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As the campaign begins, three Harlem residents are brought together by a representative of the NAACP, Walter F. White. As he is an investigator, he brings the trio together to act as a problem solving group that can handle some odd jobs and some "odd jobs" that need help around Harlem, but are outside the capacity of an official investigation. Their first assignment is to look into Karl Tempest, a writer for The Crisis who has stopped responding to calls and cashing checks... Harlem Unbound is by Chris Spivey for Darker Hue Studios & Chaosium, and can be found as both a pdf for the systemless 1st Edition version at Darker Hue's website, and as a pdf or physical book for the Call of Cthulhu 2nd Edition at Chaosium. Ethan - GM Ben - Sgt. Reginald Luther, a field medic for the Harlem Hellfighters, who is trying to get in to med school or get out of America. Dan - Ford Kitchens, a guy who knows everybody and can fix most things. Laura - Dontae Jackson, a young writer and activist who writes under "D. Jackson" to The Crisis and other newspapers so she can get published.

Ben takes Dan and Greg through a combat filled "peasant funnel" in our first game of Mork Borg (or any Borg-adjacent game.) A quartet of strangers wake up in an arena, missing most of their things but... "equipped" with weapons. It seems they and others are being forced to fight for their lives for the amusement of others... Mork Borg, and specifically this scenario, deals with themes of violence, murder, death, income inequality, and violence to animals. Listener discretion is advised. This is a scenario from Dissident Whispers from Tuesday Knight Games. Dissident Whispers is a collection of scenarios for a variety of games, and was made in support of the BLM movement, where all proceeds go to The National Bail Fund Network. It is available in physical and pdf from Tuesday Knight Games' website. Ben - GM Dan - Arvant & Wemut Greg - Annika & Nicklas

This campaign will touch on many themes, including slavery, racism, specism, harm to children, and mental health issues, among others. Especially in this episode. Listener discretion is advised. The crew of the Hypatia are in the midst of a raiding attack to take hostages. They will go after the missing, and as they go after them they will find out what exactly is taking these people, and the grave task ahead of them... Agents of ALIS is based on the campaign framework Nagalisitu by Caleb Stokes, for Reign second edition by Greg Stolze. As of recording and release of this episode, Reign 2E is still in final stages of development and we are using a Kickstarter backer version of the rules. What Lurks in the Deep recorded by Jared and Nellie. Genepals are references from Kyle Carty's Starstreamers from BPB Games. Adam - GM Dan - Roscoe Holst - The human pilot of the Hypatia, and descendant of the... legendary? line of Holst, a family that always seems to be near when galactic history changes. Ethan - Silent Reading - A Murnau spy, perhaps the person most suited to the work of the Library. Whereas his twin brother Cheerful Humming is much more of an open book, Silent Reading keeps to himself, trusting few... Greg - Kyrt Howling-Echo - A gengineered half-human half-Murnau, he is the former Genepal League champion. Kyrt has "retired" into aiding the Library of Alexandria as a patron. Never without his beloved Genepal Pep Pup, or his second best friend Sol-Edge. Jared - Captain Kai Uhila - The human captain of the Hypatia. Kai is a bard as is the nature of those who helm the ships that travel the galaxy. A bit of a drunk, a bit of a lech, a bit of a loose cannon, but someone with a strong sense of justice. Laura - Tema Miles - A humanish logistics & security expert on the Hypatia. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and will rip yours out of your chest if you cross her, the ship, or her young ward Libby.

For both seasons of Ross Payton, Greg Stolze, and James Wallis' RPG podcast Ludonarrative Dissidents, Tech Diff has supported their Kickstarter. Because of this, we were able to sit down with James and Greg for a game. For season one, James ran a game for Greg and Ethan, of an in development RPG called Nancy Drow. Unfortunately there were hiccups with James' audio, but we had a lovely time regardless. And, as this is a playtest, it takes some time to get going as we go through character generation on mic. A pair of youths in a world of fantasy heroism have to live without any super powers or fighting skills. What seems like a simple purse-snatching turns into a much bigger problem... Nancy Drow is still in development. James can be found at his website, and Ludonarrative Dissidents can be found via their podcast. James - GM Ethan - Jimmy Stonecutter, Dwarf Greg - Hounmar Alden, Orc

As we close out the year we'll start posting a new campaign! It's time for us to bring Harlem Unbound to the table! Join Ethan as he leads Ben, Dan, and Laura through char gen for Chris Spivey's Ennie award winning scenarios! Harlem Unbound is by Chris Spivey for Darker Hue Studios & Chaosium, and can be found as both a pdf for the systemless 1st Edition version at Darker Hue's website, and as a pdf or physical book for the Call of Cthulhu 2nd Edition at Chaosium.

