Frankenstein's RPG

Join Me, Debbie, Huw and Wayne as we re-examine Newark and the superb Ghost Heist episode! This is episode 4 of Series 4 of the Great North Road Campaign for Liminal the TTRPG from the pen of the Tweedmeister himself Mr Dr Sir Paul Mitchener. This time round we've reached Newark apparently on the intersection of several Roman Roads, Ley Lines and Ghostly trails - who knew? Next episode we go to Doncaster, but until then - please enjoy! Music is as ever provided by the Fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra and is available to us under Open License - their works is here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/track/mundo-can-bal

This time round we're joined by Tamsyn, Ed and Matthew to rediscover the joys of South Mimms on our journey along the Gt North Road and our Liminal Campaign. We discuss how it might all knit together - spoilers...it may not... The link to Tales of the Old West Quickdraw: https://t.co/r8Ak5ITDFx Please grab it now! Coming next - Newark!

Joining me in this episode are Kat, Paul, Matthew and Mark as we look back to the London Episode of Series 3 and try to flesh it out, look for improvements and begin to link with the other scenarios to form...A WHOLE CAMPAIGN??? Hope you enjoy this episode's shenanigans! May not be entirely safe for a more junior audience but hopefully fun.

HI All - sorry about the wait for new podcasts but, well you know... Here we are with Episode 1 Series 4 - where we try and set out some ground rules for the pod and the campaign and even manage to get a fatuous vote in there too!!! Joining me this week are Paul, Nook, Martin and Ralph to mull over some issues and propose some solutions - Such fun! We have a Patreon which, if you can help us with funding would be ideal - and there are some benefits that go alon with membership! patreon.com/user?u=14277022 Hope you enjoy the episode and thanks for listening!

This episode I'm joined by: Tamsyn - XTamsynX on multiple Twitter and Blue Sky platforms and Host of the Greatest Water Podcast Andrew - Zos93 similarly on X or Blue Sky Mark - Willoughbywrites on the same Fabio - FabioVollono also via X and Blue Sky and also co-owner of Morgue Miniatures (not sold in Leisure Games) https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MorgueMiniatures?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Search_UK_DSA_GGL_ENG_Art-Collectibles_Categories_All&utm_ag=Miniatures&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP96ez1hbspEa3GcFJRcgb-IUIOFOgmcA2MixuRYvaASpC-a4mwJBi8aAu-XEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_10026060716_97800138661_544521408236_aud-2079782229334:dsa-402725455642_c_&utm_custom2=10026060716&gclid=Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP96ez1hbspEa3GcFJRcgb-IUIOFOgmcA2MixuRYvaASpC-a4mwJBi8aAu-XEALw_wcB Sir Paul Mitchener - mainly on Blue Sky now as The Tweedmeister As usual huge thank you to our music, used under license from the Freak Fandango Orchestra - find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ Bit sweary this one - sorry, a little end of term madness descended!

Join me and Dr Sir Paul Mitchener as we discuss the latest epsiode of the main Podcast and he has to adjudicate the winner of the latest episode within the campaign of the Great North Road. Here, he casts his beady eye over Kat, Kaye, Doc and my contributions - enjoy!

Welcome to Episode 7 of the extraordinary task of making a Campaign for the RPG Liminal by Committee! This episode I'm joined by Kat - editor of Never Mind the Dice Rolls - buy it here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/431155/Never-Mind-the-Dice-Rolls-issue-019 and is @meerforbeer on Twitter Kaye - artist extraordinaire and powerpoint genius! Also @K_0 on Twitter Doc Cowie - @Dracowie on twitter and herder of sherpas. You can find Liminal the game here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal And we'll see you all again soon in Edinburgh!!!

Another wee episode where Dr Sir Paul Mitchener and I examine the Panel's conclusions from our Newcastle episode where Tasha and I tied for the outright scenario but Jim managed to get his "Big Wow" moment in. We're a little interrupted in this one but hope it's not too disjointed! Thanks again for sticking with us! It's going to be fun!

So I'm joined this episode by Tash and Jim Mozley and Lee Carnell - you can berate them here: @LPCarnell @tashmakesstuff @JimjimTheGrim Check out too Lee's work for the Dholes House intimately linked to Call of Cthulhu - https://www.dholeshouse.org/ The Blaydon Races - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PrMaVjHS74 And of course, the reason we are all here - Liminal the game - https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal

