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In which Ben wonders about the struggles of neighbourhoods protecting themselves from the people (& things) in other, different, neighbourhoods, Kev goes entirely literal with the word ‘Neighbourhood’, Tonya does terrible, terrible things to your fond childhood memories of ‘The Jetsons’, and Craig wonders what’s out beyond the relatively tranquil borders of an isolated little town.
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In which Craig starts with rogue military units and ends up, as he so frequently does, at Space Pirates, Ben considers Monastic Orders in the Emperor’s Name, Kevin dreams of Astral Wolves, and Tonya wonders what responsibilities we have towards past & future species, and just what you do when confronted with your frozen mythical ancestors.
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In which Tonya brings the whole podcast down by coming up with something touching, Craig does horrible things to established cultural traditions, Kevin makes Christmas shopping just a little bit more horrifying, and Ben looks at how, over his RPG career, gaming has become more aware of the media environment in which it operates.
And there’s a snake. A good one.
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Craig is annoyingly literal, Ben considers tasks left undone, Kevin speculates upon what people do when they’re unsupervised, and Tonya looks at colonial politics.
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In which a throwaway gag from a long train journey takes us, many years later, to Mars, Deep Space, Strange Alien Worlds, Post-Apocalyptic Earth, and Somerset.
Here it is folks; A chance to get a look at who is listening to RPG Podcasts, & how they’re doing it.
RPG Podcast Listener Survey 2013
This’ll also be in the show notes of our next two thrilling episodes.
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Craig visits the world of Faerie, Tonya reaches for the Stars, Kev imagines Superheroic Food Service, and Ben goes for Reality TV.
Storyteller Cards
We were contacted by Jason Tagmire, who pointed us at his Kickstart for Storyteller Cards; These idea-prompters are very much where the Big Red Couch lives, and my personal favorite is “Screaming Boxer In Library With Treasure Map”.
If you like the Take An Idea And Run With It basis of the Big Red Couch, these cards are totally worth a look.
Storyteller Cards: A Playing Card Deck To Inspire Creativity
The Gutter Skypes
The Gutter Skypes were kind enough to talk about us on their podcast, due to the emailing talents of listener Bob H, so we’d like to return the favor, & encourage you to wander over and listen to their Actual Play Podcast.
It is through them, and them alone, that I am now aware of the existence of “Leopard Women of Venus”, and my life is better for it. ~craig~
The Gutter Skypes
Current Tabletop RPG Offers
Every single book in the Monsters and Other Childish Things game line from Arc Dream publications is available in a bundle at 75% off until the end of May, or until 100 people take them up on the offer. It’s a fantastic series that gets referenced in the Big Red Couch, and detailed reviews are up at RPG.net.
Additionally, the creators of Fate Core and Fate Accelerated Edition, Evil Hat, have always intended to release PDFs of the games pay-as-you-want. They have kindly opened the offer early, and have said that Kickstarter backers (such as The Big Red Couch) can share links to downloads of the files, along with donation options should people decide the products are worth money. Contact us in this thread with an email address or or email us directly at bigredcouch AT hoarde DOT net, and we’ll share the information. They’re great games, and you’ll undoubtedly be hearing more about them as the Big Red Couch proceeds.
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Things get off to a rocky start when Kev has trouble making out Craig’s handwriting, and we nearly had a show about “Band: Behind The Scenes”. In his defense, Craig’s handwriting is pretty bad.
Kev came up with Bond-Sothoth
Craig wonders why nobody ever thinks of the minions
Ben suggests that a movie shoot can hide many things
Tonya imagines the shadowy battles fought backstage at festivals, and the colossal marketing exercise that is James Bond
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I don’t know about you-all out there, but I had that song about the princes stuck in my head for days after this one.
Be warned: Features spoilers for Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
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Despite the odd prompt, which Craig continues to deny having anything to do with, we covered a fair bit of ground with this one, …