RPG Crosstalk Show 02

This episode is hosted by Jenn of Jennisodes and Devon from Shark Bone podcast.

How to contact us:

• forums: www.rpgcrosstalk.webs.com
• email: rpgcrosstalk@gmail.com
• twitter: @rpgcrosstalk
• facebook page: RPG Crosstalk

Updates and Announcements

• A new show!! Here Be Gamers from AUS!
• Contest - once we get up to 100 members (sans administrators/podcasters) there will be a prize. A PRIZE!
• Firefly is coming back to cable!! Science Channel March 6th at 8pm
• Stargate Universe is coming back on March 7th
• Forum topics: Mediocrity being rewarded
• What can pdfs do for my gaming?
• Episode Recommendations - recommend a great episode you enjoyed in the podosphere
• Calendar

Canon Puncture 106: Game Advocates - Feng Shui

• Jim Crocker - owner of Modern Myths
• Feng Shui - action movie Hong Kong martial arts game
• You can be Jackie Chang

Designer Vs Reality:

• Continues to playset his game Final Hour of a Storied Age.
• In beta testing and he is looking for outside playtesters to give it a spin. If you're interested, he gives his email in the show, so check it out.
• The structure of the game, by using chapters instead of scenes, gives the feel of playing through a book much moreso than playing through a theatrical play or a TV show or movie.
• The die mechanics are a nice mix of scene resolution but with enough back and forth to allow a narrative to develop towards an agreed outcome.

Here Be Games 39: Australian Games Expo

• Interview with Charles Bishop about Australian Games Expo
• Tournaments! Demos (so you don’t have to be in a tournament
• Geographic issues in AUS to get smaller press games in
• Growing and expanding (more retailers, different size booths)
• Ticket to Ride tournament and win a trip to Germany for tournament

Jennisodes 27: Creating an internet presence

• Ryan Macklin
• Rules to abide by on the internet - being professional in the gaming community
• Mediocrity being rewarded

Jennisodes 28: Innovation in Gaming

• David A Hill Jr - Machine Age Productions
• As a freelancer how one needs to adapt their games to be more innovative either in design and deliverables
• Chats about his games machine Zeit and Anarantheme
• PDF’s and how they are used/can be used

Märklighetstroget

• Thom talks to Wilhelm Person, designer of the storytelling game While the World Ends (available in English through Lulu) about that game specifically and storytelling games in general

Mom’s Basement 23: Ronnies February 2011

• Ronnies Awards - a competition hosted by Ron Edwards
• Chat about the different games that were submitted and how the mechanics work
• Rates the top games

Narrative Control: Look for a new episode coming out next week!

Shark Bone 45:

• Threshold Kickstarter
• Bubba Ho-tep - Bruce Campbell
• Adventure in a single location - everything has to come to them
• Eye to eye communication - sympathetic villain
• A rumor is a myth that isn’t around for very long
• Conspiracy Theory - body switching stuff or aliens
• PC/NPC’s can be old and lead to interesting complications
• GM Screens
• Cuts off the players from GM
• Laptops - put next to you
• Pros and Cons

Shark Bone 46:

• Kung Fu Panda
• i love kung fu panda
• the secret is using what you have and being awesome at it
• situation of neccesessity
• Star Wars Saga Edition
• Smallville RPG - good explanation of why you roll
• Suggest to combine smallville and leverage

Learn Swedish!

• Dice
• Kill
• Experience Points

Direct Download:  http://www.canonpuncture.com/audio/rpgcross-talk-show-02.mp3