Loot Mechanics Podcast

Back From The Dead

Episode #1: Players revolts in the MMORPGs “Star Citizen” and “Lord of the Rings Online” caught Scormey’s attention this week. Also, we talk “Seekers Beyond The Shroud” and the concept of Solo TTRPGs. Intro (1:00) – Beoulus and Scormey do some catching up. Main Topic (4:32) – Discussing recent player discontent regarding “Star Citizen”, “Lord […]

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We’re Back, Baby!

So, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we haven’t been doing much in the way of weekly podcasts on this website for the last couple of months. Sure, “Knights of the Tabletop”, our actual-play roleplaying podcast has continued unabated, but we recorded those months ago, before my surgery put everything else on hold for […]

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The Ruin of the “World of Darkness”?

TL;DR: Yes, this is Clickbait, but not entirely. I have been a huge fan of many “World of Darkness” games, since the very beginning. I own multiple editions of “Vampire: The Masquerade”, “Werewolf: The Apocalypse”, and “Mage: The Ascension”, as well as the first editions of “Changeling: The Dreaming”, Wraith: The Oblivion”, and “Hunter: The […]

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Puttering about the Cosmos

I’ve owned “Elite: Dangerous” for quite some time on Steam, but never played it (until recently). Why? Because I mistook it for another game. You see, I own a few sci-fi games on Steam, including “Everspace”. I tried “Everspace”, got blown up during the training mission, and decided not to play it anymore. Then promptly […]

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Social Disease

I can’t do Social Media anymore. I just can’t. Oh, I still will read Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, mind you. I need something to do while I’m, shall we say… Indisposed? But that doesn’t mean I have to like it. Everywhere I go, there is nothing but aggravating news stories. Anti-maskers, Science Deniers, and Hardcore […]

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I have a problem

Apparently I have a problem. You see, recently, perhaps for the last year or so, I have been binge-buying various tabletop roleplaying games. Not different supplements for “Dungeons & Dragons” or other such big games, but just different games. Many have been Kickstarter projects, others have been existing games. I have had intentions to play […]