Episode 24

[Brennan Taylor]

Our two-year anniversary!

Beast Hunters review and Imagination Sweatshop interview

Show notes:

    * 0:29 - As always, Brennan gives the low-down on what's new on the site:
          o Burning Wheel: Magic Burner
          o Tour de Lovecraft: The Tales
          o Candycreeps
          o Races of the Shroud: The Apelord
          o Disposable Heroes: 4e Core Classes
          o First Year of Our Reign
          o Maid: The RPG
          o House of Whack
    * 6:47 - Beast Hunters, by Christian Griffin, is a competitive, two-player RPG.
    * 13:23 - Brennan sits down with Jason Keeley, Epidiah Ravachol, Jim Sullivan from The Imagination Sweatshop to talk about their process of "playstorming."
    * 22:03 - In Pravda, Brennan and Paul discuss low- and high-contact game systems and different people's preferences.
    * 29:01 - Paul and Brennan discuss the contact they've been having with different games in At Our Tables, including:
          o D&D 4e
          o Houses of the Blooded
          o Mortal Coil
          o Bulldogs! (with Spirit of the Century)
          o Burning Empires
    * 37:59 - Before they sign off, Brennan and Paul celebrate the second anniversary of the show and official welcome Ryan Macklin as the show's producer.


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[Dustin of the Dead]

Congratulations on your two years! I can not believe it has been that long.

I know you did not talk about Don't Rest Your Head, but when you were mentioning Beast Hunters and two player games, I was thinking of how well Don't Rest Your Head works for a GM and one player. If fact, when I first read the game, I got the feeling it was meant for two people.

Anyway, I thought that was worth mentioning. Thanks and as always keep up the good work!

[Brennan Taylor]

Thanks, Dustin!

[Ryan Macklin]

I was thinking of how well Don't Rest Your Head works for a GM and one player. If fact, when I first read the game, I got the feeling it was meant for two people.

Actually, the first time I got to play DRYH (as opposed to running it), it was a one-on-one game.  Much like how Paul & Brennan talk about the sort of intimacy in a two-player game, that DRYH game really popped alive.  (It also popped because we took a character from a show the GM & I both really liked and dropped him into the Mad City, so we both had a strong background with which to work.)  Good stuff -- I recommend it.