Plus One Per Adjective
01 December 2017 - 12 comments
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This month, for our sixtieth episode, Roger and Mike are inspired by
music, get decadent, and consider their equipment lists. The
inspirational tracks for the first segment are
Rocketman by the Red
Elvises, and Lucifer by
The Alan Parsons Project.
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Unity of Purpose, Comrade
01 November 2017 - 7 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger wonder how you know when you're a good GM,
consider their exploits as players, and consider the ideal composition
of a player group.
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I Blamed It On a Dragon Of Their Acquaintance
01 October 2017 - 26 comments
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This month, Roger and Mike lack enthusiasm, contemplate great big
detailed settings, and wonder how you lot got involved in role-playing
games.
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Chunky Policeman Kibble
01 September 2017 - 9 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger contemplate types of government, and look
at #RPGADay for 2017.
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It All Comes Down to Fire In the End
01 August 2017 - 6 comments
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This month, Roger and Mike give advice to the GM of a new time travel
game, and consider the thousands of worlds of a Traveller-style
setting: what makes them interesting? How can this work?
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Much More Likely To Survive the First Civil War
01 July 2017 - 5 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger contemplate long-term campaigns with gaps,
travel in gaming time, and consider tech levels: threat or menace?
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Winning Fights, Possibly With Inanimate Objects
01 June 2017 - 11 comments
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This month, Roger and Mike talk about the new edition of Unknown
Armies, and ask why mid-century hard SF has been relatively
unrepresented in games.
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You Can't Adjust For Player Competence
01 May 2017 - 13 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger criticise themselves regarding Pendragon ,
consider intuition, revisit game recordings, and plan for disaster.
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Let's Not Become Blasphemous This Early
01 April 2017 - 13 comments
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This month, Roger and Mike talk about the core concepts of magic, and
distinguishing personality from backstory in character generation.
With spoilers for Dennis Wheatley's The Ka of Gifford Hillary and
Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away .
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A Complete Pain, Because They Have Principles
01 March 2017 - 6 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger talk about adding new players to a
long-running group, spy stories (including a game Roger didn't know he
wanted to play), and the golden age(s) of gaming.
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Watching Robert Go Geeble
01 February 2017 - 5 comments
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This month, Roger and Mike consider the games we always run, the laws
of magic, and gaming within a chain of command.
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The Wish-Fulfilment Oyster
01 January 2017 - 16 comments
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This month, Mike and Roger talk about why superheroes are terrible,
killing Hitler, utopias, and appropriate rewards and treasures.
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