The Darkened Threshold

This is the first in our series of episodes looking at the new playbooks coming to The Between as part of Shadow Society, this time about The Legacy.

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Our friends at PlusOneXP are doing a crowdfunding campaign for three short-form Carved from Brindlewood games: By Endurance We Conquer, Beach Blanket Body Bag, and DEAD-PILLED! Jason sat down with Tony Vasinda to discuss these three games, the design of the short-form structure, and what folks can expect from the campaign, which launches on July 21st!

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Alex and Jason talk about some games they've been playing, and then discuss the topic, the State of Carved from Brindlewood. They finish with some media recs!

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Alex and Jason begin by talking about some games they've been playing, and then dive into the topic: The Trophy Gold Combat Roll Part 3: MONSTERS! They finish with some media recs.

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We're back! In this episode, Alex and Jason catch up on what they've both been up to the last few months, and then have a discussion about bizarre indie film, OBEX.

Jason's Ixaroth Struggle: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xFGA2ahJaOh8_o9UK2w4PO12oiiRE2nj/view?usp=sharing

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Public Access is coming to Kickstarter March 17th!

In this special podcast episode, Matt and Jason do a deep dive on Public Access—what it is, how it works, and how this edition differs from the version released in 2023. Then, Jason gets very personal talking about the game's inspirations. Finally, Matt and Jason run down what folks can expect in the Kickstarter campaign itself.

Check out the campaign here!

Opening Segment

01:05 - A surprise from The Between players

04:03 - The Lands Remaining stuff

Topic

08:00 - Being an effective Carved from Brindlewood player

Media Recommendations

45:10 - Dungeon Crawler Carl

46:40 - Searching for a World That Doesn't Exist

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Games We've Been Playing

01:14 - Putting the finishing touches on Beach Blanket Body Bag

03:35 - Trophy Dark: The Pit

Topic

06:35 - Cinematic Gameplay

Media Recommendations

43:31 - The Seance of Blake Manor

45:05 - All Hallows

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Games We've Been Playing

01:15 - New Public Access campaign

04:04 - The Secret of Castronegro

Topic

08:32 - Reincorporation

Media Recs

37:00 - The Salt Grows Heavy

38:56 - Lost in the Dark and Other Excursions

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Games We've Been Playing

01:15 - Public Access with The Bad Spot

Topic: The Backrooms

08:30 - Kane Pixel's The Backrooms

34:58 - Game design discussion

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Games We've Been Playing

01:25 - God's Teeth

05:05 - Dead-Pilled

Topic

10:00 - Short form Carved from Brindlewood games and By Endurance We Conquer

Media Recs

45:45 - The Terror (show and book)

48:36 - In the Heart of the Sea

50:45 - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Pick up By Endurance We Conquer here.

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Games We've Been Playing

01:30 - Crown of Salt

Topic

12:35 - Trophy Gold Combat Part 2: Risk Rolls, Ranged Weapons, and Rituals.

Media Recs

57:10 - The Amulet

59:15 - Blue Prince

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Games We've Been Playing

01:30 - The end of Near Enough to Hell

04:46 - Kicking off The Company of Salt & Iron

Topic

13:10 - Keeper's Notebook: Reactions

Media Recommendations

44:04 - Million Dollar Secret

47:00 - The Lies of Locke Lamora

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Games We've Been Playing

01:18 - The Girls of the Genziana Hotel

04:30 - Running the new edition of The Between for The Bad Spot

Topic

10:20 - Combat Roll basics

Media Recommendations

53:40 - Hearts of Wulin

55:08 - R.E.P.O.

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Games We've Been Playing

01:12 - The Sketterich family

Topic: The Vast of Night

15:44 - Film discussion

45:23 - Game design talk

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Games We've Been Playing

01:24 - Introducing a new Legacy

05:12 - Kicking off Crown of Salt

Topic

09:52 - The Hunt Roll

Media Recommendations

52:30 - Indiana Jones & the Great Circle

55:18 - Balatro

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Games We've Been Playing

01:26 - Alex's The Pirate Queen's Gambit campaign

07:30 - Further thoughts on West Marches Trophy

Topic

15:17 - Lost Transmissions

35:00 - Public Access: Double Feature Writing Contest

Media Recommendations

50:17 - The Roottrees Are Dead

53:02 - In Search of Darkness I-III

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Games We've Been Playing

01:12 - Wrapping up Skinny Jeans playtest

Topic

13:54 - The Risk Roll

Media Recommendations

01:03:01 - The Detective & The Log Lady PLUS reflecting on David Lynch

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