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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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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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 

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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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

24:08 Hadrian's Wall
24:26 Winston Churchill
26:09 Picts
28:55 Navajo / Code Talkers
29:42 Determining Locations / Machu Picchu
29:54 Navajo Cliff Dwellings / Area 51
30:10 Trinity / Alomogordo
30:56 Heinrich Schliemann / Troy
31:28 Gibraltar / Pillars of Hercules
31:56 Victoria Falls / Niagara Falls / Zambezi
32:27 Mount Fuji / Ulan Bator / Genghis Khan
32:53 Gobi Desert / Mount Everest / Taroko Gorge
33:15 Dreamtime
34:31 Fighting Monks
35:52 Determining Factions
38:21 Albert Einstein
40:05 Pineapple Grenade
44:14 Imperial Japan / Communism
47:34 Chinese Gunpowder
48:03 Panacea / Elixir Vitae
49:31 KGB
50:15 Cheka / Vladimir Lenin / NKGB
50:33 Political Directorate (OGPU) / Joseph Stalin
53:20 Rwandan Genocide 

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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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 5 - The Civil Engagement

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

We tackle the Superhero, Steampunk and Historical Fiction genres all at once by leaping into a world in which the Civil War is being fought not only with armies, but with strange technology and stranger heroes. Find it in the wiki here.

Recommendations: Jon recommends World War Z by Max Brooks. Jim recommends Matthew Wayne Selznick's World Building series.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:22 Mr. Rogers / HAL 9000
00:55 Introduction
01:32 Recommendations / World War Z
03:10 Matthew Wayne Selznick
04:07 Deciding Genre
04:38 DC / Marvel
05:09 The New Gods
05:16 Green Lantern / Superman / The Flash
05:24 Thor / The Incredible Hulk / The Silver Surfer / X-Men
06:10 Deciding Superhero Power Level & Geographic Scale
07:15 Gambit (Remy LeBeau) / Rogue
07:33 The Civil War
08:34 Hat with Gears
09:27 Confederate Ironclads / Submarines
10:34 Washington, D.C. / Richmond, VA
11:20 Creating Characters
12:44 Kentucky Fried Chicken / Colonel Sanders
13:27 Snow Crash
13:45 Captain America / Golden Age of Comics
14:13 Professor X
15:23 Dime Novel
15:46 Battle Hymn of the Republic
17:16 Batman
17:42 D&D / Cavalier / The Cavalier
18:25 Colt Dragoon
18:55 Sergeant Major
20:08 Benjamin Franklin
20:19 Q / Futurama
21:28 Fu Manchu
22:20 Abraham Lincoln / Pinkerton Detective Agency
22:41 Allan Pinkerton / Secret Service
23:22 Locations
23:52 Georgetown, SC
24:09 Tuskegee Airmen
24:28 Deadlands 
31:13 S.H.I.E.L.D.
32:28 Tuskegee, AL
34:09 Percy Jackson / Ares
34:54 Poseidon
35:16 Leonidas / Menelaus
35:46 Odysseus
36:08 Ulysses S. Grant
36:20 Captain Nemo
38:44 Geomancy
39:58 Acadians
42:11 Joan of Arc
43:30 Catching Up on Names
45:05 Gone With the Wind / Scarlett O'Hara / Vivien Leigh
46:15 Geomancers
46:44 Butte
47:32 Ursa Major
49:18 Highlander
50:18 Conclusion & Outro

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