We chat with Sacha Lightfoot from Slightly Reckless Games about their Norse-themed Mörk Borg-engine Kickstarter Berserkr, running an indie tabletop RPG press, last year's big crowd-funding hit Ronin, the importance of music in roleplaying games, TTRPG design, games art, Norse myths, Japanese culture, Cyberpunk 2020... and snowplough duellist Jeremy Renner.

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This pod on YouTube - https://youtu.be/Yle0zLA3OLg

Show notes:
https://www.slightlyrecklessgames.com
Berserkr Kickstarter page - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slightlyreckless/berserkr 
Our interview with the creators of Mörk Borg - https://youtu.be/grv5-5EPZUk
Slightly Reckless Games' Discord - https://discord.com/invite/FfqBuqXvMK

We interview RPG author Chris Longhurst, aka Potatocubed, about his upcoming RPG "Threadcutters", his previous work (Bleak Spirit, Pigsmoke, Attorneys at Jaw, and Strike Force Omega), and his experiences with game design and publishing as a indie writer/developer.

The interview took place on 24/06/2024.

You can find Potatocubed's games here: https://potatocubed.itch.io/
And you can find out more about what we're up to, including actual-play RPGs at https://www.criticaltwits.com
And here's a list of where to find all the other games we talked about:
Exalted - Sidereals: https://www.storytellersvault.com/product/50485/Manual-of-Exalted-Power-Sidereals
Lovecraftesque: https://blackarmada.com/lovecraftesque/
Fucked Up Little Man: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/fucked-up-little-man/
Detect or Die: https://silk-stone.itch.io/detect-or-die
Songs for the Dusk: https://yrgirlkv.itch.io/songsforthedusk
Heat - Pedal to the Metal: https://www.daysofwonder.com/heat/
The Fashion Game: https://ryokoyabuchi.stores.jp/items/64644d65c2d1e4002ebf6657

Join Aaron and Brian with guests Simon and Kar as they say so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen and goodbye to Netrunner, our favourite card game which is sadly being discontinued by FFG after they lost the IP rights. Listen as we reminisce & speculate on the potential future for the game. Want to help support our content? Now you can make a donation here: https://bit.ly/donatetwits https://www.criticaltwits.com

This week we discuss three of our favourite puzzle board games; Dimension, Dixit and Mysterium. Prepare for your minds to be blown (or at least gently caressed).

This week we Weigh and Measure Batman Arkham Knight and ask, does it make a suitable end for Rocksteady's Batman series? If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a like, subscribe, or check out our YouTube gaming channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg

Games of all kinds are a great way to meet new people, real or fictional. We discuss the ways that different types of game portray, encourage, and reward relationships within them, what they get right, and what they get wrong.

We left our intrepid anti-heroes in the midst of an explosion. Who will triumph in our blood-soaked Western of betrayal, bullets, and bad, bad bastards? If you enjoy this podcast, please leave a like, subscribe, or check out our YouTube gaming channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBUQ1hqKCFruDCWQjTJzhAg

A live playthrough of the tabletop roleplaying game Fiasco from Bully Pulpit Games. We build our very own Wild West scenario and watch it all inevitably fall apart. Aaron bullies, Brian schemes, and Colin is surprisingly good at accents.

Join us as we introduce you to the tabletop roleplaying hobby! Everything you ever needed to get started, and a tonne of tips for those that already have. Plus, in true RPG fashion, we flesh out our meagre backstories for your amusement.

We run the rule over miniature skirmish/football game hybrid Guild Ball - is it a critical hit or miss? We discuss rules and models, do some chanting, sing a little song and Brian runs a bonus "Banter!" round that was meant to be ironic until he got way too into it. The shame, the shame, shame...

Welcome to our first comedy special, combining tales from the wastes of Fallout 4 with our own Mutant Radio station and a good old-fashioned singalong at the end.

A new irregular segment where we dive in deeper then a lead-lined Jacques Cousteau and give you the comprehensive long view review of a recent game. This time: Fallout 4. We've wandered the waste, recycled a whole load of dirty ashtrays and searched in vain for a story to believe in, just for you. Enjoy!

Was 2015 a good year for games? Is 2016 worth getting excited about? Will the Twits be able to cope with a doing this live? Will we ever learn to stop overusing rhetorical questions? Tweet us on @Critical_Twits with your favourite games of the last year, and what you're most looking forward to in 2016!

