Split the Party Podcast

01/10/2021

This week, I delve into the vault of unreleased (rejected) episodes to bring you content while we're on hiatus! We talk about sexy pirate cannibalism, our character tropes, and more!

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This week (and by this week, I mean way back in April 2021) the gang talks about Crab Roast Island, characters we gravitate towards, and light cannibalism!

14/09/2021

This week, the gang talks about Star Wars Rebels!

22/12/2020

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18/08/2020

Join the gang as they talk about betraying everyone in Fiasco Second Edition while Roll20 betrays them all.

Then, head over to The RPG Academy and listen as Curtis joins Michael and Tom to talk about Forbidden Lands.

This week the gang talks about Fiasco Second Edition and playing on Roll20. Also, you can catch Curtis over at The RPG Academy talking about Forbidden Lands. Click this link to give it a listen!

04/08/2020

Welcome back to Split The Party (social distance version)! Join us as we talk about what we’ve been up to in quarantine, playing games remotely, and fresh opinions in D&D 5e.

Welcome (back) to Split The Party! It’s been over 4 months since our last in person episode. This week, we record over Zoom to talk about what we’ve been up to in quarantine, playing ga…

16/03/2020

What happens when you cross a children’s TV show about under sea exploration with Lovecraftian horrors? The answer might surprise you.

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This week it’s just Alex and Brian as they quickly talk about playing children’s television characters in a Lovecraftian universe, the revival of The One Ring second edition by Free Lea…

24/02/2020

After over a month off, we’re back and hopefully back to a regular schedule!

I’m deeply sorry about this weeks episode title.

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I’m deeply sorry for the name of this episode. Check out Kevin’s Princess World Kickstarter here!

13/01/2020

The gang concludes their mini L5R 5e game, talks about the modular module, FFG shuttering their RPG wing, and The One Ring conspiracy theories.

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This week the gang talks about finishing the short L5R game they played, the modular module, Fantasy Flight Games shuttering its RPG wing, and The One Ring conspiracy theories.

27/11/2019

Forget about these two losers! There’s a new hotness in town, and his name is... well, I’m not sure yet.

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This week, the gang talks about Blades in the Dark and The Mandalorian Chapters 1 through 3.

19/11/2019

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This week Curtis and Bronte run through their favorite RPGs of all time updated for 2019! There’s a lot of new comers to the list and a few surprises as well!

30/10/2019

No podcast this week, so how about a little listener engagement?!

Pitch me that one RPG campaign or adventure idea that you’ve always wanted, but never been able, to run!

24/10/2019

Alex writes about his top 10 RPG memories of all time!

What are some of your best RPG memories?

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Note: Originally this Top 10 list was going to be one post. However, during the course of writing this I noticed that I was really excited to talk about all these memories and I might have gone on …

22/10/2019

Join the gang as they talk about Star Wars Space Punch, ’s Forbidden Lands, and a little bit about character death.

http://splitthepartypod.com/2019/10/22/split-the-party-112-forbidden-lands-big-damn-zeroes/

This week the gang talks about Star Wars Space Punch, Free League’s Forbidden Lands, and a little bit about character death.

21/10/2019

Brian writes about Forbidden Lands’ Coup De Grace rules and how they can change your perspective.

http://splitthepartypod.com/2019/10/21/the-coup-de-grace-rule-in-forbidden-lands-player-agency-and-playing-to-find-out-what-happens/

Coup de grace mechanics are a common feature of many tabletop roleplaying games, and generally represent an easy way to deal massive damage to helpless opponents. It’s worth noting that this more “…

08/10/2019

‪This week the gang joins back up to play some of Wendy’s (yes, the fast food joint) . Find out if the gang left satisfied or died of starvation. ‬

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Whoa! We’ve got a new podcast with the crew for the first time in nearly two months! This week the gang talks about the freshest RPG on block Feast of Legends. Created by notable RPG designer…

06/10/2019

*blows dust off*
We got the b& back together and recorded a podcast! What could have possibly happened to drive this?!

Dropping in your feeds Tuesday morning.

17/08/2019

We’re officially on a hiatus.

http://splitthepartypod.com/2019/08/17/hiatus-the-party-rests/

Hello everyone! If you haven’t already heard from our social media accounts, the Split The Party Podcast will be on a hiatus as Alex and Amanda get their parenting feet. During this time, we …

12/08/2019

‪We don’t like Mouse Guard. Help us understand why we don’t like Mouse Guard and what we’re doing wrong. ‬

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This week the gang tries to get scholarly as we attempt to replay Mouse Guard while taking to heart Luke Crane’s short essay The Play is the Game. As a heads up, we got some of the rules wron…

29/07/2019

‪Make sure your walkie-talkies have fresh batteries as we get back at it talking about Tales from the Loop, the right amount of character backstory, and some spoilery talk on Stranger Things 3. ‬

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*SPOILER WARNING!* The second half of this podcast contains a spoilerific discussion on Stranger Things 3. This week the gang talks about the finale of Tales from the Loop, the right amount of char…

17/07/2019

‪THANK YOU!‬
‪Today the podcast passed 5000 unique downloads!‬

‪http://splitthepartypod.com/2019/07/17/thank-you-5000-unique-downloads/‬

Alex here just wanting to say, on behalf of the entire Split the Party hosts, THANK YOU! Today we have passed 5000 unique downloads, and this wouldn’t be possible without you guys and gals.

