Modiphius Calling – Episode 6

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Nov 182013
 

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In this episode of Modiphius Calling, Godfather of Call of Cthulhu Sandy Petersen talks to us about Cthulhu Wars Miniatures game. Jeff Combos of Exile Studio talks Hollow Earth Expedition and Space 1889.John Houlihan, writer of The Trellborg Monstrosities and Karim Thielgaard, actor & musician (and partly to blame for Chris’s journey to Achtung! Cthulhu). Eldritch Ukelele player Reuben Saunders presents Lovecraftian music suitable for fans of Erich Zann and George Formby. Running time for this episode is 60 minutes.

 

 

 

 
Running Order:
00:38 – Welcome, John Houlihan on Trellborg and his latest writing projects
06:36 – What’s on Your Table?
08:35 – Mobile Gaming
14:52 – Feature: The Eldritch Ukelele Music of Reuben Saunders
34:43 – Interview: Jeff Combos, Exile Game Studio
42:06 – News From Modiphius
45:18 – Interview: Sandy Petersen, Green Eye Games
54:57 – Catchup With Karim, Goodbye!

In Episode 7 we’ll have an interview with Olivier Zamfirescu from DUST Studio and Lenny Balsera from Steve Jackson Games (and part of the FATE team).

Episode 6 Links:

John Houlihan
http://www.computerandvideogames.com
The Monstrosities at Trellborg PDF’s

What’s on Your Table/(Video Games) John:
Rise Son of Rome 
Titan Fall
Zombie State Boardgame

iPad Games: 
Ancient Battle Rome
Plague Inc 
3D virtual Tabletop

Jeff Combo:
Hollow Earth
Space 1889

NEWS: 
Lords of Waterdeep
Dust Adventures
Mutant Chronicles

Interview: Sandy Petersen   
Cthulhu Wars
Sandy Petersen Bio

Karim Thielgaard
http://www.karimtheilgaard.com

Music courtesy of Reuben Sanders, Joshua John O’Connor and Bob Spelled Backwards

 

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Modiphius Calling – Episode 5

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Nov 062013
 

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In this episode of Modiphius Calling, Bradley Cummings from Shenandoah Studios talks about their iPad strategy war games Battle of the Bulge and the forthcoming Road to Moscow, whilst Chris Pramas from Green Ronin talks about Mutants & Masterminds and his journey through the gaming world. Chris reports on his trip to the Essen game fair Essen Spiel and discusses the first two of Achtung! Cthulhu’s main characters Natayla and Ariane.

 

 

 

 
Running Order:
0:55 – Modiphius News (Achtung! Cthulhu Tiles, Achtung! Cthulhu’s Natalya & Ariane stories)
9.45 – Essen Spiel Report
18.26 – Interview: Chris Prama, Green Ronin
28.33 – Mobile Gaming
50:50 – Interview: Bradley Cummings, Shenandoah Studios

In Episode 6 we’ll have an interview with Jeff Combo from Exile Studios about Hollow Earth Expedition and Sandy Peterson tells of his life in games and the massive Cthulhu Wars!

You can listen to Episode 5 using the player below, or download the file (clicking on the download will also stream the file, as well as iTunes and Stitcher (links will be in blue when live)

Music courtesy of Joshua John O’Connor and Bob Spelled Backwards

Episode 5 Links

News
Achtung! Cthulhu Tiles http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/achtung-cthulhu-the-ww2-keepers-and-investigators/posts/634925

Essen Trip:
Essen Spiel: http://www.merz-verlag-en.com
Zombory: http://www.uhrwerk-verlag.de
Keyflower: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/122515/keyflower
Heroes of Normandy, Shadows over Normandy: http://devil-pig-games.com
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53093/heroes-of-normandie
The Dark Eye: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Eye),
Escape: The Curse of the Temple: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/113294/escape-the-curse-of-the-temple)
Space Alert: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38453/space-alert
Castellan: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/114903/castellan
Space Cadet: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/142079/space-cadets-dice-duelhttp://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/123096/space-cadets

Interviews:
Bradley Cummings, Shenandoah:
http://www.shenandoah-studio.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/battle-of-the-bulge/id521833787

Chris Pramas, Green Ronin
http://www.greenronin.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pramas

Mobile Gaming:
Machines At War 3: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/machines-at-war-3-rts/id646436754?mt=8
http://www.isotope244.com/machines-at-war-3.html
Assault Wave: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/assault-wave/id658892434?mt=8

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Modiphius Calling – Episode 4

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Oct 202013
 

Modiphius Calling 300x300 Featured image In this episode of Modiphius Calling, game designer Alex Preston talks about his nostalgic video game RPG, Hyper Light Drifter, a runaway success on Kickstarter. Plus, Charlie Krank tells us about four decades with Chaosium, creators of Call of Cthulhu. Chris talks about Dystopian Legions, the miniatures game from Spartan GamesLove Letter the new card game and Josh raves about his game of New World Disorder from Precis MediaPandemic and Empire: The Deck Building Strategy Game come to the iPad, and we’ll bring you a wargamer’s guide to Tokyo’s otaku paradise, Akihabara.