First and most importantly - huge credit Cosmic Outpost for improving the audio quality, although the room set up was great it did a superb job of converting the audio, so a huge thank you. "'Frankenstein's Repair Shop' Why RPGs have stood the test of time"Four podcasters scour the UKGE hall looking for bargains and games that could be considered "Classics" but as with all good episodes of the Repair Shop just need to be brought back to life. In this interactive session and live podcast join four podcasters as they try to convince you that their game of choice should be "repaired" and brought back to life as one of the classics. Following the format of the Frankenstein's RPG podcast we have a limited amount of time to introduce our chosen game, the panel debate a bit about it and take questions from the audience, but in a slight twist THE AUDIENCE will get to vote on which Role Playing Game deserves a seat at the Classics Table. Which game will be "Brought back to life"??? Our four podcasters are: Steve Ray - host of the wonderful Orlanth Rexes Gaming Vexes - a show that reflects on the games Steve and the panel are playing - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-28-grim-gaming/id1513931107?i=1000599738212 Dirk the Dice - the man who coined the phrase "Newstalgia" and who is the power behind the Throne of The Grognard Files and instigator of a huge community of RPG enthusiasts from the deep freeze - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/vaesen-and-moviedrome-with-hypnogoria-ep-59/id1028591522?i=1000596988046 Paul Fricker - part of the Triumvirate of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Paul is a huge influence on the RPG community in the UK and has collaborated on some fantastic games including Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition as well as the new "Rivers of London" RPG from Chaosium - so he is the only one who knows what he's talking about - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-good-friends-of-jackson-elias/id664563082 Dave Paterson - Boy genius and the sole person responsible for the truly odd Frankenstein's RPG Podcast where we try and make a game from the best bits of other RPGs - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/frankensteins-rpg/id1551798731 Enjoy!

In this episode we update Paul Mitchener - the man behind Liminal - on just how badly we mangle his game! We talk a little about what we've said, how the vote went and occasionally ask him to break a deadlock and make sure the narrative goes foward nicely. As these go on we may get into a more detailed discussion about structure, narrative and inter-connectedness, but for the moment it's just two gents having a natter. Hope you enjoy it!

This episode I'm joined by Nouk, Mark and Martin and we're looking at the area surrounding Doncaster and Wetherby! Who knew we were EXACTLY half way to Edinburgh? The panel go mad with creativity and we even manage to get a bit of social commentary in too! Apologies for the dog howling and general disruption of the episode. Hope you enjoy it. Please find Chimpions here: https://chimpions.co.uk/ which is brilliant.

In this episode of our catch up with creator of Liminal Dr Sir Professor Paul Mitchener we look back at the latest episode surrounding Newark and sit back an watch Paul cry as we have once again ruined his game. Please buy all things Liminal here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal 0r internationally maybe here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Liminal&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto= And please pass the podcast if you can? We may be delayed for a bit now whilst I sort out a health issue but hopefully should keep going with a few bumps here and there! Take care, Dr Frankenstien.

So in this episode we find ourselves in and around the historic town of Newark - it's here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Newark-on-Trent,+Newark/@53.0711769,-0.8376228,12.37z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x487834455e4590d7:0x2fa6a5583441f3c3!8m2!3d53.0744766!4d-0.809773!16zL20vMDE4MTd2 Debbie, Huw and Wayne join me in this episode's game of cat and mouse to try and find the perfect next scenario for our Liminal Campaign which we are building. This podcast specialises in mad endeavours and this one is not about to break the mould! We are making a Campaign for Liminal based around the Great North Road and the coming of a new Monarch to the UK! The timing is just unfeasible right??? You can buy Liminal here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal And finally our music is provided by the fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra under license and their work can be found here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ Enjoy!

So I am again joined by the Brilliant creator of Liminal Dr Paul Mitchener to discuss the latest way in which our contributors have mangled his wonderful game! We review the choices put in front of us by Tamsyn, Matthew, Ed and Peter and then I inevitably get Dr Mitch to vote on either the winner of the scenario idea or the Big Wow moment! This episode again doesn't disappoint as we lurch from South Mimms to St Neotts via Knebbe Wurde (say it out loud!) and delve into the horrific stories behind nursery rhymes! Eek! Sound track comes this time from the wonderful Freak Fandango Orchestra - you MUST check them out here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ and is used by agreement and open license. AND ALSO Ed - with his unbelievably good solo and musings on the titular character! Brilliant. As always find us @FrankensteinRPG on twitter (until it implodes!)

Joining me on this ceaseless quest to design a campaign for the RPG Liminal are: @EffektPodcast Matthew - and do go straight to the Effekt Podcast https://www.effektpodcast.org/ @xTamsynx - Tamsyn who is Scots @RandomDice Roll - Peter who is British but in Oz @LichwayEd - who is English Buy Liminal Here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal

An infrequent series of one to one's with the creator of the Liminal RPG where I feed back to Paul Mitchener what we've done in this last episode and take his views or additional observations and thoughts on how the campaign is developing. As he himself says "Glad I don't have to write it!!!" Buy Liminal here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal And don't forget to share your feedback @frankensteinrpg on Twitter!

