Episode 25 - Western Evolution

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent
Guest: Scott Roche

Our latest world is a mashup of the Western, Sci-Fi and Horror genres with a slight touch of Steampunk thrown in for flavor. Not long before the turn of the 20th century, a group of scientists led by Nikola Tesla are caught in a war. To one side are the carriers of a lycanthropic virus - some want a cure, but others want only to take advantage of their newfound transformations. To the other are hordes of dead soldiers reanimated by the US government. Some say it's only a matter of time before the whole thing erupts into a second Civil War.

Want to find Scott online? Here ya go:

Blog - http://www.scottroche.com/blog/
Fiction - http://www.amazon.com/Scott-Roche/e/B004KS1U6Q
Patreon - http://www.patreon.com/scottroche
Twitter - https://twitter.com/spiritualtramp

Also mentioned in this Episode:

Leper Colony
Being Human
Frankenstein
The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein
Nikola Tesla / Colorado Springs
Werewolf Belt
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Thomas Edison / Tesla vs Edison
Apache / Geronimo
Deadlands
Hypochondria
Hulk
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Apache Wars
Fort Apache
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Mark Twain
Boris Karloff
Mike Mignola
Topsy the Elephant
Washington Monument / Arlington National Cemetery
Battle Droids
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Ulysses S. Grant / George Armstrong Custer
Teddy Roosevelt / Rough Riders
Browncoats
Giant Mechanical Spider
Super 8
Area 51
Fargo
Difference Engine / Guglielmo Marconi
Magneto / Homo Superior / New Mutants
Nietzschean Superman / New Gods / Herculoids
Promethean: The Created
Transformers
Boomstick
Evolutionary War

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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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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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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!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:23 Jim's Icon
00:39 Intro
01:29 Come Play With Us
02:19 Savage Worlds / Fiasco / Call of Cthulhu / Shadowrun
02:42 Pathfinder / Slipstream
03:02 A Song of Ice and Fire / A Dance with Dragons / Game of Thrones
03:23 Daniel Suarez / Demon / Freedom TM / The Hunger Games Series
03:45 Altered Carbon / Takeshi Kovacs
04:10 Robert E. Howard / Conan the Barbarian / Solomon Kane
04:17 Listener Feedback
04:54 Game Geeks / Game Geeks YouTube Channel
05:08 Deadlands
05:34 Savage Worlds Deluxe

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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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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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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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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Episode 3 - Aurelia

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

In this episode we create the world of Aurelia, a distant ice planet. There, a mysterious and distant race of religious penitents carry out their holy obligation in repayment of their horrific crime. Find it in the wiki here.

Recommendation: Jon recommends "In Blackest Night," a story by Alan Moore from Tales of the Green Lantern Corp Annual Vol 1 # 3 (1987)

00:00 Tomfoolery / "Think of a number." / Pi
00:20 Introduction
01:28 Battlestar Galactica / Star Wars
01:56 Writing Prompt / Random Word Generator
02:33 Babylon 5
02:45 Setting the Scale
03:22 "Wrong!"
03:32 Theocracy
04:00 Star Trek
04:12 Alderaan
04:25 Inhabitants
04:33 Kaminoans (not Geonosians - sorry, our mistake!)
04:56 AI / Supermecha
05:33 UrSkeks / The Dark Crystal
06:10 Terraforming
12:18 Planetary Conditions / Geography
16:45 History
17:19 Utopia
20:24 Thri-Kreen
21:42 Geode
27:42 More Inhabitant Details
29:27 Younglings
29:50 George Lucas
31:31 Sects
36:53 Flagellant / Zealotry
41:00 Population Size (aka Fixing Our Math)
43:41 Vatican
54:44 Monsters
54:56 Roper
55:52 Bulette/Landshark
57:00 Naming
60:00 The Silence / Omega
61:31 Opus / Staff / Clef / Canon
62:04 Coda
62:40 Aureus / Staphylococcus Aureus
63:13 Aurelia
63:50 Recommendation / Green Lantern / Alan Moore / Rot Lop Fan / "In Blackest Night"

65:30 Conclusion & Outro

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Episode 2 - The EarthTech Trials

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

The focus of this episode is a dystopian future setting called the EarthTech Trials. Want a world with corporations controlling everything, cybernetics running rampant and popularity of web presence deciding government policy? This is it. Find it in the wiki here!

00:00 Tomfoolery
01:13 Introduction
02:00 World Concept
02:16 The Running Man
03:23 The Hunger Games
04:12 Orwellian
04:40 Deciding the Era
06:55 Dystopia / Media Influence
07:12 Max Headroom
07:37 Rupert Murdoch
07:57 McDonnell Douglas / McDonald's
08:13 Taco Bell
08:30 World War Corporation / War on the Web
08:56 Google / Facebook
09:30 Baidu
10:31 William Shatner's TekWar
11:16 Nike / Squad Combat / Paintball
11:39 How Things Changed
11:55 One World Government
13:40 Factions
14:06 Marshal Josip Broz Tito
16:27 Alien Threat Conspiracy
19:00 Setting the Level of Devastation
19:28 Earthborne Devastation
19:37 The Day After Tomorrow
20:29 48th Parallel
21:00 World Dome
22:52 Brain-Computer Interface
22:57 Transhumanism
23:50 Beyond the Fringe / "Civil War"
24:50 Faction Locations
26:51 Allegiance by Online Votes / Foursquare / +1
27:09 Technology
27:42 Naming Factions
28:32 Intel
30:19 Prime Numbers
31:22 Star Trek Aesthetic
32:18 The Games
32:23 The Olympics
34:59 The World Cup
35:37 Do You Like Movies About Gladiators?
36:18 Mechs
36:45 Apple
38:18 Nikola Tesla
38:30 Light Teleportation / Fiber Optics / Quantum Entanglement
39:32 Solar Mirrors
41:41 Corporate Structure
42:26 Virtual Baronies
45:22 Cult of Personality
45:29 Steve Jobs
46:15 Virgin Galactic
49:22 Naming Media Outlets
49:50 The Prime Directive
50:13 Madison Avenue
50:26 Important Locations
51:45 Ouroboros
52:22 The Phoenix
52:44 Fenghuang
55:30 Uluru
55:52 Casablanca
56:13 Tombstone, AZ
56:36 Deadlands
58:29 Conclusion & Outro

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