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This week's hosts: HidaOwin, Scarr and SavageMick

Editor - SavageMick

This week the party takes a look at how you might use the DnD 5e rules for things other than genre fantasy. The wheels fall off that fairly quickly but luckily Scarr has some recommendations for alternatives.

The Adventuring Party - Episode 617
This week's hosts: Scarr, Savage Mick, 'Hida' Eoin, 'Mister' Colin 'E', and Liam.
Editor - Scarr
This week, we're on to Round 3 of the Bracket Fight. The ranks are thinning and the remaining combatants are squaring up to thin them even more.

Episode 618

This week's hosts: SavageMick, Time and Jazz.

Guests: Séan, to discuss DnD Essentials Kit, and Shane (Scarr) to get us up to speed on the world of Gunpla.

Editor - SavageMick

The Adventuring Party - Episode 617
This week's hosts: Scarr, Savage Mick, and Gavin
Editor - Scarr
This week, the party come clean about our dark secret. Sometimes, we don’t use....all of the rules.
Show notes:
01:00: Whoops, dating our recording a little.
01;59: Savage is clearly a fan of the New Normal.
03:11: That would be Pathfinder, dear listeners, if you weren’t aware.
03:38: Apparently there was still ice in someone’s glass at this point.
06:40: WARNING – A lot of nice things are said about D&D 4th Edition in this segment.
08:06: Whippersnappers don’t appreciate nuthin’ in its time!
09:30: As seen here - https://theadventuringparty.libsyn.com/cha-june-2020-wedbedbehead-monster-edition
11:20: I am a very greedy man, shamelessly consuming spotlight time.
11:49: When has we ever shyed away from pointlessly repeating ourselves before?
12:50: Jack London, early 20th century novelist who wrote 'The Call Of The Wild'.
13:42: XP For Gold, a much maligned mechanic of Basic and Advanced 1e D&D, but one which has gained a lot of fans in the OSR.
14:30: Modern mechanics to get that old-school feel without the fiddley parts: Usage Dice and Slot-Based Inventory.
19:20: Most GMs have suffered through the ‘I have 500 of the inconsequential item on my person at all times!’ argument a few times.
21:30: Pellucidar, mysterious land at the Earth Core, and absolutely nothing to do with John Carter's Mars, which is what I was actually trying to reference.
27:45: https://theadventuringparty.libsyn.com/prep-july-2019-downtimes
29:55: Are we making our characters assuming they’ll be adventuring in infinite white featureless expanses?
32:49: Hah!
39:15: We Are Not Improving.



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This week the party gathers their thoughts on the Gaelcon weekend just past. This year the major difference is the need to run the convention online due to the current Covid restrictions.

The Adventuring Party - Episode 615
This week's hosts: Scarr, Savage Mick, and returning Party Members Graham and Shane
Editor - Scarr
This week, the party finish Round 2 of the battle to determine the Greatest RPG In The World! Out of 64 RPGs, only 16 remain!
Show notes:
01:00: Damn, my Shane-based plan backfired!
01:50: We’re here every week, folks.
03:03: I’m sure I’ll get bored of saying it that way eventually.
04:13: ‘Data-driven Idiots’ is a $50 billion industry these days.
07:05: Hear that folks? If your favorite was booted by the dice, it’s Graham’s Dread Fault.
07:40: Match 9 – FFG’s Warhammer 40k RPGs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_40,000_Roleplay] vs Earthdawn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthdawn]
20:55: Spoilers!
21:27: Match 10 - Shadowrun [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun] vs Gumshoe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumshoe_System]
27:00: I may have touched a nerve.
29:20: Oh come on, that’s taking it too far!
31:50: Match 11 - Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Dungeons_&_Dragons_5th_edition] vs TORG [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torg]
33:35: We found The One, folks!
34:00: Phrasing! ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyLWrKh2fB0 )
37:33: Match 12 - Cortex System [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortex_System] vs Paranoia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)]
39:35: Shoutout to BroCon, which unfortunately shut up shop in 2018.
44:28: Oh no, he’s being encouraged!
45:19: Match 13 - GURPS [ http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ ] vs Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay (WHFRP) [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_Fantasy_Roleplay ]
49:30: The Galway Universal Role Playing System.
55:44: Can any of the Bards of North Dublin confirm this?
57:33: Quote of the Episode - “None of these are Nice Words.”
58:10: Match 14 - Cyberpunk [ https://rtalsoriangames.com/cyberpunk/ ] vs Blades in the Dark [ https://www.evilhat.com/home/blades-in-the-dark/ ]
1:05:36: Match 15 - D&D 3.0/3.5 [ https://www.d20srd.org/index.htm ] vs Delta Green [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Green ]
1:09:45: A different take on unreliable magic.
1:12: 33: Match 16 - The Cypher System [ http://cypher-system.com/ ] vs Warhammer 40k: Wrath and Glory [ https://www.cubicle7games.com/category/wrath-and-glory/ ]
1:13:33: Monte’s just...a vendetta-able kinda guy.
1:14:33: I mean, it’s not like we had a chat with one of these game creators a mere 2 weeks ago or anything.... https://theadventuringparty.libsyn.com/interview-october-2020-emmet-byrne-cubicle-7
1:18:32: QotE 2.0: “Monte Cook’s Graham’s Numenera By Monte Cook By Graham”.
1:19:38: We Are Not Improving.



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