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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: James Bond 007 1:08:53

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Siskoid and special guest Ryan Blake take on Victory Games' James Bond 007 RPG, a true classic that proved a precursor to such games as DC Heroes and Torg, very cutting edge for its day and with a relatively modern feel even today. So brush off your "00" license, pick up a few things from Q, and give us a listen! Plus: In the GameMaster's Advice se…

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Role Playing Public Radio

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OMG the OGL Situation?! – Episode 195 1:11:23

2M ago1:11:23

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Wizards of the Coast has stepped on a series of rakes with a series of proposed changes to the Open Gaming License (OGL). What is the OGL and why is WOTC is trying to destroy a popular thing in the industry? Caleb and I discuss what’s going on and what some possible outcomes of this controversy are. News: Check out the newest episode of RPPR After …

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: GURPS Steampunk/Vikings 58:52

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Siskoid welcomes back Daniel "Pout" Ouellet to continue their GURPS Shiftworld discussion, this time covering the award-winning GURPS Steampunk and GURPS Vikings, with a glancing blow at GURPS Atlantis. What are these books/settings like, and what opportunities do these genres offer? And in the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid talks about build…

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Game Designer Workshop: Should We 2E? 1:00:06

4M ago1:00:06

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Caleb and I discuss the possibility of creating a second edition of Red Markets and Base Raiders. It’s a major task, so examining the pros and cons is a necessary first step. Updating the mechanics, revising the lore, and improving the information design are all big challenges, not to mention the logistics of getting a game funded by crowdfunding. …

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After Hours Preview: Synnibarr Book of Fate 11:23

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We’re back for one more round with Synnibarr 3ED. Caleb, Thad, Baz, and I dive into the GM (or Fate in the parlance of Synnibarr). We’re all guests in Raven’s house, so find out what his wisdom for running a RPG is. What is the ADDA model? Why are there so many random tables? We’ll try to unravel the mystery that is Synnibarr but we may find oursel…

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: AD&D Planescape 1:04:05

5M ago1:04:05

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Siskoid welcomes back Jonathan Schaefer-Hames to discuss what stands as both gamers' favorite D&D setting of all time - Planescape! From the City of Doors, your philosophers with clubs travel the wide, magical multiverse in this critical darling of the AD&D 2nd edition era. And in the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid talks about in-universe inf…

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Role Playing Public Radio

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Episode 194: Game Design in Horror Movies 1:24:17

5M ago1:24:17

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News: There’s a horror video marathon on the RPPR Patreon Discord on Sunday October 30, starting at 3 pm CDT! Sign up for the RPPR Newsletter and get a FREE Monster PDF! Synopsis: After watching the first 7 Saw movies in the last week, I realized that game design comes up in a lot in horror films. I got Chris and Aaron to talk about the franchise a…

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Preview of After Hours: Synnibarr Third Edition – Character Creation 16:48

6M ago16:48

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Making a player character for Synnibarr Third Edition is perhaps the most challenging part of the game. Baz, Noah, Thad, and I attempt to make a group of characters for the game and discover that do not perceive reality in the same way that Raven McCracken does. We do learn that you can technically mount a chain gun on a horse though. Listen to the…

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Role Playing Public Radio

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Episode 193: Designing Monsters for RPGs with Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes 1:05:05

6M ago1:05:05

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Designing new monsters for your RPG is a time honored tradition for most GMs. I got Greg Stolze and Caleb Stokes to talk about their approaches to creating new creatures for games. Is the monster a metaphor or just a weird new enemy to fight? Get some tips on becoming Dr. Frankenstein for your next game! News: Caleb is running Delta Green on Twitch…

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After Hours Preview: Synnibarr Third Edition Ultimate Adventurer’s Guide 13:08

7M ago13:08

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The Worldship is back! There’s a new edition of the Synibarr and we’re diving into it. I got a full round table of RPPR regulars to explore the Ultimate Adventurer’s Guide. Baz, Caleb, Noah, and Thad and I found so many different things, it’s hard to keep track of them all. From bizarre metaphysics to unbalanced spaceships, Synnibarr has it all! Li…

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Hero Points: When a Stranger Calls 1:21:17

7M ago1:21:17

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Hero Points is back! (How do you feel about an annual engagement on the Let's Roll feed?) Shag and Siskoid are in fact doing a Hero Points/JLI Bwa-Ha-Ha Podcast crossover by covering When a Stranger Calls, an adventure module set sometime before JLI #12. Can Dr. Fate and the rest of the team put a stop to Wotan's newest scheme? Relevant images and …

