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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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Sunday Apr 25, 2010
Sunday Apr 25, 2010
This week we turn our eyes skyward as wondrous vehicles fill the heavens with explorers no doubt. Join us as we discuss the best vehicles for exploration and travel.
0:00 types of vehicles --exploration --long distance --bad land or water access
3:30 surveillance -- drones -- balloons -- limits of drones and how to surmount them.
10:30 Powered Parasails and Powered Hang gliders.
16:30 The personal Jet wing - Yves Rossy: Rocket Man
17:15 Jet packs historically, earlier FW editions, and possible workable jet packs
24:45 When things go wrong - Ballistic Parachute
25:40 Wing Suits mention - we discussed these extensively in the Fringe Vehicles podcast
28:30 Aircraft - Fixed Wing
32:45 Lighter than air ships
The current feasible limit for air ship cargo is 450 tons. However there are no existing airships that can carry this amount.
39:15 Supertech Airship
Tarzan at the Earth's Core 41:30 Hot lift Airship Aerogel
43:15 Airship in action in FW adventure
46:15 Why long range vehicles have to be big
48:30 What kinds of airplanes have proven durability Douglas DC-3 C-130 Hercules
50:45 How to maintain aircraft - does it take a village? -- roll out airstrip
55:00 Some worlds just love airplanes --Thunderbirds --Crimson Skies -- Tale Spin --Bushwacking --Northern Exposure
59:15 Helicopters
01:03:00 Blue Sky vehicles
--Mecha --Dragons --Dinotopia --Gor --Wind Whales of Ishmael --Banshees of Avatar --Brooms --Flying Carpets --Celestial Matters --Integral Trees --human powered flight
Sunday Apr 18, 2010
Sunday Apr 18, 2010
In this short broadcast we discuss putting 01:15 Fringeworthy Facebook Page 02:11 Fringeworthy can be in any game or adventure you play 03:45 Fringeworthy tools in Rogue 417 06:00 Calling all listeners for podcast topics you want to hear 06:25 We need someone to post a review of Fringeworthy on the various rpg discussion sites.
07:30 We will provide convention support for anyone who wants to demo any Tri Tac game, especially Fringeworthy. 15:45 Here is the list of tools we use to produce these podcasts. Anyone who wants to produce their own Fringeworthy podcast or lend us a hand is welcome.Sunday Apr 11, 2010
Sunday Apr 11, 2010
Being a fringeworthy explorer is a great honor but it gets old after the mellor are chewing at your boot. We discuss monetary and intangible rewards that can be given to the characters to keep them and their players interested in the campaign. Also we discuss how a detailed backstory or player created character motivations helps the gm and the other players to trigger events that interest the characters. 02:00 – Characters that are Fringeworthy but don’t travel the pathways. 03:15 – The early adventurers will be “drafted”. 04:50 – Money as a reward. The first to offer and the first to go. 09:30 – Fame as a reward. Invites, book deals, and super models! 11:30 – Endorsements. Pepsi and pizza logos on your IDET uniform. 16:00 – Spending money on charities and such to increase your fame. 17:40 – Altruism as its own reward. 19:00 – Land grants on other worlds. 21:45 – Connections as a reward. 25:30 – The player’s contribution to the game. These are things that help the GM reward the player. 29:40 – Character backgrounds as they contribute to the game. 34:30 – Knowledge & discovery as a reward. 36:45 – The power of the 3x3. 38:20 – Central Casting! 39:20 – Share character knowledge during character generation. 43:15 – Vacation. 48:10 – I do it for the chicks man! NOTE: Going to a Con? Take us with you! If you contact us, we'll send you a bunch of special promotion CD for the podcast. Please give us at least 4 weeks of advanced notice so that we have time to get these put together and to get them out to you.
