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Much belated, here is the latest episode of carrion company! Apologies for the weight. One of those mix of errors that all come together at once. either way its here! Enjoy!
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79af4ad0/carrion-company-s3e16-band-of-armed-men
New Carrion Company!
Apologies for the delay posting this. Lifes hectic. Its been live some days now. Enjoy!
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/7b112a87/carrion-company-s3e15-come-and-hear
We're back for the new year! Listen in and enjoy the latest Carrion Company
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https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/7a2230d3/carrion-company-s3e12-lords-and-masters
Welcome back to Carrion Company! In this episode Walter and Gottleib experience high society before getting a glimpse into the fog of mystery
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Welcome back to Carrion Company. We get back to Walter and Gottleib as they carry on in their quest to get the word out about the plight of the keep and the company
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79cd8fa6/carrion-company-s3e11-by-the-woad
This week in Carrion Company; We go back in time to observe Walters desperate efforts to warn the fief of its impending doom and see how he fares in his desperate efforts to get aid for the keep.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79e89e5c/carrion-company-s3e10-longshot
Welcome back to Carrion Company. We pick up immediately after the brief victory at the gate of the keep, as the company faces down the next wave of assault under the sick green glow of Morrslieb.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79df0c3e/carrion-company-s3e9-nadir
Welcome back to the Carrion Company. In episode 8, things get tense as the siege starts to heat up.
There will be several weeks before the next episode drops due to life events outside my control. Hopefully this mammoth episode makes up for it. Thank you for your patience.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/7a0f664e/carrion-company-s3e8-immolation
Kia whanau, its finally here! In episode 7 of Carrion Company, we carry on with our delve into dark places best left untouched.
Apologies for the delay, real life has been hectic lately.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79ce9ab7/carrion-company-s3e7-ghosts-of-the-stone-god
New Carrion Company! In episode 6 we delve into a dark, lonely place.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/797e7fff/carrion-company-s3e6-alone
In A Field for Crows, we continue our scouting mission around the rear of the castle. https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78f01683/carrion-company-s3e5-a-field-for-crows
This episode is out early cause I'm nominated for an Ennie! Please head to this link and vote Rimspace Planet generator #1 https://t.co/1s6joZ3sr0
This weeks new episode is live! In E4 Alternative Measures we explore different ways to confront the dwarven invaders.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78ad6c14/carrion-company-s3e4-alternative-measures
Im week late promoting this, but better late than never!
Carrion Company S3E3 Uninvited Guest
Welcome back to the Carrion Company. Its back! Here is Uninvited Guest, our third episode. We immediately follow on from the outcome of episode 2. Enjoy!
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78b4cd18/carrion-company-s3e3-uninvited-guest
The second episode of season 3 of Carrion Company is live! Aptly titled Besieged, we get back to the company as they settle in for the horrors of the siege
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78810aac/carrion-company-s3-e2-besieged
And thus it commences! Massive first proper episode for Season 3 of Carrion Company is live! Aptly titled Ultimatum. https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78592532/carrion-company-s3-e1-ultimatum
Carrion Company season 3 is upon us! Our much loved wfrp actual play series returns. Listen to session zero now!
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79cba7e5/carrion-company-s3-e0-session-zero
Our last episode of the Kult Divinity lost story The Driver is up today! In this one I am joined by friend of the channel Paul as we delve into some fun horror filled improv.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78e3cba3/128-toa-tabletop-plays-kult-divinity-lost-the-driver-episode-3
After this I will take a break for a few weeks before Carrion Company season 3 begins!
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We are back for 2023! I decided to open the year with some actual play content for Kult Divinity Lost. Specifically the free scenario called The Driver, a one on one improv scenario. Joining me is good friend of the channel, Shawn Rowlands. Enjoy!
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https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/78bb9e1a/125-toa-tabletop-2022-year-in-review
The TTT Year in Review is up. We look back at the year thats been and make some announcements about the year ahead.
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This week I catch up with Brian Yaksha to discuss Throne of Avarice, his Best Left Buried setting book currently on Kickstarter, as well as discuss the horrors of colonization and the difference between good Hex crawls and great ones.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79bc92d7/124-toa-tabletop-talks-to-brian-yaksha
This we look back on the Carrion Company season that was and talk about how we think it went as well as our predictions for season 3
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Kia ora whānau! This week I catch up with Mottokrosh Machinations and we discover what's going on in that brain of his, and what is he doing with one of my favourite games?
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https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79762563/carrion-company-s2-e14-finale
Here it is, Carrion Company season 2 Finale! Tune in and see how this season wraps up. I look forward to hearing what you think!
This week I carry on my conversation with zedeck siew. We discuss how you can use subjective world views to shape your ttrpg games to be more interesting and authentic.
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This is it! The penultimate episode of Carrion Company season two! In this episode Horst is called to testify about the events at the Peephole and bears witness to the workings of Her Lady Justice.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/79b0e351/carrion-company-s2-e13-justice-is-blind
I have put together my last sneak peak of the campaign for Line of Enquiry. Over at my blog I discuss the system I have included with the zine to help you play the game and have fun.
Kia ora Line of Enquiry whanau. Glad to have you joining us today. Before I dive into the look at LoE's included system and discuss the final stretch goal, I want to take a moment to share the following video where I join my old friend Matt at 3 Skulls Tavern to discuss LoE Line of Enquiries system....
Welcome to Toa Tabletop, new home of the Mud & Blood podcast! This week, I sit down and talk to Zedeck Siew about how strange it is that fictional worlds tend to be told in concrete, objective ways from a single authorial viewpoint, and how that doesn't align with reality.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/7881e1a9/121-toa-tabletop-talks-to-zedeck-siew-pt1
I wrote a blog post about how you can use Line of Enquiry to help you solve your murder mysteries as a player
https://www.toatabletop.com/post/line-of-enquiry-a-look-at-the-player-tools
Welcome back to the Carrion Company, our actual play series. In this episode we gather the main party back together and take care of some old business.
https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast/episode/784243b8/carrion-company-s2-e12-smoke-him-out
I am now writing weekend updates on twitter as the KS powers on, giving looks into the various elements of Line of Enquiry. I have copied the thread over to here as well. Please forgive the off grammar and layout as I was constrained by Twitter thread nature.
I figured I'd break down some of the elements of Line of Enquiry over the next few weekends as the KS powers on. A bit of a peek behind the curtain. So for this thread Ill start with the GM advise and tools
LOE is specifically an attempt to make a mystery that is very player led. I wanted to make a game that felt akin to playing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective but with roleplay. I cant take credit for this idea, Sean McCoy wrote a blog years back about this and it inspired me. Importantly this means its a mystery game where the mystery exists to be discovered. This is born from my preference for discovery play. I need at least the illusion of there being something to find, as opposed to a writers room style play, which isn't my jam.
A big barrier to this however, is people find it intimidating to build such mysteries. There is always a fear that it wont hold up to player scrutiny or is somehow hard to do. Thats where this GM advice and tools come in.
To help with this there is 2 tools in particular. The P.O.I Profile and the Case File.
The P.O.I. Profile is where you write about the suspects of your mystery. It ensures you have a means, motive, opportunity for the actual killer, as well as log evidence pointing to them. It also includes info around quirks, their alibi etc. Its a profile the GM can use to ensure their suspect is fully fleshed out and ready to go with minimal effort, and can easily be ran at the table.
It can be used for other suspects so that you know cant be categorically linked to the crime. They may have means and motive without opportunity, or motive but a solid alibi etc. Its a handy way to flesh out the cast of your mystery from a detectives perspective
The Case File is where the overall mystery data lives. While the profiles focus on the suspects, the case files is the victim and their murder. This is the hub around which the profiles gather. You can use the Case File to gather timelines, evidence, victim info and so on. It paints the broader picture of what happened. It should create the questions that the detectives seek to answer through suspects and investigation. It also prompts you to link the case and suspects
The players will have blank versions of these tools. By using the same tool to prep as the players will fill in as the investigation goes on, you can rest assured that your mystery makes sense. You have the complete puzzle in front of you as the players recreate it. This way you know it makes sense. You have retroactively created the investigative steps for players who will build out this mystery following the threads you already have connections for.
There are other tools included as well. One stretch goal unlocked a method from Michael Chumak where you can go into your mystery with several possible killers, and the players have to build their case and the dice decide if you paint a convincing picture for the writers room folk
All of this has your players start mid way through the story of the case. As the players move the investigation forward, the mystery fills out in reverse. once you have a complete timeline from the start of the crime to the current moment, the timelines meet and a climax ensues.
There will be a lot of other things in the zine for GMs. Guides on creating believable serial killers and how to use them for a campaign. generators for P.O.I.s including motives, alibis etc. But the meat of it all is the Case File and P.O.I. Profile.
Next weekend I will flesh out how players will use these same tools to investigate these mysteries as well as what else is included for players in the zine.
A zine on how to run and solve TTRPG murder mysteries.
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