We Are Shocked, SHOCKED I Tell You

We give reasons to play Tales of the Old West in California and Nevada in the 1870's. Plus the return of Little Black Books for Traveller's 50th; 00.00.00: (!) Introduction00.05.56: Old West news: Lovely review from Pulpscape check their battlemaps out; Saddlebag character creator and campaign log is launched00.16.32: World of Gaming: Little Black Books return for Traveller's 50th anniversary; Chaosium, the British Museum and University of Edinburgh are collaborating on Tapestry (it was Jason Durrell!); Hellraiser RPG announced; Anne Rices’ Immortal Universe RPG, on Backerkit; Piazo licening old horror films to release as zine supplements for 13 Omens; Twilight Sword is out00.52.10: Feature: California and Nevada in the 1870s01.07.01: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Buy our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We interview Christian Nommay about his Year Zero Engine version of Titan Effect - Xero! Plus the Necromunda confusion, more Avatar, Cohors Cthulhu Bundle of Holding and what our spies learned at Spelkongess.00.00.00: (!) Introduction00.04.13: World of Gaming: Necromunda RPG, announced a month ago, is cancelled; Avatar Legends RPG getting a follow up Spirit World book on KS; Cohors Cthulhu bundle of holding; all the news from our spies at Spelkongress;  00.46.55: Old West news: The Jornada Springs, New Mexico AP returns00.53.32: Interview: Christian Nommay on Titan Effect Zero on Backerkit now and quickstart on Drivethru01.33.08: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Buy our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We talk about playing poker in Alien00.00.40: Introduction00.06.48: Thank you to our new Patrons: Simon Cooper and Scorx McSeardon00.12.47: World of Gaming: Preview pages of D&D world of Warcraft go public - here is the Enworld analysis; Wizards of the Coast unionizing; One Ring Backerkit campaign is FreeLeague’s biggest crowdfunder ever; ten listeners backed Gridshock zero edition, response to VAT issues; Titan Effect Zero edition on Backerkit from Tuesday; Playtest Material is a new academic (kinda) journal targeting game creators00.42.18: Old West news: EU shipping is live again at https://buytotow.square.site/; listen to Blood Red Gulch from the Lost Mountain Saga RSS/Apple/Spotify00.51.59: Rules for gambling with cards in Alien 01.12.18: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Buy our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We talk with the Vermeren bothers about Gridshock and Terminal State 00.00.40: Introduction00.03.30: World of Gaming: UK Games Expo bans AI products; Atrapos Kickstarting from Soul Muppet; Necromunda RPG from ... Games workshop?!; Dragonmeet growing00.31.34: Interview: Paul and Chris Vermeren about (mostly) Gridshock Zero Edition01.30.29: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?Buy our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

What Matthew did ~~on his holidays~~ working for Free League00.00.40: Introduction00.03.32: World of Gaming: Steve Jackson steps down as CEO of SJG; Time without Tide doing well on Backerkit (at least one listener backed it); Gridshock Zero Edition on Gamefound; Good Society 2nd edition on Kickstarter: Halcyon Stars; CMON’s financial dfficulties via Boardgame Wire00.22.41: Old West News00.35.04: Matthew's Tabletop Scotland report01.06.32: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.40: Introduction00.02.44: Thank you to our returning patron: Bill Paine00.04.23: World of Gaming: The Blood Tree/Across the Horizon; Mörk Borg hot sauce, Liquid Misery pre-order opening; Monte Cooks fall victim to the ubiquity of AI; Rowan Rook and Decard recognise a staff union; Dark Conspiracy on Backerkit; Matthew is at Tabletop Scotland. (Hat discussion - appropriate video)00.37.01: Tackling Slavery in a game set in Ancient Rome01.01.43: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Last week's news today! (Today's news is: Matthew is sunning himself on the beach/sheltering from the West Country rain)00.00.40: Introduction00.03.14: Thank you to our new patrons: Jonathan Brandenburg; Ink Chronicles; Steve Scott00.11.28: World of Gaming: GenCon second largest gaming convention after Spiel Essen,  74000, attendees; Cluster Truck is out in print for Traveller.00.22.15: #RPGaDay creating characters00.56.44: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

All the best news from GenCon, its just like being there*00.00.40: Introduction00.02.19: World of Gaming: Ennies winners (Crooked Moon) ; WoTC take over everything (WoW and Star Wars); Cosmere system licenced; Vampire 6th edition; Children of Time RPG crowdfund ongoing; Corrected The One Ring in new cover announced, alongside Beastiary and Gondor; Free League Unbound launched; 00.49.27: Old West News: Lone Rider solo rules out00.54.24: Interview: Kevin Hassall on The Blood Tree, his new Third Horizon Kickstarter 01.26.01: Next time and goodbye *It may not be like being there Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This podcast is missing 20 minutes of chat - due a slight recording disaster. Can you hear the join?00.00.40: Introduction00.03.42: World of Gaming: Heroic Deeds 5E kickstarting, from our friends at Garblag Games; people are talking about Seven-Part Pact; Limithrons Pirate Map Collection; TotOW contributor Shanna Germain is writing a new game based on Rebecca Roanhorse’s pre-Colombian fantasy Between Earth and Sky; Invincible delivered 00.28.27: Feature - publishing your own supplements -  Licence and template here LibraOffice here; Links to How to Sell on DTRPG; RPG Trader;  itch00.50.00: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Dave is back! And so is Jonathan Hicks!00.00.40: Introduction - wasn't Badlands but The Bad Batch that inspired the Song of The Siren adventure00.05.06: Thank you to our new Patron: Stewart Hawkes 00.06.52: World of Gaming: Monty Python game available for £5; Atlas games put family RPG Magical Kitties under an open Creative Commons licence; Chaosium have a new game coming - Time without Tide, features a new but strangely familiar ruleset, plus "Delvers" hmmmm; a little bit of Old West adjacent News; Alien: Operation Leading Edge pre-order00.36.44: Interview - Jonathan Hicks on Operation Leading Edge 01.13.46: Next time and goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing.Like what we do?But our game, Tales of the Old West via our website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw available for free on DriveThru. The core rules are now available on DriveThru too.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 effektap ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★