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 What I have been up to over the last year and a half... interesting tales are afoot.

 Finding out how the community is doing during these times of crisis and compassion.

 A  game that began in December with two Booters and Armor Goes Clank host Mark Allen Kinney gamemastered by yours truly

 My first deep dive in a recorded actual play ( the last did not quite make it with a group of Booters I played with some years ago.) But this is a clarion call for two slots of protagonist characters for those who might be available in the listening audience to participate in the online Skype sessions no more than two hours long max. There will be more details to follow in the upcoming weeks on this... hope you all enjoyed the Father's Day weekend. 

 This episode talks about musings of Facebook and social media shenanigans I have witnessed over time. Then the sexual harassment wave has begun to swell in the RPG industry as key creators (who I will leave nameless) have been  publicly decried and indicted for such in the court of public opinion and removed from their positions  and what this spells for us in who just want a safe haven to game. And RIGHTFULLY so our mothers, daughters,sisters, wives, girlfriends and friends at the table. The topic finally  branches off to discuss the inclusion of current events and politics at the gaming table as a campaign fodder and how that has influenced me to get back into superhero RPG's after a long time not wanting to run them specifically and stayed in sci-fi territory or other genres. Specifically the late Guardians Of Order : The Authority RPG   Link:  Green  Lantern Hal Jordan being yelled for doing nothing for black people.   https://comicvine.gamespot.com/green-lantern-76-no-evil-shall-escape-my-sight/4000-10739/user-reviews/2200-37061/      Oh and welcome back everybody !

 This is the third and final chapter of the story time installments as we march into Autumn with resolve and new purpose.  I talk about doubt, uncertainty and ownership of mistakes and much, much more. Some if you may agree or disagree with it but it is HONEST, authentic, and as always a dialogue with my audience.

 The controversial series of introspection continues with my  thoughts and personal experiences covering the collective failure of the Civil Rights movement and its generation. The impossibility of  integration as a principle and why it was doomed to begin with. Obama and other puppets placed to make people acquiesce and get comfortable under a corrupt political machine and the corporate interests.  And the illusion   of some black men that believe interracial dating is a solution under the executioner shadow of white nationalism and supremacy  in this nation. The illusion I woke up from just in time but not before I was served up the punishing system myself as a lesson.  When interracial sex is just an anesthetic to distract and make him groggy before he sees the axe coming for his neck. And that  racial hate and believe of inferiority and superiority exists even while lust and sexual acts and even cohabitation are present. It is  just compartmentalized.

 Facebook frustrations, corporate politics, gender warring, accusations of false sexual harassment reveal a beginning segment of life lessons to the listener. This is a cautionary tale of let the buyer beware and how naiveté and the lesser guarded with the armor of intellect and self awareness will find themselves face down and floating and carried away by the river. Where the bodies of your enemies should occupy. 

 This RECORDING apologies is   f**ing lousy. Jonathan  either had speakers on or no headset because the  Skype reverb and echo effect is bad. With editing there was very little that could be done. A clip of the episode is gone where I started to talk about black economic empowerment under white nationalism. But then the audio picks up again. So pick up what gems that are salvageable from this broadcast but I do not hold this as being our golden bar standard.

 Chris Mais regales you with PSA stuff and other stuff in his 19 minute return chiming in about gaming and wondering HEY how have  you BEEN and of course things to come....

 This episode  the host Chris talks at length about gruesome deaths in campaigns and the opportunities and the pitfalls of them as a tool for roleplaying both as GM and as a player.

  This episode Chris discusses the shift of favored campaigns from those that are less so and the fickle nature of both players and GM's at the table and the  personalities and the fun that is both shared and lost as a result.

 Hey guys a return solo episode for August after and absence of many, many months but you get me Chris Mais with a topic on game death, change schedules, player and GM inspiration and how to get back into the sync of game zen. This is a short episode and well if you hear the tinny audio apologies in advance guys.. that is the air conditioner because of the heat wave striking us in the Northeast both day and night.

Chris , Ray and Keith get together just before the end of the year. Except Keith edited after the new year.     

  New Cast featuring the Established Facts and Game Mechanics Podcast members running the same setting with their own spin on the Character Arch-types. Featuring a play through of the backstory cards. We were playing using the fate accelerated rule set by Evil Hat.

The thrilling conclusion to the first session of blight and bodie 

Hey Gang first “normal” episode in a while. Hosts include Keith, Jenny, Mark and Kristen!. Topics include but not limited to                 1) Gamer superstitions                 2) Dealing with Gm and players being out of Synch in their gaming tastes.                 3) Using factual Places in our Roleplaying games without breaking                  Immersion.   Join our Facebook group, who know you may even appear on an episode https://www.facebook.com/groups/kickedinthedicebags/ Best regards   Keith

The Blight has emerged, what will the deputeties of Bodie do to combat this menance

This is actual play from  Fear the Con 8. There is some background noise from the con. I wanted to see if it’s still Listenable before posting it on Kicked in the dicebags Podcast feed.  Using Fate Accelerated Rules from Evil Hat Productions. I tend to run these Fast and loose so It may not a perfect example of the ruleset.   Things I used for this session Rorie’s Story cubes as an ice breaker to start engaging people and to come up with the events that happened before the start of the game. (not recorded) Backstory Cards from Brooklyn Indie Games. I used to help tie the Characters together and with the settings Factions/NPC’s. Let me know what you think!