Effekt

Hear about the genesis of the Year Zero engine; things they'd do differently in a new edition of Coriolis and a secret project in the second part of our interview with Fria Ligan.

Show Notes

The second second part of our interview with Nils, Kosta, and Rikard from Fria Ligan, recorded earlier this month in Stockholm.

00.00.39: Introduction: the survey and our upcoming visit to Dragonmeet‘s #PodcastZone
00.06.16: Interview – Playtesting; a secret boardgame project (!?); and, love for the fan community
00.11.10: We discuss our own time troubles and our recent weekend gaming retreat
00.20.35: Interview – A golden age of gaming; the Genesis of the Year Zero engine; coining “NeoTrad” gaming; Fate and other systems considered for Coriolis; and, what they’d do differently now
00.32.29: We reflect on the pleasures of group and character generation in Coriolis and our upcoming games for Dragonmeet
00.41.58: Interview – Adapting the Year Zero Engine to make each game unique, and the importance of Basic Roleplaying to Swedish RPG culture
00.48.55: We look back on BRP and forwards to the next episode, remind listeners to complete our survey and visit us at Dragonmeet, and roll the credits.

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Creators & Guests

Host
Dave Semark
Dave is co-host and writer on the podcast, and part of the writing team at Free League - he created the Xenos for Alien RPG and as been editor and writer on a number of further Alien and Vaesen books, as well as writing the majority the upcoming Better Worlds book. He has also been the Year Zero Engine consultant on War Stories and wrote the War Stories campaign, Rendezvous with Destiny.
Host
Matthew Tyler-Jones
Matthew is co host of the podcast, as well as writer, producer, senior editor, designer and all round top dog. He was also been involved a couple of project for Free League - writing credits include Alien RPG, Vaesen: Mythic Britain and Ireland, and Vaesen: Seasons of Mystery as well as a number of Free League Workshop products.

What is Effekt?

A fan podcast celebrating (mostly Swedish) RPGs including, but not limited to: Coriolis; Forbidden Lands; Symbaroum; Tales from the Loop; and, Alien.