An Actual Play podcast of Alasdair Stuart and Greg Stolze playing Greg's game MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE. This episode recreates a particular subgenre of film -- the ACTION rom-com! She's a wealthy espionage asset, he's a failing stage magician, and they're both a little bit unpredictably violent! Is their love true, or do they fall prey to the machinations of the vile Todd Rumslow? Listen and find out!

If the game sounds fun, you can buy it for five bucks on Itch ( https://gregstolze.itch.io/million-dollar-soulmate ) or DriveThruRPG ( https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294683/Million-Dollar-Soulmate ).

Cover art is courtesy of Bogdan Glisik via Unsplash, and the music is from Musopen. 

-G.

Greg & Alasdair play MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE

Character Generation session for TERMINATION SHOCK, an all new roleplaying game from Greg Stolze.

A Kickstarter is now live to support more episodes. Learn more at: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregstolze/termination-shock

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TERMINATION SHOCK 1 - Frasier Crane and the Spiders From Mars

The first action-packed session of Greg Stolze's tabletop RPG TERMINATION SHOCK, in which the Burroughs brothers assay karaoke and are instead forced into heroism.

TERMINATION SHOCK 2 - Singapore Slings With Authentic Gatorate

A new session of TERMINATION SHOCK, during which the Burroughs Brothers are subjected to rescue and, in turn, assay a rescue of others.

TERMINATION SHOCK 3 - Some Rescue!

Episode Four, in which alien Christmas comes early.

TERMINATION SHOCK 4 - What the Hell is This Doohickey?

Episode 5, in which skullduggery is uncovered.

Termination Shock

TERMINATION SHOCK 5 - A Spy on The Killing Blade of Pure Affection

The brothers meet the last survivor of Earth's proud coffee artisans. Also there's a kidnapping and stuff.

-G.

TERMINATION SHOCK 6 - The Last Barrista

The Burroughs brothers arrange humankind's first inter-species talent show, after learning some distressing news.

TERMINATION SHOCK 7 - War Crimes and Karaoke

The Burroughs brothers seek new accommodations on an aging multi-species space station and, in passing, uncover the spy.

TERMINATION SHOCK 8 - Artisinal Spider Farming

The Burroughs brothers become interstellar men of intrigue, both accidentally and on purpose.

TERMINATION SHOCK 9: The Emperor's New Bulletproof Vest

Henry Burroughs goes to the hospital as the first human victim of "tissue compaction" weaponry while Stanley is gormlessly asked to explain gender roles to a sexless alien.

TERMINATION SHOCK 10: Masculine and Feminine

One of the Burroughs brothers goes in for hospital drama while the other flies off to the wild frontiers of asteroid mining. In the background, political machinations impend!

TERMINATION SHOCK 11: Bro Breakup?!?

Ends with a desperate cliffhanger as Apo makes his move!

TERMINATION SHOCK 12: Separate But Equal?

A brief message about our Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gregstolze/termination-shock-the-print-version !

TERMINATION SHOCK -- The Game Announcement!

The Big Gay Nerds are boldly going where only playtesters have gone before: the universe of Termination Shock! Join Owen, Saturn, Snapper, Nick, and Vanessa as they brush up on timelines, get acquainted with multicolored dice, and set their sights on a new home for humanity. Includes discussion of Space Australia, amicable exes, Elan Sleazebaggano, reverse-Les Miserables, and personalized Death Stars.

Big Gay Nerds presents Termination Shock, Part 1

The fair ship "Australia" sets out to found a new colony for humankind, staffed by prisoners, former prison workers, and one artsy, garbage-scavenging alien. Come for the SF, stay for the New Zealand accent!

Big Gay Nerds presents Termination Shock, Part w

The stunning conclusion to the Burroughs Brothers arc... for now?!?

TERMINATION SHOCK 13 -- How Ship Go

A new season of TERMINATION SHOCK begins with a new GM and character generation for a cagey mechanic and a very relaxed criminal cyborg.

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TERMINATION SHOCK s2e1 -- The New Crew

A 90 minute podcast of Rabbit Stoddard and Greg Stolze playing MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE, a game of romantic uncertainty. In this episode, millionaire ex-biathalon competitor seeks love in the arms of a flighty gay bar owner.
The game MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE is available for sale right now for just five bucks, and it's fun. You can get it at https://gregstolze.itch.io/million-dollar-soulmate or at https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294683/Million-Dollar-Soulmate

Million Dollar Soulmate

Episode 01 - Rabbit & Greg

Greg Stolze and Sharang Biswas play a game of MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE, in which an allegedly infallible algorithm fails to compensate for heterosexuality. Or... does it?

MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE is available at https://gregstolze.itch.io/million-dollar-soulmate or https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294683/Million-Dollar-Soulmate for a mere five dollars.

Episode 02 - Sharang and Greg

Monica Valentinelli joins Greg Stolze to play MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE. Can a wealthy former pop star find love with a guy who loves Fred Zeppelin, the premiere 70s one-man-cover-band? Does he really look like Batman with a bad mustache? What does the phrase "the aardvark's hammer pants" mean? And what about Grover? WHAT ABOUT GROVER?!?

Greg & Monica Play MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE

Greg Stolze plays MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE with Mike LeBeau from Rusty Quill. It's a long episode 'cause it has EVERYTHING--legerdemain, Turkish espionage, glitter, corgis and film noir. Also a digression about the proper pronunciation of "aluminum."

(Photo courtesy of Ospan Ali at Unsplash, https://unsplash.com/@ospanali )

Mike & Greg Play MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE

A near-future short story about implementing police reform in America, read by the author.

This podcast is licensed Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) per https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

AfterTheCops

An Actual Play podcast of Greg Stolze and Karen Bovenmeyer playing Greg's game MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE. Can a plainspoken software engineer find love with a virginal parkour enthusiast? It starts out like a rom-com movie and ends more like a somber literary novel. Check it out!

If the game sounds fun, you can buy it for five bucks on Itch ( https://gregstolze.itch.io/million-dollar-soulmate ) or DriveThruRPG ( https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/294683/Million-Dollar-Soulmate ).

-G.

Greg & Karen Play MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE

Greg Stolze plays MILLION DOLLAR SOULMATE with Ben Meredith. Hilarious hijinks ensue as a stuffy literature critic dates a a no-talent millionaire club DJ!

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