RPPR Episode 18: 4E Dungeons and Dragons Rundown
We’ve finally gotten around to looking at the monster RPG of the summer, the fourth edition of Dungeons and Dragons. We cover the good, the bad and the ugly of the system. Special thanks to the Bear Swarm podcast for joining in on our first game of 4E. We also talk about Gencon, scuba diving and of course, a very entertaining letter from Tom.
Song: Journey by Excellent Adventure
Shout Outs:
- Elona: A graphical roguelike with all kinds of neat features like random quests, companions, pets, and housing.
- The Kids In the Hall: The best comedy out of Canada in the 90s.
- The Demon Rush: MMMMMMMM. Watch the trailer.
- Spore Creature Creator: Make wang monsters or something. I don’t know.
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Interview with Adrian Pommier of Goodman Games
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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Actual Play: Wushu Dodgeball – To Save The World
Galactus has challenged the people of Earth to a tournament of dodgeball. Only an unlikely team of misfits stands in the way of Earth’s total destruction. Sound like the new Bruckheimer movie? Naw. It’s our Actual Play one shot using the free action RPG Wushu.
The Player:
Tom: A sapient raptor/actor tired of being stereotyped as a vicious man eating dinosaur
Drew: Henry from the TV Show Eureka, a NASA engineer turned auto mechanic.
Linton: The fat guy from Hot Fuzz and he’s a cylon.
Jason: Ahnuld the Governator
Cody: Former President Martin Van Buren – with electricity, liquid and portal powers.
No, I’m not kidding. That’s what they played.
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