“Dust”
This is it, folks – the conclusion to our Actual Play of Wheel Tree Press‘ awesome, upcoming game, The Sword, the Crown, and the Unspeakable Power!
We’ve also got a special guest – for most of this episode Jenn Martin, darling of the indie game podcasting world, will be playing the part of Lady Liana!
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“Strange Liaisons”
In this penultimate(!) episode of SCUP, the PCs posture for status as the city’s government falls apart. Who will come out on top?
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“Resurrection”
Lots of plotting and planning as the characters take sides following the poisoning of Lord Gaius…
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“Storm Rising”
The aftermath of the banquet – Gaius is dead (or is he?), enemies are inside the walls, and a dragon is loose!
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“Reaping Day”
Reaping Day here! The banquet is prepared! The people are excited for the town celebration! The only ingredients remaining are murder and mayhem, which the PCs are more than willing to add.
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“As good as it’s going to get.”
The Reaping Day banquet approaches!
What nefarious plans are our PCs brewing? Listen and find out!
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“Raw ambition”
The characters hit their stride, plotting and planning. What will happen next?
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“Very Bad People”
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Rape, Domestic Violence, Murder, Body Horror, Medical Experimentation on Unwilling Subjects, etc.
We get to see the characters at work for real. They are absolutely terrible horrible people. Except Fellow, who’s just a scheming bastard.
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“Meet the Fuckers”
It’s time to get to know the characters! For this game, we’ve got:
This is the first session, after character and world creation. It’s a slice of day-in-the-life, using a technique D cribbed from Todd Nicholas and Megan Pedersen’s Time Cellist – have each character run into the next in an organic sort of way (it mostly worked). There’s not a lot of rolling; you’ll have to wait for Episode 2 to see the mechanics really engage.
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“‘Are there dragons or gods?’ … ‘Yes.'”
We’ve got a special treat for you today! Todd Nicholas and Tom Josephsohn of the Jank Cast have written a dark political fantasy game using the Apocalypse World engine, called The Sword, the Crown, and the Unspeakable Power (“SCUP” for short). And we have been fortunate enough to be given permission to do a world premiere AP of the game, which is very nearly ready for release! We will also have a review and an interview with the creators after we’re done with the season, which we expect to be 7-10 episodes.
We know that Vincent Baker is also currently working on a Game of Thrones-inspired Powered by the Apocalypse game, Apocalypse World: Dark Age. We feel that there is plenty of room for both in the community, and there are elements of SCUP that are very unique and make this a really amazing and stand-out game.
Our initial session was over four hours; we’ve split it into two episodes. This is the first, and covers world and character creation. World creation in SCUP is one of the most interesting and novel parts of the game and we wanted to make sure we did due diligence with it. We hope you thoroughly enjoy this brand new, world premiere AP!
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