The Darkened Threshold

Games We've Been Playing

01:12 - Wrapping up Skinny Jeans playtest

Topic

13:54 - The Risk Roll

Media Recommendations

01:03:01 - The Detective & The Log Lady PLUS reflecting on David Lynch

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Games We've Been Playing

01:15 - Bringing a group back from a long hiatus

05:45 - West Marches Trophy?

Topic

13:08 - Trophy RPG overview

Media Recs

57:45 - Ari Aster films

01:00:34 - It's a Good Life

01:02:30 - The Ruins (book from 2006)

01:04:32 - Scarlet Hollow

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Topic

01:10 - Looking ahead to CfB in 2025

Media Recommendations

47:45 - Dread Delusion

49:55 - EoH Found Footage Miniseries and Horror's Greatest S2E3

52:31 - Don't Feed the Muse

54:14 - Possession

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Games We've Been Playing

01:40 - Roots of Old Kalduhr

08:14 - Classic Mastermind campaigns

Topic

14:40 - Having a successful CfB Session One

Media Recommendations

01:02:03 - Skeleton Crew

01:05:14 - Severance

01:07:06 - The Troop

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For this episode, Alex and Jason reflect on PAXU 2024. Later, they each discuss some of their favorite pieces of horror media from 2024. Enjoy!

The Between is coming to BackerKit on September 24th! Alex Rybitski sits down with creator Jason Cordova to talk about the game, its mechanics, and the crowdfunding campaign. Follow along with the campaign here.

Time Codes 01:45 - What is The Between? 02:59 - The Mystery System 05:10 - The Chicken or the Egg? 08:04 - The Between's Gothic Emulation 12:17 - The Playbooks 18:52 - The Play Cycle of The Between 21:10 - The Day Phase 21:57 - The Night Phase 24:10 - Character Backstories in The Between 25:50 - What are the Janus Masks? 28:40 - Revealing Character Backstories 36:07 - Character Width vs. Depth 38:08 - The Fun of GMing the Night Phase 43:25 - The Unscene 50:28 - A Talk about XP in The Between 51:11 - The BackerKit Campaign Details 55:23 - Book One 57:19 - Book Two 59:36 - Book Three 1:02:47 - Other Materials in the Backer Kit Campaign 1:07:55 - A Note About Previously Published Material for The Between 1:08:13 - A Little Preview of Something New for Backers

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The Between is coming to BackerKit!

Discussion

01:30 - The Factotum

Media Recommendations

29:57 - Sherlock (again)

30:38 - Downton Abbey

31:52 - Batman Caped Crusader

33:30 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

34:40 - Pride and Prejudice (2005)

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Discussion

02:15 - The Explorer playbook

Media Recommendations

43:25 - Sherlock (2010)

43:44 - Bridgerton

44:10 - Apocalypse Now!

44:24 - The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries

45:10 - Ain't Slayed Nobody actual play of The Between

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Discussion

01:35 - The Undeniable playbook

Media Recommendations

34:04 - The portrayal of Dorian Gray in Penny Dreadful

35:15 - Hellraiser and The Hellbound Heart

36:22 - Memoirs of a Geisha

37:00 - Castlevania Netflix series

38:43 - Bad Times at the El Royale

39:10 - Monkey Man