Accidental Survivors: The Modern Gaming Podcast http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com The Modern Role-Playing Game Podcast en 2009 accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca (Fraser Ronald) Liberated Syndication - libsyn.com podcasts@libsyn.com (Liberated Syndication) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:50:00 GMT 180 The role-playing podcast for modern gamers Accidental Survivors is a podcast focusing on modern games. While we will often default to d20 Modern, because that is what we are most familiar with, we will try to make our comments and suggestions as generic as possible. Each podcast is going to include any news we feel might be of interest to modern gamers. This news portion will include a quick encapsulation of the story, and then some comments from the hosts regarding applying this to a game, or impact on gamers. Then we'll get into our feature. The feature will be a concept or idea as general as Martial Arts or as specific as the billy-club used as a subdual weapon. We'll discuss our thoughts and ideas regarding the feature topic and how it applies to modern gaming. We'll always have inspiration time, where we'll look at something specific, such as a news story, a book, a movie, and discuss how one can draw inspiration for a campaign. modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game Accidental Survivors accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca Accidental Survivors http://libsyn.com/podcasts/accidentalsurvivors/images/ASP-sn2_hi.jpg Accidental Survivors: The Modern Gaming Podcast http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com Yes Collateral 25 - A Century's Crucible http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=550974# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 25 - A Century's Crucible

This episode is the fourteenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

The Eighteenth Century
Crucible of War by Fred Anderson

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]]> Collateral Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:50:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=550974# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:23 military, advice, seven years war, eighteenth century, rpg, Accidental Survivors Collateral 25 - A Century's Crucible Clean Episode 48 - Dragon Age: Origins. A Fireside Chat. http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=550171# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

The Accidental Survivors

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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.

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]]> Season Three Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:11:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=550171# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 24 - What Is It Good For? http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=545697# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 24 - What Is It Good For?

This episode is the thirteenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Advice, 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.

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]]> Collateral Thu, 5 Nov 2009 02:53:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=545697# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:30 advice, military, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 24 - What Is It Good For? Clean Collateral 23 - And All For One! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543328# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 23 - And All For One!

This episode is the twelfth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

The Seventeenth Century

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]]> Collateral Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:33:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543328# Accidental Survivors Clean We Are Still Alive http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543020#
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]]> Special Episodes Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:30:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=543020# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 22 - Highland Pony Express http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=532821# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 22 - Highland Pony Express

This episode is the eleventh of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Wars of Scottish Independence - 1314 to 1329
A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie
Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson
The Lion in the North by John Prebble
Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch
Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair
Robert the Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott
The Black Douglas by I. M. Davis
And, the Declaration of Arbroath, a rather important historical document.

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]]> Collateral Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:13:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=532821# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:11 advice, medieval, military, rpg, Scotland Accidental Survivors Collateral 22 - Highland Pony Express Clean Collateral 21: the Black Douglas http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=526470# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 21 - the Black Douglas

This episode is the tenth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Wars of Scottish Independence - 1305 to 1314
A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie
Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson
The Lion in the North by John Prebble
Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch
Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair
Robert the Bruce by Ronald McNair Scott
The Black Douglas by I. M. Davis

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]]> Collateral Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:22:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=526470# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:21:13 advice, medieval, military, rpg, Scotland Accidental Survivors Collateral 21: the Black Douglas Clean Collateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520085# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart

This episode is the ninth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Wars of Scottish Independence - 1296 to 1305
A History of Scotland by J. D. Mackie
Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603 by W. Croft Dickinson
The Lion in the North by John Prebble
Scotland: A New History by Michael Lynch
Freedom's Sword by Peter Traquair
My Braveheart Rant, for anyone who cares
And, the Declaration of Arbroath, a rather important historical document.

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]]> Collateral Tue, 8 Sep 2009 04:30:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520085# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:47 advice, medieval, military, rpg, Scotland Accidental Survivors Collateral 20 - Not Such a Brave Heart Clean Collateral 19 - Getting Medieval http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520076# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 19 - Getting Medieval

This episode is the eighth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

The Middle Ages
War in the Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine
A Brief History of Medieval Warfare by Peter Reid
The Civilization of the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
Medieval Military Technology by Kelly DeVries
Life in a Medieval Castle by Joseph & Frances Gies

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]]> Collateral Tue, 1 Sep 2009 04:31:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520076# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:23:43 advice, medieval, mercenaries, military, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 19 - Getting Medieval Clean Collateral 18 - Denizens of Freeport Pt.1 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520146# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 18 - The Denizens of Freeport Part 1

This episode is the first in a series of Collateral episodes which will recap our group's game in Green Ronin's setting of Freeport, using Fantasy Flight Games' Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay system. We'll talk a little about the game, and then talk a little about our experiences running and playing in a sandbox campaign.

The Denizens of Freeport wiki can be found here.

