MonsterHearts2 - Christmas in July

July 2000. Three weird teens are part of weird families that have been friends for generations. They've graduated and are about to move forward with their lives. There is something that they need to do before the end of the month. Whether time, procrastination, or real life, this is the last possible day to do it.

The day, of course, great Aunt Mildred is hosting her annual all day Christmas in July party.

Aaron, as always, can be found at Kame House Party or Thinking Too Hard About Anime.

Greg - GM

Aaron - Crow, Fae

Ben - Catherine, Ghost

Ethan - Lucca, Witch

WWW - ICW - National Slamthem 2 with Kame House Party

Last year, we teamed up with Kame House Party to run a special game of World Wide Wrestling Interpodcast Championship Wrestling for a live stream on the 4th of July. All donations went to support the First Nations Development Institute and their Covid 19 Relief Fund. A great time was had by all, and we were able to raise some money for the fund. They are still a great cause and a means to support First Nations people. The Covid 19 Fund does not seem active at this time, but you can donate to the general fund here.

And you can support our friends in a variety of ways, including Kame House Party through their podcast or weekly livestreams on Twitch, Aaron and Noah at Thinking Too Hard About Anime (and Noah on Twitch), and Micah through Twitch.

Greg: GM / Lionheart, the Technician, the masked lion, secretly the scion of wrestling royalty

Aaron: Rick Buckman, the Clown, 'the most annoying man in professional wrestling'

Ethan: Victor Valentine, the High Flyer, a riverboat gambler new to ICW

Micah: Shandy Isles & Steel Man Joe, the Veteran, the beloved Tag Team Champions of sentient old timer and non-sapient steel chair

Noah: Smackwater Jack, the Hardcore, Smacky Two Belts, the current champion of ICW

Vince: Jermaine 'The Croc' Johnson, the Monster, the man in the crocodile skin also new to ICW

Table Chatter - DIE

We've recorded a Table Chatter, and we're dropping it as a bonus episode for Patrons for a limited time!

Ben introduced Aaron and Greg to the Image comic series DIE by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans. In DIE, a group of six teens got sent to the world of their RPG in the 90s. Only five came back a few years later, and now in 2017, the remnant have returned to their world to confront their pasts and their futures. In addition, Kieron has started to develop an RPG version of the series. We talk the comic, our own pasts with comic books as a whole, the comic and how it interacts with RPGs, and the beta itself.

Kieron's already got over 250 pages of the beta for DIE available for free online, and on itch.io. If you are interested in the comic itself, the first issue is available to read for free on Image's website. DIE does contain depictions of violence, depression, and more. Viewer Discretion is advised (and for the rest of Kieron's work for Image, frankly.)

Aaron and Vince have just opened a Patreon for Kame House Party. They also stream weekly on Twitch. Aaron's also on Thinking Too Hard About Anime with Noah.

If you really want to read about wasps, Ben's paper is available on Biorxiv.

Greg is on Twitter @gjbennett33 and really should stream more on Twitch.

MonsterHearts2 - Jesus Freaks Post Mortem

Greg is joined by Ben, Ethan, and Laura, then Ben, Aaron, and Ian to discuss Jesus Freaks. Thoughts behind their PCs and the wild ride we all went through. Thanks for listening, and we hope you enjoyed the campaign.

As an added bonus, Greg had compiled a playlist to listen to while developing the campaign, and it's available on Spotify.

MonsterHearts2 - Jesus Freaks Part 9

Who lives? Who dies? Who tells the story? It all comes down to this as the students have to face the truth and try to save everyone and themselves. Time for the only way a MonsterHearts campaign should end:

...mass combat?

Greg: GM

Aaron:  January Smith (She/Her), The Hollow: A girl who doesn't remember anything from beyond a year ago. Relatively new to town, desperate for friends.

Ben:   Seth Metmaxas (He/Him), The Serpentine: His family of serpent/hydra folk are of a people who had ruled the earth, but now do not. He uses his family's wealth and abilities to observe humanity for future endeavors.

Ethan: Victor Munroe ‘Roe’ Velvet Jr.(He/Him), The Infernal: The son of Victor Munroe Velvet Sr., a popular prosperity gospel preacher. However, his father isn't what he seems, and Roe's got access to things he should not...

Ian: Ashley ‘Ash” MacFarland (He/Him), The Fae:  His family moved to town recently, after Ash essentially had them run out of town. He also has vague memories of encountering Fae, and now he is blessed with powers. Or is it cursed...?

Laura:  Esther Neal (She/Her), The Queen: The leader of the debate team. A mundane human and a good Christian girl, as far as we know.