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Bored Ghost

A storytelling podcast that uses games to drive the stories. We play a variety of games, from Indy Published Collaborative Storytelling games to traditional Role-Playing Games, all with the intent to tell a cohesive and finite story in about two episodes.
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Now displaying: November, 2016
Nov 30, 2016

“What good is science if no one gets hurt?”
― Chrome Dome from The Tick

The brighter the sun the harder the shadows and LA is always sunny.

To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.

The characters for this game:

Roger Stevenson, AKA Incisor (Steven Moverley) - An aged vampire hunter, from back when they weren't a protected class.

Victoria Duplinious 5 (Stacey Douglass Moverley) - Female clone of the late Doctor Victor Duplinious.

Victor Duplinious 17, AKA Incisor (John Holt) - Male clone of the late Doctor Victor Duplinious, styles himself a dental villain.

Sabel O'Hare (Josh Mueller) - Former hero turned henchman to Dr. Yes, a leading member of the evil GLOVE organization.

The grid for this game:

Between Steve and John: Villains - Similarly themed villains fighting for the use of the same name PLUS a Need - to get even with the whole damned world.

Between John and Stacey: Family - Clones PLUS a Need - to get respect from the bureaucrats at GLOVE who classified you as a D-class villain.

Between Stacey and Josh: Minions - New recruit and Old hand PLUS an Object - a doomsday device, Dr. Thunder's weather control device.

Between Josh and Steve: Heroes - Hunted vampires together back in the 70's PLUS the Location - A rave in Stockholm.

Find Stacey on instragram @stadomo

Find Steve on his website stephenmoverley.com

Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Josh in Brooklyn sometimes!

Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld

Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Nov 23, 2016

“Nice valley. Think I'll keep it.”
―Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

In our second episode the characters play out the scenes as the world falls apart no matter how hard the hero tries to stop it,

To learn more about how Downfall is played check out our primer episode.

The world of this game:

World Name: Many Goodly Things

Flaw: Materialism

Elements: Echo, Dust, Magnets

Traditions:

Architecture - The moving society is built on a series of magnetic flotillas of various sizes. The design aesthetics mirror the philosophies of the various clans that inhabit the structures.

Justice - The guilty are banished to the winds, stripped of magnet and clan. They are allowed to keep their birthstones.

Military - Clan leaders all answer The Lord of Many Goodly Things. Agents of the Lord wear a badge made of family cups beat into the shape of an inverted horseshoe magnet w/ a sword and oar crossed behind it.

Entertainment - Skiff Racers compete for status and resources for their clans. They ride on finicky hover sleds through the whipping dusts.

Birth - Clan lines are very important. Cross-clan marriage is common, but the clanner marrying in from another clan is stigmatized. Clan stones are kept even when marrying into a new clan.

Grief - No one grieves the cavern folk. Clanners who abandon their clan and society remove all their stones and their names are struck from the family naming chalices.

The characters for this game:

The Hero Racine Quartz-Angle

A wirey woman with long dirty blonde hair that she hides beneath her racing helmet. Her striking clear eyes are coveted trait in her Clan. She wears a racing jumpsuit embedded with magnets.

The Fallen is Sir Will

A soldier in the employ of the Lord of Many Goodly Things. He has become Racine's lover in the course of investigating her family since her brother went cavern folk.

The Pillar is Screed Sulfur Blast

A Sulfur clanner who married into the Quartz clan. He was a skiff racer until he pushed himself too hard and gained some permanent injuries that grounded him. He is now a clan Skiff Racing coach for Racine.

Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard

Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld

Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Nov 16, 2016

“He doesn't have a name so Death can't find him!”
― Waterworld, 1995

The heart of downfall is the world you will play in. Our first episode is the creation of this world and the characters at the heart of it's imminent destruction.

To learn more about how Downfall is played check out our primer episode.

The world of this game:

World Name: Many Goodly Things

Flaw: Materialism

Elements: Echo, Dust, Magnets

Traditions:

Architecture - The moving society is built on a series of magnetic flotillas of various sizes. The design aesthetics mirror the philosophies of the various clans that inhabit the structures.

Justice - The guilty are banished to the winds, stripped of magnet and clan. They are allowed to keep their birthstones.

Military - Clan leaders all answer The Lord of Many Goodly Things. Agents of the Lord wear a badge made of family cups beat into the shape of an inverted horseshoe magnet w/ a sword and oar crossed behind it.

