{"id":366,"date":"2010-12-13T22:25:04","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T03:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=366"},"modified":"2010-12-13T22:27:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T03:27:26","slug":"rppr-episode-52-holiday-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2010\/12\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-52-holiday-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 52: Holiday Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/rosspayton\/ruins-of-lemuria-a-new-world-dandd-campaign-source\">CONTRIBUTE\u00a0 TO THE RUINS OF LEMURIA KICKSTARTER TO GET 10 PREVIEW AP EPISODES OR A SEAT A SKYPE GAME RUN BY ROSS PAYTON! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Synopsis: Chase scenes are an underutilized element in many games. A staple of action stories but RPGs focus on social scenes and combat. This is because it&#8217;s hard for a GM to make a chase scene actually exciting. Special guest RJ joins us as we discuss ways to make a boring chase scene into an epic one. Tom does not have a letter, but we do have many special holiday shout outs and a few anecdotes.<\/p>\n<p>Forum Shout Outs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=1072.0\">My Rifts Experiment<\/a>: Palladium offers a grab bag of random products. I promise to run a game based on what they give me.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=803.0\">Junk Mail Novel<\/a>: Spam is like poetry, man.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/forums\/index.php?topic=1054.0\">Ruins of Lemuria Kickstarter<\/a>: Learn what kind of games I&#8217;ll run over Skype and if you have any questions about the PDF then ask them here.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Holiday Shout Outs below the fold<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubberbandbanjo.com\/\"><strong>Song: Chase Scene Through DNA Wormholes by Rubber Band Banjo<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.feartheboot.com\/ftb\/\">Fear The Boot<\/a><\/strong>: Thanks for mentioning us and glad you enjoy the APs!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ollysorganix.com\/products\/octopus-pie-there-are-no-stars-in-brooklyn\"><strong>Octopus Pie<\/strong><\/a>: A print collection of a funny and well drawn web comic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Blob-Shawnee-Smith\/dp\/B00005N5RM\"><strong>The Blob (remake)<\/strong><\/a>: Kids die in it so it must be good!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Angel-Heart-Blu-ray-Loys-Bergeron\/dp\/B002NPY7E0\"><strong>Angel Heart<\/strong><\/a>: A noir\/horror film featuring incredible atmosphere and a young Mickey Rourke. A must see.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Airplane-Dont-Call-Me-Shirley\/dp\/B000B5XOWA\"><strong>Airplane Special Edition<\/strong><\/a>: The comedy classic THAT ALL MUST WATCH. And don&#8217;t call me Shirley.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slugfestgames.com\/\">Slugfest Games<\/a>: <\/strong>Makers of fun and cheap games like Kung Fu Fighting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Delta-Force-Chuck-Norris\/dp\/0792846850\"><strong>Delta Force<\/strong>:<\/a> Chuck Norris kills terrorists and saves America from evil.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gangsters-Paradise-Jerusalema-Rapulana-Seiphemo\/dp\/B003T1KLFG\/\"><strong>Gangster&#8217;s Paradise: Jerusalema <\/strong><\/a>&#8211; South African crime epic with some great twists<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brianregan.com\/\"><strong>Brian Regan:<\/strong><\/a> Hilarious stand up comic now on tour with all new material.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dragon-Age-Origins-Ultimate-Pc\/dp\/B0045ZB66I\/\"><strong>Dragon Age Ultimate Edition<\/strong><\/a>: I LIKE VIDEO GAMES AND THIS ONE IS BEST<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclipsephase.com\/releases\"><strong>Eclipse Phase Sunward and GM Screen<\/strong><\/a>: Brain candy for sci fi fans &#8211; fun even if you don&#8217;t play EP.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolflair.com\/index.php?context=hero_lab\"><strong>Hero Lab<\/strong><\/a>: Great character creation software for a variety of systems. Pricey though.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Near-Dark-Blu-ray-Lance-Henriksen\/dp\/B002MJV7I6\/\">Near Dark<\/a>: <\/strong>The best vampire movie to come out of the 1980s.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Song-Ice-Fire-Roleplaying-Adventures\/dp\/1934547123\"><strong>A Song of Ice and Fire RPG<\/strong><\/a>: Based on the acclaimed novels.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Undercover-Brother-Widescreen-Collectors-Griffin\/dp\/B000071ZZJ\/\"><strong>Undercover Brother:<\/strong><\/a> Blaxplotiation parody and a good one at that.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chessex.com\/Dice\/poundofdice.htm\"><strong>Chessex Pound of Dice<\/strong><\/a>: Enough dice to murder someone!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dirty-World-Greg-Stolze\/dp\/0857440012\">A Dirty World<\/a><\/strong>: The best new game (new to us) for the RPPR crew of 2010.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 52: Holiday Dash\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2010-12-13T22:25:04-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H13M18S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"CONTRIBUTE\u00a0 TO THE RUINS OF LEMURIA KICKSTARTER TO GET 10 PREVIEW AP EPISODES OR A SEAT A SKYPE GAME RUN BY ROSS PAYTON! \r\n\r\nSynopsis: Chase scenes are an underutilized element in many games. 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