In this episode of RPG basics, Brian and Aaron discuss how to keep a campaign going when problems start appearing. Things such as loss of interest, loss of players, loss of party cohesion. You'd be lost without us. Want to help support our content? Now you can make a donation here: https://bit.ly/donatetwits criticaltwits.com twitter.com/Critical_Twits facebook.com/criticaltwits www.instagram.com/criticaltwits/ @criticaltwits

This week the Critical Twits discuss the Modiphius convention, Dragonmeet! We go gaga for Guild Ball, dig Devil's Run, expound upon X-Corp, admire the Amberden Affair, and ruminate on our next roleplay game (marvellous Mindjammer or lovely Laundry Files). Also, watch out for asthmatic dragons...

This week we break open the secrets of the Malifaux starter set. We marvel at Colin's ability to handle tiny things, revel in Brian's enthusiam and find out Aaron has learned to love again.

Part two of the science fiction special, where we talk tabletop RPGs: Star Wars and Paranoia. Critial Twits Top Tips appears to explain how to make combat fun and engaging in role playing sessions. We also discuss what happened to the Halo series and our feelings about Metal Gear Solid 5. We explore Colin's cruelty as dungeon master, feel the emotion humans call sadness at the discovery clone Aaron has never played science fiction based RPGs, while Brian ensures trolls are put in their place.

*Warning* Spoilers for Risk Legacy from 56 minutes to 1 hour and 14 minutes.*Warning ends* Using technology that would make 1950's sci-fi authors run screaming, we talk about something the same decade would find old hat, boardgames. We discuss Arctic Scavengers, Twilight Imperium, Risk Legacy and Cosmic Encounter. Colin reveals himself as an evil time traveller, who still gets numbers wrong. We forgot to implant the shame gene into Aaron's clone replacement. Brian becomes obsessed with opening boxes. We also attempt photosynthesis noises and discover life is too short for Micheal Bay.

We've found a small place of safety. Please listen to us tell our tales of whether Dark Souls was scarier than Bloodborne. We also discuss Betrayal at House on the Hill and Arkham Horror, hoping that one day a boardgame will make us as scared as we feel right now! Please tweet @Critical_Twits to sate our captor's desires. Thanks to midimagician for Fire Burning Loop noise. Thanks to DiscoveryME for Glitch & Static 01 noise. Thanks to Sea Fury for Monster noise.

Have the Twits survived? Listen now to find out! Covering horrific video games of all stripes, and puns. A life-threateningly large number of puns... Thanks to esperri for Chainsaw noise.

Trapped by a sinister madman, the Twits must podcast their way to freedom. Unfortunate, given that they couldn't fight their way out of a poorly-recycled paper bag during a particularly vicious downpour. Discussion of the tabletop RPG Call of Cthulhu, tension in horror games, inappropriate horror maze twisting, reverse screaming, and that most dreaded of childhood monsters: Pop Up Pirate. Thanks to DiscoveryME for Glitch & Static 01.

Humorous discussion of subterfuge in roleplaying and video games. Covering Batman's crying-about-your-parents minigame, that time Colin killed our gaming group, demonic bargains, the X-Files, and how to effectively punch a monkey. Correction: psychic tests are conducted using Zener cards, not Reiner cards - apologies to Karl Zener! Thanks to jamesabdulrahman for 'Permission to panic?'

Today we talk about sneaky boardgames, Codenames, Resistance and Sheriff of Nottingham. Shhh, tell everybody.

Hear ye! A discussion on Pathfinder, Dungeons and Dragons, Lords of Waterdeep, consequences in RPGs, sexy peasants, beardcraft, banning Monopoly, and diptheria. Colin has memory problems, Brian wishes he was an elf, and Aaron hates the very foundation upon which this episode was built. The git. Credit to abel_K for 'copper bell' sound used for last orders.

