Terrible Warriors

In the trenches of World War One three Canadian Soldiers are handed a mission to cross No Man's Land...  Congratulations to Dundas West Games on reaching their funding goal for Ross Rifles! You can still get involved all month to join in and help secure their exciting stretch goals at www.kickstarter.com/projects/dundaswestgames/ross-rifles Visit Dundas West Games at: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/ Follow Daniel @danielhkwan Follow Patrick @Keenan_Patrick  Follow us on Twitter @dicewarriors  Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Titlecard images are in the public domain and are edited from these original images: Canadians enjoying a game of cards in a shell hole on Vimy Ridge, April 1917 Canadian troops on their way up the line, December 1917 Canadians making themselves comfortable in a funk hole

Over one hundred years ago in October, the Canadian Expeditionary Forces landed in Europe. By 1917 they had command over their own troops and no longer viewed as a colony coming to aid their home country but as it’s own nation. Who were these soldier? In the next hour we’ll create the character we’ll play in this campaign and get to meet the trench busters of Passchendaele in 1917. And along the way we each share a lot of history between each other and learn more about our own origins. Visit Dundas West Games at: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/ Follow Daniel @danielhkwan Follow Patrick @Keenan_Patrick  Follow us on Twitter @dicewarriors  Music licensed through Epidemic Sound Titlecard images are in the public domain and are edited from these original images: Canadians enjoying a game of cards in a shell hole on Vimy Ridge, April 1917 Canadian troops on their way up the line, December 1917 Canadians making themselves comfortable in a funk hole

Before we launch into our next campaign, allow me to introduce you to Daniel Kwan and Patrick Keenan from Dundas West Games. Their newest game, Ross Rifles, is launching on Kickstarter TODAY so go check them out and send them your love. Ross Rifles is a tabletop roleplaying game set in the Canadian trenches of the First World War and in this interview we discuss why Daniel and Patrick chose that setting, how they designed the tools to play the game, and some of the stories and themes we’ll encounter when we play Ross Rifles. Starting next week, in our next episode, we’ll sit down with Daniel and Patrick to play a full session of Ross Rifles in the trenches of Passchendaele in 1917. Check out their kickstarter at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dundaswestgames/ross-rifles Visit Dundas West Games at: https://www.dundaswestgames.com/ Follow Daniel @danielhkwan Follow Patrick @Keenan_Patrick Terrible Warriors is made possible thanks to Patreon supporters at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Follow us on

Root: The Tabletop RPG is currently in kickstarter! Right now! To support this game and make sure it gets made click here! Every clearing that the Crosspatch Gang flees to they find themselves fleeing from. I'm sure Lindberry will be different right? Once they deal with this raven standing in the road...  Daniel, Sean, Julian, and Natalie join GM Justin in the second part of this exciting kickstarter special promoting Root: The Tabletop RPG by Magpie Games Consider backing this game today by visiting the Root Kickstarter page!

Root: The Tabletop RPG is currently in kickstarter! Right now! To support this game and make sure it gets made click here! Arriving in Sundell our wayward vagabonds seek shelter among friends. Who is Ingrid Claw the leader of the Sundell rebellion? How is Cloak wrapped up in all of this? Difficult choices must be made and the Crosspatch Gang has a habit of leaving difficult choices behind burning in a fire...  Daniel, Sean, Julian, and Natalie join GM Justin in the second part of this exciting kickstarter special promoting Root: The Tabletop RPG by Magpie Games Consider backing this game today by visiting the Root Kickstarter page!

Root: The Tabletop RPG is currently in kickstarter! Right now! To support this game and make sure it gets made click here! A disgraced inventor, an outcast double-agent, a thief on the run, and a scoundrel that's... just happy to be here! They're all seeking one thing. Redemption. And safe refuge. Ok, two things. They're all seeking two things, redemption and safe refuge and the opportunity of a better life. Ok three things they're all seeking. Look, they've got a lot on their mind ok? They're running from one fire into the another fire and have an important choice to make. Where do they run to? The embrace of the Eyrie Dynasties? The gaze of the Marquisate? Or the promise of the independent clearings that claim to be free of the factions in this war?  Daniel, Sean, Julian, and Natalie join GM Justin in the second part of this exciting kickstarter special promoting Root: The Tabletop RPG by Magpie Games Consider backing this game today by visiting the Root Kickstarter page!

Root: The Tabletop RPG is currently in kickstarter! Right now! To support this game and make sure it gets made click here! The Woodland is at war. The Eryie Dynasties and The Marquisate vie for control of the clearings as the animal denizens are caught in the middle of the conflict. Between them all are the Vagabonds. Animals exiled, either by choice or by circumstance, who call no clearing home and owe no faction their allegience.  But who are our vagabonds? That's what today is all about! Meet the woodland creatures who will fill our tale with adventure. By the end of this hour we'll have all the backstory we could want!  Daniel, Sean, Julian, and Natalie join GM Justin in this exciting kickstarter special promoting Root: The Tabletop RPG by Magpie Games Consider backing this game today by visiting the Root Kickstarter page!

