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Shinobigami

## Episodes

Episode 121
Episode 122
Episode 123

***Shinobigami is designed to be played in a single sitting, with an entire scenario wrapping up in about four hours.*** This feature of many Japanese role-playing games is put to great effect in Shinobigami, allowing dynamic characterization between sessions and exciting long-term storyline possibilities. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will surely understand how a series of contained stories can lead to some exciting campaign story arcs.

Find out more here.
Episode 15

**Episode Fifteen**

## Series

8 Nights of Murder! The Deadlands: Noir Hanukkah Special

James and Kat are joined by special guest, rabbinical student Sam Kaye to take on mystery and murder. If you are a fan of Deadlands, you are going to love the updates they made in Deadlands Noir. This is the perfect opportunity to see how the system plays.

Listen!
Special L5R 1

## Series

Legend of the Five Rings

This Episode is a continuation of the L5R series taking place on The RPG Academy podcast.

Hello and welcome to a special Field Trip. This is a Field Trip to Rokugan as we continue the exploits started on the L5R game featured on OneShot podcast. We have re-gathered the original cast, plus Kat Kuhl, who joins the group as a Kuni witch hunter known as The Jade Blade.

Listen!
Talking TableTop 11

**Talking Tabletop 11**

**Recap**

John Zinser, CEO of Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG), takes the time to talk with Jim not only as CEO, but as an active member of the tabletop industry. Among many other topics, they talk through the sale of L5R, John's first experience with tabletop and his experiences with starting AEG. John also highlights some reasons the tabletop industry hosts some of the most devoted members.

**Links**

Alderac Entertainment Group

Fantasy Flight Games

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Skyjacks: Episode 120

## Blurb

Jonnit pulls away from the enemy griffin riders as they chase The Uhuru and sets his sights on a counteroffensive against The Silver Bullet. Pliff through sheer determination to help the rest of the crew, pulls himself back into the ship to face the Rowdy Rs. Gable plays a dangerous game to bait the bullet into a lower altitude battle and use the dangerous waters of the river delta to their advantage. Travis and Orimar wor to pursue the Rs and their leader Rocco into the aviary. Meanwhile the crew of The Silver Bullet attempts a risky sabotage.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Violence, knives, guns, discussion of injuries, description of heights, creepy laughing children sound effects.

*Tales from Thornvale:*  religious themes, family and legacy trauma.
Orimar Vale

Orimar Vale is the captain of the skyship Uhuru. He died around six months before the start of the podcast and was reanimated by Dref Wormwood.

## Background

As a child of the Bandari people, Orimar was brought into the Red Feather Syndicate when the two groups made a deal to work together. The Red Feathers did not uphold their end of the deal and the Bandari people were betrayed and robbed of their land. Though he was once a respected Red Feather privateer, Vale left their fleet and became an enemy to the Syndicate. He stole the Uhuru and became its captain, both to find The Bandit Queen after he had fallen for her , and to right the wrongs done to his people by the Red Feathers.

After leaving the Syndicate, he joined Sefa in leading the Tempest Armada. They planned to take power out of the hands of the Red Feather Syndicate, but couldn't agree on what to do about the vacuum of power that would leave. Vale proposed the two of them become the King and Queen, though Sefa worried about what would happen after Orimar's death. In response to this, Orimar became interested in the pursuit of immortality. His second in command, Calavar, urged him to search for answers. The Uhuru left the Bandit Queen's fleet after that and this was Vale's motive until he was betrayed by Calavar during an attempted mutiny.

The details are unknown, but Orimar has crossed swords with The Mariner before in the past.

He gained a very powerful reputation over the years and his name is well known across Spéir. At some point in his career as a captain, Orimiar began to host young children on the skyship as a sort of rehabilitation and foster care system. The job of screening and taking care of these children (often referred to as the many sick orphans of the Uhuru) was passed onto Gable, with the guidance of Spit.

## Physical Appearance

* "Orimar is a black man in his late 40's/early 50's. He stands taller than most men and radiates regal power, and stands like a statue carved to honor an emperor."
* "His hair is a wild mane of salt and pepper dreads. He maintains an impeccable mustache that he curls with wax. Vale is the living image of a romanticized idea of piracy. It lives in the smirk on his face."
* Wears a woolen red coat stolen from a Red Feather Captain
* Eyes that ~twinkle~
* Hot zombie rights!

## References

1. ↑ Skyjacks: Episode 1
2. ↑  @CampaignPod (2018) 19th October at 01:56pm, accessed 21st Dec 2020
3. ↑ Skyjacks: Episode 80
4. ↑ Skyjacks: Episode 28
5. ↑ https://twitter.com/campaignpod/status/1046942249727201281
6. ↑ @CampaignPod (2018) 2nd October at 02:57am, accessed 21st Dec 2020
Skyjacks: Episode 70

## Blurb

After a quick scouting mission, our heroes return in time to get presents! Also, the cast of our show learns that the upcoming battle has real stakes determined by popularity, plot relevance, and how much James likes doing the voice.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Mention of JO Jerry, mention of Ryan Lochte’s  fake mugging

*Dear Uhuru:*  In-universe fanfiction about in-universe real people, psychosexual mind games
Skyjacks: Episode 79

## Blurb

Travis does that totally reasonable thing and takes some time to yell at Gable in the middle of a battle with The Mariner. Meanwhile, Jonnit and Margaret face off against La Llorona together only to discover that she isn’t alone.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Violence, old fashioned nightmare imagery, player vs player, more hand damage, very serious emotions, body horror

*Dear Uhuru:* Travis badly mischaracterizes the concept of immersion therapy, children using fireworks
Talking TableTop 26

**Talking TableTop 26**

On this episode of Talking TableTop is an interview with JM Perkins. He is a professional writer, blogger and game designer that has an amazing passion for the hobby. In this interview we discuss his unique living setting called Salt in Wounds, his book called the Adequate Commoner, and what it is like being a professional writer.

