The Darkened Threshold – Détails, épisodes et analyse

The Between is coming to BackerKit on September 24th! Alex Rybitski sits down with creator Jason Cordova to talk about the game, its mechanics, and the crowdfunding campaign. Follow along with the campaign here.

Time Codes
01:45 - What is The Between?
02:59 - The Mystery System
05:10 - The Chicken or the Egg?
08:04 - The Between's Gothic Emulation
12:17 - The Playbooks
18:52 - The Play Cycle of The Between
21:10 - The Day Phase
21:57 - The Night Phase
24:10 - Character Backstories in The Between
25:50 - What are the Janus Masks?
28:40 - Revealing Character Backstories
36:07 - Character Width vs. Depth
38:08 - The Fun of GMing the Night Phase
43:25 - The Unscene
50:28 - A Talk about XP in The Between
51:11 - The BackerKit Campaign Details
55:23 - Book One
57:19 - Book Two
59:36 - Book Three
1:02:47 - Other Materials in the Backer Kit Campaign
1:07:55 - A Note About Previously Published Material for The Between
1:08:13 - A Little Preview of Something New for Backers

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Discussion

01:30 - The Factotum

Media Recommendations 

29:57 - Sherlock (again) 

30:38 - Downton Abbey 

31:52 - Batman Caped Crusader 

33:30 - The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle 

34:40 - Pride and Prejudice (2005) 

Games we’ve been playing

01:25 - White Mountain Rescue: Without a Trace

09:03 - The Between: The King in Shadows

Topic

17:11 - The Unscene

Media recommendations 

49:25 - Alan Wake 2

54:00 - Let’s Go Play at the Adams’

57:24 - The Fall of the House of Usher (Netflix series)

01:00:00 - The Others (2001)

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Games We've Been Playing

01:15 - Jason & Alex talk about their campaign of The Silt Verses RPG.

Discussion

21:05 - What Counts as Horror?

Media Recommendations

59:32 - The Reaping

1:00:57 - Gideon the Ninth

1:04:00 - Interview With the Vampire (AMC TV show)

1:06:53 - Calls (Apple TV+ show)

Games We've Been Playing

01:10 - The Silt Verses RPG playtest

14:20 - The Between: Ghosts of El Paso

Discussion

25:33 - Writing Moves

Media Recommendations

59:07 - Paperbacks from Hell: The Nest and When Darkness Loves Us

01:01:32 - Myhouse.wad

01:05:11 - Road Warden

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Games We’ve Been Playing

01:11 - The Between: Extraordinary

07:20 - The Between: Ghosts of El Paso

Discussion

14:04 - Day/Night Move 

Media Recommendations

50:22 - Excavation of Hobbes Barrow 

51:50 - HORRORSTOR

53:00 - Video Night 

53:52 - Deadwood 

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Games We've Been Playing

01:20 - The Between: Ghosts of El Paso 

10:20 - The Scoundrel’s Quarter

Discussion

14:09 - Conditions 

Media Recommendations

45:23 - Malevolent

47:37 - Clown in a Cornfield

49:53 - The Last Kingdom

52:53 - Skinamarink

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First Segment

00:02:00 - Reflections on the first days of Public Access release

Discussion: Public Access

00:10:00 - Where did the idea come from?

00:21:00 - Game development

00:39:40 - Mysteries

01:02:05 - Campaign

Media Recommendations

01:13:30 - Kane Parsons’s The Backrooms

01:15:54 - Penpal 

01:17:27 - Mystery Flesh Pit National Park 

01:18:59 - Public Access Spotify playlist 

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Games we’ve been playing

00:00:58 - Brindlewood Bay: The Ninth Step

Topic

00:13:54 - Revealing a Clue

Media Recommendations

00:57:21 - Poker Face

01:00:05 - Harvest Home

01:00:57 - The Outer Wilds

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Games We've Been Playing

01:10 - Brindlewood Bay: The Ninth Step

Topic

11:40 - Carving from Brindlewood: Key Questions

Media Recommendations

48:40 - Writer’s workshops

49:15 - The Hellebore Guide to Occult Britain

49:50 - Haunted City

51:07 - Halloween III: Season of the Witch OST

51:48 - Candle Cove