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AP – Better Angels – “Apex City 11: Assault and Battery Acid”

Jul 222015

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Phantom Fist’s past comes back to haunt him in a big way in this week’s session of Alex’s ~~Apex City~~ Bulbous Quarry campaign! First, we revisit Blake O’Henry’s big score one last time to learn the fates of his former teammates. Twenty years ago, Blake survived the slaughter at Groutweasel Tower and fled the supervillain game, but not all of his team members were quite as lucky. In the present day, Ana Telonis, better known as Battery Acid, has escaped from a maximum-security prison, and Blake figures she’s out for revenge. The Phantom Fist needs protection and the team needs a demonic totem to complete their Porter-tracking device, so taking down a vengeful Hellbinder seems like killing two birds with one death trap. However, when Blake’s feelings for Ana flare up just before their confrontation, it could spoil all the group’s carefully laid plans.

AP – Fiasco – “The Brave Little Foosball Player”

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Jul 152015

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Packed to bursting with quirky living objects, Mrs. Ketcham’s attic has always been a special place, but is it a fantastical wonderland of enchantment and whimsy, or an eldritch prison for those unfortunate enough to meddle with ancient cosmic forces? Two hapless Cthulhu Mythos investigators find themselves transformed into toys after a confrontation with cultists, but that may be the least of their worries. One finds acceptance in the attic as a hero of the Red Team on the Foosball table, while the other skirts the edges of madness as he adjusts to his new life as the littlest Matryoshka doll. When Old Mrs. Ketcham unexpectedly dies and her relatives put the house up for sale, the denizens of the attic worry that they will surely be junked. Their only hope is to retrieve a copy of The Necronomicon from a neighbor’s private collection and use the lunatic ravings of Abdul Alhazred to restore the two toys to their former human forms. Aided by the largest Matryoshka doll, they set out to make the perilous journey, but the forces of madness conspire against them. A rival from the Yellow Team vows to get to the book first, invoking the fearsome power of his unspeakable King to do so. Can they defeat the agent of evil, break the curse that stripped them of their humanity, and rescue the rest of Mrs. Ketcham’s living sundries from the scrap heap? Listen to find out!
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AP – Dungeon World – “The Nettle Crusades 13: The Seven Deadly Towers”

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Jul 082015

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Preparations are on for the chili cook-off that will decide the fate of the kingdom! In order to defeat Hanzelbar, the Nettlers (and Taeros) will have to search The Great Necropolis for Pendrel’s father, who took his world-famous chili recipe to the grave. They also decide to explore the towers of the Ghost Keep, in hopes of acquiring the lost treasures that the deposed Waldemar had secreted away there. The paranoid former Ghost King created deadly traps to protect his prize acquisitions, each impassable without paying a terrible price. Can the adventurers learn the secret recipe, liberate some helpful items from the seven towers, and win the chili cook-off? And what exactly does Hanzelbar have up his sleeve? Listen to find out!

AP – Better Angels – “Apex City 10: Clever Girls”

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Jul 012015

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The ~~Apex City~~ Bulbous Quarry villains are only two items away from building the Devilish Device that will allow them to track down Porter, the fiend who possessed their comrade, destroyed their lives, and landed them in exile. To complete the machine, they’ll need to find an angel’s feather and the totem of a demon, both of which they will have to physically remove from living hosts. Hoping to harvest a demonic totem, the group gets in touch with the League of Supervillains to see if there are any Hellbinders out there who the organization has marked for death, and they are assigned to eliminate a newbie ne’er-do-well named Velociraptor Jones. Meanwhile, Pete, Peyton and Weyland continue to learn more about the fatal last score of the Phantom Fist and his crew. Can the gang take down one of their own in cold blood, or will they find themselves facing an unfortunate bout of conscience? Listen to find out!

AP – Dungeon World – “Nettle Crusades 12: Old Friend, New Friend, Red Friend, Blue Friend”

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May 272015

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With the dracolich defeated, the Nettlers (and Taeros) are ready to move on to their final quest: retrieving the diadem of the Dryads from the dreaded Ghost King! However, before they can set out for the Haunted Heath, old friends return to bring them dire news. Pendrel’s sister, a healer working for the rebels, reports that Nettle has been overrun by King William’s forces, and that the shattered rebel leadership have an apocalyptic plan to transform their mother into a goddess of destruction. Brinton, who has communed and become one with Arachnus, returns from the World Wide Web imbued with the knowledge that someone is distributing ancient rituals of apotheosis, and the entire pantheon is now under assault from mortal usurpers. With the rebellion in shambles and even the gods running scared, will the group be able to save Nettle–and the rest of the kingdom–from total annihilation? And what has the Ghost King to do with any of this?

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