Episode #53: Mars Colony Pt. 1

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Political themes Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘Mars Colony’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK roleplaying. ‘Mars Colony’ is an RPG designed specifically for two players. One player takes on the role of the colony’s appointed “saviour,” while the other is responsible for all the various problems that are plaguing the citizens of Mars. As the game progresses, the saviour will face a constant struggle between competence and failure, honesty and deception. You can buy ‘Mars Colony’ and download game resources on the TCK roleplaying website. Timestamps Content note: 00:00:00 Episode start: 00:01:11 Intro: 00:01:20 Overview: 00:02:45 Setup: Stage 1: Creating Fear Cards: 00:04:51 Fear Card Creation: 00:05:19 Setup: Stage 2: Creating political parties: 00:06:57 Political parties creation: 00:07:34 Setup: Stage 3: Creating key governor characters: 00:10:55 Creating key governor characters: 00:11:27 Set up: Stage 4: Tokens: 00:16:04 Tokens: 00:16:35 Set up: Stage 5: The saviour chooses a political party: 00:16:49 The saviour chooses a political party: 00:16:59 Set up: Stage 6: Creating Kelly’s sympathy: 00:17:17 Creating Kelly’s sympathy: 00:17:44 Set up: Stage 7: Creating colony health markers: 00:20:00 Creating colony health markers: 00:20:20 Start of ‘Mars Colony’ oneshot/Opening vignette: 00:21:56 Framing scenes: 00:25:20 Scene 1: Opposition scene 1: 00:26:21 Progress scenes: 00:32:50 Scene 2: Progress scene 1: 00:34:27 Failure, deception, humiliation & scandal: 00:36:37 First deception: 00:38:43 Second deception: 00:41:36 Scene 3: Personal scene 1: 00:44:36 Scene 4: Opposition scene 2: 00:49:56 Scene 5: Progress scene 2: 00:59:59 Scene 6: Personal scene 2: 01:08:06 Scene 7: Opposition scene 3: 01:13:32 Scene 8: Progress 3: 01:22:06 Outro and credits: 01:31:17 Credits The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. This episode’s players were Fiona Howat and David T. Cox. This episode’s RPG one-shot was ‘Mars Colony’, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK roleplaying. You can buy ‘Mars Colony’ and download game resources on the TCK roleplaying website. The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License. Additional music in this episode: ‘Fortress Europe’ by Dan Bodan ‘Lord of the Dawn’ by Jesse Gallagher If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: www.WAIRpodcast.com. Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at [email protected]. Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes. Linktr.ee: WAIR Podcast #AdventurersNeedNotApply