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Talking about Gaming the Irish Way!

Apr 3, 2019

This week's hosts: Séan, Liam, Shane and Savage.

 

This week, the party discuss mashing up systems and settings, sprinkled with some tone for good measure.


Show notes:

00:40 - Let's dig into the definitely overflowing mailbag.
03:00 - Send more letters. Or emails. We're not picky.
08:20 - Angry Marines - A bit sweary (NSFW) 
09:30 - Just use a generic system?
12:00 - What two great tastes taste even better together?
14:30 - Gumshoe RPG (Pelgrane Press)
18:00 - Out of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast)
19:45 - The old Paranoia topic switcher. A classic. Paranoia (Mongoose Publishing)
22:10 - Tone & System - Ying & Yang?
23:00 - 40k RPG Systems - A triumph of theme and tone over system? Also, SLA shoutout!
24:30 - What games can we pull apart for spares?
25:00 - Traveller (Mongoose Publishing) 
26:50 - Anime space pirates! A surprisingly good fit for a hard sci-fi system.
29:00 - Recap? Anyone?
29:30 - The love/hate affair with 5E continues
30:00 - Good ol' D20 is now mashing into itself. Ebberon, you sweet prince...
31:00 - Actual recap. Some more very good questions.
31:50 - Wait! Why are we doing this again?
33:10 - Father Ted - The original mashup of comedy and parish procedural.
35:00 - And now for a wrap-up. It's your basic system/setting/tone triangle.
37:10 - Oh wait! Shadowrun is an off-the-shelf mash-up
37:40 - Send more letters. Seriously.