Tales from the Orc Den: Recent Episodes
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Hello there Goblins! We are the Orcs From Orcs Unlimited Games, and we're here to bring you our stories from the Orc Den. Where we talk about all things indie tabletop Games.
Alright, we admit that this one was a little tough to put together. I mean, one of the topics was circus, so you know it's gonna be a clown show. All that aside, we made a pretty rad game about an evil clown turning the world into living evil creatures. And as a player, it will be your job to stop it!
We've cooked up another weird one today, that's for sure. Today's game takes place on a desert world on the far outer-rim of charted space, in an illegally run casino. You are a lobster, and your job is to act as the muscle for the mobsters who run the casino in your neck of the woods. You'll be tasked with all manner of deeds, and will have to do them without asking questions or speaking to anybody about it. If you can't do that, you'll be cooked and replaced.
Welcome back Goblins! We missed you so much, and today we are back with a brand new episode! What do Evolved Machines, Botany Magic, and Elimination Game have in common? The right answer is nothing, and yet we will still brainstorm the best ideas for a game with them that we can.
A touch of Greek Mythology in today's episode, as Pat, Kody, and Scott explore a few topics we haven't seen before. Even crazier, they manage to keep it grounded on earth rather than finding a way to get space involved!
Who wouldn't want to be a vampire hunter? Today's episode, we explore a game concept where you have to prevent vampires from building their community of ghouls, while also protecting the hallowed ground from which the very weapons you use to fight are sourced.
So you take mars (of course the game takes place in space somehow) and you hollow it out. The richest of the rich live in the inner sanctorum but you, you live on the surface collecting scrap and magic ingredients. Are you a mage, or a cyber punk? Are you some hybrid of both? You certainly aren't a big wig or you wouldn't be a surface dweller, so pick up your gear and hop in the buggy, we gotta make a living somehow.
Today's audio has a little echo problem because of our new mics, but don't let that distract you from earth's very own trash pandas making a band in your backyard
Another cluster... Another confusing episode is here. What kind of game will Trains, Lycanthropes, and Clones turn out to be? A wild ride to be sure, but here at OrcsUnlimited we never give up, we will make this into a game somehow.
Gambling is a vice that most bugs experiences, but sometimes, when fighting an elemental, the power of gambling may just save your life.
On todays episode, we have another crazy amalgamation of concepts. Watch us go from alien sharks to space goblins in this wild ride of a podcast.
Today we go to the moon, and learn why all these abductions where happening back in the 40s. Hope you like old school sci-fi because today's episode is full of it.
Today's topics are Zombies, Trains, and Ice Planet. How are we gonna make sense of that? Make sure to check out our Patreon at Patreon.com/orcsunlimited for the thumbnail game based on this episode.
For the second episode, we have a game of cryptids and superheroes. How will we make this one work? I guess you'll have to listen to find out!
TW: The game we are reviewing today has detailed depictions of gore and mutilation, as well as one mention of SA. We do not go into detail, but we would like to give a warning that if that is not your thing, this game may not be for you. // On today's episode, the Orcs review an upcoming Kickstarter project by BiteSizedGaming. The game is 7 Aboard the Shackle, a prison-crawl made for the Mörk Borg system, but playable by most d20 systems. This Gorey Lovecraftian adventure brings you to a prison on the ocean, are you ready to take on the challenge of putting its prisoners to rest?
Continuing on from last episode, Pat, Kody, and Scott will be hammering out the System and gameplay mechanics. Make sure to check out the Thumbnail available for test play now on Patreon at www.patreon.com/orcsunlimited
For the official Episode 1 of Tales from the Orc Den; Games from a Hat, we have a handful of topics that don't seem to fit well at all. We are tasked with finding a way to make these weird topics fit together as a cohesive game, and at the end of it all, we develop the idea into a small 'thumbnail' for our Patreon for you to look at and test out for yourself.