FreeMarket Actual Play Session 1

Posted in FreeMarket, Play Sessions, RPG Only on April 27th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

Transhumanism has been an interest of mine for quite some time, so I was pretty excited to get a chance to run through Luke Crane and Jared Sorenson’s FreeMarket. This session covers a the basic themes and focus of the game, and character creation.

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Tags: Ad Hocracy, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Alvin Toffler, Anonymous, ARG's, Bioshock, Blade Runner, Blink, Clade, Cosplay, Cyberdeck, Cybermen, DARPA, Diamond Age, Draper, , Friend Computer, Furries, Gesture Clusters, Gleaming the Cube, HAL, Hal Jordan, Improv Everywhere, Jared Sorensen, Kinesics, Kusanagi, LaGrange Point, Lebowki, Luke Crane, Malcom Gladwell, MCP, Mera, Neuromancer, Panther Moderns, Rapture, Rutger Hauer, Singularity, Sneakers, Space Hippies, Stephen Colbert, The Wolf, Voight-Kampff

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Comics Cast #5: Blackest Night

Posted in Comics Cast on April 25th, 2010 by CJ

DC’s Blackest Night is over, and Dan and CJ celebrate with a far-ranging discussion of the final issues. We also ponder the meaning of the series as a whole, and wonder what threads will go forward as we enter the Brightest Day.

Comics discussed:

  • Green Lantern #52
  • Blackest Night #8

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Tags: Blackest Night, Brightest Day,

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Comics Cast #4: March

Posted in Comics Cast on April 23rd, 2010 by CJ

Siege continues and Last Stand of New Krypton stampedes across the month. CJ and Dan rant and rave about March’s comics. And watch out for our Blackest Night Grand Finale Special, coming soon!

Comics discussed:

  • Adventure Comics #8
  • Last Stand of New Krypton #1
  • Supergirl #51
  • Superman #698
  • Adventure Comics #9
  • Secret Warriors #14
  • Brave and the Bold #32
  • REBELS #14
  • Dark Avengers #15
  • New Avengers #63
  • Siege #3
  • First Wave #1

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Tags: Adventure Comics, Aquaman, Brave and the Bold, Dark Avengers, First Wave, Last Stand of New Krypton, New Avengers, REBELS, Secret Warriors, Siege, Supergirl, Superman

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Interview 13: Vincent Baker

Posted in Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age, Interview, Non-Actual Play, Poison'd, RPG Only on April 17th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

After running three of his games back-to-back-to-back, we were pretty excited to sit down with D. Vincent Baker to chat about our experiences. We spend some time talking about aspects of Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age…, and Poison’d, as well as cover some of his basic design philosophies. Unfortunately our first attempt to conduct this interview met with some nasty technical difficulties. There are a couple references to the fact that this is the 2nd attempt, but we only got about 10 minutes in, so no worries, you didn’t miss anything. This interview was great fun, and we can’t wait to have Vincent on again to talk about abandoning games!

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Tags: , Brigham City, , Clinton R Nixon, DexCon, Dogs in the Vineyard, Dragon Magazine, Dread, Drew Baker, Duel of Wits, Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon, ed Healy, , GenCon, Graham Walmsley, GTAIV, Jack Vance, , Judd Karlman, Kill Puppies for Satan, Matt Snyder, Matt Wilson, Mechaton, No Country for Old Men, Oo! Let's Make a Game!, Poison'd, rec.games.frp.advocacy, ROCK OF TAHAMAAT SPACE TYRANT, , Storming the Wizard's Tower, Tanith Lee, The Cheap and Cheesy Fantasy Game, The Dragon Killer, The Forge, The Gaming Outpost, , True Blood, , Universalis, , Wicked Nights, Willow Pallacek, ZORK

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Interview 12: Willow Palecek

Posted in Interview, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on April 6th, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

Kevin sits down with Willow Palecek, writer of Escape from Tentacle City, Winner of the 2008 Game Chef Golden Katana that Shoots Smaller Katanas Award for Game That Looks Like it Was the Most Fun to Write. We talk about the core mechanics of the game, as well as what message, or lessons, could be learned from play.

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Tags: , Escape from Tentacle City, Fiasco, , Game Chef, Gen Con, George A. Romero, Grey Ranks, Hentai, , Kagematsu, Legendary Lives, Mark Adams, Mike Holmes, Other Worlds, Poison'd, , S/lay /w Me, Shaun of the Dead, Willow Palecek, Zombie Cinema

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Discussion Episode 18: Poison’d Review

Posted in Discussions, Non-Actual Play, Poison'd, Review, RPG Only on April 1st, 2010 by Kevin Weiser

Dan, CJ, Kevin, and Brandon sit around for a bit and discuss their thoughts on the most piratey of RPG’s: D. Vincent Baker’s Poison’d. We discuss the basics of character creation, conflict mechanics, and how play works out. To be succinct, it’s nasty, brutish, and short. Good stuff!

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