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Adam Koebel is the co-designer of award-winning tabletop RPG [http://www.dungeon-world.com/ '''DUNGEON WORLD''']. He's also a twitch streamer, Games Master for Roll20 and the GM of the weirdly-popular live roleplaying games Mirrorshades and Swan Song.
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Adam Koebel is the co-designer of award-winning tabletop RPG [http://www.dungeon-world.com/ '''DUNGEON WORLD''']. He was a twitch streamer, Games Master for Roll20, and the GM of the weirdly-popular live roleplaying games Mirrorshades and Swan Song.
  
 
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== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
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Adam first started playing satan's game back in 1993 with a copy of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and a stack of Heavy Metal magazines. It's all pretty much downhill from there. He co-designed Dungeon World with Sage LaTorra in 2012 and has been running games online using Roll20 since 2014 - starting with RollPlay: Swan Song in July of that year and expanding to GM RollPlay: Mirrorshades in January of 2015. He also guest-stars on The West Marches as the incorrigible Doctor Grigori. In March of 2015, Adam took up the mantle of GM in Residence at Roll20 and has run several campaigns in that capacity, including Apocalypse World, Burning Wheel and classic D&D.
 
Adam first started playing satan's game back in 1993 with a copy of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and a stack of Heavy Metal magazines. It's all pretty much downhill from there. He co-designed Dungeon World with Sage LaTorra in 2012 and has been running games online using Roll20 since 2014 - starting with RollPlay: Swan Song in July of that year and expanding to GM RollPlay: Mirrorshades in January of 2015. He also guest-stars on The West Marches as the incorrigible Doctor Grigori. In March of 2015, Adam took up the mantle of GM in Residence at Roll20 and has run several campaigns in that capacity, including Apocalypse World, Burning Wheel and classic D&D.
  
Adam is also a Partnered Twitch streamer and YouTube content creator, focusing primarily on narratively-driven games with socially aware content, as well as full playthroughs of big-name RPGs. He is an inveterate social media participant, with [https://twitter.com/skinnyghost '''Twitter'''] as his main implement.
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In early 2020, he quit GMing and streaming.
  
 
== Featured Games & Editions ==
 
== Featured Games & Editions ==
  
[http://www.sinenomine-pub.com/?page_id=395 '''Stars Without Number'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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* [http://www.sinenomine-pub.com/?page_id=395 Stars Without Number]
[http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/shadowrun/ '''Shadowrun (1e)'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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* [http://www.catalystgamelabs.com/shadowrun/ Shadowrun (1e)]
[https://www.burningwheel.com/ '''The Burning Wheel'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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* [https://www.burningwheel.com/ The Burning Wheel]
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Basic_Set '''Moldvay Basic D&D'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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* {{wiki|Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Basic_Set|Moldvay Basic D&D}}
[http://dnd.wizards.com/ '''D&D (5e)''']
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* D&D 5E
  
== Live Schedule ==
 
  
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== Past Shows & VODs ==
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!  !! Monday !! Wednesday !! Thursday !! Friday
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| Title || RollPlay: Mirrorshades || RollPlay: Swan Song || Roll20 Presents: Old School Adventures || Roll20 Presents: The Burning Wheel
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| Game System || Shadowrun || Stars Without Number || Moldvay Basic || The Burning Wheel
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| Time || 5pm PT || 5pm PT || 11am PT || 5pm PT
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| Channel || http://twitch.tv/itmejp || http://twitch.tv/itmejp || http://twitch.tv/Roll20app || http://twitch.tv/Roll20app
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===2016===
  
 
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-oTJHKXHicTdbGTF_9uNvrE_ehvI8eJ- RollPlay: Mirrorshades] ====
== Show Descriptions & VODs ==
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-oTJHKXHicTdbGTF_9uNvrE_ehvI8eJ- RollPlay: Mirrorshades] ===
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Set in the weird world of Shadowrun, Mirrorshades is chrome, neon and character drama. What started as a fantasy cyberpunk game about criminals living on the edge slowly became a character-focused story about interpersonal drama. Elves, guns, magic and cybernetics come together to tell some very strange tales.
 
Set in the weird world of Shadowrun, Mirrorshades is chrome, neon and character drama. What started as a fantasy cyberpunk game about criminals living on the edge slowly became a character-focused story about interpersonal drama. Elves, guns, magic and cybernetics come together to tell some very strange tales.
  
==== Mirrorshades Cast ====
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===== Cast =====
  
 
[https://twitter.com/kaitly_n '''Kaitlyn'''] as "NightSass" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/kaitly_n '''Kaitlyn'''] as "NightSass" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/dexbonus '''Dodger'''] as "Breakdown" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/dexbonus '''Dodger'''] as "Breakdown" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
[https://twitter.com/itmeJP '''JP'''] as "CRUSHER" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[[JP McDaniel|'''JP''']] as "CRUSHER" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/djWHEAT '''djWHEAT'''] as "b0nb0n"
 
[https://twitter.com/djWHEAT '''djWHEAT'''] as "b0nb0n"
  
=== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-oTJHKXHicQ0jv37mr8D9kRFXox7-PXD RollPlay: Swan Song] ===
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTj75n3v9eTmoXmgjFS8hP0cFXAd5MR_f Old School Adventures] ====
 
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Living on the edge of society, the crew of the Swan Song travel space looking to score big and keep themselves one step ahead of the bounty hunters, rogue AIs and criminal syndicates out for their blood. A long-running sandbox RPG, Swan Song has explored issues philosophical and cultural and managed to blow up a thing or two along the way.
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==== Swan Song Cast ====
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[https://twitter.com/Silent0siris '''Steven'''] as "Erik" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/itmeJP '''JP'''] as "Higgs" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL '''Geoff'''] as "Alpharius" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/djWHEAT '''djWHEAT'''] as "Piani"
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=== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTj75n3v9eTmoXmgjFS8hP0cFXAd5MR_f Roll20 Presents: Old School Adventures] ===
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Going all the way back to 1981, this series explores what it meant to be a dungeon crawler when adventures were printed on blue-and-white grids and real heroes only had one hit point.
 
