The Coriolis Effect

The first part of a new adventure for Rado and Potboy, and their new friend Grendel, with a family reunion of sorts, and mysterious goings on at the Temple. Dave, Matthew and Tony were joined by Andy in a 16th century farmhouse in Norfolk to record this.  (which hopefully explains the … different sound quality). The Symbaroum Effect. Presented by RPGGods.org and FictionSuit.org. Karvosti Theme by Iron Pact Orchestra, used with permission of Järnringen. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and Season of the Witch Black by imagex★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.42: Introduction 00.02.10: World of Gaming –Symbaroum: YndarosKickstarter; Emissary Lost; and Coriolis in other languages 00.13.52: A Coriolis Curry 00.19.56: Discussion – Ahlam’s Temple 00.39.42: Spectral Corsair campaign 00.39.32: Talent of the Episode – Mind Warp 01.02.35: Coming next time, our anniversary episode The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It took an extra couple of weeks to find time to record this. and in those two weeks, all sorts of stuff happened. So welcome to our longest episode yet, mere seconds short of two hours! 00.00.42: Introduction 00.02.10: Wider World of Gaming: Emissary Lost Kickstarter! Mutant: Road to Eden; Mutant: Mechatron; Mutant: Ad Astra; Mutant: Hindenburg; Symbaroum Monster Codex; Nemesis boardgame; Star Trek Adventures; Forbidden Lands!. 00.44.24: Reputation 00.58.50: The Nomad Federation 01.23.10: Oases 01.39.43: Spectral Corsair Campaign update: Now get out of that 01.56.20: Coming next episode The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The last part of our Tales from the Loop Actual Play. Martin and Mattias confront Majsan’s uncle, Gunnar Granat. Bonus discussion: Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony review the game, from 00:43:06 The Loop Effect. Presented by FictionSuit.org and RPGGods.org. The Happiest Days by Three Chain Link, via the Free Music Archive. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and iDroid Bold by Pixel Sagas.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Summer Break and Killer Birds Part 3 We had hoped to release another episode of the main ‘cast this weekend, but Dave’s work got in the way of our recording time. So, to keep your podcatchers busy, here is the third part of our Tales from the Loop Actual Play. Tell us what you think of the sound – this is the first recording on our new multi-mic set-up. (I’m often a bit louder than the others as I made the schoolboy error of placing my mic directly between me and the GM… doh!) The Loop Effect. Presented by FictionSuit.org and RPGGods.org. The Happiest Days by Three Chain Link, via the Free Music Archive. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and iDroid Bold by Pixel Sagas.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Tell us what you think of the sound – this is the first recording on our new multi-mic set-up. (I’m often a bit louder than the others as I made the schoolboy error of placing my mic directly between me and the GM… doh!) The Loop Effect. Presented by FictionSuit.org and RPGGods.org. The Happiest Days by Three Chain Link, via the Free Music Archive. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and iDroid Bold by Pixel Sagas.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony create characters, get their head around this variant of the Year Zero system, and start to play. Tell us what you think of the sound – this is the first recording on our new multi-mic set-up. (I’m often a bit louder than the others as I made the schoolboy error of placing my mic directly between me and the GM… doh!) The Loop Effect. Presented by FictionSuit.org and RPGGods.org. The Happiest Days by Three Chain Link, via the Free Music Archive. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and iDroid Bold by Pixel Sagas.★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.01.00: Introduction 00.02.30: World Of Gaming (Symbaroum and the Forbidden Lands) 00.22.44: Trade In Your Campaign: Free Traders as Crew; Trade is a Long-Burn Business; Scenario ideas and hooks 00.33.30: The History Of Trade in the Horizon: The Portal Wars; The Portal Crisis and Free Trade Treaty; The Navigation Accord; Resistance to the Consortium 00.56.02:  Trade in the Horizon Today: The Main Trade Routes; Trading Commodities 01.06.32: Threats to trade 01.11.54: Next episode and farewell The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The final part of our first Symbaroum Actual Play adventure. Rado and Potboy make a discovery. Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony get into the swing of the new system. The Symbaroum Effect. Presented by RPGGods.org and FictionSuit.org. Karvosti Theme by Iron Pact Orchestra, used with permission of Järnringen. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and Season of the Witch Black by imagex★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The second part of our Symbaroum Actual Play. Rado and Potboy journey to the Mills to investigate the lack of supply. Maps and plans, and some campaign background are available on Dave’s blog, RPGGods.org Listen in as Dave, Matthew and Tony get their head around a player facing d20 (roll low) system. The Symbaroum Effect. Presented by RPGGods.org and FictionSuit.org. Karvosti Theme by Iron Pact Orchestra, used with permission of Järnringen. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and Season of the Witch Black by imagex★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

