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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 Jan 10, 2011
Monday Jan 10, 2011
When you look for sources of inspiration for your adventure design where do you turn? Bruce, John, and Peter reveal their cache of thought provoking books, movies, comics, etc so you too can free your mind and make even more awesome adventures than you already do. This is a blast from the past. We did this last March and only now is it getting published. Sorry about the sound quality. We've made significant improvements since then. Bruce got a brand new snowball mike for Christmas so that hum he used to have is gone. Thanks to The Gutter Skypes who are doing a great job on their Fringeworthy actual play. I hope you are listening to them as well. Links: Books: Ken_MacLeod: The Star Fraction, Newton's Wake: A Space Opera Sword of Shannara The Martian Chronicles The Skylark Series Thomas Convenant, The Unbeliever TV: The Wild Wild West Briscoe County Jr. Legend Star Trek: TOS The Prisoner Thundarr the Barbarian Kung Fu Movies: Deep Impact Damnation Alley Waterworld Oblivion Alien, Predator, Bladerunner, Alien versus Predator Jules Verne: The Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth Comics: The Ministry of Space The Marvel Universe The DC Universe Wanted Get Fuzzy Brat Pack Heavy Metal Cerebus The Aardvark The Adventures of Tin Tin
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!
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Sunday Jan 02, 2011
Hey there gamers! This week we delve into all of the subtle nuances of taking your pets on the pathways with you. This is a short and rather light episode but we have been very busy with the holidays and spending time with our families. Also, this was recorded before the changeover so you'll hear Bruce call it the Fringeworthy podcast. Rest assured, we are still the Tri Tac podcast but this is a Fringworthy only episode. Enjoy!
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 21, 2010
Tuesday Dec 21, 2010
This week we have a two part episode. We finish our discussion of using Virtual worlds in games. Then we continue our series on Fringeworthy adventuring in other campaigns. We explore how to add Fringeworthy to a D&D campaign and how it could change it. Sorry about the delay again. We try to drop these episodes at midnight Monday morning, but the holiday's have really cut into the editing time. But we are getting closer. Be sure to tune in next week for our special Christmas episode.
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 28, 2010
Sunday Nov 28, 2010
This week Trav tells us how to add Fringeworthy to a Rifts campaign (Palladium Games).
Monday Nov 22, 2010
Monday Nov 22, 2010
We return to our Fringeworthy series on adventuring in time shifted worlds. This time we are adventuring in an Alternate earth that seems to be between the 7th and the 11th century.
Tuesday Nov 16, 2010
Tuesday Nov 16, 2010
This week in Fringeworthy we talk about the Alien Corp. Who is in it. Why and what unique opportunities for adventures it provides. Also we look at Tri Tac's new game Hardwired Hinterland and why we think it is a great game. Give it a try.
Tuesday Nov 09, 2010
Tuesday Nov 09, 2010
Once again our friends at the Gutter Skypes have braved the Fringepaths to explore a high tech alien world if the ASA, cranky computer systems, and a horde of small, grey, white bleeding life forms don't give them too much trouble. http://www.anim5.com/IDDFOS/TGS/index.html