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Licensed Properties and RPGs - Play On Target

“Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Play On Target podcast (PLOT for short). This episode features a discussion of media/intellectual properties that have been licensed for use in role-playing games. What makes a good game based on a media property? What problems do designers and players run into when playing a game based on a licensed IP? What is great about RPGs based on licensed properties? What properties would you like to see as an RPG? What RPGs based on IP are out there – the good and the bad? We touch on all of these questions to varying degrees. ”

4 out of 5

http://www.playontarget.com/licensed-properties-and-rpgs/

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/licensed-properties-and-rpgs-play-on-target/

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Wargaming 101 Part One with - Jonathan Reinhart

4 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/wargaming-101-part-one-with-jonathan-reinhart/

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AD&D Player’s Handbook Spell Lists by Class - Gary Gygax

Very handy. Html format, ebook away.

5 out of 5

http://pandaria.rpgworlds.info/cant/rules/adnd_spells.htm1

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/add-players-handbook-spell-lists-by-class-gary-gygax/

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Episode 104: Nova Praxis 00 - Roo Sack Gamers

Making up some people, even with power armour.

4 out of 5

http://media.podcastingmanager.com/2/0/6/6/8/295141-286602/Media/rsg104_NP00.mp3

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/episode-104-nova-praxis-00-roo-sack-gamers/

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Interview: author of vN and iD - Madeline Ashby

“KC: Will you tell us about your new novel, iD, out this month, and its protagonist, Javier?
Javier is a self-replicating humanoid. He’s iterated about thirteen times, so he has a bunch of copies of himself running around. He has an intact failsafe, which means he can’t hurt human beings. (At least, not physically.) It also means he tends to fall for human beings — until recently. This book tests his devotion to another humanoid, Amy. And that test takes him on a big journey, where he thinks he’s looking for her but he’s really searching for himself out there on the road”

4 out of 5

http://www.mybookishways.com/2013/06/interview-madeline-ashby-author-of-vn-and-id.html

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/interview-author-of-vn-and-id-madeline-ashby/

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Heads

Perfect body for a mad scientist to give a hunchback crazy nun – put her head on a stripteaser.

1.5 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/heads/

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Brain Twisters

Subjects driven to murder and suicide? Should have thought of that before the VR fear inducing neuroscience experiments!

1.5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/brain-twisters/

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Iron Man 3

AIM snoozer.

2.5 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/iron-man-3-2/

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ICONS Great Power released - Steve Kenson and Dan Houser

“ICONS Great Power released

Steve Kenson and Dan Houser stop by to talk about the release of ICONS Great Power.

Steve talks about the future of ICONS and Dan manages to spill the beans on a pretty major Stark City secret”

4 out of 5

http://mikelaff.podbean.com/mf/web/yktvm6/greatpowerreleased.mp3

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/icons-great-power-released-steve-kenson-and-dan-houser/

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Spirit of the Century: Attack of the Murderhobos - RPR Actual Play

“In this special one shot adventure, RJ returns as we try out Spirit of the Century, a pulp themed FATE engine RPG! The players are typical pulp heroes at a swanky New York City party, when dastardly murderhobos attack the shindig! It turns out that the secret homeless fighting societies of the city are fighting over a fabled grimoire of dirty fighting called Ars Pugilism and they seem to think the PCs have it. The heroes will have to get to the bottom of this mystery before the murderhobos tear the city apart!”

4 out of 5

http://media.blubrry.com/rpg_actual_play/p/actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/RPPR-SOTC-Murderhobos.mp3

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/spirit-of-the-century-attack-of-the-murderhobos-rpr-actual-play/

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Star Trek: Into Darkness

Past Khan’s hairspray and crewsicles.

3 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/star-trek-into-darkness/

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Space Opera - Edward E. Simbalist and A. Mark Ratner and Phil McGregor

Take Traveller, bloat it up a lot, make sure you have tables for as much as you can think of, including double level fatigue and dropping the ball.

This comment also nails it :- “the barely sketched out campaign milieu is a mish-mash of animal-men, vulcans, jedi, lightsabres, space nazis, space commies, martians-from-War-of-the-Worlds and implacable hiveminded insectoids.” http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?461973-Necro-FGU-s-Space-Opera-and-other-runts-of-the-litter

Some very dodgy writing and concepts, but it has a certain charm, and some of the stuff you could have enhanced Traveller with..more detailed character enlistments, some effects of the planet that your character has come from, etc. How to bias stat rolling to make players likely to have higher level stats than the ordinary by using d100 to roll d20, that sort of thing.

Much weapons and gear, too. The middle game I guess you could call it of Traveller and Spacemaster from the time.

Worth a browse for entertainment and occasional useful part.

3 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/space-opera-edward-e-simbalist-and-a-mark-ratner-and-phil-mcgregor/

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Secret World Chronicle - 6 28 You Have to Believe We Are Magic

Wherein Ramona tells Telsa not to be a wussbag and gets Overwatchedup.

4 out of 5

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_28_believewearemagic.mp3

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/secret-world-chronicle-6-28-you-have-to-believe-we-are-magic/

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Star Ace - Mark Acres and Gali Sanchez

A game of leftover heroes who happened to not get wiped out in interstellar battle with the Imperial forces. The Star Teams. Humans, crystal clone, hybrids, polar bear and catpeople.

Some amusing artwork, but a poor game with a really oddball tone. The Luck attribute is interesting in an evolution sense.

Percentile system with a resolution table. Everyone gets a fighter and a proton rifle and a literal in a game sense handful of cash to start…so odd right from there.

2 out of 5

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/star-ace-mark-acres-and-gali-sanchez/

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You Have to Believe We Are Magic - Mercedes Lackey and Veronica Giguere

Wherein Ramona tells Telsa not to be a wussbag and gets Overwatchedup.

4 out of 5

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/seasonsix/swc6_28_believewearemagic.mp3

http://freesf.strandedinoz.com/wordpress/2013/06/you-have-to-believe-we-are-magic-mercedes-lackey-and-veronica-giguere/