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Pocket-Sized Play

by Fraser Simons and Jason Cordova

Pocket-Sized Play​ is an RPG podcast about short, compelling actual play.

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  1. Hearts of Wulin Special

    Jason is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th! Time Codes 10:33 - Talking Mechanics 14:27 - Combat 22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles 40:49 - Kickstarter Details Links Hearts of Wulin...

  2. Hearts of Wulin: Deadly Melody 03

    Time Codes 0:22 Ambush 1:38 (Fight Mooks--Fail) 4:39 Magistrate Lin's Oversight 8:48 (Playbook Move: Offical) 10:00 Wailing Pain recives her assignment 12:25 (Study) 12:28 Lin meets with Wailing Pain 16:02 Ming arrives 19:38 Auntie Silver interrupts 21:25 (Playbook Move: Reign of Assassins) 21:54...

  3. Hearts of Wulin: Deadly Melody 02

    (Note: The PC Lucky Dog vanishes from this point forward as the player couldn't make it. Also the GM gets Auntie Ping's name wrong, calling her Auntie Silver throughout). Timecodes 0:22 Our four heroes 4:42 Wailing Pain's rage 9:32 Lin and Ming talk 12:56 (Inner Conflict) 13:50 (Hearts & Minds)...

  4. Hearts of Wulin: Deadly Melody 01

    Timecodes 0:22 Magistrate Lin Gengxin's family and obligations. 3:30 Enter Wailing Pain Lei 4:51 Flashback: Wailing Pain and her Sister Mournful Su 6:00 Auntie Ping's orders 8:00 About Ming 11:12 Ming and Lucky Dog on the town 17:17 Magistrate Lin's tasks 20:12 (Study) 24:06 Wailing Pain meets…

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  5. Hearts of Wulin: Deadly Melody 00

    Jason discusses Hearts of Wulin with the game's designer, Lowell Francis.

  6. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls - Debrief

    This is an unedited debrief that took place at the conclusion of Memories of Mercy Falls. Enjoy!

  7. Emergency Announcement - The Mercy Falls Campaign

    Please help us unlock The Mercy Falls Campaign on the Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover?ref=user_menu

  8. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 10 - "Nothing Lasts Forever"

    Timecodes 00:00:43 - "I need to go smoke." (Werewolf Sex Move) 00:05:57 - Showdown 00:08:13 - "I think you should know this can't last." (Keep Your Cool; Lash Out Physically) 00:12:40 - The wheel spins anew 00:17:33 - "Show your obeisance, wife-to-be." (Unashamed) 00:20:57 - Epilogues 00:23:23 -...

  9. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 09 - "Breaking the Wheel"

    Timecodes 00:00:40 - "I remember her in my way." (Keep Your Cool) 00:03:14 - "You can't let yourself get stuck in that cycle." (Ghost Sex Move) 00:06:15 - Alastair 00:11:50 - Voices 00:16:13 - "Where does it go from here, Jonah?" 00:23:06 - The pact Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our...

  10. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 08 - "Cycle"

    Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 08 "Cycle" Timecodes 00:00:19 - Crime scene (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:04:49 - A dream askew (Turn Someone On) 00:07:25 - Resurrections (Run Away) 00:13:00 - Teen romance (Ending) 00:16:18 - Striptease 00:21:24 - The Egyptian Palace

  11. Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter Special

    The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We're raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova...

  12. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 07 - "It Goes Really Badly"

    Timecodes 00:00:30 - Eddie (Lash Out Physically) 00:01:30 - Her usual dour ensemble (Keep Your Cool; Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:08:50 - Wolfsbane & liquid silver (Keep Your Cool) 00:14:52 - Spiral 00:17:49 - Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree (GM Technique: Paint the Scene) Links Our website...

  13. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 06 - "Yule Ball Comin'"

    Timecodes 00:00:41 - Awkward (Many Bodies; Turn Someone On; Pulling Strings; Shut Someone Down) 00:08:58 - "Looks like you're without a date." (Contract) 00:13:28 - "Classy, Ellen... Really classy." (Shut Someone Down) 00:15:39 - Restorative Justice (Gaze Into the Abyss) Links Our website...

  14. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 05 - "The Mercy Falls Cinematic Universe"

    Timecodes 00:00:38 - "You failed me." (Lash Out Physically) 00:02:42 - "Now I know I've hit the bottom." 00:07:10 - Wherein Chad is a piece of shit (Shut Someone Down; Lash Out Physically) 00:12:25 - Ghost (Keep Your Cool) 00:16:23 - Genevieve (Keep Your Cool) 00:23:45 - Charisma, Uniqueness,...

