Gaming on the Frontier

Episode 57: Fringeworthy In Star Wars 2

We continue our discussion led by Jay on adding Fringeworthy to your Star Wars campaign. Then we continue to a Bureau 13 segment where we show how you can use banes to even the playing field with the creatures you hunt without having to resort to supernatural team players such as Mages, Psionicists, or Vampires.

Episode 56: Fringeworthy in Star Wars

This is the first part of our exploration of adding Fringeworthy to Star Wars while keeping all that makes Star Wars awesome.

Fringeworthy Actual Play: Gutter Skypes episode 079

The Gutter Skypes finish their run of Fringeworthy Actual Play.  Thanks to all the gang, especially Mark Kinney of All Games Considered for being the GM. They do go over the comments that they have collected during this run so you might find some illumination there. The actual FW session starts at 01:11:10

Tri Tac Games at Conquest NW 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!

Tri Tac Games Christmas Episode 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

It's been a great year and we're glad to have had you along for the ride. Here's to a another great year of podcasting and we here at the Tri Tac Games Podcast wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Gutter Skypes 64: Fringworthy Actual Play session 2

This is the second actual play episode for the Gutter Skype Fringeworthy game.  The actual Fringeworthy content doesn't start until 1:12:00.

Gutter Skypes Actual Play session

Our good friend Mark Kinney and the rest of the Gutter Skypes are running a playtest of Fringeworthy using the Micro 20 system.  I've skipped the character creation part, but you can find it on their site.  http://www.anim5.com/IDDFOS/TGS/index.html Here is part one of their playtest.

Episode 38b: Fringeworthy in other campaigns - COC

This week we explore the possibility of adding Fringeworthy to a Call of Cthulu campaign.  Most of the specific points of what Fringeworthy adds to this game were covered as the general benefits in last weeks episode so please listen to that first before this one. The point of Fringeworthy to another game campaign is not to change that game into Fringeworthy.  Instead we suggest ways of using Fringeworthy to enhance your already awesome game with new options, motivation, and abilities, without changing the game's genre, tone, or goals. Of course, if you do find your current game stale, as Trav says, "Fringeworthy is a shot in the arm!" Based on the amount of discussion on this topic, we will be review one game campaign or genre a week so expect a lot more in the future. 03:00 - Where the portals tend to be located. 03:40 - The Fringeworthy bring advanced healing. 04:20 - The city of R'lyeh. 06:64 - Inserting Bureau 13. 08:28 - Bigger guns! Awwww yeah, we got bigger guns. Aw nuts, here come bigger monsters. 09:25 - Shifting characters to another setting. 10:45 - Fringeworthy as pulp superheroes in the Call of Cthulhu setting. 13:50 - Staying on the world, cause it's still only 1 in 100,000. 15:10 - Transitioning from one system to another via Fringeworthy. 19:00 - Tell us about how you've done this and we'll talk about it on a future show.

Fringeworthy: The Ed Powers Story

A promo for the soon to be released Fringeworthy novel and an offer for a free proof edition at Gencon 2010.

Episode 24: Jay Hailey Interview

We are joined by Trav of the Trav cast for an interview of Jay Hailey.  Jay recently chronicled his attempt at running a variant Fringeworthy campaign with just one player.  He shares his successes and failures. There is some really good ideas about running what he calls a Meta Campaign.