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Discover sci-fi horror as we unwrap the Mothership RPG Kickstarter rewards and share our candid reactions. Picture the tense corridors of "Alien" and the haunting void of "Dead Space" as we analyze the game's system, designed for hair-raising one-shot adventures. Our friend Ryan hops aboard for this interstellar discussion, comparing editions and debating the impact of components from GM screens to cardstock figures on your gameplay experience. We also delve into the community's response to the game's delays and additional costs, highlighting the patience-testing journey from pledge to play.

Navigating the oft-overlooked seas of shipping costs, we recount the tales of European backers grappling with exorbitant fees and the logistic loopholes that inflated delivery prices. 

Wrapping up with a look under the hood of Mothership RPG's gameplay, we discuss the stress mechanic's ability to ratchet up tension and the strategic decisions it imposes. The rulebook's approachability for rookies and richness for veterans receives its due praise, along with GM advice on creating an enthralling atmosphere. 

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Prepare to be immersed in the spine-tingling realm of Cthulhu board games as we continue to recount our harrowing yet delightful experiences from the comfort of our tabletops. From the sudden demise of the Mythos card game that left us in academic nostalgia to the complex machinations of Arkham Horror, our tales are fraught with the kind of player interaction that only eldritch horror can inspire. And let's not forget our own Matt Sanderson's confession of his seemingly bottomless pit of investments in Kickstarter campaigns. We navigate these treacherous waters, with Steve chiming in on the hack-and-slash frenzy of Death May Die, and together, we all tackle the eternal collector's conundrum—should these rare gaming wonders be played or sold?

The episode takes a darker turn as we peel back the curtain on the challenges of Kickstarter endeavors, sharing the shock and awe of miscommunication and the financial nightmares of overambition. We swap war stories of the waiting game, punctuated by the Monster Apocalypse board game's infamous delays, before veering into a lighter comparison—the outrageous costs of RPGs versus the world's more nefarious indulgences. To top it off, we grapple with the new reality of post-Brexit collectible hunting and conclude with a sentimental roundtable: If we could each save just one Call of Cthulhu supplement from oblivion, which would it be? Join us and find out—we promise it's worth more than a dragon's hoard.

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Greetings citizen!

Join Troubleshooter Rapid Response Team 413 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer.  As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned.

This episode sees our brave team summoned to their mission briefing where they learn that they will be exploring a totally safe and doubtlessly disarmed missile silo, whilst also looking for game show hosts to interview.

Predictably, there is singing.

Not good singing.

Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @cowsquashmelon, @sidthehistorian, @dmgrun and @addryc1 - check them all out on Twitter!

If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than:

The Four Corners Games Podcast
Tale of the Manticore
Run DMG on TikTok

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FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson
SPECIAL GUEST: Kris Bowser
MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Draw a Venn diagram of geeky interests, and there will be a massive circle where RPGs and Miniature Wargaming meet.  In this episode, we're going to talk all about this cousin to RPGs, our experiences with it and some recent announcements in the mini wargaming community that have caught our interest.

This is our second miniature wargaming episode - if you want more nonsense like this, check out part one.

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page). 

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Steve's had this great idea that we should do some actual plays of the games we are talking about.  So, here is the fourth of these - Episode 5 of "The Assumptions", a SLA Industries actual play podcast.  We hope you enjoy it!

In this episode, Bob continues his investigation of the sewage plant's records, whilst McTavish and Bovril battle it out with the spider creatures that seems to have taken up residence in Wooly's desiccated corpse. 

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve
SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Sanderson
ALL MUSIC: From the good folks at Epidemic Sound.  Find them at http://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Join Troubleshooter Task Force 451 as they take on another fun, routine task for your friend and mine, The Computer.  As with most Troubleshooter missions, this one will be perfectly safe for everyone concerned.

This episode (and apologies for the delay in it coming out!) sees our intrepid team try to solve the problem of dealing with whatever fell off Mark IV and caused the warbot to stop working.  As would be expected, the Troubleshooters are a picture perfect example of teamwork, leadership and co-operation.

Thanks to our cast of @manticoretale, @4cornersgames, @guydadams, @dicepopuli - check them all out on Twitter!

If you're wanting to see their podcasts then look no further than:

The Four Corners Games Podcast
Tale of the Manticore
Dice Populi

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
TWITTER: @savepodcast
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog
FRIEND COMPUTER: Keeley Wilson
MUSIC & SFX: http://www.epidemicsound.com

Contact us at:

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
TWITTER: @savepodcast
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Steve's had this great idea that we should do some actual plays of the games we are talking about.  So, here is the fourth of these - Episode 5 of "The Assumptions", a SLA Industries actual play podcast.  We hope you enjoy it!

In this episode, the Assumptions split up - leaving Bob to do some ever so exciting data analysis, whilst Bovril and McTavish go off to investigate Wooly - the missing sewage plant worker.  

Several doors were harmed in this episode...

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EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Jason Downey, Steve
SPECIAL GUESTS: Matt Sanderson
ALL MUSIC: From the good folks at Epidemic Sound.  Find them at http://www.epidemicsound.com/ @epidemicsound

Contact us at:

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
TWITTER: @savepodcast
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Draw a Venn diagram of geeky interests, and there will be a massive circle where RPGs and Miniature Wargaming meet.  In this episode, we're going to talk all about this cousin to RPGs, our experiences with it and some recent announcements in the mini wargaming community that have caught our interest.

After recording we realised that there was a ton of other stuff that we wanted to mention, so consider this Part 1 of our trip into the world of plastic crack!

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page). 

Contact us at:

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
TWITTER: @savepodcast
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WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Join us as we ramble on about the Mind's Eye Theatre - White Wolf's fantastic series of Live Action Roleplay games.  We talk about our experiences with the system, the games we've played in, the good times we've had and share the inevitable LARP horror stories.

This is part two of our MET episode - part one features a review of the history of this system and how it came to be.

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HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST: Cher / Wesley Williams
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page). 

Contact us at:

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WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).

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Join us as we take a deep dive into the Mind's Eye Theatre - White Wolf's fantastic series of Live Action Roleplay games.  We talk about how MET got started, the various supplements released along the way, as well as some of the nuances of the LARPing scene.

This is part one of our MET episode - part two will feature a round table discussion where we put on our rose tinted glasses and talk about our favourite memories of the game.

Contact us at:

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
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FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
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HOST: Iain Wilson
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page). 

Contact us at:

EMAIL: roll.to.save.pod@gmail.com
TWITTER: @savepodcast
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/rolltosavepod
WEBSITE: https://rolltosave.blog

HOSTS: Iain Wilson, Steve McGarrity, Jason Downey
VOICEOVER LADY: Keeley Wilson
BACKGROUND MUSIC: David Renada (Find him at: davidrendamusic@gmail.com or on his web page).
TITLE, BREAK & CLOSEOUT MUSIC: Xylo-Ziko (Find them on their web page).