One more interview before we return to our actual-play recordings.  Recorded live on the GenCon floor we got to chat with Brendan Conway. He's one of the co-owners of Magpie Games as well as their production manager and designer behind Masks, Zombie World, the upcoming Root: The Tabletop RPG, and the newly announced Armored Society!  Over the next half hour we talk the past with Masks, how it came to be and where it's going next, the present with Root: The Tabletop RPG, what to expect next week when we play the game to support their Kickstarter, and the future with Armored Society, where we both nerd out about Irish folklore and get very excited about the story possibilities using a brand new system being developed by Magpie Games. Find out more about all of these games at https://www.magpiegames.com Terrible Warriors is made possible thanks to Patreon supporters at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Follow us on Twitter @dicewarriors and and join us this summer every other Saturday on Twitch.tv as we play throu

We're not finished with GenCon yet. We couldn't leave the exhibit hall without checking out the physical copy of Never Going Home. Matthew Orr is one of the founders of Wet Ink Games and the creator of Never Going Home, a World War One era RPG in which the characters battle against both the twisted Whispers, that have broken through the veil unleashing horrors into our world, and the loss of their own humanity.  We break down what to expect in this game as well as some of the other offerings from Wet Ink Games and how this whole thing came to be in the first place.  Follow Wet Ink Games on Facebook at facebook.com/WetInkGames/ To get your own copy of Never Going Home visit their Drive Thru RPG page: drivethrurpg.com/product/283637/Never-Going-Home Check out Wild Skies: Europa Tempest: drivethrurpg.com/product/215426/Wild-Skies-Europa-Tempest And consider supporting the Tenebria: Remnant of Rome Kickstarter project: kickstarter.com/projects/2103068465/tenebria-remnant-of-rome Terrible Warriors is made possi

We continue with our conversations recorded from the GenCon exhibition floor. Chris Birch is the founder and publisher of Modiphius Entertainment, Sam Webb is the head of Roleplaying Game Development at Modiphius, and Aaron Pollyea sits on the writing team for Star Trek: Adventures. Ever since kickstarting AchTung Cthulhu they've become a powerhouse in the tabletop community and company fostering new talent and 3rd party publishers. Along with talking about Star Trek: Adventures (because of COURSE Justin wanted to talk about that!) we also learn more about Fallout and the other properties that Modiphious is working on as well as an insight into the 2d20 system and the philosophy of their game designs. Visit https://www.modiphius.com/ for everything you need to know about them and on twitter at @Modiphius Sam Webb can be followed at @RPGWebby and his live streaming on twitch can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/rpgwebby Terrible Warriors is made possible thanks to Patreon supporters at Patreon.com/terriblew

This summer we’re taking time away from playing our games to meet the people who make our games and lead our communities. Tomas Härenstam is the CEO of Free League Games and the director behind Tales from the Loop, it's sequel game Things from the Flood, and the lead designer for Forbidden Lands.  At the 19th ENnie Awards, Free League walked away with six medals (Silver - Best Art, Interior: Symbaroum Monster Codex; Gold – Best Cartography: Forbidden Lands; Gold – Best Layout and Design: Symbaroum Monster Codex; Gold – Best Production Values: Forbidden Lands; Silver – Best Rules: Forbidden Lands; Silver – Product of the Year: Forbidden Lands) and the morning after Justin sat down with Tomas at the Free League Games booth in exhibition hall of GenCon to talk about their success and their plans for the future including what to expect in the newly announced Alien The RPG. Be sure to check out everything Free League Games has to offer by visiting https://frialigan.se Terrible Warriors is made possible thanks to P

This summer we’re taking time away from playing our games to meet the people who make our games and lead our communities. Who is James Mendez Hodes? He’s the kind of person where, if you’re in a hallway of game designers and community leaders, he’s the one they say you should talk to right now and record the entire conversation. Mendez (he/him) is a game designer, martial artist, cultural consultant, professional game master, writer, editor, and poet whom you might know from role-playing games such as 7th Sea, Scion, and Thousand Arrows; or from essays like “Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth” and “May I play a character from another race?” He has an academic background in West African religion, Eastern classics, dance, and English literature. His interests include hip hop, weird invertebrates, and collecting stuffed animals. He lives in the greater New York metropolitan area on traditional Lenape land. He runs games, he writes games, he writes about running games. Find out more by visiting https://jam

This summer we’re taking time away from playing our games to meet the people who make our games and lead our communities. We were so excited to follow up with Misha Bushyager after our first meeting at BreakoutCon 2018.  Misha Bushyager is a longtime gamer and designer working on making sure the next generation of geeks sees themselves represented. She's a panelist, writer, editor, proofreader, and sensitivity reader for tabletop RPGs and larps. She's one of the founders of New Agenda Publishing and a curator for More Seats at the Table. She worked on Orun, #Feminism, Chill:SAVE, Lovecraftesque, Dead Scare, Misspent Youth:Sell Out With Me, Masks:Unbound, and the as yet unpublished larp Nightingales. During the interview we mentioned Rosenstrasse by Moyra Turkington & Jessica Hammer and you can find out more by visiting http://www.unrulydesigns.com/rosenstrasse/ Misha also recommended an article by James Mendez Hodes titled "May I Play A Character From Another Race?" and you can read that article by visi

