Wed, 18 November 2009  Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 25 - A Century's Crucible the Last of the Mohicans directed by Michael Mann Rob Roy starring Liam Neeson Crucible of War by Fred Anderson Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Mon, 16 November 2009 WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. The Accidental Survivors All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Dragon Age: Origins. A Fireside Chat.With Fraser tending to ill children, Chuck fighting (and losing) a battle against his headset and Dave off braving the throngs at the CoD:MW2 launch, Rob, Chris, Andrew and Darcy spend some time chatting casually about Bioware's new title, Dragon Age: Origins. It's pros, it's cons, and a few things in between. 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, Dave, Andrew 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] |
Wed, 4 November 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 24 - What Is It Good For? You can thank Fezzwick for this one. Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay, and his novels Tigana, and the Sarantine Mosaic. Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Thu, 29 October 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 23 - And All For One! The Seventeenth Century the Last Valley directed by James Clavell
the Witchfinder General starring Vincent Price
War and Society in Renaissance Europe by J. R. Hale
War and Society in Europe of the Old Regime 1618-1789 by M. S. Anderson
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Wed, 28 October 2009 We are still alive, as the title suggests. Just a little note, and audio, letting you know that we aren't podfading. We'll be back as soon as we get our lives in order.If you miss us, head on over to accidentalsurvivors.com and tell us so. Stroke our egos, it might help us schedule a recording! Comments[0] |
Fri, 2 October 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 22 - Highland Pony Express Wars of Scottish Independence - 1314 to 1329 Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 15 September 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 21 - the Black Douglas Wars of Scottish Independence - 1305 to 1314 Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 8 September 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart Wars of Scottish Independence - 1296 to 1305 Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 1 September 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 19 - Getting Medieval The Middle Ages Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Fri, 28 August 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 18 - The Denizens of Freeport Part 1 The Denizens of Freeport wiki can be found here. Feedback You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. Comments[0] |
Wed, 26 August 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 That's genre. GENRE. We talk about taking fantasy stuff like the Lord of the Rings, dungeon crawls, the Book of Kings, Richard III, the Tower of Fear, Conan and dropping it into the modern genre. Bend it like the Survivors! 3. 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, Dave 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, 25 August 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus Some discussion of the roles of Agrippa and Maecenas in the rise of Augustus can be found in A History of Rome by Michael Grant. The best Musketeers movies ever were those directed by Richard Lester, starting with the Three Musketeers. If you have a stout heart, brave the Accidental Survivors first attempt at podcasting when we talked about In Game Bonding. 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 18 August 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 15 - First Citizen Rome - The Principate 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 11 August 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar! Rome - The Civil Wars 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Sun, 9 August 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 This time, it's all News & Views, all the time. Things discussed: - Voyages of Discovery has been released! - Interface Zero Modern20 Edition has been released! - Lots of call backs to Episode 043 - Cyberpunk'd. - Rogue Trader will be at Gen Con! - There is also the Rogue Trader Collector's Edition! 
- If you want to hear our Gen Con 2008 wrap-up, you can find it here, and there's lots more from Gen Con Survivors. - You might not have a chance to see the pilot, you need to read Global Frequency. And check out Leverage as well. - This Just In From Gen Con, almost live podcasting from the Con. - Check out Mundus Novit: Dark Horizonsat the SEP website. 2. 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Look for Fantasy Flight Games as well. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate.
