The New Wave have put one of the longest and most stressful nights of their lives behind them, but the dust never truly settles in Halcyon City! Pate finds herself thrust into the deep end of the superheroism pool as she struggles to help the Immortal save the day; meanwhile, her friends face a much smaller-scale threat who threatens to punch above their weight class! Tune in for an action-packed episode!
Content warning for tidal waves and armed hostage-taking.
Noticed that I just got a new follower who doesn’t seem to be a bot. Hi! I never post here, ever. Check out my podcast instead: https://biggaynerds.tumblr.com/
So we have another big piece of news: in light of recent changes to Patreon’s payment system, we’ve decided to open up an alternative payment method for people who want to support us through other means. Actually, I’ll give credit where credit is due: Levi suggested this a while back, but his wisdom wasn’t implemented until just now. So if you want to shoot us some love in the form of money that we will probably spend on rulebook PDFs, our Ko-fi page is now open for business!
The Patreon’s still operational, of course. A bunch of people are already there, and its reward system is easy to track, but we want you to have as many options as possible.
Hey, this blog is still a husk that serves no greater purpose than to occasionally redirect my disproportionate number of followers towards my podcast.
The Resurrectionists stagger into the final step of their daring heist, half-dead (some moreso than others) and just really stressed the hell out. Will they escape with the Sunshard, their lives, and their dignity? And will one of the crew’s really awkward romantic history come into play somehow? Given how I just worded that, the answer is probably yes!
The idea for Big Gay Nerds was born on a long bus ride. I was listening to a new podcast about some funny brothers playing D&D, and I thought, “My friends and I could do something like this. It would be a great excuse to play with them and really make something out of my favorite hobby. But there are probably hundreds of podcasts like that; what would set us apart?” Then I remembered that a lot of my tabletop-playing friends were also queer, and the phrase “LGBT RPG” manifested in my head. It would be at least a year until I worked up the confidence to actually organize anything, but the seed was planted, and now the delicious idea-fruit is YOURS to enjoy!
BGN is an actual play podcast starring Owen (myself), Levi (my boyfriend), Saturn, Sara, and Ian (sometimes called Othar or Oats). Our sessions tend to lean towards the casual side, mixing character-driven roleplaying with the kind of tangential banter you would expect from a bunch of friends. We also try to give a good overview of the game’s mechanics so that listeners can decide if they want to play too. Rather than focusing on a single system, we experiment with multiple games and take turns running them, though we already have one reoccurring campaign and plan to add more.
Our first and most enduring game, Monsterhearts is a Powered-by-the-Apocalypse system about supernatural horror and romance in the vein of Twilight and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It’s also VERY gay, which is why I picked it. Our campaign is set at Mater Dolorosa College, a Catholic school with some decidedly less-than-pious students.
Ian makes his first appearance running this homebrew, using the versatile Lady Blackbird system to depict his original world that combines the Old West with Feudal Japan. The adventure starts in medias res, as most of the party had played it before, but it’s easy to jump into the katana-wielding, train-robbing roguery.
We couldn’t stay indie forever; the siren song of Fifth Edition drew us back to the bread and butter of RPGs. With Levi at the helm, a ragtag band of heroes-for-hire crawl through some dungeons, slay some monsters, and run off with all the gold their grubby mitts can carry, just like Gygax intended.
Another PbtA game, featuring Levi as “Creative” and our friend James in what is hopefully the first of many appearances. WWW is clearly written by a pro-wrestling devotee, dedicated to the in-ring and backstage lives of the performers, but its unique mechanics make it a hit even among non-fans. Plus, we get pretty wacky with the character concepts.
Our episodes are hosted on Soundcloud and iTunes, and we have accounts on Facebook and Twitter, though right now this Tumblr is probably the best place to find extra content like art, character sheets, and whatever treasures our fans produce. If you like Big Gay Nerds and want more people to know about it, rate and review us on iTunes, tweet using the hashtag #biggaynerds, or reblog this post! We’re eternally grateful for all of the support we’ve seen so far, and we promise that there’s a lot more material on the way, so keep your eyes peeled and your ears open!
Hey, just a reminder that this blog is SUPER DEAD and you should all follow my podcast instead.
Another great picture of Bishop Portero, the Queen of Monsterhearts, from AL! This makes them look cool but they’re probably imagining a shing sound effect and a flash of light when they push their glasses up like that.
It’s time to return to Mater Dolorosa College, a (surprisingly liberal) Catholic school somewhere in the American Southeast, probably. There you’ll find the charismatic Bishop, whose anime club is just that and nothing more; the trouble-making Mark, whose unusual success comes from simple luck; the seductive Jessamine, whose taste in romantic partners isn’t some kind of sinister innuendo; and the outsider Pennyworth, whose ears are just a furry accessory and he could take them off anytime he wanted to.
That’s right, Big Gay Nerds’ original Monsterhearts campaign is returning! If you haven’t caught up already, all nine episodes (including our podcast “pilot”) are collected here for your listening convenience!
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Big Gay Nerds, an LGBT RPG podcast! Join Owen, Levi, Sara, and Saturn as they discuss and play tabletop roleplaying games.
Today we’re getting started with Monsterhearts, a game about young adults in paranormal romance. Three strange figures emerge from the swirling mists, and it turns out they’re all petty jerks.
Content warning: explicit language, Sex Moves.
This blog is completely dead, a mere shell through which I may distribute Likes, but some friends and I recently started recording a queer tabletop podcast, so why not follow that instead!
It’s @doctor_genome since I don’t have any other internet handles. I made it just to vent my thoughts that have nowhere else to go (besides here, but there’s even less pressure to actually produce quality content there) and to keep in touch with friends. If you follow me here you’re welcome to follow me there, unless you’re one of my many spambot followers, in which case I can’t dissuade you anyway.
