Episodes
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Final Episode - Lessons Learned in 2022
It's a super-sized episode as Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2022, and we bring the podcast to a close. Timecodes: 0:01:23 - Read a Sitch about 2022 gaming highlights 0:35:14 - Open Your Brain to our stray thoughts about PbtA games and play...
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Sneak Preview: The Darkened Threshold
The Darkened Threshold is a new podcast from The Gauntlet, coming in 2023! This is a sneak preview of the first episode; the show will launch with its own feed in late December. In the meantime, join us on The Gauntlet Discord server to discuss all things Brindlewood Bay & The Between.
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Summer Series Firebrands - What We Have Learned
Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Firebrands games. Timecodes: 0:00:53 - Our First Impressions of Firebrands 0:05:58 - Which Firebrands games did we try out? 0:08:27 - What aspects of Firebrands most surprised us 0:14:11 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:23:49 - Advice we...
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Apocalypse Keys
Rach and Rich bring on Rae Nedjadi to talk about their game Apocalypse Keys, which is crowd-funding on Kickstarter until October 11, 2022 Timecodes: 0:02:40 - Read a Sitch about The Promise of a Move 0:11:56 - Open Your Brain to Apocalypse Keys 0:22:09 - Act Under Fire Check out Apocalypse Keys…
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Summer Series Firebrands - Once More Into the Void
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This seventh episode of the series features Rae Nadjadi, creator of Once More into the Void. Timecodes: 00:01:30- Setting Up 00:07:53 - The Challenge 00:18:46 - Playing the Games…
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Summer Series Firebrands - Superstars: Racing Icons
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This sixth episode of the series features Tristan and Pete, creators of Superstars: Racing Icons. Timecodes: 00:03:52- Setting Up 00:12:27 - The Challenge 00:22:39 - Playing the…
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Summer Series Firebrands - Miss Bernburg's Finishing School for Young Ladies
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fifth episode of the series features Andrea of Plotbunny Games, creator of Miss Bernburg's Finishing School for Young Ladies. Timecodes: 00:06:02- Setting Up 00:17:33 - The...
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Ryne
Rach and Rich bring on Adam and Thryn of Furtive Shambles to talk about their game Ryne, which is funding on Indie Go Go until August 21 Timecodes: 0:01:45 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Actual Play 0:16:11 - Open Your Brain to Ryne 0:28:57 - Act Under Fire in a land of ice seeking something…
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Summer Series Firebrands - Thy Words Inspire, Thespians
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This fourth episode of the series features Cole, creator of Thy Words Inspire, Thespians. Timecodes: 00:02:14- Setting Up 00:08:09 - The Challenge 00:15:22 - Playing the Games You…
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Summer Series Firebrands - A Complicated Profession
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This third episode of the series features Jason Price of AlwaysCheckers, creator of A Complicated Profession. Timecodes: 00:02:31 - Setting Up 00:07:06 - The Challenge 00:20:20 -...
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Plus 1 Forward 2022 ENnie Episode
Rach and Rich hop on the mics to celebrate and maybe educate you on the ENnie awards. We've been nominated for 2022's Best Podcast category! This is a primer on what our show is about and the pair of hosts who make it happen. Timecodes: 00:01:21 - What's a Plus One Forward? 00:02:54 - Who are…
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Summer Series Firebrands - Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern
Rach and Rich continue their third Summer Series. This series covers games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This second episode features Takuma Okada, creator of Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern. Timecodes: 00:01:21 - Setting Up 00:07:48 - The Challenge 00:14:30 - Playing the Game You...
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Summer Series Firebrands- Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands
Rach and Rich kick off their third Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Firebrands style of PbtA games. This first episode features Meguey and Vincent Baker, creators of Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands, the first Firebrands game. (we even renamed the segments!) Timecodes: 00:02:03 -...
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AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over (1 of 3)
Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW! It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and after each session of play, we'll have a post-play discussion...
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AP Show: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Rich and Rach are bringing you something altogether NEW! It's a miniseries of Actual Play, where they bring on guest players Cody and Greg to play Apocalypse World: Burned Over version. Rich is the MC for this three-session series, and after each session of play, we'll have a post-play discussion...
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Scalability
Rach and Rich bring back Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club to talk about scalability in PbtA games. Timecodes: 0:04:32 - What's a Forever Game? 0:07:34 - Paul talks about Fellowship 0:29:27 - End Game in Improvements 0:30:09 - Improvements Never Taken 0:32:12 - Monsterhearts Season...
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Brindlewood Bay Kickstarter Special
Jonah Knight from Roll to Meddle talks to Jason Cordova about Brindlewood Bay, coming to Kickstarter April 26th! Follow the Kickstarter campaign here.
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Burning Hearts Forever
Rach and Rich bring on Eva Terra to talk about their game Burning Hearts Forever. Timecodes: 0:02:14 - Read a Sitch about cool Moves! 0:07:16 - Open Your Brain to Burning Hearts Forever 0:14:11 - Act Under Fire with a final battle against the Tyrant! Check out Burning Hearts Forever on Eva's itch...
