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2021.01.12 Last Fleet Episode One
Jan. 13, 2021

2021.01.12 Last Fleet Episode One

https://blackarmada.com/product/last-fleet/ is a tabletop RPG that follows the remnants of humanity as they flee an implacable alien foe. It's a PBTA love letter to Battlestar Galactica. We organized and played this game via the...

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2020.06.03 Bluebeard's Bride: The Boarding School
June 3, 2020

2020.06.03 Bluebeard's Bride: The Boarding School

https://magpiegames.com/pages/bluebeards-bride is a pbta game of feminist body horror and haunted exploration. We played an alternate playset, The Boarding School. We organized and played this game via https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Find out more...

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2020.02.07 Derby Drama
Feb. 7, 2020

2020.02.07 Derby Drama

https://derbydrama.com/ is a story game that captures the thrills, spills, and feels of Roller Derby. This session was a playtest run by the designer. We organized and played this game via https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Find out more at...

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2019.10.15 Night Witches: Rudnya 1943
Oct. 16, 2019

2019.10.15 Night Witches: Rudnya 1943

https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/night-witches is the pbta game of the single women-only regiment in the Red Army, bomber pilots flying outdated WWI-era planes. We organized and played this session via the https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Check...

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2019.10.10 Visigoths vs Mall Goths: Goat to Hell!
Oct. 10, 2019

2019.10.10 Visigoths vs Mall Goths: Goat to Hell!

https://necromancy.itch.io/goths is a dating sim-adjacent freeform RPG that dramatizes the lives and loves of rival groups of 1996 LA spooky teens and the barbarian warriors who sacked Rome. Check out an https://youtu.be/pY98R9fnhFo We organized...

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2019.09.04 Girl Underground
Sept. 4, 2019

2019.09.04 Girl Underground

https://girlunderground.org/ is the PBTA game of the coming-of-age of an adolescent girl and the fantastical places she visits based in stories like Alice in Wonderland, Labyrinth, and The Wizard of Oz. We organized and played this session via the...

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2019.08.14 Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return: The Musical!
Aug. 14, 2019

2019.08.14 Monsterhearts 2: Once Again, We Return: The Musical!

https://store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/collections/frontpage/products/monsterhearts-2 is a PBTA game about the messy lives of teenage monsters. We organized and played this session via the https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. The Once Again, We Return...

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2019.07.29 Mothership
July 29, 2019

2019.07.29 Mothership

http://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/mothership is an OSR-style SF horror game from Tuesday Knight Games. We organized and played this session face-to-face as part of RPG Roulette, an NYC-based game day with a random GM. Learn more at...

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2019.07.23 Velvet Glove Playtest
July 23, 2019

2019.07.23 Velvet Glove Playtest

https://www.scorcha.net/velvetglove is a pbta game of teenage girl gansg in the 70s. Think a gender-flipped The Outsiders. We organized and played this session via the https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Find out more at https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/.

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2019.07.17 Night Witches: Trud Gornyaka 1942
July 19, 2019

2019.07.17 Night Witches: Trud Gornyaka 1942

https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/night-witches is the pbta game of the single women-only regiment in the Red Army, bomber pilots flying outdated WWI-era planes. We organized and played this session via the https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Check...

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2019.07.07 The Fleet (At DexCon 2019)
July 10, 2019

2019.07.07 The Fleet (At DexCon 2019)

https://charmcitygamedesign.com/games/fleet/ is a pbta game of starfighter pilots battling an implacabl, inhman enemy as they flee across the stars. We played this at a https://dexposure.com/home.html, in Morristown, NJ. Find out more at...

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2019.06.26 Hearts of Wulin (Part 2 of 2)
June 27, 2019

2019.06.26 Hearts of Wulin (Part 2 of 2)

https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html is a PBTA game of romantic wuxia melodrama (think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or House of Flying Daggers) This game was organized and played thourgh https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Findout more at...

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2019.06.19 Hearts of Wulin
June 20, 2019

2019.06.19 Hearts of Wulin

https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/hearts-of-wulin.html is the PBTA game of romatic wuxia melodrama. Think Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, House of Flying Daggers, or Jet Li's Hero. We oganized and played this game via the https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/....