Joining me on this episode to look at the first scenario in the Great North Road Liminal Campaign are: Kat @meerforbeer on Twitter but also the power behind Never Mind the Dice Rolls Zine https://nevermindthedicerolls.co.uk/ Matthew - @Asako_Soh on Twitter but also the man Behind the Owl Bear and Wizard's Staff Con in Leamington Spa Mark - @WilloughbyWrite and author of some extraordinary books of devious plotting! Such as: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Willoughby/e/B079N3QWNR/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1 Music is as ever supplied by the marvellous Freak Fandango Orchestra and is broadcast under an open license - check them out here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ Liminal the game is, as ever, available via Modiphius (or your local FLGS) https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal

Welcome again to another new loop or addition for the Frankenstein's Role Playing game podcast - MITCH'S CORNER! Where I get to talk to the creator of Liminal, Paul "The Tweedmeister" Mitchener, about the most recent episode of the main podcast. These may end up being an infrequent mini-series, mainly because I would like Paul to be involved in as many episodes as his time allows so will hopefully address most of the items that come up for discussion. So welcome to this ep, I am, as you can probably tell, a little bit giddy and giggly, but I've been so pleasantly surprised by the pod and the way it has taken a new turn - and hopefully a good turn! After all, this could have been the difficult THIRD ALBUM... Hope you enjoy it and are as enthused. Also apologies to Nouk, Martin, Martin and Ralph as I managed to get all of their contributions and embellishments wrong! Oh well, at least I'm consistent.

This episode I'm joined by Nouk, Ralph, Martin C, Martin G and for a very short time by Mark, as we look into the foundations of our New Quest(TM) to build a Campaign; this time it will not be from the best parts of other campaigns - That would be madness! - but by coming up with our own ideas. This is all going to be about the Liminal Game from the pen of the Tweedmeister himself - Paul Mitchener. You can find Liminal core book here: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal Along with the two companion books Pax Londinum and Weerewolvs of Britain by Neil Gow and Becky Arneson respectively. The shows a beast but I hope things will get better! You can find us on @frankensteinRPG on twitter and you can always leave a voice mail for us on the Anchor website. Hope you enjoy it!

This episode we're mob handed! We have the two Pauls and giants of game design @PaulFricker and @TheTweedmeister Fictoplasms very own Ralph Lovegrove @fictoplasm, Cartographer @JimjimTheGrim the inimitable @mcookie123 as well as debutantes @nanoukcakabra and @huwbowen - so Paul, Paul, Ralph, Jim, Martin, Nouk and Huw all terribly shy and quiescent. Links to Good Friends of Jackson Elias - https://blasphemoustomes.com/ The awesome Rivers of London game: https://www.chaosium.com/rivers-of-london-the-roleplaying-game-pdf/ Dr Mitch's prodigious work: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/vendors?q=Paul%20Mitchener Ralph's Fictoplasm podcast - really really good: http://www.fictoplasm.net/ We had a brief recap of the madness that is Frankenstein's RPG and then took a look at what might come next??? Hope you enjoy it. Coming soon...Series 3! There are a couple of swear words in this episode but hopefully nothing too much! Our music is taken from Open source and is the Fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra - please check out their work here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ They are a truly marvellous collective.

Joined by Dirk, Mark, Debbie and Neil we look at THREE subjects this time! Where will it all end? Archetypes and Player Advice as well as coming up with a name for the game!!! Some of this Episodes games: Mutant Chronicles https://www.modiphius.net/collections/mutant-chronicles Starfinder https://paizo.com/starfinder Monster of the Week https://evilhat.com/product/monster-of-the-week/ Solar Blades and Cosmic Spells https://oldskull-publishing.com/solar-blades-cosmic-spells/ Alien the RPG https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/alien/ Wicked Ones https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/354307/Wicked-Ones-Free-Edition White Hack 3e https://whitehackrpg.wordpress.com/buy/ Mutant City Blues https://pelgranepress.com/product/mutant-city-blues-2nd-edition/ Heart (The City Beneath) https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/heart-the-city-beneath-rpg/ The wonderful Grognard Files - find it here: https://thegrognardfiles.com/ Mark Willoughby books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Willoughby/e/B079N3QWNR%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share (There are other retailers of books available!) Once again our wonderful music come from the marvellous Freak Fandango Orchestra - The Gypsy Song https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/album/wild-goats-and-useless-heroes Under the open use agreement! Thank you!

