+1 Forward is a show about games using the Apocalypse Engine. We cover these games in play, and talk about the many flavors of games Powered by the Apocalypse. Each episode will have a discussion about mechanics, as well as an example of play.
Rach and Rich kick off their first Summer Series. This series will cover games in the Belonging Outside Belonging (BOB) style of PbtA games. This first episode features Avery Alder, creator of Dream …
Rach and Rich bring on Paul Beakley of the Indie Game Reading Club blog to talk about his amazing article called Prep 2.0 (https://www.indiegamereadingclub.com/indie-game-reading-club/prep-2-0/) and …
Rach and Rich interview David Brunell-Brutman about his game about 1990's action with Teens with Attitude. Timecodes: 0:01:46 - Read a Sitch about what it means to Play to Find Out 0:13:19 - Open Y…
Rach and Rich continue Movie Night, our series where we pair a movie and a PbtA RPG and talk about how you can watch the movie and improve your experience with the game. Our third pairing is Star War…
Rich and Rach talk about ways to get in some PbtA gaming during social distancing measures. Timecodes: 00:13:36 - Duet Gaming with a local partner or roommate 00:20:09 - Things to consider with PbtA…
Rich interviews Brandon Leon-Gambetta about his game currently on Kickstarter called Pasión de las Pasiones. Timecodes: 02:20 - Read a Sitch on using Custom Moves for Places and Situations 14:24 - …
Rich interviews Robert Bohl about his game currently in playtest called Demihumans. Timecodes: 03:00 - Read a Sitch on Session Structure 09:13 - Open Your Brain to Demihumans 20:06 - Act Under F…
Rach interviews April Walsh about her game currently in playtest called Thirsty Sword Lesbians. Timecodes: 0:42 - Read a Sitch on Safety Tools 12:15 - Open Your Brain to Thirsty Sword Lesbians 21:…
Rach interviews new and seasoned designers about their newest PbtA designs while she's at Metatopia 2019. Be warned, these game designs are not yet finished and not publicly available. Feel free to f…
Timecodes 00:01:20 - History and development of Trophy 00:11:15 - Trophy Dark 00:13:51 - Trophy Gold 00:21:05 - Trophy Loom 00:25:17 - Kickstarter details
Rach interviews Josh Fox of Black Armada Games about his game Last Fleet, which is on Kickstarter NOW! Timecodes: 3:50 - Read a Sitch on Better 1st Sessions 9:48 - Open Your Brain to Last Fleet 18:0…
Rach interviews Sam Tung and Sam Roberts about their action-packed adventure game Escape from Dino Island! Timecodes: 04:11 - Read a Sitch on running and playing low-prep games 12:56 - Open Your Bra…
Rich and Rach interview Rich Howard and Richard Kreutz-Landry about their game Descent into Midnight, which is coming to Kickstarter in early 2020! Third game designer Taylor couldn't make the record…
During Gauntlet Con 2019, Rich moderated a panel with his co-host Rach and expert MCs Marissa Kelly of Magpie Games and Phil Vecchione of Encoded Designs.
Rach interviews Mikko Karttunen about his Renaissance-era PbtA game featuring intrigue, character drama, and a little bit of magic Timecodes: 02:09 - Read a Sitch about player-driven game play 10:36…
Time Codes: 02:54 - Games Rich is playing 28:01 - Games Rach is playing 40:31 - Intro of second topic - mini-movie nights! 41:31 - Rach tackles BSG episode 33 through the lens of Night Witches 49:00 …