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|title=Bluff City
|title=Bluff City
|image=[[File:Bluffcover.jpg]]
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|caption1=Cover art by [https://twitter.com/shoddyrobot Craig Sheldon]
|caption=Cover art by [https://twitter.com/shoddyrobot Craig Sheldon]
|soundtrack=[[Bluff City: Friends At The Table Soundtrack]]
|soundtrack=[[Bluff City: Friends At The Table Soundtrack]]
|release= July 27, 2017 - Ongoing
|release= July 27, 2017 - Ongoing
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<blockquote>''This article is about the season. For the location, see [[Bluff City (city)]].'' </blockquote>
{{For|This page is about the season. For the location|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 (city)|Bluff City]] is loosely-based on the real-life [[wikipedia:Atlantic_City,_New_Jersey|Atlantic City, New Jersey]].
'''''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.''
{{Quote|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: 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.''
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.''
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.|source=Opening narration of [[Bluff City 01: A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird Pt. 1|''Bluff City'' Episode 1]]}}


- Bluff City, Episode 1 opening narration
In 2020, 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; it can be found at [https://www.tinyurl.com/freebluff tinyurl.com/freebluff]. From 19 March 2023 to 30 July of the same year, season one was rebroadcast live on [https://www.twitch.tv/friendsatthetable Twitch] on Sunday afternoons and afterwards uploaded to [https://www.youtube.com/@FriendsattheTable YouTube]. This was followed by rebroadcasts of the Live at the Table games set in the Bluff City continuity. This decision was made to give people a more convenient way to access the episodes.


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].
The second season of ''Bluff City'' remains exclusive to patrons.


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


=== Arcs of Season One ===
=== Arcs of Season One===


* [[A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird]]  
{{Episode table | background = #C7C7EB | title=13 | aux2=10| aux2T=Game Played
* [[The Cost of Greed]]  
|episodes=
* [[There Is No Greater Love]]
{{Episode list
* [[The Eighty Six]]  
| Title              = [[A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird]]
* [[The Grapplers Down at Promenade Arena]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Fiasco]]''
* [[When Justice Is Done]]  
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
* [[Messy Business]]
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[The Cost of Greed]]
| Aux2                = ''[[InSpectres]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[There Is No Greater Love]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Noirlandia]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[The Eighty Six]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Action Movie World]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[The Grapplers Down at Promenade Arena]]
| Aux2                = ''[[World Wide Wrestling RPG]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[When Justice Is Done]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Masks]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Messy Business]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Lacuna]]''
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
}}
}}


=== Post Mortem ===
===Post Mortem===
The [[Season One Post Mortem|Season One post-mortem]] aired as a livestream.
The [[Bluff City Season 1 Post Mortem|Season One post-mortem]] aired as a livestream.
==Season Two==
'''Season Two''' of ''Bluff City'' ran from 29 October 2019 to 01 August 2023.


=== Games Played During Season One ===
===Arcs of Season Two===


* [https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]
{{Episode table | background = #C7C7EB | title=13 | aux2=10| aux2T=Game Played
* [http://www.memento-mori.com/books/inspectres-book InSpectres]
|episodes=
* [https://makebigthings.com/noirlandia/ Noirlandia]
{{Episode list
* [https://www.flatlandgames.com/amw/ Action Movie World]
| Title              = [[Hard Luck]]
* [https://ndpdesign.com/wwwrpg World Wide Wrestling RPG]
| Aux2                = ''Fiasco''
* [https://www.magpiegames.com/masks/ Masks]
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
* [http://www.memento-mori.com/books/lacuna-part-1-second-attempt-book Lacuna] (with elements of [https://www.technoirrpg.com/ Technoir])
}}
 
{{Episode list
=== Music of Season One ===
| Title              = [[The Moving Pictures]]
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].
| Aux2                = ''[[Catch the Devil]]''
 
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
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.
}}
 
{{Episode list
The final track samples Del Carnaval, by Juanitos, licensed under a creative commons 2 France license.
| Title              = [[Extracurricular: Out Of Time|Extracurricular: Out of Time]]
 
| Aux2                = ''[[Capers]]''
== Season Two ==
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
'''Season Two''' of ''Bluff City'' began on 29 October 2019.
}}
 
{{Episode list
=== Arcs of Season Two ===
| Title              = [[To Be Young Near the Shore]]
 
| Aux2                = ''[[Tales from the Loop]]''
* [[Hard Luck]]
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
* [[The Moving Pictures]]
}}
* [[Extracurricular: Out Of Time|Extracurricular: Out of Time]]  
{{Episode list
* [[To Be Young Near the Shore]]
| Title              = [[America's Playground]]
* [[America's Playground]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Mall Kids]]''
* [[Engines on the Track]]
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
 
}}
=== Games Played During Season Two ===
{{Episode list
 
| Title              = [[Engines on the Track]]
* [https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]
| Aux2                = ''[[Gravity RIP]]''
* [https://sagelt.itch.io/catch-the-devil Catch the Devil]
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
* [https://www.nerdburgergames.com/capers Capers]
}}
*[https://www.loop-rpg.com/ Tales From The Loop]
{{Episode list
*[https://mr-matthew.itch.io/mall-kids Mall Kids]
| Title              = [[Give Way to Open Sky]]
*[https://gravity.rip/ Gravity RIP]
| Aux2                = ''[[Dream Askew (Game)|Dream Askew]]''
 
| LineColor=#7C7BCF
=== 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.


