Crucible of Realms

Here's a new thing - a show-between-the-shows! Just some announcements, listener feedback and general banter to tide folks over until the next full setting-creation episode is released.

Recommendations: Jon recommends Brave and the Crankcast. Jim recommends Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

DOWNLOAD EPOCH ITERATION 1 - RECAPTURING LIFE PIECES

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Matt Forbeck

 

Fantasy and sci-fi collide as a medieval world inhabited by magical creatures and practitioners of the arcane is beset by cyborg invaders from another world. Little do the defenders of the realm realize how much in common they have with their strange enemies.

Matt's Kickstarter (12 for `12) can be found here. Check it out while there's still time!

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 16 - The Arcane Impurity

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Edward Boudreaux

We construct a setting in which Viking-inspired space fleets must deal with an Earth government that no longer wants them. Now that first contact with an alien race has been made, the rules have changed. What will happen when the fleet's replacements arrive?

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 15 - The Midgard Precedent

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Clint Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group

 

We create a penal colony that exists in a medieval world where magic is outlawed and demons manipulate the future of mankind.

On an unrelated note for the gamer listeners out there, the 2012 RPG Podcast Listener Survey is going on right now! Check it out here.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:06 Door # 2
01:02 Intro
01:39 Savage Worlds / Pinnacle Entertainment Group
02:01 Necessary Evil
02:15 Deciding Basics
02:35 Megalopolis
02:43 Gormenghast / Gormenghast Series
04:52 Fritz Leiber
07:02 Determining Scale
07:18 D&D
07:37 Discussing Structure & Resources
09:10 Convicts in Australia
09:18 Discussing Geography
10:38 Discussing Magic, Demons & Logistics
14:18 Jabba the Hutt
19:19 Discussing Religion & Church Structure
21:28 Inquisition
27:59 Planes of Existence
29:51 Discussing City Districts
29:57 The Five Boroughs (NYC)
34:52 Discussing Rules of Magic
37:39 Discussing History
43:54 Discussing Groups
49:34 Hannibal Lecter
50:16 Naming Titles & Places
52:04 Promise / I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
52:35 Raistlin / Dragonlance / Jacques Chirac
52:51 Malfeasance
53:34 Proctor & Gamble
54:49 Tarot
55:35 Naming Groups
56:25 Aufero
59:42 Naming Characters
60:11 Hector / Hannibal
61:16 Umbra
61:55 Pelagic
62:49 Phyllis Diller
63:04 Boris Yeltsin
63:18 Naming Geographic Items & Institutions
64:15 Naming the Setting
64:39 Devil's Island
65:07 DOOM / Perdition's Gate
65:29 Conclusion & Outro

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 14 - PERDITION'S HOLD

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guests: Tuna & Nick the Savage Greek

In this episode we create an artificial world where the inhabitants fight each other for resources on the inside of an enormous sphere as part of an ages-long experiment.

Recommendations: Jim recommends Dark City. Jon recommends John Carter.

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:23 Jim's Icon
00:39 Intro
01:29 Come Play With Us
02:19 Savage Worlds / Fiasco / Call of Cthulhu / Shadowrun
02:42 Pathfinder / Slipstream
03:02 A Song of Ice and Fire / A Dance with Dragons / Game of Thrones
03:23 Daniel Suarez / Demon / Freedom TM / The Hunger Games Series
03:45 Altered Carbon / Takeshi Kovacs
04:10 Robert E. Howard / Conan the Barbarian / Solomon Kane
04:17 Listener Feedback
04:54 Game Geeks / Game Geeks YouTube Channel
05:08 Deadlands
05:34 Savage Worlds Deluxe

06:14 Savage Worlds Test Drive v 6
06:30 AMBER Diceless RPG / Roger Zelazny / Chronicles of Amber
07:48 Neptune's Reich
08:51 Determining Basics
10:33 Dyson Sphere
11:55 Deciding Genre
12:37 Discussing Physical World Aspects
14:54 Discussing Issues for Native Life
15:42 Discussing Geographic Features
17:56 Circumference of the Earth
18:25 Supercontinent
19:10 Discussing Technological Levels
19:46 Industrial Revolution
20:45 Coca-Cola / The Gods Must Be Crazy / Coca-Cola Bottle Scene
20:59 Discussing Outside Influences
21:29 PETA / Greenpeace
22:12 Star Trek / "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
22:23 The Truman Show / Dark City
22:32 Discussing Complications
26:38 Discussing Species
30:46 Voldemort
32:22 Trinity
32:42 Heavy Metal 2000 / Zeek
33:16 Oompa-Loompas
34:27 Triceratops
36:08 Hubwards
37:40 Hive Mind
36:18 Dirigible / Zeppelin
40:47 Inca / Aztec
41:31 Salamander
43:38 Lizardfolk / The Lizard
44:04 Discussing History
46:40 Krakatoa
50:31 Discussing Locations
52:48 Discussing Political Structures
56:03 Naming Species, Groups & Locations
58:10 Pinnacle Entertainment Group
58:55 Pleistocene / Tarantian
59:50 Quad Core
61:30 Pokemon / Charizard
63:46 Isthmus
66:13 Recommendations
66:37 Kiefer Sutherland
66:43 John Carter / Barsoom Series
66:57 Conclusion & Outro
68:28 BONUS CONTENT: A Tale of Ice-Smashery