Sunday Apr 04, 2010
Sunday Apr 04, 2010
This week we talk about all the different kinds of vehicles you can use for your land explorations from trucks to assault vehicles and more. 02:00 vehicles have to match the look of vehicles on the world or it will raise notice. 03:00 first recon use dirt bike 05:00 keeping motorcycles quiet (mufflers or electric engine) Issues with air powered bikes? http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/zero-motorcycles-cranks-out-whisper-quiet-electric-bike/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIJ1MrYjB5c http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=FgQNRuAaRDk&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=gcZKL_vrw3g&feature=watch_response http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8WkBaiEHc4 07:50 electrifying your electric bike or securing your bike 08:46 Segway across the prairies? http://www.segway.com/individual/models/x2.php http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edmeLXXwTwU 09:31 Don't forget mountain bikes http://mountainbike.about.com/od/buyersguideandreviews/f/suspension_size.htm 10:30 Emergency boost from electric motor on standard mountain bike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka6-8Gdcg1g&NR=1 12:00 ATV 12:20 6 wheeled bug http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0wOyY4pEnQ 15:00 using bugs as crawlers 18:50 Larger vehicles (2 wheels means double axle) (for transport, recon, mobile home base) 21:30 armor on vehicles http://www.armorworks.com/ 22:00 The one and only Landmaster http://www.amphibiousvehicle.net/amphi/L/landmasterspecial/landmaster.html 26:30 Exploration vehicles don't have to be commercially feasible so cost isn't a factor. 29:00 Tehrmelern vehicles http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/24970/steampunk 30:00 Attack or rescue vehicles bradley troop carrier http://science.howstuffworks.com/bradley.htm moskovi ATV Desert Fast Attack Vehicles? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Patrol_Vehicle tumbler http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_Begins hummer http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=skbgWRu96Qs&feature=related combat tactical vehicle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Light_Tactical_Vehicle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTIfeWv-mQM Bullet point article on Wizard site for creating stats for vehicles. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/fb/20040323a 39:00 specialty vehicles bridge building vehicle road laying vehicle road train DUKR (duck) fire truck water reclamation vehicle 43:45 antique vehicles can be found on time shifted alternates as new. 47:50 animal mounts still valid on worlds (not on fringe) 55:00 fuel substitutes for diesel engines.
Sunday Mar 28, 2010
Sunday Mar 28, 2010
For this episode we talk about Fringe in Space! What takes to get into space, where you can go once you're there, and what sort of adventures you can have in space! Oh the places you can go to in space, and you can bike there with ease! If you really want to get into the nitty gritty of space travel, we recommend the renown web site: The Atomic Rocket Page! Put together by Winchell Chung, also renown as the man who first drew an Ogre Mk V and the artist for that other Metagaming favorite, Warpwar.
Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Sunday Mar 21, 2010
Welcome to James P. Buchanan. He is our guest this week, the best expert on transhumanism I know. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
Sunday Mar 14, 2010
Sunday Mar 14, 2010
We showed you which vehicles could work with the standard technology of Earth Prime. Now we go with the workhouse engine for most fringe exploration before we jump off to the really high tech with gravity powered vehicles, fringe trains, and the fringeworthy people mover.
02:30 – Diesel Engines: The most common and useful type of fringe vehicle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine
12:50 – RV that can carry a car.
http://www.volkner-mobil.de/Home/english/home_en.html
13:10 – The diesel motorcycle.
19:50 – Cable powered vehicles.
26:50 - Physics disclaimer.
27:50 – Gravity powered vehicle.
42:45 – Tehrmelern Fringe Trains. EXCLUSIVE SECRET REVEALED!!!!
As promised, to call a fringe train you need two different crystals. Any two will do except you cannot use the black crystal which is only used for station to station travel on a prime. However, as per the FW bible, calling the train is also a crystal use with a DL of 5.
55:30 – The Fringe Conveyer.
58:40 – Cat Bus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mc17T9XMoVk
Challenge: Physics masters, what do you think of the gravity shear drive?
Sunday Mar 07, 2010
Sunday Mar 07, 2010
This week we do part 1 of our study of what options for vehicles that actually can work on the Fringepaths. (Links will be added soon!)
1:09 Introduction: Fringe enabled vehicles. The problems and pitfalls.
2:09 In the beginning, we talk about the history of vehicles on the pathways.
