Hey everyone, Austin here!
As promised, here's the audio to our GenCon live show, which eas an absolute blast. Thank you to everyone who came out, y'all had so much energy and enthusiasm that it really helped lift our performance, and it was so nice to meet so many of you! For those who couldn't make it, I hope you enjoy this episode and hope we get to meet sometime in the future!
While this game of Blades in the Dark takes place in our Marielda setting, it's totally listena...
2019-08-31 18:36:41 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Austin here! As I mentioned in the post for Part 1 of our recent Microscope game, Dre, Jack and I got together this past weekend to walk through the final timeline to the Road to Season 6, as presented in the Microscope game Dre, Keith, Andi, and I played a couple of weeks ago.
Originally, when I thought this would be a 20 minute long monologue from just me, I planned on j...
2019-08-21 03:50:05 +0000 UTC
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Here's Part 2 of our Microscope game, which rounds out the Road to Season 6. If you missed Part 1 of the podcast, you can click here, If you'd rather watch the stream archive, you can click here! Below, find the final timeline... including a few extra events (marked in red) that I'll be explaining in a fort...
2019-08-18 19:37:44 +0000 UTC
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Please enjoy to what we plan on being the final set of episodes for the Road to Season 6! Join Sylvi, Austin, Dre, and Keith as they play Microscope, review the road traveled so far, and fill in a few of the final gaps between the end of Twilight Mirage and the start of the upcoming Season 6!
Because of its length, I've split this into two episodes. Also: I've recorded one final ep with Dre and Jack, where we go through the full timeline of this Microscope ga...
2019-08-18 19:26:33 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, welcome to Tips at the Table for July 2019! Join Ali, Austin, Dre, and Jack for a round of questions and answers about text-based roleplay, pitching your table on a weird campaign idea, using multiple parties, wrapping up games, and, uh, Riverdale.
A transcription is available for this episode 2019-08-17 04:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Hello! It's here! Its hot! Its ready!!!!! July's Clapcast!!! I apologize for the delay, it slipped during the pre-finale arc/finale recording/live show storm but now its here for your very own ears!
While I have you here, let's go through some announcements/updates
LIVE SHOW PRINTS FOR SALE
We have a limited amount of prints left over from Gen Con so we'll be selling them online this Friday(Aug 16th!!!!), 3 PM EST/12 PM PST!! We have signed...
2019-08-13 20:08:26 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, welcome to what we plan on being the final episode of the Road to Season 6! Join Andi, Austin, Dre, and Keith as they play Microscope, review the road traveled so far, and fill in a few of the final gaps between the end of Twilight Mirage and the start of the upcoming Season 6!
Click above to watch or right here to join the chat!
2019-08-11 21:09:23 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! Here's a surprise bonus for ALL patrons, no matter you're level.
It's not a Live or a Tips or a Bluff OR a Clapcast. It's... a video game?
Join Austin as he checks out the recently released HARDCORE: MECHA, a 2D Mecha Action game developed by the Beijing based RocketPunch Games. No, there probably won't be divines. But there absolutely will be a bunch of robots. Come hang by clicking above ...
2019-06-27 00:50:02 +0000 UTC
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Join Dre, Keith, Jack, and Austin as they answer your questions finding good games to play, having conflicts that go beyond combat, retiring characters, and the incredible music that Jack has composed for the show!
A transcription is available for this episode here.
A ful...
2019-06-23 18:07:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone can I interest you in some outtakes? Some fun interactions between good friends? A brand new clapcast just for you??? Enjoy!!!
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A full list of completed transcriptions is available2019-06-19 12:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Join Ali, Keith, Art, and Austin as they take your questions about getting players invested in your game, broadening the palette of games your crew plays, and the idea of "canon" at the table.
2019-06-15 20:10:32 +0000 UTC
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Hey! Look at that! A brand new Clapcast is here for you... time to listen and enjoy!!
A transcription is available for this episode here.
A full list of completed transcriptions is available2019-05-22 22:59:43 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to another edition of Live at the Table! This evening we continued on our path down the Road to Season 6 by playing For the Queen by Alex Roberts!
Per the game's own description:
"The land you live in has been at war for as long as any of you have been alive. The Queen has decided to set off on a long and perilous journey to forge an alliance with a distant power. She has chosen you, and only you, to serve as her retinue, and accompany her on this j...
2019-05-12 05:18:41 +0000 UTC
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Update #2: Jeeze this is really... not working, but let's try ONE MORE TIME. Click here and give us (and our internet connections) all of your energy!
Welcome to another edition of Lie at the Table! This evening, we're continuing on our path down the Road to Season 6, and we're not the only ones on a journey, because tonight we're playing For the Queen by Alex Roberts!
Per th...
2019-05-12 01:22:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Austin here.
SO: I announced a few Live at the Tables ago that we would NOT be doing two Bluffs a month if we hit 20k, but that we had a couple of ideas for things that could take that reward's place.
Tonight (or today, or... whenever you are checking out this archive...) you'll be the first to see us pilot this show idea! What is it? Well... It's sort of like a clapcast, but with a little more structure. Or, for true diehards, it's a bit like Fishteen Minutes, except it's...
