{"id":188,"date":"2009-06-17T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=188"},"modified":"2016-06-07T17:57:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T22:57:30","slug":"rppr-episode-33-sightseeing-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2009\/06\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-33-sightseeing-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 33: Sightseeing Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Taking a tour in an established setting like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings can be a highlight of your gaming experience or the vacation from hell. Crossing lightsabers with Vader, flying with the crew of the Serenity or taking down a Terminator with pipe bombs and Mack trucks is the stuff of gaming legend. But on the other hand, being smacked down by Drizzt, begging Elminister for help or watching Harry Potter save the day (again) is slightly worse than being dragged naked across broken glass. We discuss how to run fun games with established settings, including settings that lack published gaming sourcebooks. Plus, a new letter from Tom, a listener anecdotes and a new segment-The World of Synnibar Character Creation Spotlight!<\/p>\n<p>RPPR Forums Highlights <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=181.0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=181.0\">Rehabilitating the Bad GM (and why I now hate KOTOR)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=208.0\">Project 15<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=206.0\">CREEPY THREAD OF DOOM <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shout Outs<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Me-Little-Faith-Lewis-Black\/dp\/1594483779\"><strong>Me of Little Faith<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; new book from Lewis Black<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/World-Synnibarr-Raven-c-s-McCracken\/dp\/1881171000\"><strong>The World of Synnibarr<\/strong><\/a> -The Ultimate in Transgenre Gaming!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpg.net\/news+reviews\/reviews\/rev_6913.html\"><strong>Battle Dragons<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; a rpg of dragons that battle<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/view_play_list?p=49C3B7EDD1624C55\">Freeman&#8217;s Mind <\/a>&#8211;<\/strong> now we know why Gordon never talked in the games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Music: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whiterabbitsmusic.com\/home\/\">Tourist Trap by the White Rabbits<\/a><\/p>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 33: Sightseeing Tours\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2009-06-17T19:26:00-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H08M06S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Taking a tour in an established setting like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings can be a highlight of your gaming experience or the vacation from hell. 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