In this episode, Marley and Cole are talking about pitching a campaign to the table, the difference between running a streamed game vs a home game, and campaigns we've always wanted to play.

But first, Cole chats about finishing Hi-Fi RUSH (and immediately starting a new game), before Marley talks Kings of the Wyld, a fantasy book that reminds him how much he likes a good fantasy map and good, grounded, fantasy world-building, but kind of doesn't 

Then, Cole chats about Bleak Spirit by Chris Longhurst, a GM-less game where players alternate between describing the world and describing the strange, unknowable protagonist moving through it. It's really fun in how it approaches the mystery of a Soulsborne game, encouraging players to flesh out the history of a ruined location and what kind of adversary waits at the centre of it, while never saying for certain if the story is true or not.

Marley got his hands on The Score by Steve Dee, an exciting heist card game out now on Kickstarter! In it, players plan a heist with simple prompts, build and create your character from random trait cards, then jump into a heist. The game is quick, and fairly easy to pick up and can lead to some fantastic heists all in under 18 minutes! (unless you're us, in which case it's a 47 minute Actual Play on YouTube).

Then, onto the main topic, where Cole leads us through their history of playing in and pitching campaigns both at home and online. This broadens out into a discussion about how pitches change for different TTRPG systems, our favourite pitches that we wish we could play, how missing out on playing campaigns can lead to writing TTRPG systems, and what a chemistry test is. 

Closing up, we have a bunch of shout outs, including The CalazCon Indiegogo campaign (ending soon!), Marley's appearance playing Ghoul Boys for The Fiction First Network, and a Pentiment-inspired Cosmic Horror mystery he wrote for the Let's Role Play Pass. 

Cole meanwhile is about to begin a new season of Fire In The Dark at Huntsmen's Hydra, continued working on MLE Sports, and shouts out the incredible work done by The Roll Plus Bond community raising over $8,404.98 for Trans Lifeline!

Featuring Marley (@Mynar_Lenahan) and Cole (@IceColeBrew).

Produced by Marley, as well.

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