Swords Against the Dead (13th Age)

Producer, Gamemaster โ€ข 2020

When the Stream of Chaos switched from playing in-person to online, I developed an interest in the technical side of live streams.
To teach myself the basics, I made my own overlay and assembled the cast to play on my personal channel.

13th Age by Rob Heinsoo & Jonathan Tweet will forever be my RPG of choice. It combines OGL D20 action with improv story game elements for a super-powered high fantasy experience.

I ran Swords Against the Dead by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, which I reckon is the epitome of an introduction to fantasy roleplaying full stop. That’s probably why I slip into teaching mode for the stream – I ran that scenario for countless first-timers at Gamezilla RPG Night.

My virtual tabletop of choice was Astral (sadly now defunct). The platform didn’t yet have support for 13th Age, so I built the template which would eventually become the official character sheet for the system.

Collaborators

James Coquillat

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Art Hunter

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David Naylor

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Daniel Richards

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