[One Shot] A County Affair ep1 "CRIME-a-doodle-doo!"
Talk is cheap and life in the barnyard is nasty, brutish, and short. You either eat or get ate, and if you ain't the cock of the walk, you're in the next pot of coq au vin. So you tell me, are you satisfied with the quiet life of pastoral servitude, or do you have the rocky mountain oysters to grab the tractor by the wheel and, just maybe, reap what you sow? I just so happen to know where we can get enough corn to put us on easy street till the cows come home. What do you say old timer, how about...one...last...job?
WELCOME TO A County Affair, our first one shot game! [these are mini campaigns we run while the big public story is still going on] Join FIRST TIME GM Erika Ishii (!!!) as they weave a tale of barnyard bandits, farmland fiasco, and kernel knowledge using only the Roll for Shoes rule set and the extremely illegal talents of
Aabria Iyengar as Phillip (the goat)
Lou Wilson as Itsa Winnerbaby (the horse)
and
Brennan Lee Mulligan as Ruthie (the Chicken)
with
Sound design by Casey Toney (a Human Man)
A County Affair will conclude with episode 2 in two weeks! Both eps will remain exclusive to this here Patreon for months, so feel free to take your time and luxuriate in the cornpone chaos. For a description of the rules we're using to make this arc, check out the previous A County Affair teaser episode!
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Comments (139)
The way that every farmer in the area would absolutely know whose horse that was lol it's okay I forgive your city slicker understanding
Ya know when you have too much knowledge of a subject to fully suspend your disbelief? I'm pretending this farm exists in a parallel universe where my knowledge base isn't true cause there's so much lol. Horses running around unknown to the farm, rats that aren't trying to eat the chickens, prize winning pig that gets to stay alive..... (I'm not trying to be a bummer I just know a little too much on this handful of things)
Absolutely lost it when Night on Bald Mountain started playing.🐐😈
Philip saying and that spiderweb in the corner says some pig took me out 😂😂😂
Okay but "Dost thou want to live Fergaliciously" and "If you ever stop running you'll DIE" will be with me to the end of my days
If part 2 DOESN'T end with Ruthy and Philip (and maybe also Fergie?) using "Create Monster" to have little chicken-goat(-raccoon) hybrid babies, I'm gonna be so sad
Okay I love Phillip.
This is so delightfully demented
Brennans Sweet old lady voice going “and I know the devil will give you all the power you need ☺️” LMAO
Alright, who is the merch gremlin of this co-op b/c I would very much like to purchase one poster-sized copy of this here fine poster
And GMing these folks is _chaotic!_ Nice one Erica, that was awesome!
My 4yo daughter loves this kids "Chicken Song". I now can't help myself but sing along with "Crime-a-doodle-doo!" And just very nearly added a "Motherfucker!" Thanks Brennan.
38:00 that crunch of his ankle breaking? Sickening. Actually made me cringe. Great job!
Did you know a common way for Foley artists to mimic the bone breaking sound is to snap celery?
Is every campaign gonna start with a rooster crowing and brennan playing a sweet old lady
I've never needed merch more than I've needed it for this one shot, and I say that having to pay in AUD.
I love u ruthy
THIS is a DAMN DELIGHT, I'm at the chaos of loosing the horses and I'm just 💀
FERGIEEEEEEE
This episode took a turn for me when Ruthie went up to the nervous horse and I thought she was going to soothe him and instead they scared the shit out of him🤣 About to listen to the second half, I hope there's more Fergie🦝
I laugh harder the more evil the goat gets
Okay but who went to Cornell that you all either love (and love to mock) or actually hate to keep bringing up Cornell like this? From a Cornell alum who isn’t used to people remember the school exists much less having strong feelings towards it. (Also I adored every minute of both episodes, Erika was incredible!!)
It might just be Corn-nell.
Can we please get a Fireside Chat for “A County Affair”?
I think I’ve been playing to many Lucas art point and click adventure games, because I can imagine everyone, ESPECIALLY THE JOCKEY, as characters from Monkey Island or a Sam and Max game.
this whole thing has big lucasarts energy
Nothing could've prepared me for what happens in this 😂
Looks like its called Roll for Shoes, they talk about it in the prologue
I'd love to know what system y'all are using. I may have missed it
I absolutely lost it during the scene where they spook the nervous horse. I laughed so hard I cried!
This is so fun. The poster for this reminds me of something that I cannot remember. Anyone have any idea of inspirations for the design?
Reminds me of really early video game boxes
This episode comes up as “Not Authorized” on overcast? I can’t seem to be able to listen to it :’( Anyone had this issue?
It only refuses to play on overcast. I’ve tried reading my RSS feed. Every other episode works perfectly. Odd. But apparently works on Apple Podcasts. So I’ll listen there.
