Power-gaming is Good for the Soul

Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you!  -00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: Old West News00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The Laundry 2nd Edition; Lex Arcana - Rome the Eternal City kickstarter ending soon; Savage World of Solomon Kane from Monolith; Elder Mythos Kickstarter00.40.42: Essay - Year Zero Engine Critical Injuries01.22.36: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons00.06.15: Old West News00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of Dust and Neon; Our Brilliant Ruin00.43.25: Book Club - Coriolis: The Great Dark01.47.12: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.18: Old West News00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arriving; Dragonbane monster standees!; Chaosium’s design challenge00.31.40: Coriolis - The Pantheon of the Icons including the CALENDAR (and the blog post, oh I see you used my (Jon's) IMAGE for your post, Dave!)00.53.27: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview with our great friend Millie the Gm, who is running her own online play through of Mercy of the Icons on YouTube and our Cairo correspondent Mohamed El Dakak00.00.40: Introductions00.03.49: Welcome to our (brief) new patron - Joachim Buchert00.05.00: Old West News00.10.55: World of Gaming: Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition; Laundry Files 2nd edition; new Discworld game announced take part in Modiphious' survey; Dagger in the Heart; Moria alpha out00.37.24: Panel - Discussing the Coriolis News 01.28.24: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen it on YouTube it might be old news for you loyal listeners by then. So instead we are going to have a reaction panel feature, and for those of you who prefer podcasting over YT, here is a slightly edited audio only version of the interview.Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare's 24 hr gaming marathon fro charity; Star Trek Adventures: The Federation Klingon War; Dune: Fall of the Imperium has Dave words in; This Blighted Isle: Darkened Hill and Dale KS; Alien nexus available from end the en of the month; Gaia Complex KS00.30.48: Interview: Chris "Shep" Shepperson on the Gaia Complex and Conan: The Hyborean Age RPG01.15.48: Exciting news for next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planned - Dave’s writing workshop, Effekt's Free League quiz and Free League's National Dragonbane Championships! 0032.40: Rocks Fall Everyone Dies - Masters of the Air in War Stories01.09.12: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow of the Weird Wizard (with a diversion into Dave's Dune writing); kill engn mechs for Cy-borg ; 00.19.16: Interview  - Garry Harper When We Die 01.17.39: Next time and GoodbyeEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introductions00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall Games in Terminator AI battle; Cyan Starlight KS; 5e Ruins of Symbaroum books; Role VTT loses its heart; is the Golden Age over ?00.52.39: Patrons in the Hamam - The Year in ReviewEffekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our DriveThru Affiliate linkLeave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind our Actual Play recordings on effektapFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogs ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Happy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show. People enjoyed the peek into our deign process that we released a month ago and asked if there was more. There is - this second hour of discussion from our very first design meeting follows on from where the last bonus episode finished, as we are talking about talents. We had of course discussed the idea on the phone previously, and by text, but this was the first time we actually sat down at a table together to talk about the games principles and start to get into the nitty gritty of mechanics. At that point it was an adaptation of Forbidden Lands, so you will hear a lot of chat in that context. Over the years (Patrons have just received playtest version 6) it has moved away from its Forbidden Lands roots while remaining a Year Zero Engine game.We hope to be making a big announcement next year about a kickstarter for our Tales of the Old West TTRPG. We have a number of ducks to get a a row first. EffektAP is brought to you by Effekt. Music is Old West Game by Stu Venable, used with kind permission of the Angry Folk Media Empire. Like what we do?Leave a review on iTunes or PodchaserFind essay transcripts and other stuff on Matthew's, and Dave's blogsUse this link to buy Free League stuff in PDF ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★