Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 1hCo-host Matthew first saw this game packed in a ziplock plastic bag at Esdevium games. He met Chris who was a new recruit at the company he was working for and was impressed that Chaosium had actually published a game by somebody it was possible to actually know! This version is improved and boxed 020
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5hAnyhow, the upshot of all this is: back gamefound.com/en/projects/.... It's great! And if you are in the UK, don't worry about the VAT charge - think of it as a downpayment on shipping. Elsewhere in the EU? There may be adjustments for you too, based on your local VAT regulations.gamefound.comGRIDSHOCK Zero Edition by Paul Vermeren | VX2 - GamefoundYou are a new breed of heroes, fighting to restore hope to a warped world in the grip of villainy. A new, standalone tabletop roleplaying game of superpowered resistance on the run, powered by the Yea... 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5h#RPGParty publishers were promised mentoring through creating their campaigns, and yet the onus was on @letsdamage.bsky.social to ASK @gamefound.bsky.social's finance team to adjust the VAT rates. Given that as mere US citizen, Paul knows fuck-all about VAT, he should not have had to ask... 100
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5hMeaning backers will get a refund or "can use it toward additional costs, such as shipping." Good on @gamefound.bsky.social for this, BUT given that #RPGParty is a promotion design to attract more TTRPG publishers to the platform, it seems guidance was lacking in the early stages. 100
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5h... for eligible products before the campaign started. "but no worries - our Finance team can take care of this after the campaign ends. We’ll then refresh the affected orders and recalculate the VAT. ... where the VAT rate changes, backers will see the... overpayment as a balance in their carts." 100
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5hI pointed out that that books and (ebook)PDFs were Xero rated for VAT in the UK, not charged at 20%. To be honest I was expecting them to give me some guff about crowdfunding being a digital service and so charged at 20%, but to their credit they said that VAT rates should have been adjusted... 100
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 5hIf you listened through to the end of podcast, you will have heard us moan about the VAT charge added to the pledge amount before checkout when I tried to back #GridshockZeroEdition from @letsdamage.bsky.social I wrote to @gamefound.bsky.social (via Paul's campaign) and got a positive response 100
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 29/09/2026Basking in the love for Hope’s Last Day, while also denying that we had any responsibility for the decision that turned it into a starter set. And at the same enjoying that I have an actual product we can show our grandchildren to say “we wrote that” rather than a chapter in a book. ❤️❤️❤️ 240
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 29/09/2026Only one of them (the middle one) featured in the book. It became a “fan favourite” and is now flying solo as the Evolved Edition starter set. I don’t think there is an adventure in the core book in the Evolved edition. 030
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 29/09/2026Because it was originally a convention scenario, to be played in just 90 minutes at the Free League stand at UKGE. With just 90 minutes to introduce players to the game we didn’t want to waste time describing the setting and player expectations. In fact we designed three stories using the setting. 130
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 29/09/2026We wrote the example adventure in the first version of the #Alien TTRPG. We included pre-gens and in many respects it is a prologue (but to not a campaign, because, this being Alien, everyone is expected to die.) It’s prologue to the second movie, Aliens, detailing action on Hadley’s Hope. Why? 130
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 29/09/2026Woo hoo! Tales from the Loop makes the cut! And only ten more places … so I am pretty sure Tales from the Old West will be in the final ten … surely?? 😉 040
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 28/09/2026And I think any of the right teams won’t have that sort of money. But they just saw what WotC announced with WoW and Star Wars and thought “let’s make it known we are available” 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 28/09/2026You are right that tye IP needs the right team. But it sound like the IP holders just want some money. 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 28/09/2026So what they are really saying is they want Hasbro to give them the cash and make a D&D Ulysses 31 book. 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 28/09/2026In our latest episode we talk to @letsdamage.bsky.social about #Gridshock Zero Edition, crowdfunding now on Gamefound. Plus UKGE banning AI; Necromunda and #Atrapos from @soulmuppet.co.uk Oh and we get the date of #Spelkongress wrong, but we still are not coming. share.transistor.fm/s/cea09cd4share.transistor.fmWe Are Shocked, SHOCKED I Tell You | EffektWe talk with the Vermeren bothers about Gridshock and Terminal State 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.30: World of Gaming: UK Games Expo bans AI products; Atrapos Kickstarting from Soul Muppet; Necromunda... 142
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 26/09/2026A second guitar is a very exciting time and almost always a step up into “mid-price”. Don’t relax though, because a second always leads to a third. As guitarists often say g=c+1 (where g is the platonic idea number of guitars and c is the number I currently own) 210
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 26/09/2026Schecter is a great brand. Japanese owned now I think - I don’t expect at that price the one your boy has his eyes on is made in Japan, but generally Japanese brands are better at QA, wherever they are made. I am guessing it’s not his first? 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 25/09/2026Our favourite? That’s like asking us to choose between our children! Oh… our children? That makes the answer a whole lot easier: #TalesoftheOldWest from, ummm, us! 092
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 24/09/2026(It’s worth mentioning that in the second half two of the online guests acquire an echo on their tracks) 000
