Accidental Survivors: The Modern Gaming Podcast
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Podcast Description
The Accidental Survivors are three geeky Canadians who drink and talk about gaming and other related topics. The podcasts generally focuses on role-playing games in the modern genre, but can move as far afield as the hosts decide. That's because it's their podcast and they are often distracted by bright, shiny objects. Or beer.
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ExplicitEpisode 75: Sword & Planet with Marcelo Dior | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Drink Check! Rob is drinking a Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale Chris is drinking a fancy mocha cappuccino with rum Marcelo is drinking a Two Oceans (South African) chardonnay John is drinking Black Maple Hill Kentucky bourbon We then talk a lot about booze in Brazil. Episode 75: Sword & Planet with Marcelo Dior Marcelo is a Brazilian podcaster from Sao Paulo. We talk about his own podcast projects, but spend a lot of time discussing the RPG setting of "sword and planet". As references, we talk about; Star Wars; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars Shannara; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannara Dragonriders of Pern; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pern John Carter of Mars; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_of_Mars and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_(film) Buck Rogers; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_Rogers Barbarella; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_(film) What systems could handle a sword & planet game? We discuss; Savage Worlds; http://www.peginc.com/games/savage-worlds/ Onyx Path Publishing's "Cavaliers of Mars"; http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/100590/Cavaliers-of-Mars-Quickstart Adamant Entertainment's Savage Worlds "MARS" setting Star Wars Saga; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Roleplaying_Game_(Wizards_of_the_Coast) Spelljammer; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spelljammer Rogue Trader; http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=78 SLA Industries; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLA_Industries Fading Suns; http://sholarijames.com/fadingsuns/ Starblazer Adventures; http://shop.cubicle7store.com/Starblazer-Adventures-Core-Rulebook Under The Moons of Zoon; http://artikid.altervista.org/?id=Games&detail=Zoon Amethyst Foundations; http://www.goodman-games.com/4370preview.html GURPS: Planet of Adventure; http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/planetofadventure/ Traveller; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveller_(role-playing_game) Marcelo talks a little bit about his Portugese podcast portal (http://www.terceiraterra.com/), as well as his English speaking podcasts which will eventually be on his website – http://podcast.marcelodior.com Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Marcelo's podcast portal at http://www.terceiraterra.com/ You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, AccidentalRob, and AccSurvPodcast. If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 74: Kickstartin' the Combiners | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Episode 74: Kickstartin' the Combiners * Kirin is drinking Newcastle Brown Ale, and apparently, it's the only one. * Wayne is drinking Saugatuck Brewing Company Neapolitan Milk Stout * John and Rob have both proved their worth by drinking the unofficial official beer of the Accidental Survivors: Innis & Gunn Rum Cask. * Chris is drinking Oolong Tea Things of Which We Speak Mecha Combiners Kickstarter Mecha RPG from Heroic Journey Publishing Bollywood Mecha? Reading is believing. Mekayana. If you have some spare money after supporing Mecha Combiners, consider Stuart Robertson's Weird West Miniatures campaign at Indiegogo. RPG gossip time! Monte Cook leaves D&D5. D&D5 or 13th Age, what's got your heart all aflutter? Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can find Kirin as koboldstyle. * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 5/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 73: the Five Minute RPG | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Episode 73: the Five Minute RPG * Fraser is drinking the unofficial official beer of the Accidental Survivors: Innis & Gunn baby! Their place is up for rent but more importantly, they're hiring! * Chris is drinking Waterloo Dark * Kirin is drinking filtered water Things of Which We Speak Sit back and listen to us play, then redesign an entirely new game. Kirin got his Ennie due to the awesomeness of Old School Hack. Go bask in that awesome. Bask, I say! We mention Guestbook from Machine Age Productions. Also, I give an idea of what I'm working on with Centurion. Maybe not as cool as the Five Minute RPG, but not bad. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can find Kirin as koboldstyle. * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 72 - Interview with Angus Abranson | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Episode 72: Interview with Angus Abranson of Chronicle City * Fraser is drinking Peppermint Tea * Chris is drinking Waterloo Dark * Rob is drinking Innis & Gunn Rum Finish (aka Rum Cask) * Angus is drinking orange squash Things of Which We Speak We chat with Angus Abranson of Chronicle City about a bunch of cool stuff, including; * Angus's past experiences with GenCon, and the importance of being there. * You can thank Fighting Fantasy books; Here and Here - for getting Angus into gaming * Valkyrie Magazine * Dark Winter (1992 cyberpunk RPG) * Agus suggests you keep an eye on SLA Industries; Here and Here * Chris's loud typing makes a special guest appearance * The lowdown on what's what with Chronicle City - game design, game publishing, third party partnerships and distribution * The State of the Industry * A sneak peak at what games Chronicle City are planning for 2012 * A talk about an upcoming Project Victoria * Angus is watching the BBC series "The Fades" * Fraser shouts out "Skullkickers" * Rob shouts out "Lovecraft is Missing" * Check out Angus and Chronicle City on the BAMF podcast and GeekNative. Feedback * Angus can be reached at angus@chroniclecity.com or on Twitter @ChronicleCity * Search for Chronicle City on Facebook, as their website isn't quite ready yet. * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 3/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 071: Summer Geek Movies | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Episode 71: Summer Geek Movies * Fraser is drinking Creemore Springs Premium Lager * Chris is drinking Forty Creek * Chris is drinking Samuel Adams Black Lager Things of Which We Speak We talk a lot about upcoming geek movies, some of the less well-known of which are: * Abrahim Lincoln Vampire Hunter * Iron Sky * Lockout Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 70: Fabled Environments | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. Episode 70: Fabled Environments * Fraser is drinking Steamwhistle * Charles is drinking Knob Creek Bourbon Things of Which We Speak * Fabled Environments at RPG Now * Fabled Environments website * Evil Hat * "Suffer the Witch" an adventure for Kiss My Axe * Queen & Country the definitive edition * Agents of Oblivion * Beautiful Brains Books & Games Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 2/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 69: Gaming and Fiction in Historical Settings | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 69: Gaming and Fiction in Historical Settings * Fraser is drinking Steamwhistle * Chris is drinking Waterloo Dark * Howard is drinking Dole Orange Peach Mango Juice Things of Which We Speak * Skylanders * Kiss My Axe * Waters of Eternity * Desert of Souls trade paperback Tangents * Research In Motion's business woes * Fraser's "quit smoking" story Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can also find Howard at HowardAndrewJon * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 1/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 68: The Accidental Survivors LIVE! | This is the Live episode we recorded on December 22nd, 2011. For the broadcast, we had an extra Skype account logged into our conversation, which in turn broadcast the call out to Mixlr, which sent the audio live to the internet. The setup worked pretty well. During this episode, we chat in the chat-room with listeners, and haul one of our long-time listeners ("Dark Canary" on the forums) into the conversation. We talk a little bit about Christmas, and a lot about why we changed our format from "The Modern Gaming Podcast". Have a listen! Have any questions for us? Contact us on Google +, at rob@accidentalsurvivors.com, chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com or on Twitter by using @accsurvpodcast. Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 67: A Little Bit of Conan | The shocuments were lost due to Libsyn being a total bitch, and Rob doesn't feel like re-writing them. Episode 67: A Little Bit of Conan for Everyone. Explicit! Have a listen! Brought to you by Gamerati. You are the Gamerati. | 12/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 066: An Interview with Robin D. Laws | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 66: Robin D. Laws * Chris is drinking Forty Creek Canadian Whiskey * John's drinking Makers Mark 46 Kentucky Whiskey * And then we lost just over seven minutes of content An Interview with Robin D. Laws * Hillfolk * Esoterrorists * Hamlet's Hit Points * the Worldwound Gambit * Campaign Cartographer * Over the Edge * Gurps Fantasy II: The Mad Lands * My little contribution to OGL Dwarf Books * Pierced Heart * New tales of the Yellow Sign * the King in Yellow * Feng Shui * TIFF reveiews * Ashen Stars * Hero wars * Glorantha * Heroquest * Grand Theft Exodus at Kickstarter Other Things of Which We Speak * Medieval Warfare magazine * Le Havre * Aki Kaurismäki * Into the Abyss * Werner Herzog * Cave of Forgotten Dreams * Hugo * Martin Scorcese * Immortals * Tarsem Singh * The Fall Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can also find Robin D Laws at RobinDLaws * If you're part of Google +, you can check out our page. | 11/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 65: Mecha | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Chris and Rob are drinking Innis & Gunn Rum Cask. John is drinking Maker's Mark Kentucky Bourbon. Our guest, Chris Perrin, is drinking... oh my God, we didn't actually ask him. We're terrible hosts. Things of which we speak; Klout; http://klout.com/home The World’s Greatest Extra (Jesse Heiman); http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1035503/ Evochron Mercenary; www.starwraith.com/evochronmercenary/index.htm Rocksmith; rocksmith.ubi.com/rocksmith/en-US/home/ Dark Souls; http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/086/086621.html Bermuda Triangle Board Game; boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2296/bermuda-triangle And a discussion on Mecha, a fighty robot anime RPG by Chris Perrin; Website; http://www.myheroicjourney.com/mecha/ Softcover; http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/search.php?mode=search&page=1 PDF; http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=82258 Download the character sheet; http://www.myheroicjourney.com/Mecha_Character_Sheet.pdf Quickstart rules! http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=79879 Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can also find Chris Perrin at BlogWellDone | 10/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 64: Howard Andrew Jones | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 64: Howard Andrew Jones * Did he say coke? * John's drinking Rolling Rock * Fraser's imbibing Amsterdam * Chris was getting all fancy and going all Innis & Gunn Rum Cask An Interview with Howard Andrew Jones * Howard Andrew Jones * Ray Bradbury * Joseph A. McCullough * Gauntlet, the Magazine of Heroic Fantasy is no more and has no web presence. * The Conan comic from Dark Horse * And Solomon Kane also from Dark Horse * The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane * The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian * Harold Lamb . . . not Howard * Hannibal: One Man Against Rome by Harold Lamb * Swords Against Death * Black Gate * Talislanta * That crazy Canadian Roland and his crazy e-zine * Desert of Souls * Sages & Swords * Paradox: The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction * E. E. Knight * Plague of Shadows * Paizo * The Waters of Eternity Other Things of Which We Speak * Dark Souls * Bloodborn by Nathan Long * Dan Abnett * Lion of Cairo by Scott Oden * Let The Right One In * Operation Nearscape * How Did This Get Made podcast * Punisher: War Zone and my review Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can also find Howard at HowardAndrewJon | 10/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 63: One Shot, One Game | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 63: One Shot, One Game One-shots and Con Games * We just wanted to remind you again that we attended Gen Con this year. * Fraser had a lot of fun running Kiss My Axe at Games on Demand. * Rob ran a quick one-shot of Mutants & Masterminds 3E. * Can you imagine an 8 hour game of D&D 3.5? Wow, that's both awesome and frightening. * Would your average game store patron know anything about Fiasco? * Rockin' and rollin' with the Enny award winning Old School Hack. * If Chris is talking about a good RPG system, he means Warhammer Fantasy Role-Playing Game. * Although he might be talking about Dark Heresy. Other Things of Which We Speak * Rob and Chris both saw Cowboys & Aliens * This somehow morphs into a Highlander discussion. * There might have been a TV show, though I know for a fact, there can be only one. * Go listen to the Bear Swarm podcast. * They talk about the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. * I picked up Robin Laws' the Esoterrorists at Gen Con. * It looks like it'd be perfect to run an X-Files game. * I also picked up The Esoterror Factbook and Albion’s Ransom: Little Girl Lost. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con Survivors 2011: An Interview with Gareth Michael Skarka | Gen Con Survivors 2011: Gareth Michael Skarka Things of Which We Speak * Go check out Far West. * You only have until August 25 to get in on the Kickstarter! * And don't forget that the Buckaroo Banzai Adventure Game is on its way * Check out more products from Adamant Entertainment. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con Survivors 2011 | Chris, Fraser, Brett and Rob drive through Indiana and Michigan, and talk about our trip to Gen Con, what we liked, what we didn't like, and what we may have liked. Also, Brett gets sprayed in the face by a sticky mess. What we talk about; We met a metric s**t ton of cool people and ran into some old friends Gears of War board game Blood Bowl Team Manager gets sold out Penny Arcade CCG Ross Watson from FFG is a robot Meeting cool people and gaming with strangers ENnie-award winning Kirin Robinson (@koboldstyle) ran a Old School Hack game for us with Cory Reid (@barsoomcore) and Victor Wyatt (@vjwyatt) Rob bought Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games and played it with Rob Justice from The Bear Swarm (@bs_rob) Brett commissioned artwork of naked cat girls Kiss My Axe and Sword Noir at Games on Demand rocked hard What Happens in Indianapolis stays in Indianapolis, unless it's VD Brett recommends Game of War (or The War Game) Chris recommends the Five-Hour Energy Drink ("It's good stuff. I can't blink.") Spoke with Gareth-Michael Skarka re; Far West (http://www.intothefarwest.com) and the upcoming Buckaroo Banzai RPG We got to see Conan (1982) on the big screen, with a near gunfight in the theater Rob played a press-only 4E game with @jennisodes and @Squach, among others, and got a bit of the scoop on the new Neverwinter Campaign Setting and new Encounters Season Rob spoke with the guys from Smiteworks about Fantasy Grounds 2 Chris and Rob spoke with Nancy from TableTTop Games about their wicked-cool iGM iPad app (http://tablettopgames.com/) Got to drool over GeekChique's Sultan gaming table, complete with IR-sensitive touch-screen display running D20Pro (http://www.geekchichq.com/) Taking our families to GenCon in the future, and GenCon's family-friendly options | 8/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 30: Gen Conning | Collateral 30: Gen Conning Things of Which Fraser Speaks * You can find my Gen Con schedule at the Sword's Edge Publishing website. * If you can find me at Gen Con, you might be able to get a copy of Black Gate #15 which includes my story "A Pound of Dead Flesh." * Go check out Games on Demand at their Facebook group * Sword Noir: A Role-playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery is already available and I'll have copies with me at Gen Con. Kiss My Axe: Thirteen Warriors and an Angel of Death will be out after Gen Con, but you can grab the "Quick & Dirty Gen Con Edition" if you can find me at Gen Con. Gen Con, Gen Con, Gen Con. * You might want to rock some Old School Hack using Jenn Wong's Fiasco playset "Quest for the Golden Panda" with the addition of some OSH Wuxia characters thanks to barsoomcore! * You might know of the Khorforjan Gambit and I'll be running a True20 game set there. * You can read about Sword Noir at the Black Gate website. * Want the Sword's Edge System for free? Here you go!. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon 2011 PSA | The Accidental Survivors are going to GenCon. Want to meet up with us? Send us a message on Twitter - @accidentalrob or @accidental_frase! | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 62: Hackin It Old School | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 62: Hackin It Old School Things of Which We Speak * You need to try out The Innes & Gunn Rum Cask. * Go read my story "A Pound of Dead Flesh" in Black Gate #15. * the Just By Chance GamesFacebook group * Rob's Pathfinder One-shots thread on the forum. * Stan Lee's new Soldier Zero comic. * And the Gutters' take on Stan Lee's creativity. * We once again salivate over Fiasco from Bully Pulpit Games. * For your urban adventuring needs, try Vornheim for something very different. * Check out redoing the Fiend Folio by Zak S. from Playing DND with Pornstars. * Go buy Howard Andrew Jones' novel Desert of Souls now. Right. Now. * Give a listen to CBC Radio 2, especially weekday's Drive at 3:30 PM local (that'd be 4:00 PM in Newfoundland). Hackin' It Old School * In which we discuss the excellent and concise Old School Hack RPG. * You can find Old School Hack right here * Talk all about it at the the Old School Hack forums * And Corey Reid's Old School DINO-PIRATES for his awesome DINO-PIRATES OF NINJA ISLAND. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can find Kirin on Twitter as koboldstyle. | 6/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitThe Pathfinder Triangulation | The Accidental Survivors: Special Episode "The Pathfinder Triangulation" Rob and the players of his Pathfinder game sit around and talk about the game, their characters, how things are going, order pizza, talk with Rob's son about Minecraft (mostly edited out) and generally shoot the breeze. If you want to comment about this (or any other episode) you can always email Rob at rob@accidentalsurvivors.com or catch him on Twitter @accidentalrob. | 5/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 61 - Rewards | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 61: Rewards Things of Which We Speak * Sword Noir, a Role-Playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery. * The Vigilance Press Podcast episode with your's truly talking Sword Noir. * If these Game of Thrones TV * Basil Exposition is all about the exposition. Rewards In which we discuss ideas rewarding one's players. * D&D 3.5 * 4E * Pathfinder * Old School Hack * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3E * RPG Net thread * the Odyssey Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. | 5/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 60: Player Honesty and Trust | Recorded before a live studio audience with the lovely and talented Jenn, from The Jennisodes. WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 60: Player Honesty and Trust Things of Which We Speak * We are joined by Jenn from The Jennisodes in an attempt to bring intelligence and credibility to our podcast. * We're also joined by Rob's mother-in-law, via telephone machine. * Sword's Edge Publishing is excited to announce the release of Sword Noir. * Rob continues to pimp Fantasy Grounds 2. * Jenn discusses her gaming group's Dresden game and gives a shout out to her RPG message forum, RPG Crosstalk. * Lots of chat about Fiasco and GenCon 2011. Player Honesty and Trust * In which we discuss further ideas of honesty and trust at the gaming table, spurred on by the conversation in Episode 59. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. You can email Jenn at jennisodes@gmail.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. You can find Jenn at Trapcast_Jenn. | 4/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 59: GM Honesty and Player Trust | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 59: GM Honesty and Player Trust Things of Which We Speak * Stonehammer Pilsner, recommended by Craig * Untap'd if you've got that peeping beer tom thing going on. * If these SEP sales numbers do not depress you, you have no heart. Let's get some pity sales going. * Fantasy Grounds * Inferno online RPG community (in beta) * d20 Provirtual game table * Pathfinder which Rob is now playing * Fiasco which Rob would like to play * Buy cool stuff at IPR listen about it on the Jennisodes * Video gaming with Bulletstorm * And MMOing with DDO * As much as Rob loves Warhammer FRPG, he's ready for something different * Fraser is still loving the Old School Hack * Expect to see the Accidental Survivors in Indianapolis for Gen Con 2011. * You can hear Fraser on the Jennisodes. GM Honesty and Player Trust * In which we discuss ideas inspired by comments from Stuart Robertson on Twitter and on his game blog. Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast You can find Craig at TheCarg. Diversions! * Places in Kitchener-Waterloo to take--and not take--your kids | 3/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 058: Game Prep | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 58: Game Prep Things of Which We Speak * Merchants and Marauders * Pimping for Arcane Kingdoms. Also? For Simple Coin is out now. It took that long to get this episode released. If you want to support this podcast . . . you could sponsor us or you could buy some SEP products. It pays for the libsyn account. * Canadian National Steampunk Expo * Gryphcon Game Prep for GMs * In which we discuss our particular GMing preparation techniques * Obsidian Portal Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast You can find Engler at wapcaplets. Diversions! * I don’t want to play a racist skinhead * Character backgrounds? What’re they good for? * Canadian politician overturning a poor ruling . . . but will he make it right? | 3/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 57: Villains You Love and Hate | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 57: Villains You Love and Hate Things of Which We Speak * Old School Hack * Viking Campaign Actual Play (which will have OSH AP soon) * Fiasco * Jennisodes. Unfortunately the Golden Panda contest has ended. * Pathfinder * Mutants & Masterminds * A Song of Ice & Fire RPG (has been out for awhile . . . silly Chris) and TV series * the Cape Those Sympathetic Villains * That hostage-taker might be facing the officers from Flashpoint. * Like that darn Sandman in Spider-man 3. * Snatch has no sympathetic villains * But Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Oddysey both do. * Yes, he did change his name to Charles Bronson. * Asymmetric whatsit? * I meant Denzel Washington rather than Samuel L. Jackson. * Sympathetic and awesome? Doctor Doom, in our books. * Destro? Maybe in the movie? And in final thoughts * Going to Gen Con, baby! * Who’s got Star Wars? Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast | 1/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 56: CottageCon: the Reign-ing | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 56: CottageCon: the Reign-ing Things of Which We Speak * Greg Stolze’s Reign * And by Enchilada I mean Enchiridion * One Roll Engine * Could this be the Cubicle 7 BJ-cast? * Arc Dream * Now I remember! It’s Judd Karlman and the Githyanki Diaspora Feedback * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast | 1/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 55: CottageCon RapFest Part Two; The Deuce. | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors Episode 55: CottageCon RapFest, Part Two; The Deuce. Sword Noir, beer, Kiss my Axe, Thirteenth Warrior, beer, the Rape Moose, Omar Sharif and more. Here's what we blabber on about; We're drunk, so please keep that in mind. We've cleared close to 15 beers. Muskoka Premium Lager; The Taste of Cottage Country. How to properly open a beer bottle Sword Noir and Kiss My Axe; http://swordsedgepublishing.ca/?p=761 Which movie is worse? Max Payne or Hitman? Ed Northcott, Illustrator. A historical recounting of the myths and legends of the Vikings. Get a brain, morans! Go, USA! Bear Grylls vs. Les Stroud. Go, Les Stroud! Instead of role'ing, people are rolling. Less descriptive playing in RPGs. Who the f**k played Melchisidek in "13th Warrior"? Chris finally got NextWave, Agents of HATE and Planetary. Beowülf movies. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob , and AccSurvPodcast | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 54: CottageCon RapFest Part One. | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors Episode 54: CottageCon RapFest, Part One Cannibalism, inappropriate behaviour of Muskoka wildlife, terrible beer, vulverines and the games we brought to CottageCon. Here's what we blabber on about; Top Secret, S.I. and http://www.modus-operandi.co.uk/ The Superband; Pete Townsend, Jimmy Page, Lars Ulrich and Geddy Lee Advanced Marvel Superheroes and http://www.classicmarvelforever.com Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition; http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=93&esem=1 Castle Ravenloft Board Game; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59946/dungeons-dragons-castle-ravenloft-board-game Tales of the Arabian Nights; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34119/tales-of-the-arabian-nights Our "lost episode" Space Hulk: Death Angel; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71721/space-hulk-death-angel-the-card-game Race for the Galaxy; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28143/race-for-the-galaxy Catalyst Games' "Classic Battletech" boxed set and a discussion on how terrible the Mechwarrior RPG was; http://catalystgamelabs.com/category/classic-battletech/ Gear Krieg, Heavy Gear, Tribe 8, SilCORE from Dream Pod 9; http://www.dp9.com/ Lumpley Games sale! A bunch of games for $10; http://theunstore.com/unstore/publisher/lumpley_games Dogs in the Vineyard; http://www.lumpley.com/dogsources.html Chris wins an iPad, the jerk... Muskoka Premium Lager tastes like crap. RPGkids; http://newbiedm.com/rpgkids/ Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob , and AccSurvPodcast | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 53: Beer, Minicons, and Questions | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 53: Beer, MiniCons, and Questions Things of Which We Speak Shout out to Gaming Asylum Rob is now a part of the Combat Cast. Sadly, no Shieldmaiden of Rohan Beers Jaws of the Six Serpents by Tim Gray from Silver Branch Games is an outstanding sword & sorcery RPG using PDQ from Atomic Sock Monkey. DC Adventures from Green Ronin, which has evolved from Mutants & Masterminds 2E, looks super awesome. More when I actually get a chance to play it. Castle of Ravenloft, the D&D boardgame Minicons Modern games such as World of Darkness, Nemesis, Godlike, Savage Worlds, Top Secret, GURPS, and Champions. Chewbacca vs. Nazis . . . with Squirrel! Mundus Novit is now out . . . not that anyone would know this. Deathwatch from Fantasy Flight Games, from whence also comes Rogue Trader and Warhammer FRPG. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob , and AccSurvPodcast | 9/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 29: Reviewing Rome LDR | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn.The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.Collateral 29 - Reviewing Rome: the Life and Death of the Republic LinksYou can purchase Rome LDR from Cubicle 7 games. You can read a written review at Sword's Edge. FeedbackIf you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there.You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 6/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 52: In Which The Heroes Discuss D&D 5e | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.Episode 52: In Which The Heroes Discuss D&D 5eThings of Which We Speak Iron Sky and the trailer on Youtube. They need money to finish the movie - but invest in our podcast, first.Red Dead RedemptionSupernatural and SmallvilleThe post from Mike Mearls in which he speaks of taking over the helm and then the cries of fanboys on both sides of the fence; http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/24065909/Mike_Mearls_new_DD_Manager?pg=1Chris, once again, regurgitates his love-juice all over Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition.Rob nearly falls asleep during the show. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them!You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase and Accidental_Rob Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio at www.warpigradio.com. | 5/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAccidental Survivors 051 - Ramblers Get Rambling | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 51: Ramblers Get Rambling Things of Which We Speak Cubicle 7 Daring Tales of Adventure Rome: Life and Death of the Republic Starblazer Adventures Dresden Files RPG Sword's Edge The Maltese Falcon The Big Sleep Kobo Mad Irishman Headless Hollow Louis L'Amour Mutants & Masterminds Sword's Edge Publishing Warren Ellis Planetary the Authority The Losers and the movie adaptation Chris Hemsworth as Thor Green Zone Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com. If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them! You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase and Accidental_Rob and be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio at www.warpigradio.com. | 5/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 50; Video Game Takeover | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. The Accidental Survivors Episode 50; Video-Game Takeover We discuss classic video games from "the good old days", and talk about why they're our faves. DARCY: The Neverhood Wing Commander Series Civilization Lucasfilm SCUMM engine games Sierra Online library - LSL and other AGI games Battle of Britain Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe TIE Fighter, X-Wing CHRIS: SSI games Oddworld - Abe's Odyssey / Abe's Exodus / Stranger's Wrath Crimson Skies DAVID: Commander Keen series Prince of Persia / Blackthorne Under a Killing Moon TIE Fighter Thief II: The Metal Age Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem ROB: Robot Odyssey (Apple II+) A java version is available here; http://mysite.verizon.net/thomasfoote/DQ/id35.htm Alien Mind (Apple IIgs) Flashback / Another World Freelancer Microsoft Flight Simulator X-Wing Alliance Beneath a Steel Sky F-117A Stealth Fighter Comanche: Maximum Overkill If you want to contact us, you can email us by writing us at rob, chris, fraser, david or chuck@accidentalsurvivors.com If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser, Chuck, Dave and Rob on Twitter. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 4/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 49; A Chat with Jay Little | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. The Accidental Survivors Episode 49; A Little Chat with Jay Little from Fantasy Flight Games. News & Views 1. Super-strong chimps will take over the world. Chris talks about a super-strength gene. We welcome our new Monkey Overlords. 2. Fraser w***es himself out once more, talking about the free adventure and supplements at Sword's Edge Publishing - The Lorestaves. 3. Jay discusses not watching "Wolfhound", but instead watching "Ink" via Netflix streaming on his XBox 360. 4. Rob talks about the goings-on at CottageCon and hopes for a lesser-cursed gathering NEXT year. 5. More whoring - Fraser talks about being featured and interviewed in the Winter 2009 OnSpec magazine. The Feature: A Chat with FFG Senior RPG Developer Jay Little Chris, Fraser and Rob talk with Jay Little about the 3rd edition of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, touching some of the nitty and gritty details, the controversy regarding this new system, and all sorts of other crazy stuff that you're not going to hear anywhere else! You can check out Fantasy Flight and WFRP 3.0 here. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser, Dave and Rob on Twitter. Fantasy Flight Games can be followed as well! Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 1/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 28 - Do You Want To Publish Or Be Published? | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 28 - Do You Want To Publish Or Be Published Links Previous "business" episodes: Always Have a Contract and Publishing Is Not A Prize. The "business" I talk about is Sword's Edge Publishing. Do you think you'll be as successful as RPG Objects? How about Adamant Entertainment? How about Ronin Arts? Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 12/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 27 - Movie Night! | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music is Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 27 - Movie Night! This episode is the fourteenth in Scouts, Spies and Other Guys, Collateral's series on military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Nineteenth Century Military in Movies Zulu directed by Cy Endfield Rorke's Drift on Google Maps The Wikipedia entry for the Battle of Rorke's Drift and a picture of the outpost. A picture of the ammunition box found using Google Image search. Khartoum directed by Basil Dearden Assault on Precinct 13 directed by John Carpenter Rio Bravo, directed by Howard Hawks Gunga Din directed by George Stevens Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom directed by Stephen Spielberg Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 12/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 26 - The Revolting Dutch | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music is Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 26 - The Revolting Dutch This episode is the thirteenth in Scouts, Spies and Other Guys, Collateral's series on military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.The Dutch Revolt War and Society in Renaissance Europe by J. R. Hale War and Society in Early Modern Europe, 1495-1715 by Frank Tallet The Renaissance At War by Thomas Arnold Seventeenth Century Europe by D. H. Pennington Europe and the Wars of Religion by Govind P Sreenivasan. This release from the Teaching Company is no longer available, but I was able to find it through inter-library loan. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 25 - A Century's Crucible | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music is Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 25 - A Century's Crucible This episode is the fourteenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. The Eighteenth Century the Luck of Barry Lyndon novel by William Makepeace Thackeray the Last of the Mohicans directed by Michael Mann Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson Crucible of War by Fred Anderson Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 11/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 48 - Dragon Age: Origins. A Fireside Chat. | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. The Accidental Survivors All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Dragon Age: Origins. A Fireside Chat. With Fraser tending to ill children, Chuck fighting (and losing) a battle against his headset and Dave off braving the throngs at the CoD:MW2 launch, Rob, Chris, Andrew and Darcy spend some time chatting casually about Bioware's new title, Dragon Age: Origins. It's pros, it's cons, and a few things in between. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser, Dave, Andrew and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 11/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 24 - What Is It Good For? | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music is Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 24 - What Is It Good For? This episode is the thirteenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. Advice, what is it good for? You can thank Fezzwick for this one. Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay, and his novels Tigana, and the Sarantine Mosaic.Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 23 - And All For One! | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music is Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 23 - And All For One! This episode is the twelfth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. The Seventeenth Century the Three Musketeers novel by Alexandre Dumas, pere the Last Valley directed by James Clavell the Witchfinder General starring Vincent Price War and Society in Renaissance Europe by J. R. Hale War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime 1618-1789 by M. S. Anderson Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 10/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitWe Are Still Alive | We are still alive, as the title suggests. Just a little note, and audio, letting you know that we aren't podfading. We'll be back as soon as we get our lives in order. If you miss us, head on over to accidentalsurvivors.com and tell us so. Stroke our egos, it might help us schedule a recording! | 10/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 22 - Highland Pony Express | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 22 - Highland Pony Express This episode is the eleventh of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. Wars of Scottish Independence - 1314 to 1329 A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson The Lion in the North by John Prebble Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair Robert the Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott The Black Douglas by I. M. Davis And, the Declaration of Arbroath, a rather important historical document. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 10/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 21: the Black Douglas | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 21 - the Black Douglas This episode is the tenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Wars of Scottish Independence - 1305 to 1314 A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson The Lion in the North by John Prebble Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair Robert the Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott The Black Douglas by I. M. Davis Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart This episode is the ninth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Wars of Scottish Independence - 1296 to 1305 A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson The Lion in the North by John Prebble Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair My Braveheart Rant, for anyone who cares And, the Declaration of Arbroath, a rather important historical document. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 9/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 19 - Getting Medieval | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 19 - Getting Medieval This episode is the eighth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.The Middle Ages War in the Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine A Brief History of Medieval Warfare by Peter Reid The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition) Medieval Military Technology by Kelly DeVries Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph & Frances Gies Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 18 - Denizens of Freeport Pt.1 | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 18 - The Denizens of Freeport Part 1 This episode is the first in a series of Collateral episodes which will recap our group's game in Green Ronin's setting of Freeport, using Fantasy Flight Games' Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay system. We'll talk a little about the game, and then talk a little about our experiences running and playing in a sandbox campaign. The Denizens of Freeport wiki can be found here. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. | 8/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 047 - Genre Bending | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views 1. Dark Sun 4E 2. War Hammer FRPG 3E 3. Paizo's Pathfinder (d20 3.75?) 4. Accidenal Survivacon? Let's talk. 5. District 9. Chris says "See it. See it now!" (not an actual quote) 6. Going to Fan Expo? Let Dave know on twitter. 2. Feature - Genre Bending That's genre. GENRE. We talk about taking fantasy stuff like the Lord of the Rings, dungeon crawls, the Book of Kings, Richard III, the Tower of Fear, Conan and dropping it into the modern genre. Bend it like the Survivors! 3. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser, Dave and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 17 - Complementing Augustus | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus This episode looks at inspiration for player character parties in which characters have complementary specialties. Some discussion of the roles of Agrippa and Maecenas in the rise of Augustus can be found in A History of Rome by Michael Grant. The best Musketeers movies ever were those directed by Richard Lester, starting with the Three Musketeers. If you have a stout heart, brave the Accidental Survivors first attempt at podcasting when we talked about In Game Bonding. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 16 - First Citizen | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 15 - First Citizen This episode is the seventh of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Rome - The Principate The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by The Roman Army by Pat Southern A History of Rome by Michael Grant The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!) Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 8/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 15 - Hail Caesar! | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. The music you might hear faintly in the background includes the following, all available at Magnatune: J.S. Bach on the Lute by Paul Berget, the Airs of Wales and the Once and Future Harp by Cheryl Ann Fulton, and Himlens Polska by Erik Ask-Upmark. Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar! This episode is the sixth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Rome - The Civil Wars The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by The Roman Army by Pat Southern Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition) The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!) Rome the HBO mini-series Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 8/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 046 - Featureless | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views This time, it's all News & Views, all the time. Things discussed: - Voyages of Discovery has been released! - Interface Zero Modern20 Edition has been released! - Lots of call backs to Episode 043 - Cyberpunk'd. - Rogue Trader will be at Gen Con! - There is also the Rogue Trader Collector's Edition! - If you want to hear our Gen Con 2008 wrap-up, you can find it here, and there's lots more from Gen Con Survivors. - You might not have a chance to see the pilot, you need to read Global Frequency. And check out Leverage as well. - This Just In From Gen Con, almost live podcasting from the Con. - Check out Mundus Novit: Dark Horizonsat the SEP website. 2. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Look for Fantasy Flight Games as well. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 8/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 14 - The Power of Rome | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome This episode is the fifth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Roman Republic and Carthage The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by The Roman Army by Pat Southern Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition) The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!) Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 8/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 45 - X-Road Chronicles | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views 1. 12 to Midnight games is having a treasure hunt contest to publicize their new book, Buried Tales of Pinebox. This book contains 12 tales of Modern Horror by Shane Hensley, Jason Blair, Derek Gunn, Jess Hartley, Monica Valentinelli, David Wellington, Filamena Young, JD Wiker and some other unparalleled genius called Charles Rice. Head on over to www.12toMidnight.com for details. 2. Chris Davis steps back from RPGObjects for a year to focus on software projects. Vigilance Press is going to pick up the slack. Follow Chuck on his blog for all the exciting projects. 3. Go and check out Obsidian Portal. It's a site that allows you to set up a website for your tabletop rpg campaign for D&D or many other rpg systems. 4. A World of Warcraft Movie directed by Sam Raimi announced. 2. Feature - X-Roads Chronicles Let's talk about the winner of our modern contest and soon to be published game setting. We've got Walt Robillard as a guest. 3. The Hook Interception at the Ten Yard Line: The players are gang members or members of the modern Mob, who have been sent to Romulus to pick up a load of Seracaine, an exotic drug. During the ID Crossover back to Homeline, the Order Primus sets off a quantum bomb that screws the transport and brings the folks home and the product elsewhere. Crossroads' techs track the shipment (disguised as exotic foods) to Deadside. The players insist that they be allowed to go after it but are told to write it off as a loss by the IDC. The mob boss dishes out the name of a Crosser (Coyote - a person that deals in illegal ID travel) and the crew goes to Deadside to get the stuff back. They find that a Ride Gang (motorcycle gang) on the other side has scooped the shipment and have horded it for themselves. Can the players infiltrate the town of Little Mesa and get the drugs back? Can the recovery go off without the players getting dosed with radiation, sold into slavery by the ride gang, or being eaten by Gnashers (giant mutated dogs)? 4.Podcast News A) Spooky Outhouse Showcase I was lucky enough to join Ryan from Save Against Frostbite, Artemis from The Bear Swarm! Podcast, and Jonathan from Kicked in the Dicebags on the third episode of the Spooky Outhouse Showcase. The episode hasn't dropped yet, but I'll be shouting about it on the forums when it does. Keep your eyes on showcase.spookyouthouse.com for more showcasey goodness. I hear they might be scraping the bottom of the barrel for their next episode. 5. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 8/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. Collateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me This episode is the fourth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.Classical Greece The Ancient Greeks by Nicholas Sekunda from Osprey The Spartan Army by Nicholas Sekunda from Osprey Complete Idiots Guide To Ancient Greece by Eric Nelson Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition) Early Greece by Oswyn Murray (Second Edition) Anabasis by Xenophon Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 7/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 12 Additional - Mycenean Troop Types | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 12 Additional - Mycenean Troop Types This episode is an addendum to the third of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. This section was edited out as I was really discussing troop types rather than character inspiration. For a discussion of a military game in the Mycenean age, check out Collateral 12 - Launching a Thousand Ships Mycenaen Age The Mycenaeans c.1650–1100 BC by Nicolas Grguric from Osprey Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 7/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 12 - Launching A Thousand Ships | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 12 - Launching A Thousand Ships This episode is the third of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium - Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Mycenaen Age The Mycenaeans c.1650–1100 BC by Nicolas Grguric from Osprey Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton Mentioned in the podcast Reign Birthright My Viking Campaign My Mycenaen Age Idea The Iliad by Homer The Odyssey by Homer Troop Types I edited out my first attempt at the PC section of the podcast, because it became a Mycenean troop types discussion. However, if you are interested in hearing that, it's here. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 7/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 11 - It's An Antique (Army)! | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 11 - It's An Antique (Army)! This episode is the second of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. Egypt New Kingdom Egypt by Mark Healy from Osprey I refer to "Numidians" in the podcast. I had meant Nubians. My reference to Kush was correct, however, the Kingdom of Kush was part of Egypt certainly at the time of the Hyksos, and during the early New Kingdom as well. I told you I wasn't an expert! Assyria The Ancient Assyrians by Mark Healy from Osprey Judgment at Nineveh Episode 17 of Hardcore History by Dan Carlin Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 10 - Military Solutions | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 10 - Military Solutions This episode is the first of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. This episode considers some of the problems with military campaigns in RPGs and their possible solutions. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 7/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitPlaying with Fantasy Grounds 2, Part I | The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Special Episode - Playing with Fantasy Grounds 2, Part I Hold on to your hats. This is part one of a three-part Actual Play that we did in order to review the virtual tabletop program, Fantasy Grounds 2. You'll recognize Rob and Fraser, but we've also brought Rob's wife Melodie and his old friend Darcy along for the ride. Sorry - but there will be more to come. Links To help everyone follow along, this Actual Play episode was done using Skype and Fantasy Grounds 2. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Rob and Fraser on Twitter. | 6/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 09 - Always Have a Contract | The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. Collateral 09 - Always Have A Contract Links Hey, writers, you may want to invest in some kind of guide to legal matters, like this one. There are books for artists, too, like this one. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 5/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 044 - Non-Combat Games | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views? 1. Modern Floorplans: At Home Series "An Average Craftsman Style Bungalow" from 12 to Midnight 2. Two Worlds free PDF 3. DM Skeptchpad, which has free OGL material 5 times a week (more or less) by Mark Gedak. Every now and then he also compiles them into a free PDF. 2. Feature - Non-Combat Games Some of the games we talked about: Canon Puncture's actual play episodes of Star Wars PTA Esoterrorists Teenagers from Outer Space Inspectres 3.Podcast News A) Pulp Gamer, Podcasts and the Gen Con Schedule Pulp Gamer has revealed the podcasting schedule for Gen Con 2009. Head on over to pulpgamer.com/gencon/ to find out about all the great seminars you can attend. Don't forget about the Media Meet & Greet. It is going to be at bar called the Safehouse. Bring your friends! The podcasters want to blow out the doors. The more people they get, the more room available in the future to do more. The Accidental Survivors won't have representation, but last year there were lots of other hosts from lots of other podcasts, past and present. B) The Balanced Player podcast This podcast talks about console RPGs, a LOT of Oblivion talk, some Fable, some Mass Effect a little Two Worlds and some Fallout 3. But they also work in what Chuck considers some heavy and awesome game theory along the way. Great stuff. 4. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. | 5/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 08 - Nikola Tesla | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was Dominus Illuminato Mea, Winter Skies, Dream of an Electron Part 1, and Watermeditation by the Headroom Project, from the album Dominus Illuminato Mea available at Magnatune.com. Collateral 07 - Nikola Tesla Links Nikola Tesla on Wikipedia Alternating Current The Radio Tesla Coil the Tesla Induction Motor And, the Death Ray In popular culture, we've got the Prestige, Atomic Robo, JLA: Age of Wonder, Five Fists of Science, and many others. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 5/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 07 - True20 Review | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was Ika, When I Look Into Her Eyes, Pan's Procession and Locovenido by Falik, from the album Dreams from the Machine available at Magnatune.com. Collateral 07 - True20 Review Links Accidental Survivors True20 Review Viking True20 Campaign True20 Revised Edition Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 4/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 06 - Publishing Is Not a Prize | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was One, My Industry, and Thin by Processor, from the album My Industry available at Magnatune.com. Collateral 06 - Publishing is Not a Prize Links RPG Podcasts RPG Bloggers Monte Cook Chris Pramas My Blog Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 4/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral 05 - System vs. Setting | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. All music provided by Mindscape Music. Collateral 05 - System vs. Setting Links Inspectres the Gumshoe system True20, a version of the d20 rules. You can find the Revised Edition here. Spycraft 1st Edition was adapted from d20, so its kind of like D&D Espionage. Savage Worlds, look for the Explorer's Edition if you can. Burning Wheel Reign Articles on System and Setting from Unclebear.com: Setting Matters, and When System Matters. Episodes on Pulp Gamer: Mechanics Matter, and More on Mechanics. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. You can download this episode here. | 3/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 043 - Cyberpunk'd | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Rogue Trader, a game of exploration and profit in the grim darkness of the far future of Warhammer 40,000. Kazei 5 the anime-cyberpunk setting for Hero System 6th Edition and Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition. Modern20 is in print. 2. Feature - Cyberpunk'd Some of the things we talked about: Literature like the Sprawl Trilogy, Snowcrash, and Jennifer Government. RPGs like Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020/Cyberpunk, and SLA Industries. Mass Media like Bubblegum Crisis, Blade Runner, and Ghost in the Shell 3. The Hook Dark Cauldron: A hook for a modern or cyberpunk game, submitted by Chuck. Dark Cauldron is the latest craze in online interactive gaming. In fact, it's so interactive and addictive that one client, a wealthy billionaire, wants you to take extreme measures to get his son away from the game, which he calls a cult. As a cyberpunk adventure, the game takes place in cyberspace and the PCs will jack in remotely and attempt a rescue as fantasy avatars of their normal personas. They will find that the company that runs the game has dealt with "griefers" like them before, and has avatars with safety protocols disengaged to deal with them. The PCs will have to learn how to hack their avatars to be able to fight back, take out the cyberguards, then talk some sense into the boy they're trying to rescue. As a modern adventure, the game takes place at a "cafe", where players sit back in specially made sofas looking up at large 3-d displays and taking "herbal drinks" (that are drugged) that enhance the experience. Again a physical conversation with the boy is impossible and the PCs must enter the fictional world of the game to make contact with him. And again, cyber-warriors in the game will try to stop them and are capable of inflicting real damage, thanks to the PCs' drugged state making everything seem real. Here, rather than hacking the game for better chances in combat, the PCs realizing they are being drugged and either getting off the substances, or spiking the guards' cocktails will help even the odds. Either way, once their client's son is free, he tasks them to go after the game's servers, taking it offline, permanently. This will be a much more normal adventure, with the PCs either using their tech savvy to permanently crash the game's servers, or their skill at breaking and entering to deal with the problem more directly, either through a well-placed bomb or perhaps something as low tech as a big sledgehammer. 4. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Don't forget about Rogue Trader and Kazei 5, both of which should be hitting the street around GenCon 2009! | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCollateral Episode 04 - First Game Considerations | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. All music provided by Mindscape Music. Collateral 04 - First Game Considerations Links If you are in the Ottawa area, check out Go-Play Ottawa. Dark Canary 's thoughts are in the Episode 01 -Finding a Group thread at the Accidental Survivors forums. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 3/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 042 - Victoriana Review | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views? Samuel L (mf) Jackson is Nick Fury . The Mighty Thor casting call . The Watchmen! The Collider review and PVPOnline's take on the comic. Jonah Hex casting news. Megan Fox signed on as the leading damsel? Dark Heresy Creature Anthema Review 2. Feature - Review of Victoriana 2nd Edition This Victorian alt-history supplement is published by Cubicle 7. Chris's opinion: 4/5 Rob's opinion: 4.5/5 Fraser's opinion: 4.5/5 3. The Hook It is October, 1867. For weeks, street people have turning up dead in Whitechapel. Most have turned a blind eye to the deaths of these impoverished few, even though the natures of their deaths are so outlandish. These aren't slashings, shootings or beatings. The victims have been found missing their hearts. This is no surgical removal, either; the organs have been ripped from their rib cages with force. But last night, a well-to-do merchant off of Cooper's Row was found murdered in a similar fashion. Now the middle-class have taken notice of these deaths, and are demanding an investigation. Scotland Yard refuses to look into them, for reasons unstated (but rumours are the order came down from Buckingham). They are, however, willing to put together a special team to investigate the matter. 4. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. 5. References Dean Koontz's Frankenstein tv movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Sweeney Todd (with Ben Kingsley) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mary Riley Blackadder the Third Murder by Decree You can listen to Collateral on War Pig Radio | 3/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral Episode 03 - Research | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. All music provided by Mindscape Music. Collateral 03 - Research Links You can thank BrianK on the Accidental Survivors forums for this particular topic. Adventures of the Ottawa Warband an actual play podcast for my Vikings True20 campaign. PBS' Monster of the Milky Way, a great black hole documentary. Slayers, the kind of fantasy that needs no research. The blog post about my research is here. Global Security FAS Jane's Books like The Physics of Star Trek could be useful in your SF campaign. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 3/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 02 - The Pre-Game Meet | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. All music provided by Mindscape Music. Collateral 02 - The Pre-Game Meet Business Thanks to kroh and dej48 for listening and commenting Look for us and other great podcasts on Warpig Radio. Thanks to Ed from Atomic Array and Dan from Fear the Boot for their efforts. Links My campaign journal up on Sword's Edge Publishing with the article on The Meet. Adventures of the Ottawa Warband an actual play podcast for my Vikings True20 campaign. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there. You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 2/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCollateral 01 - Finding A Group | Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. All music provided by Mindscape Music. Collateral 01 - Finding a Gaming Group Business Walt Robillard won the Accidental Contest with his proposed campaign setting "X-Roads Chronicles. Congratulations Walt and great work! Links The campaign journal up on Sword's Edge Publishing. You might want to subtly indicate your gamer tendancies in social networks like Facebook. Meetup is a useful resource. You might be able to join a group like the Toronto Area Gamers or even just to contact people looking for games. Forums like EN World and RPG Net often have link up services like Gamers Seeking Gamers or Gamer Gatherings. Look for forums local to your area. The Accidental Survivors forum is focused mostly on Kitchener-Waterloo gaming. Online classified services like Kijiji often have local listings. Look for gaming stores or comic stores in your area. Universities often have gaming or SF clubs, like Watsfic. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. | 2/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 041: Sherwood Review | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week Fraser's digging the viral websites up for the Watchmen movie, including I Watch the Watchmen and the New Frontiersmen. The New Frontiersman is also on Twitter as NewFrontiersman. One of his players gave him the d20 Modern Menace Manual (thanks Eric!). Chris was pretty busy, geek-wise lately. He finished Fallout 3 and thought the ending rather fitting with the story even though it's rather abrupt. He also started playing Fable 2, which is a lot of fun. He got out to the movies and saw My Bloody Valentine 3D which he did a review of on our site. He's glad to finally have Supernatural back on again. But the big highlight for Chris was finally starting up the Dark Heresy campaign that's been in the talks now for a few months. Also check out the trailer for a new Tim Burton film called 9 it's another animated movie. Rob got into the beta for Champions Online and though he's restricted by an NDA. He also started playing a 14-day trial of City of Heroes just for comparison. David picked up Mortal Kombat vs DC for the PS3 and considers it awesome. In addition, he's started a project in LittleBigPlanet, attempting to build a simple Tower Defense game. He's been working with his fiancee on a client's website and now has a passing mastery of how to make Google Maps work for me. 2. Feature - Review of Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood This Robin Hood supplement is published by Battlefield Press. Sherwood is written by Marc Gacy and Wil Upchurch, with various public domain art and some art by V. Shane and OtherWorld Creations, Inc. Chris's opinion of PDF value 4/5 (for print price, 2.5/5) Rob's opinion of PDF value 3.5/5 (for print price, 2.5/5) Dave's opinion of PDF value 2/5 Fraser's opinion of PDF value 2/5 3. The Hook March 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama finalizes the draft that orders the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be closed within one year. His administration also starts to setup a program to determine how to process the currently existing prisoners. November 2009 all communication from Guantanamo Bay cease. It is later relayed to the public that it was a problem with the generator and nothing more. January 2010 a report is leaked to the press that an investigative force was sent in to discover the source of the black out and communications were lost with them also. March 2010 the characters are contacted to go in as a strike force and find out what is going on. 4. Podcast News In Our Time: Robin Hood One of Fraser's favourite podcasts, BBC's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg has a great episode from 2003 on Robin Hood. His guests are Stephen Knight, Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University and author of Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography (Cornell University Press, 2003); Thomas Hahn, Professor of English Literature at the University of Rochester, New York; and Dr Juliette Wood, Secretary of the Folklore Society. You can listen to the episode online. 5. Feedback In case you haven't heard, the Accidental Survivors Podcast is holding a contest for modern gaming ideas sponsored by RPG Objects. The idea can be anything, as big as a setting or campaign to as small as a single character or piece of equipment. Use your imagination! What about a criminal organization or an evil corporation? Perhaps a cocktail! Just about anything is grist for this mill. The idea should be presented in a one-page synopsis of no more than 500 words. If the idea includes a mechanical component, those mechanics need to be described in a system-neutral manner--so that an individual who does not know the system will understand the impact of the mechanics. Each submission must be in PDF format and include the entrant's name, address, email address and telephone number. There is a limit of one submissi | 1/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBad Boys of Podcasting: Josh's Intervention | Rob was invited to join a group of gaming podcasters called "The Bad Boys of Podcasting"! From time to time the BBoP will be recording special projects for your enjoyment. This is our first project. WARNING: This podcast contains very explicit language is not recommended for anybody. Ever. The Bad Boys of Podcasting's first project is here and tackles a very important issue that we’ve all been affected by. Josh is an a*****e. Peer into the inner depths of each of the following podcasters and join us in Josh’s healing process. Intervention Moderator: Meg- Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/ Intervention Participants: Adam/ David: The Podge Cast http://podgecast.com/ Luke: The Podge Cast http://podgecast.com/Rob: Accidental Survivors http://www.accidentalsurvivors.com/Rob: The Bear Swarm http://www.bearswarm.com/ Zeke: Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/ Intervention Target: Josh: Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/ was lured to the intervention on the promise of awards for “Mr. Sexy Gaming Podcaster 2008″. The music featured was Adhesion’s “Float Up from Depth” found on the Podshow’s Podsafe Music Network This intervention was recorded over Skype. Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences. | 1/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAn Accidental Contest | The Accidental Survivors Podcast is holding a contest for modern gaming ideas, sponsored by RPG Objects. The idea can be anything, as big as a setting or campaign to as small as a single character or piece of equipment. Use your imagination! What about a criminal organization or an evil corporation? Perhaps a cocktail! Just about anything is grist for this mill. The idea should be presented in a one-page synopsis of no more than 500 words. If the idea includes a mechanical component, those mechanics need to be described in a system-neutral manner--so that an individual who does not know the system will understand the impact of the mechanics. Each submission must be in PDF format and include the entrant's name, address, email address and telephone number. There is a limit of one submission per person. The deadline for entries is Saturday January 31, 2009. Send your submissions to accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca. Winners will be announced Tuesday, February 17, 2009. There will be three winners--first, second and third place. The winners will be contacted by email before officially announced on the Accidental Survivors podcast. The prizes include print copies of Blood and Fist, Blood and Relics, and Modern Backdrops from RPG Objects. | 1/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 40: Break It To Them Gently | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek WeekFraser's Christmas swag includes Rome Season 1 and Clerks II. Picked up A Magical Society: Silk Road from an Expeditious Retreat Press sale. Got Blood Brothers 1 on 1 Adventure as well. Got cheated out of $4,000 in a new work contract. Chuck scored Dark Cloud 2 for Christmas, is playing Oblivion (again!), and watching DS9 from the beginning (again!) Rob's Christmas swag included The Dark Knight, Crichton's "Next" , an ice-cream maker, and another addition to his pewter LotR goblet collection. His birthday swag included a great book called Kirby: King of Comics. The holidays saw him playing some Pandemic, getting further into GTA IV, and reading Jim Butcher's Storm Front, book one of the Dresden Files. 2. Feature - Break It To Them Gently (when you tell them that I won't ever play that game again) The Gamer Dad Weekly article that started all this is here. 3. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser, Rob, and David on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. | 1/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitCraptastic Episode 39 Cuts | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Too long for bloopers, too crappy for the actual podcast, Fraser took a bunch of stuff from the cutting room floor and shoved it into your MP3 player. Chris said it was all golden. Let's see how golden that might be. This is worse than most Accidental Survivors podcasts, so if you value your sanity at all, you'll walk away. Do not play this around people, even if they don't speak English. The profanity and insanity will infect even those who can't comprehend this pure horror. Oh, and do I need to say Not Safe For Work? | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 039: Merry Christmas, Accidental Survivors | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week It was Rob's birthday! He got Pandemic (and has managed to play once so far), and got Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC (and has spoken about it a bit on his blog, Gamer Dad Weekly ). Upcoming this week, He's getting together with The New Survivors (named thusly just to piss off Fraser) for Warhammer 40k Dark Heresey campaign's group template planning session. He got Fraser and Dave hooked on TweetDeck, and he's following people like Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg ), Wil Wheaton (@wilw ) and Felicia Day (@feliciaday ). And David Gallant (@davidsgallant). Dave came along via recording to let us know that since we last met, he's become an Assistant Manager in Training at EB Games (store #1700, Queen st. & Airport rd. Brampton, if anyone wants to see a real live podcast-person) fighting off angry mothers desparate for Wii's and Wii Fit's. He's still playing some LittleBigPlanet, as well as Ana's Christmas gift, a JRPG called Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Also nearly finished a great Capcom story game on the DS, Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice. He's getting buried in Twitter messages thanks to TweetDeck, struggling financially to make ends meet, and being a human pincushion for his three cats. Fraser's got his True20 Viking campaign going well. His Snowflake Project with Jonathan Holmberg is moving forward. And if you are looking for Geek Gifts, check out 10 Holiday Gaming Gifts for under $20 from RPG Blog II. Chris is getting prepped for starting up a Dark Heresy game he'll be running. He got a free 4 pack of beer from Moosehead for Christmas - yay BEER! (Moosehead, last of the "big" Canadian beers). He watched Death Race , and says it didn't suck. He says Role Models is fantastic and Zack and Miri Make a Porno is also really good. We disturbed him while he was praying that Dog Soldiers 2: Fresh Meat finally gets some forward momentum. Chuck got a Wii (cause it's awesome, which is why it's still hot), and he's got to remember to give Rob and Chris his Wii number. He is also checking out Legend of the Seeker. What am I doing making podcasts? I Should Be Writing . 2. Feature - Merry Christmas, Accidental Survivors! (no linkage) Dave's List Games: Civilization Revolution on PS3, Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1 on PSN, PS3 chat pad. Movies: HDTV. Please. No sense in asking for Blu-rays until I have the TV for it. Bring the PSN Video Store to Canada! Books: A nice print edition of Modern20 Revised. Or a Kindle. I'm not picky. More: Cheater's Dice Rob's List RPGs: Savage Worlds Explorer Edition, SW Starships of the Galaxy, SW Threats of the Galaxy, SW Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide Books: 4th book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, FOR GOD'S SAKE MARTIN, WRITE IT! Movies: Iron Man, Batman: Dark Knight, Supernatural Seasons 1 - 3 Boardgames: Race for the Galaxy, Power Grid More: GameMastery Flip Map Fraser's List Games: True20 Warriors Handbook Books: Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, Charles Nicholl's The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe or Alec Ryrie's The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England about Gregory Wisdom Comics: trades of Brubaker's Captain America or Daredevil, Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts or Global Frequency Movies: Iron Man, Kung-fu Hustle, DVDs of Richard Lester's Three Musketeers, Four Musketeers or Return of the Musketeers. Chris's List RPG's: Dark Heresy Rogue Trader other Dark Heresy stuff, Books: 3 or 4 Harry Dresden books I'm missing, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Killing Season, Autumn of the Gun by Ralph Compton Board Games: Cosmic Encounter, Formula D, Blood Bowl Human Team, 2nd Blood Bowl Box set Video Games: Resident Evil 5, Ion | 12/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 038: Getting Modernized | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week Fraser wants you to know all about The Midnight Charity Project. We are in the season of giving! Without the Monarch Comics Briefing, Fraser wouldn't know what's going on in comics, and he certainly wouldn't know that Warren Ellis is writing the Astonishing X-Men. Fraser follows Immortal Iron Fist faithfully, and he really enjoyed Northlanders. If anyone cares, Fraser's True20 Vikings campaign journal is on line. He'll try to keep that up to date. A couple of articles already exist. Chuck's working on an RPG using the setting from his web-novel, Hellstrom Voyage. The conversation continues at Narrative Control. 2. Feature - Getting Modernized With a tip of the hat to Dave! Danger International Top Secret S. I. The Albenistan Series Dog Soldiers The Mummy To get out of print games, Chuck recommends Noble Knight. Listen to the novel, Heart of the Hunter. 3. The Hook So, let's say we know we have a player who digs superhero comics, a player who digs Indiana Jones, and a player who digs James Bond. All are great modern concepts, and if you mash them up, you might be able to entice all three players into a modern game. Let's call it "Planetary Jones, International Men of Mystery." Planetary is a comic by--you guessed it--Warren Ellis that follows a group of "Archaeologists of the Impossible", tracking down the world's secret history. They are also superheroes, but not the kind with colourful costumes. That hits our superhero quotient. We're going to change Planetary and turn them into a group of super-spies in the 1950s, possibly even run by MI-6--very James Bond. This team goes up again a resurgent Nazi threat based in Argentina that is trying to acquire occult items of power in order to create an unstoppable army and usher in the Fourth Reich. And there we have our Indiana Jones angle. You could even fashion the Nazi menace as a kind of riff on SPECTRE or SMERSH, to further the JB quotient. And, of course, their first mission might be the team trying to recover the Blutfahne. 4. Podcast News The History of Rome Returns! I've spoken about the History of Rome podcast before, and when I did, the updates stopped coming. I hope I'm not jinxing this by letting you all know there are new episodes, and they are maintaining the level of quality I remember. The website has moved to thehistoryofrome.typepad.com. In case you didn't know, the History of Rome is a weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. That website again is thehistoryofrome.typepad.com 5. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob both on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. | 12/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 037 - Wars and Rumours of Wars | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 0. What's Better Than a Cow? Two Cows! Don't Forget about Cow 2: The Sequel 1. Geek Week Rob's been playing Fallout 3. And playing, and playing, and playing... and playing... Chuck's been writing a board game called Dungeon Dwellers, and RPG Objects is going all printified with Amazon BookSurge Fraser is hyped by the new Star Trek Trailer at Apple Trailers and is looking forward to his Viking True20 game. You can read the campaign journal if you really are that bored. A list of 12 RPGs every gamer should play before they die. If you're ready to attack the darkness, check out the KORE RPG podcast. 2. Feature - Wars and Rumours of Wars Are the PCs involved in the Siege of Mafeking or are maybe meeting Winston Churchill during the Second Boer War In World War I, you could run games set in the Arab Revolt, there's espionage, or you could go the alt-history Soldiers and Spellfighters route. Commandos, SAS or the Red Orchestra (perhaps attempting to retrieve the Blutfahne) during World War II The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), riverine warfare, or just plain weird stuff (like the Korean movie R-Point) in the Vietnam War. Did you just rediscover beer? Time to discover Return to Northmoor. 