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Gaming on the Frontier - Our podcast covers the gamut of roleplaying topics from how to handle time travel in your game, playing extreme characters, to topics that every GM ought to know.
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Monday Apr 18, 2011
Monday Apr 18, 2011
We continue our review of the podcast Blix recorded on Interdimensional Gaming at TotalCon.
Sunday Apr 10, 2011
Sunday Apr 10, 2011
Thanks again to Blix's friends at Totalcon for giving us so much to think about. We discuss their points and add our own perspectives. They suggested great enhancements to the game which we shall be developing in the future.
Sunday Mar 06, 2011
Sunday Mar 06, 2011
We continue our discussion of anti-heroes. This week we concern ourselves with GM difficulties and how they work in different campaigns. This ran shorter than expected. Next week we will have full hour of an special guest.
Sunday Feb 27, 2011
Sunday Feb 27, 2011
We explore what defines an antihero. We look at how he or she interacts with other characters, with lots of examples from movies and other games. This is part 1. Part 2 concludes next week.
Monday Feb 21, 2011
Monday Feb 21, 2011
This week we examine how to build, maintain, and rescue a cover identity in an exploration or investigation game such as Fringeworthy, Bureau 13, Call of Cthulu, Shadowrun, Cyberpunk or others of the many genres that support this kind of play.
Sunday Jan 23, 2011
Sunday Jan 23, 2011
This week we discuss the optimum Bureau 13 team composition. How many supernatural creatures should be in it? Is there an advantage to mixed teams?
Thursday Jan 06, 2011
Thursday Jan 06, 2011
Hi folks! This is to let you know that I'm going to be running two Tri Tac Games at Conquest NW 2011, on January 22. Conquest NW 2011 is being held at the Doubletree Hotel near the SeaTac Airport: Doubletree Hotel SeaTac Airport 18740 International Blvd. Seattle, WA 98188 Phone: (206) 246-8600 The first game is Fringeworthy using the Savage Worlds rules: FR-266 9:00AM Victoria - Victorians by John Reiher, Jr, Savage Worlds Fringeworthy, 4.5 hrs, 6 players, Game, Kids, Characters/Armies provided You work for the United Nations InterDimensional Agency. You are part of the InterDimensional Exploration Team. You are on a survey of portals to other worlds and you find that a portal that was supposed to be locked down is open! When you pass through the portal you find a steam powered vehicle inside a cavern! You have to find out what's happening and where the owners of the strange vehicle went to. The second is a Bureau 13 Savage Worlds adventure: JR-278 4:30PM The Legend of Hobbs House by John Reiher, Jr, Savage Worlds Bureau 13, 4.5 hrs, 6 players, Game, Some gaming, Characters/Armies provided Hobbs House is a well kept, old Victorian, nestled in what was once the posh section of Seattle in the 1910s, but the neighborhood fell into decline during the Great Depression. Hobbs House was once the home of one Doctor Capability Hobbs. Dr. Hobbs had become both a spiritualist and a scientist. A man who had peered deep into the world of the supernatural. And it peered back. Dr. Hobbs disappeared in 1915 and never returned. The Hobbs Trust kept up his house and maintained the yard… that is until the last recession, and sinking the Trust’s investments into a fund ran by a certain Bernie Madoff. And now the new owner wants to update it, but there are problems. Rumors of ghosts and demons abound in the neighborhood. And that’s where you come. You work for Bureau 13, and the supernatural is your business. And Hobbs House is calling you. I hope to see all of our fans there!
Saturday Dec 25, 2010
Saturday Dec 25, 2010
Merry Christmas to all our fans! In this episode we talk about how Christmas is observed and celebrated in our games:
- Fringeworthy
- Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic
- Incursion
- Hardwired Hinterland
Tuesday Dec 14, 2010
Tuesday Dec 14, 2010
This week we explore what it is like to be in a virtual world, the many kinds that can exist in the various Tri Tac games. What their purposes could be. We discuss how to detect that you are in one Sorry that this episode was delayed. The holiday season has been hard on the editor's time. Next week we will conclude this plus a bureau 13 segment.
Sunday Nov 07, 2010
Sunday Nov 07, 2010
We didn't skip episode 42. The anniversary episode should have been episode 41 and the last one episode 42. This week we cover the legendary journal of Captain Oates. The very first Earth Prime fringe explorer. He spent many years on the fringepath before returning to Earth and having a fatal accident before he could reach civilization. Only his corpse and his journal survive. We discuss how to use it to drive adventures, answer critical questions, but not require the GM to write a huge journal before starting her campaign. Then on to Bureau 13 as we discuss how the adventure that introduced the character to the Bureau can drive character development and creation. How it can affect team dynamics. Remember: Conflict is Good!