Cantrips and Coffee

Ruin Ortega

Reviewing Tabletop RPGs to help you know where to put your hard earned dollars. Rule 1: anything but D&D.

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110: Jingle Hard: An ENI Christmas (1/2)

Cantrips and Coffee

12/20/22 • 48 min

The years hottest toy with realistic daddy issues in five languages. Three dads. One mall. They're desperate, and no amount of holly jolly will stand in their way. It's time to suit up in your best festive sweater because we've got a Christmas caper on our hands. ENI is a dice pool system that focuses on rules light, narratively driven tabletop experiences. But does it pull off creating a compelling game with what basically amounts to a one pager? Find out in the 2022 Christmas Special! Download ENI for free: https://www.ex1st.com/games/ Welcome to Cantrips and Coffee, where each month we roast up a fresh batch of episodes on different tabletop roleplaying games. In our "anything but D&D" format, we explore different systems and review them to help you decide if they're worth your time and money. Plus, we have plenty of coffee talk along the way. Coffee of the batch: Eggnog. Just Eggnog. It's delicious--try it! Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms. Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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122. Crawl of Cthulhu- Ft. Potions and Potpourri and Hammer of the Gods (3/4)

Cantrips and Coffee

03/21/23 • 83 min

We are back for part 3 of our Crawl of Cthulhu actual play. Things get... socialist? in this episode as the murmurings of dark cultists are replaced momentarily with a boiler who longs for the downfall of the proletariat-- or something like that, he honestly droned on and on. Anyways, enjoy this foray into the exciting new supplement for Babies and Broadswords, one of our favourite rules light games! Special thanks to our friends at Even Footing Games for sending us this review copy. You can find our first impressions video all the way back at episode 104. Visit our friends!

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108. Power Rangers: Roleplaying Game: Review

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12/05/22 • 66 min

Welcome to Cantrips and Coffee, where each month we roast up a fresh batch of episodes on different tabletop roleplaying games. In our "anything but D&D" format, we explore different systems and review them to help you decide if they're worth your time and money. Plus, we have plenty of coffee talk along the way. Coffee of the batch: Dark Elf's Brew, by Homebrew Coffee & Co., rated 4.5 Ivans and Ritas. https://www.thehomebrewcoffeehouse.com/ Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms. Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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114. GODS: Espresso

Cantrips and Coffee

01/16/23 • 36 min

Welcome to Cantrips and Coffee, where each month we roast up a fresh batch of episodes on different tabletop roleplaying games. In our "anything but D&D" format, we explore different systems and review them to help you decide if they're worth your time and money. Plus, we have plenty of coffee talk along the way. Coffee of the batch: Grease, by Gothrider. Rated 3/5 Lost Stars. Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms. Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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120. Crawl of Cthulhu- Ft. Potions and Potpourri and Hammer of the Gods (1/4)

Cantrips and Coffee

03/07/23 • 64 min

Crawl of Cthulhu is the latest module for Babies and Broadswords and we got a crew together to explore Rugrats meet Lovecraft! Join us on this four part, actual play series featuring our friends Kala and Keisha of Potions and Potpourri, and Rick from Hammer of the Gods. Special thanks to our friends at Even Footing Games for sending us this review copy. You can find our first impressions video all the way back at episode 104.

Visit our friends!

https://www.instagram.com/potionsandpotpourri/

https://www.instagram.com/hammpod/

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121. Crawl of Cthulhu- Ft. Potions and Potpourri and Hammer of the Gods (2/4)

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03/13/23 • 53 min

Crawl of Cthulhu, the newest module for Babies and Broadswords, is full of mystery. Whose chanting has been keeping the orphans awake at night? Why is that horrible smell coming from the Lunch lady’s pantry? And what really is that bump in the night? Probably all things of the imagination of toddlers, which means they’re really creepy. Listen now to our second part actual play to find out the answers to the questions above and more! Special thanks to our friends at Even Footing Games for sending us this review copy. You can find our first impressions video all the way back at episode 104. Visit our friends! https://www.instagram.com/potionsandpotpourri/ https://www.instagram.com/hammpod/ https://www.instagram.com/evenfootinggames/

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111. Jingle Hard: An ENI Christmas (2/2)

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12/23/22 • 63 min

What began as a simple plan to break into a mall and steal the year's hottest toy has taken a turn. Surrounded by German terrorists with no way out, three dads have doubled down: they'll get the Super Turbo Pageant Princess Unicorn doll (with realistic daddy issues in 5 languages) if it costs them their lives. Here's part two of our 2022 holiday special/

ENI is a dice pool system that focuses on rules light, narratively driven tabletop experiences. But does it pull off creating a compelling game with what basically amounts to a one pager? Find out in the 2022 Christmas Special! Download ENI for free: https://www.ex1st.com/games/

Coffee of the batch: Eggnog. Just Eggnog. It's delicious--try it!

Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms.

Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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116. Side Table #13

Cantrips and Coffee

01/30/23 • 46 min

Welcome to Cantrips and Coffee, where each month we roast up a fresh batch of episodes on different tabletop roleplaying games. In our "anything but D&D" format, we explore different systems and review them to help you decide if they're worth your time and money. Plus, we have plenty of coffee talk along the way. Coffee of the batch: Grease, by Gothrider. Rated 3/5 Lost Stars. Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms. Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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112. ENI: Review

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01/02/23 • 17 min

ENI is a dice pool system that focuses on rules light, narratively driven tabletop experiences. But does it pull off creating a compelling game with what basically amounts to a one pager? Find out our final thoughts in this review episode! Download ENI for free: https://www.ex1st.com/games/

Coffee of the batch: Eggnog. Just Eggnog. It's delicious--try it!

Questions, comments, or crippling criticism? Visit www.cantripsandcoffee.wordpress.com, email [email protected], or find us on all major social media platforms.

Join the Natural 20 Cafe discord sever! https://discord.com/invite/2M8ehkWKWd

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123. Crawl of Cthulhu- Ft. Potions and Potpourri and Hammer of the Gods (4/4)

Cantrips and Coffee

03/28/23 • 87 min

Just who has been making the infernal racket all night, and just what do they hope to summon? Whatever the answer is, it better be solved soon, or else we will have a bunch of cranky babies in the morning! Welcome back to the finale of our Crawl of Cthulhu actual play, the latest module for Babies and Broadswords, by Even Footing Games.

Special thanks to our friends at Even Footing Games for sending us this review copy. You can find our first impressions video all the way back at episode 104. Visit our friends!

https://www.instagram.com/potionsandpotpourri/

https://www.instagram.com/hammpod/

https://www.instagram.com/evenfootinggames/

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