This episode we're looking at the elements of a Scenario and try to choose the best one we can think of (or at least the best one we can find!) as well as that handy old GM Advice. Games we looked at: Rescue at Xerxes 4 - Star Trek Modiphius - https://www.modiphius.net/collections/star-trek-adventures/products/star-trek-adventures-core-rulebook Signals - Star Trek Modiphius https://www.modiphius.net/products/star-trek-adventures-these-are-the-voyages-volume-1?_pos=7&_sid=4a147f5bf&_ss=r Action on Akaisha Outstation - Spacemaster - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/93608/Action-on-Akaisha-Outstation Aramax One - too old for a link, but it is out there! Star Wars d6 - Mayfair Games - best to look on ebay? Spire - https://rowanrookanddecard.com/spire-rpg/ Savage Worlds - https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/ The Stars are Fire - https://www.montecookgames.com/the-stars-are-fire/ A-State - https://handiwork.games/games/astate Stuff we love:  Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://blasphemoustomes.com/ Chimpions RPG Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chimpions-the-ttrpg-podcast/id1110911996 The Dholes House - https://www.dholeshouse.org/ Owl Bear and Wizards Staff - https://asakosoh.wordpress.com/2022/03/14/the-owlbear-and-wizards-staff-2022/ Enjoy!

So in this episode we're looking at which Sci Fi Role Playing Games are the best of the best (well, our best of the best) at handling Equipment and also not only should we, but WHAT Luck/Fate/Doom/Shamrock toting mechanic we should have just to survive! I'm joined by Tamsyn @xtamsynx on twitter, Jim @JimjimTheGrim, Sam @Sam0Vail and Kat @MeerforBeer Kat's zine is the every fabulous "Never Mind the Dice Rolls" - on twitter as @NMtDR_Magazine on twitter and also available on Drivethrurpg here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/391506/Never-Mind-the-Dice-Rolls-issue-007?term=never+mind+the+dice Games we mention this episode: Find them all on here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/rss.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Dark Heresy, Mothership, Smithy of Sacrilege ( https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/356163/Smithy-of-Sacrilege?term=Smithy+of ) A State, Mausritter, The Laundry ( http://shop.cubicle7store.com/epages/es113347.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es113347_shop/Categories/The_Laundry ) SLA Industries, Shadowrun, Everywhen (when don't we mention Everywhen???) Call of Cthulhu, Star Trek 2d20 and Mausritter again.

This episode we're looking at Spaceships - what, who and how they are manned, built and flown - and also "How you blow them up!" Such fun. Joining me are Graham (On forums everywhere as KinnyGraham) Wayne - @wayne_peters on twitter Steve - @OrlanthR on twitter And nicest man in RPGs Cris - @BonhomiegamesUK - please do visit their RPG Store on https://bonhomiegames.uk/ Great service and selection, everything from Car Wars to Ars Magica. Games we mention: Spacemaster http://ironcrown.com/spacemaster/ Ars Magica https://www.atlas-games.com/arsmagica/ Star Trek Adventures - https://www.modiphius.net/products/star-trek-adventures-core-rulebook Expanse - https://greenroninstore.com/collections/the-expanse-rpg Coriolis - https://www.coriolis-rpg.com/  Really great site!!! Car Wars - http://www.sjgames.com/car-wars/ Serenity - no link - try drivethrurpg https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_reviews.php?products_id=57409 Won't link to Star Frontiers - just in case! Our music comes from the marvellous Freak Fandango Orchestra and comes courtesy of their open license agreement and all rights remain theirs. Thank you. Find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/

In this episode I am joined by: Jon Hodgson - of Handiwork Games - https://handiwork.games/ Martin @mcookie123 and Wayne @wayne_peters All lovely chaps! Arthur Lowe: https://cdn.comedy.co.uk/images/library/people/300/a/arthur_lowe.jpg Music is as ever supplied by the Fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra on an open gaming licence and their rights are in no way compromised or infringed by use here - They're brilliant and you can find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ Bit truncated this one due to covid - please wear a mask everyone! Look after yourselves.

In this episode I am joined by Kaye, Kat, Dirk and Mark and we look at Magic, Psionics and the thorny issue of Investigation but in the spirit of Angela Lansbury we get to the bottom of it all very very quickly. Enjoy! The Gaean Reach: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/142189/The-Gaean-Reach?term=reach++gaean?affiliate_id=3487430 Gumshoe: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/232837/Pocket-GUMSHOE?filters=10146_0_0_0_0?affiliate_id=3487430 Ashen Stars: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/95598/Ashen-Stars?src=hottest_filtered?affiliate_id=3487430 Vaesen: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/319119/Vaesen--Nordic-Horror-Roleplaying?affiliate_id=3487430 Hero System: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/19008/Hero-System-5th-Edition-Revised?affiliate_id=3487430 Psi World: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/897/Psi-World?affiliate_id=3487430 Mutant City Blues: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/60269/Mutant-City-Blues?affiliate_id=3487430 Starfinder: https://paizo.com/starfinder

