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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / B-Sides 2!

« on: December 17, 2014, 11:59:46 PM »

Because I wanna rave about em!

I like B-Sides 1, but I could see why the games in there were in there, rather than on the main podcast. So far, though, the B-Sides 2s I've listened to have been totally worthy of the main show, and I imagine they're only in there because a lot are noisy con games and playtests of adventures we've already heard with other people. They are still totally fucking excellent.

The first two I listened to were No Soul Left Behind playtests from Gencon and Fear the Con, which replicate the second adventure in NS. Both go craaazy differently, and I think both have been mentioned on the talk podcast--Fear the Con's involves self-kidnapping and the body control of Non-ye West, and Gencon's was the gold-to-sponges story and involves a life-expanding crossover with Tribes of Tokyo.

Then I went over to Fall Without End. I think the original never did get posted to the main podcast? It was already great, a sort of harrowing mountain adventure with monsters. You can really see the refinement in this B-Sides version--there's more background in the beginning, Caleb's more willing to show off the DyE Fantasy-style final revelation, and it's the perfect game to run in Trail of Cthulhu 'cause it's all about -getting tired.- Ultimately the structure didn't change much from the original, but if you missed the original or are interested in the iterative side of game design, it's super cool.

And just now I've started a game of Cthulhu Dark that it sounds liiike was run after that one game Drew ran? It features both Caleb and Thad, which should be enough to make anyone buy anything instantly.

Just in case there were any fence-sitters out there, and in case the people involved wanted to hear the typical glowing feedback =D YOU SHOULD GET IT IMMEDIATELY. Just don't eat for a few days, c'mon, you'll be fine. Will pry post more here as I get through more, I'm super excited for all the ones I recognize. There are still TWO Bryson Springs conplays in my future, and there's an adventure that RPPR's PCs, bless them, could not have fucked up more. I bet all three will be way different from one another, so excite.

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General Chaos / German-language actual play RPG podcasts?

« on: September 09, 2012, 01:24:48 PM »

It's a long shot, I know, but I'm about to willingexile myself from the English language more or less indefinitely ('cept for RPPR on a weekly basis, of course), and have been looking for media to devour. Traditionally, I find I usually pick up languages quickest through sex and gaming, and only one of those things can I readily download. I know we've got at least one German member of our community around here (maybe more?), so I figured I'd ask:

Has anybody ever found any German-language actual play podcasts? There used to be an (extremely low audio quality) archive of some gentleman's Horror im Orient Express campaign out there, but even that's been swallowed up by time, even to the Internet Wayback Machine =( Unfortunately the Anglicization of German gaming means that no amount of "actual play" Rollenspiel deutsch booleaning will filter out all the infinite English-language hits I come up with every time I hunt for search terms. I've dug up one or two that are ABOUT RPGs, but that's not really what I'm after. It's the charm of the AP scene I neeeed.

Anybody know any? Or know any German-language online RPG communities where the question might be more likely to get a reply?

Thanks!

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Role Playing Public Radio Podcast / Pontypool: French, Zombies and Basilisk Hacks

« on: May 15, 2012, 04:38:23 PM »

is it even remotely appropriate to make a thread for a movie? well I'm DOING IT. just try and stop me.

anyway, I just caught Pontypool on sweet, sweet Netflix, as trailered here:

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and could not but think of RPPR, what with the basilisk hack early Eclipse Phase core theme and the zombie sub-theme. it's like if Caleb and Ross could breed. as a horror movie it's a little weak--I mean, you won't be scared, I promise--but it's probably the most interesting treatment of zombies I've ever seen, and how often do you get memetic viruses in film?

it's super worth a watch if you don't mind a long character-establishing build and a little bit of hokeyness along with your second-degree nightmare fuel. check it owwwt.