Monday, December 10, 2012

Epoch Iteration 7 - Release the Christmas Bears!

We talk about current events, make announcements, discuss feedback and develop a strange fascination with spices and animal attacks.


The Worldbuilding Subreddit Jon mentions can be found HERE.

You can find the Transmissions from the Ninth World Podcast HERE.

Andante's link for the wiki entry on Dejima is HERE.

And Scott Roche's Indiegogo campaign for his upcoming anthology, The Way of the Gun, can be found HERE.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Catfish Attack
Trident
Dolphins Leaving Earth
D&D
Christmas Town USA
The Dresden Files / Cold Days
Reddit
Transmissions from the Ninth World
Monte Cook / Numenera
House Greyjoy / A Song of Ice and Fire
Dejima
Ellis Island
Tachyon

Matthew Wayne Selznick
Scott Roche
Indiegogo
Mur Lafferty / Jared Axelrod
A Fistful of Dollars / Seven Samurai
Way of the Gun


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Monday, November 26, 2012

Episode 18 - Accord

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: John "Scooter" Weaver
 

In this episode we create a burgeoning city full of humans making its way in the world on the edge of three nonhuman lands. In this fantasy world, the human kingdoms do all they can to get a leg-up on their competition, and political backstabbing is the norm. And all the while, the elves, dwarves and orcs watch them as they move closer and closer to danger.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jim recommends Trader Tales: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Jon recommends Giant in the Playground & Order of the Stick.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Dungeons & Dragons
Thieves' World
Fritz Leiber / Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser
Black Hills Gold Rush
Convicts in Australia
DUNE / The Spice
Balance of Terror
The Fisher King
Houses of the Blooded
Wicker Man
Britannia
Chivalry / Courtly Love
The Bishop!
Leviathan
Star Trek / Kirk Womanizing
Dark Sun
Chargé d'affaires
Hooverville
Dyson Sphere / Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
Lowe's
Stilgar / House Atreides / Muad'dib
Presidio / The Presidio
Solomon's Porch / Colonnade
Primate / Metropolitan / Magisterium
Caratacus
Lich
Magus
Nathan Lowell / Quarter Share
Giant in the Playground / Order of the Stick


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Saturday, November 24, 2012

Epoch Iteration 6 - Help the Walking Eye

A quick iteration discussing the fire that happened recently at the home of two of the hosts of the Walking Eye Podcast.

Here is a link to the ChipIn fund that's been set up to help them out:

http://ortiz.chipin.com/kevin-weiser-and-jen-dixon

Give to it if you can! Please help spread the word!

Mentioned in this Iteration:

The Walking Eye Podcast
RPGPodcasts.com


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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Epoch Iteration 5 - Wondrous Feedback

We read listener feedback, freely toss around Avengers spoilers like they're Halloween candy, and acknowledge the wonders of video game exhaustion.

The plant growth time-lapse video discussed in the episode can be found HERE.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jim recommends Achtung Cthulhu! - Zero Point Part 1 - Three Kings and the History of Rome podcast. Jon recommends Death Throes of the Republic, Wrath of the Khans, and The Immortal Iron Fist Vol 2: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Skype
The Avengers
Agent Coulson
SHIELD Series
The Hunger Games
Tyler Perry
Extra Life
Pong
Space Invaders
Borderlands 2
Saints Row
SWTOR
Starcraft II
Children's Health Care of Atlanta Pediatric Hospital
MACE
Savage Worlds
Fiasco
Achtung! Cthulhu
Modiphius
Call of Cthulhu / Chaosium
Realms of Cthulhu / Reality Blurs
Trail of Cthulhu / Pelgrane Press
DrivethruRPG
King Arthur (Welsh Legend)
Roman Empire
Alexander the Great
Star Trek / Bread and Circuses
The History of Rome
Hardcore History
Genghis Khan
The Gutter Skypes
Monkeys Took My Jetpack
Young Frankenstein
"But I can't say Sylvester, George."
Abraham Lincoln (Assassination)
The Warriors
The Anabasis / Xenophon
The Immortal Iron Fist
Mortal Kombat
Galaga / "That man is playing Galaga!"

The Computer is Your Friend


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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Epoch Iteration 4 - Dragon*Con Post-Mortem

We talk a little about show notes, read listener feedback and then talk for quite a while about what we did at Dragon*Con 2012!

In October, Kent will be participating in the charity Extra Life - check it out!

