages

The crew meets another artist whose dreams are held in the grasp of Whitney Rider and complete their heist. But the end of the heist is not the end of the story.

The Strange Friends play a special Speculate! one-shot of Colin Cummings' Carly Rae Jepsen-themed heist rpg BOY PROBLEMS. https://boyproblems.itch.io/boy-problems.

Brandon O’Brien (@therisingtithes) is the Stage Manager for the cast of Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), Iori Kusano (@iorikusano), Jeoi Gawain Lin (@thisismydasein), and Michael R. Underwood (@mikerunderwood).

Check out our new Court of Blades series “Valloward” at https://bit.ly/3yh6Bxh and watch any of our completed series or one-shots at speculatesf.com/videos

Help us make the show the best it can be by becoming a subscriber to our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/speculate – You’ll also get even more content (including Fractal Spire extras, bonus episodes, access to behind-the-scenes material like GM streams and session zero recordings, and more!)

This episode was edited by the amazing Rudy Basso (find him at https://twitter.com/RudyBasso). As always, thanks for listening!