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The Real Thing RPG
Rach and Rich bring on Jason Peercy and Jason Ward from Accidental Cyclops to talk about their simple and gritty RPG officially based on the music of Faith No More. Timecodes: 0:01:47 - Read a Sitch about Using Music in Game Sessions 0:11:18 - Open Your Brain to The Real Thing 0:19:27 - Act Under...
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Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition
Karen Twelves joins Rach and Rich to talk about her book currently on Gamefound - Improv for Gamers, 2nd edition! Timecodes: 0:01:51 - Read a Sitch about Relationships in PbtA 0:09:14 - Open Your Brain to Improv for Gamers 0:22:58 - Act Under Fire with some Improv games! Gamefound Info: Gamefound...
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Friendship, Effort, Victory
Rich and Rach bring on Kamala Kara of Far Horizons Co-Op to talk about their shonen battle manga tabletop roleplaying game. Timecodes: 0:01:20 - Read a Sitch about Telling Stories during Combat Scenes 0:05:51 - Open Your Brain to Friendship, Effort, Victory 0:18:35 - Act Under Fire with Plussy…
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Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour
Rach and Rich bring on Dusty De Leon of HellaBigWorks games to talk about their RPG about Small Town Heroics and Big Time Adventures. Timecodes: 0:02:23 - Read a Sitch about Love Letters and Set Pieces 0:06:26 - Open Your Brain to Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour 0:15:16 - Act Under Fire with…
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Great American Witch
Rach and Rich bring on Christopher Grey to talk about his modern gothic RPG Great American Witch. Timecodes: 0:02:02 - Read a Sitch about PbtA and Failure 0:08:25 - Open Your Brain to Great American Witch 0:19:33 - Act Under Fire with the witches Chantell and Plussy going clubbing You can find…
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Lessons Learned in 2021 and Rich and Rach's 2022 Gamer Resolutions
Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2021, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2022. Timecodes: 01:51 - Rich's Gaming Highlights 16:28 - Rach's Gaming Highlights 25:56 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2021 34:23 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2021…
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Take an Advance... on Masks A New Generation
Rach and Rich bring on Misha B of Black Girl Gameworks and podcaster and game designer Brandon Leon Gambetta to talk about ways to get the best out of a game of Masks A New Generation. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love. Timecodes: 0:12:36 - Masks for players - Favorite Playbooks...
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Thrilling Adventures!
Rach and Rich bring on Miciah Dodge to talk about his pulp adventure game Thrilling Adventures! Timecodes: 0:02:24 - Read a Sitch about Playing in The Groove together 0:11:06 - Open Your Brain to Thrilling Adventures! 0:20:47 - Act Under Fire with Curtis and Plussy in the bayou seeking the Jade…
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Armour Astir Advent
Rach and Rich bring on Briar Sovereign to talk about their game about mecha and magic. Timecodes: 0:01:09 - Read a Sitch about using play-by-post to bridge live game sessions! 0:10:00 - Open Your Brain to Armour Astir Advent 0:16:01 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Chantel as they take on some...
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Summer Series FitD- What We Have Learned
Rach and Rich reflect on their Summer Series of Forged in the Dark (FitD) games. Timecodes: 0:05:49 - What aspects of FitD most surprised us 0:13:56 - Which aspects we found underwhelming 0:21:26 - Advice we offer for first time FitD players 0:33:08 - Thoughts on PbtA and FitD connections…
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Summer Series FitD- Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This seventh episode features Erik Bernhardt. Timecodes: 00:04:14 - Setting Position and Effect - Long-term play and campaign building for Forged in the Dark games...
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Summer Series FitD- Copperhead County
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This sixth episode features Jason Eley Timecodes: 00:01:28 - Setting Position and Effect - Using Setting Elements in FitD games 00:08:43 - Progress Clock on Copperhead...
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Summer Series FitD- Beam Saber
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fifth episode features Austin Ramsay, creator of Beam Saber. Timecodes: 00:01:31 - Setting Position and Effect - the split between missions and downtime in FitD...
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Summer Series FitD- Wicked Ones
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This fourth episode features Ben Nielson, creator of Wicked Ones, from Bandit Camp. Timecodes: 00:01:23 - Setting Position and Effect - making Devil's Bargains…
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Avatar Legends
Rach and Rich bring back Brendan Conway of Magpie Games to talk about Avatar Legends: the RPG, out on Kickstarter now! Timecodes: 0:03:01 - Read a Sitch about Action and Intent 0:11:51 - Open Your Brain to Avatar Legends: the RPG 0:26:27 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Won against the Dai Li!…
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Summer Series FitD- Moth-Light
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This third episode features Justin Ford, creator of Moth-Light and host of the Hacked in the Dark podcast Timecodes: 00:01:55 - Setting Position and Effect - using...
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Summer Series FitD- Scum & Villainy
Rach and Rich continue their second Summer Series. This series covers games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This second episode features John Leboeuf-Little and Stras Acimovic, creators of the Scum & Villainy RPG. Timecodes: 00:02:32 - Setting Position and Effect - covering...
