The Gutter Skypes http://www.anim5.com/IDDFOS/TGS/index.html When there's a game to play and the tables are all over the continent, the next move is to grab headphones and set up a Skype connection! Inspired by "The Role Monkeys" and determined to have a fun time playing RPG's "THE GUTTER SKYPES" present these recorded game sessions in the hope that you'll enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed playing! en-us 2009 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST anim5@anim5.com Games http://www.anim5.com/IDDFOS/TGS/rpg_gaming_logo.jpg 100 100 The Gutter Skypes http://www.anim5.com/IDDFOS/TGS/index.html Long Distance Gaming with a Rust-Proof Punch! When there's a game to play and the tables are all over the continent, the next move is to grab headphones and set up a Skype connection! Inspired by "The Role Monkeys" and determined to have a fun time playing RPG's "THE GUTTER SKYPES" present these recorded game sessions in the hope that you'll enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed playing! anim5 anim5@anim5.com anim5 yes 1 The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 044 - M-Force - Game 005 You know there will be monsters ( M ) you know there will be force involved ( Force ) - But if things get a little "Funky". . . Well we can't be blamed for that! If you insist on making it OUR fault then listen to the episode to be absolutely SURE ! Pat plays : Fenton Bo DeJong Nikki plays : Robbin St. John Jocelyn Goodfellow Moon Dog plays : Kajika Josh plays : Pete Gunderson M-Force uses the QAGS game engine (Qik-Ass Game System), from Hex Games (www.hexgames.com). Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 043 - BlindGeek_SotC_01 - "If It Croaks Like A Frog . . ." The return of Nikki ! The woes of old computers! The knitting of Doctor Who! Listener Feedback! And - An Action Packed Amphibion Ambush at Ample Altitudes! Don't miss this first installment of a NEW SotC adventure with the Blindgeek, Mark Kinney, Nikki, Andros and anim5. ( Not safe for tadpoles ). Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 042 - Octane One Shot - "Bizarre Business Beneath the Big Top!" Missing Nikki because of real life computer impacts, BlindGeek, Andros, Mark Kinney and anim5 play a one-shot using the OCTANE game system. Blindgeek GM's and bizarre business bounces beneath the Big Top! Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 041 - M-Force - Game 004 Game Mastered and Edited by BlindGeek! - M-Force - Actual play - Session Four. There's Listener feedback! There's Head Goo! There's Yippy, Yappy and Yahooey! If you have to ask what its all about, then don't waste a minute! Download this and listen! Pat plays : Fenton Bo DeJong Nikki plays : Robbin St. John Jocelyn Goodfellow Moon Dog plays : Kajika Josh plays : Pete Gunderson M-Force uses the QAGS game engine (Qik-Ass Game System), from Hex Games (www.hexgames.com). Sun, 31 Jan 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 040 - Listener Feedback and Trixie Trueheart created! Long awaited Forum Posts and Emails - Then The Group creation of Nikki's new SotC character - Trixie Trueheart! Lots of tangents, a cat's cradle of connections, but in the end, Trixie LIVES ! Sun, 24 Jan 2010 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 039 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 007 Recorded by Josh, Edited by Blindgeek - Another "Captive Souls" adventure with anim5 as Smack Chainmore, Blindgeek as BladeStar and Lioncourt(Josh) as GM. Please go back to the beginning of this sentence and force yourself not to read it. You now know what flavor adventure the heroes will be chowing on for this episode. The delicious paradox of temporal tampering! Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 038 - M-Force - Game 003 Game Mastered and Edited by BlindGeek! - M-Force - Actual play - Session Three. No Messin' about! M-Force takes off the kid gloves, ignites the flaming bat of death and ups the stakes! Pat plays : Fenton Bo DeJong Nikki plays : Robbin St. John Jocelyn Goodfellow Moon Dog plays : Kajika Josh plays : Pete Gunderson Special thank to Moon Dog this episode for providing the back-up audio that made it possible! M-Force uses the QAGS game engine (Qik-Ass Game System), from Hex Games (www.hexgames.com). Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 037 - "S7S" - " Conclusion " The exciting conclusion to the epic Gutter Skypes sessions of "Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies" ! Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 036 - M-Force - Game 002 Game Mastered and Edited by BlindGeek! - M-Force - Actual play - Session Two. The audio demons are banished, and the M-Force team come up against a domestic drudgery featuring two little monsters. Before long the landscape changes and the big monsters come on fast and furious! Great fun, great energy and great galloping game dice, Don't miss this one! Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 035 - "S7S" - "Explosions - Big and Little" The gang aboard the Guano Loco iron out some wrinkles and discover a few new ones as they kick the speed up to nearly faster than the plot! A tempting jewel, A few tough bargains and a powder blast are all included at no extra charge! Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 034 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 006 The Knights of Shenseen meet a mysterious stranger, take a test, and learn that some of the trickiest terrain on the planet Xim is in their own minds! Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 033 - M-Force - Game 001 Game Mastered and Edited by BlindGeek! - M-Force - Actual play - Session one. A Monstrous encounter guaranteed to set the fast-food world on fire! Check out this New Gutter Skypes game series from a group of players with audio nerves of steel ! Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 032 - "S7S" - "Diamond Dancing" A Prisoner Poked, A Galleon Gorged, A Star searched for and Lieutenants Lathered! There's Jewelry traded, Brandy Stolen, Flintlock anesthesia and Ruckus from a Ruq! Don't miss it! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 031 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 005 Is it wild and chaotic Cartoon Adventure you'd be after havin' ? Well The Gutter Skypes session five of Cartoon Action Hour Delivers! Bladestar and Smack prove once again that they're always after the plucky harms. Saucy and wicked NPC's do homage to St. Patrick's day without mercy. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 030 - "S7S" - "Guano Loco Soap" Plot with a capital P. Exposition of epic proportions on board The Shield of Vaoz. Knowledge is shared, gaps are filled, but the major threat remains! What Next ? S7S Play Session 8 GM: anim5 - playing Captain Zafiri Karloson is Mark Kinney of The ENnie Award-winning "All Games Considered" - playing Pard is Andros - playing Kuruk is Blindgeek - playing Ravenna Mystiere is Nikki. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 029 - "S7S" - "Tavern Tango - Fruit Fracas" A foot-free glider, an aireal fruit fracas and a tango in the tavern. The gang go gaga in Gegenschein! S7S Play Session 7 GM: anim5 - playing Captain Zafiri Karloson is Mark Kinney of The ENnie Award-winning "All Games Considered" - playing Pard is Andros - playing Kuruk is Blindgeek - playing Ravenna Mystiere is Nikki. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 028 - "S7S" - "Gegenschein Landfall" The crew get a dim view of a dim cultist. Doctor Pegrini takes his next step and the heat is on with landfall at Gegenschein! Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 027 - "S7S" - "Vittels is Up" S7S Play Session 5 GM: anim5 - playing Captain Zafiri Karloson is Mark Kinney of The ENnie Award-winning "All Games Considered" - playing Pard is Andros - playing Kuruk is Blindgeek - playing Ravenna Mystiere is Nikki. - - - Cannon Madness, Coded Webs Unwoven and Koldun Chicanery. The Guanno Loco has it all and a mysterious passenger to boot! Follow the continued oddities of this S7S adventure! Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 026 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 004 Session Four of CARTOON ACTION HOUR "Captive Souls". Though Smack, Bladestar and Shaylee get totally submerged in a sea of danger, it does not dampen their spirits . . . Thrill to their adventures in this under-tow of terror! Extra Special Thanks to Blindgeek for Editing, and Lioncourt for GM'ing! Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 025 - "S7S" - Galeon Scallions S7S Play Session 4 GM: anim5 - playing Captain Zafiri Karloson is Mark Kinney of The ENnie Award-winning "All Games Considered" - playing Pard is Andros - playing Kuruk is Blindgeek - playing Ravenna Mystiere is Nikki. - - - A Schooner Scuttled - A Koldun on ice - A galeon encounter of high strangeness. The minutes pass and the world changes. Same thing happens in this game! Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 024 - "S7S" - Schooner Or Later Calculating Carnage and Ironing out game mechanical Kinks while Kicking Cackling Koldun Keester! Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 023 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 003 Session Three of CARTOON ACTION HOUR "Captive Souls". Shaylee, Bladestar and Smack Chainmore seek the Helm of Xim in a desolated ancient city. Obstacles and attacks abound! Extra Special Thanks to Blindgeek for Editing, and Lioncourt for GM'ing! Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 022 - "S7S" - CC Wrap-Up and Play Session 1 S7S Character Creation Wrap-Up and then Game Session 1. Impersonating a GM: anim5 - playing Captain Zafiri Karloson is Mark Kinney of The ENnie Award-winning "All Games Considered" - playing Pard is Andros - playing Kuruk is Blindgeek - and, introducing the Newest Gutter Skype. . . Nikki! playing the character Ravenna Mystiere. First half of the episode completes the characters, second half is the beginning of play. Much Adventure, excitement and mystery! Cannon Fire and Blood! Don't miss a minute! Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 021 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 002 Session Two of CARTOON ACTION HOUR "Captive Souls". Bladestar and Smack Chainmore take up where they left off in the dark and dangerous Pyramid of Fantra! Extra Special Thanks to Blindgeek for Editing, and Lioncourt for GM'ing! Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 020 - "S7S" - Character Creation Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies ! Character Creation session. Impersonating a GM: anim5 - Creating the character of Captain Zafiri is Mark Kinney of All Games Considered - Creating the character of Pard is Andros - Creating the character of Kuruk is Blindgeek. If you are in the process of learning S7S, this may be the episode for you. It sure helped me. Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 019 - "Cartoon Action Hour!" - Game 001 Bonus Gameplay! Blindgeek, Lioncourt and anim5 set off on classic 80's animated adventure in "Cartoon Action Hour!". This episode is the character creation session followed by actual play at the end. This new game series will alternate with "Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies". That means a new Gutter Skypes episode every week! Extra Special Thanks to Blindgeek for Editing, and Lioncourt for GM'ing! Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 018 - "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Game 005 - Conclusion The Thule Death Ray! From under the Sea to above the clouds, Keppler, Drake and DePelieu bust Nazi bawlz with three blazing barrels! This is the action-packed conclusion of our current Hollow Earth Adventure! Mon, 13 Jul 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 017 - "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Game 004 The Thule Death Ray! Drake, Keppler and DePelieu in the company of a scientist and his daughter, have concluded a harrowing car chase through the streets of Aberdeen and switch from fearful flight to firefight! Trapped on the end of a pier with a gun toting murderer and the forces of Thule behind them, they fight for posession of the Pulse Magnetic Detector, the safety of those they rescued and their very lives! Keppler clubs a creep, Drake blasts a barbarian and Depelieu drops his dignity! Don't miss it! Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 016 - "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Game 003 The Thule Death Ray! Drake, Keppler and DePelieu leap into the middle of a kidnapping, a gunfight and Thule road rage! Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 015 - "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Game 002 The Thule Death Ray! Drake, Keppler and DePelieu discover the reason behind the Massachussetts Mansion Masacre. Earthly science has been bent to the will of brutal cultists with the hellish hearts of crazed nazis. The scope of their mission expands to Aberdeen and off they go! Thrill to their adventures in an episode that challenges their code breaking skills, gears them up and launches them airborne to rescue yet another scientist on the side of virtue! Sun, 31 May 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 014 - "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Game 001 Our first actual play of "Hollow Earth Expedition" - Three brand new Gutter Skypes characters are thrown into the thick of it at a Mansion in Massachusetts. Grumpy Professors mix it up with blazing guns. Don't miss it ! Sun, 24 May 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 013 - Starblazer Adventures - Actual Play Session 4 " Tactical Catastrophe ! " Imminent attack! A race to beat a pirate rendezvous, political gambling that ups the stakes, and the coordination of a plan that even brings in the Space Patrol! Join the Gutter Skypes for this exciting conclusion to the Starblazer Adventure ! Loose cannon are tied down, the searing energy of Plasma Dragons singe the ship, and the plan is completed just in time for our heroes to stare straight into the eyeballs of Death! Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 012 - Starblazer Adventures - Actual Play Session 3 " The Stakes Revealed ! " Ivan, Tank and Montab reach The Mystic Net with their Corporate VIP's in tow along with the mysterious sample of Rubble from Beta Epsilon. In this episode dangers multiply, but so do revelations about the strange yellow substance that started this whole adventure! Finally the stakes are revealed! Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 011 - Starblazer Adventures - Actual Play Session 2 "Executive Weasels and Plasma Dragons!" With the mysterious yellow rubble and two mining company executives on board, Tank, Ivan and Montab set off for the Mystic Net in THE SPARROW HAWK. They quickly formulate a plan to peel away some of the mystery from their closed mouthed guests by stopping at The Cornucopia Collective. The puzzle takes on new shading, but no solution. After leaving the famous food source they fly into a mess so funny it just might Kill Them! Sat, 14 Mar 2009 01:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 010 - Starblazer Adventures - Actual Play Session 1 "A Ruckus Over Rubble!" The Beta Epsilon asteroid fields are a hive of activity as an entirely unknown substance comes to light. Two rival mining corporations oversee the bulk of its retrieval, but when a press conference is called over the nature of "The Rubble" things begin to go . . . odd. On the surface of it all things appear normal but none of the facts add up! Tank Rondar, Ivan Archangel and Montab Comet find themselves blasting off into a new adventure where the stakes are unknown, the clues are all skewed and 2 + 2 = Danger ! Sun, 08 Mar 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 009 - Starblazer Adventures - Character Creation and Game Prep Session 2 of 2 Add thin air, four Gutter Skypes, and a few hours together. You Get Three Super "Starblazer Adventure" Space Heroes! Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 008 - Starblazer Adventures - Crazy Tangent Meandering and Game Prep Session 1 of 2 Four geeks get together over Skype and occasionally complete game preparation for Starblazer Adventures! Mostly though, they go off on wild tangents and the breeze is thoroughly shot! Listen in as The Gutter Skypes fill in some skills, build a ship and create a galactic map of Science Fiction adventure! Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 007 - "Spirit of the Season" Part 2 of 2 ! The Second Half of "Spirit of the Season" - Who could have guessed that travel by tesseract train track could tantalize and twist into terror! Stan, Reggie and Hank are dumped at a destination dipped in Danger! The private little country at the North Pole so famous for exporting Christmas suffers in a fiendish grip until the Century Club Heroes peel away the hairy fingers! Watch the IDDFOS rss feed for the next new Gutter Skype Play sessions. Coming up: Starblazer Adventures! - An all new cast of player-characters! Sun, 25 Jan 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 006 - "Spirit of the Season" Part 1 of 2 ! Feeling a touch of the "post-holiday" blues? Well energize your voice, pinch your nose and read what follows into an empty coffee can! "Spirit of the Season !" A Brand new, two-part SOTC adventure covered in snow and Game Mastered by Blindgeek! Once again we hear Andros as Reggie Forthright, anim5 as Hank Bugle, And in this story, Mark Kinney brings about the return of Stan Rocket! The boys from the Century Club are getting a real taste of winter weirdness in Washington. Christmas Eve warps into Christmas Evil when a simple shopping trip in the nation's capitol turns to terror in a toy store! As our heroes are plunged into a Holly Jolly Jigsaw Puzzle of Peril, there are few things they know for sure, but one of them is - Christmas is in Danger! Be sure to hear the conclusion of this story in "Spirit of the Season Part 2 ". Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 005 - "Spirit of the Century" Battle At Scapaflow ! The final chapter in this adventure! Can Nick, Reggie and Hank defeat the plans of The Shocking Shaman? Will the crackling, cackling Shaman Shackle Europe with captured German Ships? Find out for yourself and listen! Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 004 - "Spirit of the Century" Guns and Punches ! Captured by the Shocking Shaman of Shanghai last week, the Centennial Three behaved VERY rudely at dinner and managed to get loose aboard the evil man's massive airship. But what kind of damage can they do before they escape? Can they escape? Powerful allies of the Shaman are determined to make things HOT for our heroes! Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 003 - "Spirit of the Century" The Altitude of Evil ! Having defeated the mysterious mechanized minions that attacked the airbase, Nick, Reggie and Hank set off to locate the source of the radio signal that motivated the mysterious, massive, malevolent, metal monster. Taking to the air and heading West - they meet up with a shocking surprise! Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Small File - Large Wishes Happy Holidays to All. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST no The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 002 - "Spirit of the Century" The Adventure Begins The Three Century Club members find themselves on an airbase in England among an international assembly of high ranking military dignitaries. What begins as an informal evaluation of air-power turns to mayhem as the base comes under full high-tech assault ! Next week, the story continues, but keep an eye on your podcatcher during the week for a short, special holiday message from The Gutter Skypes. Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST yes The Gutter Skypes ! - Session 001 - "Spirit of the Century" character creation session The first ever GUTTER SKYPE recording before we even had a name for the group. Many Thanks and Laurels to Mark Kinney of "All Games Considered" for becoming our first game master and creating a fantastic SOTC adventure! Those familiar with "Spirit of the Century" will know that the character creation process holds as much creative energy and fun as the gameplay itself. In this session you'll discover just how enjoyable it is to build three adventuring heroes from the age of pulp fiction and serial adventure cinema. Please listen along as Andros, Blindgeek and anim5 create their adventure group from the ground up and have a blast doing it ! Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST yes