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Game Designer Workshop: Jeff Barber and Caleb Stokes on RPG Design and Publishing in the Post-Pandemic World 1:15:43

7M ago1:15:43

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Like so many other things, game design has changed in the post-pandemic world. Jeff Barber, author of Blue Planet, and Caleb Stokes, author of Red Markets, and I talk about work and the industry. Jeff’s been hard at work on Blue Planet: Recontact and Caleb talks more about Fae’s Anatomy and other projects he’s working on. We hit on everything from …

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After Hours Preview: Aesthetic Games 13:30

8M ago13:30

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The Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute (CARI) is an amazing website that categorizes popular aesthetic trends from the last 70 years in pop culture. Baz, Thad, and I browsed through the categories and used them to come up with ideas for new RPGs, campaigns for existing RPGs, D&D source books, and board games. This is a preview of the full episo…

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Episode 192: Multiverse Mayhem 54:36

8M ago54:36

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The Multiverse is back! Films and TV shows featuring the concept of a multiverse are more popular than ever, even though they are old hat in tabletop RPGs. Special guest Patrick from RPX and Tech Diff podcasts and I talk about ways you can implement a multiverse in your RPG and some examples. We also have some shout outs! News: Don’t forget to chec…

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Ludonarrative Dissidents Season 2 Episode 0: Card Mechanics in RPGs 1:25:24

8M ago1:25:24

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Many RPGs use cards in their mechanics, from playing cards to Tarot to custom decks of cards. We discuss some of these games, the types of mechanics we’ve seen and the history of card-based games. If you enjoy this episode, back our Kickstarter for Season 2 of Ludonarrative Dissidents. ThisAv Ross Payton

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: GURPS Mecha 55:12

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Chapter 5 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mecha, the game of giant robots and anime action! To discuss this game and Mecha/anime role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It all leads to a GameMaster's Advice column about dice rolling! Ready to roll you…

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Episode 191: The Terminator RPG and Licensed Games 1:18:13

9M ago1:18:13

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The Terminator RPG was released as a PDF recently. A special guest, Jacqueline Bryk and I went through the game. It contains a lot of rules, including a dense system for hacking, something I hadn’t seen since Shadowrun and Cyberpunk. What makes a licensed game good or bad? We talkAv Ross Payton

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Episode 190: Outcasts in RPGs 1:06:47

10M ago1:06:47

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News: The RPPR Patreon just finished a six part podcast series on the mega dungeon Castle Greyhawk. It’s a very funny and weird module and we had a lot of reviewing combing through it. Patrons at the $10 level and higher can get one on one RPG design/advice consultations inAv Ross Payton

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: Spelljammer 58:57

11M ago58:57

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Part 2 of Let's Roll's look at the greatest Dungeons & Dragons settings has Siskoid and special guest Fred Melanson talk about Spelljammer, AD&D's Adventures in Space! How does THAT work? And ultimately, what made the game line fail? Plus, how to create your own genre mash-ups, in the GameMaster Advice column. Relevant images and credits in the Let…

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After Hours: AD&D WG7 Castle Greyhawk – Part 1 1:25:32

12M ago1:25:32

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Castle Greyhawk (module WG7) might be the worst official D&D module of all time. A massive dungeon of 12 levels, each written by a different author, sounds like a great hack and slash module, but Castle Greyhawk has a twist. It’s supposed to be…funny. Puns, pop culture references and otherAv Ross Payton

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: Hong Kong Action Theatre! 1:18:07

1y ago1:18:07

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Siskoid and special guest Furn go 10 years back in time to when they were playing Hong Kong Action Theatre! (or HKAT, 2nd edition) on a kung fu fightin', gun fun shootin', wire fu flyin' episode of Let's Roll! Action film emulation! Actors taking on roles! Martial arts madness! Order out for dumplings and grab the edge of your seat for some role-pl…

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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design

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Ep 2 (repost) – It’s all about the cardboard… Fetishising Over Smallworld & Other Board Games

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It’s Episode 2 and we’re talking Smallworld, board game design, online gaming and, for some reason cardboard… What’s We’re Talking This is a live episode, recorded after Grant and I met up for a few drinks and a lot of games. Mostly, we played Smallworld, with a couple of games of Dwarves of King’s Hold […]…

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Role Playing Public Radio

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Episode 189: Plundering the Public Domain 1:22:16

1y ago1:22:16

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The public domain expanded this year and Caleb and I dive into it to find gameable material. Anyone can use these books, images, or music, for whatever project they can imagine. I found a list of characters from pulp fiction magazines with such interesting heroes like the vigilante Crimson Clown,Av Ross Payton

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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design

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Episode 19 – World Building Part 2 (repost)

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00:00:00 Introduction00:00:35 Martin Vaux joins us to talk Lords of War – a Kickstarter update00:19:55 Martin tells us how he went about creating a world for the game.00:51:15 The GM of our When Worlds Collide Campaign joins us to discuss how he created a world for us to game in.01:31:05 Outro and contact detailsThe post Episode 19 – World Building…

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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design

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Episode 18 – World Building Part 1 (repost)

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00:01:45 Updates – RAEX games, kickstarter, Once upon a time, B movie, Battlestar Galactica, Lords of War, Blackbox Games, Sedition Wars, DreadBall, Pro Wrasslin’ Battle Royale, Drive Thru RPG, XCOM00:15:00 Joe tells us about developments on the Warpack fantasy battles system – Warpack, Warhammer Fantasy Battles, The Wheel of Time.00:27:15 World Bu…

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Pixel 2 Paper: Quake 1 Part 2 – Slipgate Chokepoint Post-Mortem 48:59

1y ago48:59

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Quake 1 is an incredibly influential video game, not just to other video games, but to tabletop RPGs as well. We played Slipgate: Chokepoint recently. Now that we’ve re-played Quake 1 and a RPG inspired by it, Chris and I discuss the thematic and mechanical differences in translating pixels toAv Ross Payton

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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design

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Frostgrave, Stargrave, Silver Bayonet, & the Worlds of Joe McCullough

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Frostgrave is one of the most recognisable games in the tabletop miniature wargame hobby. It's also one of the most popular outwith the Games Workshop Empire.On this episode, we're joined by the architect of the frozen city himself - Joe McCullough. We're going to talk about the lay of the land when this miniature agnostic fantasy skirmish game was…

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Dicing With Design: Role Playing, Wargaming, Card games & Board Game Design

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Top Warhammer Alternatives for Tabletop Fantasy Battles

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Big units of troops marching across a scenery packed 6 by 4 table – there’s no aesthetic quite like it. For most of us growing up, there was only one option when it came to fighting out mass fantasy battles and that was Warhammer. And whilst the Old World is returning at some point in the future, there really is no need to hang around waiting on th…

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: GURPS Mars/Ice Age 58:47

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Chapters 3 and 4 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mars and GURPS Ice Age (yes, cavemen), which are similar in a number of ways. To discuss these games and their role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It's also a good avenue to talk about how a GameMas…

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Episode-188: The Blind Eyes – A Blades in the Dark campaign post-mortem 1:03:14

1+ y ago1:03:14

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A new crew of smugglers start taking jobs in Duskvol. They call themselves the Blind Eyes and specialize in the weird and the occult. As the gang grows in power, they learn of an invisible war for control over the city between supernatural beings and ruthless factions and an incrediblyAv Ross Payton

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Pixel 2 Paper: Quake 1 Part 1 – Retrospective 1:18:04

1+ y ago1:18:04

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My friend Chris (the voice of Ab3 in our early radio plays and a cool guy on Twitter) had an idea for a new series on RPPR. Tabletop RPGs have influenced video games since their creation. Video games have influenced tabletop RPGs for a while as well. In Pixel 2Av Ross Payton

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: Forgotten Realms 1:01:52

1+ y ago1:01:52

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Siskoid has finally bowed down to public pressure and produced an episode about Dungeons & Dragons. But it's too big a topic, so he and his guests, fellow DungeonMasters Fred Melanson and Jonathan Schaefer-Hames, are drilling down into the specifics of D&D's default setting - the Forgotten Realms! What's so great about this world and why has it bec…

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Episode 187: Red Markets – Cooper County War campaign post-mortem 1:29:25

1+ y ago1:29:25

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A cluster of enclaves in Missouri faces annihilation at the hands of a massive horde of the undead. Their only hope is to prepare for war, a job for their preeminent taker crew, the D4s. The crew uses an armored vehicle to take the largest scores of valuable goods theyAv Ross Payton

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RPPR After Hours Bonus Episode: The Created 1:13:53

1+ y ago1:13:53

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News: Check out Cody’s Kickstarter, Lose Your Own Paradise, a multiple choice adventure novel! Cody’s back and we’re examining an interesting Ravenloft scenario, The Created. It’s about an evil puppet trying to murder all the adults in a village. Only a group of heroic adventurers can stop it! Cody and…

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Interview with Pete Petrusha on Chew the RPG 54:53

1+ y ago54:53

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Sponsor: Check out the Chew RPG Kickstarter! After running a two part game with the new Forged in the Dark RPG, Chew, I wanted to talk to Pete Petrusha about the game. I liked how Chew ran differently than Blades as it focuses on investigating crimes instead of pulling offAv Ross Payton