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2019.06.07 Visigoths vs Mall Goths Playtest
June 7, 2019

2019.06.07 Visigoths vs Mall Goths Playtest

https://necromancy.itch.io/goths is a dating sim-adjacent freeform RPG that dramatizes the lives and loves of rival groups of 1996 LA spooky teens and the barbarian warriors who sacked Rome. In this session, Raven Goldberg has been held for ransom,...

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2019.06.05 Pasion de las Pasiones
June 5, 2019

2019.06.05 Pasion de las Pasiones

https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion is the PBTA game of telenovella romance. We orgnized and played this game via https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Find out more at https://www.jimlikesgames.com/.

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2019.05.27 Fall of Magic Home Game
May 28, 2019

2019.05.27 Fall of Magic Home Game

https://heartofthedeernicorn.com/product/fall-of-magic-revised-edition/?v=7516fd43adaa is a free-form magical jounrey played on a gorgeous illustrated scroll. Check video of out my earlier full run of Fall of Magic played via...

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2019.03.20 MASKS Gauntlet Quarterly S12 (3/4)
April 22, 2019

2019.03.20 MASKS Gauntlet Quarterly S12 (3/4)

https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks is the PBTA game of teen super-hero melodrama. Think Young Justice, New Mutants, and Young Avengers. This is the second game of a 4-game weekly run of the teen superhero RPG Masks I'll be playing in March. It's...

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2019.03.13 MASKS Gauntlet Quarterly S11 (2/4)
March 26, 2019

2019.03.13 MASKS Gauntlet Quarterly S11 (2/4)

https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks is the PBTA game of teen super-hero melodrama. Think Young Justice, New Mutants, and Young Avengers. This is the second game of a 4-game weekly run of the teen superhero RPG Masks I'll be playing in March. It's...

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2019.03.08 Trophy Dark: The Forest Queen
March 9, 2019

2019.03.08 Trophy Dark: The Forest Queen

https://trophyrpg.com/ is a game of dommed treasure hunters seeking thier fortune in a forest that doesn't want them there. Check out a https://youtu.be/yqPBhjHLpBU. This game was organized and played via https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/. Find out...

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2019.03.06 Masks: Gauntlet Quarterly S10 (1/4)
March 7, 2019

2019.03.06 Masks: Gauntlet Quarterly S10 (1/4)

https://magpiegames.com/pages/masks is the PBTA game of teen super-hero melodrama. Think Young Justice, New Mutants, and Young Avengers. This is the first game of a 4-game weekly run of the teen superhero RPG Masks I'll be playing in March. It's part...

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2019.03.04b The Bat Hack: All-American Girls (2 of 2)
March 6, 2019

2019.03.04b The Bat Hack: All-American Girls (2 of 2)

The Bat Hack is a minor-league baseball simulator based on the OSR retro-clone https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/255088/The-Black-Hack-Second-Edition. You can check out the https://youtu.be/jtJ1qLUvJxg on YouTube. This session was organized...

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2019.03.04a Noir World: GC Confidential
March 6, 2019

2019.03.04a Noir World: GC Confidential

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1445915536/noir-world is film noir, Powered by the Apocalypse. This game was organized and played via https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com. Find out more at https://www.jimlikesgames.com/.

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2019.03.02 Jinkies! (Playtest): The Ghost Pirate of Lake Winnemuck
March 4, 2019

2019.03.02 Jinkies! (Playtest): The Ghost Pirate of Lake Winnemuck

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/298630/Jinkies is a light-hearted RPG of cartoon mystery-solving, Powered by the Apocalypse. We played this session on https://roll20.net/, the biggest online tabletop platform for RPGs. FInd out more at...

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2019.03.01: Doctor Who RPG: The Many Doctors
March 4, 2019

2019.03.01: Doctor Who RPG: The Many Doctors

In this episode, my first foray as The Doctor in a semi-regular campaign of the officially-licensed https://cubicle7games.com/our-games/doctor-who-rpg I am playing online via Zoom. Find out more at https://jimlikesgames.com.

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