Once in a while, you actually want to play the game you’re into. But if you can’t think of a good complex plot for your players or don’t have the time, what to do? Why, the pre-packaged story, of course! The first edition of Changeling: the Lost had two of these released in the “Storyteller […]
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Whatever you need, chances are you can find it—along with a few things you absolutely don’t—in the goblin markets of the Hedge and similarly liminal spaces. The market is a dumping ground for any and all story hooks, an opportunity to dole out all kinds of boons, and a space to explore the more ordinary
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Once more unto the breach, dear listeners, once more… Pooka is doing the PAX Unplugged thing this weekend, and spent their Friday accosting various TTRPG creators in the expo hall for short on the spot interviews. Herewith the fruits of those labors! As always for these convention minisodes, shouting through a mask over thousands of
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The start of each day is the beginning of a new world, or so they say. As we open up the other half of our pair of liminal books, Swords at Dawn, we are reminded that this is a time of change and transition, new opportunities and new directions… in theory, at least. Whether or
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Back to the Dreaming bookshelf this week…! Pooka once again attempted to flex some language skills (with a little bit of help from WordReference) to read through Sueños en Guerra, a supplement produced as part of the Kickstarter to translate Changeling’s 20th Anniversary Edition into Spanish. This short adventure has never been released in English,
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The fae are all about liminality and change, an idea reinforced by the next pair of books we’ll be considering in Changeling: the Lost’s first edition run. We begin with Dancers in the Dusk, a hodgepodge of strange mechanics, curious foes, subtle magics, and new allegiances that all hearken back to the notion and feel
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It’s the most spoopiest tiiiime of the year…! As we enter Halloweek, it seems appropriate that we’re delving into a stack of antagonists gruesome and strange for Changeling: the Lost’s first edition, namely Night Horrors: Grim Fears. Heartless changelings (literally, in at least one case), peculiar hobgoblins, and stranger things abound. This was the first
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We’re about a month late to the balance-of-day-and-night party, but it’s still very much a season of shifting light, so it’s appropriate that we’re wandering down the Equinox Road this week. As the last book planned for the original run of Changeling: the Lost 1e, there was a lot riding on this conclusion to the
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At long last…! So, one thing after another happened in our lives this summer, and the hiatus lasted longer than we anticipated or intended. But! We are back for another handful of episodes to round out the Season, kicking off today with a readthrough of Lords of Summer. This volume for Changeling: the Lost’s first
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Shh, we’re not really back yet… it’s still the lazy days of summer, and much needed rest and recuperation is taking place. But the slow grind of content waits for no fae, and so we are dipping our toes back into the airwaves with an episode here and episode there for the next handful of
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