2019-05-10 00:28:31 +0000 UTC
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Join the Friends as they look back on Bluff City's first season, fill in the gaps in their own memory, and answer your many, many questions! Featuring Ali Acampora, Keith J. Carberry, Janine Hawkins, Art Martinez-Tebble, Andrew Lee Swan, and Austin Walker.
Click here or above to join, watch, and chat
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Hi everyone!!! Here's a brand new clapcast, from us to you!!
You might have missed it, but earlier in the week we made some announcements over on twitter dot com.
First, we're going to Gencon!! Our show will be from Saturday, August 3rd from 6 to 9:30. Event registration isn't up get, but you'll need a badge to get in so get that sorted if you want to come!!! For those who can't, we're hoping to get audio from the show available but can't make any promises yet!!&...
2019-04-28 21:45:52 +0000 UTC
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Join the Friends as they look back on Bluff City's first season, fill in the gaps in their own memory, and answer your many, many questions! Featuring Ali Acampora, Keith J. Carberry, Janine Hawkins, Art Martinez-Tebble, Andrew Lee Swan, and Austin Walker.
Click here or above to join, watch, and chat
2019-04-27 19:26:01 +0000 UTC
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Join Austin, Janine, and Keith as they answer your questions and give a crash course on starting a game, building a world, figuring out aesthetic and tone, taking your first step as collaborative storytellers, and, of course, names!
A transcription is available for this episode here.
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2019-04-26 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Tips at the Table for April 2019. Join Austin, Janine, and Keith as they answer your questions and give a crash course on starting a game, building a world, figuring out aesthetic and tone, taking your first step as collaborative storytellers, and, of course, names!
Click here to watch and join the chat!
2019-04-13 23:10:48 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the "February" edition of Drawing Maps! Austin continues his preparation for the next chapter in the Alcyon arc of Spring in Hieron, this time focusing on locations, visual inspiration, and NPCs. This stream will contain spoilers through the most recent episode of Spring in Hieron, so tread lightly!
2019-04-07 03:46:04 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to the "January" edition of Drawing Maps! Join Austin as he prepares for the next chapter in the Alcyon arc of Spring in Hieron. This stream will contain spoilers through the most recent episode of Spring in Hieron, so tread lightly!
Click here to join chat!
2019-04-06 02:42:19 +0000 UTC
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And here it is, our final Bluff City Movie Club (for now???)! Today Austin, Ali and Andi cover Streets of Fire. Trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEOvn2IaLMM
For this episode, we do a recap of Streets of Fire, while taking the time to zoom in and... mostly think up some new Streets of Fire lore, actually?? Enjoy! Like the other two, the Streets of Fire trailer shows a lot of th...
2019-04-04 04:19:45 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! We're back with the second of a three piece set, Bluff City Movie Club! This time, Austin, Art and Dre share their thoughts on Sneakers. Trailer here: https://youtu.be/LlKDkTbUFhU
This is a much breezier episode than last one, we recorded all of these separately and kinda structured them however, haha. This one is less recap and more afterthoughts and is still a pretty damn good episode of a show we don't...
2019-03-31 01:37:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone! Over the next week, we're going to be releasing a three-part series of posts, Bluff City Movie Club! With the first season behind us, we wanted to get together to talk about the season and some of our inspirations for it. These episodes feature these conversations basically unedited, so enjoy us hanging out and talking movies and whatever else comes up!!
This episode Jack, Janine and Keith will be talking The...
2019-03-26 05:45:48 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Tips at the Table for March 2019! Join Ali, Andi, Austin, and Dre for discussion of media inspirations, adaptations, and aspirations. Plus: Conversation on pacing a game, diceless RPGs, and, of course, magical animals.
Andi's great COUNTER/Weight video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/mtgXx-_sWcw
A transcription is available for this episode 2019-03-24 08:10:39 +0000 UTC
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The time is finally here... to reveal what a hot grapey is. Its awful and you don't want one! Or maybe you do... who am I to judge.
A transcription is available for this episode here.
A full list of completed transcriptions is available2019-03-19 05:45:58 +0000 UTC
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The Road to Season 6 continues! In this episode, we continued the story we started in the previous Road to Season 6 game, following the newly formed Orion Combine as they fight against the invading Divine Principality. And to do this, we're using Beam Saber to zoom right into the action.
Find out the fates of star athlete turned mech propagandist Memphis Longhand (Art), brothers-who-hate-their-mechs Smack (Jack) and David (Keith) Talk, and the newly joined Pigeon (Ali), candidate of the...
2019-03-17 02:54:14 +0000 UTC
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Content Warning: Use of distorted dial tone in theme at start of episode
Citywide Film Festival 9.30pm Slot, Friday
Aerial Footage of The Thicket, Preparation
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This film cannot be shown. We wish it could. Perhaps some years from now, and far away, a group that’s much like us will quieten down. The lights will dim, the picture start to play. We built an apparatus out of steel to hold a camera, fixed, beneath a drone. We set the ...
2019-03-11 19:38:21 +0000 UTC
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Content Warning: Use of distorted dial tone in theme at start of episode
Citywide Film Festival 9.00pm Slot, Friday
Producing The Boardwalk, A Q&A Session
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“Perhaps it’s time to take a break,” she said, and passing through the double doors I saw the light outside had changed - had come to dusk. The streetlights flickered all along the shore and men and women gathered up in coats and scarves were walking down bes...
2019-03-04 06:50:13 +0000 UTC
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