What is a Mega Game at PAX South 2020
News: The RPPR Patreon has a special offer. Back at the $10 level by February 3 and get RPPR B-Sides Volume 5! This new volume contains 20 actual play episodes featuring Zweihander, Red Markets, Delta Green, and some unique games in development! Learn all the details in this post.
Synopsis: What is a Mega Game? Mega Games are a mash-up of Traditional Roleplaying Games, Board Games, and LARP, with a bit of war-gaming thrown in to spice things up. They are large scale activities played in one session over several hours, involving as few as twenty and as many as hundreds of different players.
This panel was recorded at PAX South 2020 and hosted by Dallas Mega Games.
Panelists below the fold.
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RPPR Episode 173: Alien RPG Breakdown
News: Birk and I are working on a new podcast called Night Clerk Radio. We have a Twitter account set up to make future announcements. We plan to launch it early next year. Stay tuned!
Synopsis: Alien the Role Playing Game is out, based on the long-standing franchise. So how does it stack up? Birk and I have read through the rules and I’ve run a scenario (Chariot of the Gods, soon to be on RPPR Actual Play) so we have some thoughts on it. Find out what we have to say about it and whether its’ worth playing.
Music: Selections from the Music d20 Patreon.
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RPPR Episode 172: How to Run a Game for the First Time
Many listeners have asked me for advice on running their first game. After the most recent question, I realized we didn’t have an episode explicitly focused on this topic. Special guest Kory Bing, Tom, and I discuss how to prepare for your first game, from session zero, to the social contract, and designing your first adventure. We also talk about Kory’s comic, Skin Deep, and its rich lore.
Shout Outs
- Skin Deep: A webcomic about supernatural beings living in human society
- Sea Salt: Control Dagon’s monster horde to punish the villagers
- Kory Bing’s store: Get enamel pins and other merch
- Satanic Panic: a book about the 1980s moral panic over fears of secret Satanic cults
- Ramen Heads: A documentary about ramen chefs and styles in Japan
- Evil Bank Manager: A game about banking
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