The world’s biggest tabletop RPG weekly news show! News and chat about Dungeons & Dragons (and other tabletop roleplaying games) since June 2018! Now recording LIVE on YouTube every Friday at 2pm UK time (9am Eastern).
Episodes
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, sometimes players just can't get into the spirit of a campaign setting.
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Keith Baker to talk about Exploring Eberron! In the news, Dungeons & Dragons 2020 survey, Masters of the Universe RPG, Star Trek Adventures Villains pack, ICv2 RPG sales rankings, Level Up: Advanced 5e from EN Publishing, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World, a brand new sketch about a party intervention, and a contest!
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Our Guest
Keith Baker http://keith-baker.com/
The Download Podcast https://www.thedownloadpodcast.com/
Twogether Studios https://www.twogetherstudios.com/
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News
Star Trek Adventures Iconic Villains https://www.enworld.org/threads/khaaaaan-and-other-iconic-trek-villains.673998/
Death in Freeport 20th Anniversary Edition for 5e https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/323394/Death-in-Freeport--20th-Anniversary-Edition?affiliate_id=36142
Legends of Grayskull: Masters of the Universe RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/you-have-the-power-new-masters-of-the-universe-rpg.673871/
Starfinder Devastation Ark Adventure Path https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shc9?The-Ark-Is-Coming
Rivers of London RPG Design Team Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/rivers-of-london-rpg-the-creative-team-is-assembled.673907/
Level Up Advanced 5e from EN Publishing https://www.enworld.org/threads/level-up-advanced-5th-edition-is-coming.673880/
Take the Survey about Level Up Advanced 5e https://us15.list-manage.com/survey?id=044b3edf2d&u=2026aa5caf3846031659ba7dd
Twilight 2000 Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/twilight-2000-roleplaying-in-the-wwiii-that-never-was
ICv2 Sales Stats for RPGs Spring 2020 https://www.enworld.org/threads/icv2s-top-5-rpgs-for-spring-2020-d-d-3pps-in-the-chart.673999/
News Digest for the Week of August 14 (Shadow of the Weird Wizard, https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-august-14.674007/
Goodman Games Castle Amber “Remaster” Available for Pre-Order https://goodman-games.com/blog/2020/08/12/oar-5-castle-amber-now-available-for-pre-order/
Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons Survey https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dd-survey-2020
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Kickstarters
Magic School Mystery https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magicschoolmystery/magic-school-mystery
Find all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-svilland-axon-punk-lands-of-theia-and-more.673942/
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Exploring Eberron
Exploring Eberron on DMs Guild https://www.dmsguild.com/product/315887/Exploring-Eberron?affiliate_id=36142
Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron https://www.dmsguild.com/product/247882/Wayfinders-Guide-to-Eberron-5e?affiliate_id=36142
Eberron: Rising from the Last War https://amzn.to/3h0Ep6O
Keith Baker’s Website http://keith-baker.com/
Keith Baker’s Patreon https://www.patreon.com/keithbaker
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Contest Entries should be submitted to morruspodcast@gmail.com with the answers to all three questions, which you can find by listening to the podcast. Entries must be received by Friday, August 21, 2020, at 2:00 PM BST (9:00 AM Eastern Time), winners will be announced on the podcast released on August 29.
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M!
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, The Dead Familiar Sketch. You know exactly what it is.
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
Saturday Aug 08, 2020
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Rich Lescouflair to talk about his sci-fi 5e RPG Esper Genesis. In the news, Baldur’s Gate III release delayed, Hellboy gets an official RPG, new D&D magazine from Matt Colville, new Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons & Dragons, and more plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the Bardic College of Insults!
