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See all- https://blackarmada.com/
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- https://ickbat.itch.io/
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- https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
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- https://twitter.com/armadajosh
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- https://twitter.com/ickbat
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- https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy
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**Corrected version** The Between part 18 (episode 138)
mercredi 27 novembre 2024 • Duration 45:27
**Due to an editing error, Sue's audio was cut from the middle of this episode in the first release. That has now been corrected. Apologies for the mistake!**
We are playing The Between by Jason Cordova! The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. They are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and neutralize monstrous threats terrorizing the city—threats that Scotland Yard won’t or can’t handle themselves. As the story progresses, they become aware of the plans of a Moriarty-style criminal mastermind they will eventually have to face in order to save Queen and country.
In this episode:
- The team discuss their theories and come up with a plan
- Ardent takes Perry out for drinks
- Tom and Kulveer hunt for clues at the Society Obscura
- We discuss the unfortunate realities of puppy ownership
Black Armada Discord
We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy
Credits
Our players are:
- Joshua Fox https://bsky.app/profile/armadajosh.bsky.social
- Becky Annison https://bsky.app/profile/beckyannison.bsky.social
- Eadwin Tomlinson
- Nick Bate https://bsky.app/profile/ickbat.bsky.social
- Sue Elliott https://bsky.app/profile/suefacetm.bsky.social
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
The Between part 17 (episode 137)
mardi 19 novembre 2024 • Duration 45:25
We are playing The Between by Jason Cordova! The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. They are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and neutralize monstrous threats terrorizing the city—threats that Scotland Yard won’t or can’t handle themselves. As the story progresses, they become aware of the plans of a Moriarty-style criminal mastermind they will eventually have to face in order to save Queen and country.
In this episode:
- Tom meets another cook
- Kulveer investigates the laundry
- The team debate the significance of the cook's gift
- We discuss leg lifts
Black Armada Discord
We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy
Credits
Our players are:
- Joshua Fox https://bsky.app/profile/armadajosh.bsky.social
- Becky Annison https://bsky.app/profile/beckyannison.bsky.social
- Eadwin Tomlinson
- Nick Bate https://bsky.app/profile/ickbat.bsky.social
- Sue Elliott https://bsky.app/profile/suefacetm.bsky.social
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
The Between part 8 (episode 128)
lundi 16 septembre 2024 • Duration 36:22
We are playing The Between by Jason Cordova! The Between is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of mysterious monster hunters in Victorian-era London. They are residents of a place called Hargrave House, and their job is to investigate and neutralize monstrous threats terrorizing the city—threats that Scotland Yard won’t or can’t handle themselves. As the story progresses, they become aware of the plans of a Moriarty-style criminal mastermind they will eventually have to face in order to save Queen and country.
In this episode:
- The team discover a concealed letter.
- Ardent and Tom lean on the cook.
- We discuss all the international days and why international snake day is best.
Black Armada Discord
We would like to invite our listeners to join the Black Armada discord, where you can hang out with the podcast crew. Join the discord here: https://discord.gg/8GAtj9pRYy
Credits
Our players are:
- Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
- Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
- Eadwin Tomlinson
- Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
- Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Rise and fall part two (episode 38)
mardi 3 mai 2022 • Duration 49:51
Threader makes contact with the rebellious Sliders to warn them of the coming crackdown. The authorities brutally suppress individual freedoms, and the underground journalist Paris is caught in the crosshairs of one of their snap inspections.
Rise and Fall by Elizabeth Lovegrove is part of the Seven Wonders anthology: https://pelgranepress.com/2015/11/18/seven-wonders-a-story-games-anthology-2/
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Rise and Fall part one (episode 37)
mardi 26 avril 2022 • Duration 01:00:16
The rise of our dystopia begins as, on board a generation ship floating through deep space, the ancient sociologist thinker Isaac is released from cryo-stasis. We subsequently learn of the death of Saint Isaac (the very same!) from a mural depicting his demise.
Rise and Fall by Elizabeth Lovegrove is part of the Seven Wonders anthology: https://pelgranepress.com/2015/11/18/seven-wonders-a-story-games-anthology-2/
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Rise and Fall session zero (episode 36)
mardi 19 avril 2022 • Duration 48:15
We are starting a new game of Rise and Fall. In this game we will be creating and then destroying a dystopia. Our first session is where we decide some basics about the dystopia and the type of characters we will be playing.
Rise and Fall by Elizabeth Lovegrove is part of the Seven Wonders anthology: https://pelgranepress.com/2015/11/18/seven-wonders-a-story-games-anthology-2/
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
Nick creates and publishes TTRPGs as Ickbat here: https://ickbat.itch.io/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Stealing the Throne part 4 (episode 35)
mercredi 9 mars 2022 • Duration 44:21
We are playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate. Stealing the Throne is available here: https://ickbat.itch.io/stealing-the-throne
The final episode of our game of Stealing the Throne. Dmitri Rostov takes on the House Tetsudo military single-handed. The team make their bid to steal Tensword, hotly pursued by holographic defence systems. And: we find out what the Primaris does.
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Stealing the Throne part 3 (episode 34)
mardi 1 mars 2022 • Duration 44:38
We are playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate. Stealing the Throne is available here: https://ickbat.itch.io/stealing-the-throne
Datura Pandemonium launches a daring mission into the legendary Doom Moon to recover the Stiletto. Ace pilot Larrick returns to the homeworld to steal the Eclipsing Revenant Sword.
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Stealing the Throne part 2 (episode 33)
mardi 22 février 2022 • Duration 46:10
We are playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate. Stealing the Throne is available here: https://ickbat.itch.io/stealing-the-throne
The heist gets underway. Monocerous Jones, the artefact hunter, goes after Aster's longsword, still skewered through a space destroyer after an ancient battle. Finch, the master forger, seeks out "The Mother", well protected by a nest of surveillance bots.
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.
Stealing the Throne part 1 (episode 32)
mardi 15 février 2022 • Duration 43:47
We are playing Stealing the Throne by Nick Bate. Stealing the Throne is available here: https://ickbat.itch.io/stealing-the-throne
In this episode we set up the game, creating the mech we're going to steal, our reasons for stealing it, and all the cool nuggets of world building detail and security systems that we'll weave into the heist.
Our players are:
Becky Annison https://twitter.com/BeckyAnnison
James Torrance
Joshua Fox https://twitter.com/armadajosh
Nick Bate https://twitter.com/ickbat
Sue Elliott https://twitter.com/SuefaceTM
Black Armada create and publish TTRPGs here: https://blackarmada.com/
The music is Orange Button by Esther Garcia.









