{"id":1494,"date":"2017-11-21T00:37:54","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T05:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2017-11-21T00:54:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T05:54:31","slug":"rppr-episode-148-when-the-fat-alien-sings-space-operas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2017\/11\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-148-when-the-fat-alien-sings-space-operas\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 148: When the Fat Alien Sings &#8211; Space Operas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/site.pelgranepress.com\/index.php\/free-ashen-stars-downloads\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2017\/11\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-148-when-the-fat-alien-sings-space-operas\/attachment\/space-opera\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,506\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"space-opera\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1495 size-medium\" title=\"From Ashen Stars by Pelgrane Press\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/space-opera.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>News<\/strong>: Red Markets is on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/226794\/Red-Markets-A-Game-of-Economic-Horror\">DrivethruRPG (PDF)<\/a><\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiepressrevolution.com\/xcart\/product.php?productid=20533&amp;cat=0&amp;featured=Y\">Indie Press Revolution (print and PDF)<\/a> Buy it now! I was at Patrecon, a conference for Patreon creators and you can briefly <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-dSPgiQsULY\">see me at 2:05 in this video<\/a> about it. As always, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/RPPR\"><strong>RPPR Patreon!<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: We&#8217;re in a space opera mood at RPPR. I am running Ashen Stars, Thor: Ragnarok was great and a new Star Wars movie is coming. So, Dan, Shaun, Tom, and I discuss what space operas, what they entail and how to use them in RPGs. We also mention the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Picaresque_novel\">Picaresque genre<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spaceship_Zero\">Spaceship Zero<\/a> and of course we have shout outs and anecdotes!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout Outs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/221623\/Conspire?filters=0_44823_0_0_0\"><strong>Conspire<\/strong><\/a>: a storytelling game of conspiracies<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.synthiciderpg.com\/\"><strong>Synthicide<\/strong><\/a>: A sci-fi RPG about blowing up robots and exploring the universe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasyflightgames.com\/en\/products\/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition\/\"><strong>Twilight Imperium 4E<\/strong><\/a>: It&#8217;s back and better than ever<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.demonoftheunderground.com\/\"><strong>Demon Underground<\/strong><\/a>: a web comic by a fellow Patreon creator, Bob.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-delirium-brief-charles-stross\/1126656992\"><strong>Delirium Brief<\/strong><\/a>: The newest Laundry novel returns to Bob as he deals with the most deadly threat he&#8217;s ever faced.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/legacy.ovationtv.com\/series\/raiders-of-the-lost-art\/\"><strong>Raiders of the Lost Art<\/strong><\/a>: A documentary series about stolen artwork, currently on Netflix.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Outlaws_(2017_film)\"><strong>The Outlaws<\/strong><\/a>: A Korean crime thriller about the invasion of a Chinese gang in Seoul.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Re:Creators\"><strong>Re:Creators<\/strong><\/a>: An anime series that sounds like a Base Raiders adventure.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Wailing_(film)\"><strong>The Wailing<\/strong><\/a>: A horror film about a small farming village in Korea under siege from a mysterious plague.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/video\/tv\/air-crash-investigation\"><strong>Air Crash Investigation:<\/strong><\/a> A documentary series that looks into infamous plane crashes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ninjakitty\"><strong>Ninja Kitty<\/strong><\/a>: A cool creator on Patreon of erotic art. (NSFW)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/retropromenade.bandcamp.com\/album\/oscillator-dreamland\">Song: Hyperspace by Jaunter<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 148: When the Fat Alien Sings &amp;#8211; Space Operas\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2017-11-21T00:37:54-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H31M40S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"News: Red Markets is on DrivethruRPG (PDF) and Indie Press Revolution (print and PDF) Buy it now! I was at Patrecon, a conference for Patreon creators and you can briefly see me at 2:05 in this video about it. 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