17/07/2019

Let’s pie some fools.

15/07/2019

‪Alexander Graham Bell’s quote, “What hath God wrought,” can aptly be used to describe this week’s episode. Choo-choo, where dem tracks at?‬

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This week the gang talks about staying on topic while also talking about deep-ends, doughnuts, smelly teens, Eastern European geography, and more. Choo-choo, where dem tracks at?

09/07/2019

‪Join as we talk about knowing your game group, abusing books, and step-by-step character creation!‬

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This week the gang talks about how knowing your game group makes your games better, abusing books, creating a character using the step-by-step guide.

02/07/2019

We’re back after a short summer break to continue talking about Tales from the Loop, Keyforge, and wondering if Alex truly is an awful person on the inside.

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This week the gang is back together to talk about the second session of Tales from the Loop, GMing bucket lists, and someone’s recent deep dive into Keyforge.

10/06/2019

‪We’re back baby! Join us as we talk about Tales from the Loop from Modiphius and more!‬

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This week the gang talks about building characters in Tales from the Loop, going outside your comfort zone building characters, and pay walls.

06/06/2019

‪Sorry for the radio silence. It’s been a busy/tiring week(end). But if you haven’t already guessed by now, there will be no episode for this week. Hoping to return to normal next week!‬

—Alex

29/05/2019

‪We’re back! Join us as we talk about The Grizzled and the Pokémon TCG. ‬

This week the gang talks about The Grizzled: At Your Orders and the Pokemon Trading Card Game.

28/05/2019

‪Due to the holiday weekend and Alex losing the podcast thumbdrive, this week’s episode will be delayed till tomorrow. ‬

20/05/2019

‪Alex makes everyone switch characters for their session. What did everyone think about that? You’ll have to listen to this week’s episode to find out!‬

This week the gang talks about Alex’s experiment, The One Ring: Second Edition, and published adventures.

15/05/2019

‪It’s finally here! Join us as we talk about The One Ring, Princesses and Palaces, and gamer swag. ‬

‪Sorry for the delay!‬

This week, the Dunshire Sisters are reunited to play some Princesses and Palaces, Wulferd the Beorning returns to The One Ring, and nifty RPG swag. Note: This episode’s audio is not up to our…

06/05/2019

‪Holy Cow, it’s episode 100!‬

‪Join us as we talk about play testing Alex’s next home brew sci fi horror RPG and Star Wars!‬

This week we celebrate episode 100 earlier than expected and talk about the first play test of Alex’s next homebrew game Sixteen Stars.

02/05/2019

‪Here’s the changes Alex makes to The One Ring for convention one-shot play. ‬

‪What changes do you make for con games?‬

It should be no strangers to listeners of the podcast that I am a big fan of Cubicle 7’s The One Ring. Its simple dice engine, thematic mechanisms, and narrative focused structure lift this g…

29/04/2019

‪This week the gang talks about the finale to their mini Genesys game, TOR’s social encounters, pedantic GM seating, and analysis paralysis prone players!‬

This week the gang gets together to talk about the finale to their mini Genesys campaign, more on social encounters, pedantic GM seating, and combating analysis paralysis.

25/04/2019

‪How many games does Alex actually like? Well, I guess you’ll have to keep reading these articles to find out! Here’s the first in a series of Games Alex Likes (pretty on the nose). ‬

“I’d love to get into it, but it’s just too expensive.” These are the words almost everyone has said to me while staring at a game of Warhammer 40,000, and for good reason. …

22/04/2019

‪Join us as we answer a request for tips on building interesting encounters! ‬

‪If you have any topics you want us to cover, let us know on Twitter or Facebook!‬

This week the gang talks about AcadeCon 2019 and answers a request on how to build build interesting encounters. In this episode we mention the Order 66 Podcast’s The List which you can check…

15/04/2019

‪This week we talk about our turn ons and turn offs. ‬

‪To a game. ‬

This week the G33ks with Issues invade the studio to talk about turns on, and off, of certain games.

11/04/2019

‪Sometimes have trouble understanding some of the jargon we use on the podcast? Well then check out the Gamer’s Glossary! Your decoder ring to table top slang an abbreviations. ‬

‪Now you can understand when we say, “RAW, that L5R AoE nerfs NPC saves.”‬

We here at Split The Party “format” our show in such a way to just sound like a couple of friends sitting around a table talking about table top gaming and Star Wars in a casual fashion…

10/04/2019

‪It’s finally here! Listen as we talk about kicking off our next Genesys game, how we like to start first sessions, and other game’s we’re currently running or playing in. ‬

This week the gang talks about how they run first sessions, improv, and games they’ve run or are currently running!

08/04/2019

Yo! This week’s episode of the podcast will be up tomorrow because Alex completely forgot about it this morning! Hopefully this picture will tide you over till then.

01/04/2019

‪This week it’s just Alex and Amanda as they talk about The RPG Academy faculty retreat and their favorite games they played there!‬

This week Amanda and Alex talk about their experience at The RPG Academy faculty retreat and their favorite games they played there!