Gaming on the Frontier

Episode 455: Superscience 3 part 1

Wow, I didn't know that it would take 3 separate sessions to record this topic but we are on the home stretch.  This topic is so important for Science fiction as it is so easy to just treat it as a Mcguffin and miss the wide reaching effects of super high tech on all parts of a society.

 

Episode 454: Switching between Mechanics part 2

This week we finish our discussion of how to convert your existing campaign or game to a whole new system.  

Episode 453: Switching between Mechanics Part 1

This week we begin discussing how to change your game from one game mechanic to another.  Sometimes it is as simple as adding a foreign mechanic or chart to your existing game.  Other times everything has to change (say D&D to Fate).  It isn't as simple as "just recreate your character using the new system's rules as there may be equipment, setting, and lore that relied on the previous system to resolve.

Episode 443: Why Video Games make bad rpgs part 2

This week we finish our discussion of why Video Games make such bad rpgs and how to improve them.

Episode 442: Why do video games make such bad rpgs? part 1

This week we ask the question:  Why do video games that propose to be rpgs do such a bad job at it?

Episode 435: Fringeworthy in Mario World! Part 3

We conclude our series on playing Fringeworthy in Mario World! We talk about what Earth Prime can get from the denizens of the Mushroom kingdom and other lands of Mario World, as well as the possibility of an all Mario World Fringeworthy team! It's Ridonkculous! 

Next time on the Tri Tac Podcast: Running a Fringeworthy campaign centered around the Fringeborn. Yes, Fringe Kids!

Episode 433: Fringeworthy in Mario World! Part 1

This week, we start a new series of Fringeworthy in a video game universe!

This time, it's the 800lb... Plumber! That's right, itsa Mario! 

We delve into the world of Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom, and what to expect when you arrive in Bowsers Castle...

Episode 431: Fringeworthy on the World of Greyhawk, Module 2

We continue our discussion of Fringeworthy in the World of Greyhawk. We continue our discussion of the races and cultures of Greyhawk, talk about it's connection to other planes of existence, and finish off with what the Fringeworthy can find to do in Greyhawk. And no Drow. Not a bit. Nope. 

Episode 430: Fringeworthy on the World of Greyhawk, Module 1

Welcome to the World of Greyhawk! You and your fellow teammembers are about to embark on an expedition to world of magic and danger! This is the first of three worlds of Dungeons & Dragons™️! 

Episode 429: Fringeworthy Other Worlds: Skyrim Cosmology, Part 3

We conclude our series on the Cosmology of Skyrim with a discussion of various gods and their realms.