Swing And A Miss

Swing and a Miss, Now available in Zombie flavor!

Hero — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:29:50 +0000

Yes, yes. I know it has been over a year and nobody will be reading this, however, I have not else better to do at the moment than tell ~~all~~ (none) of you that we are back!!!

After moving to Austin and getting settled in things are now in motion in the form of Zorro 2112! A new ongoing campaign of corporate espionage set in L.A. in (you guessed it) 2112.
The setting was created by all the gamers involved and the system is a Coretex+ hack.

I wont give away too many spoilers yet but I can’t wait to share this with you all.

-All the best
Hero

Fire And Dice!!!

Hero — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 02:09:44 +0000

Greetings, all.

I’m ecstatic to inform you all that Ghost’s pet project, Fire N Dice, is live!
Here you will find all of our ongoing long-term campaigns. We are begining with Ghost’s Anima Campaign, alternating “seasons” with my upcoming Wild Talents game and BallZ’ Dragonlance Campaign.

Please to subscribe!

Happy Gaming
Hero

Atomic Highway: Owlcon XXX

Hero — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:13:01 +0000

War. War never changes. The bombs fell, and with them, civilization. Ten generations of your family have sought shelter in the Vault, but now breach and radiation threatens to mutate and destroy you. Now you must leave the only home you have known. What Hell awaits you in the Wastelands once known as America?

Recorded at Owlcon XXX

Graveyard: Zombie Cinema

Hero — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:51:08 +0000

The newest exhumation of our Graveyard brings us Zombie Cinema. A story telling game based on the premise of a group of directors making a zombie film. We decided it was best not to post this as a full feature but looking back it’s still a fun listen. Please to enjoy!

The Roundtable

Hero — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:58:41 +0000

Welcome to the Roundtable.

We here at Swing And A Miss, have decided to create a new segment of our podcast.

During our roundtable discussions we will be covering news pertaining to all things nerdy with color commentary by all the panelists. With the aid of the Fail Ale of the week we will be sure to disappoint… er…

The Pilot episode: Chaos Theory Now available in Children’s Chewables:
Panelists: Hero, Ghost, Biz, Chief, and Mono
Theme by JoCo

Nemesis – 417 playtest

Hero — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 18:06:50 +0000

Hero tries his hand at Greg Stolze’s FREE horror role playing game Nemesis.

Nemesis is available HERE

Please enjoy!

Graveyard: Call of Cthulhu: Haunter of the Nile

Hero — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:33:35 +0000

Welcome to the Swing and a Miss Graveyard. The first game to claw its way up is Call of Cthulhu: Haunter of the Nile. Listen in as we autopsy, determining what kills good gaming. This recording is of the play test of a one-shot game that is just too big to fit into a standard four hour session, and it is the second run in a week for some of the players. There are funny moments and scary moments, so please enjoy. Turn the lights down low, pad the walls, and put your headphones on. Here’s Call of Cthulhu to eat your brain.

GM: Ghost
Players: Hero, Wasabi, and Cake
Music: Silent Hell by Danilow
Prelude pour Clavecin Le Majestueux by Arnaud Conde

All music is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.

3:16 Mission 1- Weeping Angels Pt.2

Hero — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:58:46 +0000

And finally the conclusion to our first mission in 3:16

-enjoy

3:16 Mission 1: Weeping Angels pt 1

Hero — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 02:58:42 +0000

Ghost introduces Hero, Wasabi, and Ball-Z to Gregor Hutton’s space trooper, bug-killer game 3:16. First they must prove their combat skill on a bug planet, then a Doctor Who inspired menace, the Weeping Angels, challenge them in their first mission to reestablish contact with an off world science team. Will N ever become captain? Will Dan become Lieutenant? Will the red shirt Pighead even survive the landing, let alone the aliens? Stay tuned for part 2.

D&D 3.5 – Tomb of Abysthor Recap

Hero — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:07:04 +0000

So glad to be back home! So much so in fact that I have a special treat for our listeners. Two episodes in one day!