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Skyjacks: Episode 122

## Blurb

Jonnit tries to right himself after dealing a devastating blow to the Silver Bullet, but the fight still isn’t over as the Rowdy Rs have managed to push the remaining Civility featherweave out of The Uhuru’s cargo doors– and deployed griffins to capture it. Thankfully Jane and Pliff have finally managed to launch Flea and Lucas to join the fray. Orimar is now surrounded by Rowdy Rs who realized they have no exit. Thankfully as the captain, he can call for backup.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Probably too much piss content in the cold open TBH, gunshot sound effects, violence, bodyhorror

*Dear Uhuru:*
Skyjacks: Episode 78

## Blurb

Jonnit meets up with Margret but still being under the effects of The Underswell they will need more than a bit of luck to get to safety. Out in the bay waves crash to pull the rest of The Mariner’s fleet into Nordia’s shores and the Uhuru Death Chart claims its first victim

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Violence, character death, James technically pronounced La Llorona correctly but its still embarrassing.

*Dear Uhuru:* BRANDS
Skyjacks: Episode 108

## Blurb

The Tornado Calling rages on as Travis betrays Gable in the most mystifying way possible. Jonnit tries to keep up with the extremely confident and comparative Janni. Meanwhile Orimar and Sefa battle as only those who know one another very well can.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Surprise kissing, Travis signs up to do a murder

*Dear Uhuru:*  Instead of an Uhuru this week there is just a giant honkin’ bonus content.
Skyjacks: Episode 40

## Blurb

The Broker lets the crew know that they will need to work while Gable is jousting. Jonnit is charged by Traveller Kwan to help purify the waters surrounding the city to keep it safe from The Mariner. Meanwhile Travis helps The Broker craft the perfect message to send Argus Whestfeild and The Red Feather Syndicate.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*None

*Dear Uhuru:* The one person in this podcast’s history who is worse than all the others, fan fiction
Skyjacks: Episode 19

## Blurb

The crew checks in to the unbelievably swanky hotel they got thanks to The Broker. Dref opts to say in and study for The Race. The rest of the crew spends their evening showing us some unique takes on “keeping a reasonably low profile.”

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Reference to possible underage drinking, reference to cockfighting, extremely forward flirting
*Dear Uhuru:* Dref gets cartoonishly high
Skyjacks: Episode 89

## Blurb

After a few short weeks of travel, The Uhuru arrives at the city of N’Goni. OR at least where the city should be. However, they are having a little trouble finding where to land. Once they arrive they encounter a mysterious stranger while awaiting The Bandit Queen.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Bullying

*Dear Uhuru:* Robo hogs, diapers, meta bullshit, crying babies
Skyjacks: Episode 62

## Blurb

Jonnit is in the sea cave watching Adriane’s service when the rain starts to flood lower Nordia. Panic sets in and many of the worshipers in the Slain Church’s evening ceremony are elderly. It is up to Jonnit and Adriane to help people cross the bridge and reach Upper Nordia, before the floodwaters claim the entire congregation.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Religious imagery, basically a sermon, flash flooding, drowning imagery,  not exatly self harm- but it if it’s atrigger watch out in the second half.

*Dear Uhuru:* Spit
Skyjacks: Episode 94

## Blurb

Gable, Jonnit, and Travis finally manage to find Spit. He does understand Orimar better than anyone else on the crew, but they’ll need to prove to him that they have Orimar’s best interests at heart. Which might be difficult because he’s unwinding a bit too much.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Psychadellics, betrayal, anger, pervert sign

*Dear Uhuru:* James can’t pronounce names
Skyjacks: Episode 4

## Blurb

With the crew ready to take a risk by attacking The Civility, our heroes must put together a plan of attack. Even with the element of surprise a battle with such a large ship could be costly.

### Content Warning:

Reference to underage drinking 0:03:45-0:05:55.

## Plot Summary

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The episode opens on Jonnit, waking up in his hammock under the stairs, feeling the aftereffects of his drinking the previous night. He attempts to resume his normal duties, but in the end goes to see Dref to get something that will clear his head. Dref is in his office, planning strategies for attacking the Civility. He gestures Jonnit towards a hangover cure that he’s prepared for him, and then invites him to join the battle planning. Jonnit suggests an aerial approach, because the Civility is unlikely to expect that, and Dref sends him to suggest the idea to Gable.

Gable and Travis are next door in the captain’s cabin, with Orimar Vale standing in the corner. Gable is studying the maps on the captain’s map table. Travis tries to convince Gable to let him ride one of their birds, but they keep deflecting. In an attempt to convince them, Travis uses his deck of Luminaries that he’d been fidgeting with to perform a sailor’s reading. A sailor’s reading is a spread of two cards placed on top of each other in a cross. North will tell you external information, and south will tell you internal information, and west represents the past. Gable pulls the Union facing south, themselves, and the Soldiers facing west, the past.