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 13 - KIKLOS

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Darin Kennedy

 

We slap together a setting in deep space, in which a struggling federation of worlds attempts to push back threats from all sides. 

Recommendation: Jon recommends Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 

00:00 Tomfoolery

00:01 Star Wars / The Force / George Lucas

00:08 Mitochondria / Midi-chlorians / Dragonball Z

00:39 Pigs in Space / Sharks with Lasers

00:57 Intro

02:12 Listener Comments

03:01 Deciding Basics

05:30 Discussing Species

05:34 The Micronauts

06:00 THEM! / Square Cube Law

06:38 Emergence / Hive Mind

08:48 Mercury

11:31 Contact

13:25 Dune / Spacing Guild

14:08 Clarke's Laws

16:47 The War of the Worlds / Martians

21:33 Superman / Vulcan / Dwarves

21:53 DC Comics / Apokolips

21:58 Marvel Comics / Guardians of the Galaxy / Charlie-27

23:51 Red Lobster

24:24 Relativity

26:33 Red Alert

26:36 Discussing Relations & Motives

27:48 Xenophobia

31:21 Discussing Societal Structures

34:55 The Borg

35:23 Discussing History

36:58 "That's no moon..."

42:42 Discussing Ships

45:46 Termite Mound

46:33 Krull

47:40 D&D / Formians

48:25 Warp Drive

51:31 Discussing Space Creatures

52:55 Mako Shark

54:17 Discussing Locations

56:31 Discussing Council Organization

58:30 Naming Species & Locations

59:21 Hymenoptera

60:32 Mandelbrot / Bratwurst

61:57 Manifold / Manifold

62:09 Gaussian Curvature

62:46 Shiva

62:53 Magic: the Gathering / Shivan Dragon

63:40 Naming Groups & Titles

63:43 Occupy Movement

68:06 Naming the Setting

68:36 "So let it be written, so let it be done..."

68:44 Recommendations

68:54 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

69:32 darinkennedy.com / Apple

69:49 Conclusion & Outro
DOWNLOAD EPISODE 12 - ACONDUS SPIRAL

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Gregory

Guest: Eden Royce

 

In this episode we create a vision of a hell in which daemons try to live better lives, but are plagued by crime and corruption. And of course the occasional kidnapping by humans from another world.

00:00 Tomfoolery

00:12 Megalopolis

00:21 Mr. Snuffleupagus

00:37 Barghest / Darth Vader / Black Dog / Geist

00:52 The Hound of the Baskervilles / Baskerville

01:06 Intro

02:47 Listener Feedback

03:10 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast

03:37 Creative Commons

04:12 Determining Basics

04:38 Atlas / Atlas Shrugged

05:04 Demon / Devil / Hell

06:11 Hellevator

08:27 Fedora

08:57 Film Noir / Hardboiled Fiction

09:14 Faustian Bargain

09:37 "This is my boomstick!"