RECOMMENDATION: Jon recommends the web comic Clockworks.

My most surreal moment at Dragon*Con 2012.

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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Epoch Iteration 3 - Not Going to GenCon

We may not have made it to GenCon, but we *will* be at Dragon*Con! We touch a bit on that, recent feedback, upcoming episodes, World of Warcraft, The Dark Knight Rises and more!

UPDATE - HERE is the worksheet I (Jim) use to track information as an episode progresses. (Sorry about the delay in getting it up here - PDFCreator conked out on me and I didn't have a chance to redo it until after Dragon*Con.)

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Sunday, August 12, 2012

Episode 17 - GLADIUS Sanction

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Jon Carmody
 

We present a world where everything is EPIC! A Michael Bay-ish world overflowing with testosterone. A world where even the smallest things are cranked up to 11! In this world, the biggest problems are handled by a team of experts who fight against the endless forces of a powerful arch-villain.

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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Epoch Iteration 1 - Recapturing Life Pieces

Here's a new thing - a show-between-the-shows! Just some announcements, listener feedback and general banter to tide folks over until the next full setting-creation episode is released.

Recommendations: Jon recommends Brave and the Crankcast. Jim recommends Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Episode 16 - The Arcane Impurity

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Matt Forbeck
 

Fantasy and sci-fi collide as a medieval world inhabited by magical creatures and practitioners of the arcane is beset by cyborg invaders from another world. Little do the defenders of the realm realize how much in common they have with their strange enemies.

Matt's Kickstarter (12 for `12) can be found here. Check it out while there's still time!

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Episode 15 - The Midgard Precedent

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest:
Edward Boudreaux

We construct a setting in which Viking-inspired space fleets must deal with an Earth government that no longer wants them. Now that first contact with an alien race has been made, the rules have changed. What will happen when the fleet's replacements arrive?

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Double Header

You may have noticed there hasn't been a new episode for a few weeks. Our schedules have been crazy lately and the editing process has slowed down a bit as a result.

But luckily, there are still more new shows on the horizon!

Tonight we'll release a new episode. Then, within the next few days, look for a second new episode!

In the mean time, check out our awesome new title banner, sent in by listener Joe! 

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Episode 14 - Perdition's Hold

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Clint Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group
 

We create a penal colony that exists in a medieval world where magic is outlawed and demons manipulate the future of mankind.

On an unrelated note for the gamer listeners out there, the 2012 RPG Podcast Listener Survey is going on right now! Check it out here.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:06 Door # 2
01:02 Intro
01:39 Savage Worlds / Pinnacle Entertainment Group
02:01 Necessary Evil
02:15 Deciding Basics
02:35 Megalopolis
02:43 Gormenghast / Gormenghast Series
04:52 Fritz Leiber
07:02 Determining Scale
07:18 D&D
07:37 Discussing Structure & Resources
09:10 Convicts in Australia
09:18 Discussing Geography
10:38 Discussing Magic, Demons & Logistics
14:18 Jabba the Hutt
19:19 Discussing Religion & Church Structure
21:28 Inquisition
27:59 Planes of Existence
29:51 Discussing City Districts
29:57 The Five Boroughs (NYC)
34:52 Discussing Rules of Magic
37:39 Discussing History
43:54 Discussing Groups
49:34 Hannibal Lecter
50:16 Naming Titles & Places
52:04 Promise / I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
52:35 Raistlin / Dragonlance / Jacques Chirac
52:51 Malfeasance
53:34 Proctor & Gamble
54:49 Tarot
55:35 Naming Groups
56:25 Aufero
59:42 Naming Characters
60:11 Hector / Hannibal
61:16 Umbra
61:55 Pelagic
62:49 Phyllis Diller
63:04 Boris Yeltsin
63:18 Naming Geographic Items & Institutions
64:15 Naming the Setting
64:39 Devil's Island
65:07 DOOM / Perdition's Gate
65:29 Conclusion & Outro

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Episode 13 - Kiklos

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guests:
Tuna & Nick the Savage Greek

In this episode we create an artificial world where the inhabitants fight each other for resources on the inside of an enormous sphere as part of an ages-long experiment.

Recommendations: Jim recommends Dark City. Jon recommends John Carter.

Wiki entry to follow!