Jonnit bursts in to deliver the message from next door. Gable bangs on the wall to get Dref in to the room as well. When he arrives, he begins to fix the captain’s jaw again. Dref suggests a device made from spare featherweave to float the cargo out of the Civility so it can be collected as the Uhuru leaves.

After some further discussion, they settle on a plan in which Travis and Jonnit board the ship to disable as many cannons as they can, Dref sneaks in below with the captain to steal the actual cargo, and Gable starts a fight up on deck with other members of the crew to cause a distraction.

They also debate whether to attack during day or night, as the featherweave device will be more noticeable during the night, but at night Travis will be in his coyote form because the season is summer, and could be a more subtle agent aboard the Civility. Eventually, they decide to send Travis and Jonnit ahead to board the ship during the night, along with Dref and the captain, and Gable joins later to begin fighting at dawn.

Dref and Jonnit leave to fetch the nails to disable the cannons and check on the device. Travis heads off to find whale oil, and Gable goes to talk to Nodoze and Wendell. Before he leaves, Travis returns the keys of the bird cages to Gable, which he had stolen from them, as they’ve given the others permission to finally use their birds.

Travis steals the oil from a local oil merchant.

## Dear Uhuru

A customer complains about the Uhuru's declining quality in delivery service via Uhuru Prime.
Skyjacks: Episode 10

## Blurb

Dref attends to the desperately wounded Gable and Wendell. In doing so he learns a long-kept secret. Meanwhile, Travis and Jonnit explore the plunder the took from The Civility. Jonnit has difficulty convincing his friend of the value of something they found.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Brief reference to dry heaving, description of wound treatment

*Dear Uhuru:* Bird negativity

## Plot Summary

Dref and the captain are the first to return to the Uhuru. The crew anxiously awaits word from the Civility. Dref pukes again and the captain carries him to sickbay. The crew sees that the Civility has disappeared.

The rest of the boarding party returns, and Daisy and Fuentes help Metatron get Wendell back on the ship. Nodoze gets Wendell and Gable to the sickbay as well, and shoos the crew away so Dref can work on them in private. Nodoze asks if Dref has worked on Gable before, and warns him that they are not human.

Dref feels conflicted about how to treat Wendell's drastically burned hand -- amputation or necromantic surgery. Using Nodoze's luminary deck, Dref pulls a card to guide his choice. He draws the Soldier, and decides this means he should use necromancy. The entirety of the arm dies, but becomes even stronger. Blinded by pain, Wendell almost chokes Dref out, but passes out just in time.

Dref stitches up Gable's wounds while Gable babbles in a drugged haze. They invite Dref to look at the wounds on their back, and Dref surmises their nature.

Jonnit and Travis lead the crew to pick up the extractor and sort through the cargo they stole. Travis finds a deer skull carved with the mark of the Forest Queen, and realizes it's the skull of a changeling. Jonnit finds a centuries-old religious book. In the ornate chest, they discover a golden feather covered in eyes. Jonnit recognizes it as an angel feather. The eyes stay shut when Jonnit reaches toward it, but open when Travis does. Jonnit believes Travis must touch it because the feather has chosen him. Travis considers it gross but touches it anyway. He feels a sudden surge of fear and sees points of light surrounding him in a dark forest.

## Dear Uhuru

A letter-writer complains that his captain is keeping too many birds on his ship, and Spit seems to have similar concerns about Gable's birds.
Talking TableTop 1

**Talking Tabletop 1**

**Recap:**
Rich Howard from tribality.com chats with Jim about how they got started in tabletop, Rich's love for aquatic campaigns, their personal legacies, and Rich's incredible article: A Writer’s Guide to Roleplaying: Developing Character at the Table.

**Links:**

tribality.com

A Writer’s Guide to Roleplaying

**Show Notes:**

3:25: Rich talks about his first ever tabletop experience as an 8 year-old kid brought to the game by his brother and how his first ever die roll lead to a lifetime of fun.

8:54: Rich talks about falling in love with Champions in 1983 and running his first superhero style games and his bother returning from the Air Force to teach them how to really role-play.

12:29: Jim talks about his first ever terrible tabletop game that he was not really welcomed at, and the difference between tabletop players and TCG players.

17:05: Jim and Rich talk about 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons, bringing new people into tabletop, and what systems they like to use for new tabletop players.

24:13: Rich talks about his favorite setting to run tabletop games in, the aquatic setting and gives a glimpse into the alien word that is underwater life.

35:39: Rich talks about the website Tribality, how it came to be, and what it is doing.

39:50: Rich talks about his first article for Tribality, The Writer’s Guide to Roleplaying - an article providing advice to players as opposed to GMs.

59:40: Rich answers the questions 'What one piece of advice would you give a brand new player?', and ‘What one piece of advice would you give an experience tabletop player?'

1:10:55: Jim begins asking the hard questions.

1:16:56: Rich talks about where you can find and interact with him.

