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Episode 9 – Silk, Spurs, and Steam!

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Jul 262012

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Hosts – Dan, Mack, Steve, and Bryan

Topic – In this episode, part 2 of our settings series, we discuss the trappings of wild west, Victoriana, steam punk, and a few other derivatives of 1800s settings, and ways to use them in your games. We also review, not 1, but 2 games, Thunderstone Advance, by AEG, and Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards, by Cryptozoic Entertainment.

(00:00) Battle Jesus

(1:30) Metagamer’s Anonymous

(3:29) Our current geeks

(6:19) Bonus game review – Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards

(14:36) Settings breakdown

(18:25) Wild west

(22:50) Victoriana

(26:14) Spin-offs

(31:11) Examples from other media

(46:30) Full game review – Thunderstone Advance

Media –

Metagamer’s Anonymous
Magic – The Gathering
Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards
Civilization V
Deadlands Reloaded (Pinnacle Entertainment)
Fiasco (Bully Pulpit Games)
GURPS (Steve Jackson Games)
Aces and Eights (KenzerCo)
Back to the Future 3 (IMDb)
Tall Tale (IMDb)
Wierd West (Robertson Games)
Wild Wild West (IMDb)
Sherlock Holmes (IMDb)
Jules Verne (Wikipedia)
H. G. Wells (Wikipedia)
The Difference Engine (Wikipedia)
Red Dead Redemption
Space 1889 (Heliogarph)
Postcards From the Dungeon (Podcast)
The Dark Tower
Dominion (Rio Grande Games)
Ascension (Gary Games)

Thunderstone Advance

Newsroom (HBO)

Episode 8 – The Truth About Fantasy and Magic

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Jul 122012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Tyler, Steve , Mack

Topic – We discuss the uses of settings in your campaigns, list a few fantasy tropes, and outline the different types of fantasy settings. This episode also contains a break down of different types of magic and ways to portray them in your games.

(:34) Changes we are making

(2:31) A little about settings in general

(3:10) The truth about truths

(8:27) Fantasy trappings and tropes

(14:44) Fantasy variations

(39:49) What does magic mean to your world?

(43:02) Variations in magic systems

Media –

The Game Of Thrones
The Princess Bride (IMDb)
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves (IMDb)
The Crow (IMDb)
Pirates of the Caribbean (IMDb)
Willow (IMDb)
Conan the Barbarian(Wikipedia)
The Dresden Files
R. A. Salvatore
John Carter of Mars
Harry Potter
Futhark Runes
Skyrim (wiki)
Full Metal Alchemist (IMDb)

The Legend of Korra

Notes – CarpeGM.net is changing it’s look soon, We will be needing art. We prefer to use art from the members of our community. A formal announcement will be made soon, but if you’re interested, contact dan@carpegm.net. Thanks for listening!

Episode 7 – “The Avengers”….Challenge Accepted (Corrected)

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Jul 052012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Steve, Tyler, Mack

Topic – We discuss the movie The Avengers, (don’t worry, not too many spoilers) and what we liked and disliked about the movie. We also talk about some of the difficulties of running a campaign about the Avengers, and break down the characters from the movie and draw parallels to fantasy character archetypes.

(:30) Discussing the movie and it’s pros and cons from our perspectives

(11:30) The obstacles concerning GMing The Avengers

(28:43) Breaking down the character archetypes

Media –

The Avengers (IMDb)
Cabin in the Woods (IMDb)
Serenity
Firefly (IMDb)
Angel
The Dark Knight
Marvel Heroic Roleplay
Pathfinder RPG

Notes – We will be changing the face of the website soon, making it easier to navigate and a better utility for keeping up with what’s going on in the gaming world. We will also be adding a “friends of the show” page and a gallery, among other changes. If you would like to submit art for the new website to be used with full attribution, contact dan@carpegm.net.

PS. My apologies to those of you who downloaded the previous version of this episode. There were some issues overlooked and some content was not suitable for our “clean” rating. I’ve fired the editor. Thanks for listening!

Episode 6 – You Have Been Immersed!

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Jun 252012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Steve, Tyler, Mack, and a friend, Katelyn, joins us for some color commentary on this episode.

Topic – We discuss player immersion, and some ideas on ways to help achieve it from the GM’s and player’s perspective.

(1:00) What is immersion?

(3:00) Tips for the players

(15:39) “Meta”

(23:00) Tips and tricks for GMs

(43:30) A few of our own anecdotes on immersion

Media –

“What is the opposite of meta?”

Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast

Notes- Please log on to the forum and let us know what you think. We’d love to see you there!

