Unknown Armies - American Dreams

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CW: This episode may contain scenes with references to offscreen sexual harassment and assault. Listener discretion is advised.

After our episode of Table Chatter, Kate Cargill was kind enough to offer to run a one shot from her Unknown Armies scenario book American Dreams! If you would like to read the book, it is available at DriveThruRPG. You can find Kate on Twitter @krikriT_T.

A cabal has gathered in the Okefenokee Swamp. If they can complete a ritual found in a church, a member of their group can ascend and will inspire a Maoist rebellion in the United States. It'll also create a secret camp, safe from the government. This ritual won't be easy, and even then, can this disparate group of folks be able to work together to enact it?

Kate - GM

Ben - Jordan Andrews (she/her), a part of the African-American & Creole community and the Southern Baptist tradition. After her parents were displaced for gentrification and disillusionment after working at Allmart and having lead a walk out, she became radicalized and joined the group. The one who found the ritual.

Dan - Dan Cooper (he/him), a former adjunct professor at East Georgia University.  After leading a protest of adjunct professors, he got what he wanted for his fellows and got fired. He realized his ability to inspire people, and joined the group.

Ethan - Destiny Jones (she/her), a former stripper, who led a protest about her and her coworkers horrible conditions. She was killed by her former boss, yet she's still alive. Knowing she can never go back to a 'normal' life, she found out about the group and joined.

Table Chatter - Interview with Terra on Academia

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Terra stops by to talk with Ben and Greg on her experience in tabletop RPGs, and her research into it in her PHd candidacy.

Terra is found on Twitter @Juju_Munster. For emails, she can be contacted at tgasque@gatech.edu, and has a portfolio at tgasque.me.

A non-exhaustive list of works and games referenced in this episode include:

Janet Murray’s work

Terra’s Master’s Thesis

Darko Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction

Ugly Talk

The Drunk and Ugly, Mrs. Frieda’s

Monsters and Other Childish Things

Little Fears

Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction

Call of Cthulhu

Delta Green

Bertold Brecht, Epic Theater

Gonzalo Frasca, Video Games of the Oppressed

Miguel Sicart, Play Matters

The Dread Gazebo

Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategy

Table Chatter - Fallout & Dune

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Several weeks ago, Greg was contacted by Modiphius to receive review copies of the corebooks for Fallout: the Roleplaying Game and Dune: Adventures in the Imperium. Greg shares his thoughts on the games, along with some other podcast members who've read the books in Dan, Ethan, and Noah. We start by reflecting on experiences with both TTRPGs based on existing IPs and Fallout and Dune outside of these books. Then, we get our thoughts on Fallout: The Roleplaying Game and Dune: Adventures in the Imperium.

We thank Modiphius for these review copies. The books, in physical and in pdf, are available on Modiphius' website (Fallout, Dune), and in pdf on DriveThruRPG (Fallout, Dune).

Noah can be found podcasting with Aaron at Thinking Too Hard About Anime, and solo on Twitter @kamenotaku.

(Brief note: When Greg was speaking on past TTRPGs on existing IPs, in addition to almost completely forgetting two years worth of playing Star Wars Fantasy Flight, he also forgot about our AP playing The Sailor Moon RPG. Whoops.)

Broken Sky - Playtest Part 2

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As the Oathsworn continue to investigate the strange goings on in this town in upstate New York, things start strange and rapidly spiral out of control...

Whit - GM

Adam - Fred Camillo, FBI Senior Field Agent

Ben - Neil Cortez, FBI Case Manager

Ethan - Raymond Siccora, New York State Police Trooper

Greg - Teddy Fredericksen, Search and Rescue EMT