Thanks everyone for downloading the episode - am joined by Ralph, Paul, Lee and Martin to look at Combat and Initiative and boy do we mention lots of games! The links below will take you to our affiliate programme on DrivethruRPG so if you do feel like purchasing any of the games we also get a few sheckles to off-set the cost of ME buying all the games! So thank you. Don't forget Paul can be found on the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast https://blasphemoustomes.com/ and Ralph on Fictoplasm http://www.fictoplasm.net/ both superb! The games under discussion can be found via this feed - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/rss.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Black Hack https://the-black-hack.jehaisleprintemps.net/english/ Feng Shui - https://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/ Lancer - https://massif-press.itch.io/ Troika - https://www.gardencentrekoeman.co.uk/plants/pampas-grass/index.html Mothership - https://www.mothershiprpg.com/home King of Dungeons - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/273672/The-King-of-Dungeons Spacemaster - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/93503/Spacemaster-2nd-Edition-GM-Book Delta Green - https://www.delta-green.com/ Star Frontiers - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226710/Star-Frontiers-Alpha-Dawn Lace and Steel - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28834/Lace-and-Steel-Players-Pack--JPEG Everywhen - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249193/Everywhen Stars Without Number - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226996/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition Enjoy!!!

The games we discussed damage both physical and to the mind! Joining me are @milnermaths (Guy), @Zos93 (Andrew) and @Dragongirl74 (Debbie) and we look at as many games as we can to narrow it down to a winner! You can order any of the titles below by using our afilliate link in Drivethrurpg.com: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3487430 This time: Tenra Bansho Zero Buy – Tenra Bansho Zero (UNDER RECONSTRUCTION) (tenra-rpg.com) or at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Rifts Rifts® RPG (palladiumbooks.com) or at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Star Frontiers Star Frontiers RPG or at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Star Wars Edge of Empire Star Wars: Edge of the Empire (fantasyflightgames.com) or at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?affiliate_id=3487430 Those Dark Places Blog - Osprey Games to publish Those Dark Places - Osprey Publishing Masks Masks – Magpie Games Scum and Villainy Scum and Villainy (evilhat.com) Shadows of Esteren Shadows of Esteren And since we talk about it - find the X Card here: X-Card | RPG Item | RPGGeek

So the games we've mentioned this episode are (if we do not have a direct link we will link to either wikipedia or Drivethrurpg): The Princess Bride - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toyvaultinc/the-princess-bride-roleplaying-game 316 Carnage among the stars: http://boxninja.com/ Scum and Villainy: https://www.evilhat.com/home/scum-and-villainy/ d6 Star Wars: https://swrpggm.com/separatist-command-center/ repositry for info! Battlestars (Ashen Stars?) - https://pelgranepress.com/category/products/ashen-stars-products/ Star Frontiers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Frontiers MIni d6: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/144558/Mini-Six-Bare-Bones-Edition Serenity RPG - (Latest iteration of Cortex) https://sites.google.com/site/cortexjax/cortex or https://www.cortexrpg.com/ Coriolis - https://www.coriolis-rpg.com/ Which is of course the best RPG mentioned here! Contact us at thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com or on the "leave a message" section on Anchor - or easiest to go to twitter and shout at us @FrankensteinRPG Thanks again to Mark, Tamsyn, Andrew and Paul Find Paul's work https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal or https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/9257403/out-of-the-ashes-2 or in many other places. Mark's books can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Private-Spies-Duty-Sergeant-Willoughby/dp/1711171980 and also here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Willoughby/e/B079N3QWNR/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk

In this episode - the first of Series 2 - the panel, composed of the following people and recorded at a get together somewhere in Wales: Neil, Sam, Jim, Jeremy, Steve, Carl, Martin and me (Dave) try to tackle the big questions: what Role Playing Game system best handles the setting of Space and Science Fiction and also which role playing games system has the kind of character creation mechanics we most want to emulate in the Frankenstein's Sci-Fi RPG? Well it was a mixed episode and proof positive that the twin temptations of drink and a convivial atmosphere can lead to some odd outcomes! Hope you enjoyed the episode and that it is the start of something beautiful or at least "full of stars". Don't forget you can contact us at @FrankensteinRPG on Twitter or via gmail at thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com or alternatively please leave a message at Anchor, review on your podcast of choice or just plain recommend us! Thanks for listening. Games and settings discussed this episode include: Dune 2d20 https://www.modiphius.net/pages/discover-dune-roleplaying-game 2000 AD Strontium Dog (no game exists...yet! Iain M Banks Culture novels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Culture Firefly https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/ Star Wars - do you really need a link? Traveller Mongoose 2e https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/ Battle Tech https://bg.battletech.com/books/getting-started-as-a-roleplaying-game/ Altered Carbon https://renegadegamestudios.com/altered-carbon-rpg/ Golden Heroes younger brother - Squadron UK http://squadronuk.co.uk/ Rogue Trader RPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Trader_(role-playing_game) Star Wars D6 West End Games - wookiepedia (too good to ignore that) https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_The_Roleplaying_Game Beyond the Wall https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/ Fan produced content for Mechwarrior RPG https://www.sarna.net/wiki/MechWarrior,_Third_Edition Coriolis https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/coriolis-2/ Mothership https://www.mothershiprpg.com/

Just a quick "hello" and a brief introduction to Series 2 which should be on your pod player of choice by the end of January. Again a huge thank you for your support and we're all very excited about looking at Science Fiction in Series 2! How to reach us with questions, comments or insights:  Twitter @frankensteinrpg On Anchor - leave us a message (details below) Or on email thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com New episode at the end of January!