A friend of the show, Puck, invited us to join his ongoing D&D campaign. Ghost and I hadn’t had much of a chance to game lately so after peeing on ourselves in spazmatic glee we gladly agreed.

WARNING!
Unfortunately, the game is not being played in a controlled environment there is a LOT of background (and foreground) noise. I have done the best I could to edit it for your ear holes sake.

With that being said enjoy. I will continue releasing episodes as quickly as I can. Thanks for your continued support.

Ghosts of Chad

Hero — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:07:35 +0000

Tune in and find out if Ezekiel-Doo and the gang solve the mystery plaguing the town of Chad.

Is young man Matt Mathews haunting the old casino and whore house?

Will said whores try to tempt our young heroes into a life of sin and eternal damnation!?!

No, not really, but listen anyway…

Dogs in the Vineyard: Ghosts of Chad

Hero — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:29:43 +0000

Sorry for the hiatus, folks. We have (believe it or not) been quite busy here at SaaM. Ghost and I attended ConJour in January and OwlCon in Feburary. Wasabi has had to take a leave of absence in order to focus on school this semester. Yet, I digress, you do not care about all this. You care about games. So games I bring. Here is the first installment of our Dogs in the Vineyard one shot: Ghosts of Chad.

Grimm One-shot – Part 2

Hero — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:29:34 +0000

Sorry for the delay, but I am glad to finally present the conclusion to Ghost’s Grimm game.

Players: Grant, Misha, and Hero.

Shadowrun Actual Play – SaaM with Hidden Grid Session 2

Wasabi — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:03:29 +0000

Recently, Ghost, Hero and I have been playing a weekly Shadowrun game with Zendead over at HiddenGrid. Even though Zendead is a fantastic ST, it was a little hard for us here at S.A.A.M. to get used to the idea of playing over Skype rather than in person.

But so far we have recorded 2 Episodes with pretty good success and good story, so here you guys have it. A page has been created to lead you to all the games.

Grimm One-shot Part 1

Hero — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:32:44 +0000

In this episode we begin our One-shot of Fantasy Flight’s new game: Grimm

You put on your favorite pair of pajamas and crawl snuggly into your bed promptly at bedtime, as all good kids do, but when you wake your bed is no where to be seen. Observing the scene around you shows that you are in fact far from home, odd creatures and monsters can be seen all around you as you find yourself in the Grimmlands. The stuff of fairy tales, surrounds you… but somehow this is like no fairly tale you’ve ever heard. The Rotten King, Humpty Dumpty has demented the lands, the dead princess Rapunzel invites you to climb her web ridden hair to glimpse at the tortured lands below her decaying tower. How ever will you find your way home?

Storyteller: Ghost
Players: Misha, Nay, Grant, and Hero.

To Whom It May Concern…

Hero — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:10:20 +0000

As of late we have been encountering quite a few scheduling issues, as Wasabi is preoccupied fixing up his white windowless van “Santa’sLeigh” for the holiday season. Moose is busy with school, BallZ is working like crazy, and El Sammich is dealing with some tragic family issues (our condolences, friend.) Spazz has disappeared from the face of the server and Ghost and I are left spending most game nights recording actual plays of staring contests.

Furthermore, I am leaving next week for a tour of ‘Merica. I won’t be back until the new year, but I borrowed a laptop and have every intention to continue editing and uploading content as my Newton-mas present to all of you.

Episode 4: One-Shots and Pre-Gens

Hero — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:11:34 +0000

Ghost, Wasabi, and Hero share their (in)experience with the preparation of one-shots.
We also offer player advice for jumping into the role of a pre-generated character.

Promos by our friends: The Hidden Grid, RPPR, and This Modern Death

Critical Hits:
Goodman Games
Donjon: Dungeon Generator
Make Your Own Gelatinous Cube
Jones Limited Edition Spellcasting Soda

And as always: Theme Music by Jonathan Coulton

Shadowrun Actual Play – SaaM with Hidden Grid Session 1

Hero — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:36:57 +0000

Hoi, Chummers.

Zendead and Kanis over at The Hidden Grid asked us if we’d like to join them in a new Shadowrun campaign run over Skype and utilizing Swaggle to emulate commlinks.

