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Ghosts on a Train Gregory Carrobis
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Take a ride on "The Pride of Duskwall", an electric train traveling through ghost infested territory! Our gang of Line Bulls will ensure your safe arrival by (lightning) hook or by crook. A bi-weekly tabletop podcast where four friends play Ghost Lines, an RPG by John Harper. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
Start at Ep. 1, or listen to "Echoes of the Past" and you can start after any Layover as each Line is self-contained!
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Vamps in the Village - (NOT) Ep 46
Content Warning: Discussion of vomit (~3:48 to 4:37, ~7:07 to 8:10, ~11:52 to 12:30, ~19:14 to 20:11) - Trevor threw up offscreen before the events of the episode and it is referenced throughout
Hey there kids, Your Cool Aunt Hannah is running another game of vampire hunting for our young sleuths! Feel free to start here, and they'll catch you up. This week: Candace drops Trevor, Drix, and Pip off with Auntie Andrel, who asks the kids to give some cookies to her new neighbor. But there's something off about the way they never take off that plague doctor mask....
Lessons learned this week: Season your food, and make friends with your neighbors
The Vampire Next Door by Cat Elm. Music by Sebastian Black and TJ Woods. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
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Latepril Fool's Announcement
Looks like Greg forgot about April Fools until it was too late! They've had a fun idea in the can for a minute though, so let's see if it works out.
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Ep 65 - Train Based Trauma (feat. David "Trials-of-the-Apocalypse" Easley)
Culture shock for roaming Line Bulls is not uncommon, as each locomotive can be run entirely differently than every other despite the existence of Imperial regulation and convention. But a certain Bull must serve on every train in the Railways fleet, and just when he thought he had the hang of it he is assigned to the Pride of Duskwall. Drix supports childhood development. Pip reminds one of science class. Ditri meets a sparkboy. Andrel freezes up and has a bad time.
Find special guest David on his podcast Trials of the Apocalypse here! Follow them on twitter @TotaPodcast
Ghost Lines by John Harper. Music by Sebastian Black and TJ Woods. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
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Ep 64 - The Bashful Bull (feat. David Trials-of-the-Apocalypse)
The cities of the Imperium are cloaked in night at the best of times, and a darkened alleyway carries no special menace. But even Scoundrels dread to venture beneath the docks, close to the blackest Sea. It is here that the nervous Ditri must go to make ends meet. Later, Pippin puts Jean-Claude in his place. Drix lends a helping hand. Andrel spies someone weird.
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Ghost Lines by John Harper. Music by Sebastian Black and TJ Woods. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
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Ep. 63 Part 2 - Layover: Once Tyr-moor with Feeling
This is the second part of the Layover in Tyrmoor, now split in two (as all Layovers will be from now on). The first half an hour is pretty emotional and there's an offhand mention of Crowl possessing someone to commit suicide at ~43:30
A cliff where the sky meets the land. Below it, a shore where the land meets the sea. A witch's ritual, where the past will meet the present. The city of Tyrmoor gives to the Line Bulls only what they themselves have brought. Andrel cries for her mother and father. Drix is shamed by his Greater. Pip drinks for his own safety.
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Ghost Lines by John Harper. Music by Sebastian Black and TJ Woods. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
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Ep. 63 - Layover: For a Few Silver Tyr-Moor
The northernmost city of Severos is Tyrmoor, named in the fashion of Skovlan. Though Severosi do live in the highlands, many prefer the plains and common Imperial reckoning places the beginning of Skovlan at the lightning barrier of Tyrmoor. But for the Line Bulls of the Pride, the sight of the fourth Shattered Isle brings a nervous anticipation. Pip alarms the Physicker. Andrel gets the truth. Drix dreams of home.
Ghost Lines by John Harper. Music by Sebastian Black and TJ Woods. Art by Yoshiko Agresta.
Donate to an Abortion Fund. Twitter Thread with funds for Trigger Law States here. Donate to Equality Texas and Trans Texas. https://ukrainewar.carrd.co/ https://www.navajowaterproject.org/
Follow us on Twitter @ghosts_train, and if you have questions or suggestions for the train email them to ghosttrainpod@gmail.com or leave a voice message at https://anchor.fm/ghosts-on-a-train/message and you might hear yourself on the show
We are a proud member of the Faustian Nonsense Network of podcasts! Join the Faustian Nonsense Network discord here, and support us by joining the FN Patreon!
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Customer Reviews
Like sitting down to play a game with old friends
Instead of the usual D&D actual plays, GoaT uses Ghost Lines as the base RPG. It comes with its own completely different steampunk/Cthulhupunk mythos, which gives it a fresh feel.
That's helped by the three players and Greg, the GM (or 'conductor'). Each of the players - Hannah, Guy, and Stefen - have their own very different character and style of playing, so there's always something to listen to, and laugh about.
And there are lots of laugh-out-loud lines and scenarios (e.g. the hot tub on the train, the beans, the pumpkin), and you can tell that they're having a lot of fun playing.
Unlike D&D, which tends to be DM-driven, Ghost Lines seems a lot more cooperative. The players are not only creating their characters and deciding what to do in situations, but the GM calls on them to describe people and things they encounter. As a result, the story and landscape are powered by the imagination of all four.
There are a lot of through lines and ongoing mysteries, for those who like the Lost style of storytelling. The tone is mostly light and silly, with some more serious scenes along the way.
Lastly, the story is structured episodically, with on-train and off-train arcs, so there are several points the listener can jump in at without feeling like they've missed out on all the fun.
Recommended.