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 24/09/2026We have been listening to this podcast episode of the Raspy Raven Gang. They discuss their recently completed #TalesoftheOldWest campaign. We were pleased to hear that despite some initial reservations they all had a great time. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... open.spotify.com/episode/7tCl...podcasts.apple.comTales of the Old WestPodcast Episode · The Raspy Raven · 24 September · 54min 130
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 21/09/2026We just backed Gridshock Zero Edition from @letsdamage.bsky.social it’s shaping up to be a great game with loads of 2000AD style art. Post apocalyptic supers, not maintaining the status quo, but ripping it down gamefound.com/en/projects/...gamefound.comGRIDSHOCK Zero Edition by Paul Vermeren | VX2 - GamefoundYou are a new breed of heroes, fighting to restore hope to a warped world in the grip of villainy. A new, standalone tabletop roleplaying game of superpowered resistance on the run, powered by the Yea... 020
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 21/09/2026We are looking forward to it too. (And it will be available to listeners in a week.) 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 21/09/2026However reading Grant Morrison and wanking a lot definitely does make you a magician. 020
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 20/09/2026Share the last 4 TTRPGs you played and expose your gaming habits (Or don't. I'm not a cop). Savage World of Solomon Kane Spectaculars Tales of the Old West The One Ring 170
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 19/09/2026Sitting down with our home group to play Solomon Kane, it’s been a long time since we played so Tony reads the GM’s notes on that session. Co-host Dave remarks “hold on, this sounds like something we did before?” Yes Dave, it’s a recap. 072
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 14/09/2026We also discussed inviting you on for an interview, do you have an hour spare over the next couple of weeks? 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 14/09/2026In our latest episode we discuss Matthew's adventures at @tabletopscot.bsky.social plus Steve Jackson; Credo and Time Without Tide (again) from @chaosium.bsky.social; Gridshock Zero Edition from @letsdamage.bsky.social; #GoodSociety; #HalcyonStars; oh, and CMOM share.transistor.fm/s/8ff2a41cshare.transistor.fmScottish Blood | EffektWhat Matthew did ~~on his holidays~~ working for Free League 00.00.40: Introduction 00.03.32: World of Gaming: Steve Jackson steps down as CEO of SJG; Time without Tide doing well on Backerkit (at lea... 141
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 10/09/2026I was wondering quite what the point was (and I speak as an Apple fanboy) but someone told me that in China where they bought more folding smartphones than the *rest of the world* (!) this is what Apple needs to stay in the game. 030
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 10/09/2026I find myself wondering if we should drop some of these black clad “protestors” into the channel and let them discover the benefits of the RNLI 010
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 06/09/2026My family kind of collect Matkas from each restaurant, and as this was my first visit to Edinburgh’s Dishoom, I asked for the branch’s Matka. It’s in the form of a d6! With six pips on five of the sides! And amazingly appropriate end to my @tabletopscot.bsky.social this year. 040
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 06/09/2026Matkas are Dishoom’s semi-secret loyalty programme. If you know to ask, they will give you a token, unique to each restaurant. Show that token outside peak hours, when it’s time to pay the bill, and they will bring you a Matka board and d6. Roll a six they entire meal is free. 2/3 120
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 06/09/2026After @tabletopscot.bsky.social I am treating myself to the special at Dishoom. Earlier in the day I was chatting with @robindlaws.bsky.social. He, @kennethhite.bsky.social, @mytholder.bsky.social and the rest of the @pelgranepress.bsky.social crew were here last night. I explained about Matkas 1/3 160
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 03/09/2026On our way to @tabletopscot.bsky.social, just stopping for a coffee near Warwick. 040
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Your problem is, you thought you were on a bus to Esher, but you got on a bus to Escher 020
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Ooooh that’s the second time that has happened … 000
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Thank you. Scheduling 10 hours (about eight and a half driving). The train would be better, if I was not taking the stock too. 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Good point! Can’t damage the stock! I will put her in the front seat instead. 030
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Car is loaded up with stock for the Free League stand at @tabletopscot.bsky.social but there is enough space for my wife, who I am dropping off at Hadrian’s Wall on the way. 2121
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 02/09/2026Oh wow! I had always assumed she was well into her 30s or even 40s in her early appearances (as a baddie). Is there a thesis on aged-appearance being a misogynist signifier of moral turpitude somewhere in there? 000
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 01/09/2026“Tales of the Old West has been a #ttrpg revelation” we are banking that! 180
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 31/08/2026In our latest episode we discuss the KS for #Coriolis #3rdHorizon supplement The Blood Tree; #DarkConspiracy, AI ubiquity, game workers unionisation, hat and wankers, and #TabletopScotland and enslaved people in Ancient Rome share.transistor.fm/s/6288ab7fshare.transistor.fmServus | Effekt00.00.40: Introduction 00.02.44: Thank you to our returning patron: Bill Paine 00.04.23: World of Gaming: The Blood Tree/Across the Horizon; Mörk Borg hot sauce, Liquid Misery pre-order opening; Monte... 010
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 24/08/2026Matthew is from his hols, and very happy to have backed The Blood Tree/Across the Horizon the #Coriolis #3rdHorizon player’s sourcebook and an adventure set in an exciting new 3rd Horizon setting. www.kickstarter.com/projects/yos...kickstarter.comAcross the Horizon / The Blood TreeTwo books for the Coriolis: The Third Horizon RPG. The Blood Tree (adventure + setting) & Across the Horizon (Coriolis Players' Guide) 110
Effekt Publishing @effektpodcast.org · 22/08/20262/2 but I have long played with a guy who takes a bit more time to think (he had hydro-encephalitis) and can’t necessarily offer the witty comebacks I can. If his character is “charming” he should be better at it than mine … 120