....why does Brennan love to play **criminal old people** I'm not knocking it, it's just interesting
In his birth chart, everything except for the moon ends up answering to a VERY powerful Mars which is a planet associated with violence, combat, willpower, and energy and his Sun is ruled by Saturn which is the planet of old age.
Thatsa Loserhoney fucking underrated tbh
Erika did a fucking amazing job!
all i could think when they were doing character intros is Brennan went from Grandmother Wren to Grandmother Hen
I'm fking dying. Erika trying to keep everyone going is like watching someone else heard cats!
this was absolute chaos and I'm ✨living for it✨
It's ALL goat yoga
This is the most genuine "three friends having fun playing a game" I have ever experienced
Thanks for sharing this with us Erika. 💖 I can't imagine what it was like to have your first DMing experience publicized, but it's really neat.
RIP me listening to this while wearing my Cornell t-shirt 🥲
I'm definitely playing this for my dad, a Cornell alumni
Erika, I noticed that you set DC's for the players' rolls instead of having them roll against you to determine success. Is that a choice you made for this game, or have I been running RfS wrong this whole time? (it's totally okay if I've just been doin' it wrong)
I am desperate to know how many notes Erika wrote in prep for this and how much was off the cuff. DESPERATE! I have an image of just a nest of deep-dive notes for agricultural vibes and I'm here for it
The Cornell reference cracked me up because there is a school of ag and I knew a lot of farmers there!
Did I hear some inspiration from the Bastion soundtrack in the music here? Spike in a Rail? I love it!
What do I have to do to get a "the lord's hand did not touch this creature" t-shirt?
They absolutely need this as merch!
Oh, man. LOVE the immediate acknowledgement of the rooster slurry. Gotta be in my top 5 reasons for going vegan.
Taylor, best use of "Night on Bald Mountain" I've ever heard oH MY GOD!
This was amazing. Had me in tears with the rabbit race, the reverse reading, rat infestation and goat yoga. I wish this was longer than a one off. Such amazing work by everyone!
More Satan than I expected for a county fair!
Gotta respect Aabria’s commitment to not committing to Phillip’s accent
Aabria’s tribute to The VVitch is amazing. Splicing it with goat yoga and Fergie Ferg is obscenely hilarious.
Ooh, what’s that Bluegrass instrumental that comes in at 1:12:48? When they time skip? That theme bops.
This was unhinged and I loved every minute of it. Looking forward to more from this crew.
Omg "if you stop running you die!!!!!!"
This pod is so fucking fun! Living at the airport until your plane arrives made me laugh out loud
Having an absolute BLAST with this. Everyone is so funny, and great work from Erika!
OK but how do we get the music?????? That theme rips.
100%
...just learned this whole "reverse reading" thing. Absolutely wild.
"Dost thou want to live Fergiliciously?" lolllll 💀💀💀
brb integrating this into my daily lexicon
Okay that back cover text section is so well written. Can't wait to listen.
I’m sitting here absolutely cackling at every “live deliciously” reference
I just got my paper peer reviewed and published in a journal for the first time and if I can do it I believe a goat that might be the devil can do it
Congrats Ren!
This is hilarious omfg I was failing at trying not to laugh out loud so hard that multiple coworkers asked me if I was ok lmao
This was sooo good I love how chaotic players are in one shots
This is my favorite piece of content please more a lot more
This is what happens when you give a goat the power to read and reverse read. It is awesome.
I do hope we learn at some point whether Brennan chose the name Ruthie, or it was issued to him per Aabria's quite sensible advice.
Erika is killing the gm game!
ERIKA YOU DID SUCH AN AMAZING JOB I LOVED THIS SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The idea of trying to keep Aabria, Brennan, and Lou on the rails, good god pure chaos! Sending healing to Erika!
This is a really fun one-shot, and just about the vibe I need right now (in a lot of pain and having a hard time concentrating on my usual podcast faves and/or my usual faves are too much of a downer). This and Dungeons and Drag Queens are hitting at just the right time for me!
With that scene on the computer, this could almost be Click Clack Moo for Adults
Aabria channeling Marcid wasn't something I knew I needed until now!
be horny do crime!!!!
ERIKA U KILLED IT. TALENTED. BRILLIANT. INCREDIBLE. AMAZING. SHOW STOPPING. SPECTACULAR.
Brennan as a gilf hen is everything 🤣
"Dost thou want to live Fergiliciously?"
yall did so amazing! and erika you're an EXCELLENT gm ♡♡♡
Do we know if there will be a fireside chat?? 💛💛💛
PitchforkTunaCan69 😭
Create Monster 4 ❤️❤️❤️
Campaign 2… Doors 3…😉
Fully losing it at the HR management, this is pure gold
(Defeated sigh) "Yes, you can roll for HR."
