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Speculate Actual Play
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Speculate is an award-winning #actualplay TTRPG show starring science fiction & fantasy authors, editors, and more.

Co-hosted by authors Gregory A. Wilson, Brandon O’Brien, and Michael R. Underwood.

www.speculatesf.com
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More remarkable news for Speculate—our Girl by Moonlight campaign FRACTAL SPIRE is nominated for Best Actual Play Podcast at MiamiWebFest!
A list showing Speculate as one of the nominees for the Miami WebFest 2024 Best Actual Play Podcast
April 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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More absolutely dreamy news for Speculate: our Girl by Moonlight actual play FRACTAL SPIRE has just been named an Official Selection at @MiamiWebFest! We're overjoyed to share this series with more people!
March 15, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Starting in just two hours!
Promotional card for Speculate 2023 fundraiser marathon. Lists the schedule, goals, and more -- information from https://www.patreon.com/posts/fundraiser-nov-91826111
November 11, 2023 at 3:00 PM
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This week, @valerievaldes.bsky.social @therisingtithes.bsky.social and @mikerunderwood.bsky.social discuss Dramatization - when to go deep in a moment to evoke emotion and how to do it well in writing or ttrpgs.
Promotional graphic for Speculate episode A gradient background from pink to blue to light blue with white text. "Speculate Presents" and "Dramatization: How to Make a Scene" At top center, the white and purple Strange Friends logo. At bottom left, the white and red Arvaneleron logo. At bottom right, the black and blue Speculate logo. Social links in a box along the bottom.
October 27, 2023 at 3:07 PM
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Thank you to the 2023 Rio WebFest for naming Valloward as an official selection in the Best Video (RPG) category!

This makes the fourth festival selection for our Caribbean-inspired secondary-world fantasy Court of Blades series with a cast of pro SF/F authors. <3
Festival laurel declaring Valloward an Official Selection for the 2023 Rio WebFest
October 17, 2023 at 2:53 PM
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Reminder that we won't have a new podcast episode this week.

However, our critically-acclaimed Court of Blades series Valloward continues this Friday the 8th at 8pm EDT as Carevis D'Arencio faces the remaining Bravos of the Great Houses in our conclusion of the Hibiscus Tournament arc!
Promotional graphic for Valloward, a Court of Blades actual play series by Speculate. Background - a red rose bush, flowers in bloom Text (in white) Top left "Fri Sep 8 8pm EDT" top right "13" Top center "Valloward - beneath that, "Darcie Little Badger - Brandon O'Brien - Gregory A. Wilson - Michael R. Underwood Text (in red) "Court of Blades - Intrigue & Romance Forged in the Dark" Text - in white, at bottom - "Twitter @Specualtesf" "Specualtesf.com" "patreon.com/speculatesf" Logos - Arvaneleron logo at bottom left, Speculate logo at bottom right.
September 7, 2023 at 1:59 PM
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We're delighted to share the news that our Court of Blades series Valloward has been nominated in four categories at the New Jersey Web Festival in the Actual Play (Video) track:

Outstanding Actual Play
Best Editing
Best Ensemble Cast
Best Game Master
New Jersey Web Fest 2023 Outstanding Actual Play (Video) nominees. Children of Éarte, GUDIYA, Itaewon By Night, Outcast & Outclassed, Shadesong Interlude: Livsdottir, Tales from the Hearth: Starfarers, The Unsung Tales, The Wretched Actual Play, Valloward: A Speculate Actual Play, Ways and Wanderings A red festival wreath and the NJWF logo appears at left. New Jersey Web Fest 2023 Best Editing of an Actual Play nominees. Mathr DeLeon, Josh Ramsay, Krossland Shaw, PJ Heller - Catacomb Party: The Tales of Kana Travis Vengroff - Dark Dice: The Long Road Brian Flaherty - My First Dungeon J Strautman - Planet Arcana Colin Peterson, Cat Blackard - The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program Cassi Mothwin - The Wretched Actual Play Michael R. Underwood - Valloward: A Speculate Actual Play Kestrel Esin - Woeful Revelry A red festival wreath and the NJWF logo appears at left. New Jersey Web Fest 2023 Best Ensemble Cast of an Actual Play (Video) nominees. Itaewon By Night Outcast & Outclassed Shadesong Interlude: Livsdottir Valloward: A Speculate Actual Play Ways & Wanderings A red festival wreath and the NJWF logo appears at left. New Jersey Web Fest 2023 Best Game Master of an Actual Play (Video) nominees. Deborah Ann Woll - Children of Éarte Josephine Kim - Itaewon by Night James Pacheco - Tales from the Hearth: Starfarers Kimi Hughes - The Unsung Tales Michael R. Underwood - Valloward: A Speculate Actual Play A red festival wreath and the NJWF logo appears at left.
August 15, 2023 at 2:56 PM
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In just a few minutes (around 8pm EDT) we go live with Valloward, our triple-web-fest-selected Court of Blades series! The First House of Valloward comes calling, determined to retrieve their captured retainer...

Join in the fun at twitch.tv/arvaneleron
Promotional graphic for Court of Blades: Valloward, a Speculate actual play series. Background - a bushel of red roses. Logos at bottom left and right - the Arvaneleron logo - white and red with a yellow quill - and the Speculate logo - a ghostly face in blue and black. Text in white shows three web festival official selection laurels, the series title, the session number (X), and the names of the players. A red bar at the bottom gives a Twitter handle @speculatesf the website speculatesf.com and Patreon page patreon.com/speculatesf
August 11, 2023 at 11:44 PM
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Court of Blades: Valloward, our renaissance fantasy intrigue #actualplay series (a NJWF and Minnesota Web Fest selection!) continues tonight as the coterie deals with the aftermath of their ride on the Sunset Line.

8pm EDT tonight (Fri July 14th) at twitch.tv/arvaneleron
Valloward Promotional graphic. Red roses against the green leaf background of the bush. Red and white Arvaneleron graphic and black+gray Speculate logo at bottom. Text reads "Speculate! Presents Valloward" and the cast "Darcie Little Badger - Rhiannon Held - Brandon O'Brien, Gregory A. Wilson - Michael R. Underwood' and the name of the game "Court of Blades" below.
July 14, 2023 at 9:19 PM
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ICYMI, @mikerunderwood.bsky.social did a bonus episode walking through several generations of official Star Wars RPGs as well as some non-licensed games to consider for your Star Wars campaign.

Available to all patrons here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-82310527
Promotional graphic for Speculate special episode. Blue background with technological-looking gray patterns. The Speculate logo in the center, showing a blue-scale feminine face and giving the show's title in white block text. Yellow text reads "Picking the perfect system for your star wars rpg campaign" and then blue text against a yellow bar at the bottom of the image. Text reads "@SpeculateSF www.speculatesf.com
July 11, 2023 at 1:33 PM
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If you missed it, last night four of the Strange Friends assembled to talk about their approach to GMing and playing, skills they apply from writing to gaming and back, as well as reminiscing about favorite moments and answering audience questions:

https://www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron/video/1861854261
Promotional graphic for Speculate Presents "Oops! All Strange Friends" The Strange Friends logo at center against a geometric gray-scale background. The logo is a chipped teacup with dice and an electrocuted cricket, and the name "The Strange Friends" in quirky typeface. Additional text: @speculatesf Patreon.com/speculate speculatesf.com
July 3, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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Special stream with the Strange Friends tonight! Our cast specializing in high chaos and big feelings will talk about three years of telling stories together via ttrpgs.

Plus answering your audience questions!

8pm EDT at Twitch.tv/arvaneleron
Promotional card for Strange Friends stream. Grey and black geometric background, with Strange Friends logo at center (a chipped tea cup with six-sided dice and an electrocuted cricket in the tea, the name 'The Strange Friends' in quirky typeface beside it, all in shades of purple). Additional text reads "Speculate Presents Oops! All Strange Friends" and "@Speculatesf patreon.com/speculate speculatesf.com
July 2, 2023 at 2:32 PM