TPT #129: Fantasy Flight Games’ Genesys Review

Posted on January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 by Total Party Thrill

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane break down the latest RPG system from Fantasy Flight Games, the modular and customizable Genesys, including their favorite and least favorite elements, in this extra-long episode. Both the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign and the Character Creation Forge take the week off but will return next time. (96m)

Important Links:

Genesys: Buy the book and dice directly from Fantasy Flight or join the community.

TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It’s finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible.

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Elevator music by Kevin Macleod.

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TPT #128: The Birthright Campaign Setting & Rhuobhe Manslayer

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss an AD&D setting in which players are not mere adventurers, but are rather the rulers of their own realms owing to their divine bloodlines. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders seal both blast doors and their fate, and Rhuobhe Manslayer finds us unworthy in the Character Creation Forge. (53m)

Important Links:

D&D V&G 12: Birthright: Gorgon’s Alliance: Rudy Basso’s review of the Birthright video game. You can now find Rudy on the Don’t Split the Podcast network of shows.

TPT Character Creation Forge Codex: It’s finally here! A huge thanks to all our Patreon supporters who made it possible.

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TPT #113: The Eclipse Phase Campaign Setting & The Gatecrasher

Posted on September 28, 2017September 27, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss a hard-sci campaign setting full of body-hopping and mind-hacking in the post-apocalypse. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders finally make a deal, and the Gatecrasher kicks in doors and lives to tell about it in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

Important Links:

Eclipse Phase PDFs: Posthuman Studios co-founder Rob Boyle’s repository of free Eclipse Phase books.

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TPT #100: The Mega-Mailbag Musical Special & Baron Munchausen

Posted on June 29, 2017November 25, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane take a break from their usual antics to answer all your questions, introduce new content, and suffer through their first musical revue…er, review…in this supersized episode. And Baron Munchausen tells the tallest tales in the Character Creation Forge. (101m)

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Patreon—Total Party Thrill: You’ve been asking for it, and it’s finally here! Help support new content and get some cool stuff. Plus, read Part 4 of Mourning Glory: The Annotated History of Brand Talandro.

The All Guardsmen Party: A shoutout to Shoggy for inspiring the Brand series.

Homestar Runner—Trogdor the Burninator: The “original” half-man, half-dragon.

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TPT #98: The Planescape Campaign Setting & Fall-From-Grace

Posted on June 15, 2017June 22, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss the short-lived but beloved 2nd Edition D&D setting Planescape. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the crew finally lands a commercial opportunity, and Fall-From-Grace seals your fate with a kiss in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

Important Links:

Mourning Glory: The Annotated History of Brand Talandro, Part I: The very polite initial interactions between I-Hsien and Shane that would become Inquisitor Brand, hosted by our friends at Tribality.

Mourning Glory: The Annotated History of Brand Talandro, Part II: The continuation of I-Hsien and Shane’s conversations that would become Inquisitor Brand, hosted by our friends at Tribality.

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TPT #55: Warhammer 40k Setting & The Space Marine Librarian: We give an overview of the setting and RPGs that power our next campaign recap, the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign.

TPT #72: Playing Tieflings & The Faustian Fiddler: We discuss playing on of Planescape’s most iconic races, Tieflings.

TPT #84 Playing Genasi & The Fistadin: We discuss playing Genasi, a less-iconic but no less-loved race integral to Planescape.

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TPT #87: Star Wars Campaign Setting & George Washington

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane examine the most popular movie franchise of all time, Star Wars, as a roleplaying game setting. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, make a disturbing discovery, and he’s coming, he’s coming, he’s coming in this special April Fool’s Day Character Creation Forge. (63m)

Important Links:

George Washington (YouTube): Inspiration for this week’s Character Creation Forge

Manifest Zone: A new Eberron podcast featuring Keith Baker

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TPT #55: Warhammer 40k Setting & The Space Marine Librarian: we give an overview of the setting and RPGs that power our next campaign recap, the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign.

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TPT #81: The Greyhawk Campaign Setting & The Sexy Beast

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane travel back in history to the early days of roleplaying games as they revisit the original D&D campaign setting, Greyhawk. In the prologue to the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the acolytes finally purge something they’re supposed to, and the Sexy Beast is more beautiful than the average bear in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

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Teepublic: Home of the TPT-shirt!

Two Weeks: a micro-game collection which benefits the ACLU, including Shane’s NASCAR-inspired RPG, Wreckin’ is Racin’.

TPT #55: Warhammer 40k Setting & The Space Marine Librarian: we give an overview of the setting and RPGs that power our next campaign recap, the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign.

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TPT #66: The Dark Sun Campaign Setting & The Wasteland Wanderer

Posted on November 3, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss their favorite sandals and sorcery setting, Dark Sun. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party steps into an unfamiliar realm that ends up all too familiar, and the Wasteland Wanderer goes it alone in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

Important Links:

Athas.org: Unofficial D&D 3.5 conversion of Dark Sun, and valuable source of setting information

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TPT #55: Warhammer 40k Setting & The Space Marine Librarian

Posted on August 18, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane get in touch with their giddy, inner-14-year-old selves as they discuss the grimdark sci-fi/fantasy setting Warhammer 40k and its RPG line from Fantasy Flight Games. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party uses a weapon of mass destruction with only minor unintended consequences, and the Space Marine Librarian channels his magical power to vanquish foes of the Emperor in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

Important Links:

All Guardsmen Party: Hilarious recounting of one group’s Dark Heresy campaign.

Grim Dark Podcast: Our favorite 40k RPG podcast.

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TPT #41: Deadlands Campaign Setting & The Two-Fisted Archaeologist

Posted on May 12, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane tour an America that never was, a land of ghosts, guns, and grim realities called the Weird West. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party jumps out of the frying plane and into the fire elemental, and the Two-Fisted Archaeologist whips it good in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

Important Links:

AcadeCon 2016 Kickstarter ends soon! Please support an excellent local convention in Dayton, OH, from November 11-13.

Song of Aracos, a D&D 5E Ravenloft adventure for five players of 6th level by Lucas Curell, available on the DM’s Guild.

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