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#Threeforged is nearly complete for me.

#Threeforged is nearly complete for me. I can’t wait to see how my Stage 1 ended up. Hopefully I don’t have to blast the hell out of someone on the podcast.

Great kickoff to Monsterhearts today for Saturday Morning Cartoons. Some thoughts . . .

-The Cuckoo is still an excellent skin. Great for making mischief and getting the drama ball rolling.

-The Neighbor’s Mixed Messages move might be my favorite in the whole game in terms of RP-to-mechanical-outcomes.

-The nun from my last series of MH was one of the most fearsome villains I’ve ever run; trying to decide if I want to go there with our Sister Mary Dorcas.

-The Infernal’s Dark Power manifests as a yoga instructor/New Age spiritualist. It will be quite a feat to make that character villainous, but I love a challenge.

This seems in line with our interests.

Originally shared by Bundle of Holding

Through Wednesday, September 16, our Apocalypse Engine Bundle brings you a new collection of RPGs Powered by the Apocalypse — that is, based on Vincent Baker’s fantastically original 2010 RPG Apocalypse World. From supernatural romance to smuggling to pro wrestling, these wide-ranging games let you pick a playbook, try your Moves, roll 2D6, and play to find out what happens.

For just US$7.95 you get all five titles in our Starter Collection (retail value $37) as DRM-free .PDF ebooks:

– Apocalypse World (lumpley games, retail price $15): The revolutionary game of post-disaster action and story. Did you see Fury Road? This is that.

– Monsterhearts (Buried Without Ceremony, retail $10): The messy lives of teenage monsters. (Previously presented in our April 2013 Bundle of Holding +2.)

– Monsterhearts: Blood of Misty Harbour (Buried Without Ceremony, retail $5): A complete three-episode mini-series for Monsterhearts.

– Bootleggers: Smuggling Run (One Seven Designs, retail $7): Crooks smuggling alcohol in 1930s Seattle. By John Harper, designer of Blades in the Dark and Lady Blackbird.

– Cartel (Magpie Games, retail $5): “Ashcan edition” of Mark Diaz Truman’s game of Mexican narcofiction in the Sinaloa crime ring.

And if you pay more than the threshold (average) price, which starts at $16.95, you gain +1 forward and also get our entire Bonus Collection of four more titles (retail value $44.50):

– World Wide Wrestling (NDP Designs, retail $10): Feuds, betrayals, and righteous victory in a grand and action-filled setting.

– Monster of the Week (Evil Hat, retail $12): The new version of the most accessible Apocalypse game, about hunting monsters a la Buffy, Supernatural, and X-Files.

– Legacy: Life Among the Ruins (UFO Press, retail $12.50): Centuries-spanning family sagas in the wake of apocalypse.

– Deniable (StoryWeaver Games, retail $10): Unwitting spies, tempted by easy money, get into fixes right out of A Fish Called Wanda.

Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to this offer’s designated charity, the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Remember the Apocalypse World dictum: To do it, do it! Preferably before this Apocalypse Engine offer ends Wednesday, September 16.

http://bundleofholding.com/presents/Apocalypse

Hey guise, are any Gauntlet members running a 3.5/Pathfinder game with room for another player?

Our friend Paul Czege did great at the Indie RPG awards this year. Congrats to him!

You should check out our interview with Paul at gauntletpodcast.libsyn.com.

http://www.indie-rpg-awards.com/2014/game_of_year.shtml

I’ve been laid-up with a fever all weekend; been binge-watching a couple of shows on Netflix (their new one, Narcos,…

I’ve been laid-up with a fever all weekend; been binge-watching a couple of shows on Netflix (their new one, Narcos, is excellent). Now I’m moving into the online shopping phase of my illness. Any suggestions for RPG stuff to pick up?

Some pics from our first session of Urban Shadows.

Some pics from our first session of Urban Shadows. We’ll have more to say about the mechanics on next week’s podcast, but I wanted to comment on an aspect of the game I’m really loving so far, which is how the city you set your game in becomes a sort-of character all its own.

We set our game in Austin, TX (the 11th largest city in the States, we were surprised to learn), and so our game was filled with tons of monster-themed Austinisms. One of our characters is a vampire running an app start-up called Night Noms, which helps other vamps find drunk people to feast on; there is a half-naked, homeless wizard on a fixie named Thermos H. Christ; one of our supernatural big bads is basically Michael Dell; and there is a vibrating black obelisk in the basement of the Texas History Museum. It is super-fun, especially if you have any familiarity with Austin.

-Family Business; only played once; $5

-New England; only played a few times; out-of-print; $10

-Mansions of Madness; only played a few times; $20

-Lord of the Rings: The Confrontation (Small Box); $5

-Dungeon Twister; $5

-Betrayal at House on the Hill (1E); $5

-Elder Sign; $5

-Race for the Galaxy plus one expansion; $10

-War of the Ring (1E); $20

-Quarriors; $10

-Seasons plus one expansion; $20

-Eldritch Horror expansion; unopened; $5

-Bang! (2E) plus Dodge City; $5

-Small World plus three small expansions; $20

If you are going to be at our Wednesday, Friday, or Sunday FtF game, please let me know and I will make them available. Post in the comments if you are interested.