Episodes
Its a Dragonbane (Drakar Och Demoner) Special!-00.00.40: Introductions00.02.58: Thank you to our new patrons: Pontus Sjögren; Jimmy Skoglund; and Josh Leape00.04.11: Old West News00.14.25: Listener Feedback: email from Marcus Bone00.17.58 : World of Gaming: Dragonbane adventure from hmmm.... Marcus Bone; Black Powder and Brimstone Kickstarter; Star Trek Adventures 2; Embracer splits, Dragonbane Tournament at UK Games Expo00.38.55: Essay - Writing Dragonbane adventures01.07.36: Next time and...
Published 04/29/24
Published 04/29/24
Which is the deadliest Year Zero game? The answer will amaze you!  -00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: Old West News00.13.40: World of Gaming: Planet of the Apes; The Laundry 2nd Edition; Lex Arcana - Rome the Eternal City kickstarter ending soon; Savage World of Solomon Kane from Monolith; Elder Mythos Kickstarter00.40.42: Essay - Year Zero Engine Critical Injuries01.22.36: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with...
Published 04/16/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.01.58: News for Stationary patrons00.06.15: Old West News00.18.18: World of Gaming: Agent Provocateur, YZE spy game ; Rapscallion; Knights of Dust and Neon; Our Brilliant Ruin00.43.25: Book Club - Coriolis: The Great Dark01.47.12: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your face! (and elsewhere)Buy pdfs via our...
Published 04/01/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.01.18: Old West News00.11.40: World of Gaming: New Coriolis kickstarts Tuesday; Household (5e and reprint) kickstarts; Reign hard copies arriving; Dragonbane monster standees!; Chaosium’s design challenge00.31.40: Coriolis - The Pantheon of the Icons including the CALENDAR (and the blog post, oh I see you used my (Jon's) IMAGE for your post, Dave!)00.53.27: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea,...
Published 03/18/24
In a change to our planned programming we released the interview with Nils and Kosta in a bonus episode last week. This week, we discuss the news and the interview with our great friend Millie the Gm, who is running her own online play through of Mercy of the Icons on YouTube and our Cairo correspondent Mohamed El Dakak 00.00.40: Introductions00.03.49: Welcome to our (brief) new patron - Joachim Buchert00.05.00: Old West News00.10.55: World of Gaming: Star Trek Adventures 2nd Edition; Laundry...
Published 03/04/24
We interviewed Nils and Kosta on our YouTube Channel last week. We were going to include the recording in our episode next week, but so many people have already seen it on YouTube it might be old news for you loyal listeners by then. So instead we are going to have a reaction panel feature, and for those of you who prefer podcasting over YT, here is a slightly edited audio only version of the interview. Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea,...
Published 02/25/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.02.36: World of Gaming: Enworld has the lowdown on Evil Genius; CMOM exclusive deal with Gamefound; Between Clouds landing on doormat; Clare's 24 hr gaming marathon fro charity; Star Trek Adventures: The Federation Klingon War; Dune: Fall of the Imperium has Dave words in; This Blighted Isle: Darkened Hill and Dale KS; Alien nexus available from end the en of the month; Gaia Complex KS00.30.48: Interview: Chris "Shep" Shepperson on the Gaia Complex and Conan: The...
Published 02/19/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.03.28: World of Gaming: Finally! Ad Astra for MYZ; Dragonbane Bestiary; Eldritch Automata KS failed, will restart; We have a busy UKGE planned - Dave’s writing workshop, Effekt's Free League quiz and Free League's National Dragonbane Championships! 0032.40: Rocks Fall Everyone Dies - Masters of the Air in War Stories01.09.12: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of...
Published 02/05/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.01.57: Thank you to our new patron: Calle Nyberg00.02.52: World of Gaming - Electric State beaten into second most anticipated game by Shadow of the Weird Wizard (with a diversion into Dave's Dune writing); kill engn mechs for Cy-borg ; 00.19.16: Interview  - Garry Harper When We Die 01.17.39: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what...
Published 01/22/24
00.00.40: Introductions00.01.48: Thank you to our new patrons: brockenwitch and Kevin Campion00.06.00: World of Gaming - Evil Genius lays off staff, folding; Nightfall Games in Terminator AI battle; Cyan Starlight KS; 5e Ruins of Symbaroum books; Role VTT loses its heart; is the Golden Age over ?00.52.39: Patrons in the Hamam - The Year in Review Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like...
Published 01/08/24
Happy Christmas! There is no normal episode this week, because it's Christmas Eve today and we are with our families, rather than arguing over our mics. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show. People enjoyed the peek into our deign process that we released a month ago and asked if there was more. There is - this second hour of discussion from our very first design meeting follows on from where the last bonus episode finished, as we are talking about talents. We had of...
Published 12/24/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.03.00: Thank you to our new patron: Jeppe Mulich00.05.12: World of Gaming - Electric State on Kickstarter; Matt Colville's Monster Fighting game MCDM RPG; R Talsorian's multi dimensional game Shadow Scar; Doug gets a staring fooled in Outgunned, Dave is guesting on Raldanash's Walking Dead Universe discusion00.45.20: Dragonmeet report 00.54.10: Article: Mechanical Depth 01.24.33: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by...
