RPPR Episode 48: Under A Dark Sun
- My campaign for Monsters & Other Childish Things, Road Trip is out! Buy your copy now.
- Cody has a new blog, Popgun Chaos. Read his reviews and essays about comics and bask in his glory.
- The Get Aaron to Gencon Kickstarter was a success! Listen to Aaron’s game. If you contributed enough to get a button or DVD, bug Aaron about it.
Episode Synopsis: The newest campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons, Dark Sun, is out and we’ve already started the new RPPR campaign. Cody reviews the book and we discuss the book’s new rules and background information. We also talk about some of the other new games we picked up at Gencon this year. Plus, a new letter from Tom, anecdotes and shout outs:
Shout Outs
- Operation Endgame: The Office meets Battle Royale. Hilarious and violent, a winning combination!
- Childrens Hospital: A funny new show on Adult Swim
- Rubicon: A great conspiracy show on AMC. Brand new so catch up with it now.
- I, Zombie: A new zombie comic published by Vertigo. Great art and writing so far.
- Emerald Warriors: Green Lanterns fight crime. Cosmically. Or something.
- Visions of Suffering: a heart warming tale of gore and fear. Also, Russian.
- Talking with the Gods: documentary about crazy man and comic writer Grant Morrison.
- Wednesday Comics: Retro themed comics from the best writers and artists.
Music: Dark Sun by The Curtains and Their Terrifying Story
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RPPR Episode 47: Adventures in the Real World
The Codex of War is out! Download it here.
If you like our AP episodes, donate to the ‘Get Aaron to Gencon’ Kickstarter to get early access to 5 AP episodes.
The real world holds just as much adventure as any fantasy or sci-fi setting. In this episode, Tom and I discuss various types of games you could run based in the real world with normal PCs (with no extraordinary abilities or cinematic fighting skills). There are more possibilities than you might realize.
Shout Outs
- The Good, The Bad and The Weird
- Blue Collar
- IT Crowd
- Killing Floor
- Dresden Files RPG
- Fuller Memorandum
- Trying Human
- String Theory
Music: Anything 4 Adventure by the Jim Morey Band.
If a real world campaign interests you, check out the following resources below the fold.
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Codex of War – A New World Campaign Sourcebook
At long last, the Codex of War is finished! This is the third book in the New World Campaign setting. The colony has survived its first winter in the New World, a testament to the courage and fortitude of its inhabitants, but now a greater threat looms over the fledgling settlement. While nearby native tribes have decided to live peacefully with the colony, a powerful coalition of tribes farther inland is ready to make war. Led by an enigmatic tyrant, these tribes see the colony as a cancer growing in their homeland. The brave adventurers who protect the colony must stop the coalition before all is lost.
War takes on many forms. Simple and sporadic raids on neighboring tribes, civilized duels and battles that follow complex rules of etiquette and protocol, or all out war between determined foes who fight to the bloody end. No matter what type of war, the colonists have only two options: defeat the tyrant or face utter obliteration. The tyrant will not settle for anything less than total victory.
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