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Our Guest
Rich Lesouflair https://espergenesis.alligatoralleyentertainment.com/
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News
Baldur’s Gate III Early Access Delayed, Release Announcement Coming August 18 https://www.enworld.org/threads/baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-announcement-announced.673755/
2020 ENnie Award Winners https://www.enworld.org/threads/congratulations-to-the-2020-ennies-winners.673685/
Official Hellboy 5e RPG Coming https://www.enworld.org/threads/an-official-hellboy-rpg-is-coming.673733/
New D&D Magazine from Matt Colville https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-d-d-magazine-from-matt-colville.673749/
EN5ider Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ensider
Midnight: Legacy of Darkness Campaign Setting Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/midnight-legacy-of-darkness-announced-at-gencon-online.673654/
Combat Wheelchair for 5e https://twitter.com/mustangsart/status/1291836011438366723
News Digest for the Week of August 7 (Alexa Starfinder) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-august-7.673826/
Roll20 Usage Statistics https://www.enworld.org/threads/roll20-rpg-usage-stats-growth-everywhere-during-pandemic.673773/
New Unearthed Arcana: Bard and Warlock Subclasses https://www.enworld.org/threads/unearthed-arcana-spirits-bard-and-undeath-warlock.673782/
Exploring Eberron’s Map of the Planes https://www.enworld.org/threads/exploring-eberrons-map-of-the-planes.673784/
Hellboy RPG Character Sheet https://www.manticgames.com/news/hellboy-the-roleplaying-game-an-overview/
Curse of Strahd Pre-Painted Minis https://www.enworld.org/threads/curse-of-strahd-pre-painted-minis-set.673827/
65 Enchanted Trinkets Kickstarter Coming from EN Publishing https://www.enworld.org/threads/65-enchanted-trinkets-for-5th-edition.673780/
Pathfinder 2nd Edition Secrets of Magic Book in 2021 https://www.enworld.org/threads/secrets-of-magic-coming-in-2021-for-pathfinder.673648/
Star Trek Adventures Enterprise Character Pack https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/320453/Star-Trek-Adventures-Enterprise-Player-Characters?affiliate_id=36142
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Kickstarters
Inspirisles https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tatteredbear/inspirisles
Dragonflight https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2cgaming/dragonflight
Find all the RPG crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-dragonflight-inspirisles-and-more.673768/
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Esper Genesis
Esper Gensis https://espergenesis.alligatoralleyentertainment.com/
Esper Genesis Core Manual on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/240798/Esper-Genesis-5E-Scifi---Core-Manual?affiliate_id=36142
Esper Genesis Core Rules on Amazon https://amzn.to/31vHXrb
Esper Genesis Threats Database on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/285863/Esper-Genesis-5E-Threats-Database?affiliate_id=36142
Esper Genesis Threats Database on Amazon https://amzn.to/31ABGKL
Esper Genesis Master Technician’s Guide Pre-Order https://espergenesis.backerkit.com/overlay_preorders/127088
Esper Genesis Free Basic Rules https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220027/Esper-Genesis-Basic-Rules?affiliate_id=36142
Fall of Eos Keldor Free Introductory Adventure https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/193173/Esper-Genesis-Fall-of-the-Eos-Keldor?affiliate_id=36142
Fall of Eos Keldor on Roll20 https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/module/5859/esper-genesis-fall-of-the-eos-keldor
Esper Genesis Tokin Set on Roll20 https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/5822/esper-genesis-threat-tokens
Armaments of Legacy https://www.dmsguild.com/product/321640/Armaments-of-Legacy?affiliate_id=36142
Esper Genesis Crucible Corps Organized Play https://espergenesis.alligatoralleyentertainment.com/cruciblecorps/
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M!
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, realism rules go a bit too far.
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
Saturday Aug 01, 2020
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Joshua Mendenhall to talk about his new 5e campaign setting The Islands of Sina Una based on Filipino myths and legends. In the news, lots of new product announcements from Gen Con Online from Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Eberron, Beadle & Grimm, plus the Diana Jones Award winner announced, a Dragon Prince RPG coming soon, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about the difficulties of not taking the easy way.
