Alternate History in Superhero Games at Gencon 2012
News: Check out the new RPPR Kickstarter for Base Raiders, a standalone RPG about superpowered dungeon crawling!
Synopsis: This seminar with Dennis Detwiller, Kenneth Hite, Shane Ivey and Greg Stolze is about historical superhero games. Arc Dream has two games along those lines: Godlike and the Progenitor setting for Wild Talents, so they have some background in the topic. If you’ve ever wanted to run an alternate history game, even without superheroes, this panel would be a must listen!
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RPPR Episode 79: Horror in the Here and Now
News: Support RPPR by contributing to the Base Raiders Kickstarter.Get at least the PDF and you’ll gain access to 10 preview RPPR Actual Play episodes upon the conclusion of the campaign.
RPPR friend Cody Walker has his own Kickstarter up for Noir City. Help bring his comic to life!
Synopsis: It wouldn’t be October without at least one horror themed episode of RPPR. Tom and I discuss what makes a horror story set in the here and now unique (2012). Isolation is no longer geographic thanks to smartphones with GPS but it is still possible to isolate players in different ways. Furthermore, we have new trends in horror storytelling, like the emergence of the creepypasta subgenre. Marble Hornets and the SCP Wiki are great material for your next horror game. Of course the real horror comes from real life. Aside from isolation, we have a growing panopticon, the ongoing global economic crisis, the rise of fascism, and online stalking/bullying. This makes the year of the Mayan Apocalypse a great place for a horror story. Plus Tom reads a letter and we have shout outs an anecdote.
Read the SCP Wiki. The image on the left is from SCP 701.
Shout outs:
- Seven Psychopaths: A brilliant film by Martin McDonagh about love and psycopaths.
- The Revenant: A hilariously awesome horror-comedy about an undead guy and his best friend.
- The Kerberos Club FATE edition: Victorian era superheroes with the FATE rule set.
- Metagamers Anonymous: A new gaming podcast that just interviewed me!
- Carpe GM Gamecast: Another new gaming podcast that interviewed me!
- Ultraviolet: A BBC miniseries about secret agents hunting vampires.
Song: Crush from the Hotline Miami Soundtrack.
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RPPR Episode 78: Base Raiding 101
News: Base Raiders, the new RPPR Kickstarter is now online. Contribute now! Learn more at the Base Raiders website.
Take the Zombie Survival Quiz at Zombies of the World
Former RPPR regular Cody Walker has his own Kickstarter up for Noir City, a comic book. Check it out!
The RPPR crew is just terrible at Artemis Spaceship Simulator. Watch!
Synopsis: The newest RPPR Project, Base Raiders, is about dungeon crawling in a world of superheroes. But many players find that type of game boring. Dungeons are usually thought of as endless stone corridors, populated with traps and monsters but a dungeon can be so much more. You can use them in practically any genre, even modern ones. Tom and I discuss how modern ruins and abandoned places can be made into exciting dungeons for your games and what makes an evocative dungeon versus a boring one. We even design a modern dungeon on the fly for your use. Hopefully this episode will give you a new perspective on dungeons.
Tom has a letter of course, and I talk about my experiences playtesting the new Dungeons and Dragons system.
Shout outs:
- American Royal BBQ Fest: A celebration of KC style barbeque.
- New Tales of the Yellow Sign: A great new anthology of Carcosa-themed short stories from Robin Laws.
- Like, Totally: A standup comedy special from Dylan Moran
- Lucifer: A truly great comic about the Morningstar. A must read.
- Costume Quest: Fun Halloween-themed RPG from Double Fine.
- FTL: Spaceship based Roguelike. Very addicting.
Music: The Descent by Kevin MacLeod
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