RPPR Episode 33: Sightseeing Tours
Taking a tour in an established setting like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings can be a highlight of your gaming experience or the vacation from hell. Crossing lightsabers with Vader, flying with the crew of the Serenity or taking down a Terminator with pipe bombs and Mack trucks is the stuff of gaming legend. But on the other hand, being smacked down by Drizzt, begging Elminister for help or watching Harry Potter save the day (again) is slightly worse than being dragged naked across broken glass. We discuss how to run fun games with established settings, including settings that lack published gaming sourcebooks. Plus, a new letter from Tom, a listener anecdotes and a new segment-The World of Synnibar Character Creation Spotlight!
Shout Outs
- Me of Little Faith – new book from Lewis Black
- The World of Synnibarr -The Ultimate in Transgenre Gaming!
- Battle Dragons – a rpg of dragons that battle
- Freeman’s Mind – now we know why Gordon never talked in the games
Music: Tourist Trap by the White Rabbits
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RPPR Actual Play: 4E Dungeons and Dragons – The New World Campaign Game 08
A new dawn breaks for our intrepid heroes, the Water Barons. They finally decide to explore the Lemurian ruins near the colony. Will they survive the deadly traps and deadlier denizens of this dungeon? Find out in game 8 of the New World Campaign!
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RPPR Episode 32: Show and Tell – Maps and Minis
Inspired by our recent 4th edition D&D campaign, Tom and I discuss the usage of maps, miniatures and other props and gimmicks in tabletop games. While some games like Dungeons and Dragons nessecitate at least using some of these add-ons and others like Call of Cthulhu practically drown players in handouts, so where should you draw the line? How much is too much and when do they take away from the game instead of enhancing it? We also talk about our Gencon 09 plans and the New World Primer. Funny thing, we record this episode before the primer came out. Instead of a letter, Tom reads some stuff written by his friend Andy and we have the most insane anecdote ever…The Chaplin Incident as related to us by Adam Scott Glancy of Pagan Publishing.
Favorite RPPR Forums Threads:
- Games you would run if you didn’t have the players that you do
- rifts muthafuckas!
- Mega Shark Vs Giant Octopus
- Lessons Learned at RPPR
Shout Outs
- M-51 Engineer’s Bag – a neat bag suitable for hauling gaming materials like maps and minis
- Henry Rollins Show: Season One – Tom wuvs Henry Rollins.
- The Burrowers – a twisted western horror movie that asks the question: what’s worse – man eating predatory monsters or us?
- Black Adder Complete Collector’s Set – Nerd out to great brit comedy about war, politics and history.
- Splinter – another new and freaky horror movie with a horrific and original monster besieging 4 trapped survivors.
- Level Up Magazine – 4E gaming goodness for only 2 bucks an issue.
Music GooTube Conspiracy by Nalts
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