Excess Advantage

Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 1 of Excess Advantage! This episode is an extra-special one because of the number of co-hosts I have: 3 of the mods from the Discord server/FB group/subreddit and 3 from FFG! That's right, join us as we chat with Sam Stewart, Tim Cox and Tim Huckelbery! We discuss so many things in part 1 of the chat that I can't even begin to enumerate them. You'll just have to have a listen for yourself! Also mentioned in this episode is the Discord server where this live chat took place, the Facebook Group and the subreddit. Come join us if you haven't already! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Part II of my delve into making adversaries. Today is all about how to create them. I go step-by-step, following the book, talking about how each step works, with examples along the way. Just remember two very important points: • Step 1: Develop a Concept is the most important step. It informs all the decisions you make • Your PC sheets are the best guidelines you have. What works for one group might not work for another --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today's episode is the first in a series of 3 as we delve deep into adversaries and how they work. Part 1 is all about the mechanics of adversaries: how minions, rivals and nemeses work mechanically, as well as what they can bring to your encounters. Also in this episode, I talk about joining us on various platforms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Interlude 2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today's episode is all about making your own setting. I talk about my process and share how I use it to create both my Titanfall: Genesys setting as well as a play-by-post I'm running. Each one has different needs and thus are treated differently. Links discussed: Genesys Discord server Official Forums Subreddit Titanfall: Genesys GM Binder --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today I am again joined by Adam of Force Majure Podcast and we discuss Story Points! And Rules lawyerism. And other podcasts. And…oh gods, the tangents! I hope you enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today I delve into the short, but dense, Social Encounters chapter. Don't let the 7-page size fool you: it's packed with great information for how to socialize in Genesys. From the simple to the complex. From the quick-and-dirty encounters to the set-piece encounters. It's all here. I do have to apologize for my voice, I was getting over a head cold or something when it was recorded, so I do sound off and stutter more than usual. I hope that doesn't put you off of the episode, though! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today I am joined by Adam from the Force Majeure podcast (https://forcemajeurepod.com/) and we talk about making stuff up! I talk a bit about my work-in-progress Titanfall: Genesys (https://github.com/c-bec-k/TitanfallGenesys) mod and we talk about his conversion from a Pathfinder game to Genesys, along with a bit of brainstorming a PC sentient rat swarm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Welcome back to the discussion episodes! Today I am joined once again by Devon as we welcome him into the fold! Some of y'all may remember that he was on episode one of the podcast interviewing me about Genesys since he wasn't familiar with it. Well, this time I'm interviewing him about his Genesys experience! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

After we met our new hero, M'gann, the party continues their quest to find not only Cylric, but to find answers. On the trail of the rogue druid, however, they are waylaid by more of his insidious minions. Will the team learn to work together in this new party dynamic? What does M'gann bring to the table? Will Maug ever be able to pet a polar bear? Found out now! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

This episode we talk about creating characters for your Genesys game. The ins and outs, the goods and betters, the fun and fancy-free! Also in this episode I ask you, the listeners, about what you want to hear more of: discussion episodes or live play…or if it's good the way it's been going. Click on that Contact link above to send me your thoughts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Greetings and welcome back to the live play series! Now that the combat chapter has finished it's time to get back to Fantasy Landia and see how our heroes are doing. Today introduces a new character played by Rich Howard (@Umbralwalker on twitter) playing M'gann. A cleric of the stars—no relation to the DC character ~_^ Join us as our established heroes meet their new friend and adventuring companion! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Welcome to the final installment of the combat chapter. Wow, that one sure took a while, huh? There are a lot of fiddly bits in combat and now you know them all! No special show notes today, just an longer-than-normal episode length. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Interlude 1 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Welcome to part 2 of my coverage of the combat chapter. Pretty much the entire episode deals with making combat checks. There are so many moving parts that this one aspect of the game takes up an entire episode by itself! Without further adieu, let's jump into part 2 of Combat Encounters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Welcome to the first episode covering Chapter 6: Combat Encounters. There's just way too much stuff in that chapter to fit into a 20-minute episode while still doing it justice, so I had to chop it into three parts. In part 1 I discuss what a combat encounter is, how it's set up, how to determine who goes when, and what you can do. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

This is a rather exciting episode for me! I have six (!) new reviews over on iTunes. Thank you so much to those who wrote a review, it really means a lot to me to read them. Reviews aside, our heroes are battling for their lives against the giant snowman and Sylric's toys-come-to-life! Will the PCs bet them, or will they lie in a toy-strewn grave, cold and forgotten? Find out now! During the reviews, I do mention the other Genesys podcasts I'm aware of, so here they are: The Dice Pool Podcast Finding the Narrative Melting Plot Partial Success --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

For this episode, Devon returns to talk with me about characterization. That is, coming up with your character's backstory, their appearance and their outlooks and personality. We discuss quite a few places where you can draw inspiration besides just the Genesys core book, including: Fate Core Character Idea and Phase Trio 20 Questions from Legend of the 5 Rings (you can download the 5th edition beta here) Cypher System 13th Age's one unique thing GameMaster's Apprentice Base Deck (also with fantasy, age of sail, sci-fi, and steampunk varients) TVTropes.Org (specifically the personal appearance tropes) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Our intrepid heroes have survived an attack by wild wolves, but what about the missing children? What about Silric? What's going on? In this episode, the PCs get closer to the answers to these questions and more! Stay tuned to find out! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support

Today's episode is my first listener-requested episode! The listener (I forgot who you are, sorry!) wanted me to cover combat, so here is what I hope to be part 1 of 2. This episode is all about how to inject more narrative flair into your combats and how to avoid boring encounters. In the near future I'll cover the mechanics of combat, but today it's all about the narrative, baby. Also, my first ever iTunes review is in! Thanks, MW1880, whomever you are! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/support