Episode 17 - Health and Death

In this episode Brandon and James discuss systems of health in games, the purpose of death in narratives, and a whole lot of genre bacon. Also, systems with exceptionally cool ways to handle death and how to make sure that death advances plots instead of stopping them.

Notes

Games mentions in this episode:

7th Sea

Urban Shadows

Dungeon World

Grim World

Cartel

Fate Core

Gumshoe

Pasión de las Pasiones

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In this episode Brandon and James are joined by their future co-host to talk about bringing friends new and old into the hobby. They also talk some business stuff and introduce Elsbeth in the context of an upcoming spin off podcast!

A note for anyone not actually listening: Stop, Hack, and Roll will be taking a holiday break. We will return to our normal schedule Tuesday, January 10th.

Notes

Follow news about Pasión de las Pasiones on Google+

Games mentions in this episode:

Dungeons and Dragons

Dread

Fate

Urban Shadows

Dr. Magnet Hands

Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen

Werewolf

Betrayal at House on the Hill

Resistance/Avalon

Settlers of Catan

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With a fresh Pokemon craze sweeping the internet, Brandon and James put on their professor coats and talk playing Pokemon as a tabletop game.

Games mentions in this episode:

Apocalypse World

Pokemon Tabletop

Chuubo’s Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine by Jenna Moran

Fate Core

Heroine

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Due to the way our upload limits cap out and the fact that this November has 5 Tuesdays there wont be an episode today. We're pushing our episode back to Thursday December 1st which is when our upload cap refreshes.

We recorded a hilariously fun episode about playing Pokemon as a tabletop RPG.

As James explained in the video, if you need something to do between now and Thursday, we recommend checking out Dan Ender's GamesGiving project. James is making a microgame about dancing dinosaurs. It's for a great cause.

See you Thursday!

Don't forget to Stop Hack and Roll.

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In this episode Brandon and James go to Metatopia! They talk about playtesting games, everything they learned from panels, and oh yeah Meg from the Modifier podcast joins them!

The list of games we talk about in this episode is really too long to include. Here is the link to the entireMetatopia 2016 Schedule. Check out all the wonderful games and designers new and old.

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In this episode Brandon and James revisit Pasión de los Pasiónes and chat about getting a game ready to bring to a con for playtesting. They also do a state of the podcast and talk a little about future plans.

Notes

Metatopia!

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Find information about all our games atStopHackandRoll.com/Games

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In this episode Brandon and James discuss the secret game James has been working on. They’ll talk about when to hack and when to walk away from a system even if you’ve put a lot of time into it and it really hurts because you’ve written so much and it just isn’t working and I’m not bitter you’re bitter.

Join us at Metatopia on November 3rd through 6th in Morristown, New Jersey. We’ll be playtesting Pasión de los Pasiónes. We’re also doing a panel with Meghan Dornbrock of the Modifier Podcast on Saturday at 10:00AM called “Hacking Games For Fun and Profit.” (D050)

Games mentions in this episode:

Apocalypse World

Masks

Noir World

Urban Shadows

Fate

Gumshoe

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In this episode Brandon and James resume the discussion of abnormal numbers of players at the table with a talk on large groups of players. We discuss multiple groups, multiple GMs, and other configurations for fitting more people at the table.

Games mentions in this episode:

Noir World
Pasion de los Pasiones
D&D
Urban Shadows
Dungeon World

The Doomed Pilgrim
Serenity RPG

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In this episode Brandon and James are joined by guest host Jeff Stormer of the Party of One podcast to talk about playing games with fewer than the standard number of players. They even attempt (and succeed with flying colors) in tackling the seemingly impossible task of a 0 player game.

Games mentions in this episode:

Scarlet Heroes

14 Days

183 Days

Gumshoe

Urban Shadows

All Outta Bubblegum

D&D

Tears of a Machine

Quill by Trollish Delver

The Beast

Pachinko

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To contact Jeff Stormer or listen to Party of One and All My Fantasy Children head over to soundcloud.com/partyofonepodcast and soundcloud.com/allmyfantasychildren and tweet at him @PartyOfOnePod.

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In this episode Brandon and James share their experience hacking Lasers and Feelings. Talking about creating a game in a rather obscure setting and then taking that game through playtesting and into polishing. This episode also marks the official alpha release of Luchadoratón the game of luchadors, mice, and incredible glory.

Resources

Luchadoratón: Alpha Version

Games mentions in this episode:

Lasers and Feelings

Masks: A New Generation

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