Episodes

  • Chainsaw - MÖRK BORG meets Slasher Movies! Games Designer Interview with Matthew Myslinski

    Chainsaw - MÖRK BORG meets Slasher Movies! Games Designer Interview with Matthew Myslinski
    Oct 3 2024
    Chainsaw - MÖRK BORG meets Slasher Movies! Games Designer Interview with Matthew Myslinski We want to play a game! That game is Chainsaw, a slasher horror tabletop roleplaying game from the Driftwood Archives currently being crowdfunded on Kickstarter.

    Powered by MÖRK BORG, the Chainsaw RPG allows you to step into the quaking boots of the victims in horror films such as Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, and Friday the 13th. We sat down with games designer Matthew Myslinski to discuss horror franchises, using genre tropes in your TTRPGs, getting your gaming table to try new games, heavy metal, and the wonderful MÖRK BORG Community.

    Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/driftwoodarchives/chainsaw

    Driftwoodarchives.com

    Chainsawrpg.com

    Thank you to Sacha from Slightly Reckless Games – check out their Mork Borg engine games here – https://www.slightlyrecklessgames.com/

    Find this episode in video form here: https://youtu.be/UVTc7gLWCcY

    Find this episode in podcast form here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/chainsaw-rpg-interview-pod-final--62205415

    Listen to our Actual Play podcast, Roll In The Dark, here - https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/roll-in-the-dark-an-actual-play-podcast--6167997

    Check out all our releases, merch, and more at www.criticaltwits.com
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    53 mins
  • Tales of the Old West RPG | Designer Interview

    Tales of the Old West RPG | Designer Interview
    Sep 28 2024
    Howdy, pardners! Tales of the Old West is an upcoming tabletop RPG from Effekt Publishing, and we were lucky enough to grab an interview with designers Dave Semark and Matthew Tyler-Jones of Effekt Publishing. Conversation on the game itself begins in earnest at (24:40)

    The buffalo of conversation roams across topics such as the Mutant Year Zero Free Tabletop Licence (FTL), working for Free League, getting started as a writer for TTRPGS, their Effekt and Effekt AP podcasts, writing the wonderful Hope’s Last Day scenario for Alien: The Roleplaying Game, and winning a Gold ENNIE award for the Alien RPG sourcebook Building Better Worlds.

    Dave and Matthew have come a long way from their days selling ‘zines for 80s Games Workshop RPGs and have successfully funded Tales of the Old West on Kickstarter.

    If you want to see us in action playing the game, head over to Spreaker or YouTube
    Click to join the Kickstarter - Kickstarter
    Free quickplay rules! Tales of the Old West Quick Draw
    More from Effekt - Effekt Publishing - The Effekt Podcast - The Effect AP Podcast
    Find this episode in video form HERE
    Consider listening to our Actual Play podcast, Roll In The Dark, HERE
    Check out all our releases, merch, and more at www.criticaltwits.com
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Berserkr = NORSE Börg? Publisher interview with Slightly Reckless Games

    Berserkr = NORSE Börg? Publisher interview with Slightly Reckless Games
    Aug 3 2024
    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.

    Join us at www.criticaltwits.com

    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
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • RPG Author Interview with Potatocubed

    RPG Author Interview with Potatocubed
    Jul 22 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • UK Games Expo 2024 Review

    UK Games Expo 2024 Review
    Jun 7 2024
    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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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • The Chronicles Of Future Earth RPG - Author Interview with Sarah Newton

    The Chronicles Of Future Earth RPG - Author Interview with Sarah Newton
    May 15 2024
    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
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Welcome to the Critical Twits 2.0

    Welcome to the Critical Twits 2.0
    May 15 2024
    Welcome to the Critical Twits 2.0!

    Stick with us as we've got loads coming up, including tabletop RPG and board game discussion, insightful interviews with leading figures within the tabletop gaming communities, reviews, news and so much more! Don't forget to subscribe so you can come with us on this journey, and if you can share the podcast with someone you know it would really help us grow and reach others in the tabletop community.

    We're super excited for what's to come, and we hope you are too.
    Find out more about what we're up to at https://www.criticaltwits.com
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    10 mins
  • 107 - The Joy of Lying (In Board Games)

    107 - The Joy of Lying (In Board Games)
    Sep 20 2018
    Lying - a terrible, hurtful, nasty thing to do, or a great way to have fun with your friends? Brian and Aaron take you through their favourite lying, bluffing, social deduction games. Want to help support our content? https://www.criticaltwits.com https://www.twitter.com/Critical_Twits https://www.facebook.com/criticaltwits https://www.instagram.com/criticaltwits/
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    1 hr and 4 mins