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]]> Collateral Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:49:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=520146# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca Accidental Survivors Collateral 18: The Denizens of Freeport Yes Episode 047 - Genre Bending http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=519096# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

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1. News & Views
1. Dark Sun 4E
2. War Hammer FRPG 3E
3. Paizo's Pathfinder (d20 3.75?)
4. Accidenal Survivacon? Let's talk.
5. District 9. Chris says "See it. See it now!" (not an actual quote)
6. Going to Fan Expo? Let Dave know on twitter.

2. Feature - Genre Bending
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
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Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio.

]]> Season Three Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=519096# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:06:21 rpg, fantasy, modern, genre Accidental Survivors Episode 047 - Genre Bending Yes Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=516282# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus

This episode looks at inspiration for player character parties in which characters have complementary specialties.

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.

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]]> Collateral Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=516282# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:34 advice, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus Clean Collateral 16 - First Citizen http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=516277# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 15 - First Citizen

This episode is the seventh of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Rome - The Principate
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
A History of Rome by Michael Grant
The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)

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]]> Collateral Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=516277# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:46 rpg, advice, military, rome Accidental Survivors Collateral 16 - First Citizen Clean Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=514315# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar!

This episode is the sixth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Rome - The Civil Wars
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims
The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)
Rome the HBO mini-series

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]]> Collateral Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:28:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=514315# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:19:47 advice, military, rome, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar! Clean Episode 046 - Featureless http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=513100# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

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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

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You can find Fraser and Rob on Twitter. Look for Fantasy Flight Games as well. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate.

 

Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio.

]]> Season Three Sun, 9 Aug 2009 04:15:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=513100# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:11:09 rpg, modern, Fantasy Flight Games, Rogue Trader, Warhammer Accidental Survivors Episode 046 - Featureless Yes Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=511713# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome

This episode is the fifth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Roman Republic and Carthage
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)

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]]> Collateral Wed, 5 Aug 2009 03:27:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=511713# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:30 advice, military, rome, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome Clean Episode 45 - X-Road Chronicles http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=510734# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

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1. News & Views
1. 12 to Midnight games is having a treasure hunt contest to publicize their new book, Buried Tales of Pinebox. This book contains 12 tales of Modern Horror by Shane Hensley, Jason Blair, Derek Gunn, Jess Hartley, Monica Valentinelli, David Wellington, Filamena Young, JD Wiker and some other unparalleled genius called Charles Rice. Head on over to www.12toMidnight.com for details.

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
Let's talk about the winner of our modern contest and soon to be published game setting. We've got Walt Robillard as a guest.

3. The Hook
Interception at the Ten Yard Line: The players are gang members or members of the modern Mob, who have been sent to Romulus to pick up a load of Seracaine, an exotic drug. During the ID Crossover back to Homeline, the Order Primus sets off a quantum bomb that screws the transport and brings the folks home and the product elsewhere. Crossroads' techs track the shipment (disguised as exotic foods) to Deadside. The players insist that they be allowed to go after it but are told to write it off as a loss by the IDC. The mob boss dishes out the name of a Crosser (Coyote - a person that deals in illegal ID travel) and the crew goes to Deadside to get the stuff back. They find that a Ride Gang (motorcycle gang) on the other side has scooped the shipment and have horded it for themselves. Can the players infiltrate the town of Little Mesa and get the drugs back? Can the recovery go off without the players getting dosed with radiation, sold into slavery by the ride gang, or being eaten by Gnashers (giant mutated dogs)?

4.Podcast News
A) Spooky Outhouse Showcase
I was lucky enough to join Ryan from Save Against Frostbite, Artemis from The Bear Swarm! Podcast, and Jonathan from Kicked in the Dicebags on the third episode of the Spooky Outhouse Showcase. The episode hasn't dropped yet, but I'll be shouting about it on the forums when it does. Keep your eyes on showcase.spookyouthouse.com for more showcasey goodness. I hear they might be scraping the bottom of the barrel for their next episode.

5. Feedback
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Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio.

]]> Season Three Sun, 2 Aug 2009 19:49:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=510734# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:02:27 rpg, science fiction, alternate dimensions, alternate history Accidental Survivors Episode 45 - X-Road Chronicles Yes Collateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=509569# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors.

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Collateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me

This episode is the fourth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Classical Greece
The Ancient Greeks by Nicholas Sekunda from Osprey
The Spartan Army by Nicholas Sekunda from Osprey
Complete Idiots Guide To Ancient Greece by Eric Nelson
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
Early Greece by Oswyn Murray (Second Edition)
Anabasis by Xenophon

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]]> Collateral Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:34:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=509569# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:36 advice, greece, military, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 13 - It's All Greek To Me Clean Collateral 12 Additional - Mycenean Troop Types http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=506650# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 12 Additional - Mycenean Troop Types

This episode is an addendum to the third of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games. This section was edited out as I was really discussing troop types rather than character inspiration. For a discussion of a military game in the Mycenean age, check out Collateral 12 - Launching a Thousand Ships

Mycenaen Age
The Mycenaeans c.1650â1100 BC by Nicolas Grguric from Osprey


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]]> Collateral Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:36:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=506650# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:09:56 advice, greece, rpg, troops Accidental Survivors Collateral 12A - Mycenean Troop Types Yes Collateral 12 - Launching A Thousand Ships http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=506649# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

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Collateral 12 - Launching A Thousand Ships

This episode is the third of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

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
The Mycenaeans c.1650â1100 BC by Nicolas Grguric from Osprey
Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes by Edith Hamilton

Mentioned in the podcast
Reign
Birthright
My Viking Campaign
My Mycenaen Age Idea
The Iliad by Homer
The Odyssey by Homer

Troop Types
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.