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Our Guest
Joshua Mendenhall https://twitter.com/HTTPaladin
The Islands of Sina Una https://thedeckofmany.com/collections/sina-una
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News
Gen Con Online is going on now https://www.gencon.com/
Curse of Strahd “Revamped” Boxed Set https://www.enworld.org/threads/curse-of-strahd-revamped-boxed-collectors-edition.673545/
Beadle & Grimm Legendary Edition of Curse of Strahd https://www.enworld.org/threads/beadle-grimms-legendary-edition-curse-of-strahd.673629/
Exploring Eberron released https://www.enworld.org/threads/exploring-eberron-now-available.673606/
Beadle & Grimm Pathfinder Character Chronicles https://www.enworld.org/threads/beadle-grimm-to-make-character-chronicles-for-pathfinder.673631/
Paizo Releases 15 New Books at Gen Con https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-releases-15-new-books-at-virtual-gen-con.673640/
News Digest for the Week of July 31 (Starfinder Playtest, Call of Cthulhu Does Love Forgive, Adam Koebel Removed from Dune, Alien RPG Adventure) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-july-31.673644/
Diana Jones Award for 2020 Goes to Black Excellence in Gaming https://www.enworld.org/threads/2020s-diana-jones-award-goes-to-black-excellence-in-gaming.673641/
Dragon Prince Tales from Xadia RPG Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/tales-from-xadia-dragon-prince-rpg-announced.673490/
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Kickstarters
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall
A Dozen Frightening Rumors for Use with Fantasy RPGs https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipreed/a-dozen-frightening-rumors-for-use-with-fantasy-rpgs
Brass Rings https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/530589675/brass-rings-a-game-of-steam-punk-rodents-on-saturns-rings
Palace of 1001 Rooms https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palaceof1001rooms/the-palace-of-1001-rooms
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The Islands of Sina Una
Pre-Order Page with Deck of Many https://thedeckofmany.com/collections/sina-una
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast and join us on Discord at Join the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Discord Server!
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Hello everyone and welcome to this special bonus episode of Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk! Morrus and Peter are playing a demo of Burn Bryte, the Roll20 exclusive science-fantasy RPG with its designer, James Introcaso! We talked with James previously about the game on Episode 108, but now you get to see what it’s like to play! Or what it’s like with Morrus (Sirak) and Peter (Baz Globetrot) play at any rate.
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The Players
GM: James Introcaso
Sirak: Russ “Morrus” Morrisey
Baz Globetrot: Peter Coffey
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The Game
Burn Bryte Quickstart https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/module/6129/burning-daylight
Burn Bryte Core Rules https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/6091/burn-bryte-core-rulebook
Burn Bryte Starter Bundle https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/5987/burn-bryte-starter-bundle
Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Episode 108: Burn Bryte with James Introcaso https://morrus.podbean.com/e/108-burn-bryte-with-james-introcaso/
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
Saturday Jul 25, 2020
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Banana Chan and Sen-Foong Lim to talk about their game about Chinese immigrants running a restaurant under threat from hopping vampires currently on Kickstarter, Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall. In the news, Wizards of the Coast announces a new Dungeons & Dragons board game, D&D Beyond breaks down the most popular classes and subclasses, Starfinder pre-painted minis are out now, Chaosium announces Lords of the Middle Sea, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch about getting a unique start.
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Our Guests
Banana Chan https://twitter.com/bananachangames
Sen-Foong Lim https://twitter.com/SenFoongLim
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall?ref=enworld
Note: Sen-Foong had to leave halfway through recording and was unavailable for the Kickstarter Game.