 

 

 

 

Running Order:
1:00 – Modiphius News
6:00 – What’s On Your Table
22:50 – Interview: Alex Preston, Hyper Light Drifter
39:40 – Mobile Gaming
50:50 – Interview: Charlie Krank, Chaosium
57:15 – Wargamers Shopping Trip

In Episode 5 we’ll have an interview with Chris Pramas from Green Ronin, makers of the Dragon Age andMutants & Masterminds RPG’splus Bradley Cummings from Shenandoah Studios, makers of the Ipad and Iphone game Battle of the Bulge and Road to Moscow.
Episode 4 Links


What’s on Your Table: 

New World Disorder/Cyberzone/Zombie Apocalypse bundle: http://www.pigames.net/store/product_info.php?products_id=541
Infinity rules download site: http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/en/downloads/
Atenocitis Workshop (miniatures & scenery): http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/
Dystopian Legions: http://www.spartangames.co.uk/products/dystopian-legions
Orc’s Nest: http://www.orcsnest.com
Love Letter: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129622/love-letter

Interview: Alex Preston, Hyper Light Drifter
Hyper Light Drifter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1661802484/hyper-light-drifter

Interview: Charlie Krank, Chaosium
http://www.chaosium.com

Wargamer’s shopping trip to Akihabara:  
Check out this great guide to Tokyo Hobby Shops: http://tokyo-hobby-shops.geraet040.net/
Maschinen Krieger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maschinen_Krieger_ZbV_3000
Image search results: https://www.google.com/search?q=maschinen+krieger&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS512US513&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vL9eUsmfF6qdiALj6YHICw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1743&bih=926
Maschinen Krieger Products at Hobby Link Japan: http://www.hlj.com/hljlist2/?SeriesID=968&Title=Maschinen%20Krieger%20items
Maschinen Krieger Products on Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dtoys-and-games&field-keywords=Maschinen%20Krieger
Hawken download page: https://www.playhawken.com//

Mobile Gaming:
Pandemic: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pandemic-the-board-game/id700793523?mt=8
Empire: The Deck Building Strategy Game: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/empire-deck-building-strategy/id675636489?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Bradley Cummings, Shenandoah Studios (Road to Moscow preview):
http://www.shenandoah-studio.com 
Map (hi-res Retina version): http://www.shenandoah-studio.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Map_Retina_v002.jpg

 

 

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Modiphius Calling – Episode 3

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Sep 212013
 

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In episode 3 of Modiphius Calling Nick Fallon of F3D joins us to talk about games and his Cimmerian Space Kickstarter, we have two interviews from Gen Con; Margaret Weis talking about her writing career and new projects including the fantastic Firefly RPG plus Monte Cook tells us how he got in to the industry and what led him to the world of Numenera.

Running Order
01.00: News From Modiphius: 3d Virtual Tabletop (they subsequently ended at $56k on their Kickstarter)
02.25: Interview with Nick about Cimmerian Space
14.06: Mobile Boardgaming: Chris: Eclipse, Ancient Rome, Josh: Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
24.54: Margaret Weis Interview
34.35: What’s on Your Table – Chris: Dungeon Roll Josh: Ambush Alley; Nick: Defenders of the Realm
54.24: Monte Cook Interview

In episode 4 Josh will be reporting on the Tokyo Game Show and we’ll have interviews with Chris Pramas of Green Ronin and Charlie Krank from Chaosium.

Episode 3 Links

Margaret Weis
Margaret Weis – http://www.margaretweis.com
Storm Riders – http://www.margaretweis.com/#!congrats-margaret/czdi 
Firefly RPG – http://www.margaretweis.com/#!shop/c23st

Monte Cook
Monte Cook Games – http://www.montecookgames.com
Numenera RPG – http://www.numenera.com

What’s On Your Table
Pandemic – http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/30549/pandemic
Dungeon Roll – http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/138788/dungeon-roll
Ambush Alley – http://ambushalleygames.com
Defenders of the Realm – http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/65532/defenders-of-the-realm

Modiphius News
3D Virtual Tabletop
http://www.3dvirtualtabletop.com/index.html
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/3d-virtual-tabletop/id518159796?mt=8

Nick Fallon – Cimmerian Space
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/924889576/cimmerian-space-browser-game

Mobile Gaming
Ancient Battle – Rome
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ancient-battle-rome/id614410957?mt=8
Eclipse
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eclipse-new-dawn-for-galaxy/id620439479?mt=8
Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baldurs-gate-enhanced-edition/id515114051

 

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Modiphius Calling – Episode 2

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Sep 052013
 

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Modiphius Calling returns with a massive Gen Con special covering a bucket load of great games we saw at the show, interviews with Ken Hite (Nights Black Agents, Trail of Cthulhu) and Paolo Parente (DUST, Confrontation, AT43) and we talk about the latest mobile boardgames and what we’re playing.

Running Order
0:56 – Gen Con Lowdown – tons of news, stuff we discovered and coolness from the mecca of gaming.
14:10 – Ken Hite Interview
23:29 – Modiphius News
25:20 – Mobile Boardgaming – We review Lines of Fire and Battle of the Bulge
39:25 – Paolo Parente Interview (please turn up the volume – apologies for the sound quality)
58:50 – What’s on your table (Claustrophobia, Hero vs Guardian, A Quiet Year

Full links below to all the games we talk about and in the next show we’ll have interviews with Margaret Weis (Margaret Weis) and Monte Cook (Numenera / Monte Cook Games). We also picked up interviews with the following who’ll be featured in later shows: Charlie Krank (Chaosium), Chris Pramas (Green Ronin), Jeff Combo (Exile Games Studio),  Matt Forebeck, Russ from ENWorld, Erin Huss (Roleplayers Chronicle), Chris & Rob (Accidental Survivors), 2GM’s & 1 Mic and many more.

Links:

GenCon Report:
Shadows of Esteren: http://www.esteren.org/shadows_of_esteren/
Eldritch Skies: http://www.battlefieldpress.com/node/53
Kobold Guide to World Building: http://www.koboldquarterly.com/kqstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=197
Numenera: http://www.numenera.com/
BattleLore 2nd Edition: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=247
Star Wars – Age of Rebellion: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=245&enmi=Star%20Wars:%20Age%20of%20Rebellion%20Beta
Broken Shield: http://www.chroniclecity.com/broken-shield.html
Firefly Board Game: http://www.gf9.com/Default.aspx?tabid=348&art_id=3748
Pathfinder Card Game: http://paizo.com/pathfinder/adventureCardGame
Firefly RPG: http://www.margaretweis.com/?ecwid:mode=category&ecwid:category=5447006#!shop/c23st
Warbirds RPG: www.warbirdsrpg.com
Tremulus: http://realityblurs.com/wordpress/?tag=tremulus
OGRE: http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/

Ken Hite:
Nights Black Agents: http://www.pelgranepress.com/?p=1081

Mobile Boardgaming:
Lines of Fire: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lines-of-fire-the-boardgame/id668447678?mt=8
Battle of the Bulge: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battle-of-the-bulge/id521833787?mt=8

Paolo Parente:
Dust RPG Announcement: http://www.dustgame.com/
Dust Tactics: http://www.dustgame.com/
Dust Warfare: http://www.dustgame.com/
Dust Board Game: http://www.dustgame.com/

What’s on Your Table?
Claustrophobia: http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36932/claustrophobia
Battlestar Galactica: http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=18&enmi=Battlestar%20Galactica
Seattle Doomsday Map – http://tonydowler.com
Noteboard –  http://thenoteboard.com/index.html
The Quiet Year – http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-quiet-year
Hero vs Guardian – http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/129224/hero-versus-guardian-a-game-of-dungeon-craft
Villagers & Villains – http://studio9inc.com/VillagersandVillains/

Disclaimer
The opinions expressed here represent personal opinions of presenters and guests and do not not necessarily reflect the views of Modiphius Entertainment Ltd. 

 

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Modiphius Calling – Episode 1

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Aug 142013
 

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Welcome to Modiphius Calling – our new regular tabletop podcast hosted by Josh O’Connor and Chris Birch. You can expect news of our main games such as Achtung! Cthulhu, Mutant Chronicles, our miniatures line as well as reviews of boardgames and RPG’s we like, tabletop gaming related Apps and interviews with a big range of guests, competitions and more. If you’d like to be a guest on our show and talk about your game please drop us a line here

Running Order:
00:31 News From Modiphius
06:13 What’s on Your Table?
16:34 Interview: Nick FallonOneWar co-designer
27:24 Mobile Tabletop
34:54 Achtung! Cthulhu News
42:17 Mutant Chronicles Playtest Intro Read by Stephane Middleton
53:32 Goodbye!

Links:
Achtung! Cthulhu
http://www.modiphius.com/achtung-cthulhu.html
Achtung! Cthulhu: Three Kings at RPGNow.com
http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php?keywords=modiphius+three+kings&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
Mutant Chronicles
http://www.modiphius.com/mutant-chronicles.html
One War Battle Report
http://www.modiphius.com/one-war-system.html
Siege of the Citadel
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1621/mutant-chronicles-siege-of-the-citadel
Dungeon Crawl Classics
http://www.goodmangames.com/5070preview.html
0-Level Party Generator:
http://purplesorcerer.com/create.htm
Crawler’s Companion:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-crawlers-companion/id597725801?mt=8
Battle Academy
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/battle-academy/id499901136?mt=8
Frozen Front
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/1941-frozen-front/id598584564?mt=8Music Intro to Mutant Chronicles reading Ephemera by System Divide, used with permissionDisclaimerThe opinions expressed here represent personal opinions of presenters and guests and do not not necessarily reflect the views of Modiphius Entertainment Ltd. 

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