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]]> Collateral Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:33:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=506649# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:45 advice, greece, military, mythology, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral 12 - Launching a Thousand Ships Clean Collateral 11 - It's An Antique (Army)! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=503330# 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
New Kingdom Egypt by Mark Healy from Osprey

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
The Ancient Assyrians by Mark Healy from Osprey
Judgment at Nineveh Episode 17 of Hardcore History by Dan Carlin

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]]> Collateral Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:38:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=503330# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:19:46 Accidental Survivors Collateral 11 - It's An Antique (Army)! Clean Collateral 10 - Military Solutions http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=500801# 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 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.

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]]> Collateral Wed, 8 Jul 2009 12:33:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=500801# Accidental Survivors No Playing with Fantasy Grounds 2, Part I http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=494400# 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
To help everyone follow along, this Actual Play episode was done using Skype and Fantasy Grounds 2.

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]]> Special Episodes Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:39:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=494400# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 09 - Always Have a Contract http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=484664# Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.

Collateral 09 - Always Have A Contract

Links
Hey, writers, you may want to invest in some kind of guide to legal matters, like this one.

There are books for artists, too, like this one.

Feedback
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]]> Collateral Wed, 27 May 2009 18:15:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=484664# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:16:54 rpg, freelance, contract, business Accidental Survivors Collateral 09 - Always Have a Contract Clean Episode 044 - Non-Combat Games http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=483846#
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
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Hey You! Be sure to listen for Collateral on War Pig Radio.

]]> Season Three Tue, 26 May 2009 01:11:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=483846# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:10:58 modern, rpg, skills Accidental Survivors Episode 044 - Non-Combat Games Yes Collateral 08 - Nikola Tesla http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=477487# 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
Nikola Tesla on Wikipedia

Alternating Current

The Radio

Tesla Coil

the Tesla

Induction Motor

And, the Death Ray

In popular culture, we've got the Prestige, Atomic Robo, JLA: Age of Wonder, Five Fists of Science, and many others.

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]]> Collateral Tue, 12 May 2009 11:57:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=477487# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:17:03 Accidental Survivors Collateral 08 - Nikola Tesla Clean Collateral 07 - True20 Review http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=456957# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors.

The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now. The background music was Ika, When I Look Into Her Eyes, Pan's Procession and Locovenido by Falik, from the album Dreams from the Machine available at Magnatune.com.

Collateral 07 - True20 Review

Links
Accidental Survivors True20 Review

Viking True20 Campaign

True20 Revised Edition

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]]> Collateral Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:32:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=456957# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 06 - Publishing Is Not a Prize http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=452058# 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
RPG Podcasts

RPG Bloggers

Monte Cook

Chris Pramas

My Blog

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]]> Collateral Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:37:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=452058# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 05 - System vs. Setting http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=449265# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn.

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Collateral 05 - System vs. Setting

Links
Inspectres

the Gumshoe system

True20, a version of the d20 rules. You can find the Revised Edition here.

Spycraft 1st Edition was adapted from d20, so its kind of like D&D Espionage.

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.

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You can download this episode here.]]> Collateral Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:33:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=449265# Accidental Survivors No Chuck Reviews "Blue Dragon Plus" http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=447951#
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.
]]> Review Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:22:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=447951# Accidental Survivors No Episode 043 - Cyberpunk'd http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446908#
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.

Kazei 5 the anime-cyberpunk setting for Hero System 6th Edition and Mutants and Masterminds 2nd Edition.

Modern20 is in print.
 
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.
 
This will be a much more normal adventure, with the PCs either using their tech savvy to permanently crash the game's servers, or their skill at breaking and entering to deal with the problem more directly, either through a well-placed bomb or perhaps something as low tech as a big sledgehammer.

 

4. Feedback
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Hey You! Don't forget about Rogue Trader and Kazei 5, both of which should be hitting the street around GenCon 2009!

]]> Season Three Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:37:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=446908# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:08:02 cyberpunk, science fiction, RPG, modern Accidental Survivors Episode 043 - Cyberpunk'd Yes Collateral Episode 04 - First Game Considerations http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=445237# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors.

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Collateral 04 - First Game Considerations

Links
If you are in the Ottawa area, check out Go-Play Ottawa.

Dark Canary 's thoughts are in the Episode 01 -Finding a Group thread at the Accidental Survivors forums.

