ICONS Actual Play Session 1

Posted in ICONS, Play Sessions, RPG Only on July 29th, 2011 by Kevin Weiser

Kevin, CJ, Troll, and special guest Kat sit down to give Steve Kenson’s ICONS a whirl. This first session is us using the random character generation rules to create our super team. The results are, well, as expected, surprising and unpredictable.

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Comics Cast #21: June 2011

Posted in Comics Cast on July 24th, 2011 by CJ

A Giant-Size Comics Cast! Everything may change in a Flash(point), but it takes CJ a little longer than that to pick out the winners and losers among the Flashpoint tie-ins. Meanwhile Dan’s taking the minimalist approach to Fear Itself. Of course, neither of us can resist at least a little speculation about the new DC…

Comics discussed:

  • Flashpoint #2
  • FP: Project Superman #1
  • FP: Legion of Doom #1
  • FP: Citizen Cold #1
  • FP: Batman, Knight of Vengeance #1
  • FP: Hal Jordan #1
  • FP: Abin Sur, the Green Lantern #1
  • FP: Wonder Woman and the Furies #1
  • FP: Emperor Aquaman #1
  • FP: Lois Lane and the Resistance #1
  • FP: Kid Flash Lost #1
  • Booster Gold #45
  • Detective Comics #878
  • Superboy #8
  • Invincible #80
  • Captain America #619
  • Fear Itself #3
  • DC Comics Presents: Impulse #1
  • Action Comics #902
  • The Mighty Thor #3
  • Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #6

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Tags: Action Comics, Aquaman, Batman, Booster Gold, Captain America, Detective Comics, Fear Itself, Flashpoint, , Impulse, Invincible, Kid Flash, Lois Lane, Superboy, Superman, Thor, Wonder Woman, Young Avengers

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Discussion 32: Tone

Posted in Discussions, Non-Actual Play, RPG Only on July 5th, 2011 by Kevin Weiser

CJ, Troll, and Kevin attempt (with some difficulty) to define tone, how it affects play at the table, and different systems that use a variety of tricks to reinforce their tone.

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Tags: , , Arcanum, Ars Magica, Baldur's Gate, , , China Mielville, Dogs in the Vineyard, Don't Rest Your Head, Dread, , Dudes of Legend, Dungeon World, FATAL, Fiasco, Grey Ranks, Hackmaster, HOL, Houses of the Blooded, , John Wick, Joss, Kill Puppies for Satan, Lady Blackbird, Luke Crane, Millennium's End, Paranoia, , , Rolemaster, RPG.net, , Shock: Human Contact, SSI, The Podgecast, ,

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Fiasco Actual Play

Posted in Fiasco, Play Sessions, RPG Only on July 5th, 2011 by Kevin Weiser

The crew returns to their roots with the Dragon Slayers Fiasco Playset. We had an absolute blast with this session. Enjoy!

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(All my links were eaten in a database crash. I might go back and re-do it eventually)

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Round Table 5: Cthulhu Through the Ages

Posted in Discussions, Non-Actual Play, Round Table, RPG Only on July 1st, 2011 by Kevin Weiser

Kevin sits down with Kenneth Hite, Monte Cook, and Graham Walmsley to discuss the implementation of the Cthulhu Mythos in the RPG world throughout the years.

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