Dave and Matthew talk about conceiving a child (not together) 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.15: Thank you to our new patron: Sebastian Schmitt 00.04.12: World of Gaming: FreeRPG day report and swag. D&D designers join Darrington press; Evil Hat cease development of the Tomb Raider RPG, citing creative differences with the licensor; Dave reads a book! 00.38.55: Our shop is live ! Buy direct from us, we are working on remaining stretch goals and Gold County 00.46.39: Feature - The Stork in the...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 260
What did Dave say in his seminar at UK Games Expo 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.39: Thank you to our new patrons Huscarl and Tobias Vahlston 00.05.23: World of Gaming: Our UKGE reports; FL update on Bladerunner Replicant Rebellion; Outgunning Action Flicks 2 released; High Noon at Midnight from Monte Cooke Games; we are coming to Spelkongress 25. 00.36.31: Feature: Writing and Design - how to make your player happy 00.59.41: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing. Mu...
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 259
We talk about Greatships in the Great Dark 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.51: World of Gaming: What we are doing at UKGames Expo; plus, New Dragonbane expansion; Invisible Sun, Bettin' Bullets; online retail coming soon; VTT coming later; our first game with proper rulebooks 00.32.54: Old West News: US shipping notices being received, online retail coming soon; VTT coming later; our first game with proper rulebooks 00.51.04: Feature: Building Greatships in the Great Dark 01.18.10: Next time and G...
May 26, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 258
We talk to Gabe Garcia of Firelock Games about the first expansion for the Year Zero Engine WWII RPG, War Stories... 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.20: World of Gaming: Alien beta PDFs out, great to see we are still credited as authors on Hope’s Last Day , Thomas is our new collaborator; Goodman Games kerfuffle; Dave's seminar at UKGE, would you like to see Tales of the Old West tees at UKGE? 00.28.51: Old West News: US fulfilment update, pledge manager closing again 00.38.01: Interview: Gabe Gac...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 257
The much postponed group discussion of Coriolis: The Great Dark 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.43: World of Gaming: We were at Dragonmeet: Call to Adventure!; Windheim won all the awards; Epic Encounters Symbaroum Minis; Stonemeiiher games using the US government over tariffs; Realms of the Three Rings and its 5e version is out in print; new will be at UKGE 00.33.18: Old West news: Fulfillment continuing, Pledgemanager has reopened; acclaimed writer Adrian Tchaikowski said nice things 00.43.55: D...
Apr 29, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 256
Finally revenge for Lindesfarne! We interview Andreas Lundstrom about the viking apocalypse. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.26: World of Gaming: Mongoose gets the rights to Dark Conspiracy; War Stories KS starts on the 16th; tariffs in the news; Free League were at Salute; we will be at UKGames Expo Old West News: 00.26.20: Old News West(?): Fulfillment has started, people posting pics and lovely comments, dice have arrived, we are bagging up and labelling, delivering to the distributor on Tuesda...
Apr 14, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 255
We interview haul Dee Sanction Paul Baldowski into the torture chamber 00.00.40: Introductions 00.05.53: World of Gaming: Alien Evolved edition KS is live and doing very well: War Stories KS coming in April; our friend and TotOW artist Máté Cziner has a solo game A Practical Guide for the Amateur Exonaturalist out on DriveThru; The Dee Sanction Monad edition live on Kickstarter 00.20.17: Old West News: PledgeManager almost complete, dice are in the air(mail); planning supplements 00.31.40: Inter...
Mar 31, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 254
Featuring TTRPG maestros Ken Hite and Gar Hanrahan 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.00: World of Gaming: The Electric State m ovie is out and its ... ok; New edition of Runequest Adventures in Glorantha coming ; Wasteland Degenerates is Borg compatible Mad Max; Mark Miller is writing for Mongoose Traveller!; our friend and contributor to TotOW Saul Morales is home after heart surgery - all our love and hopes for a swift recovery back to fighting fit go out to him, Jolene and his family 00.22.17: Ol...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 253
What makes interesting player characters and NPC for one shots 00.00.40: Introductions https://www.youtube.com/@reluctantartsy 00.07.36: Invincible year zero supers announced; Alien Evolved KS launching later this month; WotC have a new VTT, Sigil link to Enworld's article ; Space 1999 pdf out; Terraforming Mars is from Ken Hite and friend of the show Gar Hanrahan; Fallen London ; Ernie Gygax 00.33.44 : Old West News: PledgeManager coming soon; custom dice feel great 00.44.20: Essay - Year Zero ...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 252
What makes interesting player characters and NPC for one shots 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.30: World of Gaming: Agrella, City of Eternal Euphoria ; on pre-order for Symbaroum check it out on Frank's channel ; Alien Evolved showcase for John Mullaney's artwork; random generation of stats in Year Zero games?!; Terraforming Mars crowdfunding ; Is "working class sci-fi" a thing? Heaven’s Open Door 00.36.48: Old West News: We've gone to print! 00.42.07: Discussion: creating interesting player chara...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 251
What makes a good RPG mass battle system? 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.40: Welcome to our new Patron Peter Thomas 00.04.20: World of Gaming: Alien: Evolved edition to KickStart on March 25th; Evil Genius experiences the Streisand Effect ; Punch Nazis bundle on Bundle of Holding includes Eat the Reich 00.24.50: Old West News: Tales of the Old West PDF has gone to backers 00.37.40: Essay; What makes a good Battle system for RPGs? 00.56.40: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt ...
