We are playing The Between by Jason Cordova! The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. They are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and neutralize monstrous threats terrorizing the city—threats that Scotland Yard won’t or can’t handle themselves. As the story progresses, they become aware of the plans of a Moriarty-style criminal mastermind they will eventually have to face in order to save Queen and country.

This is the first part of our session zero where we create our characters. In practice in this episode we focus mainly on getting the gist of the rules and discussing the subject matter - with particular emphasis on colonialism and race in particular.

Black Armada Discord

We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Credits

Our players are:

• Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
• Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
• Eadwin Tomlinson
• Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
• Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM

Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

We are playing Against Time And Death by Nick Bate!

Against Time and Death is a two-player game of war, self-discovery, and connection across all of time and space. Designed to be played asynchronously, players take turns setting scenes across the breadth of the multiverse, taking dramatic (or subtle) action, and writing letters to each other as they explore their growing, forbidden relationship. Will one side defeat the other, or will you choose a more dangerous path together?

In this episode we explore the renaissance, the weird planet-carving future, the age of dinosaurs, and discover how this reality-spanning conflict ends. You can get Against Time And Death here:

⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/against-time-and-death⁠

Black Armada Discord

We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Credits

Our players are:

• Becky Annison ⁠https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison⁠
• Nick Bate ⁠https://twitter.com/ickbat⁠

Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.

Black Armada Tales is a finalist in the Crit Awards, hurrah! The winners are decided by public vote so please make sure you vote for your favourite nominees.

The list of nominees is here: ⁠⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/1slfaVQ9pWKViZwT0JEaB-2uO5Sm0innGVVN_a2xCsw8/edit#heading=h.bcthn71z33uy⁠⁠

The voting link is here: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/imYynywZFp58m8H66⁠⁠

We are playing Against Time And Death by Nick Bate!

Against Time and Death is a two-player game of war, self-discovery, and connection across all of time and space. Designed to be played asynchronously, players take turns setting scenes across the breadth of the multiverse, taking dramatic (or subtle) action, and writing letters to each other as they explore their growing, forbidden relationship. Will one side defeat the other, or will you choose a more dangerous path together?

In this episode we set up the game and explore Victorian London, the start of the age of space colonisation, and the far future of human civilization. You can get Against Time And Death here:

https://ickbat.itch.io/against-time-and-death

Black Armada Discord

We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Credits

Our players are:

• Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
• Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat

Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://blackarmada.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ickbat.itch.io/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

The music is ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Orange Button⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Esther Garcia.