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Stories set in our world, or worlds adjacent to our own.

432 – Worlds Without Harmony with Sean Foer

Sean is a professional Game Master, video creator, and INCREDIBLE advocate for the world of TTRPGs. We sat down to play a faction-filled game of Worlds Without Harmony, a game of ideological conflicts, unanswerable questions, and the people caught up in them.

You’ll dig this episode if you like: Superheroes (specifically, the NBC masterpiece Heroes), inventive worldbuilding, folk heroes, and big emotional swings.

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431 – El Inmortal Unmasked in the Main Event (Acoustic Cover) with Michael Ornelas

Michael is the host of the Fine Dining podcast, where he deep dives into the histories of your favorite chain restaurants to fine the ultimate 5-out-of-10 “fine” dining experience. He’s also a huge wrestling fan, so it only felt natural that we lean into that with a game of El Inmortal Unmasked in the Main Event, telling the stories of the greatest rivalry in wrestling history.

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430 – Ever Dream This Man? with Adam Vass

Adam Vass is one of my favorite game designers in the world, full stop. And I don’t say that lightly–look how many game designers have been on the pod. We sat down to play Ever Dream This Man?, a game about confronting the mysterious figure that haunts your dreams.

Part Two of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular — check out part 1, Press Play with Eric Prister, also on the feed right now!

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429 – Press Play with Eric Prister

Eric Prister is the producer and GM for Nature of My Game, a horror-themed story-focused Actual Play podcast. We sat down for (what else?) a spook-tacular session of Press Play, a found footage horror game about people recording their encounter with the supernatural, paired with the people doomed to watch the footage.

Part One of the World Champ Late Night Double Feature Podcast Spectacular — check out part 2, Ever Dream This Man? with Adam Vass, also on the feed right now!

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426 – Friendly Neighborhood Superhero with AJ Ray

AJ is an Actual Play performer, video editor, cosplayer, and (like me) a wearer of many hats; you can most recently hear them on the latest arc of One Shot, playing Machine Impossible, and as a player on The Lurking Legends (a rotating GM, One Piece-inspired Actual Play series). We sat down for a game of Friendly Neighborhood Superhero, a game about superheroic action and protecting your community. We geek out SO MUCH about superheroes, y’all. It’s great.

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