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Skyjacks: Episode 73

## Blurb

After restoring his hand, Travis has one more choice to make. Gable, Jonnit, The Uhuru Crew, and the whole of Nordia brace for The Mariner’s arrival. The seas boil and the dark of the storm is set alight by cannon fire and Ghostlight.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Description of pain from a wound healing, Cannon Fire, old people having heart attacks

*Dear Uhuru:*  Teen interest magazines, toxic photoshopping in magazines, it gets meta
Skyjacks: Episode 82

## Blurb

After banishing the Mariner from Nrodia the Uhuru pirates work to pick up the pieces. Travis and Margaret dance around where they might be now. Gable struggles not to lose themself in who they were. Jonnit tries to reign in the gifts and adoration this town has for a young man who must be a prophet and seer.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Gable has something akin to a dissociative episode, religious zealotry, intimate negotiations, bittersweet romance

*Dear Uhuru:* None this week
Skyjacks: Episode 54

## Blurb

We flashback to the Uhuru landing in Nordia to reveal more about how the crew was able to land safely. It involves solving a mystery and meeting several new members of the crew. They learn an important lesson and I’m pretty sure alot of this will stick around and have very long-lasting implications.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* More poop jokes than we honestly should have made, JO Jerry, jokes about “Men’s Rights Activists,” animal deaths, gore, April Fools Nonsense

*Dear Uhuru:*You might get sad?
Sofia SkullMutant

Sofia SkullMutant is the creator and benevolent dictator of the One Shot Wiki. She spends her time thinking about how self-indulgent you can be when you run a wiki, and about Leenik and Tryst smooching.

## Proudest moment

On November 20th, 2015, she coined the #geelentine. She will never do anything as important again, nor does she need to.
Skyjacks: Episode 38

## Blurb

Gable struggles with the knowledge that Orimar Vale used The Uhuru to foster sick orphans and teach them a trade. They now face the difficult task of overseeing which ones are allowed to join the crew. Meanwhile, Travis, Jonnit, and Orimar have fled the Red Feathers only to end up at the feet of Argus Westfield and Tiberius Youngblood. It will take all they have to escape certain death.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Sad orphan stuff, pretty intense violence, more eye eating (seriously), blood SO MUCH BLOOD

*Dear Uhuru:* None
Skyjacks: Episode 85

## Blurb

The crew reacts to Gable’s story in the Grandfire. Before they get too much time to process, Jane takes the stage and tells a story about Rusalka that a stranger told her in a bar. Then Travis is compelled to enter the fire and gets compelled to do something he only very recently has grown accustomed to: tell the truth. That obviously causes trouble and our heroes are forced to hide in Dref’s office.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Soclian anxiety, starvation, poverty, a moment meant to criticize a rich person that flirts with fat shaming (a person who is eating during a famine is recognized as healthy by his belly,) infidelity, temptation, guilt and shame, humiliation, tragic loss

*Dear Uhuru:* None this week
Skyjacks: Episode 37

## Blurb

Jonnit and Travis narrowly escape the Red Feathers in the falconry arena with the help of a new friend. That doesn’t mean they’re out of the woods yet. Gable begins a truly shocking revelation.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*Johnny just loves eating eyes. fucking LOVES it. It’s not especially graphic but it treats a subject that is a major ick factor for some irreverently.
*Dear Uhuru:* Cops
Special L5R 2

## Series

Legend of the Five Rings

This Episode is a continuation of the L5R series taking place on The RPG Academy podcast.

Hello and welcome to a special Field Trip. This is a Field Trip to Rokugan as we continue the exploits started on the L5R game featured on OneShot podcast. We have re-gathered the original cast, plus Kat Kuhl, who joins the group as a Kuni witch hunter known as The Jade Blade.

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Skyjacks: Episode 92

## Blurb

After a night of celebration and some heartache exploring, the crew of The Uhuru wake to greet the arrival of The Tempest Armada. The Bandit Queen and a small fleet of her most trusted generals have arrived, prepared to finish the deal struck at The Broker’s Table in Bura Nyth. It should be an easy deal, but will the history between Captain Orimar and Sifa get in the way?

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Nudity, bullying

*Dear Uhuru:* A controversial  man gets gently roasted
The Sovereign

The Sovereign is the creator of humans in Spéir and the angels. He was also a Luminary, but since his murder by the hands of Gable the use of the Sovereign Luminary has fallen out of fashion. The Sovereign's murder is what caused the stars to fall, which was the angels falling from heaven to Spéir.

His crown also fell to Spéir and landed on an island, this is the same island as Calavar's mutiny against Orimar Vale, captain of the Uhuru. Orimar possesses the Sovereign's crown.

The Sovereign was at some point married to The Forest Queen, but they have since been separated. The Sovereign gifted The Forest Queen a grove of silvergrove trees as a wedding gift. It is unclear whether The Sovereign was married to the current Forest Queen, or a previous holder of that mantle.
Talking TableTop 52

## Blurb

On this episode of Talking TableTop the co-host becomes the… co-shot as Jim McClure is the one getting interviewed by Chirs of the Misdirected Mark Podcast. During this part one of the interview, Jim discusses his two different origin stories for tabletop, the genesis of the show, and many stories from his past.

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Skyjacks: Episode 24

## Blurb

The race continues and Gable is here to pull off sick bird stunts, but they might have bitten off more than they can chew. Travis and Jonnit are eager to please the crowd as Dref and the rest of e crew work to cheat and subsequently cover up their cheating.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* More good clean bird racin’
*Dear Uhuru:* Body image insults (an NPG has “big nasty muscles”)
The Red Feather Syndicate

The Red Feather Syndicate is a powerful trading company. It is described as a mixture between the East India Company and the Freemasons. They control the production of featherweave, the buoyant material that skyship sails are made out of, and thus have a lot of control over the skies and who is able to fly. They aren't primarily concerned with hunting corsairs, but they do hire privateers to do so instead.
Wolfstooth

Wolfstooth is a small settlement that the Uhuru stops at in Episode 1. It is seemingly run by Sonja, and thrives on trade with corsairs. As it is an independent settlement, it has it's own flag - a white wolf's tooth on a background of green and gray stripes.

### Wolf's Bane Tavern

In Episode 2, the party go to the Wolf's Bane tavern to negotiate with Sonja. It's a lively place, with people singing and talking, and there is a "back room", a kind of lean-to tent structure, built onto the back with parts of ships. It has some kind of magical sound proofing, when you enter it the sound from the rest of the tavern is muffled. No one cares if you're old enough to drink or not, and in one corner there is a gaming parlour in which people play Illimat and the like. A younger Travis had carved "William was here" into the wood.
WITCH

## Episodes

Episode 85
Episode 86

**WITCH: Fated Souls** is a dark, modern fantasy, tabletop role playing game that centres around the Fated, men and women who have answered the question above with yes. The Fated have sold their soul to a demon and received strange new magical powers in return. Those powers are the key to a world hidden within our own, it has its own rules and is governed by an ancient Council.

Will your character barter away their soul out of despair or ambition? As a player you get to choose with which kind of demon you have given your soul to and thus to which Fate your character belongs. Each Fate has its own unique spells, advantages and play style. Choose wisely, you only have one soul after all.

Find out more here.
TimeWatch

## Episodes

Episode 46
Episode 47
Episode 48

*13th century Europe is enslaved, there’s an army of Mongol warriors burning the city of Paris, and the Supreme Khan is alive and well in Mongolia? Someone is changing history again, and it’s up to your team to fix it.*

James and the board of the Chicago Loot Drop played the beta edition of TimeWatch.

Find out more at the TimeWatch page on the Pelgrane Press site.
The Red Audron

The Red Audron set to the skies just one year after the Yellow Audron and focuses on more remote locations. The first route the ship undertook employed thirteen griffin birds - this inspired the use of griffins on other Audrons as they give you more maneuverability than a ship. The Red Audron is known for it's expertise in training and keeping birds. The apprentices are given a well rounded education aboard the ship, and Captain Jeagermund said the crew would be "not a single chord but a harmony."

The Captain looks for apprentices that are hungry for the thrill of adventure and who have hearts as big as the sky.

First Captain: Adrien Jeagermund

## Crew of the Red Audron

* Captain Silas Dennison: Postmaster and Captain of the Red Audron
* Adrian Yeagermund: Quartermaster of the Red Audron
* Ugne Winchwind: All Courier and Starwatcher
* Olwena Gaidu: Initiate
* Farah Mauhim: Initiate
* Ruby Sulnai: Adept
* Bran Hoggart: Adept
* Ortwyn Krief: Adept
* Fenton Eaves: Apprentice
* Braith Ashworth: Apprentice
* Bobby Gene Cooper: Apprentice
* June Hymnal: Apprentice
* Kiran Rao: Apprentice
* Cecelia Witwick: Apprentice
The Mariner's Mark

The Mariner's Mark is a curse inflicted on those who hear the call of The Island and manage to escape. It manifests as a black spot upon their palm, and those that bear it hear the call of The Mariner calling them out to sea. Sometimes those who hear his voice end their lives trying to drown it out, while the rest slip into the sea. The latter group joins The Mariner's legion of drowned sailors. The Mariner's Mark is something consciously afflicted onto its bearers by the Mariner himself, given to those he has shown interest in. A Mariner's Mark does not immediately become visible, but when a Mark becomes a visible blemish, it is already too late to save that person from the Mariner's call.

## Known Bearers of the Mariner's Mark

1. Captain Franz Fishhook
2. Jonnit Kessler

## References

1. ↑ Tales from Spier: The Mariner
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Skyjacks: Episode 55
3. ↑ Skyjacks: Episode 6
4. ↑ Skyjacks: Episode 53
Talking TableTop 57

## Blurb

This episode is part 1 of a conversation with Dan, the originator of the Fear the Boot podcast. Fear the Boot is the longest running tabletop podcast and during this interview Dan talks about how it got started, his early days in tabletop, and his daily struggles this mental illness and abuse.

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Talking TableTop 54

## Blurb

This episode features Jeff Barber of Biohazard Publishing. Jeff is a game designer that made the Origins Award nominated game, Blue Planet. Now after many years away Jeff has come back to game design with his new game Upwind. During this interview we talk about Blue Planet, Jeff’s long hiatus from game design, and the […]

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The Grey Audron

A year into the construction of the Black Audron, the Swiftwell Courier Service was hired to carry out an intelligence mission; a mission that cost one person their life. This made Coriander Swiftwell nervous about the Grey Audron project, but it was deemed necessary in the end. The Grey Audron gathers information for more than just the Courier Service, like the Information Desk at Burza Nyth. Most of this information is acquired through trickery. The ship is full of games of chance and skill that you might not even know you are a part of until it's already over.

The Captain, Wilthem Nott, was the first outsider hired to captain a ship. While they were not Coriander's first choice of captain due to their age, he was outvoted by Patience Rebecca and \_\_.

The apprentices tend to be unassuming, blend into crowds, and not recognize their own potential.

