Hey everyone, Austin here!
First, quick apology on the lateness of a couple of August rewards. PAX West and Labor Day really threw a wrench into my time to work on those, but I should have them out to everyone by end of week! (Also August postcards are on their way to Ali for postage-adding, so those should be sent out early next week.)
In any case: It's time for another Live at the Table Poll! All of the games from last time that we didn't play are still on the list, plus...
2017-09-12 02:56:04 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
This sure is a real life episode of the clapcast! An mp3 you can listen to and download as you please!
There's gonna be some laughs, there's definitely gonna be some claps!
Clapcast!
A transcription is available for this episode here.
A full list of completed transcriptions is avail...
2017-09-04 03:53:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, Ali here.
So, when I came to be the producer of Friends at the Table, I tried to be way more cautious about episode lengths. Sure, sometimes we have reasons to push and stretch things and there was no way An Animal Out of Context wasn't going to be four hours--but I really try to keep things under 1:45, and DEFINITELY under two hours.
This Tips at the Table episode is some how two hours and twenty minutes.
I don't know how this happened (I do), I really hope to ma...
2017-08-30 03:19:12 +0000 UTC
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The Splits, Bluff City - ★★★ (3 Stars)
Reviewed by Janey L.
Yesterday I realised that I hadn't been bowling for ages and I LOVE bowling! I used to go Bowling down at the McInlay Lanes on 4th but when I went to their website I found they'd closed down after the flood and that's such a dang shame because while their fries were soggy the lanes were great and Mrs. McInlay was always there to talk about where to place your foot, or what was on the television, and for f...
2017-08-28 11:30:48 +0000 UTC
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Austin, Jack, Janine, and Keith delve into the world of Golden Sky Stories, a game focused on the "everyday magic" of Japanese mythology, and the everyday problems of ordinary people. If that doesn't sound great to you yet, then how about this: Keith plays a cat, Janine plays a raccoon dog (aka a tanuki), and Jack plays a little boy (who is also a crane, (all of the animals are also children, but Jack's little boy is A Lot and very Good.))
Also, a quick note (that frankly, I wish...
2017-08-21 03:48:26 +0000 UTC
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Austin, Jack, Janine, and Keith delve into the world of Golden Sky Stories, a game focused on the "everyday magic" of Japanese mythology, and the everyday problems of ordinary people.
You can also join in with the chat right here!
2017-08-20 22:16:53 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Austin here!
It's time for another Live at the Table Poll! All of the games from last time that we didn't play are still on the list, plus a new one.
The current plan is to play this Sunday (08/20), with the YouTube archive available immediately after that and a basic, OBS audio archive soon afterwards. So if you can't make it, no worries, the archive will be there for you.
The poll will run til 5PM EDT tomorrow, as to allow us time to do the amount ...
2017-08-19 00:52:31 +0000 UTC
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Hey! Hi! Lets get to it!!
This month's Tips at the Table is going to be recorded on Tuesday, August 15th and will be streamed live for everyone backing us at The Hacker ($15) and higher! That means the edited version should be in the RSS feed for all The Friends sometime that weekend but if you wanna join the stream, up your level before tuesday!
The second Bluff City episode will be uploaded the weekend after, somewhere between
2017-08-11 17:55:39 +0000 UTC
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New month, new possibilities, new clapcast! Like a delicious mint left on your pillow, it's here to say: thank you for staying with us and lets help you start your day right.
Or end it? Wait, when are you supposed to eat those? Don't eat candy right before you go to bed, folks.
Here's our first official Clapcast, a mishmash of all the breaks and pre-recording banter we ha...
2017-08-01 23:26:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
I've been ITCHING to share this update with y'all for weeeeks now, but I've been waiting for the first arc of Twilight Mirage's planet-side game to wrap up. (Here's a little bonus insider info: In my own notes, I refer to the planet game as "Dawn" and the ship game as "Dusk.")
I've been waiting for that partly so that I can show you their character sheets in the state that the characters are in as the first set of arcs come to a close... but also because I wa...
2017-08-01 02:00:52 +0000 UTC
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"The" Scuba Shop, Bluff City Boardwalk - ★★ (2 Stars)
Reviewed by Robert M.
