Undercommon Taste

This week, we discuss how to play a pacifist character in a TTRPG. Join us as we discuss degrees of pacifism, some tools you can use to play these characters, and why these characters - more than most - especially need a Session Zero discussion. 

 

Next week is our 6th anniversary episode, followed in two weeks by Episode 200. We will be having several returning guests join us over those two episodes to play a couple of one-shot TTRPG sessions. Our anniversary episode will be a game of Raccoon Sky Pirates, and our Episode 200 game with be Pirate Borg. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're back to talking shop about Ian's game-in-progress, Postapocalyptia. Join us as we discuss how to earn experience, what you can spend experience points on, and how you can put your characters into (and take them out of) retirement. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're discussing Pirate Borg, the OSR pirate horror game by Luke Stratton and Limithron. Join us as we sail the Dark Caribbean, fight off undead hordes, and see what buried treasures we can dig up. 

 

Pirate Borg is published by Limithron, and can be found here: https://shop.limithron.com/

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we return to Postapocalyptia to discuss the rest of the character creation process. Join us as we discuss the skill system, how perks and traits are used to customize your character, and the way that quirks can be used to enhance roleplaying. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, to keep on theme of the upcoming Independence Day holiday in the U.S., we are talking about revolutions. Join us as we discuss different types of revolutions, how the concepts of revolution can be adapted to non-governmental conflicts, and some ideas on how to implement them into your games. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're back to talking about Ian's game-in-development, Postapocalyptia. Join us as we discuss how the game's development got started, what attributes the player characters get, and how they have changed through the different iterations of the game. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we discuss the "Fast Tactical TTRPG", Nimble. Join us as we discuss the core mechanics, some experiences with running the game, and how we would work around some of the shortcomings of the system (spoiler: there aren't many).

 

At the time of release, the Nimble RPG website seems to be having technical issues, but assuming they get everything resolved you can buy the game and find more information about it here: nimblerpg.com.

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're discussing game design, with a specific focus on exploration rules. Join us as we discuss Ian's game-in-progress (unnamed during the episode, but the working title is Postapocalyptia) and different ways to implement exploration rules as we try to find that fine line that is neither tedious nor boring. 

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're continuing our look into the urban fantasy genre by doing our favorite thing: rolling on a random table and generating on the fly! Join us as we utilize the elements we discussed last episode to pad out our dice rolls and generate a Depression-era urban fantasy setting.

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.

This week, we're starting a new series where we discuss different genres and how to implement them in your games. We're starting off with a favorite of ours - urban fantasy. Join us as we define the genre, give some examples, and realize that sometimes James's great ideas end up just being Shadowrun.

 

Our website is live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord.

Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell.

Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.