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Two issues? What an ideal number. Should would be a shame if someone came along who wanted THREE things instead...

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:48:33

Finally, you get to hear the story we crafted when we recorded this episode AND the Benchmark foes creative process... and I don't feel like this episode ended up much shorter! Sure, it's shy of the two hour mark, but only by a bit, and there's still plenty of tale told in the episode! Plus, who doesn't love more Dr. Kronz? 

Join us next week for a Writer's Room about the Time Trust one-shot!

It's the first Creative Process in a long time! Will this become some sort of new standard?!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 2:03:36

This is the first of two episodes we recorded in one day, and we inteded to go through it (and next week's episode) quickly to make two in one day possible... but look at that run time! Geeze! Well, we probably learned our lesson for next week. Time will tell!

We talk a bunch about the sorts of foes that Benchmark faces and make up some new ones! And also answer many questions! We already recorded next week's episode, but as we mention at the end of the episode, the following week we'll be talking about Time Trust, so get your questions in for that story now!

We're off to another world! 

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:52:48

We hit the ground running with this one, and I've got IDEAS! Do they pan out? Wait and see!

Another thrilling tale from the pages of Disparation, just in time for July, which will be mostly about Legacies... and Skeleton Key, I guess?

Thanks everyone for listening! If you're interested in more, check out The Letters Page Patreon here!

We're ready to have a howlin' good time!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:27:32

The spooky times have begun, and they're off with quite the start!

We recorded this episode AND next week's episode on the same day, but don't hesitate to send us any questions; we can always get to them on a future episode!

If you're on the Patreon, join us for a live show on Friday, October 14th!

What's happening out in space? Nothing much, right?

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:48:31

Adam is sick! Christopher is injured! But, against all odds, they perseverse and end up telling a tale they're both very proud of. Does it hold up? Do you folks like it as much as we do? Gosh, we hope so!

But first, we gotta tell you all about the recording schedule from now through the end of the year! With conventions, holidays, and other travel, our recording schedule is weird for most of the rest of the year. We'll make sure to share the details again in each upcoming Editor's Note, but we wanted to talk through it as well today, since it matters for question submission. Anyway, we go through the whole thing on the air. Tune in and find out!

We hope you enjoy this story! It quickly became one of our favorites. 

Also, get your questions for both Episodes #226 and #227 (Writers’ Room: NightMist and Alpha vs The Court of Blood and Writers’ Room: Tome of the Bizarre Vol. 3 #11, respectively) before this coming Friday, as we're recording both on that day!

It's another thrilling day, here on the cusp of the spooky months! We're excited for what's to come...

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:52:09

Before we get into answering questions, interacting with the chat, and telling stories, we go over the monthly schedule! (That is, after goofing around a bit, as per usual.)

• Tuesday, October 4th: Episode #226: Writers’ Room: NightMist and Alpha vs The Court of Blood
• Tuesday, October 11th: Episode #227: Writers’ Room: Tome of the Bizarre Vol. 3 #11
• Tuesday, October 18th: Editor’s Note #60
• Tuesday, October 25th: Episode #228: Writers’ Room: Writers’ Room: The Story Christopher and Adam Mention Wanting To Tell in Editor's Note #49

(We give a mild story spoiler about each of these during the recording. Listen and find out!)

Then, we get into answering questions, interacting with the chat, and telling stories! It goes pretty well, and a bit longer than the usual Editor's Note!

Join us next time for Episode #225, which is a Writers' Room episode featuring both Greazer and Fashion?! Who authorized this?!?! It's gonna be... well, interesting likely doesn't even begin to cut it. Time will tell!

Join us then!

Good morning, Avians and Arcanists!

Show Notes: 

Run Time: 1:33:34

What kind of foes are around for a Hero who is mostly a protégé/sidekick/team member for the comparatively short time that she's a hero, especially in relation to the very long time she spent incarcerated after her ONE big villainous outing? Well, that's what this episode is all about! Listen in and learn more!

Join us next week for an Editor's Note — if you're on the Letters Page Patreon, join in the fun with us this Friday at 11 AM Central for a live recording of that Editor's Note!

The Last Temptation? EVER?!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:28:56

We start off by talking about a cat, but not a real cat! Sorry for getting sidetracked. You know us.

Then we talk about Fanatic! And Apostate! And a story that you know, but we've never gotten this in-depth on.

Get your questions about Harpy foes in now!

It's an older story, but it still checks out!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:31:35

We had a lot of fun telling this story! As we mention on the air, we knew many elements of this story going into it, but the stuff we DIDN'T know really bloomed over the course of the recording. We hope you enjoy it, too!

Join us next week for another Writers' Room about another early story: "The Last Temptation of Helena!" 

Another thrilling Editor's Note! Now, with 100% more online collaboration!

Show Notes:

Run Time: 1:25:31

We're all over the place on this one, as is often the case with live shows... but even MORE so this time! We weave together letter reading, question answering, environment creating, and goof making, one after another with no discernable pattern. Does that make for good listening? Seems unlikely... but perhaps? You decide!

Also, there's a schedule of upcoming episodes! They look a little something like this:

• Tuesday, September 6th: Episode #223: Writers’ Room: The Last Temptation of Helena
• Tuesday, September 13th: Episode #224: Creative Process: The Harpy foes
• Tuesday, September 20th: Editor’s Note #59
• Tuesday, September 27th: Episode #225: Writers’ Room: Greazer and Fashion Team-Up

Here is a link to the document in which we created the Environment (which we "finalized" a few days after this recording — SPOILERS: we don't even finish it on the air and have to pick it back up later: classic us). Anyway, that doc is pre-editing for both rules consistency and typographical errors. Just enough to make it work and go into playtesting. But that's OK! SCRPG environments are hardy and can stand up to a lot of variation. If anything, we're pretty such we made this one too rough, but that's what you get when you go to a dinosaur island with an active volcano and then you add a bunch of Void nonsense on top of it!

Join us next week for an episode about Aminia Twain saving the Freedom Five! We like to call this one "Episode #222". Pretty catchy, right?