In this episode of the quest to manufacture a Role Playing Game from the best parts of ALL the other Role Playing Games out there we review how the playtest went with the playtesters from Grogmeet: Mark, Mark, Mike, Matt and Neil - gentlemen all! In the second half of the pod we have the actual LIVE recording of the podcast in front of a hand picked squad of Grognards who had assembled to play RPGs and found themselves at a recording of a podcast gameshow! Thankfully they all joined in and I think had a great time. Thanks to our panelists Ian Cooper (line editor for Chaosium of Heroquest https://www.chaosium.com/heroquest-2/ ) Paul Fricker of the Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://blasphemoustomes.com/ and Dirk the Dice and Judge Blythy of the always superb Grognard Files https://thegrognardfiles.com/ So, join us as we discover - did the game actually work? And what supplement should I launch first in support of the game? (As well as a GMs screen of course). Science Fiction will come next year! Keep 'em peeled.

So in this episode I'm joined by Mark, Mark, Mike, Matt and Neil (try saying that quickly) as we look to try and design our characters for the game that we will be playing on Friday 12th November at that most august of events Grogmeet21 face to face in Manchester!!! Thanks to Dirk the Dice and Judge Blythy for allowing us to get involved - really looking forward to it. Of the two links in the show we have Mark's (Mk II Escort) Chimpions Podcast - https://chimpions.co.uk/ - this is their website And Neil's blog - https://oldscouserroleplaying.com/ - both really worth not just a visit but adding to your favourites! You can see some of our rough working here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hmEGljvF3KXWok4F8ouOPsIu7iLaRWNR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116828897403449212551&rtpof=true&sd=true And some of the notes for the game here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-KLp-BkF6GT_uj-q5IaHZdpK1rejrolm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116828897403449212551&rtpof=true&sd=true Enjoy the pod!

In this episode we focus on the challenge of how we start the process of generating characters from systems that have so little in common! I'm joined this week by the wonderful panel comprised of Ralph, Kat, Jim and Mark - who we bamboozled slightly by starting early and without him! Games under discussion this episode are: Limnal - https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal  Beyond the Wall gets a good mention  Call of Cthulhu - which we completely mis-remember the rules of https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ Vampire (of) the Masquerade https://www.worldofdarkness.com/vampire-the-masquerade I'll put the dice roll stats on the website - https://www.frankensteinrpg.co.uk/ Once again huge thanks to the Fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra for lending us their track "The Gypsy Song" through the open content license. Their album is the superb "Wild Goats and Useless Heroes" (so apt!) https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ for all their supper work. Thanks again for downloading!!!

Episode 10 of the podcast and this time we're focusing on the challenge of what turns out is going to be the scenario in the core rule book! (As if it'll ever be real!) I'm joined this week by the fabulous Tamsyn, Fanboy Sam, Graham and his writing credentials and Podcast royalty HRH Dirk the Dice himself. Games under discussion this episode are: Age of Arthur https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/111752/Age-of-Arthur https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/149507/Time-of-the-Wolves Fate https://www.evilhat.com/home/fate-core/ 13th Age Make Your Own Luck https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/make-your-own-luck/ Vampire (of) the Masquerade https://whitewolf.fandom.com/wiki/Awakening:_Diablerie_Mexico Call of Cthulhu Blackwater Creek https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-keeper-screen-pack-pdf/ The One Ring Crossings of Calduin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_One_Ring_Roleplaying_Game Ghostbusters RPG https://ghostbusterscities.com/media/ghostbusters-the-roleplaying-game/ Pendragon RPG https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon/ Limnal - https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal  Please buy this as my shares have yet to produce a premium!!! (Jokes!) Monster of the Week https://www.evilhat.com/home/monster-of-the-week/ Once again huge thanks to the Fabulous Freak Fandango Orchestra for lending us their track "The Gypsy Song" through the open content license. Their album is the superb "Wild Goats and Useless Heroes" (so apt!) https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/ for all their supper work. Thanks again for downloading!!!

