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Moonbeam Chasing (S4E20)

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Ken and David explore Moonbeam.stream, a streaming platform made for tabletop gamers and creatives, while sharing their live-streaming experiments and future content plans.

They also dive into their respective ShadowDark campaigns, filled with dungeon chefs, dagger-bound skeletons, and low-level party drama. Ken preps for his return to Philmont, while David tempts fate with yet another enticing Kickstarter.

Chapters

0:09 What Is Moonbeam.stream?
1:19 Streaming Past and Present
2:48 Live Streaming Experiments
3:28 Ken’s OBS Trials & Switch Bridge Setup
4:50 Drawing Dungeons and Mothership Maps
5:46 Streaming One-Shots and Actual Plays
6:07 The DIE: Die Improvement Environment
7:24 Portal Vibes & Co-Working Streams
9:29 Scheduling & Chaos Coordination
14:21 Ken’s Training for Philmont
18:18 Altitude, Monsoons, and Backpack Logistics
25:04 Cooking in the Dungeon: ShadowDark Update
28:24 Party Health Woes and Lucky Rolls
30:55 Skeletons, Dire Rats & Goblin Politics
33:49 ShadowDark Western Reaches Kickstarter
35:13 Alien RPG Evolved Temptation
35:55 Wrap-Up and Community Links

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Show Notes

  • What is Moonbeam?
    • Not a crypto-currency. Ok, it is, but we’re not talking about THAT Moonbeam.
    • It’s a streaming platform, currently in beta, that’s meant to have better moderation capabilities and a more creator-friendly pay structure.
  • What are we doing with Moonbeam?
    • Game Prep
      • Campaign Notes
      • Map Prep
      • FoundryVTT exploration
      • Random experiments
    • Video Games?
      • Maybe. 
      • Ken’s thinking about a Switch bridge.
    • Actual Play
      • RPGs
    • The Die Improvement Environment or D.I.E.
      • Helping rehabilitate those recalcitrant dice.
  • Stuff we like so far
    • Co-working Streams
    • Random folks playing video games
    • Haven’t watched an RPG session yet (probably should)
  • Stuff we probably need to figure out
    • A recording schedule?
    • Posting?
    • Figuring out how Realms work. (We’ve got a Lair of Secrets realm, but how does it interact with other realms?)

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