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[Live. Love. Die.]: RESE Mission 3

The final episode of our mini playtest with Alex and Ryan.

This week we telegraph hard that our desire to explore one of the death moves, and we do deliver.
Our pilots run their newly improved mechs through their paces. The ground crews engage in some bonding. And then everything burns.

Content Warning: this episode depicts the emotionally charged death of a player character. We all were pretty moved by it, so I wanted to warn y’all that it could get emotional.
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[Live.Love.Die.]: RESE Mission 1

Alex and Ryan join Ray, for a mini-playtest campaign of Live.Love.Die. a new mecha romance RPG that Ray is writing. In this session we take a look at character creation, setting generation, and get into some combat.

We hope you all enjoy this 3 part series of Live.Love.Die.

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[Monsterhearts]: Four Now

The finale of our adventures in Monsterhearts, for a little while at least.

We had a discussion about our feelings on the game at the end of the episode rather than write up reflections; cause this was a short campaign.

No new episode of the podcast on the 28th, as we will be on vacation.

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First Look: [Night Witches]

Guest GM Lex come on to run us through our first game of Night Witches.
Night Witches is an RPG by Jason Morningstar about Russian World War 2 bomber pilots, in an all Female unit. It’s about the struggles they faced, the horrors they endured, and brave acts they performed.
For this episode we had an all lady group of players, including a whole bunch of new people.
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[International Quartely Hurtfest]: Crown Jewel Beatdown

It’s a World Wide Wrestling event. Premium uncut wrestling beamed straight into your hungry eyeballs.

At the last IQH the peoples champion, the macho Montana man, King of Gem Mountain, the beloved Azure Fist announced the abdication of his throne.
But don’t worry wrestling fans, he’s picked a few successors. And how does a warrior prince become a warrior god-king?
WITH MATCH TO END ALL MATCHES!

Get ready for our biggest IQH yet. We’re flying in the best fighters from all over the map to compete for Azure jewel. The mystic ring of ultimate wrestling power.

Switch on, and tune in for nail biting, no holds barred, edge of your seat mega match!

Thanks to Eric and Teja for joining us for some wrestling.

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Interview with Hamish Cameron


This week we take a short break from Arcus to have a chat with Hamish about his game The Sprawl; a mission focused cyberpunk heist game.
Well also talk about game design competitions, cyber-fantasy, and some of Hamish’s upcoming projects.
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First Look: World Wide Wrestling

Its the International Quarterly Hurtfest main event: Chris Colt V Harley Devil!
These up and coming fan favourites have been give the headlining slot in this quarters Hurtfest. Who will out shine the other? Will the Devil get revenge on behalf of his manager or will Colt earn another victory notch on his belt? Tune in and find out in this First Look at World Wide Wrestling.

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Magical Creator Girls: Times Of Change

Sadly our story will come to an end once you’ve finished this episode, but don’t fret. You’re really going to like how we get there.

Large battles, strange machines, a transformation of epic proportions.
Our girls have been through a lot, and I hope you enjoyed listening to their adventures.

Of course if this is your first time hearing about our Magical Fury campaign, you can find the first episode here.
If you’d like to find out more about Magical Fury, check it out on DriveThru RPG.

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