Release: June 1st -
covering podcast episodes released May 14 - May 29, 2011
This episode is hosted by Tom of Knights of the Night and Rich of the Canon Puncture show
This episode is hosted by Tom of Knights of the Night and Rich of the Canon Puncture show
How to contact us:
- forums: www.rpgcrosstalk.webs.com
- email: rpgcrosstalk@gmail.com
- twitter: @rpgcrosstalk
- facebook page: RPG Crosstalk
Announcements:
- RPG Crosstalk is proud to announce our newest podcast member, the Yellow Menace. Yellow Menace primarily discusses indie / story games and Asian pop culture. We will be featuring their Gamecast episodes on this show, but their forum will have info on all of their episodes
- Knights of the Night are having a contest! Feedback by the end of June to win 2 free 4 day badges to Gen CON! Check out their website and forum post to find out how to enter!
Canon Puncture
Episode 113: Camp Nerdly and Norwood
- Arnold and Rich bring old host Chris Norwood on to get an update on how he’s been doing
- Arnold breaks down all the hot gaming action he got into at the recently completed Camp Nerdly
Designer vs Reality
Episode 28: Skin Men Playtest 1
- A playtest of Skin Men by Marc Majcher, which was a Game Chef 2010 game
- First playtest without designer present and with two new players
- Combo between board game and RPG
- In a biopunk future, the players play Skin Men who smuggle people who have had illegal genetic modifications out of the city and away from the Purity Administration patrols who want to hunt them down.
Here Be Gamers
No new podcasts in the last two weeks.
Jennisodes
Episode 43: In Retrospect
- Jenn talks to Dan and Mike from her game group about what they have learned from gaming together. They also talk about what they really want out of gaming when they sit down at the table.
- Jenn tells them she loves to plays competitive style games - something she has tried not to do too much because no one likes the girl who kills everyone :)
- Mike and Dan talk about Jack Kirby’s Fourth World and Daniel Abraham’s Dragon’s Path
Episode 44: Game Scholars
- a Chat with Bill White about being a game scholar and studying role playing games.
- Studying AP recordings to learn about culture and the like.
Episode 42: Once More Into the Bees, My Friends
- The team returns to Benjamin's house, but this time they have a magic artifact that allows them to slice through the maze that protects it.
- The collecting of the bee wings begins and everything is going as planned.
- The episode ends on a cliff hanger as the queen is sucked into a bug vac and the lights go on throughout the house.
Episode 43: Strategic Retreat
- Benjamin attacks the team as they scramble to gracefully retreat with the required queen bee.
- Jay draws and puts a bullet through Benjamin’s spell casting hand... Jay is surprised it didn’t do more damage, Benjamin is surprised it did any at all.
- The coin cuts through the maze again as the team flees, but there is one more surprise.
- Chu goes to open the gate to leave the backyard only to find it’s both electric and live...
Märklighetstroget
New episode! In English! With Kenneth Hite!
- Yup, the new episode is in English, so you no longer have any excuse not to listen to Märklighetstroget. In this episode I talk to Kenneth Hite about all kinds of things, Trail of Cthulhu, Gothenburg, London, Day After Ragnarok and much more.
Mom’s Basement
Episode 30:Keystone and Dicking Around
- Keystone - last time was character creation and this time they talk about the actual game play
- The GM has a more traditional role where the GM has a bit more power than a cooperative storytelling game
- It is a highly detailed gamed with a lot of parts to remember during play
- The guys really liked this game and would like to continue through the game (5-6 more sessions)
- They talk about players dicking around during the game and hindering the experience for everyone else at the table. You have to be upfront and talk about this so that it doesn’t fester and ruin the game group; the hosts admitted they all like to dick around during games, and believe they have lost players in games as a result of this
Narrative Control
- Narrative Control is on their season break. Catch up on all their episodes so you can get ready for SEASON THREE!!!
Roo Sack Gamers
Episode 7: Finishing the first maneuver
- Continue playing Burning Empires
- FINALLY finished the first maneuver
Self Critical Hits
Episode 17: Fabricated Realities Convention (Interview)
The usual suspects are joined this week by Ross and Danielle, visiting from the wilds of Olympia. Ross is the founder of the upcoming (BRAND NEW!!!) Fabricated Realities story gaming con, which is discussed at some length because it sounds like a whole bunch of awesome – expect a full report!The group then gets into some talk about: perceptions of elitism among folks who play contemporary/story games; the idea of the so-called “hipster gamer”; gaming as an effort to create safe, or even therapeutic social space; and – finally, to assure anyone listening that there’s no bias here – a bunch of trash is talked about both 3rd and 4th editions of D&D.
Also, our talk with Ross and Danielle ran a bit long – okay, like almost 3 hours long – so we’ll be releasing the rest of the discussion in the next couple weeks.
Hosts: Tori, Tanya, Ross, Danielle, James, Tobin, Caleb, David
The interview starts right away, and might actually be pretty SFW... one of our first episodes that's pretty PG rated..
Sharkbone:
Episode 58 - Blue Streak / Spells per Day
- Spells per day, they weren’t fans
- They preferred systems with more flexibility and freedom - Mage the Ascension and Dresden Files RPG
Episode 59 - Dude, Where's My Car? / GMless Games
- GM’s Reef
- Dude’s Where’s My Car? from 2000, a bad comedy with aliens
- Players bringing a prop or an article of clothing as the character
- The adventure has already happened but the characters don’t remember what happened from the night before (21:45)
- GMless games - the guys talk about their experiences with GMless games and talk about making some of the games they like into GMless games
Episode 60 - Devil / Play Dirty by John Wick
- Devil is a horror movie in an elevator where the people are stuck and are dying off one by one, the plot is to find out who is killing them
- Play Dirty is a book by John Wick comprised of GMing advice articles from Pyramid Magazine, features lots of GM tricks to get players invested in their characters and the stakes of the stories
The Grumpy Celt
Episode 20: Changing History
- Gurps Alternate History 3
- Some great examples of gaming and changing history
- In Another World - China finding America and changing Aztec
- Babylon Five - Lords of Chaos and Lords of Order
- How to interact the change
- Start the game past the players influence
- The characters change the history/influence
- Just start them out in a new unfamiliar world
- Encourage the players to make the world better
Episode 21: Dreams in RPG
- Grumpy Celt gives his origins.
- A discussion on Dreams and an interesting twist on how all fictions is truth and truth is fiction.
Yellow Menace (we did not get a chance to listen to these episodes and therefore have no notes; but we'll catch up on our newest member ASAP)
Yellow Menace Gamecast Episode 4 - Interview with James Raggi, Zak. S, and Mandy Morbid
Gamecast Gaiden Ep 1A - Let's talk about Lady Earthdawn!
Gamecast Gaiden Ep 1B - Let's talk about Lady Earthdawn (part deux)!
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