{"id":846,"date":"2014-08-28T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T21:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/?p=846"},"modified":"2014-08-28T20:47:04","modified_gmt":"2014-08-29T01:47:04","slug":"rppr-episode-104-gen-con-2014-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2014\/08\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-104-gen-con-2014-wrap-up\/","title":{"rendered":"RPPR Episode 104: Gen Con 2014 Wrap-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/2014\/08\/podcast-episode\/rppr-episode-104-gen-con-2014-wrap-up\/attachment\/rppr-meetup\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,477\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"rppr-meetup\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-847 size-medium\" title=\"Thanks to Micah for the picture AND the banner!\" src=\"http:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup-300x238.jpg\" alt=\"rppr-meetup\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/slangdesign.com\/rppr\/wp-content\/uploads\/rppr-meetup.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>News:<\/strong> The No Soul Left Behind and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/460966263\/horrors-of-war-a-convenant-with-death\">Horrors of War<\/a> Kickstarters are both successful! Thanks to everyone who contributed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>: Gen Con 2014 has come and gone and we had a blast. More of the RPPR crew made it up there than previous years, and our meetup was a resounding success. We even had a war banner! So this episode is a full breakdown of what we did, what games we tried out, and what loot we secured. Thanks to everyone we met up there and we look forward to next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shout Outs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/groupme.com\/\">GroupMe<\/a><\/strong>: Very handy social media app for the geek on the go.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plaidhatgames.com\/games\/dead-of-winter\"><strong>Dead of Winter<\/strong><\/a>: Very cool zombie survival horror co-op board game.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgame\/145086\/shinobi-clans\"><strong>Shinobi Clans<\/strong><\/a>: New card game out from Posthuman Studios.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pelgranepress.com\/site\/?p=7130\"><strong>Mythos Expeditions<\/strong><\/a>: a new collection of Trail of Cthulhu adventures centered around exploration in distant lands.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/voidrpg.com\/\"><strong>The Void<\/strong><\/a>: Cthulhu meets space opera, in RPG format.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/2006204732\/wield-a-little-game-about-ancient-powers\"><strong>Wield<\/strong><\/a>: A new fantasy RPG about sentient magic items and the humans they manipulate.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlantisrpg.com\/\"><strong>Atlantis The Second Age<\/strong><\/a>: A swords and sorcery RPG from the creator of Hellas.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/atomic-robo\/\"><strong>Atomic Robo RPG<\/strong><\/a>: Not actually radioactive or made of robot parts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rpg.drivethrustuff.com\/product\/121115\/Emerald-City\"><strong>Emerald City<\/strong><\/a>: New Mutants and Masterminds setting book.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/gregstolze\/dinosaursin-spaaace\"><strong>Dinosaurs in Space<\/strong><\/a>: It&#8217;s written by Greg Stolze. Just get it already.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cubicle7.co.uk\/our-games\/doctor-who-aitas\/\"><strong>Dr. Who RPG:<\/strong><\/a> It&#8217;s that story about the doctor who can&#8217;t remember his name so he&#8217;s homeless and lives in a telephone box.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpiegames.com\/category\/the-plays-the-thing\/\"><strong>The Play&#8217;s the Thing:<\/strong><\/a> Yo dawg, I heard you like storytelling, so I put a RPG in your Shakespeare.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/pd\/Sci-Fi-Fantasy\/Free-The-Legend-of-Drizzt-The-Collected-Stories-Audiobook\/B00M9AUY1Y\"><strong>The Legend of Drizzt<\/strong><\/a>: Ice-T is a masterful narrator. If only he had better material.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/badalijewelry.com\/The-Dresden-Files\/Harry-Dresden-s-Shield-Bracelet.html\"><strong>Dresden Files Shield Bracelet<\/strong><\/a>: So pretty and +5 vs. uh, demons or something?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiggitybang.com\/madquao\/madquao.html\"><strong>Mad Quao<\/strong><\/a>: a great card game for large groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mike-walterich\">Song: Hypersloth by Cuddly Psycho.<\/a><\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"RPPR Episode 104: Gen Con 2014 Wrap-Up\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2014-08-28T16:34:59-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2H14M34S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"News: The No Soul Left Behind and Horrors of War Kickstarters are both successful! 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