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RPPR Episode 42: Sense of Wonder
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In this episode we discuss how to add a sense of wonder to your game. Tabletop RPGs are only limited by your imagination yet too many games are dull dungeon crawl affairs of 10 foot wide corridors and orcs guarding pies, forever. So how do you get that overwhelming awe in your game? We both talk about a few ways to introduce it using examples from earlier games. As Tom was too busy playing video games to write a letter (again), I read a story from Ichor Falls called Candle Cove.
Forum Shout-outs
- Codex of War Ransom
- The Long Pig Anecdote
- Arcadia Signal
- Rifts Palladium Conversion
- Community AP Podcast
Other Shout-outs
Music: Wonder 2 Wonder by The Flavor Foundation
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RPPR Episode 41: The Smoking d20
Posted by: | CommentsZombies of the World: a web series from RPPR co-host Ross Payton. Visit the Zombies of the World website and tell your friends about it!
The Codex of War: A New World Campaign PDF ransom is up! Donate now to make sure we meet the goal!
Synopsis: Running a mystery based game is far different than an action based game. Tom has realized this after running several Call of Cthulhu games so we decided that talking about the differences in structure from an action to an investigative game would be a good topic for the show. We go over how to prepare a mystery game, what you should read to learn more about them and how to run them. If you want to see how I run a mystery that I created myself, check out the AP I just posted, The Arcadia Signal. Instead of a letter from Tom (since he is too busy playing Mass Effect 2 to write one), I read an excerpt from the utterly hilarious novel, How I became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely.
Shout outs below the fold.
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RPPR Episode 40: First Time GMing
Posted by: | CommentsIn this episode, we have two guests, Cody and Aaron, to help us dispense advice for newbie game masters and share stories of our novice attempts at running a game. Plus the usual letter from Tom, an anecdote and an explanation of the phrase “There’s monsters in the school, Tom.”
Promos
- Fear The Con: We’ll be there!
- Nerdbound: They run a campaign based in the New World.
Shout Outs
- Team Conan! Show your support
- Sequart. Deep writing about comix.
- Rad Anthem: Incredibly awesome music video and the song is available as a free download.
- Fawlty Towers: A BBC sitcom starring John Cleese.
- Daybreakers: Vampiric cinematic gore and fun.
- Gomorra: A recent Italian gangster epic worth watching.
- Horribleville Volume 1: A collection of comics from KC Green. Highly recommended!
- The Burma Chronicles: A cartoonist spends a year in the worst dictatorship in the world.
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