10:53 Drug Fiend

11:58 Drug Mule

12:09 Mephistopheles

13:37 Art Deco / Succubus / Femme Fatale

14:03 Determining Physical Properties

14:13 Dark City

14:59 Superman / Kryptonians

15:55 Discussing Social Aspects

16:16 No One Can Eat Just One

17:07 Discussing Supernatural Rules

18:47 Discussing Inhabitants & Society

20:43 Discussing Powers

22:29 Prohibition / Speakeasy / Eliot Ness

23:34 Devil in a Blue Dress

24:24 Imp / Incubus

25:10 Discussing Wild Life

25:38 Terrarium

25:56 Arthropod / Arachnid / Crustacean

26:35 Discussing Environment

27:24 Futurama / New New York

27:51 Zeppelin / Steampunk

29:15 Industrial Revolution

29:43 Sulfur Dioxide / Acid Rain

32:14 Discussing History

32:50 Elder Things

33:23 Yog-Sothoth / Elder Gods / Great Old Ones

37:12 Egalitarianism

38:58 Discussing Religion

39:33 Lovecraftian / Hastur

40:13 Humanism / The King in Yellow

40:30 Gothic Architecture

41:41 Gaslighting

42:14 Drinking the Kool Aid / Heaven's Gate

42:20 Discussing Crime

43:09 Discussing Souls

44:31 Scarab

45:05 Discussing Government & Organizations

45:43 Fidel Castro

47:01 Byakhee

48:03 Arkham / Mikatonic University

49:03 Wall Street

49:17 Coney Island / Renaissance Faire

50:20 Naming Beings, Titles & Organizations

50:33 Daemon

52:20 Body Politic / Constabulary / Constable

53:27 Clot

54:02 Humours / Bile

55:25 Naming Places

55:59 Furlong

56:25 Naming Deities

57:28 Naming More Groups & Movements

58:17 Walker, Texas Ranger

59:37 Naming More Places

61:08 Naming the City

62:04 Naming the Setting

63:23 www.EdenRoyce.com

63:39 LudusNovus.net

63:45 Conclusion & Outro

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 11 - Hell Noir

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Eric

On this episode, we create an Earth of the near future scarred by a mystical, fiery apocalypse. From the ashes of this world rise heroes of the Arthurian legends and Egyptian mythology to battle an undead horde.

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery

00:03 Wikipedia / Philosophical Zombie

00:36 Intro

02:04 Determining Basics

02:15 Dresden Files RPG

02:42 King Arthur / Cthulhu / Rpg.net

03:30 Arthurian Legend / Avalon

03:53 Lovecraftian

04:17 Grendel / Beowulf

04:49 British Empire

05:04 Knights of the Round Table

05:14 Victorian Era

05:33 Reincarnation

05:49 Merlin

06:40 Knight Rider / KITT

07:47 The Mummy / The Scorpion King

08:22 Sarcophagus / British Museum

09:37 Morgan le Fay

11:40 Egyptian Empire / Red Sea

12:10 Horus / Evil Foreigner

14:22 Getting the Band Back Together

15:48 Solar Flare

16:22 Arthurian Dragons / Pendragon

17:20 Reign of Fire

18:00 Discussing Major Players

18:12 Aton (Aten) / Ra

18:42 Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten

19:04 Great Hymn to the Aten

19:49 Hitler

20:12 Nefertiti

21:55 Black Sea / Aegean Sea / Transylvania

22:16 Strait of Gibraltar / English Channel

22:38 The Chunnel

24:53 Excalibur / Lady of the Lake

25:28 Highlander / Illuminati 27:12 Sir Percival

28:48 Osiris / Set

28:59 Pharoah

29:08 Monotheism / Isis / Avatar

30:16 Sons of Horus / Canopic Jars

30:40 Do You Wanna Date My Avatar / You Can Call Me Al / Paul Simon

31:39 Ptah

33:20 Discussing Groups & Strength of Forces

34:43 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / The Black Knight

36:19 The Fisher King

37:18 Greymalkin

37:48 Bast

39:08 Indiana Jones

39:20 Alexandria / Library of Alexandria

39:48 Tefnut / The Nile

41:15 Imuit Fetish

41:43 Anubis

42:41 Lich / Phylactery

43:31 Shadow People

44:17 Keku

44:30 Discussing Monsters & Devestation

47:04 Terra Incognita / Here Be Dragons

47:16 Vikings / North Sea

48:07 Mad Max

49:12 Kraken

49:27 Istanbul / Constantinople / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / They Might Be Giants

50:00 Constantine

50:17 Richard Wagner / Parsifal

51:44 Discussing Magic Level

53:09 J.R.R. Tolkien / Middle-Earth Magic

55:02 Discussing Seats of Power

55:14 Glastonbury Tor  / Salisbury / Stonehenge

56:19 Carpathia

56:31 Naming Places

56:51 Britannia / Albion

57:36 Naming Groups

58:34 Paladin

59:00 Bard

61:24 Naming Events

61:36 Big Brother

62:05 The Colosseum

62:19 Ritalin

63:08 Naming the Setting

63:44 Conclusion & Outro
DOWNLOAD EPISODE 10 - THE ASHES OF ALBION

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Chris

 

We build a galactic spiral arm in which magic and technology co-exist and humans and other strange species band together to defend against a threat that seeks dominion over all. WARNING: This setting combines Science Fiction and Fantasy. If that's not your cup of tea, you may want to skip this one to avoid having to crawl into a corner and rock yourself back and forth to comfort yourself against the sacrilege. In the mean time, we'll be having fun riding our magical space ships. ;)

Recommendation: Jon recommends Community.

