Funky and Aria discuss their Favorite Stories in Gaming™. Funky gets too emotional, and Aria gets too right.

This was a really fun episode for us, and we may continue it in the future as a series.

Y'all should share your Favorite Stories in Gaming™ too. This is a really fun concept we found from Matt Colville at https://youtu.be/T9jxVbg_RWQ?si=8ZWMjjn18h77slUq.

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Funky and Aria discuss bad games they know with good lessons to learn from them. This delves into pandas in World of Warcraft, 17th century england, and the eponymous classic movie Equilibrium

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Systems Referenced in this Episode:

Clockwork & Chivalry 2nd Edition

Tails of Equestria

Hackmaster

Shadowrun

After last episode, we decided we needed to talk about one of the most polarizing and essential systems in a TTRPG: The resolution system

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Links for the systems mentioned:

• Or8cle - A GM-less TTRPG played with a Magic 8-Ball. Short and easy to run.
• Dread - A Horror TTRPG played with a Jenga tower. When the tower falls, so does your character.
• Lasers & Feelings - Mostly a discussion piece for the power of a simple system and how it can define the system as a whole.
• Camp Kingdom Come - A GM-less card-based TTRPG with very different from normal subject matter. A good exploration of how GM-less play can work.
• ImproVeto - More of an exercise for improv people, but can be a great tool for learning and growing as roleplayers.
• Let's Rob RJ McElhenny and Steal Her Golden Quill - Another GM-less game utilizing cards. Explored further in a next episode.

TW: Chritianity, religious trauma, discussion of children dying

Inspired by two VERY different games, Aria and Funky discuss some interpretations of the biblical apocalypse in two completely different games. Camp Kingdom Come and The Seventh Seal couldn't be any opposed. But they are both based in the same idea.

Aria lays out their trauma, and Funky cries about it.

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Aria and Funky discuss Hawgbilly, a game system they found during UGNET. This one is rough. Swine & Sorcery is certainly interesting. But the misogyny of the 2000s sure shows.

Aria also learns the definition of the word vamp, and Funky shows off his (terrible) mountain man dialect.

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Aria and Funky discuss Scum & Villainy, a game system they are both quite familiar with and played/ran in a years-long campaign. They have a lot of thoughts on this one. So settle down for a long conversation about a pretty good system for doing stuff in space.

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Part 2 of the Ultimate Gamerunner Name Elimination Tournament. (4-Part Series)

The highest effort shitpost imaginable. We kinda went ham on this one, honestly!

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Aria and Funky welcome their first guest (Doug Lief of Nostalgium Arcanum) to discuss Final Fantasy 9 and Fabula Ultima. They go at length on topics of politics, why dragoons are sadly overlooked, and esteemed music artist Erutan (aka KatetheGreat19).

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