00.00.38: Introduction 00.04.00: World of Gaming (Forbidden Lands, Symbaroum, Nibiru) 00.13.36: Players in the Hamam, Lloyd Gyan (Coriolis, Symbaroum, Tales) 00.27.38: Nibiru and Federico Sohns 00.47.40: The Syndicate – Are they all bad? 01.02.40: The Spectral Corsair update (a PC death, poison rules, PC crew “power”) 01.19.50: Talent of the Episode – Blood Of Ice 01.26.39. The Mukafa’a Campaign 01.40.00 Goodbye! The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre: Part One The first part of our Symbaroum Actual Play. Once again recorded on one mic, so not the best quality. But this time, no Pringles! Join Rado and Potboy, as night falls in Granite Hold. The Symbaroum Effect. Presented by RPGGods.org and FictionSuit.org. Karvosti Theme by Iron Pact Orchestra, used with permission of Järnringen. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and Season of the Witch Black by imagex★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The third and final selection of excerpts from our interview with Nils, Kosta, and Rikard from Fria Ligan, recorded in Stockholm last November. 00.00.42: Introduction 00.02.24: Results of our survey (thank you to all who answered it) 00.04.25: Our reflections on Dragonmeet‘s #PodcastZone – check out our appearances on The Formal Gamer  (from 13th Jan) and Critical Twits 00.11.48: Forbidden Lands preview of first three chapters 00.20.12: Interview – Open Gaming Licence; Arks and Oases; the Nadir mystery; shipboard life as a design goal 00.34.14: We discuss shipboard life in game, and players not grabbing plot hooks 00.45.25: Interview – Mercy of the Icons (See the lovely cover above!) 00.56.40: We fight over who gets to run it when it comes out 00.59.08: Interview – Learning from Kickstarter mistakes 01.06.45: Dave sets Matthew a challenge, we talk about next episode and share the Love Tove appeal The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with perm

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. A very short special episode, to wish all our listeners Season’s Greetings, and to celebrate the news that Tales from the Loop has been chosen as Geek and Sundry’s RPG of the Year The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The second second part of our interview with Nils, Kosta, and Rikard from Fria Ligan, recorded earlier this month in Stockholm. 00.00.39: Introduction: the survey and our upcoming visit to Dragonmeet‘s #PodcastZone 00.06.16: Interview – Playtesting; a secret boardgame project (!?); and, love for the fan community 00.11.10: We discuss our own time troubles and our recent weekend gaming retreat 00.20.35: Interview – A golden age of gaming; the Genesis of the Year Zero engine; coining “NeoTrad” gaming; Fate and other systems considered for Coriolis; and, what they’d do differently now 00.32.29: We reflect on the pleasures of group and character generation in Coriolis and our upcoming games for Dragonmeet 00.41.58: Interview – Adapting the Year Zero Engine to make each game unique, and the importance of Basic Roleplaying to Swedish RPG culture 00.48.55: We look back on BRP and forwards to the next episode, remind listeners to complete our survey and visit us at Dragonmeet, and roll the credits. The Coriolis Effec

00.01.00: Introduction ( and introducing Henrik!) 00.05.15: Mattias and Martin’s Early Days in Gaming, and our thoughts 00.23.30: Järnringen Re-born and Symbaroum, and our thoughts 00.51.10: Järnringen Talks about the Future 00.56.10: Our closing thoughts and end credits. The Symbaroum Effect. Presented by RPGGods.org and FictionSuit.org. Karvosti Theme by Iron Pact Orchestra, used with permission of Järnringen. Typefaces are Code by Fontfabric, and Season of the Witch Black by imagex★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The first of our special episodes. This one entirely recorded in Stockholm. (Some bars were quieter than others, so please forgive the background chatter, especially during the Fria Ligan segment.) 00.00.38: Stockholm Calling 00.03.51: Symbaroum Monster Codex kickstarter, final hours! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/449518387/symbaroum-monster-codex 00.10.55: We talk to Järnringen’s Mattias Lilja, writer of the the original Coriolis, and Martin Grip, artist on both editions, about the first edition. 00.28.41: We join Kosta Kostulas, Nils Karlén and Rickard Antroia about how the Free League team came together to continue the Coriolis legacy 00.50.17: We reflect on what we learned so far, discuss the next few episodes, bid Stockholm farewell, and roll the credits. The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is

00.01.16: Coming up in today’s episode: 00.02.38: Forbidden Lands kickstarter, final hours!  00.07.00: Numenera 2 00.12.40: Legends of the Five Rings beta 00.13.58: The Nazareem’s Sacrifice 00.32.39: Players in the Hamam – more on Tango Tango 82 and Forbidden Lands 01.06.50: The Nhamadan Talent 01.27.08: Spectral Corsair 01.44.55: #podcastzone at Dragonmeet 01.45.44: Next time 01.46.22 Farewell and end credits The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

A tenth epiversary bumper episode! 00.00.53: Coming up in today’s episode: 00.03.35: Dragonmeet #podcastzone; Forbidden Lands; a new plan for Samar’s 00.13.16: The Children of the Void and Void Talents (Bonus Talents of the episode!) 00.27.36: Discussion – The “Ark” in Coriolis 00.51.00: An RPG Homage to John Carpenter’s “The Thing” 01.07.30: The Mukafa’a Campaign 01.32.00: The Latifs of Dabaran 01.40.33: Spectral Corsair 01.46.30: Feedback 01.48.00 Farewell and end credits The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Bonus episode! The final hour of our Actual Play. Can Yaphet and Salah escape the Dark Between the Stars? Deckplans and more available here The Coriolis Effect. Presented by FictionSuit and the RPG Gods. With music by Stars on a Black Sea, used with permission of Free League Publishing. Imagery from NASA and the Hubble Space telescope, brought to you by wikimedia commons. Typeface is Code by Fontfabric★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★