2.31 Bicycles: Mountain, Touring bikes. Why bikes are easy to use on the pathways. You can carry much more and tow trailers. We mention Modular bikes and custom built bikes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touring_bicycle
6:12 The Human Car.
http://www.humancar.com/
8:00 Converting a railway car for the Fringe paths.
http://www.handcar.net/safety/
10:33 Walking, the ultimate travel method.
13:20 Flywheel storage vehicles. Traditional Flywheels. High Tech Flywheels. Gyrobuses, electric power.
http://www.accesstoenergy.com/view/atearchive/s76a3684.htm
19:03 Compressed Air vehicles. The Air Car. The City Car.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4217016.html
24:48 Wind Powered vehicle: The Wing Sail Car. Air Currents on the Fringe Path. Vento Mobile.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080804123039.htm
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/03/fastest-wind-powered-car-world-greenbird.php
30:26 Time to travel doesn't matter, unless it does. Especially when you're being chased by Fringe Pirates.
33:36 Flying to the portal. Using a Sail Plane glider to travel. Or, get a flying squirrel suit and fly like Superman!
http://www.sciencebuzz.org/buzz_tags/human_gliding
45:41 Steam Power! Victorians use steam power to travel the pathways. Steam buses, steam lorries. The Victorians use a custom built vehicles. You need to recycle the steam otherwise you run out of water. Steam car in a day. The Stanley Steamer.
http://www.the-nerds.org/Steam-Car-Day.html
54:24 Gas powered turbines. Limitations of using them on the pathways.
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2009-06/popsci%E2%80%99s-own-jet-powered-atv
Monday Mar 01, 2010
Monday Mar 01, 2010
This week we mix it up. We had three segments that came up on three different shows. None of these segments were relative to the topic of the show and none of them were long enough to run as their own show. Sooooo.... we decided to put them together into one "mix mash" show. 01:02 Topic 1: Listener Mail Billion6 asks "Does IDET hire alien fringewalkers?" 12:00 Topic 2: Fringeworthy Bible We talk about the little know Fringeworthy Bible. This is the ruleset that the designers have agreed to work under in order to keep the universe consistent. 15:45 Topic 3: Get Involved! We talk about ways to get involved in the promotion of Fringeworthy and how we can help you with that. That's it. We hope you like it. Tune in next week for another episode in our regular format.
Sunday Feb 21, 2010
Sunday Feb 21, 2010
This week our hosts discuss how wearing the right protective gear can make all the difference in an encounter. Straight armor and differences between systems is noted plus protective gear vrs hazards such as fire, noxious fumes, and nerve gas. We also discuss the best defense: a good offense - Weapons. Each host lists his favorite weapon loadouts and why for both general exploration and mellor hunting.
00:01:30 – Equipment as feats that you can buy.
00:02:30 – How body armor works.
Chainmail shark suits. Kevlar. Dragon Armor
00:10:35 – Armoring your vehicle.
00:14:00 – Other aspects of body armor.
00:16:00 – Armor Proficiency.
00:16:30 – Protection Against Gas
Personal oxygen, John Varly, Mustard Gas, Nerve Gas
00:24:20 – Favorite Weapons of John Reiher.
00:26:05 – Favorite Weapons of Blix
Shotgun, Variable Rounds, M1911
00:28:15 – Favorite Weapons of Bruce Sheffer
00:30:15 – Specialty hi-tech rounds.
Electro Chemical Weaponry Frangible bullets.
00:35:00 – Blix talks assault weaponry.
00:36:00 – What’s your weight load?
00:37:10 – John talks about the GE XM-214 Mini-Gun
00:39:50 – What about explosives?
00:43:10 – 20mm and other big weaponry
00:46:00 – How would you defend your platform?
00:54:00 – What melee weapon do you prefer?
01:00:00 – What is your favorite Mellor hunting weapon?
A few more links…
D20 Modern Weapons Drive Thru RPG Guns Guns Guns
Challenge: How do you equip you characters for combat? Send us your weapon load and we’ll post it in the show notes or talk about it on an upcoming show!