Sun, 21 June 2009  The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.Special Episode - Playing with Fantasy Grounds 2, Part I Hold on to your hats. This is part one of a three-part Actual Play that we did in order to review the virtual tabletop program, Fantasy Grounds 2. You'll recognize Rob and Fraser, but we've also brought Rob's wife Melodie and his old friend Darcy along for the ride. Sorry - but there will be more to come. Links You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. Comments[0] |
Wed, 27 May 2009 The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.Collateral 09 - Always Have A Contract Links Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[1] |
Mon, 25 May 2009 WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views? 2. Two Worlds free PDF
3. DM Skeptchpad, which has free OGL material 5 times a week (more or less)
by Mark Gedak. Every now and then he also compiles them into a free
PDF.
2. Feature - Non-Combat Games Some of the games we talked about: Canon Puncture's actual play episodes of Star Wars PTA Esoterrorists Teenagers from Outer Space Inspectres 3.Podcast News A) Pulp Gamer, Podcasts and the Gen Con Schedule Pulp Gamer has revealed the podcasting schedule for Gen Con 2009. Head on over to pulpgamer.com/gencon/ to find out about all the great seminars you can attend. Don't forget about the Media Meet & Greet. It is going to be at bar called the Safehouse. Bring your friends! The podcasters want to blow out the doors. The more people they get, the more room available in the future to do more. The Accidental Survivors won't have representation, but last year there were lots of other hosts from lots of other podcasts, past and present. B) The Balanced Player podcast This podcast talks about console RPGs, a LOT of Oblivion talk, some Fable, some Mass Effect a little Two Worlds and some Fallout 3. But they also work in what Chuck considers some heavy and awesome game theory along the way. Great stuff. 4. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. Comments[0] |
Tue, 12 May 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was Dominus Illuminato Mea, Winter Skies, Dream of an Electron Part 1, and Watermeditation by the Headroom Project, from the album Dominus Illuminato Mea available at Magnatune.com.Collateral 07 - Nikola Tesla Links Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 21 April 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Collateral 07 - True20 Review Links Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[1] |
Tue, 7 April 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was One, My Industry, and Thin by Processor, from the album My Industry available at Magnatune.com.Collateral 06 - Publishing is Not a Prize Links Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[1] |
Mon, 30 March 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn. All music provided by Mindscape Music.Collateral 05 - System vs. Setting Links True20, a version of the d20 rules. You can find the Revised Edition here. Savage Worlds, look for the Explorer's Edition if you can. Burning Wheel Reign Articles on System and Setting from Unclebear.com: Setting Matters, and When System Matters. Episodes on Pulp Gamer: Mechanics Matter, and More on Mechanics. Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. You can download this episode here. Comments[4] |
Fri, 27 March 2009  Presentation: 10/10 Gameplay: 8/10 Fun Factor: 8/10 Total Score: 26/30 Sometimes it doesn't take long for an idea to catch on. Looking
at Blue Dragon Plus for the Nintendo DS, it sure seems that a trend has
formed of RPG games branching into the strategy genre. And
why not? Final Fantasy Tactics has been such a success its become its
own cottage industry. Final Fantasy XII sported a real-time strategy
sequel for the DS called Revenant Wings and now Blue Dragon has a RTS
sequel of its own in Blue Dragon Plus. Like its predecessors, Blue Dragon Plus offers a mix of real-time strategy and RPG elements. The
overall presentation is top-notch both during play and during the
game's cinematics. The game boasts a sountrack by Final Fantasy legend
Nobuo Uematsu and character designs by Akira Toriyama (character
designer for Dragon Ball Z and the Dragon Quest series). The
control scheme is simple enough that the game can be controlled with
the stylus alone, selecting units by touch, selecting a destination (or
target) and choosing between magical abilities are easy to get the hang
of, though sometimes the small screen makes things a little confusing
during the heat of battle. Still, the characters are
distinctive enough that you can tell them apart, even though they're
quite small and the game does a good job of walking you through the
early missions, which are played with a smaller party of more
generalized characters. For someone like me, who prefers
his strategy in turns and not real-time, this was a welcome
introduction to the game and made it easy to get involved in the
action. The game's tutorial missions also spell out quite clearly what
the roles of the various characters are- who should be wading into
melee and who should hiding behind them to throw spells. Although
the game sports a few dedicated spellcasters, including an elemental
"artillery" caster and healer, almost all the characters have a special
spell-like ability to inflict elemental damage, usually in an area.