Entertainment - Skiff Racers compete for status and resources for their clans. They ride on finicky hover sleds through the whipping dusts.

Birth - Clan lines are very important. Cross-clan marriage is common, but the clanner marrying in from another clan is stigmatized. Clan stones are kept even when marrying into a new clan.

Grief - No one grieves the cavern folk. Clanners who abandon their clan and society remove all their stones and their names are struck from the family naming chalices.

The characters for this game:

The Hero Racine Quartz-Angle

A wirey woman with long dirty blonde hair that she hides beneath her racing helmet. Her striking clear eyes are coveted trait in her Clan. She wears a racing jumpsuit embedded with magnets.

The Fallen is Sir Will

A soldier in the employ of the Lord of Many Goodly Things. He has become Racine's lover in the course of investigating her family since her brother went cavern folk.

The Pillar is Screed Sulfur Blast

A Sulfur clanner who married into the Quartz clan. He was a skiff racer until he pushed himself too hard and gained some permanent injuries that grounded him. He is now a clan Skiff Racing coach for Racine.

Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard

Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld

Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Nov 9, 2016

FIASCO PLAY SET CONTEST 2016!! Tim Rodriguez, one of our players this week, has provided us with codes for his official Fiasco Mobile App. Contribute your ideas to our playset and if we use your suggestions we'll send you a code for an Android or iOS copy of the app!!

 

“Most of the successful people in Hollywood are failures as human beings.”
Marlon Brando

The brighter the sun the harder the shadows and LA is always sunny.

To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.

The TILT:

Failure - Something Precious is on Fire

Mayhem - Magnificent Self-Destruction

The characters for this game:

Muffy HoldenKampf (Ken Breese) - 22 year old trust fund heiress, party girl.

Alana Kardova-HoldenKampf (John Holt) - Second Wife (of three) to Papa HoldenKampf and mother of Muffy.

Ariel Allison (Stacey Douglass-Moverley) - Life coach to the rich and famous of LA.

Sabel O'Hare (Steve Moverley) - Accountant and gin-soaked gambler.

The grid for this game:

Between John and Ken: High Society - Eventual Heirs to the HoldenKampf Fortune PLUS the Need to cover up the name of the Real Baby Daddy.

Between Ken and Steve: Crime - Accountant and Client PLUS the Location Around Town - Betting on Horses at Santa Anita.

Between Steve and Stacey: Work - Life Coach and Work in Progress PLUS an Object - a Salacious Embarrassingly Awkward Sex Tape.

Between Stacey and John: Friendship - Frenemies PLUS the Need - to Utterly ruin anyone who gets in your way.

Find Stacey on instragram @stadomo

Find Steve on his website stephenmoverley.com

Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard

Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld

Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

Nov 2, 2016

FIASCO PLAY SET CONTEST 2016!! Tim Rodriguez, one of our players this week, has provided us with codes for his official Fiasco Mobile App. Contribute your ideas to our playset and if we use your suggestions we'll send you a code for an Android or iOS copy of the app!

“Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.”
Marilyn Monroe

The brighter the sun the harder the shadows and LA is always sunny.

To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.

The characters for this game:

Muffy HoldenKampf (Ken Breese) - 22 year old trust fund heiress, party girl.

Alana Kardova-HoldenKampf (John Holt) - Second Wife (of three) to Papa HoldenKampf and mother of Muffy.

Ariel Allison (Stacey Douglass-Moverley) - Life coach to the rich and famous of LA.

Sabel O'Hare (Steve Moverley) - Accountant and gin-soaked gambler.

The grid for this game:

Between John and Ken: High Society - Eventual Heirs to the HoldenKampf Fortune PLUS the Need to cover up the name of the Real Baby Daddy.

Between Ken and Steve: Crime - Accountant and Client PLUS the Location Around Town - Betting on Horses at Santa Anita.

Between Steve and Stacey: Work - Life Coach and Work in Progress PLUS an Object - a Salacious Embarrassingly Awkward Sex Tape.

Between Stacey and John: Friendship - Frenemies PLUS the Need - to Utterly ruin anyone who gets in your way.

Find Stacey on instragram @stadomo

Find Steve on his website stephenmoverley.com

Find John on twitter @LordJoho

Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard

Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld

Our Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.

Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!

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