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BONUS: The notes of the successful Hunter the Reckoning campaign mentioned this episode. If you like modern horror, there are numerous plot hooks and ideas to steal from these notes. Enjoy

Synopsis: Horror is a staple of role playing games, but actually making the game scary is harder than it seems. Between creating a suspenseful mood and dealing with players who don’t want to be scared, it is quite hard to make a scary game. However, we’ve done it in the past and we share some tips for those of you want to be terrified. Also, another letter from Tom and a gaming anecdote.

Shout out: DM Of the Rings is a funny web comic. Read it.

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Synopsis: Every gamer has been in a game that has imploded. Why do some games fall apart? We look at how bad GMing can cause a game to not only fail but implode by looking at some of the games we’ve been in. Also, a new Letter from Tom in regards to the beloved mother of evil dragons, Tiamat and Ross talks about his new webcomic project, an adaptation of the Eye of Argon.

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RPPR Episode 01

Written and voiced by Ross Payton and Tom Church

Our first episode of second edition RPPRm with a wrapup of Gencon and two new segments for the show: Letters from Tom and Gaming Stories. At Gencon, we played in a Call of Cthulhu game run by Scott Glancy of Pagan Publishing, saw the sights, attended some great workshops like How to Write Adventures that Don’t Suck and loaded up on great new games.In the second segment, Tom writes to a very special friend by the name of Cthulhu which connects to our final segment, gaming stories. Find out how bad things can get in a Masks of Nyarlathotep campaign when a player character decides to murder a cultist in downtown London during the middle of the day.

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