  15. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 04 - "1983"

    Timecodes 00:00:24 - Suppressed memories 00:08:24 - An awkward girl 00:11:47 - Abandoned (Darkest Self) 00:18:57 - Next steps (GM technique: Poll the Table) 00:21:46 - Homeroom (Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  16. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 03 - "Rogues Gallery"

    Timecodes 00:00:46 - Thomas (Bought Loyalty; Lash Out Physically) 00:10:00 - Smoke break (Contract; Turn Someone On) 00:14:03 - Jump the fence (Keep Your Cool; Run Away) 00:16:55 - A nun's habit (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:20:50 - Sister Mary Edward Price 00:27:53 - "Take off your fucking clothes…

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  17. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 02 - "Teenage Bullshit"

    Timecodes 00:00:22 - Drama (Shut Someone Down) 00:08:55 - Dude bros 00:12:57 - Locker snooping (Keep Your Cool) 00:17:59 - Delivery boy (Bought Loyalty; Shut Someone Down) 00:23:00 - Serina 00:27:13 - Pharaoh burgers (GM technique: Poll the Table; GM technique: Paint the Scene) Links Our website...

  18. Monsterhearts: Memories of Mercy Falls 01 - "Welcome Back"

    Timecodes 00:00:22 - Series recap & housekeeping 00:11:01 - "Things always go back to normal." 00:25:41 - Homeroom Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  19. Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 03

    We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2...

  20. Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 02

    We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2...

  21. Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 01

    We play a game of Cheat Your Own Adventure using the Día de los Muertos story starters found in Codex - Blood 2. Links Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IEFfU8-lX2ql0GsZp-m2cgbjFNUWcPpK Codex - Blood 2...

  22. Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 00

    Cheat Your Own Adventure: Día de los Muertos 00 Jason gives an overview of what this series is all about and announces the Cheat Your Own Adventure Story Starter Project. To pitch an idea for the Story Starter Project, fill out the form linked in the folder below! Links Cheat Your Own Adventure...

  23. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 11 - "The Final Girl"

    Timecodes 00:01:18 - Bargaining (Bargaining Ceremony; GM technique: Conditions) 00:04:35 - Tainted Love (Turn Someone On) 00:11:02 - Family (New Order) 00:13:50 - Advanced Negotiation (Lash Out Physically; Pulling Strings) 00:18:01 - Eddie and Fall (Lash Out Physically; Run Away; Darkest Self…

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  24. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 10 - "Lore"

    Timecodes 00:00:40 - Headlights (Keep Your Cool; Turn Someone On) 00:12:45 - Chad's party 00:16:10 - Hoard 00:19:50 - Spiral (Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

  25. Monsterhearts: Mery Falls '83 09 - "Snakes and Dragons"

    Timecodes 00:00:18 - A forced shedding 00:03:06 - Home invasion 00:10:02 - Adam and Debbie (Run Away) 00:19:26 - Resurrection (Run Away) 00:25:45 - Lair (Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG...

  26. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 08 - "The Parent Trap"

    Timecodes 00:00:26 - "He's getting closer!" (Run Away) 00:05:45 - Cornered 00:12:39 - Lash Out Physically (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Custom Move) 00:19:40 - Queer AF (Keep Your Cool; Sex Move - The Sasquatch) 00:24:58 - "A very interesting experiment." (Run Away) 00:27:44 - "Get it going in...

  27. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 07 - "Velociraptors"

    Timecodes 00:00:20 - Eddie and Sheriff Nichols (Creep) 00:03:20 - Pharaoh burgers (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Shut Someone Down) 00:11:30 - Running (Turn Someone On) 00:15:53 - Julia's house (Keep Your Cool) 00:22:19 - Uncle Nicholas 00:30:19 - "Are you ok?" Links Our website...

  28. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 06 - "Eddie"

    Timecodes 00:50 - The Robbie situation (GM technique: Poll the table; Keep Your Cool; Run Away; Musk; Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:14:27 - An emptiness, a void (Pulling Strings; Try Harder Next Time) 00:21:00 - Crime scene (Keep Your Cool; Blank Canvas) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our…

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  29. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 05 - "Darkroom"

    Timecodes 00:01:18 - Cigarettes (Turn Someone On) 00:05:10 - Weaponized hug (Turn Someone On) 00:06:48 - The Abyss stares back (Gaze Into the Abyss) 00:11:25 - Fall and Julia (Bargaining Ceremony) 00:13:40 - Afternoon delights (GM technique: Poll the table; GM technique: Conditions; Keep Your…

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  30. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 04 - "The Phone Call"

    Timecodes 00:00:50 - Coach called away (Shut Someone Down; Icebreaker) 00:06:37 - Spirals (Keep Your Cool) 00:11:30 - Unsupervised (Gaze Into the Abyss; Ending; Turn Someone On; Keep Your Cool; Musk) 00:24:24 - A safe place (Run Away; Gaze Into the Abyss) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com…

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  31. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 03 - "New Arrivals"

    Timecodes 00:00:12 - New character introductions 00:06:29 - New character backstories 00:13:38 - Zakuronas and Julia (Keep Your Cool; Shut Someone Down; Turn Someone On) 00:22:20 - The beginning of Saturday detention (Shut Someone Down; Keep Your Cool) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our...

