By The Jank Cast
A round table discussion podcast about gaming of all kinds.
Players: Jenn, Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Tom, Todd, with special guest Dr. Boyfriend A bunch of us at the Jank Cast and our friends got together over Turkey Day weekend to play a six hour long session of Steve Hickey's "cultists...
Hosts: Joe, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd Prodigal Jank son TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMO returns to us to talk about information in game. How much information do the players have? How much can they get? How does that shape the game? No sh'notes because holidays. Enjoy.
Hosts: Adam, Jenn, Todd Literally, right after we put up the last cast on play by post, we thought of a bunch of stuff we didn't talk about that we should have. Additionally, a few listeners brought up some topics we...
In this episode, we sit down with our friend Adam to discuss the ins and outs of play-by-post. Sh'notes: What'd we play? 6:53 Topic- 15:30 Rants: 47:34
Hosts: Jenn, Kat, Megan, Todd We talk about LARP. Finally. Enjoy! 6:20- What'd we play? 14:30- Topic 56:53- Rants
Hosts: Jenn, Megan, Todd WE'RE BACK! And in this cast, we fill you in on what we did with our summer hiatus, including Gencon and other cons, as well as PbP gaming! Whoo-hoo!
Hosts: Jenn, Josh, Megan, Todd In this episode, we have Josh T. Jordan, one of the runners of this year's Game Chef, and all around decent type, to talk about the theme of this year's Game Chef: audiences. We look at...
Hosts: Jason, Jenn, Todd Jenn and Todd just played in a campaign of Jason Pitre's game Spark, so they sit down with him to talk about some of his inspiration as well as how the mechanics work.
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Megan Our pretty much yearly recap of all the new hotness at Forge Midwest. There's a lot of talk about larping, and a fair amount of cat meowing.
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Megan, Scott, Todd Here it is, folks! Our 200th episode! Whoo! So we decided to do something a little fun for this one. Megan is starting up a series of interviews with gamers on why they game. As such,...
Hosts: David, James, Jason, Megan, Patrick, Todd Megan and Todd recently went to Gamicon and Gottacon respectively, and we brought some folks on to talk about what we've been doing at those cons. Enjoy!
In this cross posted episode with RPG Design and Tabletop Superhighway, Todd, Larry, Alex, and Jason talk about what being a podcaster teaches you about gaming. META!!!!
Hosts: Larry, Todd In this episode, which we are crossposting with Tabletop Superhighway, Larry and Todd talk about the reputation of "indie gaming" and what we think of that. FYI, Todd is a little muffled at the beginning but we fix it...
Hosts: PK, Scott, Todd In this episode, we talk about licensed properties with friend of the show PK Sullivan. PK knows a little about licensed properties having worked on the Firefly RPG. Additionally, PK and Scott LURVE them some Star Wars...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Joe, Megan, Timo, Tom The second installment of My Life With Blackbird... I mean, Lady Blackbird. Minor content warning: there is a scene where it somewhat implied there was a sexual assault, although it (a) happens off camera and...
Hosts: Megan and Todd In this shorter than usual episode, Megan and Todd take a little bit of time to talk about Time Cellist and plug their ongoing Kickstarter for the game, commenting a little bit on what they were going...
Hosts: EVERYONE! Aka Jenn, Joe, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd Recently, Gaming as Women published an article on asking "is he hot" about an NPC. People read it. People discussed it. It got us thinking: how do you know in game? So...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Joe, Megan, Timo, Tom Two ways to get your fix of the awesome game Lady Blackbird from the Jank Cast! First, you can go here to read the play by post game Todd is playing in right now: https://ngp.calypti.ca/categories/ladyb Second,...
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Megan, Scott, Todd A full crew sits down today to talk about gaming new year's resolutions! Here's a link to the indie+ anthology Jenn is in/mentions: bit.ly/2014antho Sh'notes: 6:05- What'd we play? 17:30- Topic 47:16- Rants
Hosts: Kevin, Megan, Scott Kevin from The Walking Eye stops by to talk about his idea for the franchise mashup challenge! Star Wars is discussed. Much, much discussed. Sh'notes: What'd we play?- 4:40 Topic- 30:45 Rants- 1:14:23
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Todd In this episode, we discuss mind control mechanics. Also, our rants go a leeeeeeetle off the deep end on this one. Also also, there's a weird popping noise sometimes. No idea what it is. We'll look into it...
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Megan, Todd Just in time for the holiday, we talk about what we're Jankful for! Sh'notes- 12:50- What'd we play? 27:00- Topic 57:10- Rants!
Hosts: Jenn, Joe, Megan, Todd In this episode, we discuss whether or not a game has to be challenging, which becomes a meta-discussion of what challenge even is. Also... you'll be hearing a whole lot more from Jenn and Joe in...
Players: Dana, Dylan, Joe, Megan, Todd More of AP of Avery McDaldno's awesome new game Dream Askew with Dana from I Podcast Magic Missile.