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Summer Series FitD- Blades in the Dark
Rach and Rich kick off their second Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Forged in the Dark (FitD) style of PbtA games. This first episode features John Harper, creator of Blades in the Dark, the first FitD game. (we even renamed the segments!) Timecodes: 00:01:05 - Setting…
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Briar & Bramble
Rach brings on Freddie Taylor-Bell to talk about their game about a community of wayward animals in search of a new home - Briar & Bramble Timecodes: 0:01:16 - Read a Sitch about the ease of transition from player to designer with PbtA games 0:06:28 - Open Your Brain to Briar and Bramble 0:15:00…
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Extreme Meatpunks Forever
Rach talks with Heather and Aura, the design team behind Extreme Meatpunks Forever. Timecodes: 0:01:10 - Read a Sitch about MC tools in a PbtA game 0:06:32 - Open Your Brain to Extreme Meatpunks Forever 0:16:30 - Act Under Fire with Amber and Crow Find out everything about Extreme Meatpunks…
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Ironsworn: Starforged
Rach and Rich bring on Shawn Tomkin to talk about his new game Ironsworn: Starforged, which is on Kickstarter until May 26, 2021 Timecodes: 0:01:37 - Read a Sitch about oracle-based play 0:14:43 - Open Your Brain to Ironsworn: Starforged 0:24:10 - Act Under Fire with Rich and Rach as they…
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Shibuyan Knights
Rach and Rich bring on Moe Poplar of Ashy Feet Games to talk about his shonen anime-styled Steampunk RPG Shibuyan Knights. Timecodes: 0:01:26 - Read a Sitch about character keepers 0:11:42 - Open Your Brain to Shibuyan Knights 0:17:53 - Act Under Fire with Ramen and Yuzu! Ashy Feet Games:...
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Take an Advance... on Apocalypse World
Rach and Rich bring on Madjay Brown of Diceology and Mark Diaz Truman of Magpie Games to talk about ways to get the best out of an Apocalypse World game. Join us for a deep dive into an RPG we all love. Timecodes: 0:05:29 - Apocalypse World for players 0:05:51 - Our Favorite Playbooks 0:11:29 -...
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Starting a New PbtA Game
Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about ways to kick off a new PbtA game for friends or strangers (who are just friends you haven't met yet)! Timecodes: 0:10:33 - Poll Your Table 0:15:31 - First Session Stuff 0:20:26 - Building Consensus 0:23:17 -...
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Stonetop
Rach and Rich bring on Jeremy Strandberg to talk about his game Stonetop, which is on Kickstarter until the end of March. Timecodes: 0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about making long-term travel in games fun and meaningful 0:13:04 - Open Your Brain to Stonetop 0:22:47 - Act Under Fire with Sheriff Pleswyn...
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Wolfspell
Rach and Rich bring on Epidiah Ravocol to talk about his game Wolfspell. Timecodes: 0:01:42 - Read a Sitch about how PbtA can help play over the internet! 0:08:29 - Open Your Brain to Wolfspell 0:19:39 - Act Under Fire with two newbie wolves Eppy's website where you can find Wolfspell and other...
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Back Again from the Broken Land
Rich interviews Alexi Sergeant of Cloven Pines Games about his new Zinequest Kickstarter for Back Again from the Broken Land. Timecodes: 0:01:22 - Read a Sitch about How Best to Ask Questions and Build on the Answers in PbtA games 0:08:16 - Open Your Brain to Back Again From the Broken Land…
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Moonpunk
Rach and Rich interview Jess and Alex of Wannabe Games about their game Moonpunk. Timecodes: 0:02:46 - Read a Sitch about using PbtA in the classroom 0:07:11 - Open Your Brain to Moonpunk 0:19:51 - Act Under Fire with Plussy and Prof. Hazel Purchase Moonpunk on DriveThru RPG (aff):...
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Lessons Learned in 2020 and Rich and Rach's 2021 Gamer Resolutions
Rach and Rich talk about the lessons they learned playing and running PbtA games in 2020, and they make their Gamer Resolutions for 2021. Timecodes: 01:41 - Rich's Gaming Highlights 10:17 - Rach's Gaming Highlights 28:13 - Rich's Lessons Learned in 2020 38:55 - Rach's Lessons Learned in 2020…
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Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone
Rich interviews Paul Stefko of Nothing Ventured Games about Iron Edda. Timecodes: 0:01:14 - Read a Sitch about converting other RPG settings to PbtA 0:12:37 - Open Your Brain to Iron Edda: World of Metal and Bone 0:21:55 - Act Under Fire with the Berzerker Plussy! Purchase Iron Edda: World of…
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Trophy Preorder Special
Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and...
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Season of Dreams
Rich interviews returning guest Blake Ryan about his new Kickstarter Season of Dreams. Timecodes: 0:01:30 - Read a Sitch about checking in with your table to help keep it healthy 0:08:25 - Open Your Brain to Season of Dreams 0:16:55 - Act Under Fire with Pine the Tree Spirit Check out the Season…
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About this show
+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.
Hosted by
Richard Rogers