July 2000. Three weird teens are part of weird families that have been friends for generations. They've graduated and are about to move forward with their lives. There is something that they need to do before the end of the month. Whether time, procrastination, or real life, this is the last possible day to do it. The day, of course, great Aunt Mildred is hosting her annual all day Christmas in July party. Aaron, as always, can be found at Kame House Party or Thinking Too Hard About Anime. Greg - GM Aaron - Crow, Fae Ben - Catherine, Ghost Ethan - Lucca, Witch

Rina joins us once again, from The Old Ways and Ain't Slayed Nobody podcasts, for another round of terror in Call of Cthulhu! Several investigators are hired to look into a medium, renowned for her seances. Things seem odd, but once the ritual begins there's no stopping... Rina can be found on The Old Ways Podcast and Ain't Slayed Nobody. On The Old Ways Rina is currently tackling both Horrors on the Orient Express in CoC and Blood Moon Rising, a San Francisco by Night campaign in Vampire 5e. The podcast also features Masks of Nyarlothatep and a variety of one shots. Ain't Slayed Nobody, 2022 Best Podcast Ennie winner, focuses on Down Darker Trails, a Wild West era Call of Cthulhu campaign. Rina can also be found on Twitter @GlitterfaeThey  Click Clack is an adventure by Rina, and is available on DriveThruRPG. Rina - GM Adam - Dash Hopkins, Private Investigator Ben - Joyce McBurney, Investigative Reporter Ethan - Professor Byron Boston, of the Arkham Bostons, Professor of Occult Studies, Miskatonic University Greg - DeForest Paine, Paranormal Psychologist

The campaign begins! The crew of the Hypatia are secretly members of ALIS, the Alexandrian Library's... "Acquisitions" division. They look into various problems and mysteries across the galaxy to help retain and expand this wealth of galactic knowledge. They are called onto an assignment, as vanishings are occurring on a planet that are inexplicable. The crew knows that things will not be so simple... Agents of ALIS is based on the campaign framework Nagalisitu by Caleb Stokes, for Reign second edition by Greg Stolze. As of recording and release of this episode, Reign 2E is still in final stages of development and we are using a Kickstarter backer version of the rules. Genepals are references from Kyle Carty's Starstreamers from BPB Games. What Lurks in the Deep recorded by Jared and Nellie. Adam - GM Dan - Roscoe Holst - The human pilot of the Hypatia, and descendant of the... legendary? line of Holst, a family that always seems to be near when galactic history changes. Ethan - Silent Reading - A Murnau spy, perhaps the person most suited to the work of the Library. Whereas his twin brother Cheerful Humming is much more of an open book, Silent Reading keeps to himself, trusting few... Greg - Kyrt Howling-Echo - A gengineered half-human half-Murnau, he is the former Genepal League champion. Kyrt has "retired" into aiding the Library of Alexandria as a patron. Never without his beloved Genepal Pep Pup, or his second best friend Sol-Edge. Jared - Captain Kai Uhila - The human captain of the Hypatia. Kai is a bard as is the nature of those who helm the ships that travel the galaxy. A bit of a drunk, a bit of a lech, a bit of a loose cannon, but someone with a strong sense of justice. Laura - Tema Miles - A humanish logistics & security expert on the Hypatia. She wears her heart on her sleeve, and will rip yours out of your chest if you cross her, the ship, or her young ward Libby.

A Drow house is renowned for being hunters. Thus, they actually love the place, and have a luxurious hunting lodge down there. They hire a set of delvers to lead them on a great hunt... Ben - GM Adam - Ynneth Danarian, The Junk Mage Dan - Lynd Vassail, The Witch David - Gethin Bayn, The Hound

While we've gotten our characters ready, we still need a bit of warm up and a bit more info on them, so please enjoy our Session 0 for Agents of ALIS!

In the settlement of North Wind near the top of the Heart, a beast is terrorizing the populace. A trio of strange delvers are hired to deal with it, if they can find it in this brackish nightmare... The Terror of North Wind is an original scenario with additional rules from a monster hunting 5E zine called They Cried Monster from Feral Indie Studio, available on itch.io. Ben - GM Dan - Lynd Vassail, Heartsong-Called Witch Ethan - Tenacity Malrich - Adventurer Heretic Greg - Blackmane, Gnoll Heartsong-Called Cleaver

As we've mentioned here and there, we're embarking on a campaign of Caleb Stokes' Nagalisitu in Reign. Unlike the original campaign framework from the book or as heard in RPPR, we decided to mix it up, changing the setting to a Science Fiction / Fantasy setting rather than Medieval / Fantasy. Join us as we start prepping our characters for a harrowing campaign!