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News
Adventure Begins: A New Dungeons & Dragons Board Game https://www.enworld.org/threads/adventure-begins-a-new-dungeons-and-dragons-oardgame.673449/
Pre-Order on Amazon https://amzn.to/3jD5G10
The Most Popular D&D Classes & Subclasses https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-most-popular-d-d-classes-subclasses.673351/
Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game Quickstart https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/288366/Root-The-Tabletop-Roleplaying-Game-Quickstart?affiliate_id=36142
Free RPG Day https://www.freerpgday.com/
Starfinder Battles Launches Today https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6shb8?Starfinder-Battles-Launch-Today
Chaosium Announces Lords of the Middle Sea Roleplaying Game In Development https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-lords-of-the-middle-sea-roleplaying-game-is-in-development/
Chaosium’s Rivers of London https://www.chaosium.com/blogchaosium-announces-rivers-of-london-roleplaying-game/
Rime of the Frostmaiden Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/rime-of-the-frostmaiden-previews-include-a-scroll-of-tarrasque-summoning.673477/
Cutie Marks & Dragons https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/cutie-marks-dragons
Yes, they make plushie D20s https://amzn.to/32UimL4
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Kickstarters
Monster Care Squad https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/monster-care-squad
Necronautilus https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adamxvass/necronautilus
Book of Corals https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sanguine/book-of-corals-new-options-for-the-ironclaw-role-playing
When Shadows Fall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/802622332/when-shadows-fall
Find all the RPG related crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-mythological-figures-maleficent-monsters-earthdawn-and-more.673372/
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Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall
On Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall?ref=enworld
EN World Interview with Beth Rimmels https://www.enworld.org/threads/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall-an-interview-with-the-creators.673356/
Mr. Vampire aka Geung See Sin Sang https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089371/ (I tried to find a streaming link but it’s not currently available and DVDs are going for over $70 right now and don’t even ask how much Blu-rays cost)
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Special Note
EN Publishing’s Kickstarter for Mythological Figures & Maleficent Monsters ends this week on Friday, July 31 so make sure to back soon! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/mythological-figures-and-maleficent-monsters
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Podcast and join us on Discord at Join the Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Discord Server!
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a pair of adventurers question the economic system of their fantasy world.
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
Saturday Jul 18, 2020
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Jeeyon Shim and Kevin Kulp to talk about their time-traveling RPG Wait for Me. In the news, a new Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons & Dragons, The Green Knight has a tie-in RPG, the Kobayashi Maru test awaits you in Star Trek Adventures, Dune RPG beta test applications open, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a top-level quality sketch.
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Our Guests
Jeeyon Shim https://twitter.com/jeeyonshim
Kevin Kulp https://twitter.com/KevinKulp
Wait for Me https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeeyonshim/wait-for-me-0
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News
Upcoming Arthurian Movie The Green Knight Has an RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/upcoming-arthurian-movie-the-green-knight-has-an-rpg.673312/
Can You Save the Kobayashi Maru? https://www.enworld.org/threads/can-you-save-the-kobayashi-maru.673319/
Unearthed Arcana: 16 New Feats for D&D https://www.enworld.org/threads/unearthed-arcana-16-new-feats.673259/
Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition Released https://www.enworld.org/threads/harlem-unbound-2nd-edition-releases.673313/
News Digest for the Week of July 17 (Dune RPG beta test) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-july-17.673331/
Senior Manager: Diversity Equity & Inclusion Job Posting at Wizards of the Coast https://boards.greenhouse.io/wizardsofthecoast/jobs/4791760002?gh_src=266096a72us
Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/jiangshi-blood-in-the-banquet-hall?ref=enworld
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Kickstarters
Byte Roleplaying Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rgbarros/byte-roleplaying-game-rulebook
Slayers https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thegilaboy/slayers-0
Veil of Ruin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/246051873/veil-of-ruin
Find all the RPG related crowdfunding projects ending soon every week with Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-nightfell-veil-of-ruin-scientific-barbarian-and-more.673244/
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Wait For Me
Wait for Me Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeeyonshim/wait-for-me-0
Jeeyon Shim on Itchio https://jeeyonshim.itch.io/
Jeeyon Shim on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/jeeyonshim
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Please support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/morrus
Don’t forget to join the Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/1033145023517295/ and join us on Discord at https://discord.gg/VAuxX8M
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey