From Death Rays to Dragonbane (S4E1)

Lair Of Secrets

Season 4 kicks off with this episode as we experiment with a new format and geek out about everything from death rays to Dragonbane. We rundown the role-playing games we hope to play this season, review the games we delved into during the hiatus, and geek out about technology in our campaigns.

Chapters

0:00 – Intro and Overview of Season 4
1:28 – Unveiling the New Format
3:45 – Tech Talk: Gadgets and Geomorphs
10:26 – The Board Game Bonanza Begins
17:06 – Deep Dive into Dragonbane
22:00 – Exploring Tech Tools for Tabletops
27:00 – What’s Next: Upcoming Games and Gadgets
31:13 – Viewer Interactions and Requests
38:04 – Post-Apocalyptic Game Picks
43:25 – Wrapping Up and What to Expect Next

Show Notes

Welcome to Season 4

• Playing with the Format
  • Different kinds of episodes, with content released as a podcast and on YouTube.
    • Main Show (30-40 minutes, the main topic comes first, then the banter)
    • Campaigns and Coffee (20 minutes, random topics)
    • Interviews (20-30 minutes)
    • Shorts (1-5 minutes – Mirror Universe Advice!)
    • Actual Play (2 hours)
    • Demos / Walkthroughs / Unboxing (5-20 minutes)
  • Role-playing Games in Season 4
    • Continuing with Cyberpunk RED.
      • Where did we leave off again?
    • Dreams and Machines
    • Dragonbane?
    • Mutant Crawl Classics?
    • Mothership?
    • What do you want to see us play?

Obligatory Banter

Technology Annex

• Ken’s new iPad Pro
  • He’s using it to map the next Cyberpunk RED adventure
    • The Apple Pen helps with this.
    • So do Traveller GeoMorphs!
    • And ProCreate!
    • And Continuity
    • And Astropad Slate (turns your iPad into a drawing tablet)
  • When not making apps, Ken is reading comics in Marvel Unlimited, in a desperate attempt to get caught up on his X-Men reading
  • And he protected it with a case:
    • ESR for iPad Pro 11 Inch Case
• David is using Obsidian heavily for game design and the Dreams and Machines’ game
  • He’s trying to limit the amount of plugins he is using or he won’t get anything done
• Ken’s been using Zettler, but it’s clunkier.

The Game Room

• Seems like we need to upgrade this place. Maybe “The Polyhedral Cathedral”?
• Dragonbane RPG
  • Ken continues to reconnect with his Swedish roots.
  • Dragonbane is a translation of Drakar och Demoner, Scandinavia’s first and biggest tabletop RPG, originally launched in 1982.
  • Wouldn’t it be cool to get a Swedish gamer on to talk about the original game?
  • David made a character.
• David picked up a lot of game related things at the end of the year
  • Microscope
  • So You Want to Be a Game Master
  • Mutant Year Zero: Ad Astra
  • Bangarang and the Gutterlands
    • Youtube: Bill Making Stuff
  • Owlbear Rodeo 2.0
    • David’s been using the new version for Dreams and Machines

Outro

Thanks for attending our latest minion and future overlord training. Thanks for coming! If you were sitting near the old death ray, head over to dice.camp and follow us @lairofsecrets. We’ve got all you need for those Hyperion gamma burns.

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