Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This third episode features Justin Ford, creator of Moth-Light and host of the Hacked in the Dark podcast

Timecodes:
00:01:55 - Setting Position and Effect - using flashbacks
00:10:05 - Progress Clock on Moth-Light
00:20:13 - The Score - Theta and Plus One try to liberate a solar core

You can find Moth-Light here: https://moth-lands.itch.io/moth-light
Hacked in the Dark podcast can be found here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1249355

Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This second episode features John Leboeuf-Little and Stras Acimovic, creators of the Scum & Villainy RPG.

Timecodes:
00:02:32 - Setting Position and Effect - covering the discussion of the fiction in FitD games, and also the non-finality of moves
00:15:51 - Progress Clock on Scum & Villainy
00:27:37 - The Score - a Scum & Villainy chase sequence

You can find Scum & Villainy at Evil Hat's store: https://www.evilhat.com/home/scum-and-villainy/

Stras is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/strasa
John is on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/worldnamer
Their official website is here: https://offguardgames.com/

Rach and Rich kick off their second Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This first episode features John Harper, creator of ​Blades in the Dark, the first FitD game.

(we even renamed the segments!)

Timecodes:
00:01:05 - Setting Position and Effect
00:09:08 - Progress Clock
00:24:00 - The Score

You can follow John on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/john_harper
Purchase games like Blades in the Dark and Agon on Evil Hat's site here: https://www.evilhat.com/home/category/our-productions/
John's older games can be found here: http://www.onesevendesign.com/

​Rach brings on Freddie Taylor-Bell to talk about their game about a community of wayward animals in search of a new home - Briar & Bramble

Timecodes:
0:01:16  - Read a Sitch about the ease of transition from player to designer with PbtA games
0:06:28 - Open Your Brain to Briar and Bramble
0:15:00  - Act Under Fire with Rach as Clair the raccoon!

Find the Briar and Bramble on Itch here:
https://drunkwizard.itch.io/briar

Rach talks with Heather and Aura, the design team behind Extreme Meatpunks Forever.

Timecodes:
0:01:10 - Read a Sitch about MC tools in a PbtA game
0:06:32 - Open Your Brain to Extreme Meatpunks Forever
0:16:30 - Act Under Fire with Amber and Crow

Find out everything about Extreme Meatpunks Forever the RPG here:
http://meatpunksrpg.com/

Rach and Rich bring on Shawn Tomkin to talk about his new game Ironsworn: Starforged​, which is on Kickstarter until May 26, 2021

Timecodes:
0:01:37  - Read a Sitch about oracle-based play
0:14:43 - Open Your Brain to Ironsworn: Starforged
0:24:10  - Act Under Fire with Rich and Rach as they explore a waypoint

Find the Ironsworn: Starforged kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawntomkin/ironsworn-starforged

Rach and Rich bring on Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games to talk about his shonen anime-styled Steampunk RPG Shibuyan Knights.

Timecodes:
0:01:26  - Read a Sitch about character keepers
0:11:42 - Open Your Brain to Shibuyan Knights
0:17:53  - Act Under Fire with Ramen and Yuzu!

Ashy Feet Games: https://ashyfeet.com/
The Gauntlet's Play Aids Folder: http://tiny.cc/TheGauntletPlayAidsFolder

Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love.

Timecodes:
0:05:29 - Apocalypse World for players
0:05:51 - Our Favorite Playbooks
0:11:29 - Some Great Basic Moves
0:21:13 - Apocalypse World for the MCs
0:30:11 - Challenges to Consider
0:37:18 - War Stories (from games we've played)

You can find Madjay Brown's show here: https://www.diceology.com/
Madjay's Patreon is here: https://www.patreon.com/madjayzero

You can find Mark Diaz Truman's work here: https://magpiegames.com/

​Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)!

Timecodes:
0:10:33 - Poll Your Table
0:15:31  - First Session Stuff
0:20:26 - Building Consensus
0:23:17 - Ongoing Games
0:27:07 - Using Fronts and Playbooks for setup

The IGRC blog:
https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/

Paul's Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/igrc/posts

Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March.

Timecodes:
0:01:14  - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful
0:13:04 - Open Your Brain to Stonetop
0:22:47  - Act Under Fire with Sheriff Pleswyn and Anywyn the Would-Be Hero

The Stonetop Kickstarter can be found here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1735046512/stonetop