Exceptionals (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Becca Petunia

Team-Up Moves

Come for the uncharacteristically sloppy opening, keep listening for a great discussion about Exceptionals by Gar Atkins, and stay to the end for a li’l song.

In this back matter episode, we dig into character creation, game mechanisms, and the comics we think go with this game.

More Info: https://bramblewolfgames.itch.io/exceptionals

Back Issues

• New Mutants Vol. 4 (2020) #14–present by written by Vita Ayala and art by Rod Reis
• New Mutants Vol. 3 (2009) #33 written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning
• New Mutants Vol. 1 (1983) #21, “Slumber Party” (and Steph’s article about why it’s the best) and many others by Chris Claremont and Louise Simonson
• X-Men Evolution s2e1 “Growing Pains”
• Any story with the Morlocks
• New X-Men Vol. 1 #135–138, “Riot at Xavier’s” written by Grant Morrison
• Comic by Raphael Salimena (@linhadotrem): https://imgur.com/gallery/zu4DGps (translated)
• New Mutants Vol. 2 (2003) written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir
• Astro City by Kurt Busiek
• Domino Annual (2018) by Gail Simone
• X-Men Unlimited #22, “Cat and Mouse” by Brian K. Vaughan

Also Mentioned…

• @DanTalksGames thread about crits in Pathfinder 2e

The Cast

Armaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Find his work at ComicsXF and on Twitter.

Becca Petunia (she/her, @UnclePetunio) — Look for Hubba-Wha?! on Tough Pigs’ podcast feed and hear her on the first two seasons of Roll Out!

Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly)

Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim)

Show Info

Website: https://teamupmoves.com/

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Twitter: @teamupmoves

Theme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead