Friendly Fire: Session Zero
Character creation and content discussion for season one of Friendly Fire, a Call of Cthulhu actual play.
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A Little Knowledge – Friendly Fire Episode 1
The detectives of the Arkham Police Deparment are called to investigate a strange death on a university campus. But when they arrive they find more mysteries than they anticipated: A strange, non-organic substance instead of blood, a woman in a coma, rumors of weird experiments, and entirely too many lemonade stands.
Friendly Fire – a Call of Cthulhu Actual Play
Jacob H is about to take the reins as Keeper on a brand new actual play series called Friendly Fire! We’ll play The Call of Cthulhu RPG by Chaosium, Inc. It’s a cosmic horror game with some intense themes and imagery, so it’s not for everyone. Set in the 1920’s, season one tells the tale … [Read more…]
Oops! All Librarians!
Archaeologists Julia Harding and Gerald Bunting prepare to present their findings from a recent expedition to Argentina. The Miskatonic University Library staff notice a number of strange phenomena following in the archaeologists’ wake, and they act to protect the students, the library, and possibly the world itself. Downloadable Character sheets for the PCs: Abraham Stinson … [Read more…]
61: Failure in RPGs
Let’s roll some dice, it’s an all new Geek at Arms! Bryan starts off this episodes Geek Out with his experience playing the Alpha of Pax Dei, an upcoming sandbox MMO. Mike talks about how unique the game Ultimate Chicken Horse is, and he and James discuss their different opinions of the latest Star Wars series, Acolyte. James continues the Star Wars theme … [Read more…]
45: Trash Movies We Can’t Help Loving
Recover from Thanksgiving with the all new Geek at Arms! In this episode James and Mike spend almost the entirety of their Geek Outs describing everything they loved about the Denis Villeneuve’s Dune adaptation! Next Bryan shares how much he’s enjoyed playing in various rpg’s instead of gm’ing for once. In the main topic the … [Read more…]
30: The Geeks in Quarantine
Stay inside and listen to the newest episode of Geek at Arms! James starts Geek Out with a review of the historical fiction novel The Ill-Made Knight by Christian Cameron which leads to a long discussion with Mike about medieval archery and it’s effectiveness against armor. James also describe show much he’s enjoyed playing Magic the Gathering: Arena with … [Read more…]
Episode 7: Superheroes and Board Games for Beginners
In this very slightly holiday-themed episode, Mike Geeks Out about the sci-fi novel Binti, Bryan talks incessantly about Green Arrow and the possibility of a roleplayer’s lair, and James continues to rave about the Mary Rose (and a big thanks to the Museum for sharing our last episode!) We… well, mostly Bryan talks about superhero … [Read more…]