Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)!  Timecodes: 0:10:33 - Poll Your Table 0:15:31  - First Session Stuff 0:20:26 - Building Consensus 0:23:17 - Ongoing Games 0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup  The IGRC blog: https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/   Paul's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts

Starting a New PbtA Game

+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.

Games & Hobbies

Video Games

Other Games

Hobbies

Automotive

Aviation

It's a super-sized episode as Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2022, and we bring the podcast to a close.  Timecodes: 0:01:23 - Read a Sitch about 2022 gaming highlights 0:35:14 - Open Your Brain to our stray thoughts about PbtA games and play 0:52:08 - Act Under Fire - our closing thoughts  You can find Rach on Mastodon (it's a social media site - google it!) She's @teddog@dice.camp You can find Rich on Mastodon, too. He's @orklord@dice.camp  Thanks so much to all of our wonderful guests over the years! Thanks to you, our listeners, too. Happy Holiday and Happy New Year!

Final Episode - Lessons Learned in 2022

The Darkened Threshold is a new podcast from The Gauntlet, coming in 2023! This is a sneak preview of the first episode; the show will launch with its own feed in late December. In the meantime, join us on The Gauntlet Discord server to discuss all things Brindlewood Bay & The Between.

Sneak Preview: The Darkened Threshold

  ​Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Firebrands games.   Timecodes: 0:00:53 - Our First Impressions of Firebrands 0:05:58 - Which Firebrands games did we try out? 0:08:27 - What aspects of Firebrands most surprised us 0:14:11 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:23:49 - Advice we offer for first time Firebrands players 0:28:57 - Our Highs 0:34:00 - Our Lows 0:37:20 - Final Thoughts on Firebrands and PbtA        

Summer Series Firebrands - What We Have Learned

Rach and Rich bring on Rae Nedjadi to talk about their game Apocalypse Keys, which is crowd-funding on Kickstarter until October 11, 2022  Timecodes: 0:02:40 - Read a Sitch about The Promise of a Move 0:11:56 - Open Your Brain to Apocalypse Keys 0:22:09 - Act Under Fire  Check out Apocalypse Keys on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/evilhat/apocalypse-keys   Find Rae's website here: https://www.swordqueengames.com/

Apocalypse Keys

Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This seventh episode of the series features Rae Nadjadi, creator of ​Once More into the Void.  Timecodes: 00:01:30- Setting Up 00:07:53 - The Challenge 00:18:46 - Playing the Games  Find Once More into the Void here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Jagash/once-more-into-the-void

Starting a New PbtA Game

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