Episode 36

[Brennan Taylor]

October 2009 -- Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies Review and Kevin Allen Jr. Interview

    * 0:29 - Brennan welcomes Paul back after his month off and jumps right into what's new on the site.
          o Empire of Dust
          o Mars: Savage Worlds Edition
          o Cthulhu Britannica
          o Tome of Secrets
          o Alpha Omega: The Encountered
          o eCollapse
          o Bulletin #3: Marine Talent Operations
          o The Shotgun Diaries
          o Kobold Quarterly #11
    * 7:19 - Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies by Chad Underkoffler is a game of fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles, and sky pirates.
    * 18:08 - Kevin Allen Jr. talks with Brennan about his approaches to and experiences with indie publishing.
    * 27:04 - In At Our Tables, Paul and Brennan talk about ending games (and other things), and why Chewbacca is the best supporting character in sci-fi.

Runtime: 38:35 / File size: 26.5M

[Dustin of the Dead]

As usual, great show!

I like that game "Shotgun Diaries," but there was one rule that was not very clear. I even wrote to him asking and he never got back to me (oh well). It never says that if you are the "fast survivor", do you only get dice for doing things that are fast? or do you even get to attempt something that is covered by another survivor's specialty (like could I lift something heavy or do something sneaky?). Taking Risks on page 5 is not very clear on this (and that is a pretty important part of the game).

I really like that system for PDQ because it is like FATE, but less complicated (and you get to use regular d6s instead of those awful fate dice, which only come in bland die colors).

Thanks you two!!!

[Brennan Taylor]

Thanks, Dustin! I'm not sure on the Shotgun Diaries question, I'll see if I can get an answer.

[Dustin of the Dead]

Thanks! I might go over to Story games and ask if anyone else has the same questions.