Some of these attacks strike in a line while others affect an area.
Once an ability is used, there's a "cool down" period in real time
before a special ability can be used again. Blue Dragon
Plus packs a lot of fun gameplay into its 30-hour single player
campaign. Your characters gain levels and can find items to increase
their abilities. Each character has a unique feel and has a role to
fill and the maps where the battles take place are large and allow
plenty of room for maneuvering. The levels are well designed and give you plenty of chances to use the terrain to your advantage. Blue
Dragon Plus is an engaging game for gamers of all ages. In addition to
playing the game myself, I loaned it to my neice, a 12 year-old
dedicated gamer who has beaten Final Fantasy X-2 and the Kingdom Hearts
games more times than I can count (more times than me for sure). Like
me, she enjoyed the game and was drawn in by its cute character
designs, which she immediately recognized as "by that Dragon Quest
guy". If you are a fan of strategy games, especially on
handheld platforms where they seem particularly strong right now, or if
you are a fan of old-school Japanese RPGs, you should definitely check
out Blue Dragon Plus. Chuck. Category: Review -- posted at: 10:22 AM Comments[0] |
Tue, 24 March 2009 WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Views
Rogue Trader, a game of
exploration and profit in the grim darkness of the far future of
Warhammer 40,000. Modern20 is in print.Kazei 5 the anime-cyberpunk setting for Hero System 6th Edition and Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition. 2. Feature - Cyberpunk'd Some of the things we talked about: Literature like the Sprawl Trilogy, Snowcrash, and Jennifer Government. RPGs like Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2020/Cyberpunk, and SLA Industries. Mass Media like Bubblegum Crisis, Blade Runner, and Ghost in the Shell 3. The Hook Dark Cauldron: A hook for a modern or cyberpunk game, submitted by Chuck. Dark Cauldron is the latest craze in online interactive gaming. In
fact, it's so interactive and addictive that one client, a wealthy
billionaire, wants you to take extreme measures to get his son away
from the game, which he calls a cult.
As a cyberpunk adventure, the game takes place in cyberspace and
the PCs will jack in remotely and attempt a rescue as fantasy avatars
of their normal personas. They will find that the company that runs the
game has dealt with "griefers" like them before, and has avatars with
safety protocols disengaged to deal with them. The PCs will have to
learn how to hack their avatars to be able to fight back, take out the
cyberguards, then talk some sense into the boy they're trying to rescue.
As a modern adventure, the game takes place at a "cafe", where
players sit back in specially made sofas looking up at large 3-d
displays and taking "herbal drinks" (that are drugged) that enhance the
experience. Again a physical conversation with the boy is impossible
and the PCs must enter the fictional world of the game to make contact
with him. And again, cyber-warriors in the game will try to stop them
and are capable of inflicting real damage, thanks to the PCs' drugged
state making everything seem real. Here, rather than hacking
the game for better chances in combat, the PCs realizing they are being
drugged and either getting off the substances, or spiking the guards'
cocktails will help even the odds.
Either way, once their client's son is free, he tasks them to go after the game's servers, taking it offline, permanently.
4. Feedback If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Hey You! Don't forget about Rogue Trader and Kazei 5, both of which should be hitting the street around GenCon 2009! Comments[0] |
Thu, 19 March 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Collateral 04 - First Game Considerations Links Dark Canary 's thoughts are in the Episode 01 -Finding a Group thread at the Accidental Survivors forums. Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[2] |
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