In this episode I am joined by some fantastic guests and although this is the longest episode by far I believe it benefits from us keeping the conversation going. Many thanks to my guests: Paul from The Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://blasphemoustomes.com/  Mark from Chimpions - find him here https://chimpions.co.uk/ Ralph from Fictoplasm - available here http://www.fictoplasm.net/ Wayne - artist extraordinaire here - https://www.artstation.com/wayne_peters Almost too many games to list but these were the nominees (links to purchase where no website exists): Beyond the Wall - https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/ TORG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/216248/Torg-Eternity--Core-Rules King of Dungeons - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/273672/The-King-of-Dungeons Uresia - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297755/BESM-Fourth-Edition-Big-Eyes-Small-Mouth (link to source game!) Midderlands - https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/the-midderlands/ Savage Worlds - https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/ Paranoia - https://www.mongoosepublishing.com/rpgs/paranoia.html (latest edition) Apocalypse World - http://apocalypse-world.com/ The Lazy Dungeonmaster - https://slyflourish.com/lazydm/ The One Ring (2nd Edition kickstarter video) - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/the-one-ring-roleplaying-game-second-edition/description Again many thanks to the Fabulous Freak Fandango orchestra for lending us their track through the open content license - "The Gypsy Song" from their album "Wild Goats and Useless Heroes" - find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/

IN this episode we cover off Monsters and Protagonists and also take a look at Fate/Fortune/Story points - call them what you will it's things you can spend to avoid trouble! I'm joined by Steve Ray from https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/orlanth-rexs-gaming-vexes/id1513931107 See Ian Coopers work here: https://www.chaosium.com/questworlds-system-reference-document/ This is the system reference document to check out for Questworlds - written on only a post-it apparently? For those of you too young to remember this is Angel: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162065/ Almost too many games mentioned this time but this is the pick of our discussion: Dragon Warriors on line resource - https://www.cobwebbedforest.co.uk/Elsewhere.php Intro to Black Crusade https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/ffg_content/black-crusade/news/free-rpg-day/follow/Broken%20Chains%20Low%20Res.pdf King of Dungeons by Baz Stevens can be found here - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/273672/The-King-of-Dungeons Apocalypse World http://apocalypse-world.com/ How could you resist Mythic Russia - https://mythicrussia.wordpress.com/about/ Here's the episode that the Grognard Files talked about James Bond - https://thegrognardfiles.com/tag/james-bond/ and their dissection of story points!

In this episode we tackle the thorny subject of how you resolve actions in the Frankenstein's RPG and also decide whether we want to go for rigid class structures, free form 'jobs' or templates allowing you to develop your PC. We also find out about Breakfast at the Grognard Files Batchelor flat, why we don't like Liminal and that Dave is being held captive by some Traveller fans who've gone that little bit too far! We reference a number of podcasts in this episode and if you like us you'll like them: The Grognard Files - https://thegrognardfiles.com/ Orlanth Rex's Gaming Vexes - https://podcastaddict.com/episode/124491895 Thank you as always for listening - don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @frankensteinrpg or contact us on email thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com or voice message us via Anchor. If you get time please pass the pod to others you think might be interested or do please leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice.  Tale of the Maticore: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8y878-102f6c8  Our music for the podcast is supplied by the Freak Fandango Orchestra “The Gypsy Song” under the open content license and is from their album “Wild Goats and useless heroes” Find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/

So in this episode our motley gang explore Resource Management and the system that we'd most like to see from a plethora of examples of good to great management of resources! But this is a BIG topic and one that is not easy to distill into 20 or so minutes but I think we did a good job! Next up is damage and hit points - to pool or not to pool, that is the question! Where on earth are we going to find something that gels with the other systems? Quick answer: we're probably not! So we’re starting to get a shape to the game - I think we’ll be having a go at stitching some of this together soon - and of course we’ll be looking for playtesters! Maybe a con launch? Thank you as always for listening - don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @frankensteinrpg or contact us on email thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com or voice message us via Anchor. If you get time please pass the pod to others you think might be interested or do please leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice. Tale of the Maticore: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8y878-102f6c8 Our music for the podcast is supplied by the Freak Fandango Orchestra “The Gypsy Song” under the open content license and is from their album “Wild Goats and useless heroes” Find them here: https://freakfandango.bandcamp.com/

In this episode we look very closely at Art in RPGs and meander down several long tunnels talking about layout, fonts, collaboration and Kerning (which I still think is making funny faces, but am reliably informed is space between letters?) There is some huge love for the following artists: Behnke, McBride, Sienkewicz, Horsley, McNeil, Hewlett, McKeen, Hartas, Acchileos, Allsop and Fenlon and for some bizarre reason we find that Elmore is inexplicably cruel to trees? We also hand out some awards - The Krause Awards for art "interpretation" - and they're not always for the good... Please find us on twitter @FrankensteinRPG On the web at frankensteinrpg.co.uk Via email thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com Huge thanks to Kaye, Paul and John