Going all the way back to 1981, this series explores what it meant to be a dungeon crawler when adventures were printed on blue-and-white grids and real heroes only had one hit point.
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==== Old School Cast ====
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===== Cast =====
  
 
[https://twitter.com/asasparrow '''Hilary'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/asasparrow '''Hilary'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/commutingcrow '''Andrew'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/commutingcrow '''Andrew'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/dave_the_human '''Dave''']
 
[https://twitter.com/dave_the_human '''Dave''']
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==== Marketplace Content ====
 
  
[https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/175/house-of-orr-playpack-1 '''House of Orr Playpack 1'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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==2017==
[https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/41/thomas-time-1-characters '''Thomas Time 1 Characters'''] <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/set/151/thomas-time-2-rivals '''Thomas Time 2 Rivals''']
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-oTJHKXHicQ0jv37mr8D9kRFXox7-PXD RollPlay: Swan Song] ====
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Living on the edge of society, the crew of the Swan Song travel space looking to score big and keep themselves one step ahead of the bounty hunters, rogue AIs and criminal syndicates out for their blood. A long-running sandbox RPG, Swan Song has explored issues philosophical and cultural and managed to blow up a thing or two along the way.
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===== Cast =====
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[https://twitter.com/Silent0siris '''Steven'''] as "Erik" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[[JP McDaniel|'''JP''']] as "Higgs" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/EGiNcontroL '''Geoff'''] as "Alpharius" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
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[https://twitter.com/djWHEAT '''djWHEAT'''] as "Piani"
  
=== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTj75n3v9eTle4ja3M_9nHDn2ji08Jaw4 Roll20 Presents: The Burning Wheel] ===
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==== [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTj75n3v9eTle4ja3M_9nHDn2ji08Jaw4 The Burning Wheel] ====
  
 
High drama and passionate action in a time of bloody revolution! The Burning Wheel presents a low-magic world of gritty survival and heavy politics. A baker, a slave, a bastard and a woodsman deal with the consequences of killing the Child Empress and changing the way the world works forever.
 
High drama and passionate action in a time of bloody revolution! The Burning Wheel presents a low-magic world of gritty survival and heavy politics. A baker, a slave, a bastard and a woodsman deal with the consequences of killing the Child Empress and changing the way the world works forever.
  
==== Burning Wheel Cast ====
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===== Cast =====
  
 
[https://twitter.com/austin_walker '''Austin'''] as "Basil" <div style='clear: both;'></div>
 
[https://twitter.com/austin_walker '''Austin'''] as "Basil" <div style='clear: both;'></div>

Latest revision as of 15:12, 20 October 2021


Adam Koebel is the co-designer of award-winning tabletop RPG DUNGEON WORLD. He was a twitch streamer, Games Master for Roll20, and the GM of the weirdly-popular live roleplaying games Mirrorshades and Swan Song.


[edit] Biography

Adam first started playing satan's game back in 1993 with a copy of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and a stack of Heavy Metal magazines. It's all pretty much downhill from there. He co-designed Dungeon World with Sage LaTorra in 2012 and has been running games online using Roll20 since 2014 - starting with RollPlay: Swan Song in July of that year and expanding to GM RollPlay: Mirrorshades in January of 2015. He also guest-stars on The West Marches as the incorrigible Doctor Grigori. In March of 2015, Adam took up the mantle of GM in Residence at Roll20 and has run several campaigns in that capacity, including Apocalypse World, Burning Wheel and classic D&D.

In early 2020, he quit GMing and streaming.

[edit] Featured Games & Editions


[edit] Past Shows & VODs

[edit] 2016

[edit] RollPlay: Mirrorshades

Set in the weird world of Shadowrun, Mirrorshades is chrome, neon and character drama. What started as a fantasy cyberpunk game about criminals living on the edge slowly became a character-focused story about interpersonal drama. Elves, guns, magic and cybernetics come together to tell some very strange tales.

[edit] Cast
Kaitlyn as "NightSass"
Dodger as "Breakdown"
JP as "CRUSHER"

djWHEAT as "b0nb0n"

[edit] Old School Adventures

Going all the way back to 1981, this series explores what it meant to be a dungeon crawler when adventures were printed on blue-and-white grids and real heroes only had one hit point.

[edit] Cast
Hilary
John
Andrew

Dave


[edit] 2017

[edit] RollPlay: Swan Song

Living on the edge of society, the crew of the Swan Song travel space looking to score big and keep themselves one step ahead of the bounty hunters, rogue AIs and criminal syndicates out for their blood. A long-running sandbox RPG, Swan Song has explored issues philosophical and cultural and managed to blow up a thing or two along the way.

[edit] Cast
Steven as "Erik"
JP as "Higgs"
Geoff as "Alpharius"

djWHEAT as "Piani"

[edit] The Burning Wheel

High drama and passionate action in a time of bloody revolution! The Burning Wheel presents a low-magic world of gritty survival and heavy politics. A baker, a slave, a bastard and a woodsman deal with the consequences of killing the Child Empress and changing the way the world works forever.

[edit] Cast
Austin as "Basil"
Colin as "The Woodsman"
Jess as "Agnes"

Andrew as "The Rooster"