In another wacky Grant Howitt oneshot RPG, Our... protagonists are a trio of, well, are sexy battle wizards, members of The College Errant who roam the world and solve problems... technically. They've heard of a problem in The Library of Torts and go rushing in. Will they be able to save the day? ...do people want them to? Sexy Battle Wizards is another of Grant Howitt's one page RPGs, and is available as pay what you want on his itch.io page. Ben - GM Dan - Ankhbayar Van Rompay Ethan - The Magnificent Magnolio Greg - Nikos von Verner

Once again the intrepid physicians of Hippocrates General have been assigned a new patient with a mystery ailment. Will our noble- er, principled- er, ... doctors succeed, or is their patient doomed? Greg - Arnold Novak, wealthy patient Ben - Dr. Megalith, a sentient stone with googly eyes Ethan - Master Laurentius, definitely not a character from a certain gothic FromSoftware game.

A crew gets called in because they specialize in finding people that don't want to be found. A drug dealer has gone missing in Pathfinder City, as well as their product. But as the investigation proceeds, not everything is so simple... Binge is a Nano Op pregen scenario for Eclipse Phase 2nd Edition. It is available on Posthuman's website as well as DTRPG. Adam - GM Brownie - Pivo, Neo-Octopus Scavenger Dan - Berk, Synth Enforcer Vince - Amaru Timoti, Exalt Fixer Xantar - Qi, Dragonfly Synthmorph Hacker

The Takers of ESR are now engaged in life or death combat, and Jesus' Son has lost it. Can the rest of the team save the job and save their lives? Will things ever be the same after this? Jason can be found at RPPR, and on Twitch at GrayTTV_. Jason - GM Adam - Clank - A hippy motorcycle mechanic who just has his dog Ratchet, Clank is very technically minded and good with land based vehicles. Ben - Moses - The team's hacker, a former Tragedy Tracker, Moses is very skilled with computers and computer programming. He is curious in investigating but willing to do anything to keep his family safe. Dan - Squirrel - The team's sniper and security expert. A great eye, a great shot, and a great locksmith. He was a... "Security Consultant" and "Fixer" pre-Crash. Greg - Asterius - The cowboy Cow Boy cow-boy, Asterius is a cosplaying cowboy, astride his horse Pegasus and wielding a giant axe, The Reaper. The strong, silent type. Laura - Sunshine - A former investigative journalist, using their skills with making and forming contacts to be the team's face.

The Cowboys of G Cell continue their thorough investigation of this cult, but faced with how to tackle interference they start racing to their fate... Ben's custom scenario Nova is based on Light's Out, a scenario from Stygian Fox's Fear's Sharp Little Needles. Ben - GM Dan - Clyde Golliday, Soldier Ethan - Kelsey Kraven, Federal Agent Greg - Liliana Bowle, Federal Agent

Ethan is joined by Rob Leigh of Isolation games to talk about the Kickstarter for a print edition of his game When The Moon Hangs Low! When The Moon Hangs Low is a game where hunters are Marked, which give them powerful abilities yet powerful curses as they hunt the creatures in the darkness of a city. The KS will be to get a print edition of the book available, as well as more art and a soundtrack for the game. When The Moon Hangs low is currently available in PDF form on DriveThruRPG. The Kickstarter for the physical edition is active as of this posting through 10/21/2022. Rob & Isolation games can be found at Isolation Games’ website and on Twitter @Isolation_Games.

We are joined by Rina, from The Old Ways and Ain't Slayed Nobody podcasts, for some good ol' Call of Cthulhu! An expedition already begins awry when the investigators wake up in mysterious environs... Rina can be found on The Old Ways Podcast and Ain't Slayed Nobody. On The Old Ways Rina is currently tackling both Horrors on the Orient Express in CoC and Blood Moon Rising, a San Francisco by Night campaign in Vampire 5e. The podcast also features Masks of Nyarlothatep and a variety of one shots. Ain't Slayed Nobody, 2022 Best Podcast Ennie winner, focuses on Wild West era Call of Cthulhu. The Necropolis is an edited form of the adventure of the same name from Gateways to Terror by Chaosium. Rina - GM Ben - Lord Percy Lethbridge-Stewart, Financier Dan - Dr. Thomas Baker, Professor of Languages Ethan - Illinois Jones, Archaeologist

Dan leads us through a game where... magical kitties save the day, I mean, c'mon. Their humans are missing, and for whatever reason, they seem to have gone to the library and have not returned. The three cats band together to find out what's going on... Magical Kitties is a RPG by Atlas Games designed for all ages. Dan - GM Adam - Sylvester Ben - Reeses Brownie - Stompy