This summer we’re taking time away from playing our games to meet the people who make our games and lead our communities. We haphazardly collided into Lucian Khan in the hallways of BreakoutCon and thankfully we had our field recorder on hand and made sure to commit our conversation to tape! Lucian is the creator of Dead Friend: A Game of Necromancy (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/234653/Dead-Friend-A-Game-of-Necromancy) and is very excited about his latest creation, Visigoths vs Mallgoths! Visigoths vs Mallgoths will be kickstarting in October and if you want to be alerted to when that happens be sure to sign up to be alerted by email by signing up at: eepurl.com/dFcKEH You can follow Lucian on Twitter (and you really should!) at @oh_theogony Terrible Warriors is made possible thanks to Patreon supporters at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors Follow us on Twitter @dicewarriors and and join us this summer every other Saturday on Twitch.tv as we play through Shadowrun in the second season of the Cambridge Chro

For 300 years the Forbidden Lands, as they are now known, has been oppressed by the Blood Mist, a deadly element that will kill anyone not in their homes at night time. And now, for no apparent reason, the Blood Mist is gone and adventurers return to the land to seek out it's treasure, it's secrets, and it's hidden power.  Departing from the hospitality of the Hollows, our adventurers track a group of treasure hunters to the ruins of Weatherstone. They say a king lies there in rest with treasures not touched for hundreds of years. But the dead don't part with their possessions so easily in the Forbidden Lands...  Jo, Leon, Scott, and Lovina join GM Justin to fight for their lives in Free League Games' Forbidden Lands Consider supporting us today by becoming a patreon at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors

For 300 years the Forbidden Lands, as they are now known, has been oppressed by the Blood Mist, a deadly element that will kill anyone not in their homes at night time. And now, for no apparent reason, the Blood Mist is gone and adventurers return to the land to seek out it's treasure, it's secrets, and it's hidden power.  Surviving the wilderness, we arrive at the town of The Hollows. A seemingly peaceful settlement built on the remnants of an ancient graveyard. When your neighbours are the dead you learn to keep your secrets to yourself...  Jo, Leon, Scott, and Lovina join GM Justin to explore the landscape of Free League Games' Forbidden Lands Consider supporting us today by becoming a patreon at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors

For 300 years the Forbidden Lands, as they are now known, has been oppressed by the Blood Mist, a deadly element that will kill anyone not in their homes at night time. And now, for no apparent reason, the Blood Mist is gone and adventurers return to the land to seek out it's treasure, it's secrets, and it's hidden power.  We begin in the wilderness as a druid, a minstrel, a rogue, and a rider decide on their next destination...  Jo, Leon, Scott, and Lovina join GM Justin to explore the landscape of Free League Games' Forbidden Lands Consider supporting us today by becoming a patreon at Patreon.com/terriblewarriors

Six years after our first Pokemon Tabletop adventure began we're returning for one more absurd romp through the tall grass.  This isn't a tournament, it's a death trap!  Zapdos vs Zapdos. Childhood friend vs Childhood friend. Maniacal Cult Leader vs Subservient Underling. Friendships will be tested, rivals will be rivaled, and at the end of this hour we'll all ask ourselves the same question "why are we doing this"? This Pokemon RPG is played using Fiasco! Julian, Cassie, Orie, Bre, and Justin are all back together in Rocket Resistance: Aftermath Find the gaming materials that Julian made for this campaign exclusively on Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors And special thanks to the Pokemon Tabletop community who created the original ruleset we used all those years ago and are entirely to blame for everything we've done since: http://pokemontabletop.com/

Six years after our first Pokemon Tabletop adventure began we're returning for one more absurd romp through the tall grass.  The call has gone out from the Celebi Battle Blimp. Calling all trainers to the Final Pokemon Tournament!  Zapdos vs Zapdos. Childhood friend vs Childhood friend. Maniacal Cult Leader vs Subservient Underling. Friendships will be tested, rivals will be rivaled, and at the end of this hour we'll all ask ourselves the same question "why are we doing this"? This Pokemon RPG is played using Fiasco! Julian, Cassie, Orie, Bre, and Justin are all back together in Rocket Resistance: Aftermath Find the gaming materials that Julian made for this campaign exclusively on Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors And special thanks to the Pokemon Tabletop community who created the original ruleset we used all those years ago and are entirely to blame for everything we've done since: http://pokemontabletop.com/

Six years after our first Pokemon Tabletop adventure began we're returning for one more absurd romp through the tall grass.  We've created our characters and set the wheels in motion and ready to dip our toe into this twisted world that we are... entirely responsible for...  We're not playing the original rules we played all those years ago, we're playing with a Fiasco ruleset. Julian, Cassie, Orie, Bre, and Justin are all back together in Rocket Resistance: Aftermath Find the gaming materials that Julian made for this campaign exclusively on Patreon: Patreon.com/terriblewarriors And special thanks to the Pokemon Tabletop community who created the original ruleset we used all those years ago and are entirely to blame for everything we've done since: http://pokemontabletop.com/