==Live at the Table==
==Live at the Table==
While not technically a part of the main Bluff City seasons, there are several [[Live at the Table]] games that are played within the Bluff City setting. As these games are played live they do not have any additional music or prerecorded introductions.  
While not technically a part of the main ''Bluff City'' seasons, there are several [[Live at the Table]] games that are played within the Bluff City setting. As these games are played live, they do not have any additional music or prerecorded introductions.  
 
===Live at the Table Arcs===
*[[Aliens in the Outfield]]
*[[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]]
*Bluff City Zoo Fiasco Pt. [[Live at the Table: Fiasco! Pt. 1|1]], [[Live at the Table: Fiasco! Pt. 2|2]]
*[[Live at the Table: Honey Heist|Honey Heist]]
*Anomaly Pt. [[Live at the Table: Anomaly Pt. 1|1]], [[Live at the Table: Anomaly Pt. 2|2]]
 
===Games Played During Live at the Table===
* [https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Primetime-Adventures-2008-PDF.html Primetime Adventures]
* [https://store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/dream-askew-dream-apart Dream Askew]
* [https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/fiasco/ Fiasco]
* [https://gshowitt.itch.io/honey-heist Honey Heist]
* [https://sniperserpent.itch.io/anomaly Anomaly]


=== Live at the Table Arcs===
{{Episode table | background = #C3F7C5 | title=13 | aux2=10| aux2T=Game Played
|episodes=
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Aliens in the Outfield]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Primetime Adventures]]''
| LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Live at the Table: Dream Askew|Dream Askew]]
| Aux2                = ''Dream Askew''
| LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Bluff City Zoo TWO!|Bluff City Zoo Fiasco]]
| Aux2                = ''Fiasco''
|LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Live at the Table: Honey Heist|Honey Heist]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Honey Heist]]''
|LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = Anomaly Pt. [[Live at the Table: Anomaly Pt. 1|1]], [[Live at the Table: Anomaly Pt. 2|2]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Anomaly]]''
|LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Bluff City Zoo TWO!]]
| Aux2                = ''Fiasco''
|LineColor=#5AC45E
}}
{{Episode list
| Title              = [[Unincorporated (arc)|Unincorporated]]
| Aux2                = ''[[Unincorporated (game)|Unincorporated]]''
| LineColor          = #5AC45E
}}
}}


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Latest revision as of 16:31, 18 July 2024

This page 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.”

– Opening narration of Bluff City Episode 1

In 2020, 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; it can be found at tinyurl.com/freebluff. From 19 March 2023 to 30 July of the same year, season one was rebroadcast live on Twitch on Sunday afternoons and afterwards uploaded to YouTube. This was followed by rebroadcasts of the Live at the Table games set in the Bluff City continuity. This decision was made to give people a more convenient way to access the episodes.

The second season of Bluff City remains exclusive to patrons.

Season One[edit | edit source]

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

Arcs of Season One[edit | edit source]

TitleGame Played
"A Bowling Alley, A Boxer, and A Bird"Fiasco
"The Cost of Greed"InSpectres
"There Is No Greater Love"Noirlandia
"The Eighty Six"Action Movie World
"The Grapplers Down at Promenade Arena"World Wide Wrestling RPG
"When Justice Is Done"Masks
"Messy Business"Lacuna

Post Mortem[edit | edit source]

The Season One post-mortem aired as a livestream.

Season Two[edit | edit source]

Season Two of Bluff City ran from 29 October 2019 to 01 August 2023.

Arcs of Season Two[edit | edit source]

TitleGame Played
"Hard Luck"Fiasco
"The Moving Pictures"Catch the Devil
"Extracurricular: Out of Time"Capers
"To Be Young Near the Shore"Tales from the Loop
"America's Playground"Mall Kids
"Engines on the Track"Gravity RIP
"Give Way to Open Sky"Dream Askew

Live at the Table[edit | edit source]

While not technically a part of the main Bluff City seasons, there are several Live at the Table games that are played within the Bluff City setting. As these games are played live, they do not have any additional music or prerecorded introductions.

Live at the Table Arcs[edit | edit source]

TitleGame Played
"Aliens in the Outfield"Primetime Adventures
"Dream Askew"Dream Askew
"Bluff City Zoo Fiasco"Fiasco
"Honey Heist"Honey Heist
"Anomaly Pt. 1, 2"Anomaly
"Bluff City Zoo TWO!"Fiasco
"Unincorporated"Unincorporated
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