Horror roleplaying writers discuss their favorite RPGs, with a focus on Vampire the Masquerade, Chronicles of Darkness, and Warhammer, and introduce real world spookiness with the Secret Frequency.
Episodes
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Friday Jul 19, 2019
Mike, Chris, and Chigg take a look at Demon Hunter X, the Year of the Lotus offering for mystic monster hunters of China and cyberpunk operatives of Japan. Get ready for an interesting debate as the hosts are torn between wanting to run sweet anime inspired games and proper, respectful representation of East Asian cultures.
Next week we'll explore the rules and character creation for Demon Hunter X, so stay tuned!
Time Stamps:
00:03:55 - News
00:07:09 - Demon Hunter X Setting Review
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Friday Jul 05, 2019
Friday Jul 05, 2019
Mike takes listeners on a journey to 1920s Bavaria, where the grisly Hinterkaifeck Murders took place, and explains how this despicable act can influence your horror games. Featuring content for Werewolf: the Forsaken, Mage: the Ascension, Mage: the Awakening, Wraith: the Oblivion, Promethean: the Created, Demon: the Fallen, and Chronicles of Darkness.
Time Stamps:
00:00:22 - Hinterkaifeck Murders Secret Frequency
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Friday Jun 28, 2019
Friday Jun 28, 2019
Mike, Chris, Chigg, and James take a look at Powered by the Apocalypse, the popular open source roleplaying system! The team explains the gameplay basics and the original settings, then diving into discussions and analyses of three of the most intriguing and divergent PbtA games: Kult: Divinity Lost, Blades in the Dark, and City of Mist.
Time Stamps:
00:02:50 - News
00:11:40 - PbtA Basics
00:29:43 - Kult: Divinity Lost Discussion
00:39:15 - Blades in the Dark Discussion
00:53:50 - City of Mist Discussion
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Sunday Jun 16, 2019
Sunday Jun 16, 2019
James is joined by Joshua Fox of Black Armada, Jay Iles of UFO Press, and Grant Howitt of Rowan, Rook, and Decard, as they chat about the UK Indie RPG League and the host of games they produce or are bringing the kickstarter.
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Monday Jun 03, 2019
Monday Jun 03, 2019
Chris is joined by Matthew Dawkins, Klara Horskjær Herbøl, Eddy Webb, and Matt Timm, to talk all things Chronicles of Darkness, World of Darkness, Kult, Trinity, Scion, and more.
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Friday May 17, 2019
Friday May 17, 2019
Mike, Chris, Chigg, and Matt create a character for Geist: the Sin Eaters 2nd Edition and discuss the new rules. Does the mechanics live up to the setting hype
Darker Days will have a 10th anniversary live show at UK Games Expo! Be sure to check it out with special guests from Onyx Path, Modiphius, and White Wolf Entertainment.
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Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Mike, Chris, Chigg, and Matt sit down to discuss Geist: the Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition. It is a game where your character has died and come back, making a pact with a powerful ghostly being in order to return to the realm of the living. This episode focuses on the setting of Geist, introducing the new stories you can tell and the supernatural realms to be explored in this storytelling game of second chances.
Darker Days will have a 10th anniversary live show at UK Games Expo! Be sure to check it out with special guests from Onyx Path, Modiphius, and White Wolf Entertainment.
Be sure to check us out on Facebook or through our brand new Discord server https://discord.gg/GGuRKAn. To stay up to date, subscribe through iTunes or Spotify!
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Mike calls Pete, a resident of the future, and gets ready to discuss the numerous articles and ebooks covering Cyberpunk, the World of Darkness, and Chronicles of Darkness. First up is World of Future Darkness, an article in White Wolf Magazine #36, giving you rules and setting advice to crossover Cyberpunk 2020 and Vampire: the Masquerade. Then they cover Mirrors: Bleeding Edge, a generic cyberpunk ebook for Chronicles of Darkness.
Cyberpunk: Night City will take place May 24-25, 2019 in San Antonio, Texas and on The Net. Be sure to grab your tickets for this unique event at: http://cyberpunk.jackalope-larp.com/
Chris's new sourcebook Venice Unmasked is also now available through Storyteller's Vault.
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Monday Apr 01, 2019
Monday Apr 01, 2019
What begins as a simple, farcical April Fool's review ends with Chigg and Mike failing some Sanity checks, losing Maximum Humanity, and facing their own Hubris. Get ready for Nightlife, an Urban Horror Role-playing Game published at some undisclosed time in the Nineteen Nineties...
This episode was inspired by the System Mastery podcast, whose host Jef recently wound up in a U.S. hospital without insurance (he gave his insurance to his baby daughter instead). Please consider helping him with the exorbitant medical bills: Bit.ly/livingmastery
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Friday Mar 22, 2019
Friday Mar 22, 2019
Mike takes listeners on a journey to Skinwalker Ranch, a real world location of urban myth that may inspire your horror games.
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