I received a ticket for the Personal Submarine Experience (3 Person) as a prize for coming first in a work success drive and while I was excited about the prospect of seeing the beautiful underwater life of the Bluff City coast I have to say I was sorely disappointed I am not a man to hold back in my criticism and, I make no apology for that!!
In comparison to the...
2017-07-26 22:48:34 +0000 UTC
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As promised, here's an audio-only version of the first Live at the Table stream for those of you who don't want to mess around YouTube apps or videos or anything!
Here, Austin Walker, Janine Hawkins and Keith J Carberry play Downfall... and there's some bees? Enjoy your bees.
<3,
Ali
A transcription is available for this episode 2017-07-17 19:38:11 +0000 UTC
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Hey y'all, Austin again!
If you missed last night's Live at the Table episode, here it is. Also, if you'd rather an audio version of the ep, hang tight! We'll be adding an export of the stream's audio to the RSS feed later today!
Without giving too much away, just wanna say that Janine, Keith, and I had a blast with Downfall. The game's world creation led us to create the sort of world and characters we never could've imagined making up until the moment we did the damn thing...
2017-07-17 14:13:00 +0000 UTC
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The votes are in and for our first Live Stream Game, we'll be playing Caroline Hobbs' Downfall!
Very excited to play this. Going to continue reading the rules and getting the stream setup. We're going to aim for an 8PM EDT start time, and we'll send out the livestream address as soon as its set up!
-Austin
2017-07-16 20:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Austin again!
If you're receiving this, it's because we need you to vote in a poll to determine what the first game we'll be playing in our one-shot Live at the Table series!
The options this month are a combination of stuff y'all have suggested and things that we've been dying to play for years. There's nothing here that we won't be excited to try out, so please, vote with your heart!
The current plan is to play later tonight (Sunday, 07/16), and to make a YouT...
2017-07-16 06:28:48 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Austin here!
Super excited to present y'all with the first ep of Tips at the Table, our new brand new advice and Q&A show!
Joining me in this first episode are two of my absolute best—and oldest—friends: Janine Hawkins and Arthur Martinez-Tebbel. We tackle questions about improving our RP, our goals for the future, our favorite RPG characters that haven't been on Friends at the Table, and more. Art and I even dig up decade old college table dram...
2017-07-15 20:23:50 +0000 UTC
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Hey friends, Austin here!
Last night, we hit our $10,000 goal, and I'm not going to mince words: I'm fucking floored right now. We all are.
Hitting that goal means a few things: First, it means that starting in the next few weeks, we're going to start live streaming a new one-shot every month. This is something we're all super excited about.
A few months ago we tested this out with a game of Lazers and Feelings as part of a live stream marathon, and the res...
2017-07-05 17:27:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone!
We now have a place for you to send in your questions, tipsatthetable@gmail.com!
We want to answer your questions about playing and running tabletop games, so send them in. This could be anything from advice about GMing or playing or managing group dynamics or questions about a game's system or how to write/push your players for good bonds/beliefs or or or whatever else you might be curious about or want some advice on!
Hackers ($15) and above: we're planning on...
2017-07-02 20:22:09 +0000 UTC
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Guys.
whhhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeee OKAY.
So like, when we were planning out what our patreon goals and tiers would be we knew Bluff City would be really tied to what we thought we could reasonably do, because we really wanted to do it, had some other ideas for some really cool things, but felt okay if they were unattainable.
We uh, did not think we were gonna hit that goal in 24 hours. So wow! Okay! Thank you! Thank you!!!! Thank youuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!...
2017-06-26 03:18:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, Ali here!
Welcome to our Patreon! It's.... a little weird to be writing this before the Patreon even launches, but I wanted to make sure there was something here for everyone who signed up to start. Hi, hey! Hello! Thank you!
Here's a sample episode of Clapcast, a compilation of the claps and outtakes I'll be able to collect from all the episodes I've produced from the previous month.
This episode isn't that exactly, we hadn't launched yet so ...
2017-06-24 04:23:28 +0000 UTC
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