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Oct 26
2h 8m

1dZ-01: Arkyvrs - A Mansion Most Vile - ...

Chas Fisher and Stuart Willis
About this episode

What happens when a group of filmmakers play a ragtag group of filmmakers in a gritty sci-fi horror?

"Ignite the fire within and explore unknown territory" - Werner Herzog.

This episode is unusual, even by Draft Zero standards. It's an "Actual Play Podcast" where Chas, Stu, & Mel are joined by Kim Ho and Luke Clark to play MOTHERSHIP, the sci-fi horror game we talked about in episodes DZ-121 and DZ-122. Stu is the GM while everyone else is a ragtag crew of freelance filmmakers. We debrief the experience (so far) at the end of the episode)

Mel plays Zara, the glamorous face of the operation. Chas plays Winston, the cynical and egoistical "photojournalist". Kim is Cal, the scrappy scrounger and sound recordists, while Luke is Tarsos the steadfast producer of the group. The crew are enlisted to record a sensationalist report on a missing corporate president before the mercenary retrieval team arrives.

And yeah, this means we're soft-launching yet another project that's called 1d0, which looks at how we can use tools from ttrpgs in screenwriting… and vice versa.

To get future episodes go to: http://www.1d-zero.com/


CHAPTERS

  • 00:00:11 - Intro for DZ Listeners
  • 00:01:51 - Meet the Snortin' Betsy
  • 00:06:22 - A Mansion Most Vile (Ep 1)
  • 01:52:32 - Debrief through TOMBS

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