06:14 Savage Worlds Test Drive v 6
06:30 AMBER Diceless RPG / Roger Zelazny / Chronicles of Amber
07:48 Neptune's Reich
08:51 Determining Basics
10:33 Dyson Sphere
11:55 Deciding Genre
12:37 Discussing Physical World Aspects
14:54 Discussing Issues for Native Life
15:42 Discussing Geographic Features
17:56 Circumference of the Earth
18:25 Supercontinent
19:10 Discussing Technological Levels
19:46 Industrial Revolution
20:45 Coca-Cola / The Gods Must Be Crazy / Coca-Cola Bottle Scene
20:59 Discussing Outside Influences
21:29 PETA / Greenpeace
22:12 Star Trek / "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
22:23 The Truman Show / Dark City
22:32 Discussing Complications
26:38 Discussing Species
30:46 Voldemort
32:22 Trinity
32:42 Heavy Metal 2000 / Zeek
33:16 Oompa-Loompas
34:27 Triceratops
36:08 Hubwards
37:40 Hive Mind
36:18 Dirigible / Zeppelin
40:47 Inca / Aztec
41:31 Salamander
43:38 Lizardfolk / The Lizard
44:04 Discussing History
46:40 Krakatoa
50:31 Discussing Locations
52:48 Discussing Political Structures
56:03 Naming Species, Groups & Locations
58:10 Pinnacle Entertainment Group
58:55 Pleistocene / Tarantian
59:50 Quad Core
61:30 Pokemon / Charizard
63:46 Isthmus
66:13 Recommendations
66:37 Kiefer Sutherland
66:43 John Carter / Barsoom Series
66:57 Conclusion & Outro
68:28 BONUS CONTENT: A Tale of Ice-Smashery

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Friday, April 27, 2012

Upcoming Delay

Just wanted to let everyone know the release scheduled for this weekend will be a bit late as I've got a wedding to attend. But no need to panic! I'll be returning home early next week, and I'll post episode 13 as soon as I've had time to finish editing it.  -- Jim

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Episode 12 - Acondus Spiral

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Darin Kennedy
 

We slap together a setting in deep space, in which a struggling federation of worlds attempts to push back threats from all sides. 
 
Recommendation: Jon recommends Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 
 
Wiki entry to follow! 

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:01 Star Wars / The Force / George Lucas
00:08 Mitochondria / Midi-chlorians / Dragonball Z
00:39 Pigs in Space / Sharks with Lasers
00:57 Intro
02:12 Listener Comments
03:01 Deciding Basics
05:30 Discussing Species
05:34 The Micronauts
06:00 THEM! / Square Cube Law
06:38 Emergence / Hive Mind
08:48 Mercury
11:31 Contact
13:25 Dune / Spacing Guild
14:08 Clarke's Laws
16:47 The War of the Worlds / Martians
21:33 Superman / Vulcan / Dwarves
21:53 DC Comics / Apokolips
21:58 Marvel Comics / Guardians of the Galaxy / Charlie-27
23:51 Red Lobster
24:24 Relativity
26:33 Red Alert
26:36 Discussing Relations & Motives
27:48 Xenophobia
31:21 Discussing Societal Structures
34:55 The Borg
35:23 Discussing History
36:58 "That's no moon..."
42:42 Discussing Ships
45:46 Termite Mound
46:33 Krull
47:40 D&D / Formians
48:25 Warp Drive
51:31 Discussing Space Creatures
52:55 Mako Shark
54:17 Discussing Locations
56:31 Discussing Council Organization
58:30 Naming Species & Locations
59:21 Hymenoptera
60:32 Mandelbrot / Bratwurst
61:57 Manifold / Manifold
62:09 Gaussian Curvature
62:46 Shiva
62:53 Magic: the Gathering / Shivan Dragon
63:40 Naming Groups & Titles
63:43 Occupy Movement
68:06 Naming the Setting
68:36 "So let it be written, so let it be done..."
68:44 Recommendations
68:54 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
69:32 darinkennedy.com / Apple

69:49 Conclusion & Outro

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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Episode 11 - Hell Noir

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Gregory

Guest:
Eden Royce
 
In this episode we create a vision of a hell in which daemons try to live better lives, but are plagued by crime and corruption. And of course the occasional kidnapping by humans from another world.