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:15 NyQuil
00:28 Alderaan
00:39 Intro
01:14 D&D
01:45 AD&D 2nd Edition
01:52 Dark Sun / White Wolf
03:32 Determining Basics
04:59 Spelljammer / Windjammer
05:38 Exo-Space (E-Space)
07:11 Isaac Asimov / Clarke's Three Laws
07:40 Spiral Arm
07:50 Determining Star Systems & Species
12:35 Red Giant
16:49 Will-o-the-Wisp
17:31 White Dwarf
18:58 Stargate
21:04 Discussing Means of Interstellar Travel
22:31 Astral Plane / Hyperdrive / FTL Drive
25:08 Introducing Humans to the Setting
25:44 Charlton Heston / Planet of the Apes
27:12 Enterprise
29:05 Interstellar Conflict
31:45 Ship Design
33:45 Technomancer / Artificer
35:00 Determining Timeline of Events
36:12 Determining Locations
37:16 Deadwood
38:34 Revisiting Culture & Technology
40:16 Explorers
41:47 Adjusting the Timeline
42:34 Discussing Weapons
43:19 Greek Fire
43:38 Revisiting Locations & Borders
45:03 The Empire Strikes Back / Exogorth
45:47 Klingons
47:02 Sargasso Sea
47:29 Naming Things
48:34 Dross
49:13 Oni
50:00 Dwimmer / Dweomer
50:22 Jingoism
50:54 Falafel
51:10 The Gray
52:05 Xhosa
54:22 Ekam
54:56 Nyakyusa / Three Stooges / Bantu
56:22 Puma / Aztecs
56:45 Asterisk / Asterix / Babylon 5
57:20 Naming the Setting
57:26 Pigs in Space
57:46 Outlandia
58:45 Recommendation / Community

58:54 Conclusion & Outro

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 9 - OUTLANDIA

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Mike of Sick & Twisted Productions

We delve into a fantasy world in which the living and the dead are tied to each other in an unending cycle of birth, life, death, afterlife and reincarnation. In the Realms of Bennu, what comes after death is just as important as what happens beforehand!

Recommendation: Jon recommends A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:24 Imperial March
01:05 Intro
02:53 Sick & Twisted Productions
03:09 GenCon
03:22 White Wolf / Vampire: the Masquerade / Changeling: the Dreaming
03:44 Listener Feedback
04:03 Universalis
06:42 Tyranids / Warhammer 40,000 / Galactus / Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
07:30 D&D
08:16 Gaia Hypothesis
09:00 Deciding Basics

10:25 Necromancy
11:50 Resurrection (D&D)
12:24 Ghost Rock (Deadlands)
15:02 Discussing Rules for Magic
16:39 Deciding Races & Monsters
18:09 Deciding Civilizations
18:56 Maori
19:08 Incas / Aztecs
20:44 Gypsy / Romani
21:31 Vikings / Roman Empire
22:29 Deciding Cosmology & Afterlife Details
24:04 Edvard Munch / The Scream
24:24 Princess Mononoke
27:22 "I see dead people."
28:38 Graveyard / Respawn
32:08 Discussing Afterlife Civilizations
34:03 Dalai Lama
39:09 Valhalla
42:33 Discussing Important Locations
43:22 Necropolis
43:42 Discussing History
45:36 Revisiting Monsters / Manticore
46:04 Chimera
46:58 Naming Civilizations
47:39 Koken
48:29 Chu Nom
48:42 Han Empire
48:51 Quoc Ngu
50:02 Supay / Uku Pacha
50:38 Scrabble
51:07 Wheel of Fortune / Volga
51:47 Vendel
52:17 Sara
54:22 Dresden Files / Ectomancer
55:29 Merlin / The Mists of Avalon
55:40 Naming the Afterlife
57:08 Naming the Setting
57:28 Chaldea / Sabians
57:53 Phoenix / Phoenix / Bennu
58:36 Ursula K. Le Guin / A Wizard of Earthsea / Earthsea Trilogy
59:26 Conclusion & Outro

DOWNLOAD EPISODE 8 - THE REALMS OF BENNU