Designer as Guest

428 – A Fool’s Errand with J Strautman

J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcanaand the co-designer of A Fool’s Erranda tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way–and asking the question “what is life like for the people alive in its wake?”

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424 – Giant of Light with Evan McDevitt

Evan is the designer of Giant of Light, a love letter to tokusatsu media and Giant Hero shows like Ultraman! We chat about superheroes, MMA, aliens, the city of Philadelphia (Go Birds), and Street Fighter as we play through a session of the game.

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422 – Desperation (The Isabel) with Jason Morningstar

Jason is the designer of Desperation: The Isabel, a haunting historical horror game of a doomed cod-fishing vessel on the Gulf of Alaska in 1888 (as well as Fiasco, Grey Ranks, and a tremendous number of other hugely influential games). We set sail on the Gulf to explore what happens to this doomed crew as a storm overwhelms them… and then Hell comes with it.

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416 – The Last Hand with Eric Faber

Two outlaws are stuck in a boarded up saloon together. Something is outside, trying to get in. Things are going to get worse before the night is over.

“The best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep.”

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412 – Alchemistresses with Dora Dee Rogers

A generation ago, five women stood up, fought off a wave of monsters, and then walked away on a rainbow bridge to who-knows-where.

Now, 50 years later, the monsters have returned. And that can only mean one thing…

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397 – The Links Between with Ell

TONIGHT, IN THE MAIN EVENT: “BRIGHT LIGHTS” RICK BROADWAY VS. ATLAS SATURNALIA IN A DOG COLLAR MATCH! THE FUTURE OF WRESTLING HINGES ON ONE NIGHT.

Special thanks to Corvyn, Zad, Action Shakespeare, Audrey, Val, and Juliet for acting as impromptu ring announcers!

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389 – Grand Guignol with Luke Jordan

London stands at the precipice of something far greater than humanity’s understanding. Forces ancient and arcane are stirring, and entities new and terrifying are being born. Battle lines are drawn. Conduits and avatars are being chosen. But if those avatars accept… that is another story.

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