00:00 Tomfoolery
00:12 Megalopolis
00:21 Mr. Snuffleupagus
00:37 Barghest / Darth Vader / Black Dog / Geist
00:52 The Hound of the Baskervilles / Baskerville
01:06 Intro
02:47 Listener Feedback
03:10 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast
03:37 Creative Commons
04:12 Determining Basics
04:38 Atlas / Atlas Shrugged
05:04 Demon / Devil / Hell
06:11 Hellevator
08:27 Fedora
08:57 Film Noir / Hardboiled Fiction
09:14 Faustian Bargain
09:37 "This is my boomstick!"
10:53 Drug Fiend
11:58 Drug Mule
12:09 Mephistopheles
13:37 Art Deco / Succubus / Femme Fatale
14:03 Determining Physical Properties
14:13 Dark City
14:59 Superman / Kryptonians
15:55 Discussing Social Aspects
16:16 No One Can Eat Just One
17:07 Discussing Supernatural Rules
18:47 Discussing Inhabitants & Society
20:43 Discussing Powers
22:29 Prohibition / Speakeasy / Eliot Ness
23:34 Devil in a Blue Dress
24:24 Imp / Incubus
25:10 Discussing Wild Life
25:38 Terrarium
25:56 Arthropod / Arachnid / Crustacean
26:35 Discussing Environment
27:24 Futurama / New New York
27:51 Zeppelin / Steampunk
29:15 Industrial Revolution
29:43 Sulfur Dioxide / Acid Rain
32:14 Discussing History
32:50 Elder Things
33:23 Yog-Sothoth / Elder Gods / Great Old Ones
37:12 Egalitarianism
38:58 Discussing Religion
39:33 Lovecraftian / Hastur
40:13 Humanism / The King in Yellow
40:30 Gothic Architecture
41:41 Gaslighting
42:14 Drinking the Kool Aid / Heaven's Gate
42:20 Discussing Crime
43:09 Discussing Souls
44:31 Scarab
45:05 Discussing Government & Organizations
45:43 Fidel Castro
47:01 Byakhee
48:03 Arkham / Mikatonic University
49:03 Wall Street
49:17 Coney Island / Renaissance Faire
50:20 Naming Beings, Titles & Organizations
50:33 Daemon
52:20 Body Politic / Constabulary / Constable
53:27 Clot
54:02 Humours / Bile
55:25 Naming Places
55:59 Furlong
56:25 Naming Deities
57:28 Naming More Groups & Movements
58:17 Walker, Texas Ranger
59:37 Naming More Places
61:08 Naming the City
62:04 Naming the Setting
63:23 www.EdenRoyce.com
63:39 LudusNovus.net
63:45 Conclusion & Outro


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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Episode 10 - The Ashes of Albion

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Eric

On this episode, we create an Earth of the near future scarred by a mystical, fiery apocalypse. From the ashes of this world rise heroes of the Arthurian legends and Egyptian mythology to battle an undead horde.

Wiki entry to follow!


00:00 Tomfoolery
00:03 Wikipedia / Philosophical Zombie
00:36 Intro
02:04 Determining Basics
02:15 Dresden Files RPG
02:42 King Arthur / Cthulhu / Rpg.net
03:30 Arthurian Legend / Avalon
03:53 Lovecraftian
04:17 Grendel / Beowulf
04:49 British Empire
05:04 Knights of the Round Table
05:14 Victorian Era
05:33 Reincarnation
05:49 Merlin
06:40 Knight Rider / KITT
07:47 The Mummy / The Scorpion King
08:22 Sarcophagus / British Museum
09:37 Morgan le Fay
11:40 Egyptian Empire / Red Sea
12:10 Horus / Evil Foreigner
14:22 Getting the Band Back Together
15:48 Solar Flare
16:22 Arthurian Dragons / Pendragon
17:20 Reign of Fire
18:00 Discussing Major Players
18:12 Aton (Aten) / Ra
18:42 Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten
19:04 Great Hymn to the Aten
19:49 Hitler
20:12 Nefertiti
21:55 Black Sea / Aegean Sea / Transylvania
22:16 Strait of Gibraltar / English Channel
22:38 The Chunnel
24:53 Excalibur / Lady of the Lake
25:28 Highlander / Illuminati 
27:12 Sir Percival
28:48 Osiris / Set
28:59 Pharoah
29:08 Monotheism / Isis / Avatar
30:16 Sons of Horus / Canopic Jars
30:40 Do You Wanna Date My Avatar / You Can Call Me Al / Paul Simon
31:39 Ptah
33:20 Discussing Groups & Strength of Forces
34:43 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / The Black Knight
36:19 The Fisher King
37:18 Greymalkin
37:48 Bast

