Team-Up Moves

Fiona Hopkins and Stephanie Burt
Team-Up Moves

Hosts Fiona -- a forever GM -- and Stephanie -- a professor and comics critic -- explore the multiverse of superhero TTRPGs with a variety of expert guests from the world of roleplaying games and comic books. In each 2-4 episode run of the show we do an actual play of a different superhero RPG to demonstrate how the game works at the table. Each run ends with a detailed discussion of the system, where we talk about what kinds of superhero stories each game helps tell, how effective they are at doing so, and even give you some comic book recommendations that match the game. You could say it's like the Danger Room, but for RPGs. Each AP takes place in our shared city of New Arcadia, but you can listen to the runs in any order. Pick a game that sounds interesting and check us out! Twitter: @teamupmoves Website: https://teamupmoves.com/

  1. 08/08/2023

    Marvelous (back matter) w/ Emily Buza and Jay Edidin

    Let’s do some talking about S. Donnelly and Hannah Rogers’ Marvelous! Our guests, Emily Buza and Jay Edidin, who you know from their respective podcasts Whelmed: The Young Justice Files and Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men, are with us to talk character creation, what makes this game tick, and give some comic book recommendations that fit with our characters and the kind of deconstructed superhero narratives of Marvelous. Marvelous is a Belonging Outside Belonging game of teen heroes, villains, and mundane friends. Find out more and get the game: https://sdonnelly.itch.io/marvelous Back IssuesSTARMAN by James Robinson and Tony Harris (DC Comics, 1994)X-MEN: EVOLUTION (animated television) (2000)SEANCE TEA PARTY (graphic novel) by Reimena Yee (2020)SNAPDRAGON (graphic novel) by Kat Leyh (2020)MAMO by Sas Milledge (Boom! Studios, 2021)DC SUPERHERO GIRLS (animated television) (2019)SABRIEL (novel) by Garth Nix (1995)RUNAWAYS by Rainbow Rowell and Nico Leon (2017)THE WEE FREE MEN (novel) by Terry Pratchett (2009)JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS by Kelly Thompson and Sophie Campbell (IDW, 2015) The CastEmily Buza (she/her, Twitter, Instagram) — Beatrice “Trixie” O’Neill Jay Edidin (he/him, Twitter, Tumblr, Linktree) — Alex North Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Thalia Mews (“Amphitrite”) Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Brethyn Beachum Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/ Email: show@teamupmoves.com Tumblr: teamupmoves.tumblr.com Mastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.camp Twitter: @teamupmoves Theme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

    1h 7m
  2. 05/23/2023

    Cypher/Claim the Sky (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory

    Cyphers! Pools! Adjectives, nouns, and verb phrases! Armaan and Ian are with us to dig into Cypher and discuss how it handles superheroic characters and stories. Cypher System is a setting-agnostic RPG from Monte Cook Games. We’re using their Claim the Sky add-on book to inform how to adapt it to superheroic characters and settings. Find out more about Cypher System and Claim the Sky at https://www.montecookgames.com/ Want to hear us discuss something during our Annual Episode, coming in June? E-mail show@teamupmoves.com! Back IssuesUNCANNY X-MEN 122-25 (1979), by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and othersDREADSTAR (1982-1992), by Jim Starlin and othersMACHINE MAN 1-4 (1984), by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe and othersMURDERWORLD (2022-23), by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, and othersX-FORCE (2020-2023), by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara and othersX-TERMINATORS (2022-2023), by Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez and othersSINS OF SINISTER (2023), by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Paco Medina and others Also MentionedOld Gus’ Cypher System Reference Document: https://callmepartario.github.io/og-csrd/ The CastArmaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Karma Jain (“The Games Master”) (You can hire Armaan to be your actual game master at https://startplaying.games/gm/pathwaysyetunexplored!) Ian Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Exo-Unit Layer Ipsilon Seven Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Sheila Remy (“Songwolf”) Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Game Master Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/ Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/ Email: show@teamupmoves.com Twitter: @teamupmoves Mastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.camp Theme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

    1h 11m
  3. 04/18/2023

    Masks: A New Generation (Back Matter) w/ James Malloy and Indi Tan

    It’s time to talk about Masks: A New Generation with two of our favorite Masks GMs: James Malloy of Protean City Comics and Indi Tan of Dice Comics are with us to share their perspectives on this game, what makes it tick, and what parts they actually… kind of ignore. Listen as we talk about character creation, the labels mechanism, and share some of our favorite stories in the back issues. Find out more about Masks: A New Generation at https://magpiegames.com/ Back IssuesTeen Titans (2003), written by Geoff Johns, art by Mike McKone, Tony Daniel and othersScrubs (TV; 2001), created by Bill LawrenceChampions (2016), written by Mark Waid, art by Humberto Ramos and othersNew Mutants (2019), written by Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson, Vita Ayala and Charlie Jane Anders, art by Rod Reis, Alberto Albuquerque and others, especially the Vita Ayala issues, #14–24.Marvel's Midnight Suns (video game, 2022), developed by Firaxis GamesMarvel Pride (2022), “Permanent Sleepover,” written by Charlie Jane Anders, art by Ro Stein and othersYoung Avengers (2005) written by Allan Heimberg, art by Jim Cheung and othersYoung Avengers (2013), written by Kieron Gilen, art by Jamie McKelvie and othersNew Teen Titans (1980), written by Marv Wolfman, art by George Pérez and others; esp. “The Judas Contract” (New Teen Titans 42–44 and Teen Titans Annual 3)New Mutants (1984), nos. 13–73, written by Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson, art by Bill Sienkiecwicz, Bret Blevins, Mary Wilshire and othersLegion of Super-Heroes (1973), nos. 289–294 (1982), “The Great Darkness Saga,” written by Paul Levitz, drawn by Keith Giffen and othersLegion of Super-Heroes (2004), written by Mark Waid, drawn by Barry Kitson and others The CastJames Malloy (he/him, @AndTheMeltdowns) — Artie Book (“The Page Knight”) Indi Tan (they/any, @itsmrmask) — Eka Lanyon (“Gekko”) Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Cara Rathers (“Braid”) Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Gamemaster Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/ Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/ Email: show@teamupmoves.com Twitter: @teamupmoves Mastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.camp Theme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

    1h 27m

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Hosts Fiona -- a forever GM -- and Stephanie -- a professor and comics critic -- explore the multiverse of superhero TTRPGs with a variety of expert guests from the world of roleplaying games and comic books. In each 2-4 episode run of the show we do an actual play of a different superhero RPG to demonstrate how the game works at the table. Each run ends with a detailed discussion of the system, where we talk about what kinds of superhero stories each game helps tell, how effective they are at doing so, and even give you some comic book recommendations that match the game. You could say it's like the Danger Room, but for RPGs. Each AP takes place in our shared city of New Arcadia, but you can listen to the runs in any order. Pick a game that sounds interesting and check us out! Twitter: @teamupmoves Website: https://teamupmoves.com/

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