## Crew of the Grey Audron

* Captain Wilthem Nott: Captain of the Grey Audron
Skyjacks: Episode 68

## Blurb

Due to technical difficulties, this episode was recorded twice. The same events roleplayed twice.

Travis seeks out Jonnit and Gable to tell them about his encounter with Orimar. The Uhuru crew votes on how to handle the inevitability of an attack on Nordia by The Mariner.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:* Bathroom jokes, nudity

Dear Uhuru: What if ee just skipped it?
Talking TableTop 39

## Blurb

This episode features Adam Kobel. Adam is best known as the co-creator of the Dungeon World RPG and as the host of various showss including being Roll20’s GM in residence. During this interview we talk about his love of black metal, the inception of Dungeon World, how the gaming industry is evolving, and the future […]

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The Uhuru

## Background

The Uhuru was, like the majority of skyships, formerly a Red Feather Syndicate ship. The rumours are that Orimar Vale stole it from them, and made it into a corsair ship. He also made the decision to not attempt to disguise the ship as still belonging to the Red Feathers.

## Description

The Uhuru is a former cargo ship, and while it is definitely not little, it is smaller in size than gunships such as the Civility. It does not have traditional cannons, and instead has two grappling hook cannons that allow it to catch on to other ships so the crew can board. It no longer has a figurehead at the bow, and instead there’s a flat space where Jonnit often sits while navigating. It has a jagged metal strip running along the join of the hull, which allows it to descend from above other ships to attack their featherweave balloons. During the early episodes, it has a taint painted on one side - this is painted over during their stay in Wolfstooth.

On one side, it has bird cages. There are three birds in them, Lucas, a peacock, Metatron, a red tailed hawk, and Flea, an albatross. These are primarily used by Gable, and all have different purposes: Lucas is the pretty one, Metatron is the war bird, and Flea is the fast one.
The Bandit Queen

Sefa⁠ — The Bandit Queen ⁠- hails from the Rakshari Desert.

She brings from her homeland an affinity for lapis lazuli and an inflexible will to not die with her arms bound.

Orimar Vale, whilst hunting her under the Red Feather banner, fell for her. She gave him her name.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1  @OneShotRPG (2019) 23rd October at 03:30pm, accessed 21st Dec 2020
@CampaignPod (2018) 19th October at 01:56pm, accessed 21st Dec 2020
3. ↑ @CampaignPod (2018) 11th October at 10:40pm, accessed 21st Dec 2020
Talking TableTop 37

This episode features Will Hindmarch. Will is an accomplished tabletop game writer and designer that has over fifty credits to his name while working on projects for Atlas Games, White Wolf, and his own company Gameplaywrite. During this interview we have an in dept discussion about Will’s approach to game design, what it was like […]

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Wilson

Wilson is a member of the crew of the Uhuru. He is described as a man in his later thirties, a bit rotund, a scraggly beard and a scar on the side of his face. He has cracked and calloused hands, and "looks like a gentle soul." As an NPC, Wilson is played by James D'Amato

In Episode 1, he draws the short straw with the crew to go and check on the Captain.
Urban Shadows

## Episodes

Episode 130
Episode 131

Urban Shadows is an urban fantasy roleplaying game where you’ll play characters struggling to survive in a dark urban environment drowning in supernatural politics. The game focuses heavily on the gritty drama and tense violence that we see so often in works like The Dresden Files, Angel and Supernatural.

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The Upgrade

## Episodes

Backstory 1

The game is about our prejudice for participants in reality shows and reality shows. In particular, Temptation Island and the like. Couples sign up to be in the show, are broken up and used to form new couples that date with cameras present and live together in the luxurious Upgrade! resort on some exotic location as far from everyday life as possible.

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The Civility

## Background

The Civility is a ship belonging to the Red Feather Syndicate. It has something of a mythic status. According to rumours, it never lands, not even for repairs or restocking. It is known for its extreme maneuvers in the sky, as instead of just having red stripes to manipulate its featherweave, its sails are entirely red. There is also a resident priest of the Church of the Slain God aboard, and its captain, Franz Fishhook, is particularly brutal and driven towards hunting and killing pirate crews. He bears the Mariner’s Mark, and is rumoured to have been a mariner before taking to the skies.
Wings

Wings is a song by four-piece British Girl Group **Little.mix09 Wikia** which serves as the lead single and appears as the first track on their debut album DNA. Wings was released on August 26, 2012 and reached number one in the UK and Ireland. It also charted in Australia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary.

## Background & Composition Edit

After becoming the first group to win The X Factor in 2011 and having their first number-one single in the United Kingdom with "Cannonball," the group began recording "Wings" with the song's producers, TMS. The recording was made while Little Mix were on the X Factor Tour in the United Kingdom at the Music Shed in London.In a January 2012 interview with British newspaper the Daily Mirror, Perrie Edwards said "We're going a bit urban, old school with a bit of pop. We wanna bring back old school harmonies. And Jesy beat-boxes and Leigh-Anne raps, so we're trying out different things." On 9 March 2012 Little Mix met with Syco Music label owner Simon Cowell; Cowell was impressed with their progress, saying it was the group's input that made the song good. The recording of "Wings" was described by Edwards: "It was just such a good time and a really cool experience to be able to go into the studio and have a laugh." According to her, the group knew on first listen that the song had to be a single. In writing "Wings", the group were inspired by Beyoncé Knowles and Michael Jackson.