3. The Hook What if the PCs are part of an SAS team (one of the Special Raiding Squadrons) in Italy in Aug/Sept 1943, only to intercept information that Otto Skorzeny, famed German commando, is in the area. This would be near Gran Sasso d'Italia, a mountain located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. Mussolini is being held at Campo Imperatore. The actual rescue of Mussolini by Skorzeny took place on Sept 12, but can your SRS foil Skorzeny's attempt? Perhaps even capture the German hero? 4. Podcast News Heart of the Hunter Completed. Heart of the Hunter, Sam Chupp's fantasy novel, is now complete. Sam describes this novel as being in the style of Steven Brust's Jhereg novels, using pastiches and cognates of real-world cultures in order to convey a sense of culture and place. You can listen to the novel over at heartofthehunter.com Veni Vidi Venatus The fine gentlemen over at Spooky Outhouse Productions are organizing something they call "One Shotter Day", or Veni Vidi Venatus (I came, I saw, I gamed), which is a day which several gaming stores will be offering one-shots of various RPGs and board games. There might be something set up in your area, so go check out the forums at www.podgecast.com. I'm going to be trying to set something up in Kitchener, so if you're interested, let me know on the forums or via email. 5. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSpecial Episode 005 - Darcy Burgess of Achtung! Spiel! | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music. This bonus episode offers up an interview with Darcy Burgess of Achtung Spiel. We talk about his new game, Black Cadillacs, a game about war, the man behind the gun, and political and moral commentary. | 11/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2 Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared. Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2 was recorded at GenCon. It is an updated and altered version of the module the Qalashar Device and we were using a loose interpretation of the Modern20 rules. This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 1 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Star Wars SAGA edition. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1 Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared. Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1 was recorded at GenCon. It is an updated and altered version of the module the Qalashar Device and we were using a loose interpretation of the Modern20 rules. This is Part 1. You can find Part 2 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 2 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Star Wars SAGA edition. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 11/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 036: Ross Watson and Dark Heresy | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 0. MorphVOX Rob talks a little bit about a cool app called MorphVOX. 1. Geek Week TV: Supernatural, Life, The Office, Dexter, and True Blood, Burn Notice, Heroes, Supernatural, Prison Break Video Games: LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 beta, Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2, Crysis Warhead (and Wars), SPORE and Assassin's Creed. RPGs: Halloween one shot WFRP game for several of our forum members which included Octarine. Writing some zombie products (RPGObjects and TheLe Games). Comics: Marvel's "The Road to Civil War" 2. Feature - Ross Watson from Fantasy Flight Games An interview with Ross Watson, a Senior RPG Developer for Fantasy Flight Games. 3. The Hook David put together a cool little audio clip for this episode's Zombie Invasion hook. 4. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at our new address - www.accidentalsurvivors.com. | 11/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe "Hot" Promo | Here's another Accidental Survivors promo, this one with the voice talents of David S Gallant and "friend." | 10/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared. Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 was recorded at GenCon. It is the first of the Dawn of Defiance series. This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 1 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Qalashar Dogs using a loose adaptation of Modern20. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared. Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 was recorded at GenCon. It is the first of the Dawn of Defiance series. This is Part 1. You can find Part 2 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 2 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Qalashar Dogs using a loose adaptation of Modern20. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 10/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors - 13th Warrior Commentary Track | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast GenCon Survivors - 13th Warrior Commentary Track Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared. 13th Warrior Commentary Track was recorded in our hotel room at GenCon. You can play this while watching the 13th Warrior, as a kind of commentary track. The beginning of the recording has a point for you to sync your movie with the commentary. Oh, and it turns out it's Herger the joyous. Go figure. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 10/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGenCon Survivors Interviews 03 - Pinnacle Entertainment | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music GenCon Survivors Interview 03 - Shane Hensley, Mike MacNeal, and Steve Todd of Pinnacle Entertainment Group Welcome to another GenCon Survivors Interview episode. These episodes include interviews recorded at GenCon. This episode is with Shane Hensley, Mike MacNeal, and Steve Todd of Pinnacle Entertainment Group discussing the Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane . The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted. You can find out more about the products discussed in this interview at the Pinnacle Entertainment Group website. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 10/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music GenCon Survivors 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared. Episode 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres was recorded during and after our crossing of the Canadian-US border, Colin, Rob and Fraser discuss rules and stories in RPGs, the different Star Trek series, and a few other geek and game topics. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 9/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanGenCon Survivors Interviews 02 - Andy Peregrine | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music GenCon Survivors Interview 02 - Andrew Peregrine of Cubicle 7 Entertainment Welcome to a GenCon Survivors Interview episode. These episodes will include interviews recorded at GenCon. This episode is with Andrew Peregrine of Cubicle 7 Entertainment discussing Victoriana. The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted. You can find out more about the products discussed in this interview at the Cubicle 7 website. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 9/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors 02 - Border Bound | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music GenCon Survivors 02 - Border Bound Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared. Episode 02 - Border Bound was recorded on our way to the US Border during our trip to GenCon. Colin, Rob and Fraser discuss early D&D experiences, Kevin Smith, and a few other geek and game topics. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 9/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 035: True20 Review | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week Watching Burn Notice and designing Burn Notice campaigns Reading 40 Years of the Avengers (currently up to 1968!) Picked up an Xbox 360 Pro Thinking about Force Unleashed and being amused by the PA comments Considering the Nuketown Radioactive 4e review Dungeon Crawl Classics 2. Feature - True20 Talking about True20 Revised Edition. Conversion notes for Green Ronin's Thieves' World book: http://true20.com/support/ Check out Freeport Some philosophical impasses occured in the discussion, but here's a chance to continue. The Tome Show 3. The Hook This episode's hook is based on the TV series Burn Notice. You can read about it here. 4. Podcast News Actual Play for Dungeon Crawl Classics In conjunction with Goodman Games, Gamer's Haven and The Vorpal Network will be posting Dungeon Crawl Classics 4E Actual Play beginning this week. The first adventure scheduled is Sellswords of Punjar. You can find the Gamer's Haven at www.canadiancrusaders.com/. 5.Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at our new address - www.accidentalsurvivors.com. | 9/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 034: Post Apocalypso | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week So, whatcha been doin? Reign Black Company d20 Yuen Woo Ping Action 3 Pack Once Upon A Time in China up to 5! Sukiyaki Western Django The Good the Bad The Weird (not Crazy) and a trailer 24 Frames Per Second Twitch Catan Dice Game Ticket to Ride Card Game On Spec 2. Feature - Post Apocalypso Nuclear Holocausts like Mad Max, Planet of the Apes, Fallout, Darwin's World RPG, Gamma World RPG Viral Holocausts like The Stand, Jeremiah /Star Trek OS: Miri, The Last Man, 12 Monkeys, Omega Man /I am Legend Monster Apocalypses like Reign of Fire Mystical (Nuclear?) Holocausts like the Dark Tower Post Apocalyptic game resources on the intertubes include PA Forge: dedicated to PA RPG games and focuses on development of resources for said games Desolation Nation: A campaign for a PA game using D20 Modern rules. Great map resource! The Ten Best PA Survival Vehicles: For kicks 3. Gear Locker Forward Looking Infrared (FLiR) Gadgets 4. Podcast News A) Dragon's Landing Inn is back After a summer hiatus, the Dragon's Landing Inn is back. Episode 92 talks about the hiatus and initial thoughts on 4e. This one is a long one, clocking in at about 2 hours, but for those of us who have been jonesing for some DLI, it was a quick 2 hours. You can find Dragon's Landing Inn at www.dragonslanding.com. B) Spooky Outhouse You've heard me talk about the Podgecast before, and here I am talking about it again. This time, it's in relation to Spooky Outhouse Productions, which is a production and marketing company anchored by some fine quality podcasts. Right now, Spooky Outhouse Productions includes The Habitual Insomniac, The Man Cast, Red Earth Saga, the Podge Cast, Story Shtick, Bear Swarm!, and Wapcaplets. Head on over to spookyouthouse.com and see what's going on there. Join the forums, where you might just bump into a couple of Accidental Survivors, getting in on the forumy goodness. I just have to say that Spooky Outhouse is Pretty F#$&in' Chang! C) Vorpal Network Fist Full of Comics and Games has always hosted some of my favourite podcasts, from the Inner Circle to the Monarch Comics Briefing. Now, the Fist Full of Comics crew has gotten together with the Tome Show and the Gamer's Haven to start the Vorpal Network. This is one sweet collection of high quality podcasts. Added to this is a geek news aggregator which also delivers tidbits to Twitter. I don't just love the Vorpal Network because my game from GenCon got a favourable shoutout on the first of the Main Feed episodes, I love it because its got a fair portion of my podcast fix all on one feed. Got check it out at vorpalnetwork.com 6. Feedback The Saint Twilight 2000 Twilight 2013 If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at our new address - www.accidentalsurvivors.com. | 9/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors Interview 01 - Eric Wiener | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music GenCon Survivors Interview 01 - Eric Wiener of Paradigm Concepts Welcome to the first of the GenCon Survivors Interview episodes. These episodes will include interviews recorded at GenCon. This first episode is with Eric Wiener of Paradigm Concepts discussing Witch Hunter: the Invisible World. The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted. You can find out more about the products discussed in this interview at the Paradigm Concepts website. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 9/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGenCon Survivors 01 - Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure Welcome to the first of the GenCon Survivors episodes. These episodes will include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary. The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared. Episode 01 - Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure was recorded on the first leg of our GenCon odyssey, as Rob and Fraser travel to meet Colin. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 033: GenCon Wrap-Up | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music The GenCon Wrapup Some of the awesome crews we met belonged to the following, in alphabetical order: The Basics of the Game Brilliant Gameologists Canon Puncture The Digital Front/Gamer Traveler Fist Full of Comics And Games Gamer's Haven Order 66 The Podgecast Pulp Gamer This Just In From Gencon You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com | 8/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 032: Garden Variety Monsters | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Need rules for playing with your green and tan plastic army men? Combat Storm may have what you need. Chris reveals the Supernatural Season 4 details Hidden Nazi bunkers found intact after more than 50 years. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog no longer available free, but if you have access to it, there's always Hulu. And if you're going to be running a Dr. Horrible campaign using Supers20, you may want to read a review. Bring the Pain! (Ray). Barnett R. Rubin is shocked, shocked to learn that that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) appears to be supporting insurgents and terrorists in Afghanistan. Choson, the RPG, now appearing on the forums. Head on over to the Tome Show for all your D&D info needs. 2. Feature: Garden Variety "Monsters" Rob's Obscure Pop Culture Reference #265. First Appearance of Henry Pym; The Man in the Anthill. Fraser's old! The first sci-fi movie he saw was Them! (Fraser notes: while I am old, I saw Them! on TV, not in the cinemas. Relevance? Intelligent discourse? Insight? If these things are not important to you, check out the Podgecast. 3. Inspiration Time Arachnophobia Kingdom of the Spiders Phase IV Willard (1971) remade in 2003 with Chrispin Clover, and there's a sequal Ben, for which Michael Jackson sang the theme song. Star Man's Son Deadly Creatures and Bad Mojo Crazy Old Ladies and their rats The Indiana Jones trilogy 4. Gear Locker Lots of stabby things 5. Podcast News The Podgecast A show about movies, music, books, games, and whatever's on their minds. Luke, Adam, Matt and Joe pontificate and spout opinion as though fact, and it rocks. Get ready for a good time and plenty of laughs. There might actually be something useful in there as well. Find it all at podgecast.com. IFC News From the Independent Film Channel comes the IFC News podcast. With hosts Matt Singer and Alison Willmore, the IFC News podcasts talks movies, and the talk is usually pretty interesting. Maybe not geeky, per se, but if you love movies, you'll likely enjoy this podcast. You can find it at feeds.feedburner.com/ifcnewspodcast 6. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com | 8/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 31: Modern20: A Review | Thanks Rob for taking care of this! WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music News & Views West End Games is for sale, triggering a firestorm of discussions from the ill-informed on various RPG message boards, like here and here.Open Office now has a PDF editor, though it is still in beta development. Take a look here.We're late to the game in wishing Stan Lee a wonderful 85th birthday. 'Nuff said. Feature: Modern20: A Review Why did Chuck Rice write Modern20? To make a pantload of money, of course! Inspiration Time The Shield: Season 5 and Season 6: An ambitious, mentally unstable IAD officer is after Vic in Season 5 and the death of a member of the Strike Team turns them against each other in Season 6. Some of the best TV ever and easily one of the 5 best cop shows of all time. The Losers: Comic book from Vertigo/DC Thanks to BrianK on the boards for mentioning this back in the discussion on Episode 26: Finding Inspiration. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com | 7/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 030: Real Crime | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Most Awesomely Bad Military Acronyms and yet more! Don't forget to read the comments. We're going to Gen Con. Check out our schedule. Make sure you email us if you want in on one of our games. Supers20 is almost out! Also, the Dispatch is going weekly again for at least 6 weeks in honor of Supers20 release! FFoCaG - Official Contest: Burn Notice Season 2 Chinese Cops get Segways . . . no longer so intimidating Go-Play Ottawa a GO for July 26. Welcome back Walt/kroh! The Wandering Geek podcast is up for an Ennie! Head on over to support Curt in his quest for glory. 2. Feature: Real Crime Our previous episode about player characters as criminals, which we called Criminal Intentions. Mafia Murder Inc Yakuza Play like you've got two with the Brilliant Gameologists. 3. Inspiration Time Current situation in Zimbabwe The Departed Infernal Affairs Ross Kemp On Gangs 4. The Hook Undercover: The PCs are cops tasked with infiltrating a dangerous criminal organization. How can they work their way up the ladder while maintaining their integrity? Ordinary complications, like family problems, can play a big part in a campaign like this, since the PCs will have the added complication of a secret identity--trying to keep their assignment and their home life separate. 5. Podcast News A. The Material World looks at Tunguska On the 30th June 1908, a huge fireball hurtled towards the Tunguska River region of Siberia. The explosion that followed was as powerful as 1000 Hiroshima bombs and knocked down an estimated 80 million trees. But 100 years later scientists are yet to find an impact crater or tell-tale meteorite remains. So what happened? The Material World is a BBC Radio podcast. In this episode, Host Quentin Cooper is joined by Dr Phil Bland and Gareth Collins from Imperial College London to find out. You can learn more at the website. B. Brilliant Gameologists In their own words, Brilliant Gameologists is a podcast about tabletop games and the people who play them. Helping you play like you have to, play like you have to and play like you have two. For my two cents, the BGs are fun and enjoy using language that is less than family friendly, like some other podcast I know . . . and possibly participate in. They understand LARPing is all about hitting on hot gamer chicks and has no other value. Me like. You can find them at: brilliantgameologists.com/ 6. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com | 7/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 029: Conspiracies | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Erik Wujicik died on June 7. The first RPG Rob ever purchased was TMNT and Other Strangeness! The Air Force wants botnets of MASS DESTRUCTION! 