39:08 Indiana Jones
39:20 Alexandria / Library of Alexandria
39:48 Tefnut / The Nile
41:15 Imuit Fetish
41:43 Anubis
42:41 Lich / Phylactery
43:31 Shadow People
44:17 Keku
44:30 Discussing Monsters & Devestation
47:04 Terra Incognita / Here Be Dragons
47:16 Vikings / North Sea
48:07 Mad Max
49:12 Kraken
49:27 Istanbul / Constantinople / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / They Might Be Giants
50:00 Constantine
50:17 Richard Wagner / Parsifal
51:44 Discussing Magic Level
53:09 J.R.R. Tolkien / Middle-Earth Magic
55:02 Discussing Seats of Power
55:14 Glastonbury Tor  / Salisbury / Stonehenge
56:19 Carpathia
56:31 Naming Places
56:51 Britannia / Albion
57:36 Naming Groups
58:34 Paladin
59:00 Bard
61:24 Naming Events
61:36 Big Brother
62:05 The Colosseum
62:19 Ritalin

63:08 Naming the Setting
63:44 Conclusion & Outro

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Episode 9 - Outlandia

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Chris
 

We build a galactic spiral arm in which magic and technology co-exist and humans and other strange species band together to defend against a threat that seeks dominion over all. WARNING: This setting combines Science Fiction and Fantasy. If that's not your cup of tea, you may want to skip this one to avoid having to crawl into a corner and rock yourself back and forth to comfort yourself against the sacrilege. In the mean time, we'll be having fun riding our magical space ships. ;)

Recommendation:
Jon recommends Community.

Wiki entry to follow!


00:00 Tomfoolery
00:15 NyQuil
00:28 Alderaan
00:39 Intro
01:14 D&D
01:45 AD&D 2nd Edition
01:52 Dark Sun / White Wolf
03:32 Determining Basics
04:59 Spelljammer / Windjammer
05:38 Exo-Space (E-Space)
07:11 Isaac Asimov / Clarke's Three Laws
07:40 Spiral Arm
07:50 Determining Star Systems & Species
12:35 Red Giant
16:49 Will-o-the-Wisp
17:31 White Dwarf
18:58 Stargate
21:04 Discussing Means of Interstellar Travel
22:31 Astral Plane / Hyperdrive / FTL Drive
25:08 Introducing Humans to the Setting
25:44 Charlton Heston / Planet of the Apes
27:12 Enterprise
29:05 Interstellar Conflict
31:45 Ship Design
33:45 Technomancer / Artificer
35:00 Determining Timeline of Events
36:12 Determining Locations
37:16 Deadwood
38:34 Revisiting Culture & Technology
40:16 Explorers
41:47 Adjusting the Timeline
42:34 Discussing Weapons
43:19 Greek Fire
43:38 Revisiting Locations & Borders
45:03 The Empire Strikes Back / Exogorth
45:47 Klingons
47:02 Sargasso Sea
47:29 Naming Things
48:34 Dross
49:13 Oni
50:00 Dwimmer / Dweomer
50:22 Jingoism
50:54 Falafel
51:10 The Gray
52:05 Xhosa
54:22 Ekam
54:56 Nyakyusa / Three Stooges / Bantu
56:22 Puma / Aztecs
56:45 Asterisk / Asterix / Babylon 5
57:20 Naming the Setting
57:26 Pigs in Space
57:46 Outlandia
58:45 Recommendation / Community
58:54 Conclusion & Outro


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Sunday, March 4, 2012

Slight Delay

Hey, folks. Just wanted to let you know the next episode of Crucible of Realms is on its way. I got a bit behind in editing because I've had a lot going on, but with any luck it should be up and available within the next couple of days. So be sure to check back!

-- Jim 

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Episode 8 - The Realms of Bennu


Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest:
Mike of Sick & Twisted Productions

We
delve into a fantasy world in which the living and the dead are tied to each other in an unending cycle of birth, life, death, afterlife and reincarnation. In the Realms of Bennu, what comes after death is just as important as what happens beforehand!

Recommendation: Jon recommends A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Wiki entry to follow!


