Hey everyone, Austin here!
First, quick apology on the lateness of a couple of August rewards. PAX West and Labor Day really threw a wrench into my time to work on those, but I should have them out to everyone by end of week! (Also August postcards are on their way to Ali for postage-adding, so those should be sent out e...
2017-09-12 02:56:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
This sure is a real life episode of the clapcast! An mp3 you can listen to and download as you please!
There's gonna be some laughs, there's definitely gonna be some claps!
Clapcast!
A transcription is available for this episode 2017-09-04 03:53:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all, Ali here.
So, when I came to be the producer of Friends at the Table, I tried to be way more cautious about episode lengths. Sure, sometimes we have reasons to push and stretch things and there was no way An Animal Out of Context wasn't going to be four hours--but I really try to keep things under 1:45, and D...
2017-08-30 03:19:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The Splits, Bluff City - ★★★ (3 Stars)
Reviewed by Janey L.
Yesterday I realised that I hadn't been bowling for ages and I LOVE bowling! I used to go Bowling down at the McInlay Lanes on 4th but when I went to their website I found they'd closed down after the flood and that's such a dang shame be...
Austin, Jack, Janine, and Keith delve into the world of Golden Sky Stories, a game focused on the "everyday magic" of Japanese mythology, and the everyday problems of ordinary people. If that doesn't sound great to you yet, then how about this: Keith plays a cat, Janine plays a raccoon dog (aka a tanuki), and Jack play...
2017-08-21 03:48:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Austin, Jack, Janine, and Keith delve into the world of Golden Sky Stories, a game focused on the "everyday magic" of Japanese mythology, and the everyday problems of ordinary people.
You can also join in with the chat right here!
2017-08-20 22:16:53 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, Austin here!
It's time for another Live at the Table Poll! All of the games from last time that we didn't play are still on the list, plus a new one.
The current plan is to play this Sunday (08/20), with the YouTube archive available immediately after that and a basic, OBS audio archive soon afterw...
2017-08-19 00:52:31 +0000 UTC View PostHey! Hi! Lets get to it!!
This month's Tips at the Table is going to be recorded on Tuesday, August 15th and will be streamed live for everyone backing us at The Hacker ($15) and higher! That means the edited version should be in the RSS feed for all The Friends sometime that weekend but...
2017-08-11 17:55:39 +0000 UTC View Post
New month, new possibilities, new clapcast! Like a delicious mint left on your pillow, it's here to say: thank you for staying with us and lets help you start your day right.
Or end it? Wait, when are you suppo...
2017-08-01 23:26:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey everyone!
I've been ITCHING to share this update with y'all for weeeeks now, but I've been waiting for the first arc of Twilight Mirage's planet-side game to wrap up. (Here's a little bonus insider info: In my own notes, I refer to the planet game as "Dawn" and the ship game as "Dusk.")
I've been waiting for th...
2017-08-01 02:00:52 +0000 UTC View Post
"The" Scuba Shop, Bluff City Boardwalk - ★★ (2 Stars)
Reviewed by Robert M.
I received a ticket for the Personal Submarine Experience (3 Person) as a prize for coming first in a work success drive and while I was excited about the prospect of seeing the beautiful underwater life of the Bluf...
2017-07-26 22:48:34 +0000 UTC View Post
As promised, here's an audio-only version of the first Live at the Table stream for those of you who don't want to mess around YouTube apps or videos or anything!
Here, Austin Walker, Janine Hawkins and Keith J Carberry play Downfall... and there's some bees? Enjoy your bees.
<3,
Ali 2017-07-17 19:38:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey y'all, Austin again!
If you missed last night's Live at the Table episode, here it is. Also, if you'd rather an audio version of the ep, hang tight! We'll be adding an export of the stream's audio to the RSS feed later today!
Without giving too much away, just wanna say that Janine, Keith, and I had a bl...
2017-07-17 14:13:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The votes are in and for our first Live Stream Game, we'll be playing Caroline Hobbs' Downfall!
Very excited to play this. Going to continue reading the rules and getting the stream setup. We're going to aim for an 8PM EDT start t...
2017-07-16 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, Austin again!
If you're receiving this, it's because we need you to vote in a poll to determine what the first game we'll be playing in our one-shot Live at the Table series!
The options this month are a combination of stuff y'all have suggested and things that we've been dying to play for years. Ther...
2017-07-16 06:28:48 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, Austin here!
Super excited to present y'all with the first ep of Tips at the Table, our new brand new advice and Q&A show!
Joining me in this first episode are two of my absolute best—and oldest—friends: Janine Hawkins and Arthur Martinez-Tebbel. We tackle questions about improving our RP, ou...
2017-07-15 20:23:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends, Austin here!
Last night, we hit our $10,000 goal, and I'm not going to mince words: I'm fucking floored right now. We all are.
Hitting that goal means a few things: First, it means that starting in the next few weeks, we're going to start live streaming a new one-shot every month. This is ...
2017-07-05 17:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
We now have a place for you to send in your questions, tipsatthetable@gmail.com!
We want to answer your questions about playing and running tabletop games, so send them in. This could be anything from advice about GMing or playing or managing group dynamics or questions about a game's system or how to write...
2017-07-02 20:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostGuys.
whhhhoooooooooooooooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeeee OKAY.
So like, when we were planning out what our patreon goals and tiers would be we knew Bluff City would be really tied to what we thought we could reasonably do, because we really wanted to do it, had some other ideas for some really cool things, but f...
2017-06-26 03:18:14 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone, Ali here!
Welcome to our Patreon! It's.... a little weird to be writing this before the Patreon even launches, but I wanted to make sure there was something here for everyone who signed up to start. Hi, hey! Hello! Thank you!
Here's a sample episode of Clapcast, a compilation of the claps...
2017-06-24 04:23:28 +0000 UTC View Post
