(If you'd like to follow along to everyone watching Mr. Ed Plays Baseball at 1:22:24, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlVr45CHOuA )
During the late 1880s and early 1890s, the Bluff City Boardwalk saw a surge (and then sudden decline) in the unusual genre of “Lovers’ Songs”. Enterprising organ grinders ...
2022-03-09 06:24:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally, the Road to PALISADE will make a stop on the planet Palisade itself. Tonight, Millennium Break will be responding to a call for help coming from a small, riverside community that has suffered in the wake of the Curtain's arrival, and potentially attempting to build relationships with similar groups across the planet. We'll be playing Wagon Wheel by W. L. Marigold Crow-Humphreys which is a hack of Takuma Okad...
2022-03-05 01:20:22 +0000 UTC View Post
If you watched us play this live, heads up: There's NEW content dropped into this recording at 03:23:00! After sleeping on one of the end-of-game decisions we had to make, we decided to change things up and go a different direction. (As always, that's how actual play goes sometimes!) We discuss that change in the new audio added there.
The Road to PALISADE continues!. Today we will be telling a story of rivalry between a pair of Apostolosian and Nidean pilots b...
2022-03-04 21:26:54 +0000 UTC View Post
By 1898, construction had begun on several boardwalk-side buildings that so exceeded the previous maximum building height that they caused a city-wide stir. Of course, early skyscrapers had been constructed before, closer to the city centre, but these new buildings’ proximity to the ocean was a cause for excitement and, in some cases, concern. Would the ocean winds knock them over? Was it an act of hubris to situate such a ...
2022-03-02 20:57:55 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello all! Here is a brand new Clapcast! This month we're talking about: Dragon Quest, Akira Toriyama character design, fake advent calendars, the Yellow Wallpaper (horror book), The Amityville Horror, Father Divine and the International Peace Mission movement, a weird noise outside,,,
2022-03-01 02:02:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The Road to PALISADE continues!. Today we will be telling a story of rivalry between a pair of Apostolosian and Nidean pilots by playing Last Shooting by Grant (aka General Ironicus), which is an adaptation of Final Bid by Vel Mini. You can pick up Last Shooting right here and Final Bid right here.
2022-02-27 23:15:53 +0000 UTC View Post
During the winter of 1895, the main thoroughfare of Atlantic Avenue was set upon by work crews from City Hall, who - in preparation for the approaching 20th Century - sought to improve the quality of the road surfaces and allow for increased traffic. The works were scheduled to last no longer than two months - but, thanks to mismanagement, bad luck, and direct appropriation of funds - the project stretched languorously into the summe...
2022-02-23 00:53:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another stop on our ongoing Road to PALISADE (and also our Road to Being Caught Up On Live at the Table Episodes). Today we will be playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate, a zero-prep and GM-less "storytelling game of giant mecha heists, which you can purchase right here.
A transcription is available for this episode 2022-02-17 07:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
The Scamps Are About
The unusually mild spring of 1891 saw an unusual craze sweep the length of the Bluff City boardwalks, when the organ grinders found themselves targeted by the city’s children in an outbreak of particularly nefarious behavior. The children, moving in loosely organized packs, would fall upon one organ grinder after another. Some would find the cans that contained their tunes removed and dropped off the pier. Others would turn their organs’ handles...
2022-02-16 01:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to another stop on our ongoing Road to PALISADE (and also our Road to Being Caught Up On Live at the Table Episodes). Today we will be playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate, a zero-prep and GM-less "storytelling game of giant mecha heists, which you can purchase right here.
Click here to watch live! An audio archive should be available within a few days.
2022-02-11 23:43:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, anchor... Welcome back to The Road of PALISADE. Tonight, we are continuing our game of HOUNDs by Possible Worlds Games (who you can support by going right here: https://www.possibleworldsgames.com/games). Join us as we continue the story of Véronique and Fealty as they attempt to escape the Principality's grasp.
A transcription is available for this episode 2022-02-10 21:05:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Good evening, anchor... Welcome back to The Road of PALISADE. Tonight, we are continuing our game of HOUNDs by Possible Worlds Games (who you can support by going right here: https://www.possibleworldsgames.com/games). Join us as we continue the story of Véronique and Fealty as they attempt to escape the Principality's grasp.
Click here to join live!
2022-02-08 23:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
In 1897, the “Twin-Pan” barrel organ was introduced to Bluff City by the Callahan Corporation and took the boardwalk by storm. The ease of use, the smoothness of operation, and purity of tone were a significant step forward from the common “Trout” model used at the time. These new instruments were expensive to source, and as such, many organ grinders found themselves pushed out of business by “Twin-Pan” operators paid for by the ...
The time has come.
With this episode, w're kicking off the Road to PALISADE, the prelude to our next season (and the follow up to PARTIZAN). We are playing HOUNDs, "a dice-stacking roleplaying game about the bond between a mech pilot and their robot companion" by Possible Worlds Games, which you can pick up right here.
As a note, Jack's audio is a little more compressed than we'd like, but we'll h...
2022-02-06 05:56:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The time has come.
Tonight, we are kicking off the Road to PALISADE, the prelude to our next season (and the follow up to PARTIZAN). We are playing HOUNDs, "a dice-stacking roleplaying game about the bond between a mech pilot and their robot companion" by Possible Worlds Games, which you can pick up right here.
2022-02-05 00:14:51 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Drawing Maps for October 2021! Today we're answering your questions about the 'Marrow in the Field, Marrow in the Bone' arc of Sangfielle. We'll chat about introducing a new PC to the mix, our long term fascination with ephemeral people, and the particular intensity that this group of players seems to constantly stumble into.
2022-02-04 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Drawing Maps for September 2021! Today we're answering your questions about the 'Hark! The Citadel Beneath' arc of Sangfielle. We're tackling everything from "how does one eat a mattress" to "how do handle playing characters who are working through their trauma," so, uh, pretty broad range here.
2022-01-30 23:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello all! Welcome to the first Clapcast of the new year! Today we're talking: the unspecified currency symbol, emoticons, history of the dollar sign, the king's piss chair, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, and fanart of Dragon Ball Z characters smoking weed
Also, tonight we'll be recording/live streaming a new episode of Drawing Maps focused on the recent Sangfielle Marrow Creek arc, planned for 7 PM ET!! Keep an eye out for the stream announcement tonight!
2022-01-28 18:14:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to Live at the Table! Tonight Ali, Keith, and Dre are playing Uncover Your Story by Zuhayri Mohamed. Join us as we use a deck of cards to help us create a character and recall a previous adventure!
You can find the stream here: https://youtu.be/zhE0RI1CUmI
You can find more information about Uncover Your Story here: 2022-01-14 00:32:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome to the Drawing Maps for August 2021! We're answering your questions about the 'Perpetual Oratorio of Davia Pledge' arc of Sangfielle, from how prepared we were for this story to go where it went, to how Jack decided where music went, to the player-versus-player-style grand finale.
2022-01-03 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to Live at the Table!
Here's the audio version of t Ali, Keith, Janine and Sylvi playing Something is Wrong With This House by Jonah Baumann and Anna Landin! Join us as ghoulish creatures try to scare a family out of their beloved home!
You can find more information about Something is Wrong With This House here: https://annalandin.itch.io/some...
2021-12-31 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to Live at the Table! This time Ali and Jack are playing Guess Whodunit? Join us as we create and solve a murder mystery, playing against each other as detective and murderer!
The game relies on a set of cards from the game Guess Who to create a murder mystery. There's a fair bit of visual reliance in this recording, but hopefully you will still enjoy!
You can find more information about Guess Whodunit? here: 2021-12-29 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to another sort of Live at the Table! Here's the audio only-version of Ali and Janine checking out Thousand Year Old Vampire. Join Janine, Ali and Janine's vampire appropriate pen as we live through centuries of life as a vampire.
We were originally hesitant to release this in audio because it's very long and has a heavy visual element. Hopefully this is still just as enjoyable without it!
You can find more info about Thousand Year Old Vampire and p...
2021-12-27 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello all! Welcome to a brand new Clapcast! Today we're discussing: Hollow Knight, Psychonauts, Jellybeans, Halo, Matrix: Reloaded and weird reactions to endings of things, and a visit from Jonathan,,,,,,
Have a wonderful weekend and a happy new year!
Thank you so much for your support!
2021-12-24 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to Live at the Table!
Tonight Ali, Keith, Janine and Sylvi are playing Something is Wrong With This House by Jonah Baumann and Anna Landin! Join us as ghoulish creatures try to scare a family out of their beloved home!
You can watch the stream here: https://youtu.be/NPsPHFmF9V4
You can find more information about Something is Wrong With This House ...
2021-11-30 00:11:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello and welcome to Live at the Table! Tonight Ali and Jack are playing Guess Whodunit? Join us as we create and solve a murder mystery, playing against each other as detective and murderer!
You can find more information about Guess Whodunit? here: https://possible-worlds-games.itch.io/guess-whodunit
And the stream link is HERE: 2021-11-17 00:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello hello everyone! Welcome to a brand new Clapcast! This week we're talking about: a little eyeball guy, Suezo from Monster Rancher (different guy), LG Washer jingles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
ALSO! Join us tomorrow (Tuesday, 11/16) at 7 PM ET as we stream Guess Whodunit? for Live at the Table!! Keep an eye out for a dedicated post and tweet about the stream, and get more info on Guess Whodunit? here: 2021-11-15 20:16:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello all! Here's the final post in this round of movie? club? (it was all movies this time!), this time focused on Dracula! Happy Halloween~
Content warning for discussions of blood (A LOT), sex (A LOT), decapitation, and depictions of an abusive mental health facility.
2021-10-31 15:55:45 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to the Drawing Maps (audio only!) for July 2021! Today we're answering your questions about the 'At the Gates of Sapodilla' arc of Sangfielle, from how players chose which roles to play, to how we lightly hacked Inhuman Condition, to the game's own in-born biases. Come hang and enjoy!
2021-10-29 23:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostHello hello everyone! Here is a brand new Clapcast! This month, our focus is on one thing: the most wanted and unwanted songs.
Link to the mp3s and notes from the composer: https://ubu.com/sound/komar.html
Lyrics: http://davesoldier.com/lyrics.html#people
Enjoy!
2021-10-25 16:03:56 +0000 UTC View Post