{"id":141,"date":"2009-03-21T23:50:58","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T04:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=141"},"modified":"2016-06-05T20:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T01:22:50","slug":"rppr-episode-29-time-of-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2009\/03\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-29-time-of-judgment\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 29: Time of Judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The time of judgment is upon us. Tom and I judge a few games, a D&amp;D mockumentary and several bad GM habits. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Assemblage-Crystal-Sphere-D-Story\/dp\/B001M2JK2Y\">The Assemblage of the Crystal Sphere<\/a> is a indie comedy about a RPG group about to complete a 5 year campaign. Tom looks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/CthulhuTech-Catalyst-Game-Labs\/dp\/193485719X\/\">Cthulhutech<\/a>, a game of animu giant robots fighting monsters from the cthulhu mythos in the future! I talk about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Paranoia-RPG-Rulebook-Allen-Varney\/dp\/1904854265\">Paranoia XP<\/a>, the newest version of the classic sci fi comedy RPG, where happiness is mandatory and commie mutant traitors lurk around every corner. We then judge a few bad GM habits, namely wasting the players&#8217; time and hyper-adversarial GMing. Of course, there&#8217;s a new (horribly offensive) letter from Tom and a listener anecdote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fundable.com\/groupactions\/groupaction.2009-03-19.1676171249\"><strong>The New World Campaign Primer Ransom:<\/strong><\/a> For fans of the New World 4E D&amp;D campaign, I&#8217;m starting up a ransom for the New World Campaign Primer. If the ransom is met, I will write it up and release it as a freely available PDF. Check out the page for more info on what will be contained in the Primer.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rifflepictures.com\/?page_id=3\">Motor Home from Hell<\/a>:<\/strong> Buy a copy of my feature length horror comedy movie, Motor Home from Hell for only $12.50. Select Podcast Fan option when purchasing for an autographed RPPR postcard with a unique message from Tom and I or Mystery Grab Bag for an assortment of random goodies.<\/p>\n<p>Shout outs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mount-Blade-Pc\/dp\/B001DF1AM8\">Mount and Blade:<\/a> <\/strong>A badass indie computer RPG.  Archers. Mercenary swordsmen and calvary. Pillage the village and besiege the castles. That&#8217;s how you roll in Mount and Blade.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Silent-Hunter-Wolves-Pacific-Gold-Pc\/dp\/B001BBS8B0\/\"><strong>Silent Hunter 4:<\/strong><\/a> A submarine simulator that involves trigonometry. That&#8217;s a sure sign of FUN!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Red-Rock-West-Nicolas-Cage\/dp\/B00000K2SS\">Red Rock West:<\/a> <\/strong>A western noir movie with Dennis Hopper as a hitman with low self esteem and Nicholas Cage as a drifter looking for work. But don&#8217;t worry, Cage actually acts well! Worth a watch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/forums\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"RPPR Forums\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/forums2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"90\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlso I have judged the old forums to be inadequate so I have created new forums. Check out these threads:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=2.0\"><strong>Watchmen Inspired Campaign<\/strong><\/a>: Some material I wrote up for a dark 1980s mutants and masterminds game.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"msg_43\"><a href=\"..\/..\/forums\/index.php?topic=13.0\"> <\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=13.0\">Post the best fight and\/or death scenes you can find<\/a>:<\/strong> Awesomeness contained within. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=18.0\"><strong>Unusual Items in Games<\/strong>:<\/a> Weird magic items suitable for any fantasy or horror game.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=22.0\">Recruitment thread &#8211; Law &amp; Orcdom Special Villager Unit &#8211; Risus<\/a>:<\/strong> A play by post game I am starting up.<\/li>\n<li><span id=\"msg_70\"><a href=\"..\/..\/forums\/index.php?topic=17.0\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=17.0\"><strong>Dark Heresy Play by Post<\/strong><\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=17.0\"><strong>:<\/strong> <\/a>A recruitment thread for a WH40k Play by Post game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/davidcyr\">The Judgment by David Cyr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 29: Time of Judgment\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2009-03-21T23:50:58-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H15M14S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The time of judgment is upon us. 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