Hosts: Megan, Rich, Todd In this episode, we bring on the esteemed Richard Rogers of Indie+, Cannon Puncture, and the gaming internets in general to talk about all manner of virtual gaming. Richard drops knowledge. Sh'notes: 7:20- What'd we play? 27:25- Topic 1:05:15- Rants
Hosts: Larry, Todd What's this? A new episode of the Jank Cast? Yes, after a crazy two months of traveling, cons, having life stuff in the way, etc., we return with what will hopefully be the beginning of more regular episodes!...
Players: Dana, Dylan, Joe, Megan, Todd Hey all. We've been a LEEEETLE slow on the new regular episodes lately due to Gencon/work/life/traveling but we've got some stuff in the pipeline, I promise. In the meantime, enjoy an AP of Avery McDaldno's new...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Megan, Rob, Timo Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand part II.
Hosts: Andrew, Todd As Megan and Todd start Wheel Tree Press, we all thought it would be a good idea to invite game designer/publisher types on to talk about different aspects of the design and publishing process. We're kicking off this...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Megan, Rob, Timo Part I of an AP of a game we at the Jank Cast all love, HELL 4 LEATHER! Usually, in H4L, you play a group of bikers. For this game, the gang decided to play a...
Hosts: Megan, Todd In this episode, we talk about what Todd is calling "meta-genres," or the sort of storytelling logics beneath (or perhaps across) different genres of storytelling. Also, Megan and Todd make an announcement! That announcement is WHEEL TREE PRESS! Woot!...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Joe, Megan, Rob, Tom The gang finishes up their session of Kingdom. Whoo!
Hosts: Joe, Megan, Todd The esteem-worthy Joe Beason joins us to talk about emotional metagaming, a term we're using to talk about playing a game based on your specific emotions. Content note: the conversation gets somewhat heavy as, you know, emotions...
Hosts: Dana, Megan, Scott, Timo, Todd On this episode, we recreate the episode we lost a few weeks ago, but even BETTER because we got Dana from I Podcast Magic Missile! The topic is how format, setting, and theme (and maybe...
Players: Dr. Boyfriend, Joe, Megan, Rob, Tom This week, the gang tries their hand at Ben Robbins's game Kingdom. This episode features world/character creation and half the game session. The next episode will cover the second half of the game session.
So there was no episode last week. We had something all recorded and then audacity went and ate it. Curses! But this week we're back with an interview with Meg McGinley. You may know her from the Brilliant Gameologists podcast....
Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Todd This is it! The thrilling and gory finale of our Monsterhearts game! Woo! As Alice rages, Raphael schemes, and Longman passive-aggressively mopes, the question must be asked: WHO WILL SURVIVE AND WHAT WILL BE LEFT OF...
Hosts: Joshua, Megan, Timo, Todd On this episode, Joshua A.C. Newman, of much game design renown, joins us to talk about how the proliferation of DIY game design has changed the community and the way we play. Eventually, we get into...
Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Todd Our final session of Monsterhearts, part I! We split it into two shorter episodes because it was near four hours. In this session, Megan returns as Alice, and we have some fairly eventful monster on monster...
Hosts: Dr. Boyfriend (Eric), Jenn, Megan, Todd In this episode, we recap Forge Midwest, talking about the various games people played. Megan is now a LARPer. Also: Jenn realized she got someone's name wrong! She wanted to say sorry Kate, she...
Players: Joe, Rob, Timo, Todd We're back with Monsterhearts Session 3! Megan was busy for this one, so instead we get some focus on Bastian the Beast. The Usual Disclaimer: Monsterhearts is a NSFW game. In particular, this session features a...
Hosts: Jesse, Megan, Todd In this episode, we have Jesse Butler, of Short Order Heroes and Calico Games. We give him a chance to talk about Short Order Heroes, and then we also talk about some of the other play aides...
Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Timo, Todd PLEASE READ BELOW FOR IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT CONTENT! Here is the second session of our Monsterhearts campaign! Whoo! More monstrous teenage behavior, particularly from the regular old human, who is the most monstrous of all! NOTE ONE:...
Hosts: Megan, Meg, Todd This week, we have guest host Meg Baker, game designer and mastermind behind Night Sky Games, to talk about the similarities and differences between role-playing and storytelling. Are they two different things? Are they two sides of...
Players: Joe, Megan, Rob, Todd This is our first session of Avery McDaldno's Monsterhearts. We explain the game early on, so if you're not familiar with it, you'll get a nice little summary of it. A quick note: Monsterhearts is a...
Hosts: Jason, Timo, Todd First off, we've been nominated for a Golden Geek! Whoo-hoo! Voting closes today (February 17, 2014) so if you can, go vote. Thanks! This week, we have on Jason Pitre, designer of The Spark, to talk about collective...
Hosts: Joe, Megan, Scott, Todd Recently, Joe and Megan played Burning Wheel and didn't enjoy it very much. We thought this might be a nice opportunity to take a look at what we've learned from playing games we didn't have a...
Players: Joe, Rob, Timo, Todd ...And we finish up our Our Last Best Hope game. Spoilers: it gets rough!
Hosts: Megan, Timo, Todd In this episode, we talk about how video game topics allow you to create story and feel connected to your character given their pre-programmed nature. We also talk about what tabletop games/gamers can glean from this. Shnotes! 9:40-...