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| Episode 76 |Announcements
This week we’re happy to finally have an announcement, and it’s a big one! We’re preparing to launch a Kickstarter! There were some details posted on the blog prior to this show but we’re talking about it as our third topic today so stay tuned for details. 
Topics
Ultimate RPG Playlist
Over on Reddit, someone has posted an amazingly big and comprehensive playlist of music for use in your games. Nearly everything imaginable is covered, hand picked, and sorted into playlists by genre, mood, and more. Definitely check this out and bookmark it. Also here’s the link to that bluetooth music cube we mentioned.
Micah’s Shadowrun First Impressions ( and he’s playing an elf!)
After lots of jokes about Shadworun and hating on elves, Micah has decided to get into a game of Shadowrun, playing an elf! Not exactly industry news but we figured our listeners might get a kick out of his first impressions of the game.
Kickstarter Details
With last week’s announcement about our upcoming Kickstarter we decided to shed a little more light on the project. Micah discusses the project and I chime in when necessary What do you guys think? Are you excited?
Tip Corner
Twitter Poll
@Angille asks: You’ve both talked about how your game groups are pretty well divorced from online gaming culture. How realistic do you think the online community’s expectations/conceptions are of the “average” group that plays w/o outside influence?
Listen to find out!
Music Credits | Intro: “Prelude” | Outro: “Stande Alone” | by LukHash |
Obsidian Portal is the award winning Online Campaign Management System for tabletop role-playing games. It’s free to use, it can be accessed from any web browser and it's built from the ground up for gamers by gamers.
We host a huge community of tabletop RPG players who are all looking to get the most out of their tabletop gaming experience. You play your campaign and we help you manage it. It’s that simple.
In reference to the music topic, I wanted to put a shout out for Radio Rivendell, a free streaming internet radio station dedicated to fantasy ambient music. While it’s not as customizable as having individual playlists by genre, it’s also a great way to find new tracks. They also produce compliation albums in tandem with several artists. I used the radio station as the ambient soundtrack for my most recent game session, and it was eerily accurate with placement of music to feel of the storyline. Radio Rivendell: http://www.radiorivendell.com/play/
I second Justin Mason’s SHOUT for Radio Rivendell. We don’t usually play music at our game table but I always listen to RR when I am at home designing stuff for my game on OP. It plays great background music that always inspires and keeps me in the mood!
…and of course, let us not forget our own DarkMagus’s Gaming Music site for music suggestions with links to various places……http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/gaming-music
You guys! “We produce an awesome podcast lots of people love to listen to, but ya know, if we screwed up your question, tell us we suck.”
Ya hit the nail on the head – I wanted to hear some discussion on the on/offline disconnect and that’s exactly what I got, along with thoughts and approaches I hadn’t thought of or explored. I know that my experience with the online RPG community has been extremely illuminating. I love the huge transparency and availability that designers and publishers have, now that tools like Twitter, Google+, and blogging have become part of the online gaming ecosystem.
I’ve found, like you said, that there’s little in terms of fun and awesomeness that differentiates “plugged in” groups from folks who grab a core book from their FLGS and scribble on graph paper. What I think is different is how closely a group is able to interact with the designers of the game. Walking into a store and picking up a product from the shelf creates a wall, a black box, between the content creators and the consumers. Backing a Kickstarter and trading Tweets with someone removes that wall and provides a face.
Haha, well I’m glad we answered it then. Thanks for listening, as always
What about that thing we talked about that time? RE: Campaign duplication? Any chance that’ll become part of the KS?
Hey, a fella can ask.
-Ben.