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]]> Collateral Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:05:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=445237# Accidental Survivors No Episode 042 - Victoriana Review http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=441175#
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?
Samuel L (mf) Jackson is Nick Fury .
The Mighty Thor casting call .
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
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5. References
Dean Koontz's Frankenstein tv movie 
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
 
You can listen to Collateral on War Pig Radio
]]> Season Three Mon, 9 Mar 2009 02:02:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=441175# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:16:29 victoriana, review, rpg, magic, victorian, london Accidental Survivors Episode 042 - Victoriana Review Yes Collateral Episode 03 - Research http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=440325# Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn.

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Collateral 03 - Research

Links
You can thank BrianK on the Accidental Survivors forums for this particular topic.

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.

Global Security

FAS

Jane's

Books like The Physics of Star Trek could be useful in your SF campaign.

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]]> Collateral Fri, 6 Mar 2009 04:46:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=440325# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:17:38 research, campaign planning, rpg Accidental Survivors Collateral Episode 03 - Research Clean Collateral Joins War Pig Radio http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=437734#
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.]]> Collateral Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:43:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=437734# Accidental Survivors No Collateral 02 - The Pre-Game Meet http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=436915# 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
Thanks to kroh and dej48 for listening and commenting

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
My campaign journal up on Sword's Edge Publishing with the article on The Meet.

Adventures of the Ottawa Warband an actual play podcast for my Vikings True20 campaign.

Feedback
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]]> Collateral Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:12:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=436915# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:13 RPG, campaign planning Accidental Survivors Collateral 02 - The Pre-Game Meet Clean Collateral 01 - Finding A Group http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=435311# 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
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You can find Fraser on Twitter.

]]> Collateral Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:09:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=435311# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:15:14 rpg, group Accidental Survivors Collateral - Finding A Group Clean Congratulations to Fraser and his family! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=427490#
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.
]]> general Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:08:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=427490# Accidental Survivors No Episode 041: Sherwood Review http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=426630# 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 digging the viral websites up for the Watchmen movie, including I Watch the Watchmen and the New Frontiersmen. The New Frontiersman is also on Twitter as NewFrontiersman. One of his players gave him the d20 Modern Menace Manual (thanks Eric!).

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
This Robin Hood supplement is published by Battlefield Press. Sherwood is written by Marc Gacy and Wil Upchurch, with various public domain art and some art by V. Shane and OtherWorld Creations, Inc.

Chris's opinion of PDF value 4/5 (for print price, 2.5/5)
Rob's opinion of PDF value 3.5/5 (for print price, 2.5/5)
Dave's opinion of PDF value 2/5
Fraser's opinion of PDF value 2/5

3. The Hook
March 2009. U.S. President Barack Obama finalizes the draft that orders the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be closed within one year.  His administration also starts to setup a program to determine how to process the currently existing prisoners.  

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
 In Our Time: Robin Hood
One of Fraser's favourite podcasts, BBC's In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg has a great episode from 2003 on Robin Hood. His guests are Stephen Knight, Professor of English Literature at Cardiff University and author of Robin Hood: A Mythic Biography (Cornell University Press, 2003); Thomas Hahn, Professor of English Literature at the University of Rochester, New York; and Dr Juliette Wood, Secretary of the Folklore Society.

You can listen to the episode online.

5. Feedback
In case you haven't heard, 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.

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,  Rob, and David on Twitter. Chuck don't play that. And Chris is illiterate.

]]> Season Three Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:16:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=426630# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:04:39 Accidental Survivors Episode 041: Sherwood Review Yes Bad Boys of Podcasting: Josh's Intervention http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425172# 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 weâve all been affected by.

Josh is an asshole.

Peer into the inner depths of each of the following podcasters and join us in Joshâs healing process.

Intervention Moderator:

Intervention Participants:

Intervention Target:

The music featured was Adhesionâs âFloat Up from Depthâ found on the Podshowâs Podsafe Music Network

This intervention was recorded over Skype.

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences.

]]> Special Episodes Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:30:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=425172# crossfire.ue@gmail.com The Bad Boys of Podcasting Josh's Invervention Yes An Accidental Contest http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=423556# 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.

]]> Special Episodes Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:45:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=423556# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:01:21 rpg, modern, contest, RPG Objects Accidental Survivors An Accidental Contest Clean Episode 40: Break It To Them Gently http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=422152#
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


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.
]]> Season Three Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:11:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=422152# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:07:53 modern, RPG Accidental Survivors Episode 040: Break It To Them Gently Yes Craptastic Episode 39 Cuts http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=415594# 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?

]]> Special Episodes Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:55:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=415594# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:36:08 crap, more crap, really crap, rpg Accidental Survivors Craptastic Episode 039 Cuts Yes Episode 039: Merry Christmas, Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=415585#
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
It was Rob's birthday! He got Pandemic (and has managed to play once so far), and got Grand Theft Auto 4 for PC (and has spoken about it a bit on his blog, Gamer Dad Weekly ). Upcoming this week, He's getting together with The New Survivors (named thusly just to piss off Fraser) for Warhammer 40k Dark Heresey campaign's group template planning session. He got Fraser and Dave hooked on TweetDeck, and he's following people like Greg Grunberg (@greggrunberg ), Wil Wheaton (@wilw ) and Felicia Day (@feliciaday ). And David Gallant (@davidsgallant).

