In this episode, we talk about the TTRPGs for Trans Rights in Florida bundle which collects 505 games for $5, and the TTRPGs which caught our interest.

But first, Marley talks about recently finishingThe Wire then immediately finding out about the death of Lance Reddick. Cole talks about the influence the show has had on them and they both talk about how the show has got them so excited for seeing the cast in other things.

Cole checked out the poorly-advertised Strange World and was refreshingly surprised to see that it was a pulp adventure story about the dangers of exploiting the earth, rather than instilling a legacy on the young.  And it has Disney's first queer protagonist. Again.

In TTRPG talk, Cole went to Tanuki Games and got some cool physical TTRPGs, including:

Beak, Feather, and Bone, a map-labelling ttrpg about factions of cute corvids shaping the city they live in. Cole got into it to try and convince their DM to mess with the D&D module they're playing.

Cole also checked out Anamnesis by Sam Leigh. It’s a journaling game that uses tarot cards to piece together a character’s identity after losing their memory. We knew about it from the Anamnesis Jam, but we also had the sudden realisation we heard it on Friends At The Table, too.

Meanwhile, Marley checked out The Between by Jason Cordova, a Victorian gothic mystery game inspired by Penny Dreadful, League of Extraordinary Gentleman, and Blades in the Dark. It’s a game with no set solution to a mystery, but the players brainstorm a solution themselves through play. There is also a long-term mystery involving a Moriarty-type figure who masterminds everything from behind the scenes?? It's sick.

Apocalypse Keys has released it physical copies, and so Cole takes this opportunity to talk briefly about this Hellboy-inspired PBTA game. 

Then, we talk about our favourite games from the TTRPG Bundle for Florida Trans Rights, which has over 500 games, but we sat down to talk about 10 games we were excited about (or roughly 2% of the total), including:

• die RPG by Nala J. Wu - A very charming game written while Nala was alseep.
• Sherwood | A Game of Outlaws and Arcana by R. Rook Studio, which Marley loves specifically from reading Page 4, which encourages you to smash down many pre-existing notions from Robin Hood depictions and also Fuc... not give a damn about the True King.
• Thirsty Sword Lesbians by April Kit Walsh- A flexible system that can give Revolutionary Girl Utena vibes to any setting. It’s a game that Cole may or may not have done an actual play of at some point. 
• Lighthouse At The End Of The World by Bannerless Games - The kind of nautical horror journaling game that Marley has been looking for recently, especially after watching a lot of Dredge and thinking about The Lighthouse. 
• Serious Reading by Jordan Boschman - A game in which you play as an opinion columnist ostensibly writing about one topic, but sneaking in another topic on the sly. Very “Don’t Even Get Me Started!” vibes.
• ECO MOFOS by David Blandy - An optimistic and non-grimdark OSR game. It’s specifically Weirdhope, about punks building up communities after the end of the world. 
• FIST by CLAYMORE - A paranormal paramilitary hack of Offworlders, which we get so hyped about during the recording that we vow to do an actual play of it in future. 
• Boondock Cartomancy by Hook, Line, & Sinker - Which Marley declares his favourite game in the bundle based on vibes alone.
• Maharlika RPG by Makapatag - A Meka game built around Filipino mythology, which just has such a distinct sense of place to it.
• Errante by Mundos Infinitos - One of those games which takes the perspective of characters who don't often appear in a TTRPG, which Marley appreciates.

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

Produced by Marley, as well.

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