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The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Episode 81 - Deathwatch RPG

The Independent Characters | Warhammer 40k Podcast

Carl Tuttle

Workshop, Marine, Space, Tyranid, Warhammer, Eldar, Leisure, Hobbies, Forge, Ork, 40k, World, Games

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2013

⏱️ 168 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Episode 81 of The Independent Characters takes a look at the Deathwatch RPG by Fantasy Flight Games. Deathwatch is a roleplaying game in which you take on the role of a member of the Adeptus Astartes – the devout, bio-engineered super-soldiers also known as Space Marines. After many years of exemplary service within your own chapter, you have been singled out and selected to join one of the most unique and specialized collectives of Space Marines – the Deathwatch.

We have played the game and will let you know our thought around how it runs and feels, and the differences between this and our previous experience with the Dark Heresy game and system. Thanks to our friend Chad who has a lot of experience with the system and took the time to help us put it through its paces!

This ties in nicely with our upcoming interview of Steve Parker (in Episode 82). Black library author of the recent novel titled Deathwatch as well. Which happens to be our current Forbidden Lore subject novel!

Additionally, we have an interview with Robert Pace, organizer of The Golden Throne GT in California, that helps us close out our show. There are a lot of exciting ideas he is proposing for his tournament which may appeal to you!

We hope you enjoy!

  • 0:00:00 - Show Intro
  • 0:07:10 - Workbench and Games Played
  • 0:55:05 - Deathwatch RPG - Part 1
  • 1:50:35 - Deathwatch RPG - Part 2
  • 2:27:55 - The Golden Throne GT Interview with Robert Pace
  • 2:44:55 - Final Thoughts and Show Closing

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Independent Characters, episode 81.

0:22.4

This is Carl and this is Jeff.

0:24.2

And we're joined by Chad, who is a local member of our gaming group and resident Death Watch expert.

0:31.4

Welcome, Chad.

0:32.3

Thank you very much.

0:33.2

Pleasure to be here.

0:33.8

Chad ran us through a game of Death Watch so we could prepare for for this episode and it was a great time.

0:40.2

Great time was had by all. Before we actually jump into a couple things that I want to jump into,

0:46.0

I actually want to talk to you a little bit about Good Omen's gaming. So you guys run games at events, right?

0:52.6

You're part of a group called Good Omen.

0:54.4

It's a peer group of GMs that try to help each other out,

0:57.7

and we run games in the local area, in the Bay Area.

1:01.8

And we run at the big cons, so, you know, Kubla Khan, Dundercan, you know, Celesticon.

1:07.1

So we're at those cons running games.

1:09.0

And the idea is that we're going to try to provide quality games, not necessarily the

1:13.1

best games that you'll ever have, but at least you kind of know with us that we have

1:17.9

our shit together.

1:18.5

And we are, you know, a group that will present like a good quality game, you know, we're

1:25.0

prepared.

1:25.7

Because sometimes you go to these cons and like it's written in crayon and, you know, we're prepared. Because sometimes you go to these cons and, like, it's written in crayon and, you know,

1:30.4

the person just wrote the adventure this morning.

1:32.9

You hit the nail on the head.

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