Bluff City 01: A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird Pt. 1

Friends at the Table

Games, Leisure, Fiction

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2017

⏱️ 143 minutes

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Summary

Hey everyone!

While our normal weekly episode is still going to come out tomorrow, we wanted to give you a gift today to celebrate Thanksgiving and to show you how just how thankful we are for your continued support! And hey, hopefully this comes just in time for those of you who will be on long trips in the next few days.

So: Please enjoy the first episode of Bluff City, our Patreon-supported, multi-game campaign that is letting us explore and build a fictional mid-Atlantic casino town! If you dig the show but aren't currently a Patron, remember that you can head to FriendsAtTheTable.cash to join in! And hey, even if you already are a Patron right now, we have something special for you too: New Bluff City cover art designed by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot on Twitter)!

Thanks again for your support! I hope you enjoy the show!

-Austin

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"The" Scuba Shop, Bluff City Boardwalk - ★★ (2 Stars)

Reviewed by Robert M.

I received a ticket for the Personal Submarine Experience (3 Person) as a prize for coming first in a work success drive and while I was excited about the prospect of seeing the beautiful underwater life of the Bluff City coast I have to say I was sorely disappointed I am not a man to hold back in my criticism and, I make no apology for that!!

In comparison to the buildings around it the Bluff City Boardwalk Scuba Shop looks like it belongs to another time every building is cleaner and neater. Except maybe the clam shop but I can tolerate that because the clams, are great! The Scuba suits for rental look safe and clean but they are mostly stored on the floor rather than on shelves or racks where they belong, and it's clear the shop's management is doing something other than managing, I can tell you that.

When I asked the attendant (Doyle) if he could help me with the ticket I won he had not heard of the program (but to his credit he helped me anyway and that is why I will not give the Scuba Shop one star). But when I asked him if he'd be accompanying me on the Submarine trip as a pilot he said that he could not swim (and that is why I will not give the Scuba Shop three stars).

Anyway in the end the submarines could only store two people each and were cramped and unpleasant and so one of our number had to go on a trip on their own and they said they had a terrible time when they got back. I did see some coral and I did see a seal though but when I got back the owner of the shop said that everybody sees coral and a seal. He said that it wasn't anything special.

This week on Friends at the Table: A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird Pt. 1

Finnegan H., Owner of "The" Scuba Shop, Bluff City Boardwalk Responded:

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Hosted by Austin Walker (@austin_walker)
Featuring Sylvi Clare (@captaintrash), Andrew Lee Swan (@swandre3000), Janine Hawkins (@bleatingheart), and Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal)
Produced by Ali Acampora (@ali_west)
Cover Art by Craig Sheldon (@shoddyrobot)
Episode description by Jack de Quidt
Music by Jack de Quidt

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0:00.0	Welcome to Bluff City,
0:10.0	Flickering neon, reflect. Welcome to Bluff City.
0:13.5	Flickering neon reflecting off the waves.
0:17.0	Slop Machine Ring.
0:19.0	Board Walk hustle.
0:21.2	Booming laughs from the corner spot. Bluff City, home of the lucky and their poor families too.
0:30.0	A revving engine, the sounding of a harbor bell, a familiar wind, a gunshot round the way,
0:38.6	the din of the casino floor.
0:42.2	A bad plan, miss her. in the
0:45.0	in bad plan misheard America's favorite fling, bluff city,
0:50.0	the light of a cigarette, the shape of a body or two, the red and blues of a patrol car, and money, man, money.
1:00.0	They say there's a thousand highways you can take to reach this town, but there ain't no train to Bluff City.
1:07.0	One of them towns where there's a tale behind every hand of cards, a lie for every truth, a side gig for every payday.
1:17.0	How do you start a story like Bluff Cities?
1:22.0	Like this, man. cities like this round with a bowling alley a boxer and a bird. Welcome to Friends at the table on Actual Play Podcast focused on critical world
1:54.4	building smart characterization and fun interaction between good friends. I am
1:57.9	your host Austin Walker joining me today Andy Claire.
2:00.8	Hi I'm Andy Claire you can find me on Twitter at Captain Trash, and very recently I've just joined the team over at
2:09.8	video game Choo-Choo.com where I'm a video producer so hopefully I'll have something up by the time this episode goes live. If not stay tuned.
2:17.0	Uh, Janine Hawkins.
2:19.0	I'm Janine Hawkins. I'm at Bleating Heart on Twitter and I'm a freelance writer I do stuff for
2:24.4	Polygon and Waypoint and various outlets. Andrew Lee Swan. Hey you can find me on
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