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RPPR Episode 113: Van Art Gaming

On: April 9, 2015

News: I will be attending ComicPalooza this year, sharing a table with Diana Botsford. I’ll be running some demos of Base Raiders as well – stay tuned for details. Firewall, the newest Eclipse Phase book is out and Caleb and I both wrote for it. We also have more Raillery videos, like Bodyball and more Darkest Dungeon goodness!

Synopsis: Tom, Caleb, and I first discuss the recent political controversy over the Indiana RFRA law and how it connects to Gen Con. After getting politics out of the way, we move on to old school gaming – in particular the style of dungeon crawling RPGs that first appeared in the 1970s. Back in the first days of gaming, there were few conventions in what a RPG should and should not be. We talk about what we like and dislike about the old school. Plus there’s a letter from Tom, shout outs, and anecdotes!

Shout Outs

Fear the Con: A tabletop gaming convention in St. Louis.
Dungeon Crawl Classics: Old School Spirit but with great rules!
Cities: Skylines: Simcity but good.DON’T CUT FUNDING YOU WILL REGRET THIS
City of Darkness, Revisited: Amazing book about Kowloon Walled City and its impact.
Rythlondar: The archives of a 1970s D&D campaign.
RPGamer Network: Streaming vidya game music. Mostly good stuff.
The Works of James K Morrow: Towing Jehovah sounds like a crazy novel.
Bloodborne: Hat and Sociopathic Behavior Simulator GOTY 2015
Katanas and Trenchcoats: Only 90s kids will understand.

Song: Deeper Dungeons by The Swill

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Interview with Adrian Pommier of Goodman Games

On: July 28, 2008

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Every year, hundreds of adventurers die horrible deaths, all competing for treasure, glory and points to move on to the next round. This isn’t a weird reality TV series, it’s the DCC tourney at Gencon. Adrian Pommier is the man in charge of this year’s Dungeon Crawl Classic Tournament. He’s also the co-author of the mega module Castle Whiterock and several other dungeon crawls. In this interview, we talk about how the DCC module is designed, the creation of Castle Whiterock and Palace of the Wastes, (stories from the module are here) what the dungeon crawl really is and the differences between 3E and 4E.

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