This episode, we're chatting about how art changes how we approach tabletop RPGs! It's also kind of a Halloween episode!
But first, Marley chats Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinent of Curiosities (which he has found largely mediocre, with a handful of enjoyable episodes) whereas Cole has been enjoying Nona The Ninth, the latest book in Tamsyn Muir's Locked Tomb series. They also went to an Everything Everywhere All At Once themed birthday party??
Then, Cole kicks off Tabletop Talk by discussing Atsuhiro Okada's Ryuutama, a Table-Talk RPG game which feels like a video game brought into a tabletop environment. Also, the GM gets to choose what kind of dragon they play as.
Marley changes the tone completely by discussing Liminal Horror by Goblin Archives. It's a cosmic horror hack of Into The Odd, in which players generate fragile investigators by rolling on random tables. The recent Tales from the Void jam caught Marley's eye in particular, as it showed how easy it was to hack together expansions and adventures for the game (and inspired him to write a hack of his own).
Then, Marley continues chatting about paranormal investigators by talking about Riley Daniels' Ghoulboys: Paranormal Investigators. It's a Belonging Outside Belonging game that combines Buzzfield Unsolved: Supernatural and Phantasmophobia to create what feels like a solid improv comedy party game?
Cole talks about his experience with Cortex Prime, which is a Fate-like tabletop system that allows you to run a game set within any genre. Cole talks about how he feels about a system like that, as opposed to seeing how systems like Belonging Outside Belonging or Forged in the Dark can approach genres with more substantial hacks.
Finally, we chat art. Specifically how much influence art has on the game a GM ends up running, how artists can sell you on a game, and whether games without art hinder our experience playing a game.
Featuring Marley (@Mynar_Lenahan) and Cole (@IceColeBrew)
Produced by Marley, as well.
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