I’m pleased as punch to share with you the latest episode of +1 Forward, a podcast Powered by the Apocalypse.

I’m pleased as punch to share with you the latest episode of +1 Forward, a podcast Powered by the Apocalypse.

I’m pleased as punch to share with you the latest episode of +1 Forward, a podcast Powered by the Apocalypse. Rabbits have invaded the show, followed by the pied piper Marshall Miller. Are you intrigued by The Warren? Find out more about it here.

Also, Marshall and I talk about PbtA games over play-by-post, and I’m rather happy with that discussion, since that mode of play is near and dear to my heart.

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward/the-warren

http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward/the-warren

40 thoughts on “I’m pleased as punch to share with you the latest episode of +1 Forward, a podcast Powered by the Apocalypse.”

  13. Thank you all for the vote of confidence. I don’t often get to pitch my games live and, quite frankly I’m not much of a GM, but I really dig The Gauntlet’s podcasts and Richard Rogers is such a skilled and gentle interviewer.

  14. Thank you all for the vote of confidence. I don’t often get to pitch my games live and, quite frankly I’m not much of a GM, but I really dig The Gauntlet’s podcasts and Richard Rogers is such a skilled and gentle interviewer.

  15. Okay, so I couldn’t wait and just finished listening. Great job! I have actually been considering pbp but have been unsure about a few aspects. Listening to you guys discuss it has made me a little less nervous about looking for one. Thanks for the informative discussion! Also bunny-Plusie was great!

  16. Okay, so I couldn’t wait and just finished listening. Great job! I have actually been considering pbp but have been unsure about a few aspects. Listening to you guys discuss it has made me a little less nervous about looking for one. Thanks for the informative discussion! Also bunny-Plusie was great!

  21. Marshall Miller How does longer term play generally work out? What are the sorts of longer term stories or challenges one might find deal with in a game about rabbits? (Are there blog posts or other writing about this elsewhere.) The game seems well set up for playing several session, but maybe my ideas for threats are too myopic.

  22. Marshall Miller How does longer term play generally work out? What are the sorts of longer term stories or challenges one might find deal with in a game about rabbits? (Are there blog posts or other writing about this elsewhere.) The game seems well set up for playing several session, but maybe my ideas for threats are too myopic.

  23. Ramanan S Consider playing until only one original PC remains or until no rabbit alive knows the original PCs. If players are more attached to and protective of their PCs and don’t want to let them die, then you have to compress time to keep the focus on them, maybe plan to play across the span of the year, letting the season’s dictate the threats. Making little jumps forward in time lets you pick a current threat and skip to the point where it is a primary threat. The Warren is also really well suited to West Marches style play with a mix of different players each session and letting the story’s focus wonder as you play to find out about the surrounding world.

    As far as longer term threats and arcs, remember that other animals have different life cycles. The fox and the hound are, if you will, all bark and no bite as pups; serious threats to rabbits and each other as they grow up; and almost environmental threats as they become old and cannot chase a rabbit far. Remember that other animals have babies too! Jumping ahead a season may mean that one owl or possum has become many. Humans are always a moving target and human development is always a slow apocalypse. Recalling Watership Down, if you’re stuck for where to go with the story, destroy the warren or push the PCs out — you can have an exodus session, you can introduce a new warren, or you can let them go about building a new one in a new area with a mix of new and old threats. Alternately, if things are a bit dire outside the warren, shift the focus to things going on inside the esteem and let the pressure build inside.

  24. Ramanan S Consider playing until only one original PC remains or until no rabbit alive knows the original PCs. If players are more attached to and protective of their PCs and don’t want to let them die, then you have to compress time to keep the focus on them, maybe plan to play across the span of the year, letting the season’s dictate the threats. Making little jumps forward in time lets you pick a current threat and skip to the point where it is a primary threat. The Warren is also really well suited to West Marches style play with a mix of different players each session and letting the story’s focus wonder as you play to find out about the surrounding world.

    As far as longer term threats and arcs, remember that other animals have different life cycles. The fox and the hound are, if you will, all bark and no bite as pups; serious threats to rabbits and each other as they grow up; and almost environmental threats as they become old and cannot chase a rabbit far. Remember that other animals have babies too! Jumping ahead a season may mean that one owl or possum has become many. Humans are always a moving target and human development is always a slow apocalypse. Recalling Watership Down, if you’re stuck for where to go with the story, destroy the warren or push the PCs out — you can have an exodus session, you can introduce a new warren, or you can let them go about building a new one in a new area with a mix of new and old threats. Alternately, if things are a bit dire outside the warren, shift the focus to things going on inside the esteem and let the pressure build inside.

  29. Watership Down is amazing! I read it for the first time a couple years ago. It’s surprisingly captivating and exciting. Every time I think about the book I want to read it again: like right now.

  30. Watership Down is amazing! I read it for the first time a couple years ago. It’s surprisingly captivating and exciting. Every time I think about the book I want to read it again: like right now.

  31. The sequel is also good! It addresses some of the flaws in the first book (e.g. adding stronger female characters), extends the main story line, and adds some additional scope to the canon through additional stories. That said, its metaplot is weak.

  32. The sequel is also good! It addresses some of the flaws in the first book (e.g. adding stronger female characters), extends the main story line, and adds some additional scope to the canon through additional stories. That said, its metaplot is weak.

  33. Rabbit geekery: Felix Salten’s Fifteen Rabbits is also a great read. While Watership Down_ focuses on European rabbits, one of the two really social species of rabbits (the other, endangered, live in Japan), Salten’s work focuses on rabbits of the more solitary species. It has some great action and also better captures the beauty of a rabbits world, a counterpoint to the threats rabbits often face. As such, it might be a better source for a games with only two PCs and fewer NPC rabbits over all.

  34. Rabbit geekery: Felix Salten’s Fifteen Rabbits is also a great read. While Watership Down_ focuses on European rabbits, one of the two really social species of rabbits (the other, endangered, live in Japan), Salten’s work focuses on rabbits of the more solitary species. It has some great action and also better captures the beauty of a rabbits world, a counterpoint to the threats rabbits often face. As such, it might be a better source for a games with only two PCs and fewer NPC rabbits over all.

  35. Richard, I love this podcast. I look forward to every episode. I am a Dungeon World GM and I’ve incorporated a lot of ideas into my games and been moved to buy a few of the games you showcase. So thanks and keep up the good work!

  36. Richard, I love this podcast. I look forward to every episode. I am a Dungeon World GM and I’ve incorporated a lot of ideas into my games and been moved to buy a few of the games you showcase. So thanks and keep up the good work!

  39. Richard Rogers I’m a fan of DR, it’s full of treats and how I discovered +1 forward. I’m also consistently impressed by The Gauntlet podcast. I love where it has been going.

  40. Richard Rogers I’m a fan of DR, it’s full of treats and how I discovered +1 forward. I’m also consistently impressed by The Gauntlet podcast. I love where it has been going.

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