Feb 03, 2025•58 min•Ep. 250
We preview ZineQuest 00.00.40: Introductions: Rocky Horror Show 00.04.00: World of Gaming: The Sinking Tower released as free Dragonbane QuickStart! Chaosium's 50th anniversay offer to convention organisers ; Rivers of London American supplement announced; Diamond Distribution goes bust; Anders Gilbring in hospital 00.26.12: Old West News 00.37.38: Interview - Craig Duffy on ZineQuest: The Words We Leave Behind ; Against Time and Death ; Tail-end Charlie ; Fear of a Daily Planet ; Growing Thylac...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 249
Some of our patrons join us to review the past year 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.20: Old West News: First beta layout being reviewed! 00.05.00: Discussion: Most fun gaming moments of 2024; weirdest/most interesting mews of the year; most anticipated launch next year; and where does Year Zero go from here? 01.14.50: 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? Sign up for updates on ...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 248
We meet The Wanderers Tome at Dragonmeet! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.41: World of Gaming: Most anticipated game of 25 poll is live at Enworld, please vote for Tales of the Old West ; New The One Ring?LotR RP Elf books on pre-order from Free League; there’s a TOR bundle offer on Bundle of Holding ; Pendragon GM’s guide happening; Western PDF delivered 00.23.00: Old West News 00.34.00: Interview: Mattias Jonsson Haake 01.41.40: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publishing...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 247
We meet The Wanderers Tome at Dragonmeet! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.18: World of Gaming: FreeLeague and 2 Little Mice announce distribution partnership ; DC Heroes 4Oth anniversary Kickstarter ; our Dragonmeet report "Londons Friendliest Gaming convention": Western is on its way 00.42.30: Old West News - join our Facebook group 00.49.28: Interview: Fleur Sciortino (and Benji) of The Wanderers Tome , about Flabbergasted et al 01.05.36: Next time (Mattias!) and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 246
This episode was meant to be about Household II but we also spent almost half an hour talking about Spectaculars! 00.00.40: Introductions 00.05.24: Thank you to our new patron: Rikard Falk 00.06.56: World of Gaming: We play Spectaculars ; Elon Musk feels the need to chip in on D&D; Hasbro not making another D&D movie; yet another Folk Horror game, this time The Terror Beneath from Osprey, (but it uses gumshoe!); we will be at Dragonmeet next week! 00.45.30: Old West News - join our Faceb...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 245
A slightly short episode this time, recorded on the fly because Matthew was away on our usual schedule. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.05: Our interview with Andreas about the My Father's Sword kickstarter 00.55.56: 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? Sign up for updates on Tales of the Old West via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw av...
Nov 11, 2024•55 min•Ep. 244
Our old friend Magnus joins us to talk about his new book. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.27: World of Gaming: Windheim hitting doormats; My Father's Sword hitting KS; Conan Kickstarter a week left . Broken Empires RPG kickstarter last hours ; Salvage Union Starter set ; Spelkongress goers heard more about Coriolis the great Dark and stuff; Dreams and Machines setting guide out 00.23.17: Old West News - join our Facebook group 00.37.32: Magnus Seter on Out of the Box get it in PDF 01.46.15: Goodb...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 243
After the kickstarter, a pause. Dave and Matthew discuss the world of gaming, catch us up on that's happening with Tales of the Old West since the kickstarter ended and reflect on Coriolis. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.04.41: World of Gaming: Chaosium Launches Companions of Arthur ; Electric State hitting doormats; Path of Glory coming; Alien now Evolving ; Ars Magica open licence ; new edition of The Expanse crowdfunding ; more Pirate Borg too; Conan: The Hyborian Age kickstarts ; Matthew went to...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 242
00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.08: World of Gaming: Terminal State funded; Paragons , a YearZeroEngine-ish Superhero RPG kickstarting now ; The QuickStart for Discworld is out; D&D not going anywherer; The Last Caravan looks interesting; Matthew will be at Spiel Essen . 00.24.47: Old West News 00.28.33: Our "Ask us anything" stream recorded 01.31.28: 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 ...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 241
00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.26 : Welcome to our new patron, Nils L 00.07.13: World of Gaming: Space: 1999 on pre-order ; one for our Swedish fans, Anders Blixt’s Expert Partisan ; Chaosium’s BRP competition finalists announced ; Discworld RPG coming to KS soon ; Dave got his copy of Agean ; we are going to Dragonmeet 00.38.21: Old West News: The KS page doing well! 00.46.29: Interview: Chris Vemeren on his Terminal State Kickstarter - back it now 01.28.10: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is broug...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 240
00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, Jed McCLure 00.03.59: World of Gaming: Mongoose buys Traveller outright; Luke Crane buys Dungeon World; LotR material available in D&D Beyond; Terminal State Kickstarter ; Sentients kickstarte r; Troubleshooters Ghosts and Thieves Kickstarter 00.31.36: Old West News: The KS page goes live at 4pm BST Tuesday 3rd September! 00.41.29: Essay - Difficult Histories 01.05.12: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Effekt Publis...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 239
00.00.40: Introductions 00.01.51: Welcome to our new patron, Oliver Nøglebæk 00.05.07: World of Gaming: The KS page is ready to follow! 00.22.16: Interview - Jonathan Hicks, writer of the forthcoming Alien cinematic and Those Dark Places 01.00.38: 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? Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and dow...
