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tl;dr Most of the necessary moves are taken to move towards a direct confrontation between Alanna’s coalition and The Proxy. Good, direct role play that works both from player-to-player and character-to-character. One major crossover of player knowledge that feels like a cheap shot. A listenable episode.
Continue reading “Critical Hit: Hays of Shadows – Murder In Hobo Alley”
tl;dr Klaus and Alanna seem to have taken a couple of logical leaps too far in turning the game into a direct confrontation between two PCs. They call a war meeting of several PC and NPC factions to ally against The Proxy. The episode is bolstered by Rodrigo’s great characterization of the Proxy’s competence and elevated by the layered confrontation between the Professor and the wizard.
Continue reading “Critical Hit: Hays of Shadows – The Meeting”
tl;dr Rules-lawyering about advances and taking new moves in Urban Shadows takes up almost a quarter of the show. We catch up with Rob’s and Stephen’s characters, which saves this interstitial episode, but party dynamics are becoming really unstable.
Continue reading “Critical Hit: Urban Shadows — You Did Get a Free Advance”
tl;dr A high-action session featuring PvP combat and daring attacks, marred by many minutes of rules lawyering.
Continue reading “Critical Hit: Urban Shadows – The Goblin Market Has Rules”