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Quantum Childhood 0116 — I, Wagner, part 5

December 14, 2023 by Bryan Leave a Comment
I, Wagner part 5

Visit Bob and Larry’s Stuff and Things (and Also Boxes) in Season One of the City on a Hill PodcastTales From the Loop is a tabletop roleplaying game, published by Free League and based on the retro-futuristic artwork of Simon Stålenhag.  “Bad Robots” by Nicolas Jeudy is licensed from Dark Fantasy Studios.

Posted in: Geeks at Play, Quantum Childhood, Roleplaying Tagged: bob and larry's stuff and things (and also boxes), brandon, city on a hill, cody, four seasons of mad science, free league, isaac, karen richards, kevin, robots, roleplaying, rpg, tales from the loop, year zero

55: All Those Other RPGs

September 17, 2023 by Mike Leave a Comment
All Those Other RPGs

Congratulations, you just downloaded a cool podcast, it’s an all new Geek at Arms! The guys kick things off with a discussion of their recent actual play campaign, Quantum Childhood. Bryan then starts Geek Out with his thoughts on the new Trigun Stampede anime and the deck-building game Inscryption. Speaking of card games he and James discuss how tempted … [Read more…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Podcast, Roleplaying Tagged: alien rpg, avatar legends, CBR+PNK, city on a hill, d&d, dnd, doctor who RPG, dungeon world, emberwind, eric trautman, FATE, haunted west, honey heist, lord of the rings, lotr, magic the gathering, masks of a new generation, merp, mike perna, monster of the week, numenera, retro rewind, roleplaying, star wars, star wars d6, tales from the loop, the witcher rpg

Quantum Childhood 0105 — Grownup Attraction, part 2

July 13, 2023 by Bryan Leave a Comment

Joined once again by Kevin, the boys descend into the Loop’s service tunnels to disable the ARAN and save the city’s adults. Visit Bob and Larry’s Stuff and Things (and Also Boxes) in Season One of the City on a Hill Podcast Tales From the Loop is a tabletop roleplaying game, published by Free League … [Read more…]

Posted in: Geeks at Play, Quantum Childhood, Roleplaying Tagged: actual play, billy, bob and larry's stuff and things (and also boxes), city on a hill, cody, four seasons of mad science, jomar, kevin, roleplaying, simon stalenhag, tales from the loop, tftl

Geeks at Play 02 – Cleanup at NutriCorp

April 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Cleanup at NutriCorp

Geeks at Play episodes are our special actual-play productions. In this adventure, NutriCorp, a food-producing Mega-glomeration, has put out a call for independent contractors for a one-night job. The task is to clean up a few small* health violations so the plant can get back up and running in the morning. NutriCorp committed to sustainable** … [Read more…]

Posted in: Codswallop and Poppycock, Episode Show Notes, Geeks at Play, Roleplaying Tagged: alien, avatar the last airbender, city on a hill, fellowship of the ring, geeks at play, NutriCorp, roll for shoes, the princess bride

47: Geeky Hobbies We Want to Try

February 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, it’s the all new Geek at Arms! In Geek Out James starts things off with a review of Spider-Man: No Way Home, then he and Bryan give their thoughts on the first season of The Wheel of Time. Bryan then gives his thoughts on the live action Cowboy Bebop adaptation and a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Podcast, Roleplaying Tagged: 1geek:411, 3d printing, alfred molina, andrew garfield, bard and bible, beowulf, city on a hill, cowboy bebop, dice, dice witchery, doc ock, doctor who, embroidery, encanto, expanse, fell and fair, grave of the fireflies, green arrow, hero forge, into the spiderverse, LARP, lotr, mike perna, miniatures, monster of the week, muppets, nerf modding, nordic larp, resin dice, rings of power, roleplaying, roll for shoes, shiny math rocks, spider-gwen, spider-man, spider-man no way home, Star Wars RPG, toby mcguire, traveller 5, ttrpg, weekend warrior experience, wheel of time, william dafoe