This week we discuss all of the wonderful games we played and previewed at the 2018 UK Games Expo! Including Elite: Dangerous Battle Cards, Fog of Love, Frenetic, Rumbleslam, several offerings from Big Potato Games and many, many more including the rather adult part games Gutterhead and Random Minds! 4:05 Forgotten Floof 9:25 Elite Dangerous Battle Cards 12:15 Fog of Love 17:50 Gutterhead and Random Minds 25:40 Sins RPG 27:15 Call of Cthulhu 30:13 Games Workshop 31:30 Grant Howitt and Spire 32:55 Minerals 36:55 Whitewashing 40:30 Frenetic 48:35 Rumbleslam 52:10 Big Potato Games – Klask (53:37 Clickbait, 56:20 Weird Things Humans Search For) 58:48 Villagers 1:00:10 Dice Summoners 1:02:45 The Old Hellfire Club 1:08:45 Ominoes 1:11:58 Thirsty Meeples

Good morrow! Hark ye, and hear our conflabulations upon The Witcher 3, Dragon Age, assorted fantasy authors, and sexy sexy dragons. Starring Sir Gaseous of Hotpoint, Mr Darcy, and a man who cannot count. Credit to sonsdebarcelona for 'group fighting' noise. The Witcher 3 season pass actually costs £19.99. Colin was wrong, join us in booing at him.

A whole episode spent pondering Mutant: Year Zero from Modiphius Press, a post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game that, quite frankly, we love. Enjoy! And a special thanks to guitarguy1985 for air raid noise found on Freesound.

In which we fall out over Fallout, rage about Rage, and lose the thread on Threads. Also featuring hipster zombie survival tips, shambling asthmatics, outdated political references, parental sponge warnings, Call of Duty: Duty Calls Modern Ops Warfare 7: Duty Calling, supporting your local supermarket giant and James Blunt, Saviour of the World! Check out Brian's article on Dirge: http://www.dirgemag.com/board-games-made-okay-dick-friends/

We've finally reached 100 episodes! Join us as we celebrate with a handful of special guests (and Twits). Play along with the official Critical Twits Quiz and laugh at our attempts to find other employment while we play Funemployed. Special thanks to Alex Tyler: Spoken Nerd for joining us (who you can find at https://www.facebook.com/alextylerspokenword/) and outdoing what we do. https://criticaltwits.com https://twitter.com/Critical_Twits https://facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.instagram.com/criticaltwits/ https://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits

Aaron and Brian explore the best doggos in Malifaux - which hound, pooch, wolf, canid or canine will top our poll? We also share our best dog stories. https://criticaltwits.com https://twitter.com/Critical_Twits https://facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.instagram.com/criticaltwits/ https://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits

This week sees Aaron and Brian discuss the surprisingly hard to source film, Snowpiercer. A film about the last of humanity surviving on a train in a post-apocalyptic wintery wasteland. Just the sort of thing to watch during Spring. Will the Twits consider Snowpiercer to be size 10 chaos or a lovely protein bar of goodness? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week's podcast sees Aaron and Wife of Twit discuss their experiences at the Dice Cup board game cafe in Nottingham and the huge number of games they tried. These include: Agricola, Machi Koro, Camel Up, Sushi Go, Sagrada, Mutant Meeples, Rick and Morty Total Rickall, Unlock and Penguin Pileup. Phew! All in the space of an hour and a half. We're also still running our survey, tell us what you think about us at: https://goo.gl/forms/D96eL7K2Q8jfPgvW2

We need you...to fill out our survey. We're looking at ways to improve the channel, so tell us what you think be clicking the link. https://goo.gl/forms/D96eL7K2Q8jfPgvW2

Warning: Spoilers from 28:08, continue at your own peril. This week Aaron and Brian discuss The Ritual, a horror movie based on the novel by Adam Nevill, and see it how it shapes compared to the stunning source material. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we look at Malifaux's new schemes and strategies for Gaining Grounds 2018. Each year Wyrd shake up how Malifaux is played with a completely new suite of objectives - we run the rule over them and give our verdicts here! https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Join us we talk all about the TTRPGS, boardgames, art, and miscellaneous arts and crafts that we explored at the UK Games Expo 2024 in Birmingham!

Thanks to everyone we mentioned in this episode, and all the games and RPGs we loved - in no particular order:

Slightly Restless Games' RPG Ronin; Stockholm Kartell and Mork Borg, Pelle Nilsson, Johan Nohr, Chris Bisette, Rowan, Rook and Decard; Grant Howitt; Mike Mason at Chaosium; Fighting Fantasy and Jonathan Green; Ian Livingstone; Kevin Rahman and Forbidden Psalm; Thornless Rose; Happy Yeti Games; Soulmuppet Publishing; Monte Cook Games; Game Toppers; Hollows; Spire; Old Gods of Appalachia; Boop; Weird Games; No Thank You Evil; Be Like a Crow; This Wretched House; Inssmouth The Stolen Child; They Live; Calico; Hieronymous; Paint the Town Red, and Shenanigrams.