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Tue, 4 August 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome Roman Republic and Carthage 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Sun, 2 August 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. Chris Davis steps back from RPGObjects for a year to focus on software projects. Vigilance Press is going to pick up the slack. Follow Chuck on his blog for all the exciting projects. 3. Go and check out Obsidian Portal. It's a site that allows you to set up a website for your tabletop rpg campaign for D&D or many other rpg systems. 4. A World of Warcraft Movie directed by Sam Raimi announced. 2. Feature - X-Roads Chronicles 3. The Hook 4.Podcast News 5. 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! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio. Comments[0] |
Wed, 29 July 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Collateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me Classical Greece 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Wed, 22 July 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 12 Additional - Mycenean Troop Types Mycenaen Age 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Wed, 22 July 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 12 - Launching A Thousand Ships Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium - Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus Mycenaen Age Mentioned in the podcast I edited out my first attempt at the PC section of the podcast, because it became a Mycenean troop types discussion. However, if you are interested in hearing that, it's here. 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Tue, 14 July 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.Collateral 11 - It's An Antique (Army)! This episode is the second of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. Egypt I refer to "Numidians" in the podcast. I had meant Nubians. My reference to Kush was correct, however, the Kingdom of Kush was part of Egypt certainly at the time of the Hyksos, and during the early New Kingdom as well. I told you I wasn't an expert! Assyria 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Wed, 8 July 2009 Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website. Collateral 10 - Military Solutions This episode is the first of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. This episode considers some of the problems with military campaigns in RPGs and their possible solutions. FeedbackIf 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 hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com. You can find Fraser on Twitter. Comments[0] |
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] |
Sun, 8 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? The Watchmen! The Collider review and PVPOnline's take on the comic. Jonah Hex casting news. Megan Fox signed on as the leading damsel? Dark Heresy Creature Anthema Review 2. Feature - Review of Victoriana 2nd Edition This Victorian alt-history supplement is published by Cubicle 7. Chris's opinion: 4/5 Rob's opinion: 4.5/5 Fraser's opinion: 4.5/5 3. The Hook It is October, 1867. For weeks, street people have turning up dead in Whitechapel. Most have turned a blind eye to the deaths of these impoverished few, even though the natures of their deaths are so outlandish. These aren't slashings, shootings or beatings. The victims have been found missing their hearts. This is no surgical removal, either; the organs have been ripped from their rib cages with force. But last night, a well-to-do merchant off of Cooper's Row was found murdered in a similar fashion. Now the middle-class have taken notice of these deaths, and are demanding an investigation. Scotland Yard refuses to look into them, for reasons unstated (but rumours are the order came down from Buckingham). They are, however, willing to put together a special team to investigate the matter. 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 find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. 5. References Dean Koontz's Frankenstein tv movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Sweeney Todd (with Ben Kingsley) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Mary Riley Blackadder the Third Murder by Decree Comments[0] |
Thu, 5 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 03 - Research Links Adventures of the Ottawa Warband an actual play podcast for my Vikings True20 campaign. PBS' Monster of the Milky Way, a great black hole documentary. Slayers, the kind of fantasy that needs no research. The blog post about my research is here. Books like The Physics of Star Trek could be useful in your SF campaign. 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 on Twitter. Comments[1] |
Thu, 26 February 2009 COLLATERAL, THE NEW SHOW FROM THE ACCIDENTAL SURVIVORS, JOINS WAR PIG RADIO LINE-UP.
25 FEB 2009: The Accidental Survivors, www.accidentalsurvivors.com/, have launched a new show called Collateral. A concentrated burst of the inspiration and opinion listeners have come to expect from the Accidental Survivors, Collateral is a weekly podcast on role-playing game related topics. Unlike the Accidental Survivors podcast, Collateral will cast further afield than just modern gaming. Any topic connected to role-playing games is grist for this mill. Collateral is available online and will also be featured as a regular program on War Pig Radio, www.warpigradio.com/, the internet radio station for gamers. ABOUT THE ACCIDENTAL SURVIVORS: Beginning in September of 2006, the Accidental Survivors have brought their diverse perspectives to topics relating to role-playing games in the modern genre. With advice, interviews, and reviews, the Accidental Survivors cover the modern gaming scene. POC: Fraser Ronald, accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca. ABOUT WAR PIG RADIO: War Pig Radio broadcasts game-related programming 24 hours a day. War Pig is available online, through syndication on gaming websites and blogs, and is played over the speakers at a growing number of local game retailers. POC: Ed Healy, warpigradio@gmail.com. Category: Collateral -- posted at: 10:43 PM Comments[0] |