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.

   What am I doing making podcasts? I Should Be Writing .

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?

They don't have a promo, but you're supposed to go check out The Wandering Men


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.

What 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?!

4. Podcast News
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.

There's also all the usual news, banter and tangents you've come to expect from the Yoggie crew! 

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=524

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


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.

]]> Season Three Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:33:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=415585# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:57:09 geek, rpg, modern genre, geek christmas Accidental Survivors Episode 039 - Merry Christmas Yes Episode 038: Getting Modernized http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=410421#
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!

Danger International

Top Secret S. I.

The Albenistan Series


Dog Soldiers


The Mummy


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.

4. Podcast News
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

You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.

You can find Fraser and Rob both on Twitter. Chuck don't play that.

]]> Season Three Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:50:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=410421# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:58:28 RPG, role-playing, modern Accidental Survivors Episode 038: Getting Modernized Yes Episode 037 - Wars and Rumours of Wars http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=405937#
WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
All music in podcast by Mindscape Music

0. What's Better Than a Cow?

1. Geek Week
Rob's been playing Fallout 3. And playing, and playing, and playing... and playing...

Chuck's been writing a board game called Dungeon Dwellers, and RPG Objects is going all printified with Amazon BookSurge

Fraser is hyped by the new Star Trek Trailer at Apple Trailers and is looking forward to his Viking True20 game. You can read the campaign journal  if you really are that bored.

A list of 12 RPGs every gamer  should play before they die.

   If you're ready to attack the darkness, check out the KORE RPG podcast.

2. Feature - Wars and Rumours of Wars

Are the PCs involved in the Siege of Mafeking or are maybe meeting Winston Churchill  during the Second Boer War 

In World War I, you could run games set in the Arab Revolt, there's espionage, or you could go the alt-history Soldiers and Spellfighters route.
Commandos, SAS or the Red Orchestra  (perhaps attempting to retrieve the Blutfahne) during World War II
The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), riverine warfare, or just plain weird stuff (like the Korean movie R-Point) in the Vietnam War.

Did you just rediscover beer? Time to discover Return to Northmoor.
 
3. The Hook
What if the PCs are part of an SAS team (one of the Special Raiding Squadrons) in Italy in Aug/Sept 1943, only to intercept information that Otto Skorzeny, famed German commando, is in the area. This would be near Gran Sasso d'Italia, a mountain located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. Mussolini is being held at Campo Imperatore. The actual rescue of Mussolini by Skorzeny took place on Sept 12, but can your SRS foil Skorzeny's attempt? Perhaps even capture the German hero?

4. Podcast News
Heart of the Hunter Completed.
Heart of the Hunter, Sam Chupp's fantasy novel, is now complete. Sam describes this novel as being in the style of Steven Brust's Jhereg novels, using pastiches and cognates of real-world cultures in order to convey a sense of culture and place.

You can  listen to the novel over at heartofthehunter.com

Veni Vidi Venatus
The fine gentlemen over at Spooky Outhouse Productions are organizing something they call "One Shotter Day", or Veni Vidi Venatus (I came, I saw, I gamed), which is a day which several gaming stores will be offering one-shots of various RPGs and board games. There might be something set up in your area, so go check out the forums at www.podgecast.com. I'm going to be trying to set something up in Kitchener, so if you're interested, let me know on the forums or via email.

5. Feedback
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]]> Season Three Sun, 23 Nov 2008 03:37:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=405937# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:04:55 war, world war, boer war, vietnam war, rpg Accidental Survivors Episode 037 - Wars and Rumours of Wars Yes Special Episode 005 - Darcy Burgess of Achtung! Spiel! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=405033# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
All music in podcast by Mindscape Music.

This bonus episode offers up an interview with Darcy Burgess of Achtung Spiel. We talk about his new game, Black Cadillacs, a game about war, the man behind the gun, and political and moral commentary.

 

]]> Special Episodes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=405033# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:35:49 Black Cadillacs, Achtung Spiel, Darcy Burgess, war, rpg Accidental Survivors Special Episode 005 - Darcy Burgess of Achtung Spiel Yes GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=401759# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared.

Actual Play: Modern20 Part 2 was recorded at GenCon. It is an updated and altered version of the module the Qalashar Device and we were using a loose interpretation of the Modern20 rules. This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 1 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Star Wars SAGA edition.

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums

]]> GenCon Survivors Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:32:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=401759# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:01:25 actual play, modern, RPG, spec ops, military Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors: Actual Play - Modern20 Part 2 Yes GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=401751# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared.

Actual Play: Modern20 Part 1 was recorded at GenCon. It is an updated and altered version of the module the Qalashar Device and we were using a loose interpretation of the Modern20 rules. This is Part 1. You can find Part 2 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 2 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Star Wars SAGA edition.

