Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History jumps forward significantly in time to just after the d20 boom/bust cycle. Today's focus is Ross Payton's independently produced and Kickstarted Base Raiders. They go over what the game is, its place in the history of gaming, and what was going on in comics media at the time. They then move to general discussion, including what what's weird and what they dug. We talk a little about how you might adapt this elsewhere and its place in the history of Fate.

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Jay's the author of By Aecer’s Light, The Clockwinders for Fate, Cortex Prime's Supers, and a contributing author on Pathfinder’s Mwangi Expanse, Trophy Gold, Hit the Streets: Defend the Block, and the upcoming Lifted: Indomitable RPG, a supers game about everyday folks with extraordinary powers in a tech-aggressive world.

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Lowell is the designer and co-author of Hearts of Wulin. He's the ENnie-winning creator of the Age of Ravens blog and community manager for the Open Hearth Gaming Community.

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00:00 Intro
00:58 The Pitch
05:11 Gaming History
08:12 Comics & Media History
12:09 Thoughts

What's the game you've wanted to get to the table but haven't been able to? What's the campaign premise you've considered but don't know how to make it work? What's the rpg that just couldn't actually function if you tried to run it online? What's the wild concept that you know would crash-out but it amuses you just the same?

In this group chat for our Shared Hearth Open Gaming Con, community members talk about the ones that got away and the ones they're fearful of pursuing. We talk about a ton of different games including: Mage, Hearts of Wulin, Slugblaster, Good Society, Legacy: Life Among the Ruins, Scarred Lands, Mountain Home, and many more. A great discussion thread on our Discord inspired this conversation.

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This week we present a bonus episode for both Roll for Origin & Roll for Mutation. Lowell chats with Pedro Barrenechea, lead designer for Rotted Capes 2nd Edition, a post-apocalyptic game of superheroes. They chat early game experiences, how the first edition came about, revising the rules, and more.

Rotted Capes 2e Backerkit Sign Up
Rotted Capes 1e on DTRPG
Pedro aka StatMonkey on Bluesky

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For this episode we've cleaned up the audio from an older community seminar on running one-shots. Like several of our other "Talking" episodes, this has Lowell Francis giving a talk, mixed in with questions from the chat and a Q&A at the end. We cover pacing, set up, safety, problem players, structure, and more.

You can check out the outline for the talk here.

Other Resources:

• Burn After Running: RPG One-Shots (probably the best resource for this out there)
• Running One Shots from Age of Ravens
• One Shot Podcast Network
• Keith Stetson on Running Itras By as a one-shot

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In this episode Host Lowell Francis talks with Becky Annison and Josh Fox of Black Armada games about what they've been playing, herbal witches, the final frontier, their Kickstarter for Ex Tenebris, and much more.

The Ex Tenebris Kickstarter

Black Armada Games
Black Armada on itch

Josh Bluesky: @armadajosh.bsky.social
Becky Bluesky: @beckyannison.bsky.social

Wise Women
Rapscallion
Star Trek Adventures 2e
Secrets of the Silent Witch

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00:00 Introduction​
01:45 Josh & Ex Tenebris
16:25 Becky & Wise Women
25:02 Lowell & Star Trek Adventures 2e
36:26 Giving Me Life

Content Advisory: colonialism & imperialism; sexual violence in a horror/vampire context; death of loved ones, including miscarriage; excessive immersion; grief & bleakness.

Mads joins Ian & José to talk about the relationship between player & character, the Magic Circle that divides them, and how experience can Bleed through from one to the other. Along the way we discuss some of the pitfalls of immersive gameplay, how to dial up or down that immersion, ways to stem the Bleed once it’s already started - and, of course, vampires!

Mads’ Work!!
Youtube
Itch
Sprigs & Kindling Vol. 2

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Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History returns to one of the earliest and most important superhero ttrpgs: Champions. Hosts Jay Brown and Lowell Francis talk about a game which is near and dear to their hearts-- both having played these editions extensively. They go over what the game is, its place in the history of gaming, and what was going on in comics media at the time. They then move to general discussion, including what what's weird and what they dug. This episode focuses just on the earliest editions-- prior to the release of the Champions 4th Edition, the "Big Blue Book."

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Jay's the author of By Aecer’s Light, The Clockwinders for Fate, Cortex Prime's Supers, and a contributing author on Pathfinder’s Mwangi Expanse, Trophy Gold, Hit the Streets: Defend the Block, and the upcoming Lifted: Indomitable RPG, a supers game about everyday folks with extraordinary powers in a tech-aggressive world.

Check out Mad Jay's work at Play.Fearless and at the Diceology Podcast.

Lowell is the designer and co-author of Hearts of Wulin. He's the ENnie-winning creator of the Age of Ravens blog and community manager for the Open Hearth Gaming Community.

You can find Lowell's work on YouTube, on Itch.io, and on DriveThruRPG.

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00:00 Intro
00:58 The Pitch
07:00 Gaming History
17:46 Comics & Media History
20:00 Thoughts

In this episode Host Rae Nedjadi (Apocalypse Keys, Once More into the Void) talks with Sebastian Yūe and Matthew Arcilla about games, superheroes, villainy, gender, and much more. They look at Evil Hat's forthcoming ttrpg, a classic from White Wolf, and a more modern take on heroism (which is apparently getting a second edition). Content warning for second segment: mention of sexual assault in a short story.

Rangers of a Broken World (aka Heroic Chord)
Aberrant
Masks: A New Generation
Never Whistle at Night
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
Rules, retcons, and rightsholders: The tough road for superhero RPGs

Sebastian can be found at: sebastianyue.ca, sebastianyue @itch and bsky.social
Sign up for SHIFT here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shiftrpg/shift-rpg
Hit Point Press: https://hitpointpress.com/

Matthew can be found here: experimentego.bsky.social

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00:00 Introduction
02:55 Rangers of a Broken World
14:58 Aberrant
26:35 Masks: A New Generation
46:50 Giving Me Life