Role Playing Public Radio

News : Actual Play fans can rejoice! RPPR B-Sides provides early access to archived and unaired AP episodes that will NEVER make the AP podcast. Check out RPPR B-Sides to learn more. In other news, we’ve redesigned Role Playing Public Radio and will eventually get to RPPR Actual Play. The design is not 100% final, so there may be tweaks here and there. Also, Base Raiders is still in producti...

News : If you’re a fan of Eclipse Phase, check out the Kickstarter for the next Eclipse Phase book, Transhuman. Don’t forget about the Know Evil Fan Creation Contest. The deadline for entries is May 10. Synopsis : After the conclusion of Caleb’s epic Know Evil campaign, Tom and I wanted to hash out how the campaign came to be, what changed during play, and what lessons were learn...

News : Check out Caleb and I shooting up (space) zombies in Dead Space 3! Be sure to subscribe to Raillery’s Youtube channel for all the latest from us. Base Raiders is progressing nicely but it was slowed down a bit so I could contribute to Eclipse Phase’s newest book – Transhuman. There’s an open playtest for some of the material right now – read it and give them yo...

Obsidian Portal, the campaign tracking website, has launched a Kickstarter to pay for site upgrades. I talked to the programmer behind Obsidian Portal, Micah Wedemeyer, who is also co-host of the Haste podcast . In this interview, we talk about Obsidian Portal, Kickstarter, and crowdfunding in the RPG industry. Be sure to take a look at Greg Stolze’s Kickstarter: Mask of the Other!  

News : The Know Evil Fan Creation contest is well underway and the deadline for entries has been extended. Tom has started a Pathfinder campaign, which will be recorded. I have a short story in The Unspeakable Oath 22 – read “Message in a Bottle.” Also, I want to thank every RPPR donor who helps keep this site up and going! Synopsis : Murphy’s Rules were a long standing com...

News: Fallout Without End, a new scenario of the No Security ransom pack from Hebanon Games is now available! We’re still cranking out videos at Raillery . The map is part of the Zombie Factory, a chapter in the upcoming Base Raiders RPG. Synopsis : Travel and exploration is adventurous in real life but not in role playing games. Someone like Marco Polo is a major figure in history, yet in D...

News : I’ve redesigned Raillery as a Video Game Actual Play podcast/ Youtube channel. Check out our new videos! In Base Raiders news, the Pariah ebook has been released to Kickstarter backers . It will be made available on Amazon and Smashwords in the near future for people that missed the Kickstarter. RPPR is pleased to announce a Know Evil Fan Creation Contest! Between now and the end of t...

News : Check out the newest Story Bundle! My book, Zombies of the World, is one of the bonus ebooks you can get if you pay the average of $8 or more. The bundle also features F. Paul Wilson and other great authors! I also wrote up a detailed post-mortem of my recent Call of Cthulhu one shot based on the indie video game, Hotline Miami. Synopsis : I asked Tom what he wanted to do an episode on and...

News: Base Raiders, the new RPPR Kickstarter is nearing completion. Help us meet a few more stretch goals!  Contribute now ! Learn more at the Base Raiders website . Synopsis: Combat is the heart and soul of many RPGs but running exciting combat is harder to pull of than it seems. It often descends into tedious “I hit you you” dice rolling contests or incoherent arguments over stunting...

News: Check out the new RPPR Kickstarter for Base Raiders, a standalone RPG about superpowered dungeon crawling! Synopsis: This seminar with Dennis Detwiller, Kenneth Hite, Shane Ivey and Greg Stolze is about historical superhero games. Arc Dream has two games along those lines: Godlike and the Progenitor setting for Wild Talents, so they have some background in the topic. If you’ve ever wan...

News: Support RPPR by contributing to the Base Raiders Kickstarter. Get at least the PDF and you’ll gain access to 10 preview RPPR Actual Play episodes upon the conclusion of the campaign. RPPR friend Cody Walker has his own Kickstarter up for Noir City . Help bring his comic to life! Synopsis : It wouldn’t be October without at least one horror themed episode of RPPR. Tom and I discus...

News: Base Raiders, the new RPPR Kickstarter is now online. Contribute now ! Learn more at the Base Raiders website . Take the Zombie Survival Quiz at Zombies of the World Former RPPR regular Cody Walker has his own Kickstarter up for Noir City, a comic book. Check it out! The RPPR crew is just terrible at Artemis Spaceship Simulator. Watch! Synopsis : The newest RPPR Project, Base Raiders, is abo...

