fun fact: the audio as it goes out is basically only half the episode! we finish so many thoughts we didn't have time for in the discord chat (with listeners!) - you should come join in! discord.gg/vMVregaXYX
normally on release day i'd share transcripts of zingers i cut in the edit but this time all i deleted was jords trailing off into lamentations about how living after the end was too irl for him irl
Civilisation has collapsed - now what? Never fear: Rocky and Jords are here to help you plan the ultimate tabletop road trip through the ruins of society.
Post Apocalyptic
Civilisation has collapsed - now what? Never fear: Rocky and Jords are here to help you plan the ultimate tabletop road trip through the ruins of society.
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this thing from grant howitt on running multiple interacting tables at a con is super long but also super interesting: www.patreon.com/gshowitt/post...
WHAT IF TOO MANY PEOPLE PLAYED A GAME ALL AT ONCE? | Grant Howitt
This month, I have mostly been writing 30-player six-table TTRPG scenarios in advance of GenCon 2026. (Last month, technically. I spent too
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Time Loops Rocky and Jords go round and round on the best way of doing time loops in your RPG session.
Time Loops
Rocky and Jords go round and round on the best way of doing time loops in your RPG session.
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This month we tackle tiny toys making great escapes as we prep a TTRPG session based on Pixar’s Toy Story.
Toy Story
Rocky and Jords tackle tiny toys making great escapes as they adapt Pixar’s Toy Story into a TTRPG session.
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Project Hail Mary Rocky and Jords talk about why Project Hail Mary might actually be a better as an RPG than as a movie.
Project Hail Mary
Rocky and Jords talk about why Project Hail Mary might actually be a better as an RPG than as a movie.
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i love watching these sped up, it really makes me look like i know what i'm doing
Christmas has come early: We’re doing Die Hard! Join us for Ode to Joy, reverse heists, wits and grits, punchable villains, and a surprise appearance from Guess Who! Just don’t forget your shoes…
Die Hard
It’s a good day to live free and die hard with a vengeance, as Rocky and Jords dig into the seminal Christmas story slash action blockbuster.
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acmi out here giving people unrealistic expectations. this is more prep than i have ever done for a game.
feel like i have personally manifested this by tweeting about children of time and grant howitt one after the other, you're welcome www.backerkit.com/call_to_act...
Get Ready for Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game
From Rowan, Rook, and Decard - Get Ready for Children of Time: The Roleplaying Game
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i quite enjoyed this from grant howitt, i think it gets at a lot of what we're trying to do with the show and maybe also at why people don't always get and/or like it: www.patreon.com/posts/cry-hav...
CRY HAVOC, AND UNLEASH THE BLOGS OF WAR: PART ONE | Grant Howitt
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in case you thought jords had the monopoly on unhinged episode pitches
and since it's release day, a little behind the scenes peek at the kind of nonsense i cut from every. single. episode.
Pirates Rocky and Jords put the “arr” in RPG as they take to the high seas to track down the lost treasure of pirate games.
Pirates
Rocky and Jords put the “arr” in RPG as they take to the high seas to track down the lost treasure of pirate games.
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so i'm rereading adrian tchaikovsky's children of time and a) it slaps and b) i'm wondering whether it works as a game - specifically the thing it does where the same character archetypes pop up again and again generations apart.
i hate sand. it's fine and it dances in the spring at the bottom of the kettle for all the world like porridge beginning to boil. and it gets everywhere.
researching for our first episode of the year and can i just say ben gunn knows where it's at
In a fast and loose end of year AMA, Rocky gives the gift of going totally unedited and Jords discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
Bonus: Ask Us Anything 2025
In which Rocky takes a break from editing and Jords discovers the true meaning of Christmas.
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the past catches up with us this month as we smash every genre and its stuff together. 3, 2, 1… let’s jam.
Cowboy Bebop
Rocky and Jords get everybody and the stuff together to turn 1998’s saddest genre smashing anime into a roleplaying game session. 3… 2… 1… let’s jam.
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a (partial) list of “sports movies” discussed in this episode: - field of dreams - the mighty ducks - scott pilgrim - bring it on - pitch perfect - homer’s odyssey - killing hitler (not a movie just a sport) and if you want to fight me about these you have to listen to the episode first 😇
Sports (movies)
Rocky and Jords turn sports into a real game as they delve into sports… movies. And it turns out that more things are sports movies than you might think.
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The pod walked into my feed, eyes wide, with a simple request: “Please, you gotta help me make my RPG session feel like a film noir!” Little did I know what was really in store for me.
Noir
It’s all legs and hard boiled eggs as the Pals step into your ears with a case you just can’t turn down.
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This month, we finally get around to Mad Max, which has been on our list since we started the show. WITNESS US!
Mad Max
Rocky and Jords figure out what it takes to ride eternal on the Fury Road.
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Deathmatch Island probably has one of the best "What is a roleplaying game?" pages I've ever seen
Jords makes his newsletter debut with a rant about not asking for permission.
Broadcasting Intent and Permissiveness
Broadcasting intent isn’t the same as asking for permission.
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