Tue, 24 February 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 02 - The Pre-Game Meet Business Look for us and other great podcasts on Warpig Radio. Thanks to Ed from Atomic Array and Dan from Fear the Boot for their efforts. Links Adventures of the Ottawa Warband an actual play podcast for my Vikings True20 campaign. 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 on Twitter. Comments[0] |
Thu, 19 February 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 01 - Finding a Gaming Group Business Walt Robillard won the Accidental Contest with his proposed campaign setting "X-Roads Chronicles. Congratulations Walt and great work! Links The campaign journal up on Sword's Edge Publishing. You might want to subtly indicate your gamer tendancies in social networks like Facebook. Meetup is a useful resource. You might be able to join a group like the Toronto Area Gamers or even just to contact people looking for games. Forums like EN World and RPG Net often have link up services like Gamers Seeking Gamers or Gamer Gatherings. Look for forums local to your area. The Accidental Survivors forum is focused mostly on Kitchener-Waterloo gaming. Online classified services like Kijiji often have local listings. Look for gaming stores or comic stores in your area. Universities often have gaming or SF clubs, like Watsfic. 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
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Thu, 29 January 2009 Congratulations to Fraser and his family!Their new baby girl, Eun-Hye Fiona, was born in Ottawa at 13:35 weighing 8 lbs 7 oz on Wednesday, January 28th. That's a goodly sized little girl! We here at the Accidental Survivors Secret Underground Control Room extend our fondest wishes and our biggest, heartiest congratulations to Fraser, his wife, and big sister Christina. All the best! Rob. Category: general -- posted at: 9:08 AM Comments[2] |
Mon, 26 January 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. Geek Week Chris was pretty busy, geek-wise lately. He finished Fallout 3 and thought the ending rather fitting with the story even though it's rather abrupt. He also started playing Fable 2, which is a lot of fun. He got out to the movies and saw My Bloody Valentine 3D which he did a review of on our site. He's glad to finally have Supernatural back on again. But the big highlight for Chris was finally starting up the Dark Heresy campaign that's been in the talks now for a few months. Also check out the trailer for a new Tim Burton film called 9 it's another animated movie. Rob got into the beta for Champions Online and though he's restricted by an NDA. He also started playing a 14-day trial of City of Heroes just for comparison. David picked up Mortal Kombat vs DC for the PS3 and considers it awesome. In addition, he's started a project in LittleBigPlanet, attempting to build a simple Tower Defense game. He's been working with his fiancee on a client's website and now has a passing mastery of how to make Google Maps work for me. 2. Feature - Review of Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood Chris's opinion of PDF value 4/5 (for print price, 2.5/5) 3. The Hook November 2009 all communication from Guantanamo Bay cease. It is later relayed to the public that it was a problem with the generator and nothing more. January 2010 a report is leaked to the press that an investigative force was sent in to discover the source of the black out and communications were lost with them also. March 2010 the characters are contacted to go in as a strike force and find out what is going on. 4. Podcast News You can listen to the episode online. 5. Feedback The idea should be presented in a one-page synopsis of no more than 500 words. If the idea includes a mechanical component, those mechanics need to be described in a system-neutral manner--so that an individual who does not know the system will understand the impact of the mechanics. Each submission must be in PDF format and include the entrant's name, address, email address and telephone number. There is a limit of one submission per person. The deadline for entries is Saturday January 31, 2009. Send your submissions to accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca. Winners will be announced Tuesday, February 17, 2009. There will be three winners--first, second and third place. The winners will be contacted by email before officially announced on the Accidental Survivors podcast. The prizes include print copies of Blood and Fist, Blood and Relics, and Modern Backdrops from RPG Objects. 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, Rob, and David on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate. Comments[2] |
Thu, 22 January 2009 Rob was invited to join a group of gaming podcasters called "The Bad Boys of Podcasting"! From time to time the BBoP will be recording special projects for your enjoyment. This is our first project. WARNING: This podcast contains very explicit language is not recommended for anybody. Ever. The Bad Boys of Podcasting's first project is here and tackles a very important issue that we’ve all been affected by. Josh is an asshole. Peer into the inner depths of each of the following podcasters and join us in Josh’s healing process. Intervention Moderator: Intervention Participants:
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The music featured was Adhesion’s “Float Up from Depth” found on the Podshow’s Podsafe Music Network This intervention was recorded over Skype. Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences. Comments[0] |
Sat, 17 January 2009 The Accidental Survivors Podcast is holding a contest for modern gaming ideas, sponsored by RPG Objects. The idea can be anything, as big as a setting or campaign to as small as a single character or piece of equipment. Use your imagination! What about a criminal organization or an evil corporation? Perhaps a cocktail! Just about anything is grist for this mill.The idea should be presented in a one-page synopsis of no more than 500 words. If the idea includes a mechanical component, those mechanics need to be described in a system-neutral manner--so that an individual who does not know the system will understand the impact of the mechanics. Each submission must be in PDF format and include the entrant's name, address, email address and telephone number. There is a limit of one submission per person. The deadline for entries is Saturday January 31, 2009. Send your submissions to accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca. Winners will be announced Tuesday, February 17, 2009. There will be three winners--first, second and third place. The winners will be contacted by email before officially announced on the Accidental Survivors podcast. The prizes include print copies of Blood and Fist, Blood and Relics, and Modern Backdrops from RPG Objects. Comments[0] |
Tue, 13 January 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. Geek Week Fraser's Christmas swag includes Rome Season 1 and Clerks II. Picked up A Magical Society: Silk Road from an Expeditious Retreat Press sale. Got Blood Brothers 1 on 1 Adventure as well. Got cheated out of $4,000 in a new work contract. Chuck scored Dark Cloud 2 for Christmas, is playing Oblivion (again!), and watching DS9 from the beginning (again!) Rob's Christmas swag included The Dark Knight, Crichton's "Next" , an ice-cream maker, and another addition to his pewter LotR goblet collection. His birthday swag included a great book called Kirby: King of Comics. The holidays saw him playing some Pandemic, getting further into GTA IV, and reading Jim Butcher's Storm Front, book one of the Dresden Files. 2. Feature - Break It To Them Gently (when you tell them that I won't ever play that game again) The Gamer Dad Weekly article that started all this is here. 3. 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 Comments[0] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Too long for bloopers, too crappy for the actual podcast, Fraser took a bunch of stuff from the cutting room floor and shoved it into your MP3 player. Chris said it was all golden. Let's see how golden that might be. This is worse than most Accidental Survivors podcasts, so if you value your sanity at all, you'll walk away. Do not play this around people, even if they don't speak English. The profanity and insanity will infect even those who can't comprehend this pure horror. Oh, and do I need to say Not Safe For Work? Comments[2] |
Mon, 22 December 2008 WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week Dave came along via recording to let us know that since we last met, he's become an Assistant Manager in Training at EB Games (store #1700, Queen st. & Airport rd. Brampton, if anyone wants to see a real live podcast-person) fighting off angry mothers desparate for Wii's and Wii Fit's. He's still playing some LittleBigPlanet, as well as Ana's Christmas gift, a JRPG called Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World. Also nearly finished a great Capcom story game on the DS, Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice. He's getting buried in Twitter messages thanks to TweetDeck, struggling financially to make ends meet, and being a human pincushion for his three cats. Fraser's got his True20 Viking campaign going well. His Snowflake Project with Jonathan Holmberg is moving forward. And if you are looking for Geek Gifts, check out 10 Holiday Gaming Gifts for under $20 from RPG Blog II. Chris is getting prepped for starting up a Dark Heresy game he'll be running. He got a free 4 pack of beer from Moosehead for Christmas - yay BEER! (Moosehead, last of the "big" Canadian beers). He watched Death Race , and says it didn't suck. He says Role Models is fantastic and Zack and Miri Make a Porno is also really good. We disturbed him while he was praying that Dog Soldiers 2: Fresh Meat finally gets some forward momentum. Chuck got a Wii (cause it's awesome, which is why it's still hot), and he's got to remember to give Rob and Chris his Wii number. He is also checking out Legend of the Seeker. 2. Feature - Merry Christmas, Accidental Survivors! (no linkage) Dave's List Games: Civilization Revolution on PS3, Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1 on PSN, PS3 chat pad. Movies: HDTV. Please. No sense in asking for Blu-rays until I have the TV for it. Bring the PSN Video Store to Canada! Books: A nice print edition of Modern20 Revised. Or a Kindle. I'm not picky. More: Cheater's Dice Rob's List RPGs: Savage Worlds Explorer Edition, SW Starships of the Galaxy, SW Threats of the Galaxy, SW Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide Books: 4th book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, FOR GOD'S SAKE MARTIN, WRITE IT! Movies: Iron Man, Batman: Dark Knight, Supernatural Seasons 1 - 3 Boardgames: Race for the Galaxy, Power Grid More: GameMastery Flip Map Fraser's List Games: True20 Warriors Handbook Books: Glen Cook's Chronicles of the Black Company, Charles Nicholl's The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe or Alec Ryrie's The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England about Gregory Wisdom Comics: trades of Brubaker's Captain America