Our Actual Play podcast, Roll In The Dark

We play Goblin Quest - Spreaker or YouTube 
Eat The Reich Unboxing
Forbidden Psalm Unboxing

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We return to the gritty streets of Malifaux to discuss the 2018 errata document. This time round only a couple of abilities have changed; instead, it's all about adjusted soulstone costs and a game-wide rebalancing act.We look at all seven factions and pick our big winners and losers. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We headed out to our first Malifaux tournament with strangers, and also our first tournament with Gaining Grounds 2018: Troubleshooters 3 at Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry. How did we fair in this fixed master tourny, you ask? Click and find out! https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

Join us for our final look back at 2017 - we discuss the video games that we loved in the official Year Of The Micro-Transaction (tm). https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We review 2017 in tabletop gaming - board games, roleplay games, Malifaux and Netrunner. 2017 was a terrible year so find out which old classics we returned to like so much hot, hot soup. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We're back at the Dragonmeet gaming convention in London for another year, where we were invited to join the #podcastzone. We decided to interview the other podcasts to find out why you should listen to them! Join us as we endeavour to learn more about our fellow podcasters, discover tips for getting started with podcasting and find out answers to important questions, such as "If your podcast was a character from Friends, which character would it be and why?" Pretending with Dice (01:43) How We Roll (06:10) Dem Drunk Blokes do D&D (09:46) Chimpions (22:23) The Lucky Die (26:15) Penance Podcast (28:47) Demipia (32:16) Baylor’s Blades (35:50) Crudely Drawn Swords (41:40) The Rolistes (49:54) The Formal Gamer (59:11) Wizard on the Wynd (1:06:33) The Coriolis Effect (1:14:29) https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

The Critical Twits were raised on Game's Workshop's 90s Specialist Games, and Necromunda is their king. Find out here how GW popped our enthusiasm and left us non-plussed with their reboot, Necromunda: Underhive. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

A spooky indie video game special this week. Aaron and Brian discuss their experiences with; The Deed, a Cluedo (or Clue) -esque adventure about fratricide; Gloom, an artistic Lovecraftian/Cthulhu-based action adventure; and Morph Girl, an FMV game with a love for Japanese horror. Also a special feature at the end where we discuss our favourite horror books, films and video games (that aren't featured here obviously). https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we report back from our latest self-enforced tournament, Burst of the Worst. Based on a poll run by Huzzah Hobbies, this tournament got us to play Masters commonly considered to be the worst. Are they really so bad or have we found ways of making them work? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

We discuss the new Most Wanted List (MWL) 2.0, and what it means for Netrunner players new and old. Do we agree with banning cards, especially cards that are so young and had their whole lives ahead of them? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week Brian and Aaron discuss the recently announced Core 2.0 starter box redux for Netrunner. Listen to us lament the already out of date previous Netrunner podcast, what the reintroduction of lost cards means for the meta, and what the new box means for new starters. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

In this episode, we interview the award winning RPG author Sarah Newton about her new RPG "The Chronicles of Future Earth". 

"The Chronicles of Future Earth" is powered by FATE. It is written and designed by Sarah Newton and published by Typhon Games (Formally Mindjammer Press Ltd)

You can find out more about "The Chronicles of Future Earth" and purchase a copy from here: https://www.typhon-games.com/the-chronicles-of-future-earth/

To see a video version of this interview, you can find our YouTube and other channels, including our new actual play RPG podcast Roll In The Dark, at criticaltwits.com

This week Brian and Aaron review cyberpunk RPG, The Sprawl. Hear tales of Neo-London, its corporations and the actual review itself. Enjoy, slick eaters. https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits https://www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week Aaron and Brian jump back into Netrunner, only to discover some of their favorite and most loathed cards are disappearing. Join them in their bandwagon like discussion of the consequences and what it means to new players. www.criticaltwits.com www.youtube.com/c/criticaltwits www.soundcloud.com/criticaltwits www.facebook.com/criticaltwits www.twitter.com/critical_twits

This week we give our thoughts on our very first Malifaux tournament, with timed matches and rules and everything! Listen to Aaron's excuses, Brian's glory and some stark warnings about Green Stuff. http://criticaltwits.com http://youtube.com/c/criticaltwits http://soundcloud.com/criticaltwits http://facebook.com/criticaltwits http://twitter.com/critical_twits