111 episodes

An indie TTRPG actual play podcast. We are friends and designers playing the latest indie hotness and our own games.

All our shows are real roleplaying, improvised in real time and played using the game rules, then edited to take out the boring bits.

Black Armada Tales Josh Fox

    • Leisure
    • 5.0 • 3 Ratings

An indie TTRPG actual play podcast. We are friends and designers playing the latest indie hotness and our own games.

All our shows are real roleplaying, improvised in real time and played using the game rules, then edited to take out the boring bits.

    Tentacle City Part 5 (episode 109)

    Tentacle City Part 5 (episode 109)

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    In this episode, the stranded aliens head for the exit at the Tentacle Garden City crazy golf course, and the Women's Institute have an altercation with the serving staff at the organic cafe. Plus: swimming strokes and hair accessory shops.

    The map of Tentacle Garden City is here:

    https://blackarmada.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Tentacle-Garden-City-map.png

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The Crit Awards

    The crit awards nomination form is here: ⁠⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG27ZBt5PC__CM2f3zM8KejcDL72lEipfRXwvcXybkewrp-Q/viewform⁠⁠⁠

    Black Armada Tales series that are eligible include Lovecraftesque, Last Fleet and Gladiators 2050.

    The relevant award categories, and the eligible nominees in each category, are:


    Best one shot - Lovecraftesque or Gladiators 2050
    Best series - Last Fleet
    Best NPC - any you like, but we particularly loved the hapless Captain Winther, the commanding officer of the Tychon
    Best Villain - any you like, but we think Dr Roy (despite being a PC) would be a great nomination
    Best Utilization of Accessibility Features and Safety Tools - any you like
    Best game master (indie) - Josh Fox


    Best player (indie) - Becky Annison, Eadwin Tomlinson, Josh Fox, Nick Bate, Sue Elliott

    Thanks for your consideration!

    Black Armada Discord

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Credits

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 37 min
    Tentacle City Part 4 (episode 108)

    Tentacle City Part 4 (episode 108)

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    In this episode, the Women's Institute encounter a weird waitress, the neighbourhood watch have car trouble, the underage skate kids run into The Law, and the community theatre head for the pub.

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The Crit Awards

    The crit awards nomination form is here: ⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG27ZBt5PC__CM2f3zM8KejcDL72lEipfRXwvcXybkewrp-Q/viewform⁠⁠

    Black Armada Tales series that are eligible include Lovecraftesque, Last Fleet and Gladiators 2050.

    The relevant award categories, and the eligible nominees in each category, are:


    Best one shot - Lovecraftesque or Gladiators 2050
    Best series - Last Fleet
    Best NPC - any you like, but we particularly loved the hapless Captain Winther, the commanding officer of the Tychon
    Best Villain - any you like, but we think Dr Roy (despite being a PC) would be a great nomination
    Best Utilization of Accessibility Features and Safety Tools - any you like
    Best game master (indie) - Josh Fox


    Best player (indie) - Becky Annison, Eadwin Tomlinson, Josh Fox, Nick Bate, Sue Elliott

    Thanks for your consideration!

    Black Armada Discord

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Credits

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 50 min
    Tentacle City Part 3 (episode 107)

    Tentacle City Part 3 (episode 107)

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    In this episode, the community theatre group's rehearsals are interrupted by something weird, and the aliens get into trouble at the duck pond.

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The Crit Awards

    The crit awards nomination form is here: ⁠https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG27ZBt5PC__CM2f3zM8KejcDL72lEipfRXwvcXybkewrp-Q/viewform⁠

    Black Armada Tales series that are eligible include Lovecraftesque, Last Fleet and Gladiators 2050.

    The relevant award categories, and the eligible nominees in each category, are:


    Best one shot - Lovecraftesque or Gladiators 2050
    Best series - Last Fleet
    Best NPC - any you like, but we particularly loved the hapless Captain Winther, the commanding officer of the Tychon
    Best Villain - any you like, but we think Dr Roy (despite being a PC) would be a great nomination
    Best Utilization of Accessibility Features and Safety Tools - any you like
    Best game master (indie) - Josh Fox


    Best player (indie) - Becky Annison, Eadwin Tomlinson, Josh Fox, Nick Bate, Sue Elliott



    Thanks for your consideration!

    Black Armada Discord

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Credits

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠

    The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 45 min
    Tentacle City Part 2 (episode 106)

    Tentacle City Part 2 (episode 106)

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    In this episode, the neighbourhood watch and the skater kids meet the tentacles, with horrifying consequences.

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠⁠⁠

    The Crit Awards

    The crit awards nomination form is here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/e/1FAIpQLSfG27ZBt5PC__CM2f3zM8KejcDL72lEipfRXwvcXybkewrp-Q/viewform

    Black Armada Tales series that are eligible include Lovecraftesque, Last Fleet and Gladiators 2050.

    The relevant award categories, and the eligible nominees in each category, are:


    Best one shot - Lovecraftesque or Gladiators 2050
    Best series - Last Fleet
    Best NPC - any you like, but we particularly loved the hapless Captain Winther, the commanding officer of the Tychon
    Best Villain - any you like, but we think Dr Roy (despite being a PC) would be a great nomination
    Best Utilization of Accessibility Features and Safety Tools - any you like
    Best game master (indie) - Josh Fox


    Best player (indie) - Becky Annison, Eadwin Tomlinson, Josh Fox, Nick Bate, Sue Elliott


    Thanks for your consideration!

    Black Armada Discord

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠


    Credits

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠

    The music is ⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 54 min
    Tentacle City part 1

    Tentacle City part 1

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    In this episode, the aliens and the ladies of the Women's Institute have their first encounters with the tentacles.

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠⁠

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠

    The music is ⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 44 min
    Tentacle City session zero part 2

    Tentacle City session zero part 2

    We are playing Tentacle City by Willow Palacek! The people of Tentacle Garden City are going about their ordinary and, let's be honest, faintly ridiculous lives. Little do they realise that they are about to come under attack from hideous tentacles! We are going to find out who survives and who is dragged under by the horrid protuberances.

    This is the second part of our set up session.

    You can get Escape From Tentacle City here: ⁠https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/118261/Escape-from-Tentacle-City⁠

    We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠

    Our players are:


    Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
    Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
    Eadwin Tomlinson
    Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
    Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

    Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠

    Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠

    The music is ⁠Orange Button⁠ by Esther Garcia.

    • 36 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
3 Ratings

3 Ratings

Plane Sailing ,

Great length, great actual play

The title says it all. It isn’t self indulgent, good to hear their play at the table, length is just right for a commute or walk.

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