Sunday, April 22, 2012

RPG Crosstalk Show 26

RPG Crosstalk Show 26 notes

Hosts
  • Alex Mayo of Yellow Menace
  • Rich Rogers of Canon Puncture show
  • Chris Perrin, author of Mecha
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News from the Fora (where we briefly discuss things going on in the community)

  • Ruthless Diastema has two new episodes, ep 21 about Mermaid Adventures Kickstarter (which is now over) and ep 22 about Scrabblenauts
  • Weekly or nearly shows are all over RPG Crosstalk right now! - Gamerstable, Knights of the Night, Jennisodes (episode 100 just came out with WIL WHEATON), Roo Sack, Monkey in the Cage, Shark Bone, GUBAR


Springboard (where we each discuss a topic raised in a recent show from the community)

Rich
- In Knights of the Night episode 77, they enter into two social conflicts with NPCs (one interrogation scene, one scene where they try to browbeat an admin assistant). Are social conflict systems as satisfying as the often more clean physical conflict systems like combat? I don't think they are, but why not? Chris Perrin talks about Burning Wheel and Duel of Wits and Alex mentions Lady Blackbird, thereby winning the discussion.

Alex - Planning on talking about 2GM’s 1 Mic ‘Character Creation as Play’ - I touched on my experience with Traveller character generation last episode, also discuss FATE chargen, especially Spirit of the Century. Amber Diceless Roleplay.

Chris - Monkey in the Cage’s How Gaming Influences Us Away from the Table.  This is something I struggle with/embrace in my professional career.

Also on the Feed (other podcasts we're listening to)

Rich
- We're Alive, a story of survival. It's a zombie apocalypse audio drama .http://zombiepodcast.com/The_Zombie_Podcast/WereAliveMain.html
Alex - HPPodcraft.com - The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast
Chris - I’ve been watching AP videos of people playing board games on http://www.boardgamegeek.com/

Chatter (give a brief nod to something that interests us)

Rich
- Atomic Highway makes me want to take a dremel tool to my son’s Matchbox cars.
Alex - New Lupin III anime series - The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Chris - *cough* Combiners *cough*  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/565866321/mecha-combiners?ref=live




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Sunday, April 1, 2012

RPG Crosstalk Show 25

RPG Crosstalk Show 25

News from the Fora (where we briefly discuss things going on in the community)
  • Mom’s Basement is looking for games in development to playtest
  • Jennisodes contest (entries are due Sunday, which is the day our show will come out, sorry)

Springboard (where we each discuss a topic raised in a recent show from the community)

  • Rich - Character Death (from Designer vs Reality Episode 38)
  • Alex - Guilty Pleasure Gaming (from Grumpy Celt’s review of Plan 9 From Outer Space)
  • Dan - The role of failure in RPGs / “unwelcome content” (From Shark Bone ep 100 pt 1)
Vincent Baker blog posts on unwelcome content: http://www.lumpley.com/comment.php?entry=360

Also on the Feed (other podcasts we're listening to)


Chatter (a brief nod to something that interests us)

  • Rich - Introducing an old DM to new games and Skype gaming
  • Alex - Legend of Grimrock - the awesome-looking dungeon crawl indie game that just went into pre-order. http://www.grimrock.net/
  • Dan - Game of Thrones returns tonight!

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