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 238
Hear the reaction of the team that wrote Hope's Last Day to the Alien 2nd Edition announcement. Then settle down with Neil Kingham for a chat about editing RPGs, the state of Symbaroum and The Tower of the Lich Lord. 00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.28: Welcome to our new patron, James Ramage 00.03.11: World of Gaming: SLA Borg ; Diana Jones award goes to United Paizo Workers; Ennie winners announced; ALIEN RPG 2nd ed announced 00.38.30: Old West News 00.42.20: Interview - Neil Kingham, editor extr...
Aug 05, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 237
00.00.40: Introductions 00.03.02: World of Gaming: Vaezine's VaesenCon GM submissions are open; Space: 1999 TTRPG announced 00.17.48: Old West News 00.26.16: Essay - Life-Path character generation 00.57.45: 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? Sign up for updates on our forthcoming crowdfunding via our new website and download Tales of the Old West QuickDraw ava...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 236
00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.23: Thank you to our new patron: Ewan Dougall 00.06.33: World of Gaming: Building Better Worlds nominated for two Ennies; Black Madonna and Hostile Waters for T2K hitting doormats, Moria available for pre-oder; Dave likes Coriolis (duh!); Eldritch Automata crowdfunding on Backerkit 00.19.21: Old West News 00.27.10: Interview - Nick Francia talks about Eldritch Automata 01.22.14: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by ...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 235
00.00.40: Introductions 00.02.08: Thank you to our new patrons: Uhtred43; Sol Franklin and Andy B 00.06.07: World of Gaming: Uk Games Expo report ( Frank's vid of the tournament ); Neil Kingham's Tower of the Lich Lord , a Symbaroum chose your fighting fantasy adventure; Kickstarters: The Dark Age of Theer from Starfleet Captain Liam Sharp(!); AniMort ; Hollows from Rowan Rook and Deckard (crowdfunding on Backerkit); Dave Going to Tabletop Scotland 00.37.02: Old West News 00.49.28: Interview - A...
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 234
00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.45: Round 1 - Mutant Year Zero 00.07.10: Round 2 - Coriolis 00.10.55: Round 3 - Vaesen 00.14.42: Round 4 - Alien 00.20.02: Round 5 - Best of the Rest 00.26.20: Round 6 - Woah - new style year zero goes beyond 6?! 00.32.03: Round 7 - What is this madness? D20? ( Symbaroum ) 00.36.42: Final Round - Taking us up to 20 00.40.00: The Prizegiving 00.43.00: Questions from the audience 0.54.10: Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars i...
Jun 10, 2024•55 min•Ep. 233
It's the big one! The announcement of our free QuickDraw. In this episode Dave and I talk about some of the Westerns, TV, Film and novels that have inspired or influenced the game. - 00.00.40: Introduction 00.01.58: Thank you to our new Patron, Richard Upton Pickman 00.03.35: World of Gaming - Fall of the Imperium out from Modipheus for Dune ; Pilgramage of the Penitent for Mork Borg ; Effekt Publishing a a new company that have released their website and made their Tales of the Old West QuickDr...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 232
Its a weird one - 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.40: Old West News 00.09.45: World of Gaming - Path of Glory , a campaign for Dragonbane; Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland 2nd (non-AI) edition, only a few hours left on the kickstarter ; Mothership arriving in print; d20 fantasy 2nd edition kickstarting 00.15.23: Interview - Millie the GM on her work with UK Games Expo - sign up for the Dragonbane Tournament , check out Dave's seminar and join our 00.50.55: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought...
May 13, 2024•52 min•Ep. 231
