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<blockquote>''This article is about the season. For the location, see [[Bluff City (city)]].'' </blockquote>[[File:Bluffcover.jpg|thumb|298px|Cover art by [https://twitter.com/shoddyrobot Craig Sheldon]]]'''''Bluff City''''' is a Patreon-exclusive episodic series focusing on the titular city, which lies along the east coast of the USA. The location of [[Bluff City (city)|Bluff City]] is loosely-based on the real-life Atlantic City, New Jersey.
{{Infobox Season
|title1=Bluff City
|image1=[[File:Bluffcover.jpg]]
|color-theme=bluff
|caption1=Cover art by [https://twitter.com/shoddyrobot Craig Sheldon]
|episodes= tbc
|soundtrack=[[Bluff City: Friends At The Table Soundtrack]]
|release= July 27, 2017 - Ongoing
}}
<blockquote>''This article is about the season. For the location, see [[Bluff City (city)]].'' </blockquote>
'''''Bluff City''''' is a Patreon-exclusive episodic series focusing on the titular city, which lies along the east coast of the USA. The location of [[Bluff City (city)|Bluff City]] is loosely-based on the real-life [[wikipedia:Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey|Atlantic City, New Jersey]].


''<nowiki/>'Welcome to Bluff City: Flickering neon reflecting off the waves, slot machine ring, boardwalk hustle, booming laughs from the corner spot.''


While the second season of Bluff City remains exclusive to patrons, season one of Bluff City was released for free as a way to help ease the stress felt by many during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be found at [https://www.tinyurl.com/freebluff tinyurl.com/freebluff].
''Bluff City: Home of the lucky and their poor families too. A revving engine, the sounding of a harbour bell, a familiar wind, a gunshot round the way, the din of the casino floor, a bad plan misheard, America's favourite fling.''
[[Category:Seasons]]
 
''Bluff City: the light of a cigarette, the shape of a body or two, the red and blues of a patrol car and money man, money. They say there's a thousand highways you can take to reach this town, but there ain't no train to Bluff City.''
 
''One of them towns where there's a tale behind every hand of cards, a lie for every truth, a side gig for every payday.''
 
- Bluff City, Episode 1 opening narration
 
While the second season of ''Bluff City'' remains exclusive to patrons, season one of ''Bluff City'' was released for free as a way to help ease the stress felt by many during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be found at [https://www.tinyurl.com/freebluff tinyurl.com/freebluff].
 
== Season One ==
'''Season One''' of ''Bluff City'' ran from 27 July 2017 to 11 March 2019.
 
=== Arcs of Season One ===
 
* [[A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird]]
* [[The Cost of Greed]]
* [[There Is No Greater Love]]
* [[The Eighty Six]]
* [[The Grapplers Down at Promenade Arena]]
* [[When Justice Is Done]]
* [[Messy Business]]
 
=== Post Mortem ===
The [[Season One Post Mortem|Season One post-mortem]] aired as a livestream.
 
=== Games Played During Season One ===
 
* [https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]
* [http://www.memento-mori.com/books/inspectres-book InSpectres]
* [https://makebigthings.com/noirlandia/ Noirlandia]
* [https://www.flatlandgames.com/amw/ Action Movie World]
* [https://ndpdesign.com/wwwrpg World Wide Wrestling RPG]
* [https://www.magpiegames.com/masks/ Masks]
* [http://www.memento-mori.com/books/lacuna-part-1-second-attempt-book Lacuna] (with elements of [https://www.technoirrpg.com/ Technoir])
 
=== Music of Season One ===
All ''Bluff City'' music is composed by Jack de Quidt and is available on [https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/album/bluff-city-friends-at-the-table-soundtrack bandcamp].
 
The exception to this is Messy Business, where the main theme samples the second movement of Franz Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat Major, from a public domain mark 1.0 recording sourced from the European Archive via museopen. The dial tone heard in the opening and closing is from a recording by giddster, via freesound, licensed under a creative commons 0 license.
 
The final track samples Del Carnaval, by Juanitos, licensed under a creative commons 2 France license.
 
== Season Two ==
'''Season Two''' of ''Bluff City'' began on 29 October 2019.
 
=== Arcs of Season Two ===
 
* [[Hard Luck]]
* [[The Moving Pictures]]
* [[Extracurricular: Out Of Time|Extracurricular: Out of Time]]
*[[To Be Young Near the Shore]]
*[[America's Playground]] (current/ongoing)
 
=== Games Played During Season Two ===
 
* [https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]
* [https://sagelt.itch.io/catch-the-devil Catch the Devil]
* [https://www.nerdburgergames.com/capers Capers]
*[https://www.loop-rpg.com/ Tales From The Loop]
*[https://mr-matthew.itch.io/mall-kids Mall Kids]
 
=== Music of Season Two ===
Music Bluff City is composed by Jack de Quidt and is available on bandcamp.
 
The theme music of The Moving Pictures samples Laurens Goedhart’s recording of Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune, used under a CC BY 3.0 license. Changes made included tempo, key, and melody adjustments.
{{Bluff City episodes}}
[[Category:Seasons]][[Category:Bluff City episodes]]

Revision as of 00:51, 26 July 2022

This article is about the season. For the location, see Bluff City (city).

Bluff City is a Patreon-exclusive episodic series focusing on the titular city, which lies along the east coast of the USA. The location of Bluff City is loosely-based on the real-life Atlantic City, New Jersey.

'Welcome to Bluff City: Flickering neon reflecting off the waves, slot machine ring, boardwalk hustle, booming laughs from the corner spot.

Bluff City: Home of the lucky and their poor families too. A revving engine, the sounding of a harbour bell, a familiar wind, a gunshot round the way, the din of the casino floor, a bad plan misheard, America's favourite fling.

Bluff City: the light of a cigarette, the shape of a body or two, the red and blues of a patrol car and money man, money. They say there's a thousand highways you can take to reach this town, but there ain't no train to Bluff City.

One of them towns where there's a tale behind every hand of cards, a lie for every truth, a side gig for every payday.

- Bluff City, Episode 1 opening narration

While the second season of Bluff City remains exclusive to patrons, season one of Bluff City was released for free as a way to help ease the stress felt by many during the COVID-19 pandemic, and can be found at tinyurl.com/freebluff.

Season One

Season One of Bluff City ran from 27 July 2017 to 11 March 2019.

Arcs of Season One

Post Mortem

The Season One post-mortem aired as a livestream.

Games Played During Season One

Music of Season One

All Bluff City music is composed by Jack de Quidt and is available on bandcamp.

The exception to this is Messy Business, where the main theme samples the second movement of Franz Schubert's Piano Trio in E flat Major, from a public domain mark 1.0 recording sourced from the European Archive via museopen. The dial tone heard in the opening and closing is from a recording by giddster, via freesound, licensed under a creative commons 0 license.

The final track samples Del Carnaval, by Juanitos, licensed under a creative commons 2 France license.

Season Two

Season Two of Bluff City began on 29 October 2019.

Arcs of Season Two

Games Played During Season Two

Music of Season Two

Music Bluff City is composed by Jack de Quidt and is available on bandcamp.

The theme music of The Moving Pictures samples Laurens Goedhart’s recording of Claude Debussy’s Clair de Lune, used under a CC BY 3.0 license. Changes made included tempo, key, and melody adjustments.