Published 12/11/23
Sorry, chapter markers wrong in this episode, use these timing instead 00.00.40: Introductions00.02.13: Thank you to our new patron: Andrew Rackley00.05.12: World of Gaming - Four Borg! Even simpler than Mork Borg, New Free League website with proactive advice for starting to play; oh no! The Adventure Time RPG dumps its Yes And system for a 5e ruleset; Dragonmeet; Magnus Seter's new book00.36.44: A Forbidden Lands approach to Mass Combat 01.06.43: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to...
Published 11/27/23
Not only are some people building worlds with the hardcopy of the latest Alien supplement that has arrived on at least a few doorstep, but we speak to a woman who had a brilliant idea for building your game's world (better) with magnetic modular terrain. Plus loads of news from Free League and the world of gaming!.00.00.40: Introductions00.01.54: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds hitting doormats in physical editions: Walking Dead final version out; Electric State RPG announced ; Blade...
Published 11/12/23
We are sorry we missed our usual episode last week. Our intention had been to record an episode during MCM Comic Con London, but we ended up working too hard to make too few sales to do anything other than eat and sleep of an evening. Normal service will be resumed next weekend, and will include some Comic Con related content. To make up for our absence on your feeds, here is a bonus show, actually something that was a Patreon exclusive when we first shared it three and a half years ago. We...
Published 11/05/23
00.00.40: Introductions - You're Dead to Me00.09.36: World of Gaming - Building Better Worlds PDFs are here; new Dragonbane announcements; The Lost Mountain saga coming out for Halloween; Cohors Cthulhu kickstarting; New Edition of BRP out in print; ; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.54.47: Article - Women in Historical TTRPG - Dr Emma Southron's History of Rome in 21 Women 01.25.15: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used...
Published 10/16/23
00.00.40: Introductions - Put it on a plate00.03.55: World of Gaming - Evil Genius sue Netflix over Rebel Moon RPG; Mutant Ad Astra finally makes an appearance; NeoClassscal Geek Revival imported into the UK; Household is brilliant; Essen and MCM Comicon 00.39.55: Article - Community content by the word (Steve Weick's blog posts) 01.09.36: Next time and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League...
Published 10/02/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.06.01: World of Gaming: Dukk Borg; Pirate Borg; Deathmatch Island on Backerkit 17th October;  and Cohors Cthulhu coming to KS 3rd October; D&D part work; the art in They Grow Up So Fast. 00.41.30: Article - Writing Market Garden for War Stories 01.07.18: Upcoming episodes and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League Publishing. Like what we do? Put our brand on your...
Published 09/18/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.03.47: Thank you to our new patron, Keith Rossellini00.04.50: World of Gaming: Dreams and Machines pre-order; Free League will be demoing Zone Wars at Essen; Assassin’s Creed RPG announced; Shadow of the Weird Wizard Kickstarter almost done; Moria Kickstarter 00.27.02: Interview - Interview, Gareth Ryder-Hannrahan 01.12.35: Next episode and Goodbye Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of...
Published 09/04/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.06.50: World of Gaming: Modern Vaesen is out; Slaughterville re-thought and relaunched; Coriolis, Wake of the Icons finally in stores; Eat the Riech! Kickstarter00.29.06: Interview - Andreas Lundstrom talks about Windheim and the Horn of Dawn,  01.15.12: Goodbye, and Sagan om Drakar ock Demoner from the forthcoming Dragonbane soundtrack Effekt is brought to you by Fictionsuit and RPG Gods. Music is by Stars in a Black Sea, used with kind permission of Free League...
Published 08/23/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.04.04: World of Gaming: It’s Gen Con as we record; Ennie Results full list of nominees and winners; Diana Jones award won by Coyote and Crow; Free League announce a Moria campaign for both Ring games; Badgequest, girl-guide/scouts game on Kickstarter; friend of the Show Andreas kickstarts Windheim for DoD/Dragonbane; Slaughterville, YZE game kickstarting (KS cancelled - watch this space); Free League sixth (and ninth?) biggest TTRPG Kickstarter company; writers rates...
Published 08/08/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.02.50: World of Gaming: Pendragon starter set out in the UK; Pendragon fiction coming from my mate Chris November; Cubicle 7 coming out with a second edition of the Laundry Files; Gary’s Appendix kickstarts a third issue with some more words from renowned OSR expert Dave; now Critical Role have found out we are going to MCM Comicon, they are coming too; Dragonbane dropping into people's mail; Modiphious announce Captains Log solo RPG; a new case file and Expansion...
Published 07/23/23
00.00.40: Introductions00.06.17: World of Gaming: Ennie Nominations (our names in lights!); Cohors Cthulhu free Quickstart out; Modiphious sending out Dreams and Machines pendants to streamers (the creator doc Dave mentioned is here); Chaosium are about to crowdfund a Call of Cthulhu actual play; Pendragon starter set is out (except UK); Adventure Time RPG; Gangs of Kahabro new year zero engine game from the peeps behind Zweihander (Want to join the playtest? Head to the Zweihander RPG...
Published 07/10/23
We talk to Fiona Howat, MU/TH/UR of the Alien competition at UK Games Expo, and learn her shocking dark secret!  00.00.40: Introduction00.03.34: World of Gaming - Pirate Borg on pre-order, and coming to retail on International Talk Like a Pirate Day; Renegade Game Studios put their foot in it; Diana Jones awards nominees announced; FreeRPG day happened; freelance rates survey (with a sidebar on pay at conventions); UKGE memories 00.43.13: Interview: Fiona Howat of What Am I Rolling 01.00.26:...
Published 06/27/23