As An HR, this is pretty much every convo I have w money/equity IRL 🤣
I didn't realize how much I needed a Bremen Town Musicians-meets-Leverage mashup until now.
Good job, Erika!!! You were a perfect captain to the most unhinged plans possible, such a wonderful energy to bring to the table! You worked hard, roll around in the compliment!
So when are we getting "Dost though wish to live Fergaliciously" merch?
Aaaaah!! It's so good! Erika, you did amazing! Your descriptions are so vivid and your npc's are wonderful and very distinctive. And you made that pumpkin sound incredibly delicious. Also, the sheer amount of horniness in a one shot about farmyard animals was wild. Brennan as unhinged elderly people who stopped giving a fuck about what anyone thinks of them years ago is definitely one of my favorite genders. And of course that level of chaos got to Aabria "monster fucker" Iyengar. The cutbacks to Lou's character were so funny. Also, very on brand for Lou's PC to now have like three different names. I can't wait for the next part!
Incredible. So unbelievably fun, please do another one of these heists again in the near future. The 'cause' fear moment' had me crying I was laughing so hard.
Wooooooooowwwwwww this was truly fantastic and so funny. I’m sitting here at my desk trying not to look like a psycho shaking laughing at my desk
Erika I'm so proud!!! You did so good and this was so much fun to listen to. I can't wait for the next installment y'all!!
wow it’s so cool that lou was able to join us by the fireside!
This was so great and Erika, you slayed in spite of the truly chaotic table vibe (which I also enjoyed). Can't wait to hear more!
never thought i’d be so delighted to be reading the words “a human man” but this was a *golden* bit.
Yes, yes, yes! I laughed so hard so many times! This was so good 😆 I know what to do the next time my group is short players. One shot time baby! Way to go Erika!!!!!
Loved this, great work Erika! Can't wait for part 2!
I need this music to be published at some point, cause it’s so fucking good!!! The main theme’s SO GOOD!!! {but also please take your time}.
Yes yes!!! It was so catchy!
This was incredible! Great job Erika!!
Phillip might just be one of my favorite TTRPG characters of all time. The feral energy is real
"You will make the boys go loco" made me laugh so hard I woke up my sleeping cat and nearly fell off my couch
Erika you have done such a good job! All us DMs could relate to you when Aabria declared she could do magic but you held on!
GOAT FEED GACHAPON 🤣🤣🤣
LOVE THIS!!!!!
So I now need audio of Aabria saying "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?!" In the same voice she says, "LET'S GO!"
ERIKA!!! You killed this. No more bathroom floors, you are an incredible GM.
Everyone is outstanding, but Brennan's penchant for playing doddering old psychopaths is genuinely amazing.
This exactly 😂
Just know I've already registered pitchforktunacan69@gmail.com and will be using this exclusively going forward
Erika is truly MEANT for this. Despite the hedging in the teaser, I came in with high expectations of them. That they exceeded them is in zero ways a surprise. Every part of this is perfect. 100% going to try to get some friends to Roll for Shoes with me now!
Roll for Shoes looks incredible. I have ideas for combining it with Microscope.
Everyone is firing on all cylinders for this. Erika is fantastic and I can't wait to hear what they have next! 😍😍
I love Phillip already
so I grew up on a farm - we bred dogs, goats, and horses - and ONE time a horse from down the road escaped and ran from his home to ours and apparently I looked enough like hie owner that he heard our horses, spotted me near the fence and immediately shoved his large horse head under my armpit bc he was freaked the fuck out - he did get reunited with his owner quickly and all was well. But, all this to say that even on farms we do generally notice when animals show up, thank you.
also I'm teasing, this is amazing! Good job Erika!
By the end of the first half Erika's simple country heist now has magic and a potential mass murder plot. Truly they have passed the GM trial-by-fire.
Hi fyi the rss feed of this episode is not working there is no timecode and download is impossible. I'll listen on Patreon in any case.
"Both eps will remain exclusive to this here Patreon for months," quoted from the description above. That may be why public feeds are unavailable, as it won't be made public until later.
'Put down... Create Monster 4' 'You do not know what you've done....'
I want this animated
Only halfway through and everyone is already firing on all cylinders. Erika is killing it and everyone is doing an amazing job.
OMG ERIKA you're doing such a fantastic job! Great work! I can't wait for the next session
I Can't Wait for the fan-imations of this!!
Dear God. It's like I'm listening to The Ravening War. 🤣 I love this one-shot! Erika is KILLING it!
Eeeeeeee
can't wait to listen to this after work!
Gaaaah, Erika CRUSHED that intro!
I HAVENT HEARD IT YET BUT IM SO EXCITED