RPPR Episode 29: Time of Judgment
The time of judgment is upon us. Tom and I judge a few games, a D&D mockumentary and several bad GM habits. The Assemblage of the Crystal Sphere is a indie comedy about a RPG group about to complete a 5 year campaign. Tom looks at Cthulhutech, a game of animu giant robots fighting monsters from the cthulhu mythos in the future! I talk about Paranoia XP, the newest version of the classic sci fi comedy RPG, where happiness is mandatory and commie mutant traitors lurk around every corner. We then judge a few bad GM habits, namely wasting the players’ time and hyper-adversarial GMing. Of course, there’s a new (horribly offensive) letter from Tom and a listener anecdote.
The New World Campaign Primer Ransom: For fans of the New World 4E D&D campaign, I’m starting up a ransom for the New World Campaign Primer. If the ransom is met, I will write it up and release it as a freely available PDF. Check out the page for more info on what will be contained in the Primer.
Motor Home from Hell: Buy a copy of my feature length horror comedy movie, Motor Home from Hell for only $12.50. Select Podcast Fan option when purchasing for an autographed RPPR postcard with a unique message from Tom and I or Mystery Grab Bag for an assortment of random goodies.
Shout outs:
- Mount and Blade: A badass indie computer RPG. Archers. Mercenary swordsmen and calvary. Pillage the village and besiege the castles. That’s how you roll in Mount and Blade.
- Silent Hunter 4: A submarine simulator that involves trigonometry. That’s a sure sign of FUN!
- Red Rock West: A western noir movie with Dennis Hopper as a hitman with low self esteem and Nicholas Cage as a drifter looking for work. But don’t worry, Cage actually acts well! Worth a watch.
Also I have judged the old forums to be inadequate so I have created new forums. Check out these threads:
- Watchmen Inspired Campaign: Some material I wrote up for a dark 1980s mutants and masterminds game.
- Post the best fight and/or death scenes you can find: Awesomeness contained within.
- Unusual Items in Games: Weird magic items suitable for any fantasy or horror game.
- Recruitment thread – Law & Orcdom Special Villager Unit – Risus: A play by post game I am starting up.
- Dark Heresy Play by Post: A recruitment thread for a WH40k Play by Post game.
Music: The Judgment by David Cyr.
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Tides of Doom Bonus Material
Special thanks to Goodman Games
This PDF contains material not used in the 4E Dungeons and Dragons scenario, “Tides of Doom”. It has guidelines on running encounters inside Crafthaven, as the cult will attempt to get rid of the players while they rest in the Inn. It also introduces a vigilante ally, the Red Brigand, who may aid the players. It has nothing in the way of stats as I wrote it before the 4E books were released.
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We have new forums
We have switched our forum software from BBpress to SMF. Check out the new forums and rant about Rifts and old Genesis video games. I’ve posted some bits from a new dark superhero campaign I’m working on, inspired by the Watchmen.