Jarren’s Outpost: EE #9 Escalation

Jarren’s Outpost: EE #9 Escalation

Author: Sanspants Radio March 22, 2025 Duration: 55:45
The city is at war. The halfling gang war has snowballed into a deadly city wide conflict. Old factions laid dormant crawl from their hiding places, new alliances rise from the ashes of old ones, and, through the poorly thought out machinations of one Gregg Piss. the monster Damien Eaton has aquired an army of the undead. Meanwhile Perri and Leo find themselves with the task of not only suriving a city in chaos, but also relocating one hundred gnomish refugees. It's anyone's game.

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Jarren’s Outpost: EE #8 The Two Wives of Perriwinkle O'Rourke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:55
The assault on the Surefoot Warehouse is fully under way. After barely surviving the trap filled dungeon that was the warehouse, Peri and Leo face up against the deadly might of the Surefoot Halfling Family, deep in the…
Jarren’s Development Blog #5 – Expansions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:41:06
Jackson and Zammit are here to talk about expanding the game! We go over some terrible ideas we had and re-purposing old ideas into brand new concepts.The Kickstarter is going live on March 18 4pm UK time, we'll be aslee…
Jarren’s Outpost: EE #7 Warehouses [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 59:58
After many trials and tribulations our heroes finally reconvence and immediately start trying to kill each other. A riot in the midst of an assault on a Surefoot warehouse where blood cultist fights dwarf fights town gua…
Jarren’s Outpost: EE #6 No One Messes with Family [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:58
Once again the weapon slips from our hero's grasp at the last second, this time falling into the hands of the nefarious and deadly Surefoot Family. What's more they have kidnapped Perriwinkle's wife and children. Big mis…
Jarren's Development Blog #4 - Gameplay [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:17
We sat down to play a 3 player game of Jarren's Outpost and then loudly talked over it to help give you an idea of how this game plays! It's basically a let's play but a board game. Does that exist? Should that exist? We…
Jarren’s Outpost: EE #5 The Vault [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:02
Against all odds the plan has worked. Perri, Piss, and Leo have made their way into Eaton's keep and up to the vault. Leo attempts to convince Perriwinkle of his allegiance to the cause, Perri makes some hard decisions w…
Jarren’s Outpost: EE #4 O'Rourke's Eleven [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:13
The plan is simple: convince every single faction that seeks the weapon to attack the keep at once and amidst the chaos sneak into Damien Eaton's stronghold and secure the weapon for themselves. Perri, Leo and Piss have…
Jarren's Development Blog #3 - The End Game [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:12
This week Jackson and Zammit talk about a much maligned aspect of board game design: The End Game aka how do you make the last round not boring aka I have glanced down at the score and I cannot feasibly win so what now?…
Jarren’s Outpost: EE #3 Debts [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:42
Well Damien Eaton has the weapon, and on the homefront things are looking no better. The halfling families have picked this moment to consolidate their debts and thus the Quietnknives want insurance from Greg Piss in any…
Jarren's Development Blog #2 - Adapting Characters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:25:34
This week Adam, Jackson and Zammit talk about adapting the characters from the campaign of Jarren's Outpost into board game characters. All the missteps along the way, their individual approach to game design and the sta…