Interview with Chris Bourassa on Darkest Dungeon
I recently spoke to Red Hook Studio co-founder, Chris Bourassa about the hit video game, Darkest Dungeon. We’ve spoke about this game before on the podcast. It’s a fascinating mix of Lovecraftian horror, team management, and brutal dungeon crawling. I’ve quite enjoyed it. Find out what plans Red Hook has for Darkest Dungeon, what Chris has learned about game design while working on the game and what his favorite Lovecraft stories are!
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RPPR Episode 138: Murphy’s Campaign Concept
News: RPPR is going to PAX South. Tweet @rosspayton if you want to meet up.
Synopsis: Murphy’s Rules are a long standing tradition in RPGs. The rules of the game have unintended consequences and can be interpreted in ways that create…unique situations. I created a list of some Murphy’s Rules from this thread on the SA forums so I could share them with you and Caleb.We talk about how these ideas could be mined for use in a RPG campaign. We also have shout outs and an anecdote from Caleb!
Shout Outs
- Curse of the Crimson Throne: A new Pathfinder campaign book featuring an entire Adventure Path.
- This is the Police: A new strategy game about managing a police department.
- Alcoholic Republic: Americans drank SO MUCH whiskey back in the 19th century. SO MUCH.
- Night Manager: A new TV series about espionage. Spy on spy action!
- Blame! It’s now out in print in America. Get that hot transhuman sci-fi manga action.
- Yakuza 3 review: Possibly one of the best reviews ever written in the history of reviews.
- Autopsy of Jane Doe: A new horror film about a mysterious corpse. Very good!
- The Bug Out series: an insightful survival guide series of manuals
- Titanfall 2: Robots that go pew pew pew.
- Complete Youtube Saver: Download Youtube videos onto your computer. Very useful!
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RPPR Episode 137: JoJo’s Compelled Aspect
News: The Mixed Six Patreon is up! Please check it out. The Mixed Six is now on iTunes as well.
Synopsis: Many gamers have a tough time grasping the power of Fate rule systems and player disadvantages in general. Aaron, Shaun, and I discuss how Fate aspects work by using anime and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure as a lens to examine how it works best. Character flaws make for better storytelling, as they create drama and conflict. We also have shout outs and anecdotes.
Shout Outs
- Observer Effect: A new Delta Green scenario is available in PDF. When things go wrong in a physics lab, they go WRONG.
- Invisible Cities: A unique novel of fantastic and impossible cities.
- Humans: A sci-fi drama about androids and their feelings.
- Baltimore: A horror comic series featuring an alternate history WW1 and a plague of vampires. Written by Mike Mignola.
- Ice Fantasy: A Chinese wuxia drama TV series now on Netflix.
- Rain Temple: One of the best vaporwave albums to come out this year.
- Being There: a comedic movie about a man’s unlikely rise to power.
- Spectral: A team of commandos fight ghosts in a war torn country. Great fodder for Night’s Black Agents.
- Kamen Rider Ex-Aid: Kamen Rider doing Kamen Rider things. I don’t know. Ask Aaron.
Song: Bloody Stream (JoJo’s Bizare Adventure Remix) by CLIVE™ | #TheGreat
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