Inside The Table: A Tabletop RPG Talk Show

About Inside The Table: A Tabletop RPG Talk Show

Cole (@icecolebrew) & Marley (@mynar_lenahan) sit down to talk about the craft of tabletop role playing games in this biweekly podcast.

Publisher

Mynar_Lenahan, IceColeBrew

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

2 Jun 2022

Latest episode

12 Jan 2024

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Jan 2024

   38. A Screw & 3 Broken Light Bulbs

   In this episode, we recap our top games of 2023! After checking out a grand total of 82 games last year, Marley and Cole cover what they think is the most Innovative, the best story game, the game we want to play the most, the most "Us" (whatever that means) game, all the way to our Top Game of 2023. But first, some news: Riley Daniels is creating an Itch Bundle (https://bsky.app/profile/msmcnevertweet.bsky.social/post/3kgypnt5gd524) to support her local Trans Youth charity! If you have a game and want to support a great cause, join the google form here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmBPOi50rxmfK_055kikk6kZ9idegBe0L54rxC3gy_7T2PRg/viewform)! Or if you want to donate directly, click here (https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-fund-our-trans-youth-group). Speaking of bundles, Jex Thomas of Bump in the Dark has created a itch bundle to donate to Pathfinders (https://itch.io/b/2209/bump-in-the-dark-bundle-for-teen-mental-health-and-housing), a local, Milwaukee-based organization dedicated to connecting youth with housing and mental health support. Please offer your support and check out the bundle! Claymore has set out with the FIST JAM IV (https://itch.io/jam/fist-jam-ops-iv) currently live and ask you to finish your supplement! Create your offering to the FIST community and submit to the FIST jam. Marley finds the joys of Project Zomboid! Cole tries to find 10 candles during New Years and fails to! On to TTRPGs, Marley shares his experience with Evil Hat's Playtest of Abyssal (https://evilhat.com/abyssal/) by Ash Cheshire and Lara Paige Turner, a new refreshing take on Forged in The Dark about humans, monsters, and those in between. Abyssal provides new takes on playbooks, and has 3 times and settings from which the players can explore the horrors of the abyss. Cole checks out the Fall of House Prosh (https://notwriting.itch.io/the-fall-of-house-prosh) by NotWritingGames, a sci-fi tragedy and melodrama that is staged similarly to a play. Join one of 3 factions and gain or spend tokens in order to bring your faction (or yourself) to power after the death of the Emperor. Finally, on to the main topic: The games of 2023! We had 5 categories to consider this year, and we want to know: What was your favorite TTRPG of the past year? Featuring Cole (⁠⁠⁠@IceColeBrew⁠⁠⁠ (https://twitter.com/IceColeBrew)) and Marley (⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mynar_Lenahan⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://twitter.com/mynar_lenahan)). Produced by Cole, as well. Follow Inside The Table on ⁠⁠your Social Media of Choice⁠⁠ (https://linktr.ee/insidethetable) and be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Also, send in your Listener Questions to ⁠InsideTheTable@gmail.com⁠ (mailto:InsideTheTable@gmail.com)! And support us via ⁠our Patreon (http://patreon.com/InsideTheTable)

2. 