At Gencon this year, I was part of a panel with Kenneth Hite , D ennis Detwiller, and  George Vasilakos to discuss zombies in gaming. We talked about many topics, from favorite films, to the symbolism of zombies and how to use them in games. If you’re a zombie fan, you should give it a listen! In other news, check out the new Zombie Survival and Risk Analysis Quiz on Zombies of the World. Fi...

Sponsor : For the latest news covering the entire tabletop role-playing industry, turn to Roleplayers Chronicle at roleplayerschronicle.com ! Synopsis : This was our best Gencon ever and we have a lot to show for it. We won best podcast at the Ennies this year! A very special thanks goes out to every fan that voted for us. This podcast wouldn’t be anything without the support of our fans. Th...

We had a blast at Gencon 2012 and we have a ton of new material for you, starting with this interview with Kenneth Hite about his new game, Night’s Black Agents. It’s a horror/spy thriller game that Mr. Hite designed more or less to give players an excuse to slay the undead while being total badass secret agents. It’s based on the GUMSHOE game engine but has new rules appropriate...

Sponsor : For the latest news covering the entire tabletop role-playing industry, turn to Roleplayers Chronicle at roleplayerschronicle.com ! Synopsis : We’ve talked a lot about campaign structure in the past but in this episode we discuss a new way to think about your campaigns. Namely, how to make a character-focused campaign as opposed to a sandbox or central plot focused game. We use lon...

News : Check out the new Raillery episodes , where the RPPR crew dusts off the Xbox version of the Warriors for hobo gang fights on the rooftops of 1970s New York. Not to be missed! Also make sure you subscribe to the blog at Hebanon Games for access to the scenarios from the No Security Kickstarter. Synopsis : Role playing games cannot simulate everything perfectly nor should they. Yet when a par...

News : Caleb’s added a stretch goal for his No Security Kickstarter. Check it out. We’ve also added a few guest games on RPPR Actual Play. What do you think of them? Synopsis : Kickstarter, the new crowdfunding platform and social network, has taken the gaming world by storm. Both video and tabletop game developers have used Kickstarter to fund games like a sequel to the classic CRPG W...

News: No Security, a horror scenario anthology set in the American Great Depression , written by RPPR regular Caleb Stokes, is up on Kickstarter. If you enjoyed Bryson Springs or Lover in the Ice, consider contributing to it. Synopsis : My recent trip to China got me thinking about complexity. RPGs are often very reductive, very simple worlds, but adding a bit of complexity to a game can greatly e...

RPPR News: The first RPPR video is now online. Check it out! RPPR friend, Pagan Publishing has a Kickstarter going on. Take a look at it. Arc Dream has a Kickstarter for Sense of the Sleight of Hand Man, a Call of Cthulhu Dreamlands campaign. Synopsis : The World of Darkness is a massive family of role playing games spanning from 1991 to today. We invite Jason and Aaron, both regulars from the RPP...

News: I’ve published the first part of my new fantasy serial, The Heretic Cycle. Follow the saga of an immortal villain in a world of dark magic and corrupt mortals! Available on Amazon (for Kindle) and on Smashwords (for all other ebook formats). Killsplosion: First Edition is out! The ransom model player vs player RPG you supported is now available as a free PDF download here. More content...

News : I’ve released a new ebook, Zombies in Afghanistan. Find out what happens when the Taliban meets the undead! As an RPPR experiment, the fine folks at Subscriptorium have created a transcript of this episode. If you like having a transcript of RPPR, please let us know! RPPR is now listed on Stitcher , the mobile podcasting app for Android and iOS. If you don’t like iTunes, give St...

News: The Killsplosion alpha rules are out! If you contributed to the ransom and selected playtesting as a reward, you should have them. Also, we have a RPPR Minecraft server. Check it out on Jan 22 3 to 5 pm CST for our first RPPR Minecraft event! Synopsis: Call of Cthulhu is an institution of role playing, but few gamers truly appreciate it for what it is. Tom, Caleb and I break down the game me...

At Gencon 2011, I ran a seminar on how to use zombies in role playing games – not just as low level enemies to fight but as elements of drama. I also went into how to world build with zombies. They can be used in nearly any genre as enemies, obstacles or even unlikely allies. Enjoy! I’ve also included the two handouts I made for the seminar: 1001 uses for a zombie in role playing games...

This episode is sponsored by Audible.com. Sign up today for a free audiobook and 14 day trial! Synopsis: This episode will begin a new series of episodes, each focusing on a particular game system. This time, we talk about the transhuman sci-fi game, Eclipse Phase. Caleb joins Tom and I to discuss our reactions to reading, playing and running the game. The game can be intimidating at first, especi...