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums


]]> GenCon Survivors Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:18:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=401751# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:11:00 actual play, modern, RPG, spec ops, military Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors: Actual Play - Modern20 Part 1 Yes Episode 036: Ross Watson and Dark Heresy http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=399710# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
All music in podcast by Mindscape Music

0. MorphVOX
Rob talks a little bit about a cool app called MorphVOX.

1. Geek Week
TV: Supernatural, Life, The Office, Dexter, and True Blood, Burn Notice, Heroes, Supernatural, Prison Break
Video Games: LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2 beta, Guitar Hero World Tour, Rock Band 2, Crysis Warhead (and Wars), SPORE and Assassin's Creed.
RPGs: Halloween one shot WFRP game for several of our forum members which included Octarine. Writing some zombie products (RPGObjects and TheLe Games).
Comics: Marvel's "The Road to Civil War"

2. Feature - Ross Watson from Fantasy Flight Games
An interview with Ross Watson, a Senior RPG Developer for Fantasy Flight Games.

3. The Hook
David put together a cool little audio clip for this episode's Zombie Invasion hook.

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 hop on over to our message forums at our new address - www.accidentalsurvivors.com.
]]> podcasts Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:31:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=399710# 00:57:12 The Accidental Survivors Episode 036: Ross Watson and Dark Heresy No The "Hot" Promo http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=504067# ]]> Promos Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:51:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=504067# Accidental Survivors The Hot Promo Clean GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387073# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared.

Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 was recorded at GenCon. It is the first of the Dawn of Defiance series. This is Part 2. You can find Part 1 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 1 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Qalashar Dogs using a loose adaptation of Modern20.

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums


]]> GenCon Survivors Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:44:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387073# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:06:07 rpg, actual play, star wars, dawn of defiance Accidental Survivors Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 2 Yes GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387071# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

GenCon Survivors - Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted, unedited and unprepared.

Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 was recorded at GenCon. It is the first of the Dawn of Defiance series. This is Part 1. You can find Part 2 here. The Actual Play series includes Part 2 of this game and a 2 Part AP recording of Qalashar Dogs using a loose adaptation of Modern20.

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our new website and follow the link to our forums


]]> GenCon Survivors Fri, 3 Oct 2008 00:39:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=387071# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:05:26 rpg, actual play, star wars, dawn of defiance Accidental Survivors Actual Play: Star Wars SAGA Part 1 Yes GenCon Survivors - 13th Warrior Commentary Track http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=386667# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast

GenCon Survivors - 13th Warrior Commentary Track
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared.

13th Warrior Commentary Track was recorded in our hotel room at GenCon. You can play this while watching the 13th Warrior, as a kind of commentary track. The beginning of the recording has a point for you to sync your movie with the commentary.

Oh, and it turns out it's Herger the joyous. Go figure.

 

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]]> GenCon Survivors Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:54:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=386667# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:31:42 gencon, commentary, 13th Warrior, vikings Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors - 13th Warrior Commentary Track Yes GenCon Survivors Interviews 03 - Pinnacle Entertainment http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=386502# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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GenCon Survivors Interview 03 - Shane Hensley, Mike MacNeal, and Steve Todd of Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Welcome to another GenCon Survivors Interview episode. These episodes include interviews recorded at GenCon. This episode is with Shane Hensley, Mike MacNeal, and Steve Todd of Pinnacle Entertainment Group discussing the Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane .

The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted.

You can find out more about the products discussed in this interview at the Pinnacle Entertainment Group website.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Wed, 1 Oct 2008 09:50:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=386502# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:13:37 gencon, interview, Solomon Kane, Savage Worlds, Pinnacle Entertainment Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors Interviews 03 - Pinnacle Entertainment Clean GenCon Survivors 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=384950# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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GenCon Survivors 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared.

Episode 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres was recorded during and after our crossing of the Canadian-US border, Colin, Rob and Fraser discuss rules and stories in RPGs, the different Star Trek series, and a few other geek and game topics.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:51:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=384950# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:44:52 GenCon, RPG, modern Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors 03 - Survivors Avec Frontieres Yes GenCon Survivors Interviews 02 - Andy Peregrine http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=384232# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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GenCon Survivors Interview 02 - Andrew Peregrine of Cubicle 7 Entertainment

Welcome to a GenCon Survivors Interview episode. These episodes will include interviews recorded at GenCon. This episode is with Andrew Peregrine of Cubicle 7 Entertainment discussing Victoriana.

The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:31:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=384232# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:15:20 Victoriana, RPG, Gencon, interview Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors Interviews 02 - Andy Peregrine Clean GenCon Survivors 02 - Border Bound http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=383294# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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GenCon Survivors 02 - Border Bound
Welcome to the another episode of the Gen Con Survivors. The GenCon Survivors episodes include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared.

Episode 02 - Border Bound was recorded on our way to the US Border during our trip to GenCon. Colin, Rob and Fraser discuss early D&D experiences, Kevin Smith, and a few other geek and game topics.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:40:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=383294# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:49:55 Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors 02 - Border Bound Yes Episode 035: True20 Review http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=381890# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. Geek Week
Watching Burn Notice and designing Burn Notice campaigns
Reading 40 Years of the Avengers (currently up to 1968!) 
Picked up an Xbox 360 Pro
Thinking about Force Unleashed and being amused by the PA comments
Considering the Nuketown Radioactive 4e review

Dungeon Crawl Classics

2. Feature - True20
Talking about True20 Revised Edition.
Conversion notes for Green Ronin's Thieves' World book: http://true20.com/support/
Check out Freeport
Some philosophical impasses occured in the discussion, but here's a chance to continue.
 
The Tome Show

3. The Hook
This episode's hook is based on the TV series Burn Notice. You can read about it here.

4. Podcast News
Actual Play for Dungeon Crawl Classics
In conjunction with Goodman Games, Gamer's Haven and The Vorpal Network will be posting Dungeon Crawl Classics 4E Actual Play beginning this week.  The first adventure scheduled is Sellswords of Punjar. You can find the Gamer's Haven at www.canadiancrusaders.com/.

5.Feedback
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]]> Season Two Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:22:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=381890# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:04:35 True20, modern, RPG Accidental Survivors Episode 035: True20 Review Yes Episode 034: Post Apocalypso http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=375150# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. Geek Week Ticket to Ride Card Game
On Spec

2. Feature - Post Apocalypso
Nuclear Holocausts like Mad Max, Planet of the Apes, Fallout, Darwin's World RPG, Gamma World RPG

 

Viral Holocausts like The Stand, Jeremiah /Star Trek OS: Miri, The Last Man, 12 Monkeys, Omega Man /I am Legend

Monster Apocalypses like Reign of Fire

Mystical (Nuclear?) Holocausts like the Dark Tower

Post Apocalyptic game resources on the intertubes include
PA Forge: dedicated to PA RPG games and focuses on development of resources for said games
Desolation Nation: A campaign for a PA game using D20 Modern rules. Great map resource!
The Ten Best PA Survival Vehicles: For kicks
 
3. Gear Locker
4. Podcast News
A) Dragon's Landing Inn is back
After a summer hiatus, the Dragon's Landing Inn is back. Episode 92 talks about the hiatus and initial thoughts on 4e. This one is a long one, clocking in at about 2 hours, but for those of us who have been jonesing for some DLI, it was a quick 2 hours. You can find Dragon's Landing Inn at www.dragonslanding.com.

B) Spooky Outhouse
You've heard me talk about the Podgecast before, and here I am talking about it again. This time, it's in relation to Spooky Outhouse Productions, which is a production and marketing company anchored by some fine quality podcasts. Right now, Spooky Outhouse Productions includes The Habitual Insomniac, The Man Cast, Red Earth Saga, the Podge Cast, Story Shtick, Bear Swarm!, and Wapcaplets. Head on over to spookyouthouse.com and see what's going on there. Join the forums, where you might just bump into a couple of Accidental Survivors, getting in on the forumy goodness.

I just have to say that Spooky Outhouse is Pretty F#$&in' Chang!

C) Vorpal Network
Fist Full of Comics and Games has always hosted some of my favourite podcasts, from the Inner Circle to the Monarch Comics Briefing. Now, the Fist Full of Comics crew has gotten together with the Tome Show and the Gamer's Haven to start the Vorpal Network. This is one sweet collection of high quality podcasts. Added to this is a geek news aggregator which also delivers tidbits to Twitter. I don't just love the Vorpal Network because my game from GenCon got a favourable shoutout on the first of the Main Feed episodes, I love it because its got a fair portion of my podcast fix all on one feed.

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]]> Season Two Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:30:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=375150# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:03:11 rpg, modern, post apocalyptic, science fiction, sci fi Accidental Survivors Episode 034: Post Apocalypso Yes GenCon Survivors Interview 01 - Eric Wiener http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=373818# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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GenCon Survivors Interview 01 - Eric Wiener of Paradigm Concepts
Welcome to the first of the GenCon Survivors Interview episodes. These episodes will include interviews recorded at GenCon. This first episode is with Eric Wiener of Paradigm Concepts discussing Witch Hunter: the Invisible World.

The content has had only minor editting and is unscripted.

You can find out more about the products discussed in this interview at the Paradigm Concepts website.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:52:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=373818# Accidental Survivors No GenCon Survivors 01 - Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=372734# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure
Welcome to the first of the GenCon Survivors episodes. These episodes will include content recorded on the way to or at GenCon, including interviews and one DVD commentary.

The sound quality is very poor. The language is very offensive. The content is unscripted and unprepared.

Episode 01 - Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure was recorded on the first leg of our GenCon odyssey, as Rob and Fraser travel to meet Colin.