   6 Dec 2023

   37. The Exhumed Skeleton

   In this episode, we talk about how notions of plagiarism, inspiration, and copyright fit into the TTRPG space. We both watched Hbomberguy’s recent video Plagiarism and You(Tube) so that’s where our heads are at. But first, Marley has finished Alan Wake 2 (it’s fuckin great), then started and stopped playing Hunt: Showdown after convincing himself he was good at shooters after playing lots of Fortnite. Then Cole has brief breaking news about a court case in progress about AI art! Cole also checked out Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Star Wars: Jedi Survivor, and even found time to learn fighting games… Then onto TTRPGs! After reading Mothership last episode, Marley has been on an OSR kick and stumbled across RAD (https://mishapanarin.itch.io/rad) by ¡Hipólita!, a Metro 2033-inspired post-apocalypse TTRPG. It’s everything he wished Mothership was, particularly given how it’s clearly inspired by non-OSR systems. GMs have a lot more agency and it's thrilling to see a modern iteration. Meanwhile, Cole stumbled across The Marvelous Children of Inang-Uri (https://momatoes.itch.io/inang-uri) by Momatoes, a generational world-building game set on the back of a living chimera. The game is itself a chimeric mix of Avery Alder’s The Quiet Year (https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year), Ben Robbins’ Kingdom (https://www.lamemage.com/kingdom/), hidden role games, and even those complicated board games where you add up prestige at the end to figure out who won. Then onto the main topic! We both recently binged the gut-punch that is Hbomberguy’s recent video Plagiarism and You(Tube), which investigated several popular Youtubers who flagrantly stole their scripts from other creators and didn’t bother to credit them. So we take a moment to think about how that video fits in the context of the TTRPG space. How does hacking an existing game fit into that? How should we approach being inspired by other designers? And how does drawing heavily from an existing IP fit into that? Also, shout outs to the Ind of the Year Bundle (https://itch.io/b/2172/ind-of-the-year-2023), which has Rad, Planet Fist, and a bunch of games we’re very excited for! Featuring Cole (⁠⁠@IceColeBrew⁠⁠ (https://twitter.com/IceColeBrew)) and Marley (⁠⁠⁠@Mynar_Lenahan⁠⁠⁠ (https://twitter.com/mynar_lenahan)). Produced by Marley, as well. Follow Inside The Table on ⁠your Social Media of Choice⁠ (https://linktr.ee/insidethetable) and be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Also, send in your Listener Questions to InsideTheTable@gmail.com (mailto:InsideTheTable@gmail.com)! And support us via our Patreon (http://patreon.com/InsideTheTable)!

3. 

   20 Nov 2023

   36. He's Not A Jonas Brother

   In this episode, Cole & Marley discuss video games that utilize TTRPG mechanics... But first... the strike has ended! Cole & Marley catch up on various films and tv shows that they have seen while the strike was ongoing (05:00). Marley shares his experience with Alan Wake 2, and the unique feel of the game as a part of the horror genre! (19:00) As for TTRPGS... Cole talks about Outward Bound by Penflower Ink (https://penflower-ink.itch.io/outward-bound) (26:00), a Four Points System Sci-fi game about researching and exploring an asteroid belt known as the Teyn Belt which falls to a mysterious effect known as The Tide. Penflower Ink make a strong setting to support their new system, and it gives space to explore the relationships of your crew and of space itself. Marley discusses Mothership by Sean McCoy of Tuesday Knight Games (https://tuesdayknightgames.itch.io/mothership-players-survival-guide), a sci-fi horror game based on films such as Alien (48:30). Mothership offers a rule-heavy set of explanations for clocks, items, and skill trees. The rules of the game provide a mechanic or dice roll for almost every situation, and the skill tree is far-reaching, diverse and covers every situation. Then, in the main topic, in which Cole points out the variety of approaches where games applied TTRPG styles to their games (1:10:02). Then, on to shout outs (1:41:00): Cole is continuing to work on CalazCon (https://www.patreon.com/CalazCon) a Beam Saber Mega Actual Play project. Keep an eye on their Patreon for more! Cole is broadcasting more esports matches on their Twitch channel (https://www.twitch.tv/icecolebrew)! Follow them on Twitch and turn on notifications to be alerted for when he goes live! Marley has released a new game: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (https://mynarlenahan.itch.io/let-justice-be-done), a one-shot murder mystery where you play as Consulting Detectives who use their skills of deduction to discover (and invent) Clues to frame the wealthy for crimes they absolutely didn't commit. Games for Gaza Bundle has concluded and raised a lot of money for a great cause. Marley is a part of the Strange Squad Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/s-murphy-games/strange-squad) as a writer and designer for Code V! Featuring Marley (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Mynar_Lenahan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (https://linktr.ee/Mynar_Lenahan)) & Cole (⁠⁠⁠@IceColeBrew⁠ (https://linktr.ee/IceColeBrew)⁠⁠) Produced by Cole. Follow Inside The Table on ⁠your Social Media of Choice⁠ (https://linktr.ee/insidethetable)⁠ and be sure to leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Also, send in your Listener Questions to InsideTheTable@gmail.com! And support us via our⁠ Patreon⁠ (https://www.patreon.com/InsideTheTable)!

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings