The many worlds and possibilities of science fiction have captivated audiences for over a hundred years and is now our focus in our continuing series on genres in gaming. What defines a science fiction tale and could you create sci-fi worlds based on Wicca?

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Ironbound: Guardians of Novala: https://brokenrulergames.net/igon

New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

What is ritual phrasing? Not only that, how is it something that works both in magic, religion, and gaming? Inspired by the Dice Exploder podcast's episode about the game, 10 Candles, Dannie and Todd discuss their take on the role of ritual phrasing in these and other aspects of everyday life.

Some of the things we talk about in this episode are our episode about Intent, For Love Of The Game (movie), Little Fears, and Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street (documentary).

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New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

Do you really need system mastery in order to run a game? Play a game? Or can you really just fake it until someone notices? That's exactly what we're talking about in this episode and it turns out this is just one form of game mastery available in our quiver of techniques.

Some of the things we talk about in this episode are the Dune TTRPG, Dungeon World, Earthdawn, Night Witches, Parselings, Rifts, Slaying the Dragon, and When We Were Wizards.

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New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

Ostara, the Pagan holiday of renewal and the awakening of nature, was this past week and it's got Dannie and Todd talking about how they are marking this time of year. (This episode was originally scheduled to release BEFORE Ostara but was delayed due to Breakout prep. Sorry, covenmates.)

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New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

Since we've established communication as a vital part of the group experience (be it gaming or magic-related), we need to get into the importance of feedback in the conversation. Dannie and Todd provide their recommendations for providing, processing, and accepting feedback in your games.

The things we talked about this episode are Breakout Con, the Dune TTRPG, High Plains Samurai, and Pandora: Total Destruction.

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New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

Welcome to a special sneak preview of Todd's upcoming TTRPG interview podcast, Cut the Crap with Todd Crapper. In this first episode, he talks with five guests - Sean P. Kelley (Gaming & BS), Michael Ross (The RPG Academy), Chris Sniezak (Misdirected Mark), Daniel Kwan, (Asians Represent), and Alex Roberts (Backstory) - about their podcasting histories, insights, and recommendations.

If you enjoyed this preview but have never listened to the Covenstead podcast, check out more episodes right here on Podbean or wherever else you get your pods.

How do you use questions to drive the game forward? It's a question that leads to more questions and these are ones Dannie and Todd both ask and answer as a crossover episode with Todd's upcoming new podcast, Cut the Crap with Todd Crapper. (Be sure to check out the special preview that launched on the same day as this episode.)

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New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.

Uh-oh! Todd's thinking about making a GM-less game and isn't sure how to do it. So he and Dannie talk about games that do not require a Game Master/Moderator, including gamebooks and solo board games.

The games we talked about this episode are A Single Moment/Reflections, Artisans of Splendent Vale, Bitches in the Club, Blades in the Dark, Breakout Con (convention), By the General's Hand, Castle Ravenloft (board game), Choose Your Own Adventure (gamebook series), Dialect, Dread, Endless Quests (gamebook series), Fall of Magic, Fiasco, For The Queen, Killshot, Lone Wolf (gamebook series), Mansion of Madness, Pandemic, Space Bounty Blues, Star Crossed, T.I.M.E. Stories, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and Wreckland Run.

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Ironbound: Guardians of Novala: https://brokenrulergames.net/igon

New Episodes of Covenstead launch on New and Full Moons.