00:00 Tomfoolery

00:24 Imperial March
01:05 Intro
02:53 Sick & Twisted Productions
03:09 GenCon
03:22 White Wolf / Vampire: the Masquerade / Changeling: the Dreaming
03:44 Listener Feedback
04:03 Universalis
06:42 Tyranids / Warhammer 40,000 / Galactus / Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
07:30 D&D
08:16 Gaia Hypothesis
09:00 Deciding Basics

10:25 Necromancy
11:50 Resurrection (D&D)
12:24 Ghost Rock (Deadlands)
15:02 Discussing Rules for Magic
16:39 Deciding Races & Monsters
18:09 Deciding Civilizations
18:56 Maori
19:08 Incas / Aztecs
20:44 Gypsy / Romani
21:31 Vikings / Roman Empire
22:29 Deciding Cosmology & Afterlife Details
24:04 Edvard Munch / The Scream
24:24 Princess Mononoke
27:22 "I see dead people."
28:38 Graveyard / Respawn
32:08 Discussing Afterlife Civilizations
34:03 Dalai Lama
39:09 Valhalla
42:33 Discussing Important Locations
43:22 Necropolis
43:42 Discussing History
45:36 Revisiting Monsters / Manticore
46:04 Chimera
46:58 Naming Civilizations
47:39 Koken
48:29 Chu Nom
48:42 Han Empire
48:51 Quoc Ngu
50:02 Supay / Uku Pacha
50:38 Scrabble
51:07 Wheel of Fortune / Volga
51:47 Vendel
52:17 Sara
54:22 Dresden Files / Ectomancer
55:29 Merlin / The Mists of Avalon
55:40 Naming the Afterlife
57:08 Naming the Setting
57:28 Chaldea / Sabians
57:53 Phoenix / Phoenix / Bennu
58:36 Ursula K. Le Guin / A Wizard of Earthsea / Earthsea Trilogy
59:26 Conclusion & Outro


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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Episode 7 - Neptune's Reich

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Reece Ambrose

We take an alternate look at World War II, imagining a world in which the Nazis found a mystical artifact that would lead them to conquer Europe and change the face of global politics forever.

 

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:36 Intro
02:15 Nazis
03:00 Determining Basics
05:07 World War II
06:27 Deciding Era & Society
07:27 American Civil War

07:59 Atomic Bomb
08:25 Pearl Harbor
10:00 Determining Rules & History
10:12 Rome / Carthage / Rome vs Carthage
11:18 Hiroshima / Nagasaki
11:55 Hermetic Magic
13:46 Vulcan / Neptune
14:06 Hermes Trismegistus / Hermes / Thoth
14:22 Alchemy / Astrology / Theurgy
14:38 Thule Society
15:18 Axis / Allies / Axis vs Allies
16:24 Afrika Korps / Virgil
19:36 Stormtrooper
19:52 Mars
20:07 Fifth Column
21:16 Sodom & Gomorrah
21:32 Poseidon / The Kraken /
Hermann Göring
53:54 Vodoun (Voodoo)
55:24 Grigori Rasputin / Bolshevik
55:50 Naming Groups
56:02 Manhattan Project
58:13 Dynasty
58:57 Naming the Setting
59:27 3rd Reich

60:27 Conclusion & Outro

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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Episode 6 - Utopia Horizon

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Gregory Weir of Ludus Novus

We travel out into the depths of space to create a science fiction setting in which humanity has transcended physical needs. Factions within this utopian society wish to bring the joy of this state of being to others - whether they want it or not. 

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Warning
00:38 Tomfoolery
01:06 Introduction
02:10 Ludus Novus
02:25 Listener Feedback
02:39 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast
03:26 Deciding Genre & Concepts
03:38 Space / The Final Frontier
04:00 Star Trek / Star Wars
04:58 Deciding Era & Tech Level
07:01 Singularity
09:05 Deciding Scale & Location
09:53 Luddites
14:03 Detailing Civilizations
15:11 The MCP
16:32 The Borg
21:14 Warp Drive
24:23 Dyson Sphere
26:18 Frankenstein / Cyborg
27:31 Green Women
29:23 Red Queen / Alice
29:58 William Shatner
31:38 Babylon 5 / Minbari
34:40 Freemarket
36:00 The Computer Is Your Friend
36:57 Facebook
43:04 Developing Group Structures
43:27 Mass Driver
43:50 Vogons
45:33 James Bond / M / Q
45:55 John le Carre
47:33 Farscape / Moya
48:42 "This Concludes Our Broadcast Day..."
50:28 Babylon 5 (Station)
51:20 Spawning
52:57 Orson Welles / Unicron
53:18 Naming Civilizations
55:11 Naming Entities & Locations
57:02 Vulcan / Haphaestus / John Milton
57:49 Return-to-zero
58:52 Naming the Setting
59:31 Conclusion & Outro


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