{"id":395,"date":"2011-05-17T23:56:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=395"},"modified":"2011-05-17T23:56:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-18T04:56:08","slug":"rppr-episode-57-read-the-fine-print","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2011\/05\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-57-read-the-fine-print\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 57: Read the Fine Print"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"349\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hel2x5CQJfA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hel2x5CQJfA\"><strong>Watch Zombies of the World episode 1: Migration<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombiesoftheworld.com\/blog\/behind-the-scenes\/behind-the-scenes-making-the-web-series\/\">learn how it was made on the ZOTW blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to contribute art for the Lemurian Ruins &#8211; email rpprpodcast@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Game balance is a tricky thing. While in some cases, it&#8217;s easy to spot an unbalanced system like Palladium or Synnibarr but other times, a game&#8217;s imbalances won&#8217;t be revealed until you&#8217;ve played it for a while. So what do you when you find out that the game you&#8217;re playing is unbalanced? We discuss how to deal with these situations. It&#8217;s possible to change systems, house rule it so that it&#8217;s balanced or use the social contract to keep things fair. Also instead of a letter, Tom talks about having a cyst cut out of him. It&#8217;s really gross <a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/Photo0015.jpg\">(NSFW link <\/a>do not click this)<\/p>\n<p>Shout outs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/linotypefilm.com\/\">Linotype<\/a>: An upcoming documentary about the linotype machine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tuckeranddale.com\/\">Tucker and Dale vs Evil<\/a>: Very funny horror-comedy about college students vs. hapless hillbillies.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rubberthemovie.com\/\">Rubber<\/a>: A movie about a psychic killer tire. Why is this great? No reason.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004UP3D8M\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=B004UP3D8M\">Hobo with a Shotgun:<\/a> Rutger Hauer murders bad guys with a shotgun. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002I0J998\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399353&amp;creativeASIN=B002I0J998\">Mortal Kombat 9<\/a>: Old school controls with brand new graphics.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theunspeakableoath.com\/\">The Unspeakable Oath:<\/a> The best Call of Cthulhu magazine in this universe (or any other for that matter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fanfiction.net\/u\/2720337\/Myetel\">Spirit of Truth\/Redemption<\/a>: A Mass Effect fanfic that Tom really enjoyed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mafia-II-platinum-hits-Xbox-360\/dp\/B000ZK698C\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1305694268&amp;sr=8-1\">Mafia 2: <\/a>It&#8217;s like a mob movie but you get to shoot the guys.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tiltingatwindmills.net\/dread\/\">Dread<\/a>: Unique horror RPG with a unusual conflict resolution mechanic&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004VKH9RM\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=B004VKH9RM\">Magicka Vietnam<\/a>: wizards with AK-47s mowing down goblin and orc hordes. Fun times.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/moraldecline\">Music: Our Life Our Rules by Moral Decline<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 57: Read the Fine Print\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2011-05-17T23:56:08-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H08M28S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\r\n\r\nWatch Zombies of the World episode 1: Migration and learn how it was made on the ZOTW blog.\r\n\r\nIf you want to contribute art for the Lemurian Ruins - email rpprpodcast@gmail.com.\r\n\r\nSynopsis: Game balance is a tricky thing. 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