The Weekly Scroll TTRPG Podcast deep dives and reviews Tabletop Roleplaying Games, interviews a variety of guests across the space, has Actual Plays of games ru...
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, we read and review SWYVERS from Luke Gearing, David Hoskins, and the Melsonian Arts Council. Swyvers is a lightweight set of rules married to a full set of tools and tables for running a gang of criminals and bastards through the filthy and chaotic sprawl of The Smoke, its many districts, and The Midden.
Find Swyvers here: https://www.melsonia.com/products/swyvers
Find Luke Gearing here: https://lukegearing.blot.im/
Find David Hoskins here: https://www.davidhoskins.com/
0:00 Start
1:52 A look at the book(s)
8:51 Readthrough
2:32:17 Scores
2:52:09 Wrap up
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Ep. 182 - NIELSENAUTS
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, we read and review NIELSENAUTS from Chris Ramdeen, a freeform roleplaying/improv game where players assume the role of artificial intelligences trying to create successful TV in real time episodes of 15 minutes each.
Here is an audio example of play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti4n5cqXeWM
Find Nielsenauts here: https://spacepenguin.ink/products/nielsenauts-make-tv-and-die
Find Chris Ramdeen here: https://pathikablog.com/
0:00 Start
0:38 Couple of things to start the year
2:39 Intro the game
6:53 Readthrough
46:17 Scores
1:00:54 Wrap up
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Writing Literary Adventures for Cloud Empress & Beyond
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, Ryan is joined by Watt for a Cloud Empress writing seminar. Watt discusses Literary Adventures (the what and the why) and shows how they outline their ttrpg adventure design philosophy and workflow.
Find Cloud Empress here: https://cloudempress.com/
0:00 Start
0:49 Presentation Begins
1:15 About Watt, Worlds by Watt, Cloud Empress & more
9:23 Who Cares Whether a TTRPG Adventure Is Literary or Not?
11:25 What is a "Literary Adventure?"
18:31 Writing for Cloud Empress
26:30 Method: Location in Conflict Writing Workflow
26:49 Ideate a Concept
30:15 Define the Space
43:25 Fill in the Details
49:41 Reflections and Final Thoughts
55:31 Closing and Next Steps
56:35 Q&A
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Ep. 181 - 2024 Year End Review
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, we recap the top scores for zines and books we gave out through the year! For zines we do the top 3 for each metric, top 3 overall, and our personal top 3s, and for books we do the top 5 for each metric, top 5 overall, and our personal top 5s. Thank you all so much for watching and listening this year!
0:00 Start
1:05 What is the Year End Review
4:19 Episodes recap
6:39 Zines
8:07 Visuals Top 3
17:28 Ruleset Top 3
27:36 Vibes Top 3
33:15 Top 3 Overall
36:58 Hunter's Top 3
40:02 Ryan's Top 3
43:56 Books
45:03 Art & Layout Top 5
57:56 Usability Top 5
1:07:32 Ruleset Top 5
1:22:57 Originality Top 5
1:37:33 Value Top 5
1:47:07 Top 5 Overall
1:51:33 Hunter's Top 5
1:55:36 Ryan's Top 5
2:00:25 Top Supporter
2:01:49 The Future of The Weekly Scroll
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EP 9 | NOT Cat Chats with Space Penguin Ink
On this episode of The Weekly Scroll Podcast, we sit down for another 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗖𝗮𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 with Jarrett Crader of 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗸! We talk about our recent trip to PAXU, tangent for a while, talk new SPI releases Season's Beatings 2 and The Mall Remastered, and discuss the future of Space Penguin Ink and The Weekly Scroll.
Find Space Penguin Ink here: https://spacepenguin.ink/
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The Weekly Scroll TTRPG Podcast deep dives and reviews Tabletop Roleplaying Games, interviews a variety of guests across the space, has Actual Plays of games run by their creators, and spotlights new and interesting projects.
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