Interview with Jolly Blackburn
Jolly Blackburn is the creator of the comic Knights of the Dinner Table and one of the principal game designers behind Hackmaster and Aces & Eight. He was at Visioncon 2011 and I got to sit down with him to discuss what’s new with Kenzer Company, the tabletop rpg industry, the Old School Renaissance and of course, KODT.
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RPPR Episode 53: You Lie! Rhetoric and Large Groups
Thank you RPPR listeners! The Ruins of Lemuria PDF Ransom was a success! We are hard at work behind the scenes creating many cool things for you and running games over Skype for the ransom contributors.
Synopsis: Rhetoric is a divisive issue in tabletop games. Where do you draw the line between a player’s skill in speech and the PC’s ability? Tom and I discuss how rhetoric touches on game design, running a game and player vs. player conflicts. I’ve also started a superheroes campaign, using Wild Talents for the rules, and this time around we have seven players. A large group presents quite a few interesting challenges so we discuss how to run a game with a huge number of players.
Shout outs
- Zombie Panic: Free zombie themed multiplayer FPS mod for the Source Engine
- The Creation of Narrative in Tabletop Role-Playing Games: Critical analysis of RPGs
- By Dawn’s Early Light: Like Dr. Strangelove without the comedy.
- Debris volume 1 and 2: Insane montages of the most obscure and crazy films and video footage EVER
- Angry Joe Show: It’s a review show. Tom likes it.
- Comic Jumper: Xbox live arcade game about comic books. It’s funny and pretty hard
- asdfmovies: funny youtube videos.
- The Laundry: Horror-comedy RPG based on Charles Stross’ Atrocity Archives novel series.
Music: I can be persuaded by Mars
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RPPR Episode 52: Holiday Dash
Synopsis: Chase scenes are an underutilized element in many games. A staple of action stories but RPGs focus on social scenes and combat. This is because it’s hard for a GM to make a chase scene actually exciting. Special guest RJ joins us as we discuss ways to make a boring chase scene into an epic one. Tom does not have a letter, but we do have many special holiday shout outs and a few anecdotes.
Forum Shout Outs:
- My Rifts Experiment: Palladium offers a grab bag of random products. I promise to run a game based on what they give me.
- Junk Mail Novel: Spam is like poetry, man.
- Ruins of Lemuria Kickstarter: Learn what kind of games I’ll run over Skype and if you have any questions about the PDF then ask them here.
Holiday Shout Outs below the fold
Song: Chase Scene Through DNA Wormholes by Rubber Band Banjo
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