Actual Play – Orichalcum Chef – Playtest

After defeating the evil forces of King Kroc, the inhabitants of Cusinica finally know peace.  In an effort keep its citizens from becoming too complacent, the Council of the Nations started a contest in search of a new age of champions.  Having seen enough bloodshed, it was determined that this generations champions would be culinary masters.

Welcome to Orichalcum Chef.

Greg – GM

Chris – Hefeweizen – The Chef de Cuisine

Noah – Saison – The Butcher

Patrick – Stout – The Sous Chef

Vince – Prairie – The Presenter

Orichalcum Chef is a game by Technical Difficulties’ Greg.  As of the date of this posting, Orichalcum Chef is currently in the alpha phase of development. For more Orichalcum Chef, be sure to check out our friends over at the Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast.

Actual Play – Zweihander – Green Valley

Deep in the Guatemalan rain forest, a group of conquistadors hunt a band of Mayan warriors.  As the group traverses through the hills and valleys into the mountains, they soon discover it is they who are hunted.

Adam – Peter-jan Middelkamp – Sell sword

Ethan – Diago – Cadet

Joe – Rotendo Botha – Barber Surgeon

Episode 48 – Thinking Too Hard About Anime

Our friends Noah Carden (RPX & Maple Syrup, Blood Money) and Aaron J. Shelton (Kame House Part & Technical Difficulties Gaming Podcast) just started a new podcast about anime titled “Thinking Too Hard About Anime”.  Currently this dynamic duo is reviewing and discussing every episode of Cowboy Bebop.  Today Noah and Aaron join us to talk about their new podcast and how to gamify Cowboy Bebop.

Be sure to check out and subscribe to Thinking Too Hard About Anime.

Follow Thinking Too Hard About Anime on Twitter @ThinkingAnime

Actual Play – Delta Green – BLACKSAT

Five astronauts and two specialist head up into space on a classified military operation to repair a secret spy satellite code-named BLACKSAT.  What first appeared to be a chance of a lifetime quickly escalates into introduction to otherworldly horror.


Adam – Diedra Turner M.D.
Aaron        – Lt. Commander Luke Belton
Ethan – Captain Daniel Hamlet
Jeb – Commander Michael Spay
Nathan     – Major Dirk McMillan

Episode 34 – Fan Generated Content, Hacks, and Google Plus

n a topic that originally started as raiding the sinking ship that is Google Plus for great fan content; Patrick, Noah, and Adam discuss fan generated content and hacks for tabletop rpgs.  

Areas of Discussion: 
· Masks Google Plus
· A Nocturne (Blades Transhuman Sci-fi)
· Our Lonely Words (Blades Persona-esque mental exploration)
· Remnants of War
· Monster of the Week Roadhouse
· The Fairfield Project
· Night at the opera Reddit
· Blades in the Dark Score Generator
· Dogs In the Bark (Light-hearted, playing street dogs)
· Copperhead County (Small town Deep South crime)
· A Fistful of Darkness (Weird West)

Other Items:
Savage Tokusatsu 
BestPalBrigade Twitch Channel 
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resident Evil 2

Episode Music:   Simultaneous Eon by Fascinating Earthbound Objects

Actual Play – Deadlands Reloaded – The Hell Outta Dodge

In an odd turn of events, three siblings from the Dodge clan find themselves reunited on a riverboat. However, their reunion is cut short when a group of armed river pirates set their eyes on the what the Pinkertons have stored in the cargo hold.  

Chris – Billy Dodge – Simple young man with big dreams that may be a wizard.
Aaron – Jeb Dodge – Elder brother of the Dodge clan tasked with keeping his siblings out of trouble.
Nathan – Emily Dodge – Eldest of the Dodge siblings fleeing east to escape ‘relationship’ problems.
Darth – Jane Red – Bounty hunter looking to inflict a little pain.
Adam – Jasper Finch – Confederate deserter wearing the identity of a dead priest. 

Episode 30 – Post Gen Con 2018

It took us nearly a month to recover, but the Roleplaying Exchange is back with our rather lengthy post-Gen Con episode.  Join us as Adam, Chris, Daniel, Laura M., Patrick, and Sean discuss their Gen Con 2018 experiences.
 
SWAG Discussed:  
Psst… We have a super-secret Patreon page. It is super-secret because Adam accidentally flagged it as adult content. So until Patreon reviews our account and determines that our nudes are in fact *tasteful* (j/k), you can only find this page through the links we post. Go ahead join. Tell your friends you supported RPX before they sold out and went mainstream.

Bonus Episode: Beyond the Wall of Patreon – Episode 1 – A Gentleman’s Agreement

Here is a bonus preview episode of the new RPX Patreon exclusive show, Beyond the Wall of Patreon.  If you enjoy what you hear, or you enjoy the Roleplaying Exchange, please consider backing our Patreon page.

In our inaugural first episode of Beyond the Wall of Patreon we discuss nerd culture.  In particular, we begin with the rise of nerd culture, the discovery of our nerdiness, then the conversation goes way off the rails. Listener discretion is advised.

Actual Play – Delta Green – Love’s Lonely Children Pt. 2

As the search for Kathy Hammond’s murderer continues, DG friendlies have reason to believe that Kathy’s murder may not have been a crime of opportunity.

Warning: The scenario deals with mature content (sexual violence). Listener discretion is advised.

Patrick – Gayle Pershing (Charonic) – Dark Web entrepreneur of murder memorabilia.
Noah – Nathan Massey – Cat burglar
Aaron – William Cooper – Pawnshop owner / fence
Jeremy – Daven Kershner – Needed rolling papers.  Smoked pages from a mythos tome.  Gained enlightenment.  Truly a story as old as time itself.

Love’s Lonely Children was written by Richard Watts and appears in The Stars Are Right.

Actual Play – Delta Green – Love’s Lonely Children Pt. 1

The gruesome death of a prostitute in Cleveland prompts Delta Green to activate a ragtag group of friendlies in the area to investigate.

Warning: The scenario deals with mature content (sexual violence). Listener discretion is advised.

Patrick – Gayle Pershing (Charonic) – Dark Web entrepreneur of murder memorabilia.
Noah – Nathan Massey – Cat burglar
Aaron – William Cooper – Pawnshop owner / fence

Love’s Lonely Children was written by Richard Watts and appears in The Stars Are Right.