Gatecrasher Podcast

It's the final episode of our World of Darkness series, and the final episode of Season 2! We welcome back friend of the show Rainy to tackle a plethora of topics and a listener query all related to this darkest of all worlds. Stay tuned to the end for a very special announcement! Full Metal RPG talks Crimson Gutter: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/177-vampire-the-masquerade-6-year-retrospective/id1069070790?i=1000663732958 The Good Friends of Jackson Elias talk Mage: The Awakening: https://blasphemoustomes.com/2017/07/04/episode-108-the-good-friends-look-for-the-magic-in-mage-the-awakening/ Have you played Mummy: The Resurrected? Hop on our Discord to keep the conversation going! https://discord.gg/bynGKAqy2j

As part of our continuing coverage of the World of Darkness, we hone in on Vampire: The Masquerade—what makes it cool, some of our favorite bits of lore, and how the setting and system combine to evoke a game of personal horror. Big thanks to Rainy for tackling the readings this series! Check out a two-part Vampire actual-play for an example of game play: https://www.patreon.com/posts/winds-of-change-109591611https://www.patreon.com/posts/109591780 And be sure to hop on our Discord to keep the conversation going! https://discord.gg/bynGKAqy2j

It's another one-shot System Spotlight! This time, David talks about his on-again, off-again love affair with GURPS, and why you might want to check it out for yourself! Small correction: It looks like SJG is slowly rolling out color versions of their POD supplements. Hurray! “Is GURPS a Dead System?” https://youtu.be/w1eWjj04anE “Why GURPS is Great… and Why It Needs a 5th Edition” https://youtu.be/ZYqOYwQuON0 How to Be a GURPS GM: https://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/howtobeagurpsgm/ https://www.patreon.com/GatecrasherPod

David and Kenny sit down to discuss what constitutes the "xenomorph" genre in media and games, and take a quasi-informed look at other RPGs inhabiting that space (pun intended).

Come aboard the Nostromo and blast off for the cold void of space as we begin our extended journey into the worlds of Free League's Alien RPG! This time, Kenny is taking the role of MU-TH-UR, and in this episode we focus on what makes the game so cool, and why it's one of Kenny's favorite iterations of the Year Zero Engine. Thanks to Desiree Valdez for being our reader this series!

For this month's interview, we welcome Chaosium's cartographer extraordinaire, Matt Ryan! Matt got his break working on Berlin: The Wicked City, and has gone on to contribute to many books across Chaosium's broad catalogue, but he keeps coming back to Cthulhu. We talk about art and the creative process, saying yes first and figuring out the rest afterwards, tattoos, music, and how all of it ties into the Mythos. Join us for this fun and freewheeling chat and get to know Matt!

We return to the fœtid waters sloshing at the feet of centuried R'lyeh to once again tackle the eldritch horror known as the Call of Cthulhu RPG. We devoted but one episode to this, one of our all-time favorite systems, back in Season One. This time around, we're doing a full deep-dive, spending the month of October discussing the great-grandpappy of all horror RPGs. Come with us...if you dare! Special thanks to this month's reader, Bridgett Jeffries!

For our "Arthurian August" spotlight on Pendragon, we figured we'd invite on one of the game's biggest boosters, legendary game designer John Wick! Join David and Kenny for a fun and lively discussion of why John loves Pendragon so much, and how it's influenced his own game design.

We're back! And with a kinda-new format! For this new season of Gatecrasher, we'll be focusing on our favorite RPG systems over the course of four episodes each. These are system deep-dives, with advice on running and playing, interviews with fans and creators of the games, and an audience Q&A to wrap it all up. For this inaugural series, what better system to focus on than one that is near and dear to our hearts: Pendragon! Big thanks to special guest Lynne Hardy for the fantastic readings!

David and Kenny discuss Gen Con 2022, as well as ask some intriguing questions about what place large gaming conventions hold in the world at large! Twitter: @GatecrasherPod YouTube.com/GatecrasherPod Script Change: https://briebeau.com/thoughty/script-change/ Phoenix Command: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17787/phoenix-command Syrinscape: https://syrinscape.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gatecrasherpod/message

David and Kenny discuss the slow burn in horror and fantasy role-playing games, what that means, and how you might execute it in your own game! Show Notes Twitter: @GatecrasherPod YouTube.com/GatecrasherPod Ryuutama: http://kotohi.com/ryuutama/ Gripping Beast Shield Transfers: https://www.grippingbeast.co.uk/Transfers_for_Plastic_Shields--category--445.html Day After Ragnarok: https://atomicovermind.com/the-day-after-ragnarok/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gatecrasherpod/message

Kenny tries to focus on just something and tell David about the Soulbound RPG by Cubicle 7! Find us! Twitter: @GatecrasherPod YouTube.com/GatecrasherPod Soulbound by Cubicle 7: https://cubicle7games.com/category/age-of-sigmar/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gatecrasherpod/message