"Wings" is an uptempo pop song incorporating R&B and old school, running three minutes and forty seconds. Instrumentation includes a modern tempo, trumpets, trombone, keyboard, saxophone, drums and clapping. "Wings" is sung in timed harmony,and features a dubstep-composed breakdown two-thirds into the song. Tina Hart of MSN Music likened the song's breakdown to those in Destiny's Child's songs. "Wings" opens with brass instrumentation and clapping before the group harmonizes on the lyrics: "Mama told me not to waste my life, she said spread your wings my little butterfly". The group's vocal performance on the song has been compared to American singer-songwriter Christina Anguilera by a number of critics. Gordon Smart of The Sun and Louis Boroditsky of NOW likened "Wings" to Aguilera's "Candyman" (2007). Other critics felt that the song is reminiscent of girl groups En Vogue and Sugababes, particularly the group's "confident R&B vibe" on their cover of En Vogue's "Don't Let Go (Love)".
Episode 32

**Episode Thirty Two**

## Series

Even More Dungeon World

In a spiritual sequel to The Crazy Partiers, James leads Alex Manich, Maggie Dempsey, Collin Cunningham, and Jessa Eden-Quinn on another madcap fantasy romp. Apart from Jessa, everyone is new to RPGs and ready to learn!

They encounter Owlbears, Parrotbears, frogwolves and seduce their troubles away.

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The Morrigan

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The Morrigan is the starwatcher of The Glas. She is of an indeterminate age although older, short, with pitch black wild hair that sticks up everywhere.

When the captain’s council first met her, she was able to tell that Travis in his snake form was a changeling.

The Morrigan was formerly a Luminary related to war. When she and Travis begin their wager, she says she has three names but one is broken, one no longer fits and one is worn by another. The names that she gives are Babd, Macha, and Nemain. These names are represented on her okus.

When Morrigan and Travis make their wager, she asks for him to do four things in exchange for five pieces of information based on the Luminaries he pulls. The favors she asks of him are:

* The Rake - Continue playing with her
* The River - Eliminate Gable from the Tornado Calling during the competition
* Unknown Luminary - Vote for war or swear fealty to Orimar Vale (Travis chose to vote for war)
* The Drought - Have a child

The pieces of information Travis got from her were:

* The Perfect Crime - The information on how to make the transformation painless
* The Forest Queen - One of the Forest Queen’s secrets. William and Margaret were not the first or only William and Margaret. However, in every other version of the story, they are still bound together even in death. The Morrigan says that Travis is part of a broken story and William and Margaret were never meant to die in the first place.
* The Bounty - The ability to adjust the amount of time he spends in human or animal form
Jesy Nelson

**Jesy Nelson**, born June 14, 1991 ( Age 25), is a member of the British four-piece girl group Little Mix with Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Amelia Thirlwall.

 **Genres** | Pop
 **Labels** | Syco Entertainment
Columbia Records

## **Early Life**

Jesy is from Romford in Essex, her parents are John Nelson and Janice White. Jesy has one older sister named Jade and two brothers named Joseph and Jonathan. It was reported that due to bullying, Jesy had to move to different Community School in Dagenham. Jesy was a dedicated drama and music student and so then attended Abbs Cross Academy and Arts College in Hornchurch. Also, Jesy went to Sylvia Young and Yvonne Rhodes theatre school.

### X Factor (2011)

Jesy auditioned for X Factor with the song *"Bust Your Windows"* by Jazmine Sullivan in Glasgow and received praise from both Tulisa Contostavalos and Louis Walsh, however Gary Barlow wasn't impressed at all saying he just didn't get it and found her vocals to be, in his words, "generic". But Jesy was still able to move forward to Bootcamp where she was unsuccessful as a solo artist.

She was then put in a four piece band named *"Faux Pas"* with fellow future Little Mix member Perrie Edwards. *Faux Pas* were unsuccessful, fortunately though both Jesy and Perrie were asked to form a new four piece band *Rhythmix*with Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock. In the 4th live show they had to change their name. They've chosen "Little Mix " to be their new name.

During the X Factor shows, Jesy was the victim of a horrible online bullyi

ng campaign against her. Jesy was exposed to nasty comments about her appearance and was visibly upset, but she received huge support not only from Mixers (their fanbase name) but other music fans. Little Mix went on to win the X Factor and automatically released their cover single "Cannonball".

## **Pesonal Life**

### **Jordan Banjo**

#### Jordan Banjo is a British street dancer, best known as a current member of the dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of Britain's Got Talent He Dated Jesy Until they split in 2013 than started Dating again they split again in the end of 2014 because of their busy schedules ( rumors say she cheated on him) at the same time as her bandmate Jade Amelia Thirlwall broke up with her boyfriend Sam Craske

####

## **jake roche**

Jake Roche is Jesy's Boyfriend and The lead Singer of the Band Rixon she went their concert in August 2014 she posted a lot of photos and videos of him on her Instagram  Account The Relationship was Offical When she post a photo of her and him kissing. Jake proposal to her In July 2015
The Yellow Audron

The Yellow Audron was the first Audron to be built by the Swiftwell Courier Service. The Yellow Audron is the only Audron ship that is outfitted with cannons, and is referred to as the battle Audron. The ship has crossed paths with the Red Feather Syndicate, the Tempest Armada, and corsairs.