  32. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 02 - "Breakfast Schlub"

    Timecodes 00:00:15 - Fall's mom 00:01:49 - The Egyptian Palace (GM technique: Paint the Scene; Pulling Strings) 00:07:54 - Bert and Sally (GM technique: Painting the Scene; Conditions) 00:16:07 - Start of detention (Icebreaker; Musk) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon...

  33. Monsterhearts: Mercy Falls '83 01

    Timecodes 00:00:15 - Overview 00:05:27 - Character introductions 00:18:28 - Backstory 00:25:47 - Saturday detention seating chart 00:55:09 - Fall's home (GM technique: Paint the Scene) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  34. Malandros: Another Day in Rio 04

    Timecodes Two of a Kind (00:27) "Madrid is pleasant enough" (01:25) "As ordained by the gods…" (06:50) The future (11:33) Maria (14:25) "I'm going to Spain" (22:11) Epilogues (25:32) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  35. Malandros: Another Day in Rio 03

    Timecodes "Good boy!" (00:10) Don Miguel's big night out (01:37) Burglary (06:44) Where Everyone Knows Your Name (11:07) Two of a kind (14:51) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  36. Malandros: Another Day in Rio 02

    Timecodes 00:00:02 - Antonio and Fortunata 00:04:27 - Fortunata and Mama Fonseca 00:11:49 - Mama Fonseca and Thiago 00:17:10 - Dance floor 00:21:04 - Cutting in 00:23:40 - The future Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  37. Malandros: Another Day in Rio 01

    Timecodes Tom's Introduction (00:32) Character creation (09:14) Rules notes (24:40) Fortunata's beginning-of-session move (33:22) Barbara and Antonio (34:10) Antonio and Fortunata (38:34) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  38. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 13

    Timecodes "So, are we going to have a three-way or what?" (01:15) "I totally fucked her" (07:25) Denouement (13:50) Sister Mary Edward Price (19:23) Gauntlet Hangouts: https://gauntlet-hangouts.firebaseapp.com/events

  39. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 12

    Timecodes "Your presence is requested" (00:16) Gaze Into the Abyss (06:25) Showdown (10:18) Ellen & Thomas & Jonah (14:30) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  40. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 11

    Timecodes "Your voice is fading into the back of my awareness" (00:16) A reassuring touch (01:40) Serena & Chad (06:44) Netflix and chill (12:30) Overdose (17:22) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG https://patreon.com/gauntlet

  41. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 10

    Timecodes Lash Out Physically (01:40) Big Man (05:32) Serena & Ben (11:57) Keep Your Cool (18:53) "I must confess, I'm not sure if you're even here right now" (24:02)

  42. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 09

    Timecodes "We should do this more often" (00:10) Sophie's Choice (06:27) "Ka-ra-té" (15:13) The Queen (22:22) Blood transfusion (26:16) Shots fired (30:39)

  43. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 08

    Timecodes Emotional relay (00:16) Cookies (06:38) Bite marks (11:00) "So, have you met Serena's parents?" (14:00) Afterglow (18:24) Gathering (23:36)

  44. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 07

    Timecodes Secrets revealed (01:24) Serena and Tony (03:44) Jonah and Thomas (08:34) Serena's house (12:18) shadowmaster55 (19:29) "Just try not to touch anything" (27:00) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  45. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 06

    Timecodes Traumatized (00:23) Smoke a bowl (03:08) Jonah and Bellefontaine (04:39) Big, mutton fists (10:38) Working through her trauma (16:50) Mr. Thompson (19:17) Serena and Serra (26:45) "It's ok, Daddy" (31:55) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us…

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  46. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 05

    Timecodes "Pick. That. UP!" (00:56) Before Math class (02:14) Jonah's Day Off (10:21) Math lesson (13:07) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  47. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 04

    Timecodes The "naked in school" dream (01:02) Big Man (04:59) Big Horns (09:07) "Charisma 17" (13:56) "Then I guess I'm following you!" (20:31) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  48. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 03

    Timecodes Step off the curb (01:49) Homeroom (02:39) Polling the table (17:32) A gentle interrogation (19:07) The boys' locker room (22:48) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  49. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 02

    Timecodes Keep Your Cool (01:15) Serena's home (02:38) Special Agent Edward Bellefontaine (07:31) Thomas (14:12) Margot & Ellen (18:53) "Now you are beautiful" (22:48) Links Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

  50. Monsterhearts: Return to Mercy Falls 01

    Timecodes Overview (01:38) Returning characters (04:13) Recap of Series 1 (05:55) Ellen introduction (10:43) Returning NPCs (18:29) Ellen's home (25:13) Jonah's home (31:53) Margot's home (35:22)

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Pocket-Sized Play​ is an RPG podcast about short, compelling actual play.

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