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Hosts: Clayton, Beth, Jordan, Lanina
In this episode we talk about the lasting effects of RPGs in the lives of players.
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Actual Play: Savage Worlds New World 02
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Second episode of this new campaign using the Savage Worlds rules and the New World campaign setting created by Roleplaying Public Radio.
Actual Play Commentary: Savage Worlds New World 02
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SPOILER WARNING! The Game Master’s Commentary for session 2 of the Savage Worlds New World Campaign
Episode 30: Running and Preparing a One-Shot
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Hosts: Clayton, Jordan, KP, KD, Hayley
In this episode we discuss how to design and run a one-shot scenario
Things we talk about:
- Dramatic Structure and Three-Act Structure
- Star Trek: The Next Generation S3E3 – The Survivors
- Donald Duck was created in 1934, not the 1920s
- Children of Men
Clayton’s Impromptu One-Shot Madlib Adventure Generator:
The PCs must [action verb] a [adjective] [noun] of [person’s title or occupation] at [location], then they must [action verb] [number] [nouns] at [location]. The whole time [group/organization] is trying to stop them
Actual Play Commentary: Savage Worlds New World 01
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SPOILER WARNING! The Game Master’s Commentary on the first session of the Savage Worlds New World Campaign
Episode 29: Era-Appropriate Racism and Sexism
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Hosts: Clayton, Beth, KP, KD, Jordan, Nina
In this episode we talk about sexism and racism. Can it be done respectfully? Can you make a setting that reflects real world culture and diversity without making it offensive?
Episode 28: Rules that Suck
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Hosts: Clayton, Jordan, Lanina, Nina, KP
In this episode we discuss systems and subsystems that just don’t work and things that are so hard to get “right”
In this episode we reference
Episode 27: Depictions of RPGs in Pop Culture
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Hosts: Clayton, KP, Nina, Hayley, Lanina
In this episode we discuss what is wrong with the way in which roleplaying games and gamers are portrayed in pop culture. Also, there is a lot of hate for The Big Bang Theory
Things we watched either the entirety or clips from:
- E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- Mazes & Monsters
- The X-Files Season 5 Episode 3: Unusual Suspects
- Freaks & Geeks Episode 15: Discos and Dragons
- The IT Crowd Series 4 Episode 1: Jen the Fredo
- Fear of Girls Episode 1
- Community Season 2 Episode 14: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
- The Big Bang Theory Season 6 Episode 23: The Love Spell Potential
- Gravity Falls Season 2 Episode 3: Dungeons, Dungeons, and more Dungeons
- Stranger Things
Other things we discuss and reference:
- Big Bang Theory with Ricky Gervais Laugh Track
- Dark Dungeons The Movie
- Atari games buried in the desert, including E.T.
- LARPs: The Series
- Dames & Dungeons
- HarmonQuest
- TITANSGRAVE
- Adventure Zone
- The Adorkable Misogyny of the Big Bang Theory by Pop Culture Detective
Also, I utilized this Robot Voice Generator
Episode 26: Magocracy
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Hosts: Clayton, Jordan, KP, Lanina, Nina, KD
In this episode we talk about Magocracies: the Economics and Politics of Arcane Civilizations
Some things we mention and talk about are:
- Foster’s, which is purported to be “Australian for beer” in the US, isn’t really enjoyed that much in Australia
- Animal-headed Depictions of Egyptian gods
- Humanity sucks
- Twilight Zone Episode #73: It’s a Good Life
- Heron’s steam engine circa first century CE
- The Baghdad Battery which was contemporary with the Roman Empire
- Classic D&D settings of Spelljammer (with phlogiston) and Dark Sun
Episode 25: Ebena Wrap-up
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Hosts: Clayton, KP, Nina, Hayley, Lanina, Jordan, KD
In this episode, we break down our nearly-year long Savage Worlds campaign set in the world of Ebena.
Some things we reference in this episode are:
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