The Captain of the Yellow Audron looks for apprentices who can or are willing to fight but know that a fight won't solve every problem and use force as a last resort. The Yellow Audron apprentices are described as brave and competitive.

First Captain: Coriander Swiftwell (he/him)

Current Captain: Allegria Cantacle (sp?) (she/her)
Skyjacks: Episode 87

## Blurb

The crew holds a seance to commune with the spirit of their departed friend. He is not the same man he was in death that he was in life, but there is still much they have to tell him. They intend to learn more about the captain, but they discover unexpected danger.

### Content Warnings:

*Main Show:*  Death, grief, regret, ghost piss

*Dear Uhuru:* None this week
Talking TableTop 46

## Blurb

This episode features Evan Torner. Evan is an RPG organizer for Games on Demand, and a game designer that has been in the hobby for over 20 years. During this interview we talk about the evolution of games, how academia and game design interact, and some of his personal philosophies on the subject.

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Talking TableTop 32

This episode features the king of kickstarter, Monte Cook. Monte Has been in the RPG industry designing games for 28 years. He is one of the people responsible for the RPG rebirth in the 2000’s as Senior Designer of Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition. And in the present he co-owns Monte Cook games, the company […]

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Talking TableTop 43

## Blurb

This episode features Mark Diaz Truman the owner of Magpie Games, a company that has made such amazing games as Our Last Best Hope, Masks, and Bluebeard’s Bride. During this interview we discuss Mark’s on-again off-again past with RPGs, his personal designing philosophies, and the details of what it is like to run the largest […]

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Talking TableTop 7

**Talking Tabletop 7**

**Recap**

Chris, from the Fear the Boot podcast, takes some time to talk with Jim about gaming at conventions, evangelizing the hobby, and revisiting some notable past experiences.

**Links**

Fear the Boot, RPG Podcast

Table Tales

**Show Notes**

**3:14:** Chris talks about the limits on topics of discussion within the world of RPGs.

**12:20:** Chris talks about how his likes and tastes have changed over the last 30 years of playing RPGs.

**19:05:** Chris and Jim talk about conventions and what it is like to run games at conventions for people outside of the GMs normal friend group.

**25:25:** Chris talks about the expansion of the hobby and what his term "evangelize the hobby" means.

**36:24:** Chris gives advice on how to spread the hobby of tabletop RPs to people that are not familiar with the hobby.

**52:50:** The hard questions begin.

**57:00:** Chris talks about what it was like to write RPG games and his failure to get his dream job.

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Talking TableTop 50

## Blurb

This show features Matt Forbeck, a game developer, freelance writer, video game writer, and novelist for over 30 years. If there has been a game product, chances are Matt has worked on it or knows someone who has. During this interview we talk about him launching his first gaming magazine when he was 16, moving […]

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Talking TableTop 40

## Blurb

This episode features Jason Pitre, an origins award winning game designer that has made games like The Spark RPG, Sig: The City Between, and Pasthuman Pathways. During this interview we talk about how he got into game design, trying to find an artistic voice, and the politeness of being a Canadian.

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The River

The River is a Luminary and acts as the barrier between the living world and passing on. The Rusalka and The Cutting Stone are two entities that have bound themselves to the River and act as agents of it, pulling people and entities from the living world into it and into death.

When Dref Wormwood was killed by Tiberius Youngblood and the Cutting Stone in Burza Nyth, he was able to anchor himself in the River and resist passing on. The Captain's Council was later able to contact his spirit with the help of Maragret.

When The Forest Queen pursued Margaret and Travis to a river and drown Margaret with assistance from The Mariner, Rusalka was able to hide Margaret's spirit in The River and rebuild her a new body. This is why the Margaret in the present of the podcast looks like and has the same soul as the Margaret from 200 years ago.
Talking TableTop 47

## Blurb

This episode features Hans Cummings. Hans is a tabletop player, blogger, novelist, and the submission coordinator for the ENnie awards. During this interview we talk about some of his past projects like running the same module in ever edition of D&D, what it is like organizing the ENnie awards, and the nature of novel publishing […]

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Traction Park

## Episodes

Episode 127
Episode 128

A puzzle role-playing game that takes place in a hazardous amusement park. Your brother sent you an email this morning asking you to borrow his season pass to TRACTION PARK and see if you can find the treasure he stashed there last year. But beware... this park is notorious for its whacky attractions and overall lack of safety!

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Talking TableTop 6

**Talking Tabletop 6**

**Recap**

Hamish is a game designer from New Zealand. He sits down with Jim to talk about his game: The Sprawl. They also cover Hamish's love of action movies, the Tunnel of Love, what it takes to put out a game, what it takes to get into gaming, and many other tabletop topics.

**Links**

Hamish on Twitter

Ardens Ludere

**Show Notes**

**1:51:** Hamish and Jim talk about their love of trading card games and what it was like trying to get into the hobby in New Zealand.

**8:30:** Hamish talks about getting into game design with a Fighting Fantasy heart breaker.

**13:44:** Hamish introduces a new term "Tunnel of Fun", a consensual form of railroading.

**20:54:** Hamish talks about his love of action movies and how that has influenced what he plays and how he designs games.

**30:40:** Hamish talks about some of the hardships and difficulties he faced while making The Sprawl.

**41:09:** Hamish talks about designing games out in the open and what he thinks of the concerns of people stealing designers ideas.

**52:33:** The hard questions begin.

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