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- Episode 42: Exploring the setting of Harry Potter for RPGs
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/alienfamiliar.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/afp-episode-42-exploring-the-setting-of-harry-potter.mp3
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Hosts: Clayton of House Ravenclaw, KP of House Gryffindor, Nina of House Gryffindor, and Lanina of House Ravenclaw
In this episode we talk about how the Harry Potter setting can be used for tabletop RPGs
Things we reference:
- How wizards in the Harry Potter universe use the bathroom
- This fan-made Harry Potter RPG
- and this fan-made Harry Potter RPG
- Controversy over fake tweets about Harry Potter
Geek things we are interested in
- Lanina – Cancer genomics
0 min - Episode 41: What you need to know at the start of a campaign
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/alienfamiliar.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/afp-episode-41-what-you-need-to-know-at-the-start-of-a-campaign.mp3
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Hosts: Clayton, Beth, KP, Hayley, Nina, and Jordan
In this episode we discuss what players want to know when the campaign starts and how players can prep for a new campaign.
Things we reference:
- Otherland book series by Tad Williams
- Fate anime series
- PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS
Geek things we are interested in this week:
- Hayley – Children of the Whales Netflix original
- The Source Family documentary
- Clayton – The Americans TV series
- Command and Control documentary
- Jordan – Wild Wild Country Netflix original
- KP – The Expanse SyFy series
- Inuyasha anime series
0 min - Episode 40: When the GM should be an asshole
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Hosts: Clayton, KD, Jordan, Nina, KP
Guest Host: Skaggs
In this episode we discuss when the GM should be an asshole, is it OK to be an asshole sometimes, and signs that your GM is pissed
Some geek things that we are excited about:
Clayton
- Legion Season 2
- The Eradication of Polio
Nina
- Cloak & Dagger series
KD
- B: The Beginning
KP
- Weird WW2 Era aircraft
- Focke-Wulf Trieblugel
- The Flying Tank
Jordan
- Flint Town
- RIP Stephen Hawking
0 min - Episode 39: How to Improve as a GM
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Hosts: Clayton, KD, Jordan
In this episode we discuss how to be a better GM and give advice to each other on how we can personally improve our game
Things we mention in the episode:
- The Ratha Con
0 min - Episode 38: Post Mortem – Apocalyptia Ceruleus Campaign
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Hosts: Clayton, Beth, KP, Hayley, Nina, KD, Lanina, Jordan
Guest Hosts: Lara, Matthew, Chris
In this episode we break down our Apocalyptia Ceruleus campaign, available in the Actual Play feed
0 min - Episode 37: Downtime
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Hosts: Clayton, KP, KD, and Hayley
In this episode we discuss downtime, both in character during the game and out of character in between sessions
Some geek things we are interested in:
- KD
- Sleeping Dogs movie is in production starring Donnie Yen
- An Officer and A Gentleman
- Hayley
- 2064: Read Only Memories
- KP
- The Long Dark
- Clayton
- Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
0 min - Episode 36: Backstories
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Hosts: Clayton, Beth, Hayley, KD Lanina, Jordan
Guest Hosts: Eliot and Chris
In this episode we discuss how to make backstories for your characters and also talk about how to deal with party conflicts
Things we reference in this episode:
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- The Dragonlance Chronicles
- Who the fuck is my D&D character?
- Clayton’s Character Creation Questionnaire
Some things that we are interested in:
- KP – The indie crpg Lisa: The Painful
- Lanina – CRISPR editing DNA in real time
- KD – Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2: The Sith Lords
- Hayley – crpg Moon Hunters
- Eliot – Kevin Smith’s “The Last Jedi” Review and DawnforgedCast
- Jordan – Apocalyptia RPG
- Clayton
- scholagladiatoria
- Lindybeige
- Metatron
- Shadiversity, specifically for his Fantasy Re-Armed series episode on Giants
0 min - Episode 35: Using the game to work through real problems
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Hosts: Clayton, KP, KD, Nina, and Lanina
In this episode we discus using the game to work through real world problems
0 min - Episode 34: Cross Generational Players
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Hosts: Clayton, Larry, Heaven, Kailyn, Kaleb
In this episode, we talk about gaming with people a generation older or younger
0 min - Episode 33: Hard Sci-Fi
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/alienfamiliar.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/afp-episode-32-hard-sci-fi.mp3
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Hosts: Clayton, Jordan, KP, Nina
In this episode we talk about problems and possibilities for realistic space games
Things we discuss in this episode:
- The Expanse
- Alien franchise
- Star Trek franchise
- Star Wars franchise
- Traveller
- Eclipse Phase
- Stars Without Number
- Diaspora
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A podcast that gives heuristics-driven advice on tabletop roleplaying gaming