Podcasts Leisure Games What Am I Rolling? Episode #96: Mars Colony: 39 Dark Pt. 4

Episode #96: Mars Colony: 39 Dark Pt. 4

Published: March 20, 2022, 4:30 p.m.

Content warnings: Politically motivated violence, oppression death, grief and police brutality

Show Notes

This week, Fiona is joined by David for \u2018Mars Colony: 39 Dark\u2019, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom and standing up for what\u2019s right.

Written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying, \u2018Mars Colony: 39 Dark\u2019 is a standalone tabletop roleplaying game designed specifically for two players. One will take on the role of the \u201csaviour\u201d of the resistance movement, 39 Dark. The other will be responsible for all the various problems that are pressing down on the citizens of Mars. 

The object of the game is to tell a meaningful story about the savour\u2019s attempt to change Mars Colony for the better and cope with their own sense of self-worth in the face of mounting violence and political backlash.

You can buy \u2018Mars Colony:  39 Dark\u2019 and download game resources on the TCK Roleplaying website.

Listen to our previous Mars Colony oneshot!


Timestamps

  • Content warning: 00:00:00
  • Intro: 00:00:55
  • Recap and gameplay overview: 00:01:17
  • Oneshot restarts/Opposition Scene 6: 00:04:13
  • Progress Scene 7: 00:11:06
  • Personal Scene 6: 00:23:09
  • Progress Scene 8: 00:28:06
  • Personal Scene 7: 00:45:55
  • Progress Scene 9: 00:56:16
  • Endgame rules: 01:04:31
  • Endgame: 01:05:26
  • Outro and credits: 01:12:20

Credits

The 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat.

The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat.

This episode\u2019s players were David T. Cox and Fiona Howat

This episode\u2019s RPG was \u2018Mars Colony: 39 Dark\u2019, a sci-fi political roleplaying game about political freedom, written by Tim C Koppang and published by TCK Roleplaying,

The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (twinmusicom.org), licensed under a Creative Commons 4.0 License.

Additional music in this episode:

  • \u2018Lord of the Dawn\u2019 by Jesse Gallagher
  • \u2018Mission to Mars\u2019 by Audio Hertz
  • \u2018<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?ab_channel=NoCopyrightAudioLibrary&v=RzxIoeiJV_c" rel="noopener noreferrer"...