Advent day 21: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jannson
The Map!
Intro 00.07 // Synopsis 01.33 // Remarks 13.33 (OSR modules; OSR branding vs. mainstream RPGs; sandboxes, internal consistency, ecology, liminal spaces) // Media 33.11 (Fear of a Black Dragon Gardens of Ynn, Hilda, Tequendria and other OSR titles) // Thanks 35.35
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Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube
Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear, “Another version of you” from Thoughtless
Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge
Intro 00:06 // Synopsis 01:00 // Remarks 10:21 (small communities, NPCs’ desires, surprise powers and downsides, the spirit world) // Media 19:58 (Amelie, Wonderfalls, Touch, Joan of Arcadia)
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Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube
Samples: “Is that you or are you you?” from Reappear, “Another version of you” from Thoughtless
For our second seasonal episode Ralph and Liz discuss Susan Cooper’s The Dark Is Rising as part of the worldwide #thedarkisreading hashtag.
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Elizabeth Lovegrove and Ralph Lovegrove
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie
Just in time for Christmas, Ralph and Liz discuss the book and TV series of the children’s fantasy The Box of Delights by John Masefield.
The Box of Delights by John Masefield
Adapted for the BBC by Alan Seymour
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie
Ralph and Tim discuss Lloyd Alexander’s Prydain, a more manageable Middle Earth, the power of recurring characters and emotional growth.
The Chronicles of Prydain (The Book of Three, The Black Cauldron, The Castle of Lyr, Taran Wanderer, The High King) by Lloyd Alexander
Tim Harford and Ralph Lovegrove
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie
This episode Liz, Ralph and guest Rhiannon Lassiter experience a magical awakening in Margaret Mahy’s The Changeover
The Changeover by Margaret Mahy
Rhiannon Lassiter, Elizabeth Lovegrove, Ralph Lovegrove
“Is That You Or Are You You?” from Reappear by Chris Zabriskie
“But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton” from Direct To Video by Chris Zabriskie
It’s one year since we released our first episode! We talk about the coming season 3, plus our son’s favourite book…
Liz and Ralph with some pre-Season 3 ramblings, plus Don’t Wake The Bear, Hare! by Steve Smallman and Caroline Pedler
Season 3 ideas 02:10 // Synopsis 07:50 // Themes 09:45 // Liz’s game 14:50 // Dread 18:05 // Ralph’s game 18:55 // Before the Storm 21:55
“Cylinder Nine” from Cylinders by Chris Zabriskie