44: Nightmare Before Christmas

February 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment

What’s this?! It’s the new episode of Geek at Arms! Bryan kicks off our Geek Out with his focus on matchmoving software and finally catching up with Stargate: Atlantis. Mike shares the ups and downs of replacing his decrepit PC and his recent reread of Frank Herbert’s Dune. James tries to unpack his geek-heavy month with a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Film Club, Podcast, Roleplaying Tagged: battle chess, chicken run, city on a hill, coraline, corpse bride, danny elfman, dr. seuss, dude perfect, dune, fantastic mr. fox, goofy movie, Hawkwood's sword, humpty dumpty circus, james and the giant peach, kim's convenience, kubo and the two strings, microtech combat troodon, nightmare before christmas, only murders in the building, puppetoons, rudolf the red-nosed reindeer, shang-chi, star wars, star wars visions, stargate, stargate atlantis, super mario bros, tale of the fox, wallace and gromit, y the last man

43: Redemption Stories

January 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment

The guys have a discussion of Redemption Stories: what they mean to us as Christians, what they mean to the culture at large, and examples found in popular media.

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Podcast Tagged: a canticle for leibowitz, albus dumbledore, Andrzej Sapkowski, angel, avatar, avatar the last airbender, ben solo, buffy the vampire slayer, catra, city on a hill, cypher system, darth vader, discord, dueling fops of vindamere, free guy, greg stolze, harry potter, how to train your dragon, jack vance, jean valjean, kylo ren, les miserables, level up 5e, masters of the universe, masters of the universe: revelation, mike perna, mlp, monster of the week, my little pony friendship is magic, nasa, nightmare moon, numenara, severus snape, sleeping gods, spike, star wars, stephen r donaldson, steven universe, tales from the dying earth, the chronicles of thomas covenant the unbeliever, The Witcher, the witcher rpg, thomas covenant, thy geekdom come, victor hugo, walter m miller jr, y the last man, zuko

31: The Rocketeer

June 28, 2020 by Leave a Comment

Welcome back to another new episode of Geek at Arms. Bryan, Mike, and James start off the show with a discussion on the recent events that have shaken our country. Next, in Geek Out, Bryan shares how much he’s enjoyed gm’ing a Tales from the Loop campaign and continuing his march through the Marvel cinematic … [Read more…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Film Club, Podcast Tagged: agatha heterodyne, black lives matter, blade, blm, castles of mad king ludwig, city on a hill, comfort media, crisis fatigue, d6, dick tracy, dragonwood, george floyd, girl genius, howard hughes, iroh, judge dredd, ludwig ii, M.A.S.H., neuschwanstein castle, nintendo switch, robin hood, runaways, spider-man, star wars, steampunk, switch, switch lite, tales from the loop, the rocketeer, uncle iroh, unexploded cow, west end game

30: The Geeks in Quarantine

June 26, 2020 by Leave a Comment

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…]

Posted in: Episode Show Notes, Podcast Tagged: ai dungeon, animal crossing, arena, avatar the last airbender, battle ground, battlefront, board game arena, call of cthulhu, call of duty, call of duty modern warfare, christian cameron, city on a hill, dominion, dresden, dresden files, gi joe, hollow knight, ill-made knight, longbows, lord of the rings, lotr, magic the gathering, mtg, mtg arena, peace talks, pie rats of the carob bean farm, scooby doo, scoobynatural, shadows in the toybox, star wars battlefront, steins;gate, supernatural, the oregon trail

Feddernik Singsangsung Thrubmorton

April 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment

James and I were recently delighted to play a short session for the City on a Hill actual play podcast. They run a 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons game, and we were adventuring in a corner well away from the main storyline. The DM, Ryan, instructed us that the only available races were Gnomes, Halflings … [Read more…]

Posted in: Blog Posts Tagged: character, city on a hill, dungeons and dragons, feddernik, fighter, gnome, roleplaying, rpg, thrubmorton
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