So in this episode our motley gang explore the Combat system that we'd most like to see from a plethora of examples of good to great combat systems! But it's not quite as clear cut as you might think. We also then look at the concept of "Failing Forward" - and here we just revert to type. So we’re starting to get a shape to the game - I think we’ll be having a go at stitching some of this together soon - and of course we’ll be looking for playtesters! Maybe a con launch? Thank you as always for listening - don’t forget you can find us on Twitter @frankensteinrpg or contact us on email thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com or voice message us via Anchor. If you get time please pass the pod to others you think might be interested or do please leave us a review on your podcast provider of choice. Our music for the podcast is supplied by the Freak Fandango Orchestra “The Gypsy Song” under the open content license and is from their album “Wild Goats and useless heroes”

Here we are again! This episode we take a look at how you arrive at a Character - attributes, characteristics or skills or traits or stat bonuses or...well listen and see what it is we decide on in the end! We discuss an absolute plethora of games this week and some we touch on: Heroquest https://www.chaosium.com/heroquest/ Vampire OF The Masquerade https://www.modiphius.net/collections/vampire-the-masquerade Everywhen https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249193/Everywhen#:~:text=Everywhen%20is%20a%20standalone%20game,in%20any%20era%20or%20background. MERP (we've linked to MERP a lot already!) DC Heroes https://www.dcheroesrpg.com/ - this is the one we reference! Gumshoe system - https://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/gumshoe/ Squadron UK (Golden Heroes) http://squadronuk.co.uk/ Call of Cthulhu - if you don't know where to look is this the right pod for you??? Several new metaphors come to the fore with this one - Leaky Row Boat, Cleopatra's Barge and squids not the least. And a big thank you to Martin (@mcookie123) Kaye (@k_0) and Doc Cowie (@dracowie) for a superb hour or so of your time! Don't forget to look for us on line at https://www.frankensteinrpg.co.uk/ and on twitter @frankensteinrpg or via email on thefrankensteinrpg@gmail.com, happy listening!

In this episode Chris, Jim and Kat join me (Dave) in exploring the RPGs that best exemplify the very best in Magic systems and Initiative mechanics. We look at everything from Golden Heroes (Squadron UK) to Troika and even debate the merits of Wargames and Diagetics. No I don't know either! Please find a link to the RP Haven who do sterling work and whom Kat represents: https://www.rphaven.co.uk/ Please do support them if you can or maybe make it to the club when time and lockdowns permit! Also please find the Grognard Files Podcast - the Rolls Royce of pods! https://thegrognardfiles.com/ They run a Patreon scheme too, which is worth every penny! Important to note that our music is Provided under an open license from the Freak Fandango Orchestra "The Gypsy Song" from the album "Wild Goats and Useless Heroes" which I thought peculiarly apt! Thank you to them. Games discussed: Symbaroum: https://frialigan.se/sv/games/symbaroum-2/ Liminal: https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal Lyonesse: http://thedesignmechanism.com/Lyonesse.php#:~:text=Lyonesse%20is%20the%20complete%20roleplaying,conniving%20fairies%2C%20and%20insouciant%20magicians. Troika: https://www.troikarpg.com/ Conan 2d20: https://www.modiphius.com/conan.html Feng Shui: https://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/ Have assumed most people will know D&D, etc Happy listening everyone.

This is the first episode of Frankenstein's RPG the Podcast - where Dave, Neil and Martin assess the very finest of Role Playing Game mechanics and try and decide on which body parts will make up the ultimate RPG "created" from the body parts of the gaming universe! Thanks so much to Martin (@mcookie123) and Neil (@oldscouserRPing) for joining in and being such great guests. Games we discuss and links to them on Wikipedia or direct to website:  Chivalry and Sorcery (Martin's secret love) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/293870/Chivalry--Sorcery-5th-Edition Mothership https://www.mothershiprpg.com/ Chaosium https://www.chaosium.com/ Squadron UK (Golden Heroes) http://squadronuk.co.uk/ Barbarians of Lemuria/Everywhen https://barbariansoflemuria.webs.com/ Beyond the Wall - Beautiful RPG - https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/ Liminal https://www.modiphius.net/collections/liminal MERP - other than looking at Ebay might be worth checking out Against the Darkmaster a modernised version https://www.vsdarkmaster.com/ Savage Worlds https://www.peginc.com/product-category/savage-worlds/ Old School Essentials https://necroticgnome.com/collections/old-school-essentials The One Ring game - Got to be quick to catch anything of it! https://www.cubicle7games.com/the-one-ring-adventures-in-middle-earth-sale/ We can be contacted via Anchor and also on Twitter @frankensteinrpg - again thanks for listening!

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