RPPR Episode 86: Know Evil Post Mortem
By · CommentsNews: If you’re a fan of Eclipse Phase, check out the Kickstarter for the next Eclipse Phase book, Transhuman. Don’t forget about the Know Evil Fan Creation Contest. The deadline for entries is May 10.
Synopsis: After the conclusion of Caleb’s epic Know Evil campaign, Tom and I wanted to hash out how the campaign came to be, what changed during play, and what lessons were learned from it. It’s not often a role playing campaign ends with such a satisfying conclusion, so we wanted to make sure you would have a ‘director’s commentary’ for Know Evil. We also have shout outs and anecdotes.
Shout Outs
- Spaceteam: hilariously fun iOS game – command a spaceship with randomly generated controls and yell at your friends! A winning combination.
- Elder Sign: New Cthulhu Mythos based dice and iOS game – like Arkham Horror but with more randomness and quicker pace.
- Gloom – Edward Gorey meets card game strategy – the most miserable and dead family wins.
- Rot and Ruin: YA horror novel series. It turns out life after the zombie apocalypse is not all that fun.
- Prophet: Crazy ass science fiction comic. MEATPUNK.
- Glory: Even Rob Liefeld original characters can be redeemed.
- The Apple: A 1980 sci-fi musical biblical allegory. Hooray for Rifftrax!
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RPPR Episode 85: We Three Games
By · CommentsNews: Check out Caleb and I shooting up (space) zombies in Dead Space 3! Be sure to subscribe to Raillery’s Youtube channel for all the latest from us. Base Raiders is progressing nicely but it was slowed down a bit so I could contribute to Eclipse Phase’s newest book – Transhuman. There’s an open playtest for some of the material right now - read it and give them your feedback. And of course, the Know Evil Fan Creation Contest is still ongoing!
Synopsis: Tom, special guest Caleb, and I each came up with 3 ideas for standalone RPGs and pitch them to each other. From mythos warlords and gods the weird west and beyond, we talk about games about making movies, fighting magic with technology, and life inside video games. If you like the ideas or hate them, let us know in the comments!
Shout Outs
- Idle Red Hands Podcast: podcast about gaming and Japan by expat gamers in Japan.
- Haste Podcast: Silver Ennie award winning gaming podcast.
- Graphic Canon Volume 1: The classics of world literature told in comix format.
- The Night Lands, A Story Retold: the weird fiction classic rewritten so mortals may understand what the hell is going on in it.
- The Corridor: What happens when humans brush up against the unknown? Bad things.
- Itras By: Surreal tabletop RPG inspired by Dali and the other surrealists. Fascinating setting too!
- Breaker, Breaker: 1970s trucker Chuck Norris doesn’t have time for your shit. Watch the goddamn truck-o-pocalypse already.
- Lizards of Skyrim mod: Yo dawg I heard you like Argonians
- Tomb of Horrors D&D comic: Death Traps have never been so hilarious
- Steve Rogers’ American Captain: Captain America totes has the feels you guys. Srsly though, this is pretty good.
- Nick Fury MAX – My Wars Gone By: Garth Ennis wrote this shit. Read it already.
Song: Behemoth by Godspeed You Black Emperor!
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Interview with Micah Wedemeyer of Obsidian Portal
By · CommentsObsidian Portal, the campaign tracking website, has launched a Kickstarter to pay for site upgrades. I talked to the programmer behind Obsidian Portal, Micah Wedemeyer, who is also co-host of the Haste podcast. In this interview, we talk about Obsidian Portal, Kickstarter, and crowdfunding in the RPG industry.
Be sure to take a look at Greg Stolze’s Kickstarter: Mask of the Other!
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