TSC Ep32: The MechTech's Lament

TSC Ep34: Hot Spots Draconis Reach

Jesse, Scott, and Jo are joined by Joshua "Kestrel" Franklin, "Metal" Ed Stephens, and Mike "Kirby" Bisaillon, the creative minds behind Hot Spots Draconis Reach! We're talking how it came about. Changes and improvements from Hinterlands and the grueling playtesting schedule. The massive Loneliness Island campaign. Working your way up to it or jumping straight in. The other contracts. How to pronounce things. Ravens! All the factories of the Inner Sphere. Support from the devs. Hinterlands supplemental! Gameplay connectivity. Jump drives plot-nitro. Timelines. Sneaking names in. The twins that became the cover model 'Mechs. Any hints for the next one? Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated. Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing! Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/

TSC Ep33: Dragons, and Vikings, and Bears, Oh My!

Jesse, Avalyn, and Scott talk the next Battle of Luthien! Woo woo Wednesday wepwesent! Too bad the first one was a lot better in the games and the novels than the actual sourcebook. Let's come up with something more practical. Alpha Strike for sure, right? Recreating the tension from the book is not just objective focused, it's character focused. Dracs, tradition versus modernity. Rasalhague, joiners versus deniers. Overlapping and contrasting secondary/sub objectives. Make it Aces' campaign size. Katana Tormark and the Dragon's Fury with Yori Kurita and the Dragon's Claws. The world's most disrespectful Katana summary. Allies, but Katana wants Yori dead. Both allies can get a supply depot, but only one faction gets the points. Similar for the Joiner and the Denier? Capture a supply depot. Hold a location. Advance before your ally! Turret control. Do main objectives prioritize over sub objectives? With Avalyn (professional game designer), Scott (professional writer), and Jesse (professional Jesse) working together we come up with some cool stuff! Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated. Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing! Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/

TSC Ep32: The MechTech's Lament

Jesse, Scott, and Jo are 'MechTechs today! Remember MechWarrior 2? Customizing works in the videogames but not on the table. How do we solve that? Scott's made some killer LAMs in MegaMek, but would never bring them to the table. Does BattleTech have to change to allow for customs? Compounding BV? RAT tables for equipment? Can tonnage, C-bills and BV work together in a way to make that work? Are we just reinventing the MUL? What if you can only change a little. Maybe that's where the different weapon-type slots in the videogames come from. Stick to doing it by tonnage? How do we stop medium laser boating in that case? More of Jesse's food analogies. Way back when the constructions rules were as much for the designers as the players. Maybe it's just a different kind of game.    Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated. Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing! Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/

TSC Ep31: LRPF-20; Long Range Painting Frustrations

Jesse and Jo are getting in depth with a brush! How do I paint missile launchers?? Sometimes there are missiles and sometimes there are not. Jo says it's a question of scale. Some mistakes can be interpreted as battle damage. Art versus 'realistic'. Context specific is important for the art. Make different parts different colours. Yell-oh-no! This applies to bases as well - Jesse can't do basing because of the risk that a desert base goes on a snow map. Jo would love to hypothetically take it a bit further. Painting is subjective in the end. Jesse is moving on to continuing to kitbash an all RAC unit. Jo hates kitbashing with missile launchers.  Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated. Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing! Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/

TSC Ep30: Jesse and Scott's Imaginary Armoury

Jesse and Scott are exchanging memory cores about their homebrew gear!  - Loitering Missile Ammunition (It's a floating long-range minefield!) - Plasma Sword (Tsushima/Yotei fans get hyped!) - Magnetic Grapple (Lasso up a Fire Moth!) - Torvold Drone Targeting System (Behold the Hammer of Dawn!) - Rotary Micro Pulse Laser (Cutting down on attack rolls!) - Scott Pod (It's a BattleMech briefcase!) - Continuous Beam Laser (The GTVA Colossus had a ton of these) - Scott Gun Thing (Targeting Governor - Streak PPCs!?) - Neuro Myomer (Skilled pilots should be skilled pilots!) - CVIS (Component Void Integration System - Make Vaccuum Playable Again!) Focht's Network is affiliated with the Catalyst Demo Team and associated with Catalyst Game Labs, and is the Events Team for Six Sides of Gaming. However all opinions expressed on this show belong solely to the people expressing them and do not reflect those of any of those entities unless otherwise stated. Come find us and all the other cool things we're doing! Focht Hyperpulse Discord: https://discord.gg/8uNkRGM5Nu Focht's Network Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fochtsnetwork Six Sides of Gaming YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/sixsidesofgaming BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/fochtsnetwork.bsky.social Theme song 'Spacesynth' by Liborio Conti: https://www.no-copyright-music.com/