4e, 'nuff said Accidental Survivors RPG development forum Chris Davies 4e review Is it @$$ kickin' time? Get down and dirty with some Action Maneuvers! 2. Feature: Conspiracies MKUltra Skull and Bones Montauk Project MJ12 That Government Warehouse! Get those buttery-smooth Ts from Geeklabel.Remember: these are not magic t-shirts. 3. Inspiration Time The Manchurian Candidate The X-Files Metal Gear Solid Planetary 4. The Hook OpCom VULTURE The PCs are drawn into a trip or mission to the town of Iana Sarat in Mondovia, a fictional state in Eastern Europe. If they are military or spies, they are assigned to a mission, if they are private individuals, they are either hired to escort a subject they will meet there, or the NPC is a friend or other acquaintance that calls on their aid. Stories of lights in the skies and unexplained explosions the previous night meet the PCs. They meet Piotr Korensky, who is their contact. He indicates a belief that they are a “recovery team” with “Vulture.” He passes on a map and coordinates some 40 kilometres south west of Iana Sarat. Before he can explain any further, he is assassinated by a rifle shot. The shooter, if captured, carries a letter stating “Provide assistance to RAVEN acting under orders. Recovery operation underway. OpCom VULTURE may intervene. RAVEN is to terminate this threat.” It is only signed “Majestic” The map leads to a valley in the mountains where a strange aircraft has crashed. The occupants are not human. Here, the PCs meet Devoe, and he explains that they have been sent here through the machinations of Operational Command VULTURE, a secret military command created by elements of NATO and the Warsaw Pact in the 1960s to oppose the Majestic 12 conspiracy. Vulture adapts and then spreads alien technology, preparing to battle the aliens who have infiltrated Earth societies through the help of Majestic. The PCs are now caught in the middle of the battle between the conspirators of Majestic 12 and OpCom VULTURE, possibly the saviours of humanity. Devoe can act as their contact and feed them information. But since this is the shadowy world of black ops and conspiracies, is VULTURE or Devoe really who they say they are? Is Majestic 12 really the threat Devoe states it is? That’s up to you. 5. Podcast News A. Penny Arcade + PvP + 4e = Good Times! The folks at Penny Arcade and PvP sat down with WotC's Chris Perkins to play 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (for some of them, it was their very first game of D&D). How did it go? Well, they recorded the entire session—which WotC is offering in episodic podcasts, along with comics commemorating the game! You can find the podcasts at the Wizard's site. And don't forget Downloadable Content, PA's podcast. 6. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com | 6/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 028: Grim & Gritty | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in production, starring Jake Gyllenhal Play by post on ForgedRPG: Agents of LEET: Operation Sticky Fingers. Jon Favreau is a D&D geek Go Play Ottawa Interview with me up at Fist Full of Comics and Games Sneak peek at serial fiction for Mundus Novit Need the basics? The Basics of the Game has got you covered. 2. Feature: Grim & Gritty My article on grim & gritty fantasy roleplaying called Getting Medieval: Grim & Gritty at Sword's Edge The "discussion" thread on grim & gritty. For more role-play-y podcast-y goodness, head on over to Role Playing Public Radio. 3. Inspiration Time Star Wars The Watchmen Angel Firefly Casablanca Blade Runner the Immortal Iron Fist Get Shorty Chris Miller is digging on The Failed Cities Monologues by Matt Wallace. Also check out Variant Frequencies, and the Next Fix. 4. Feedback Nightmask Warren Ellis on Twitter You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com We're not going to be using ODEO any more as they have fracked up a couple of message, the most recent from Ken Newquist at Nuketown Radio Active. If they ever get their act together, we'll use them again. | 5/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 027 - Keeping Players Invested | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Christophe Gans set to direct Onimusha Marvel announces 4 new superhero movies for 2010-2011 4E GSL, restrictions on a product line basis as per articles at En World and WotC Twiddla, an internet whiteboard that could be used for gaming. Thanks Ken at Nuketown! Covert Forces Redux is available as a POD from SEP's Lulu store. Check out Nuketown Radio Active. All the cool kids are listening. 2. Feature: Keeping Your Players Invested Finished with us? Try Wapcaplets. 3. Inspiration Time Sandman The Dreamland Chronicles Tin Man New Teen Titans Archive Volume 1 Dark City and Chuck was wrong about the successful lawsuit against the Wachowskis. Still, we can dream. 4. the Hooks Chuck brings us Asylum seekers: Got a campaign that’s getting a bit predictable? Tell your players you'd like to try a one-shot with new characters set in an asylum. Over the course of the adventure, the players will slowly begin to realize that the characters they're playing are their standard characters from the ongoing campaign, who have been drugged, supplied with fake identities, and deposited in a home for the criminally insane as a convenient way for the villain to rid himself of his enemies. Worse, the players are inside with many former enemies. And from Chris, Exdreamas Machina: Nazi's have recently started infiltrating the dream lands in order to probe the dreams of leading scientists around the world. The characters are part of a rival British organization called ESPionage (Necroscope rip-off) they are pressed with entering the dreamlands to prevent the Nazi's from stealing the secrets of inventors and at the same time securing those ideas for themselves. 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 5/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 026: Finding Inspiration | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views People, Places, and Things: You are Here from Second Rat Games Yo Joe! Pics from the upcoming G.I. Joe movie were here, but they've been taken down. You can read some reactions in this thread. Also, check out what IMDB and Wikipedia have to say. The 4E rumour mill is soldiering on. After you've scoffed at our uninformed opinions, you can head on over to check out information at WotC and in this thread and this thread at EN World Check out Have Games, Will Travel 2. Feature: Finding Inspiration The Article and . . . The Thread it inspired! Need more podcasts? Goblin: the Gaming Broadcast Network has got them! 3. The Hook The situation that inspired the Hook 4. Podcast News A. The History of Rome A weekly podcast hosted by Mike Duncan tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Found at thehistoryofrome.blogspot.com/. 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 4/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 025: Good Modern Gaming | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Arkham Horror Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Bell Sympatico sucks Pulp Gamer: Out Of Character 2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco d20 Modern Spycraft GURPS Buffy Ronin Gnoll Pimp Demon Bartender Google Earth Google Maps RPGPodcasts.com Geeklabel Radio 3. Inspiration Ronin The Dark Tower series Deadlands Secret War Black Hawk Down the Ghosts of Medak Pocket 4. The Hook the Long Kiss Goodnight 5. Podcast News A) Wapcaplets Recorded by Chris Engler, a gamer living near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Wapcaplets is an audio-blog of his opinions and thoughts on gaming. Episodes will come out at least once per week and be around five minutes in length. If you're looking for gamer talk in bite-sized chunks, Wapcaplets might just be for you. Wapcaplets can be found at wapcaplets.podbean.com. If you're wondering about the term Wapcaplet, it's all explained at the site, so go have a look. 6. Feedback Check out the info on Elseworlds, pointed out by asylum643 on the boards. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. 7. Pimpage Zone The gang over at Fist Full of Comics and Games have been giving Chuck the love . . . in a manner of speaking. Just go and see what I mean. There's something to read and something to listen to. | 4/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 024: Pre-Modern Modern | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music This episode we welcome Mike Lafferty the author of Wizards & Wiseguys, Modern Dispatch (#118): Pirates20: The Golden Age of Piracy, the 6th Seal, and Defcon 1, among others. 1. News & Views PCGen v5.13.12 (Beta) released! Release notes here. In memory of the late E. Gary Gygax, Sword’s Edge Publishing will be donating its revenues from March and April to the Christian Children’s Fund, a charity to which his family has indicated Mr. Gygax was much endeared. The Escapistcast 2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco Get read for the flood of links! Stand well away from the screen. Brotherhood of the Wolf d20 Past A Mighty Fortress Witchhunter Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane Chuck's Web novel, Hellstrom Voyage Patrick O'Brien Master and Commander Last of the Mohicans Louisbourg Beast of Gévaudan His Majesty's Dragon William Walker Filibusters/Freebooters British East India Company Zulu The Thing (and the original) HP Lovecraft Sir Richard Burton (the explorer) First Footsteps in East Africa Mountains of the Moon Mutants and Masterminds DC Universe Gotham by Gaslight Deadlands Transcontinental Railway (Canada) Wormhole Sewers of Paris Steampunk Musha Crimson Skies Saving Private Ryan Dog Soldiers An American Werewolf in London The Keep Operation Jedburgh and the adventure from Empty Room Studios Game Bag Review Show 3. Inspiration The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Difference Engine and the In Our Time episode with Ada Lovelace Tunguska Event Cast a Deadly Spell Arrowsmith Flyboys Public Enemies The Imperial Age line from Adamant Entertainment, specifically London, British India and the Gamemaster's Guidebook to Victorian Adventure The Anubis Gates 4. The Hook One explanation of the Tunguska Event Tesla (and the David Bowie reference) Rasputin Hellboy 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. 6. Pimpage Zone Don't forget to check out Defcon 1. | 4/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 023: Franchise Fiasco | WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views D&D 4e gets some play at the D&D Experience. Chuck says: "It doesn't suck!" Dreamwalker: Revised. Initial thoughts, very cool and interesting. More later. Steven Brust's free Firefly novel, My Own Kind of Freedom. Gryphcon at the University of Guelph in Southwestern Ontario. Jeff Dunnett needs volunteers! The Secret Lair 2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco The Unit: add some vampires and werewolves for the Night Unit. The Untouchables: add magic and rogue thaumaturges (say that three times fast) and you have the Uncharmables. Spooks: add the supernatural and you've got Spooky. Stargate: it's the 1880s, it's on Captain Nemo's island, and Earth is threatened by the hi-tech and/or magical denizens beyond it. This one didn't get a name. International Detective Dragons from outer Space 3. Podcast News A. FFoCaG, Your Source for Star Trek News! FFoCaG has been accepted into Paramount Pictures webmaster program campaign for the upcoming Star Trek feature film being released 12.25.08. The guys at FFoCaG will be getting first hand news and information directly from Paramount to report via their website with other opportunities available down the pike as the release the date draws nearer. Paramount is also tracking traffic between their site and the official Paramount site for Star Trek, so if you want to visit the official Paramount Star Trek site, do it through www.fistfullofcomics.com/st. If you want the latest news, visit www.fistfullofcomics.com/startrek. B. The Secret Lair: not so secret anymore! Chris and KJ who were two of the regular hosts on the late Roundtable podcast from the House of the Harping Monkey are back with the Secret Lair. These two villains crouch like spiders in their lair, waiting for the unwary. Ken Newquist, he of Nuketown Radio Active, has been captured and interrogated in episode 6. None can say who might be next. Perhaps you! In order to prepare for their onslaught, I suggest you research their diabolical plans at www.thesecretlair.com/. C. The Game That May Be: Mick just couldn't keep away And the final piece in the Roundtable podcast puzzle has broken cover. Mick Bradley is soloing in the podosphere with The Game That May Be. In Mick's own words: What kind of roleplayer do I want to be? What kinds of games do I want to play, how do I want to play them, and who do I want to play them with? What tools are available to help me figure all that out, and to help me get where I want to go? Exploring the answers to those questions is what this site is about. It's my ongoing chronicle of my roleplaying life. Here's where I ponder, wonder, dream, wrestle, steal, and share. If you're interested, come along. You can find Mick at harpingmonkey.com/tgtmb. 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 3/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Accidental Survivors Remember E. Gary Gygax | E. Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. We at Accidental Survivors wanted to add our voices to the multitude remembering a man pivotal to our hobby. Some other thoughts can be found in my blog. Requiescat In Pace | 3/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 022b: Actual Play 2: Electric Boogaloo | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Actual Play 2: Electric Boogaloo This episode continues the actual play session that began in episode 22. If you have not listened to episode 22, please do so before listening to this episode. This episode has only been minimally editted and is not a regular Accidental Survivors podcast episode. I don't think I wrote episode enough. Episode episode. | 3/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 022: Actually Playing | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Gencon files for Chapter 11, with comments from Peter Adkison. Sword's Edge Publishing interview at the Monday Monkey News. Mundus Novit will be released from Dark Quest Games. Fantasy Flight Games gets the Warhammer rights. More info from the FFG website. Christian Bale in the next Terminator movie. Star Trek News from Fist Full of Comics and Games 2. Feature: Actually Playing You'll need the factory map! This adventure was written during the recording of Episode 21: Writing An Adventure. On Board Games 3. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 2/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSpecial Episode 004 - Actual Without Play | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music This is a special episode, so there is no editing and not a lot of forethought. Be prepared. The live play episode, that which will be episode 22, is still coming. This special episode explains why we haven't done so yet. 1. News & Views End of Warhammer RPG? Once you're done with us, why not give a listen to: Gamer's Haven 2. Feature - Actual Without Play Open RPG Fantasy Grounds Digital Adventures Glitter iTabletop Skype Audacity Total Recorder Gizmo Screen Monkey Google Docs PC Gen RPG Objects' Modern Character Generator Pathguy d20 Modern Character Generator Modern 20 Martial Arts 20 Gamer's Haven Geeks On Dark Quest Games Sword's Edge Publishing Fraser's Blog You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 2/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 021 - Writing an Adventure | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music This time, it's all about the Feature! You'll need the map! Once you're done with us, why not give a listen to: Canon Puncture or Fist Full of Comics and Games 2. Feature - Writing An Adventure The adventure is based on Ong Bak by way of Big Trouble in Little China, doing some martial arts mayhem in honour of Chuck's new product Martial Arts 20 for Modern 20. Inspiration for the adventure design from: Kwai Chang Caine Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu Tony Jaa Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Immortal Iron Fist Raiders of the Lost ArK Dozer from the Matrix Jayne Cobb Jean-Claude Van Damme Universal Soldier Hard Target Episode 2: Kung-Fu Fighting, our martial arts episode. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 12/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 020: Starting a New Campaign | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views RPG Podcasters Marvel Digital Initiative Walt Simonson doing the World of Warcraft Comic the Wandering Geek 2. Feature - Starting a New Campaign Access Denied Crit or Miss associated with the Dragon's Landing Inn. EN World message boards and the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum Gleemax from Wizards of the Coast Meetup.com and the the Central San Diego Role Playing Gamers Association mentioned in our feedback episode the Groovecast podcast Open RPG: use it or Chris from RPG Objects will drop the hammer on Chuck. Fantasy Grounds The Group Template and the Group Cohesion episode Google Calendar Star Trek: The Next Generation X-Files Master Plan 3. Inspiration Time Fireflypilot 24 4. Podcast News A. Master Plan Master Plan is an podcast on the subject of game design and the art of ideas, particularly for role playing, card and board games. Hosted by freelance writer Ryan Macklin, the podcast comes out at least once a month. You can expect interviews with game designers -- both professional and amateur -- as well as advice and news about game design. Check it out at masterplanpodcast.net. B. Happy Birthday Tome Show! The Tome Show has turned one year old, and I didn't even send a card! It's up to 34 episodes, so I guess it's a bit more regular than us. Maybe more fibre in the diet of pure D&D. For those of you not in the know, the Tome Show is a Dungeons and Dragons news, review, and interview show. Jeff, the Tome Host, and the Tome Reporters tell you about what is going on in the world of D&D. You can find it at www.thetomeshow.com. 6. Feedback Guns, Germs, and Steel The article I wrote for Sword's Edge based on Guns, Germs, and Steel which I called Magic, Germs and Steel You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can leave us an ODEO. | 11/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 020a: Jimmy Stewart Visits | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Jimmy Stewart stops by to give us a new rendition of scenes from "It's A Wonderful Life" and "Pulp Fiction." Not bad for a dead guy | 11/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitBlooper Reel - Episode 019 | Here are the bloopers from Episode 019 - Game Design. We ran too long to include at the end of the podcast, so here's a full helping of bloopery goodness. WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast is sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing. All music in podcast by Mindscape Music | 11/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 019 - Campaign Design | WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Heroes, Season Two It's Vishnu, baby! Er, whoops, I meant it's Vishnu baby The Unit Season 3: as long as we can kill terrorists and protect country singers, you can have your shadow government. Music file sharers buy more CDs Radiohead releases new album on line All Games Considered 2. Feature - Campaign Design Sliders Fantasci The Postman, novel and movie The Handmaid's Tale, novel and movie Stargate, movie and TV series Firefly Groovecast 3. Inspiration Time Lost for its "firm" continuity X-Files for its "loose" continuity The Bourne movie series, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum Justice League/Justice League Unlimited TV series 4. The Hook This week, I want to provide a hook to lead into a gritty, conspiracy campaign. It's shamelessly stolen from the first two episodes on the new season of the Unit. The characters belong to a special operations force, perhaps Delta, perhaps JTF-2 or the SAS. They might even belong to something blacker, like the Increment or the CIA Special Activities Division. On their first adventure, they are tasked with escorting a spook on an "interdiction" mission against a drug kingpin's complex. The target doesn't look very drug complex-like—in fact it looks like a very nice home with large grounds. During the mission, the team is confronted by an individual whom the spook shoots. The spook searches the place and cracks a safe, all the time deflecting questions from the team—if they ask any. On return, the team is called before a government oversight committee. It turns out, the “drug kingpin? was the defence minister of a government on poor terms with the PCs' government. Their superiors deny any knowledge of the mission, indicating that the team went rogue. The PCs are hung out to dry and it looks like they are going to do prison time. Their commanding officer, who was left out in the cold as much as the team, orders them to evade arrest and go underground. He's going to take the heat and the PCs need to figure out what is going on. The truth is that the team have been chosen to take the fall for an operation undertaken by a shadow government conspiracy. The mission was an intelligence operation to retrieve important information from the unfriendly government that the conspiracy feared might be used against them. That information could lead the team to the people behind the conspiracy, could clear their names, and ensure their CO doesn't end up in prison. The campaign has the team following clues and getting closer and closer to the heart of the conspiracy. Finally, they are able to take out the heads of the conspiracy. Like a snake, the shadow government dies, but the team can't go back out into the open after that. They become an arm's length black ops team, contractors for their government, doing dirty-work but only when they are sure the aims are righteous. It's kind of like the Unit meets the A-Team. 5. Podcast News A. The End of the Round Table and Misfit Brew The House of the Harping Monkey is a little bit quieter and less crowded with the demise of two much-beloved podcasts, the Round Table and Misfit Brew. Mick Bradley was involved in both, and with him on the Round Table was Chris Miller and K J Johnston. The Round Table especially will be missed, though Misfit Brew was a great podcast, the Round Table was one of my 'must listen' podcasts. I wouldn't put it in a queue to listen to, I would listen to it as soon as I downloaded it. It's a sad day, but all the participants will be visible in the Podosphere and in the RPG community. Maybe we can actually coerce them onto the Accidental Survivors at some point. 6. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepubl | 11/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 018: A Year's Retrospective | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Check out Chuck Rice's new ransom/fundable project: Fantasci Worldwide D&D Game Day Scientists developing techniques to steer hurricanes Dragon's Landing Inn 2. Feature - A Year's Retrospective And there's a lot of talk about us. d20 Action Maneuvers 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Fraser sold another story, this time to Black Gate. Black Gate is a major market, and one that Fraser has been trying to crack since 2000. With Christina (his daughter) taking up so much of his time, and wanting to focus on his fiction writing, Fraser is putting Sword's Edge Publishing on hiatus. The products will remain available at Your Games Now and Steve Jackson Games' e23. Support SEP and support this podcast. The deal for Mundus Novit: the Changed World fell through as Silven Publishing closed up shop, but Fraser is polishing it up and seeing about a partnership with another publisher to get it out. Rob has spawned again. Soon the Wakefield brood will blot out the sun! | 10/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSpecial Episode 003 - Planet of the Apes Rant | It started out as a rant about the Planet of the Apes movie by Tim Burton, and it became so much more. This Special Episode is to hold you over until episode 018, which will be our retrospective on a year with the Accidental Survivors. If you want to comment on your year with the Accidental Survivors, you still have time to contact us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca See you soon. | 10/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAccidental Survivors - New Promo Spot | Hey Kids Here\'s a new promo spot for the Accidental Survivors podcast, sure to offend at least some portion of the population, just like we do on the show. | 9/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 017 - History That May Be | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Robert Jordan Dies Fall of Kings book 3 of David Gemmell's Troy Series coming soon 4e and Modern On Board Games 2. Feature - Game Design Man in the High Castle Terminator Wizards and Wiseguys Tunguska the Authority Sliders 1623 Connections TV Series and Book Fatherland: the book and the TV movie Roswell Incident Indepedence Day Men In Black V Alien Nation the movie and the TV series Steven Barnes' Lion's Blood and Zulu Heart Anabaptists Kabballah Micronauts Kraal Canon Puncture 3. Inspiration Planetary League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Highlander War of the Worlds Pulse Timeline 191 from Harry Turtledove GURPS Infinite Worlds 4. Podcast News A) Heroic Cthulu Logan posted on the ForgedRPG forums to tell us about this actual play podcast. These are recorded sessions of table top roleplaying games using a heavily modified BRP (basic role play) system used by Chaosium's Call of Cthulu. See the boards at http://heroiccthulhu.proboards105.com/index.cgi B) Monarch Comic Briefing The Monarch Comics Briefing is one of the podcasts from those guys over at Fist Full of Comics and Games. It's got Tangent (Victor) and Ed from the Monarch Comics store. I'm not collecting comics any more, but I'm very interested in them and I still pick up a few. This podcast keeps me up to date, and has really opened my eyes regarding some titles I otherwise would have missed. Just one thing: I haven't heard them mention Nextwave, Agents of HATE. This may pose a problem. You can find the podcast at http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/category/monarch-comics-briefing/ 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems is now available at Your Games Now and Steve Jackson Games' e23. | 9/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpecial Episode - Relay For Life | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing. We take the time to do a Special Episode for the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life (http://tinyurl.com/2ez9pq). Please take a few minutes to listen and make a pledge for Rob's wife Melodie who is taking part in the relay. Go to this link (http://tinyurl.com/37cng5) and do a search for Melodie Wakefield. Pledge her any amount for the relay. It will only take a moment to give a little bit and help a lot. | 9/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 016 - Game Design | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views 0one Games series "Dungeon Under the Mountain" and the free preview Rooms & Encounters: Black Idol. FanExpo. Daniel Perez's new podcast, The Digital Front. David Gallant/Roudi's blog, postMODERNIZED. Sons of Kryos 2. Feature - Game Design Design Notes An EN World thread devoted to Modern 2.0 CORE Fear the Boot and the Group Template document Champions West End Games version of the Star Wars RPG. Prime Time Adventures ESOTerrorists The first episode of the Fear the Boot game design series All Games Considered 3. Inspiration X-Men Avengers Chris Claremont CBC Radio Ultimate X-Men Prison Break The new Doctor Who Walter George Bell's The Great Plague and The Great Fire The War & European Society series Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden Philadelphia Inquirer and the original Black Hawk Down serial the Black Hawk Down movie The Medak Pocket by Carol Off 4. Podcast News A) The Digital Front Hosted by Daniel M. Perez, The Digital Front is a podcast that addresses the e-distributed tabletop gaming market, one of the fastest growing segments of the gaming industry. The show features news from e-publishers and e-retailers, as well as anything having to do with the market; interviews with publishers and retailers doing business in the e-distributed gaming market; reviews of digital gaming products for tabletop gaming done by ex-RPGnow Staff Reviewer Mark Gedak; and general editorials exploring the state of this segment of the industry, and where it is headed. The show is scheduled to release new episodes on a bi-weekly basis, with the occassional bonus episode from time to time. The podcast is being produced by Highmoon Media Productions, a media studio and publisher of roleplaying games also owned by Mr. Perez. b) The Return of DLI One of the originals, the Dragon's Landing Inn is back with episode Chupa 83. The episode includes a new segment called the Dragon’s Landing IndieBrew, in which Chris Perrin from the Canon Puncture podcast will be providing semi-regular reviews of the best in Indie Games. 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems has returned from layout. You should be seeing it soon! Blutfahne an adventure for Blood & Relics. Nazis . . . I hate these guys. | 9/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 015 - X Marks the Spot | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views WotC announces 4e. There's a great interview on Pulp Gamer: Inside Track and lots of thoughts in the DnD Podcast. Expect plenty of news on the Tome and Groovy Gamers. Wizards and Wiseguys from RPG Objects and the webcomic Alpha Shade Nuketown Radio Active 2. Feature - X Marks the Spot Modern Floorplans from 12 to Midnight and Fabled Environments CIA World Factbook Heroclix Krak de Chevalier Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean Holyrood Palace Gamers Haven 3. Podcast News A) the Ennies Awards: And the Winner Is . . .! We want to congratulate Paul Tevis from Have Games Will Travel for winning the gold for Best Podcast at the Ennies. Yog Radio garnered the silver. 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. | 8/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 014 - Feedback | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Wizards and Wiseguys from RPG Objects The House of the Harping Monkey - Season Five Episode 1: Story Games Mongoose Publishing's Big Announcement Canon Puncture 2. Feature - Feedback Forum Thread with all the feedback we've discussed here. City of Heroes Dragon's Landing Inn podcast and Episode 37 with Fraser and Rob. The Central San Diego Role Playing Gamers Association at Meetup.com. Aberrant discussion on the Forged RPG forums. One of the "bounty hunters" in Afghanistan (not Iraq as mentioned in the podcast . . . mea culpa). The Bounty Hunter Class, which James pointed out but actually didn't write. Yet another mea culpa or me. I need to pay more attention. Gamemaster Show 3. Podcast News A) RPGPodcasts.com From Ryan Macklin, the man who brings you the Master Plan, RPGPodcasts.com is a directory of audio and video shows about role-playing games and other games, all freely available on the Internet. This gives a nice central location from which to browse podcasts that might be of interest. This has only recently seen the light of day, but go and have a look. You can find it at rpgpodcasts.com/ B) Goblin, the Gaming Broadcast Network Facing Change Goblin, the Gaming Broadcast Network, known by its famous GBNcom.com is changing its frontpage. They are going to more of a blog format, and its all very rough right now, but I like what I'm seeing so far. If you haven't checked it out, head on over there. Most of the big gaming podcasts are linked there, and they are doing a nice job of keeping things up to date. You can find it at gbncom.com/. 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6.SEP News Albenistan: Election Day available at YGN.com and e23 Kind words about Covert Forces Redux from Chuck Rice on his blog Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense has gone to layout. Get in on the SEP triva contest at the YGN.com message boards | 8/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 013 - Flying Solo | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views The Ennies nominees are in and the podcasts that are up for the award are Fear the Boot, Have Games, Will Travel, Godzilla Gaming, Sons of Kryos, and Yog Sothoth Radio. The honorable mention was awarded to Pulp Gamer Green Ronin's True 20 Dragon Landings' Inn forums, where one would find info on CORE, and the Masks Play by Post the Gamer Traveler 2. Feature - Flying Solo Expeditious Retreat's line of 1 on 1 Adventures, including The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon W***e Fear of Girls Traveller The Master Plan 3. The Hook This is stolen directly from Spartan 4. Podcast News A) Fist Full of Comics (and Games) and the Harry Potter Contest With the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in theaters, Fist Full of Comics & Games is giving fans a chance to win prizes from Warner Brothers as well as some cool swag from our line of imprinted hero-ware. Fans have two chances to win. The first is a Trivia Contest with 12 questions based on the preceeding four Harry Potter films. Or second contest involves 'spellcasting' and will be of special interest to role-playing gamers. Check out the full contest details at http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/harrypotter/ 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6.SEP News Covert Forces Redux is now available at Your Games Now. Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense is on its way for layout and art. Albenistan: Election Day is now available at Your Games Now. | 7/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 012 - Running A Superhero Game | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views NASA opens space shuttle ride for the earthbound Battlestar Galactica Ending After Fourth Season and Ron Moore's podcast Rob has been re-reading the Marvel Star Wars comics. Monte Cook's new World of Darkness game and the discussion at Forged RPGs Dogs in the Vineyeard Fist Full of Comics (and Games) 2. Feature - Running Superhero Games Marvel Super Heroes RPG Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels tri-stat and d20 RPG Object's Blood and Vigilance Palladium's Heroes Unlimited Hero Games' Champions Dogs in the Vineyeard . . . again. WotC's d20 Modern Green Ronin Publishing's True 20 Evil Hat Productions' Fate Grey Ghost Press' Fudge Evil Hat Productions' Spirit of the Century Mike Stackpole's "Fortress Draconis" 3. The Hook This is stolen directly from Nextwave: Agents of HATE, but it also has a touch of the Nick Fury vs. SHIELD mini-series: Your group is part of a government covert (or overt) detachment assigned to ferreting out an evil terrorist plot. You are far more successful than anyone anticipates, and you actually uncover the power behind the plot: it's the very organization for which you work. The organization may have been have been infiltrated long ago and slowly turned to become a tool of the terrorists, or perhaps the terrorist group is a creation of your organization, either wittingly to increase funding and support from the government or unwittingly as a black propaganda project that went wrong. Whatever the case, your bosses are the ones also running the badguys. Now, in order to stop a fiendish terrorist plot, your group has to go underground, use your organizations' assets against it, and destroy this threat to world peace. 4. Podcast News A)GAMA Retailer Seminars Available Online from Pulp Gamer The first of the seminars recorded at the 2007 GAMA Trade Show has just been released and is now available without charge. Pulp Gamer, a podcast provider specializing in non-electronic games,recorded the seminar tracks and will continue to release them on a regular schedule. They are available through iTunes, other leading podcast directories, and pulpgamer.com. The seminars are designed to aid new and growing retailers. Topics range from the management and marketing of one store to managing multiple stores. Making these seminars freely available extends the reach of the GAMA Trade Show and will help a larger audience of retailers. With business ranking as one of the most popular podcast directories, the seminars will be reaching beyond the borders of the game industry and provide a service to other small businesses. The GAMA Retailer Seminars are available at pulpgamer.com B) Michael A Stackpole podcasts his novel "Fortress Draconis" The epic fantasy novel "Fortress Draconis" is now a podcast, coming to you in weekly installments, read by the author, Michael A. Stackpole. Mr. Stackpole has been very active in podcasting, as well as being a prolific author who has New-York Times best-sellers to his credit. His podcast "the Secrets" is essential listening for aspiring writers. "Fortress Draconis" offers a rare opportunity to hear an author reading the entirety of one of his works for free. "Fortress Draconis" is available at http://www.stormwolf.com/podcasts/fd/fdpreview.html Also, don't forget the fantastic writers' podcast, I Should Be Writing, and the podiobook 7th Son from J.C. Hutchins. 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. | 6/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 011 - Spandex and Trenchcoats: Superhero Characters | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views South Korea plans code of ethics for robots Lucas thinks Spider-man 3 is "silly" Canadians Overpay Millions on Copyright Tax Video Games Turn 40 YouTube wants meeting with U.S. military on Web ban Geeklabel 2. Feature - Spandex and Trenchcoats: Superhero Characters Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels Marvel Super Heroes RPG Fear The Boot Ten techs that give you superpowers Pulp Gamer 3. Inspiration The Captain Daredevil, especially the Born Again era Black Bolt Iron Man Cloak 4. Podcast News A) 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction and Pulp Gamer have both recently interviewed Chris Pramas Why is this important? Listen to Accidental Survivors Episode 8 (Chainmail Bikini) and listen to Mr. Oh-So-Superior ridiculing the correct pronunciation of Green Ronin. Check out the interviews if you think I'm lying. Mr. Pramas did some research, and there is a correct way to pronounce the name, which Rob apparently does not know. The 2d6 Feet episode can be found at http://www.2d6feet.com/?p=31 the Pulp Gamer episode can be found at http://www.pulpgamer.com/2007/02/22/inside-track-012-chris-pramas-and-green-ronin/. B) The Dragon Page: Cover to Cover Probably everyone else in the podosphere has heard of this show before, but I have only recently caught on to it. I learned about it from Mike Stackpole's The Secrets Podcast. Cover to Cover is all about fantasy and science fiction literature. There are interviews with authors and industry insiders and lots of related chatter. Lots of interesting stuff for those of us out there who enjoy our spec fic lit. 5. Feedback Marcos, we did not abandon you! We shall indeed discuss your email soon, but until that episode, everyone can discuss it at the Accidental Survivors' forum You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Covert Forces Redux is in layout. The writing for Election Day is about three-quarters done. We are now looking at art for Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense. | 5/18/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 010 - Four Colour to Ashen Gray | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Walt Robillard (Kroh on the Forged RPG forums) and Dominique Sumner (DSumner) will be deployed to Iraq soon. We want to take the opportunity to wish them both well and let them know we will be remembering them in our prayers or in our thoughts Stalker: Shadows Over Chernobyl and a review Talisman comes to your computer 2. Feature - Four Colour to Ashen Gray: Superhero Campaigns Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels Accidental Survivor's Episode 006 - Group Cohesion 3. Inspiration The Invisibles Planetary Suicide Squad Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Spider-man Spawn 4. The Hook Courtesy of Rob. 5. Podcast News Paul Tevis' "For A Few Games More" 6. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 7. SEP News Covert Forces Redux has entered the editing stage. The pics have been compiled. Once the editing is finished, it'll head to layout and you should be seeing it in the second quarter of this year. Work has begun on Election Day, an adventure for release through the "Modern Dispatch" subscription package, and through SEP. This is a short adventure set in Albenistan. The writer of Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems, Craig Churchill, has handed in some rough drafts for Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense. It is still in the early stages, but all indications are promising. No Bloopers this time due to time constraints. There weren't that many good ones anyway. | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 009 - Been Caught Scene Stealing | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music Don't forget the Joe Murphy Memorial Fund at http://www.joemurphymemorialfund.org 1. News & Views The Accidental Survivors are on MySpace Gen Con Trade Day, thanks to Daniel at the Gamer Traveler for the scoop Great Canadian Baycon, thanks to Raptor from the forums for the link New Highlander RPG being produced by Margaret Weis Productions using the same system as Serenity Green Ronin's Black Company Adamant Entertainment's Imperial Age WotC's Star Wars SAGA edition 2. Feature - Been Caught Scene Stealing Blade Runner and the Roy Baty chase. Kill Bill Vol 1 and the Crazy 88s Accidental Survivors Episode 002: Kung-Fu Fighting The Warriors Spider-Man and the fate of Uncle Ben. 3. Inspiration As above, with reference to: Sin City and the Marv story "The Hard Goodbye" 4. Podcast News A)Horror on the Orient Express Audio Game - Full Steam Ahead! For those who enjoyed Yog-Sothoth's last Call of Cthulhu audio campaign, the Masks of Nyarlathotep, well here's the beginning of a new one for 2007. The Bradford players have got on board the Cthulhu train again as they make their way into the classic Horror on the Orient Express campaign from Chaosium. The episodes are available in MP3 format, but this time are released in even higher quality, 96KBPS stereo (twice that of before) and feature 3D Surround Sound, so you can hear where the players are around the games table, as if you were in the middle of it all. (Try Episode 01 on headphones for full effect.) So, feel free to follow along as the new party receive a phone call and an old friend asks a small favour... You can find a selection of materials in support of the audio game via: http://www.yog-sothoth.com/express including handouts, party photos and initial character sheets, so jump on board! You can find more information at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358 B. Pulp Gamer posts report of Games Expo 2007 Don Dehm walked the floor at Games Expo 2007 gathering information you can hear at Pulp Gamer. There are interviews with a number of influential members of our industry, including Mark Simmons, Klaus Teuber, Guido Teuber, and Peter Adkison. You can hear it all at Pulp Gamer at http://www.pulpgamer.com/. 5. Feedback Looking for games? Some ideas are: EN World has a Gamers Seeking Gamers section at http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49 For D&D or d20, Wizards has an RPG Gamer Classifieds at http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=347 There's the RPG Registry at http://www.rpgregistry.com/ There's Access Denied, which got one or two of the Accidental Survivors together at http://www.accessdenied.net/ Salcor mentioned Succubus Justice Make sure you listen to Nuketown Radio Active You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Get ready for Covert Forces Redux. It should be out the second quarter of 2007. SEP will be part of Your Games Now April Customer Appreciation Giveaway. | 4/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 008 - Chainmail Bikini | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views ViaCom suing YouTube Feast, a great campy horror movie WEG Returns Connor is currently learning how to move himself around . . . hide your daughters . . . especially the very young ones. 2. Feature - Chainmail Bikini Wizards of the Coast survey from 1999. Women Gamers: Because Women DO Play Female In Distress cover for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition Some, Examples of Cheesecake, Covers from Avalanche Press. D&D Iconic Characters Curse of the Azure Bonds Ryan Dancey Interview at Fear the Boot Blue Rose from Green Ronin 3. Inspiration Long Kiss Goodnight Nikita or Point of No Return Eowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan Charmed Buffy the Vampire Slayer Red Sonja in the awesome comics (from Dynamite Entertainment not Dark Horse Comics--mea culpa) and the horrible, horrible movie Alias and its lead character Sydney Bristow 4. The Hook Which you can find in the Plot Seed thread at the Sword's Edge Publishing forums. 5. Podcast News A) Gamer Traveler Begins! Daniel Perez of Highmoon Media, a role-playing game publisher, has re-started the Gamer Traveler podcast. Now, this used to be a section on Dragon's Landing Inn, and it was always a lot of fun. Now it's on its own. Episode 0--an introduction--and Episode 1--on Warwick Castle--are up. Go have a listen. I'm subscribing to this one. It's great. It's a one man podcast, but Daniel is an animated host and he maintains a good pace, or else he puts a lot of time into editing. Whatever the case, its great fun to listen to and a definite quality podcast. You can find it at www.thegamertraveler.com B) 2006 Geekies Awards at GeeksOn Geeks On, the podcast about all things geekie, has had their second annual Geekies awards, voted on through their forums. Not only are there awards for best animated movie, best actor, and best geek TV show, but also hottest actress and actor. The voting is done, but the podcast itself includes the hosts' picks and lots of banter about the various categories. Geeks On is always fun and this is a good introduction if you've never listened before. Check it out at geekson.com 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. | 3/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 007 - Criminal Intentions | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Your Games Now celebrate GM's Day with a huge sale Skortched Urf' Studios presents Mia Famiglia: The Lodovico Crime Family Lord of the Rings Online the Shieldmaiden of Rohan Report The Black Donnellys 2. Feature - Criminal Intentions The Good, The Bady, and the Ugly (note: 'the Ugly'/Tuco was played by Eli Wallach) Scarface Sin City The Corruptor Replacement Killers 3. Inspiration Thief John Woo's movies, especially the Better Tomorrow series, the Killer and Hard-Boiled. Shadowrun The Professional 4. The Hook Care of Villain Talk 5. Podcast News A) The After Serenity podcast has gained a new co-host (Mario Dongu from Geek Corps Radio), and Erin has stepped back to guest host so she can write more modules. You can visit After Serenity at www.afterserenity.com. B) The Game Master Show, a new podcast on how to become a better game master (and player) that includes actual play sessions and critiques of those sessions. It will be starting soon, and the web site is already online. Feel free to visit and sign up for the forums. You can visit The Game Master Show at www.thegamemastershow.com. C) The Pulp Gamer podcast will be releasing an interview with Reiner Knizia very soon. Reiner Knizia is a German-style board game designer from, you guessed it, Germany. And along with that interview, the Pulp Gamer guys recently finished an interview with Tracy Hickman. Keep an eye on their website for information on the release of those interviews. And don' forget that Pulp Gamer will be podcasting from Games Expo. You can find the Pulp Gamer at www.pulpgamer.com 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 5. SEP News Fraser's story "Flotsam Jewel" is slated to appear in the June issue of the speculative fiction journal Forgotten Worlds. All SEP products are 25% off at Your Games Now for their GM Day's sale. | 3/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 006 - Group Cohesion | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views "Battlestar Galactica" space combat game this fall Windows Vista released - Early Adopters Beware! We've got reviews for Smokin Aces and The Messengers at the forums More Vista fun! 2. Feature - Group Cohesion Fear the Boot's Group Template Group Template example For similar resources, check out the Resource Page the Dragon's Landing Inn 3. Inspiration Predator Tears of the Sun Heat Ronin Boondock Saints The Seven Samurai Die Hard 13th Warrior 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. | 2/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSpecial Episode 002 - Podcast Process | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Alien Quadrilogy Your Games Now tip of the Day Blood and Guts 2: GM's Guide to WWII Ronin Arts and Expeditious Retreat Press leave OBS 2. Feature - Podcast Process Audacity PowerGramo Adobe Audition PodProducer 4. Podcast News Fear The Boot Game Design Series First episode of Square One up BBC's In Our Time history podcast 5. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems. SEP now available at Your Games Now and Paizo.com. Sword's Edge, the free fantasy and science fiction e-zine from Sword's Edge Publishing, will cease to publish Covert Forces Redux is in the works. | 2/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 005 - Illegal Aliens | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views YourGamesNow RPG Objects and Chuck Rice's World War 2 project Shadows Over Camelot from Days of Wonder Alien Vs. Predator 2 Alien Invasion at Lulu.com 2. Feature - Illegal Aliens Alien Conspiracies War of the Worlds Rowdy Roddy Piper Marvel comics' Celestials Cthulu H.P. Lovecraft Reptoids The Greys 3. Inspiration V They Live 4400 Invasion Alien Nation and the TV Series The Hidden Earth: Final Conflict Slither Critters Creepshow the Tommyknockers Pulse 4. The Hook No linkage. Plenty above. 4. Feedback Ain't It Cool News Casino Royale review. Michael.Tresca.net Highlander and the TV Series Highlander: the Immortals Highlander: the Gathering Do You Want to Live Forever? You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. | 1/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAccidental Survivors Special Episode 001 - Resources | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music This is the one without the witty banter, without the other hosts, and with Fraser blabbing on forever about resources he uses in his game (like anyone would care). No edits. No format. No worries. Some General Reference Resources Wikipedia Google News CIA World Fact Book Security web sites like FAS or Global Security Military Resources Armed forces websites, for example Canada's Army, Navy, and Air Force Defenselink, the Department of Defense website SOCNET SEP's forum at ForgedRPG TACLINK Character Generators RPG Objects Modern Character Generator PC Gen Product Pimpage I didn't mention it, but check out SEP's cool stuff Blood & Guts 2: Modern Military Blood & Fists Blood & Secrets Ultramodern Firearms Modern Player's Companion and don't forget cool free stuff from Mike Tresca | 12/16/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanEpisode 004 - Magic and Monsters in Modern Games: Justifying The Weirdness | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views Cosmic Object Impacts Nextwave Agents of HATE will be ending Planetary 26 finally out. Spider-Man 3 teaser trailer Machine Gun Sentry Robot White Wolf and CCP (makers of Eve Online) have merged. 2. Feature - Magic and Monsters in Modern Games: Justifying The Weirdness Walt Simonson and Thor Frankenstein X-Files 3. Inspiration Global Frequency the Anubis Gate Spider-Man Harry Potter Supernatural 4. The Hook Adventures from WotC Them! 4. Feedback Blue Devil Games and Dawning Star. You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 6. SEP News Modern Dispatch: Line Zero | 11/15/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAccidental Survivors Promo Spot | This is a 49 second promotional spot for the Accidental Survivors podcast. | 11/5/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAccidental Survivors Episode 003 - the Horror Show | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music Thanks to our special guest, Preston DuBose from 12 to Midnight 1. News & Views Expedition to Castle Ravenloft and WotC's D&D Podcast Politically Incorrect Games and "Disposable Heroes" Military Exoskeleton 2. Feature - Horror Show Bloodlines Fear Effects Chickens in the Mist Year of the Zombie White Wolf warhammer FRPG OGL Horror Grim Tales Pinebox Basics RPG Library New Moon Investigations 3. Inspiration Dog Soldiers Aliens George Romero Urban Dead Poltergeist John Steakley's "Vampire$" John Carpenter's Vampires The Ring 4. Feedback You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519 You can leave us an ODEO. 5.Podcast News Square One Podcast Second Life The Domain of Apokolipz Voice of the Revolution 6. SEP News NPG Rangers And here's an Accidental Survivors' scoop, never before (we believe) revealed (we think) anywhere (probably) 12 to Midnight products coming soon! Fire in the Hole, a follow up to Weekend Warriors Wild Things, a fantasy adventure The Beast Within, a Pinebox adventure ETU campaign Setting, coming in 2007 | 10/31/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAccidental Survivors Episode 2.5 - Combat Operations | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views North Korea has a nuke! An article from the Korean Times. The Pritzker Military Library podcasts. Coming on DVD: the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon Neverwinter Nights 2 should be out soon. The TV series "Heroes." 2. Feature - Combat Operations Military Operations Other Than War defined in Wikipedia. An example of a Provincial Recontruction Team working in Afghanistan. Resources from Fear the Boot including the group template and questionnaire. 3. Inspiration Time Black Hawk Down, the movie and especially the book. the Unit, the official website. Ultimate Force at Wikipedia. Battlefield 2 at Wikipedia Metal Gear at Wikipedia 4. Feedback: Troy's site is at http://tholaday.iweb.bsu.edu/otr101/. Enjoy! You can contact us through: accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca http://www.forgedrpg.com/ call or fax us at 206-222-2519 or send us an ODEO 5. Resources No SEP news this episode--everything's different this time around, so instead, how about a list of resources for your military game? Yeah, lots of SEP stuff in there. Still, check out the reviews--it's good stuff! RPGNow: d20 Modern/Military: If you're looking for d20 military stuff, this is where it's at--for download! Covert Forces: A resource for any spec ops campaign. Filled with flavour but very little crunch. Canada's CSRS: This short PDF tells all about a fictional, Canadian spec ops unit. Easily adaptable to any military or paramilitary force. B&G2: In Her Majesty's Service: A supplment for RPG Object's Blood & Guts 2: Modern Military all about the spec ops and elite forces from the United Kingdom. B&G2: Military Training Manual: The core book for any d20 military campaign. Full of classes, feats, and skill applications to give your campaign the proper feel and your players the proper tools. B&G2: Special Operations Command: The B&G2 spec ops supplement for the United States. Packed with templates for a wide variety of SOC units, from Airforce Combat Controllers to Delta Force. Teams SAS: A ready-made SAS Patrol along with notes on equipment. The Counter Terrorism Assaulter: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. This one's a high-speed, low-drag door kicker, ready to clear the room and save the day. The Special Operations Marksman: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. Not just a deadshot, but part ghost and part predator, invisibly stalking prey on the battlefield. Spec Ops Recce: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. When your survival is at stake, whether in the jungle or the desert, this master of recon will keep you safe and get you where you need to go. And for adventures: The Albenistan Series: A collection of 3 adventures, which can be purchased separately, that combine in a single story arc. First you find out about a threat, then you find out things are worse than you thought, then you pretty much have to save the world . . . or at least one little part of it. Spec ops at its most exhilarating! Would I lie to you? | 10/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAccidental Survivors Episode 002 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Black Reign" by COMEG from the album Savage 1. News & Views: Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassady. There's also the hilarious Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. and the interesting The Authority The EN World post "Early morning phone calls, death threats and other strangeness" that introduced me to Alien Invasion DrivethruRPG has a free download of CJ Carella's Witchcraft RPG Jericho, the TV series. China's EAST Fusion Reactor from Discovery.ca Check out: Fist Full of Comics (and games) and the Dragon's Landing Inn 2. Feature: Kung-Fu Fighting Blood & Fists Check out: All Games Considered and Gamer: the Podcasting 3. Inspiration Time: Brotherhood of the Wolf Great Challenge Parkour and some Parkour videos; Angry Chicken, Toyota Ad, Home-made Russian video ("Russian Climbing") Hero 4. Feedback: accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca http://www.forgedrpg.com/ call or fax us at 206-222-2519 or send us an ODEO 5. SEP News: Teams: Hit Squad, Available at RPG Now. Mundus Novit, the Changed World . . . more information forthcoming. Don't forget to listen to Fear the Boot Geekson and The Round Table by House of the Harping Monkey | 10/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAccidental Survivors Episode 001 | Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing Podcast music is "Black Reign" by COMEG from the album Savage 1. News & Views: Crank The Wicker Man and the original movie The Protector and Ong Bak the Casino Royale trailer 2. Feature: In-Game Bonding James Bond James Bond RPG Top Secret/Top Secret SI 3. Inspiration Time: From Russia With Love Goldeneye Live And Let Die, the novel and the movie 4. Feedback: accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca http://www.forgedrpg.com/ call or fax us at 206-222-2519 or send us an ODEO 5. SEP News: Blood &Guts 2: In Her Majesty's Service, Available at RPG Now, EN World Game Store and Steve Jackson Game's e23. Sword's Edge ezine NPG: Bards, Available at RPG Now. We are listening to: the Dragon's Landing Inn Fear the Boot Gamer: the Podcasting Geekson The Round Table by House of the Harping Monkey | 9/20/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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