In this first session we introduce our characters and begin our game (it took us a bit to get our “skype” legs so to speak.)

Let us know if you enjoy it!

Walk in beauty.

Shadowrun Actual-Play: Ghost’s Darkworld Campaign Session 7

Hero — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:22:20 +0000

The thrilling conclusion of Ghost’s SINnerville story arc.

GM: Ghost
Players: Wasabi, BallZ, Chris, Moose, and Hero

Community Voice!

Hero — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:33:08 +0000

We are proud to announce the addition of Community Reviews in our forums. If you want your voice to be heard check the present review topic and write a review. If it is informative we will air it on the next episode! That’s right folks… YOU do OUR work for us!!!

Mutants and Masterminds: Champions of Earth

Wasabi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:43 +0000

Moose, delighted us with his experience in the Superhero world when he Ran a one-shot campaign of Mutants and Masterminds. The game was really fun and each player really enjoyed it thoroughly.

Episode 3: Railroading vs Sandbox games and GM’ing on the fly

Wasabi — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:09:34 +0000

Hero, Ghost, Ball-z and Wasabi discuss railroad and sandbox campaigns and tips for GMing on the fly.

Music by Jonathan Coulton
Promo by our friends at :RPPR and The Hidden Grid

Critical Hits: SwagglePhenomenal social network
UnwiredA Shadowrun 4 essential supplement.
Dollhouse AR Echo
Dobberisms Shadowrun 4E Character Generator
Myth Weavers D&D 3.5 NPC Mass Char Gen

Shadowrun Actual Play : Ghost’s Darkworld Sesison 6

Wasabi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:33:40 +0000

This is our second recording of Ghost’s Darkworld Campaign.

The players find themselves in a mess of trouble, still in SINnerville. How will they come to grips with the strange forces of magic that have trapped them here.

DnD 3.5 Actual Play

Wasabi — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:34:48 +0000

Yes folk, We finally have it. Our first posted DnD actual Play. I know many of you who are wandering across this site, are looking for Dungeons and Dragons actual plays. This is out first one that we feel is worth a damn. We are running RPPR’s New World Campaign Primer in 3.5.

Please feel free to download, listen and comment on this either here, or on our forums.

… oh and tell your friends.

Funny pictures from Ghost’s Shadowrun game

Wasabi — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:44:54 +0000

I finally uploaded the pictures from Ghost’s Darkworld campaign where he put us up against a strange half undead half horse mutant creature.

Vampire the Masquerade Actual-Play: Session 1

Wasabi — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:57:32 +0000

What started out as a one-shot game, might be turning into a full fledged campaign. Wasabi introduces 2 new players into roleplaying and shares his experience with 3 years of World of Darkness gaming

Episode 2 : Hold on let me find it… and other wastes of time.

Wasabi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:25:06 +0000

Ghost, Hero, and Wasabi talk about their preferred organizational techniques. Also discussed is homebrewing and cross-genre gaming. Witty banter free of charge.

Theme music by Jonathan Coulton

Shadowrun: Actual-play of Ghost’s Darkworld Campaign Session 5

Wasabi — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:44:56 +0000

Looks like Hero and I are finally figuring this juicebox out. Come listen to us banter and joke in our first recorded shadowrun game.
Shadowrun: Actual-play of Ghost’s Darkworld Campaign Session 5

Episode 1 : Origins of the Fail

Wasabi — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:56:03 +0000

This is Hero and I’s first podcast, and my first attempt to post something on this page.

In this episode we remember our roots, what got us into gaming. We discuss the reasons for creating the podcast as well as retell some… regrettable gaming experiences.

Theme Music by Jonathan Coulton

Things are going smoooooothly

Hero — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:27:51 +0000

As I’m apparently water-headed I’ve come accross some problems with the forums. Progress is still strong and we have tons of content I’ve been editing. It’s safe to say we are still going to meet our deadline of before we die.

“Vampire The Masquerade One-shot?” is fresh from post-production; sounds great and can’t wait ’til you all hear it.