{"id":587,"date":"2012-11-15T22:42:40","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T03:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=587"},"modified":"2012-11-15T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T03:44:59","slug":"rppr-episode-80-a-good-clean-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2012\/11\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-80-a-good-clean-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 80: A Good Clean Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/rosspayton\/base-raiders-the-superpowered-dungeon-crawling-rpg\/widget\/card.html\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"20\" align=\"left\" width=\"220\" height=\"380\"><\/iframe><strong>News:<\/strong> Base Raiders, the new RPPR Kickstarter is nearing completion. Help us meet a few more stretch goals!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/rosspayton\/base-raiders-the-superpowered-dungeon-crawling-rpg\">Contribute now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseraiders.com\/\">Base Raiders website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> Combat is the heart and soul of many RPGs but running exciting combat is harder to pull of than it seems. It often descends into tedious &#8220;I hit you you&#8221; dice rolling contests or incoherent arguments over stunting and other combat rules. How do you balance those extremes? Tom and I discuss how we keep fights interesting in a game and what players can do their part.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a letter from Tom, we read two listener letters, plus shout outs and an anecdote!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout outs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/hotlinemiami.com\/\"><strong>Hotline Miami:<\/strong><\/a> Brutal, fast-paced combat and great music. Game of the Year 2012!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000UDGOAC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000UDGOAC&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20\">The Curse and Curse 2<\/a><\/strong>: Crazy 1980s horror movies with good special effects<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00960EHRC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00960EHRC&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20\">Miami Connection<\/a><\/strong>: The best movie of the 198s0. Cocaine ninjas and Dragon Sound!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0064NTZJO\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0064NTZJO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20\">Drive<\/a><\/strong>: Brilliant neo-noir thriller about a driver who makes some poor life decisions.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B009S9WCAA\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B009S9WCAA&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=rolplapubrad-20\"><strong>Kicking It<\/strong><\/a>: Want to run a successful Kickstarter? Monte Cook has some good advice.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicsalliance.com\/2012\/03\/31\/james-stokoe-godzilla-idw\/\">G<strong>odzilla the Half Century War<\/strong><\/a>: a Godzilla story about the poor saps in the tanks shooting at Godzilla.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pelgranepress.com\/?p=4692\"><strong>Invasive Procedures<\/strong><\/a>: You&#8217;ve listened to the actual play. Now run it for your group!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkenstonepublishing.net\/zombiecinema\"><strong>Zombie Cinema<\/strong><\/a>: Fun little storytelling game of player conflicts and zombies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Music: Le Combat by David Cyr<\/strong><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 80: A Good Clean Fight\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2012-11-15T22:42:40-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1H39M13S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"News: Base Raiders, the new RPPR Kickstarter is nearing completion. 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