We are back after a long hiatus that we will reinitiate right after this episode. We take one part Cthulhu and one part Scooby Doo to create a frankensteined homebrew rule for a collaborative episode with Crash Course DM. Daniel gets interrupted while Daniel checks the recording. Also Josh is here again.
Please check out Crash Course DM for the collaborative episode that will be released later this week.
Writing the description for this episode has made me realize that it would be pretty irresponsible to just falsely claim that your show has a celebrity feature in the title. We close it all out making a final fantasy boss fight, and that’s okay because none of those words are proper nouns. It’s the final episode for this show’s current format; what happens next is still up in the air, but we hope you enjoyed the journey (or at least some portion of it). Daniel secures some sponsorships, while Daniel eats burgers.
This episode: we do some RAMBLING, followed by some GAMBLING. We try to make a casino zone preamble to the final boss. Daniel trims a palm tree, while Daniel talks about leaf matchups.
Join us this week for a rant about Palword and the narratives it has sparked online, which is wholly unrelated to the thing we’re actually doing, which is designing the interlude part of our campaign’s final chapter. Daniel lists three activities, while Daniel gets lost.
This is it: we’ve finally willed ourselves to sit down and start making up a final dungeon. What’s even more impressive: we take actual notes for the first time, to great benefit. Daniel learns a new word, while Daniel gets emotionally invested.
Welcome to 2024 OSAAT. The first 9 or so minutes of this episode get pretty peaky so don’t forget to throw on your blinders. TBH we kinda forgot what we were doing last year so here’s us channeling Sonic, our favorite Blue Ball, and talking JRPG final dungeons. Daniel makes resolutions, while Daniel gets oneshot.
Youtube Tetris video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU
In our arguably most anxiety-inducing episode yet, we are terrified to commit to anything but do end up with a pretty neat little pre-finale dramatic combat encounter. And yes, we also get introspective. Daniel explains a musical, while Daniel buys a hot dog in character.
Just in time for the holiday season, we throw together an underground snow biome to house the 7th and final emerald. Daniel vamps while Daniel looks up Sonic-related images.
We design a weird sort of psychological thriller quest about a lonely trickster demigod and otherwise do not go off the rails at all. Just solid, non-stop game design the whole time. Daniel tries some new sounds, while Daniel mentions geographical locations.
Our inspiration today comes from the feeling of disappointment you get when you go to a convention, among other things. Our Lightning Emerald is also in there somewhere. Daniel does an acronym, while Daniel joins the console war.
This episode we finally get around to flushing out the Magic Kingdom after a whole season. We find out what happens during the good ending of the shrimp mobile fight. Daniel stops doing outro and Daniel shoehorns in a quest for a sandwich.
Daniel's back after a treacherous journey to a foreign land known as Orlando, Florida. We catch up with Daniel as he regale us with his tail to Ceotaku. We also finally build the boss fight for Josh Greenroad. Daniel tries to harmonize, while Daniel tries to keep peta off our backs.
Bang, Bang and Babang... sorry ya'll Daniel is sick and can't right the description so you get my poor grammar skills. Today we work with the beloved newbie DM Josh G. from Crash Course DM who constantly plugs his own podcast through the whole episode can you believe this guy. We tackle the popular boardgame Bang! and create a western style DnD 5e shoot and slash one shot. Plus a cameo appearance from The Eels Improv group and dogs.
Check Out Josh and the rest of the Eels on Crash Course DM Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3LL05YdkMn1Ux81wNnDa42?si=2516ed26d69c45a0
This week, we insert Disc 2 to continue our Sonic-inspired Fabula Ultima campaign. After we make good on a promise to include some listener (see also: our friends) character submissions, our plans to design a sewer dungeon are immediately derailed in the worst way. Daniel shows off his freestyle skills, while Daniel faces his traumatic past.
An episode where we’re just two guys hangin’ out, and then also the typical episode format. We round out this season (I think? I don’t know how this works still) with a quick and dirty scenario about going to definitely-not-Zora’s-Domain and confronting the monster that is human industry. Daniel gets controversial, while Daniel talks everyone’s favorite MMO.
We design a scenario within our definitely-not-Disneyworld while drawing from the story of Witch Hat Atelier. This episode also doubles as a test for a different audio setup, which may or may not have been a bad idea. Daniel gets his own goat, while Daniel pitches lion-based backstories.
https://www.needgames.it/fabula-ultima-en/#risorse
We take a break from taking a break from our usual scheduled programming to put our design skills to the test. The results aren’t great, according to some guides we found on Google (but we do get introspective). Daniel counts to 3 as a bit, while Daniel has war flashbacks.
Lists we used in the episode:
https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-an-engaging-fictional-world
We take a crack at homebrewing a magic system involving physically drawing sigils for Fabula Ultima, at the behest of a cool listener. We also talk about magic systems in general, amongst other ramblings. You can check out literal Disney artist Kenneth’s stuff at his homepage https://www.kenesu.com/, which has really dope concept art and features heavily underrepresented Asian cultures.
Soft and Hard Magic Systems: https://prowritingaid.com/magic-system
Daniel reveals his latest foray into bad games with Redfall, which inspires the design of our next major Fabula Ultima story piece. We’re also trying a new title format in what may be our most coherent design segment yet. Daniel questions island geography, while Daniel commits treason.