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3/3/2019

Psi*Run

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The Call to Adventure
00:00:45 - Overview
00:06:29 - Things we liked about the game
00:14:38 - Things we had questions about 
00:19:50 - Other things that stood out about the game

Approach the Inmost Cave
00:22:54 - Mysteries

Return with the Elixir
00:36:53 - Film & TV recommendations
00:43:23 - Stories we’d like to tell with this game

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Sean Smith
3/7/2019 03:32:37 am

This was an excellent listen, thanks! I'd been turned off Psi*Run from its garish cover, but listening to this (and having recently watched The Umbrella Academy) makes me keen to seek out a copy and run it for my group soon.

I agree with your points about the slow-burn release of pre-written mystery clues. In self-promotional news, it's why I designed my EXUVIAE to procedurally generate the investigation of a horror-noir conspiracy. I'd happily send across a comp copy if either of you want to take a look! (I think I did send a copy of it to Rich and I'm happy for him to forward it on if it's simpler.)

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Zack W.
3/11/2019 03:20:24 pm

Oh man, Umbrella Academy would have been an *excellent* citation for this game. There is a lot to work with there--I'm not a huge fan of time travel in general but it would be an excellent tech for the Chasers to abuse!

Also I am wholly intrigued by a horror-noir game set in a city run by an insect cult, that sounds very much my jam. I'd love to see it! You can contact us on twitter or email farriersbellows @ gmail, whichever is easiest for you.

Thanks for the feedback! I hope you get a chance to play Psi*Run, when you do make sure to tell us how it went!

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Michael Dunn-OConnor link
3/9/2019 12:35:29 pm

This was a great episode!

There are a couple of other great games with similar resolution systems, including OtherKind by Vincent Baker, Ghost/ Echo by John Harper, and Goblinville by me.

I love the way it shares control of narrative pacing between players.

Your notes on running a mystery were also quite useful!

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Zack W
3/11/2019 03:24:35 pm

Thanks!
This is the second time I've heard of OtherKind this week, and I don't think I'd ever heard of it before then. I need to seriously do some digging, I don't know how that slipped past me! All three of those are definitely on my radar now, thanks! Always looking for stuff with this sort of shared-narrative, exploratory resolution.
We're glad you liked the episode!

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