Podcast Update August 2020

Podcast Update

 

Everything comes to an end eventually. I think I’ve said those very words to you before now but they bear repeating. This campaign has been the most… the most everything to me. The most fun, the most gratifying, the most… yeah, the most. There is still plenty of audio waiting to hit the editing desk so we have a little while longer before the adventures of the Red Wires come to a close but I have had to look at the future of our podcast. Though I love Shadowrun, and I have since first edition slowly turned the corner to second edition, my love affair with this game has turned cold this past year. It has been a combination of shoddy product quality coming out from CGL as well as the closing of so many online communities that I’ve just grown tired of it and need some time away. 

 

This isn’t anything new as I’ve mentioned this is the previous update but I will soon be adding Starfinder content to podcast and I’m excited again. I go to work and my mind isn’t on my job. I’m envisioning space battles and treks through alien jungles and Vesk explorers fighting through hordes of Shirren marauders. All I need to do is record.

 

Oh, to be a single man with the freedom to stay awake into the wee hours playing a game with no concern for tomorrow! Instead, I spend my days at work, my afternoons arguing with small versions of me about why one stick is much better than another stick or how butter won’t work to replace gasoline in the car, my evenings are standing before the stove and cooking dinner because we always find time to have family dinner together. Sometimes the stars align and my wife and I actually get to sit together and hold a conversation that doesn’t involve pediatric dentists and cloth diapers and grocery lists. Sometimes we actually get to be people together.

 

This all comes to the problem of just needing to record. I had originally intended to create a Starfinder Actual Play much like what we have for Shadowrun but I just can’t guarantee a weekly game any more, especially when you consider that the table usually includes people in three countries and five time zones. So instead of a set group of Players I’m going to open up some one-shots. Keep the adventures simple enough to conclude in one session but interesting to the listeners. I will also begin to tackle some of the game mechanics through special one on one game sessions. I’ve always been a firm believer in the literary practice of, “Show, don’t tell” and I think playing through some of the more convoluted bits might make the information stick a little better than listening to me drone on about dice pool modifiers. I’ll work with the mods over at the Starfinder subreddit before posting available sessions so there are still a few space hurdles to go before we’re rolling d20’s together.

 

And then all I have to do is record.

 

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you next time.