or Daredevil, Warren Ellis' Thunderbolts or Global Frequency Movies: Iron Man, Kung-fu Hustle, DVDs of Richard Lester's Three Musketeers, Four Musketeers or Return of the Musketeers. Chris's List RPG's: Dark Heresy Rogue Trader other Dark Heresy stuff, Books: 3 or 4 Harry Dresden books I'm missing, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, Killing Season, Autumn of the Gun by Ralph Compton Board Games: Cosmic Encounter, Formula D, Blood Bowl Human Team, 2nd Blood Bowl Box set Video Games: Resident Evil 5, Ion DRUM kit, Skate 2 DVD: Dark Knight, Supernatural 3, Chuck's List Games: Classic RPGs and Strategy Games of the 8 and 16 Bit era (Shining Force, Bandit Kings of Ancient China) along with new Wii games (Godfather Black Hand edition). Comics: Wolverine Origins trade (with Cap and Wolverine in Madripoor in WWII). Games: New editions of Targum, an updated version of Testament maybe? 3. The Hook(somewhat riffed off of Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special) The Easter Bunny is tired of being second-best to Christmas, so he hires the PCs to take out Santa Claus in order for him to rule over the Holidays. The PCs travel to the North Pole only to find that Santa's Workshop (which should actually be called "Santa's Sweatshop") is heavily guarded by Kalashnikov-wielding elves, jet-powered reindeer with flame throwers and the jolly fat man himself who is ready to rain down hot lead on any intruder. However - it turns out that the PCs were expected and Santa wants to parley with them regarding a counter offer. 4. Podcast NewsWhat could be going on? Does Santa want the PCs to work for him? Could it be that E. Bunny has something more nefarious up his sleeve? And how are they going to get all of this resolved before Christmas Eve? Won't somebody think about the children?! A Cthulu Christmas! The Yog-Sothoth Christmas show is out and features an interview with Mark Barrowcliffe, author of 'The Elfish Gene'. Yog Radio #33 features an interview with Mark Barrowcliffe, along with the results of their Yog Radio #32 competitions to win Lurker Films DVDs and Scarifyers CDs, The Paradroid Papers (Markus covers Spiel 08) and Pookie reviews Green Ronin's Freeport. Music is by Midnight Syndicate and the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=524There's also all the usual news, banter and tangents you've come to expect from the Yoggie crew! 5. Listener Poll: After the commentary track we did for the 13th Warrior at Gen Con, we've had some listeners ask us if we're going to do another one. That's lead to a discussion about what the movie we would do a commentary track for. There have been some suggestions, but we want to leave it up to you, the listeners, to choose what movie we're going to do the commentary track for. Here's the list, so choose one and email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or go to www.accidentalsurvivors.com. Dog Soldiers Brotherhood of the Wolf Shaun of the Dead Commando Aliens Johnny Mnemonic The Crow Lost Boys 6. 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 Comments[2] |
Sat, 6 December 2008 WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. Geek Week Fraser wants you to know all about The Midnight Charity Project. We are in the season of giving! Without the Monarch Comics Briefing, Fraser wouldn't know what's going on in comics, and he certainly wouldn't know that Warren Ellis is writing the Astonishing X-Men. Fraser follows Immortal Iron Fist faithfully, and he really enjoyed Northlanders. If anyone cares, Fraser's True20 Vikings campaign journal is on line. He'll try to keep that up to date. A couple of articles already exist. Chuck's working on an RPG using the setting from his web-novel, Hellstrom Voyage. The conversation continues at Narrative Control. 2. Feature - Getting Modernized With a tip of the hat to Dave! To get out of print games, Chuck recommends Noble Knight. Listen to the novel, Heart of the Hunter. 3. The Hook So, let's say we know we have a player who digs superhero comics, a player who digs Indiana Jones, and a player who digs James Bond.
All are great modern concepts, and if you mash them up, you might be
able to entice all three players into a modern game. Let's call it
"Planetary Jones, International Men of Mystery." Planetary
is a comic by--you guessed it--Warren Ellis that follows a group
of "Archaeologists of the Impossible", tracking down the world's secret
history. They are also superheroes, but not the kind with colourful
costumes. That hits our superhero quotient. We're going to change Planetary and turn them into a group of super-spies in the 1950s, possibly even run by MI-6--very James Bond.
This team goes up again a resurgent Nazi threat based in Argentina that
is trying to acquire occult items of power in order to create an
unstoppable army and usher in the Fourth Reich. And there we have our Indiana Jones angle. You could even fashion the Nazi menace as a kind of riff on SPECTRE or SMERSH, to further the JB quotient. And, of course, their first mission might be the team trying to recover the Blutfahne. The History of Rome Returns! I've spoken about the History of Rome podcast
before, and when I did, the updates stopped coming. I hope I'm not
jinxing this by letting you all know there are new episodes, and they
are maintaining the level of quality I remember. The website has moved
to thehistoryofrome.typepad.com. In case you didn't know, the History of Rome is
a weekly podcast tracing the history of the Roman Empire, beginning
with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of
Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. That website again is thehistoryofrome.typepad.com 5. 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 Comments[0] |
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