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RRPXP - a Rich Role-Playing Experience

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep. 11: MUSHBERRIES!!! 54:54

1+ y ago54:54

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No good deed goats unpunished--in helping some hapless goat creatures called 'Nobbles' the gang inadvertently find a secret.Av RRPXP

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Episode 186: Wiretapping and Labor Organizing – Scenario Workshop 1:27:25

1+ y ago1:27:25

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News: Please fill out the RPPR Survey so I can improve the quality of the RPPR Patreon. Thanks! Synopsis: Thad and I both have ideas for scenarios. I got an idea for an investigative scenario (probably Delta Green) after I watched a series called Fear City. It focuses on theAv Ross Payton

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep. 10: Resurrections 1:03:02

1+ y ago1:03:02

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Plagued by strange memories, the gang takes an unexpected turn when they find themselves back inside the Matrix--I mean waltzing straight into the evil wizard Norix' territory.Av RRPXP

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: Pendragon 1:14:28

1+ y ago1:14:28

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For the first time, Let's Roll discusses a role-playing game Siskoid has never played. He OWNS a copy of Pendragon, the role-playing game of Arthurian romance, but has never managed to get a game together. Not so his guest, Gene Hendricks, who HAS played and Gamemastered Pendragon a lot. A CamaLOT. Let's Roll... NOW ON ITS OWN FEED! Relevant images…

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Preview of After Hours Episode 74: Ninjas and Superspies Part 1 31:25

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NOTE: This is a preview of our most recent After Hours episode. If you want to listen to the full episode, subscribe to the RPPR Patreon for only $2 a month! There’s one Palladium RPG we’ve barely mentioned and it’s now time to dissect it. Ninjas and Superspies is aAv Ross Payton

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep. 9: Wake and Bake and Fake 1:00:00

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Episode 185: Long Term Gaming Groups 1:02:19

1+ y ago1:02:19

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News: We’re remastering classic actual play episodes of RPPR! If you want to listen to Lady Gaga 2.0 with improved audio quality, download the episode here. If you want to pick which classic episodes are edited, back the RPPR Patreon before September 6. We’re running a special offer and I’llAv Ross Payton

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep. 8: Wake and Take 1:02:19

1+ y ago1:02:19

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Do you wanna see a dead body? This episode, the crew gets Barbecued.Av RRPXP

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep.7: Cool Hand Fred 1:29:34

1+ y ago1:29:34

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The gang does not gain an awesome new A.I. crewmate no matter what they say.Av RRPXP

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep.6: Moment of Tooth 1:11:06

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In this episode, our heroes come to a tragic, mid-combat realization: the airship they're travelling in doesn't have a Veranda Module installed!Av RRPXP

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After Hours: Judge’s Guild: Inferno – Part 1 1:10:43

1+ y ago1:10:43

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We have another preview episode of After Hours from the RPPR Patreon! If you enjoy this episode, consider backing us to help support this podcast. Episodes 70 ,71, and 72 continue our descent into Inferno. Synopsis: We’re going to Hell! Judge’s Guild put out a module called Inferno in 1980,Av Ross Payton

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Let's Roll! - Fire and Water's Role-Playing Podcast

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Let's Roll: GURPS Autoduel 1:04:18

1+ y ago1:04:18

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GURPS Autoduel is the role-playing setting for Steve Jackson Games' once-popular wargame, Car Wars, and also chapter two of the Shiftworld campaign Siskoid ran back in the early aughts. He welcomes back to the show Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert to the the show to talk about the world of autoduelling and how to insert other types …

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RRPXP - a Rich Role-Playing Experience

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep.5: Crash Philandering 55:25

1+ y ago55:25

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Having narrowly escaped through the portal, the gang continues to flirt with disaster as they are immediately picked up by local forces--it seems someone on this world has been expecting them.Av RRPXP

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RPPR Episode 184: Vtubers and Tabletop RPGs in Japan 48:41

2y ago48:41

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News: Check out Arkham Cold Cases on the RPPR Patreon! Episode 4 features Caleb as a guest and it’s quite hilarious. Listen to a sample here. We’ve also picked a regular time for livestreams on the RPPR Patreon Discord – 6 pm CST on Sundays. Come hang out with usAv Ross Payton

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Atlas Stellarum - Ep.4: Moose Lips Sink Ships 59:14

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The crew locks horns with a mighty moose of mythic mass, but is this behemoth just a bump in the road as the mysteries deepen? Once more, into the breach!Av RRPXP

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