Episode 5 – Traps, Puzzles, and Obstacles (Oh my!)

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Jun 182012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Steve, Tyler, Mack

Topic – We discuss the concepts of traps, puzzles, and obstacles, and ways to effectively implement them in your campaigns while keeping your players engaged. We also cover the dangers of adversarial GMing.

(4:18) Obstacles

(16:29) Puzzles and riddles

(28:32) Traps

(33:14) Traps and such from our games.

(46:53) Adversarial GMing

Media –

Indiana Jones (franchise)
The Labyrinth (IMDb)
Saw (IMDb)
The Dark Crystal (IMDb)

Notes – My apologies for the sporadic “popping” that can be heard in this episode. It escaped my attention until editing.

Episode 4 – Discussing Board Games

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Jun 082012

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Hosts – Dan, Mack, Bryan, Steve, Tyler

Topic – A discussion about board games and how they differ from RPGs. We also talk about the different types of board games that are being produced today, some of our favorites, and we review Smallworld.

(2:15) The difference between board games and RPGs

(9:25) Different types of board games

(14:00) Luck VS Strategy

(22:32) Buddha’s List

(25:30) Our favorite board games

(40:46) Smallworld (Game Review)

Fantasy Flight Gmaes
Wizards of the Coast
Thunderstone
Hero Clix
War Hammer
Smallworld
Chaos Chess
Buddha’s List (Wikipedia)
Go (Wikipedia)
Pass the Popcorn
Munchkin
Logo (game)
Cards Against Humanity (free)
Frag (game)
Betrayal at House on the Hill (game)

Episode 3 – All-you-can-geek Buffet

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Jun 012012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Mack, Tyler, Steve

Topic – We discuss our gaming and/or geek culture interests.

Notes – This is our third and (as far as we know) final experiment with the format of the show…open discussion. Be sure to log in at The Game Room or send us an e-mail and let us know what you think. Due to some unexpected technical difficulties, this episode is considerably shorter than previous episodes. We promise to be back next week with a full episode.

Thanks for listening!

Media –

White Wolf Publishing
Twin Peaks (IMDb)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (IMDb)
Chaosium Inc.
Underworld (IMDb)
Paizo Publishing
The Sandman (Comicvine)
Diablo 3
Van Helsing (Wikipedia)
Mouse Guard (RPG)
Burning Wheel (RPG)
Weapons of the Gods (RPG)
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying (RPG)
Chip ‘n’ Dale Rescue Rangers (IMDb)
Fear the Boot (Podcast)

Episode 2 – Villains

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May 252012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Mack, Steve

Topic – A discussion about stereotypical villains and antagonists. We discuss what those stereotypes are, what makes a good villain, and ways to use them in your campaigns.

(1:24) A few villain stereotypes

(35:32) Our favorite antagonists that we’ve encountered as players

(43:46) Our favorite villains that we’ve ran as GMs

(53:41) Our favorite villains of any medium

Media –

Dragon Strike
Shadowrun
Vladimir Propp
DC Universe RPG (Wikipedia)
Mass Effect
Resident Evil (1996)(Wikipedia)
The Killing Joke (Wikipedia)
Magneto
Se7en
Lex Luthor
The Ring
Bio Shock (Wikipedia)
Silent Hill (Wikipedia)
F.E.A.R.
Left For Dead

Episode 1 – Different Mediums for Different GMs

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May 152012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Mack, Steve, Tyler

Topic –

We discuss the tropes of different storytelling mediums and ways to convey their “feel” to your players as a GM.

(2:07) – Literature

(18:19) – Movies

(26:00) – Television

(39:30) – Video Games

(46:25) – Comics and Graphic Novels

Notes –

This topic may have been too big to tackle with one episode. Perhaps a little later we will break this down into a couple of episodes and discuss each of the mediums more deeply. That should allow us to give more advice on the individual mediums. Live and learn… please post comments on the forums or send an e-mail with your thoughts.

Episode 0 – What’s our geek?

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May 112012

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Hosts – Dan, Bryan, Mack, Tyler, and Steve

Topic – We introduce ourselves and discuss the focus of the podcast. We also converse about the disparate backgrounds and interests that create our group dynamic, and talk about what we are trying to accomplish with this project.

Notes – This episode was originally recorded as part of Episode 1. The decision to release it as a separate episode was not made until after the recording was finished, resulting in a somewhat abrupt ending. Over the next few weeks we will be trying different things with format and layout. Please, feel free to send your feedback, positive and negative to dan@carpegm[dot]net

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