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]]> GenCon Survivors Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:55:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=372734# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:41:40 Gencon, RPG, modern Accidental Survivors GenCon Survivors 01 - Rob and Fraser's Excellent Adventure Yes Episode 033: GenCon Wrap-Up http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=370056# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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The GenCon Wrapup
Some of the awesome crews we met belonged to the following, in alphabetical order:

The Basics of the Game
Brilliant Gameologists
Canon Puncture
The Digital Front/Gamer Traveler
Fist Full of Comics And Games
Gamer's Haven
Order 66
The Podgecast
Pulp Gamer
This Just In From Gencon

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]]> Season Two Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:59:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=370056# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:48:47 modern, RPG, Gencon Accidental Survivors Episode 033: GenCon Wrap-Up Yes Episode 032: Garden Variety Monsters http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=367344# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Need rules for playing with your green and tan plastic army men? Combat Storm may have what you need.

Chris reveals the Supernatural Season 4 details

Hidden Nazi bunkers found intact after more than 50 years.

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog no longer available free, but if you have access to it, there's always Hulu. And if you're going to be running a Dr. Horrible campaign using Supers20, you may want to read a review.

Bring the Pain! (Ray).

Barnett R. Rubin is shocked, shocked to learn that that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) appears to be supporting insurgents and terrorists in Afghanistan.

Choson, the RPG, now appearing on the forums.

Head on over to the Tome Show for all your D&D info needs.

2. Feature: Garden Variety "Monsters"
Rob's Obscure Pop Culture Reference #265.
First Appearance of Henry Pym; The Man in the Anthill.
Fraser's old! The first sci-fi movie he saw was Them! (Fraser notes: while I am old, I saw Them! on TV, not in the cinemas.

Relevance? Intelligent discourse? Insight? If these things are not important to you, check out the Podgecast.

3. Inspiration Time
Arachnophobia
Kingdom of the Spiders
Phase IV
Willard (1971) remade in 2003 with Chrispin Clover, and there's a sequal Ben, for which Michael Jackson sang the theme song.
Star Man's Son
Deadly Creatures and Bad Mojo
Crazy Old Ladies and their rats
The Indiana Jones trilogy

4. Gear Locker
Lots of stabby things

5. Podcast News
The Podgecast
A show about movies, music, books, games, and whatever's on their minds. Luke, Adam, Matt and Joe pontificate and spout opinion as though fact, and it rocks. Get ready for a good time and plenty of laughs. There might actually be something useful in there as well. Find it all at podgecast.com.

IFC News
From the Independent Film Channel comes the IFC News podcast. With hosts Matt Singer and Alison Willmore, the IFC News podcasts talks movies, and the talk is usually pretty interesting. Maybe not geeky, per se, but if you love movies, you'll likely enjoy this podcast. You can find it at feeds.feedburner.com/ifcnewspodcast

6. Feedback

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]]> Season Two Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:50:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=367344# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:28:38 rpgs, role-playing, modern, pests Accidental Survivors Episode 032: Garden Variety Monsters Yes Episode 31: Modern20: A Review http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=363631# Thanks Rob for taking care of this!


WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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News & Views

  • West End Games is for sale, triggering a firestorm of discussions from the ill-informed on various RPG message boards, like here and here.
  • Open Office now has a PDF editor, though it is still in beta development. Take a look here.
  • We're late to the game in wishing Stan Lee a wonderful 85th birthday. 'Nuff said.

Feature: Modern20: A Review

Why did Chuck Rice write Modern20? To make a pantload of money, of course!

Inspiration Time

The Shield: Season 5 and Season 6: An ambitious, mentally unstable IAD officer is after Vic in Season 5 and the death of a member of the Strike Team turns them against each other in Season 6. Some of the best TV ever and easily one of the 5 best cop shows of all time.

The Losers: Comic book from Vertigo/DC Thanks to BrianK on the boards for mentioning this back in the discussion on Episode 26: Finding Inspiration.

Feedback

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]]> Season Two Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:46:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=363631# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:02:46 modern 20, modern, rpg Accidental Survivors Episode 31: Modern20 A review Yes Episode 030: Real Crime http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=358851# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Most Awesomely Bad Military Acronyms and yet more! Don't forget to read the comments.

We're going to Gen Con. Check out our schedule. Make sure you email us if you want in on one of our games.

Supers20 is almost out! Also, the Dispatch is going weekly again for at least 6 weeks in honor of Supers20 release!

FFoCaG - Official Contest: Burn Notice Season 2

Chinese Cops get Segways . . . no longer so intimidating

Go-Play Ottawa a GO for July 26.

Welcome back Walt/kroh!

The Wandering Geek podcast is up for an Ennie! Head on over to support Curt in his quest for glory.

2. Feature: Real Crime
Our previous episode about player characters as criminals, which we called Criminal Intentions.
Mafia
Murder Inc
Yakuza

Play like you've got two with the Brilliant Gameologists.

3. Inspiration Time
Current situation in Zimbabwe
The Departed
Infernal Affairs
Ross Kemp On Gangs

4. The Hook
Undercover: The PCs are cops tasked with infiltrating a dangerous criminal organization. How can they work their way up the ladder while maintaining their integrity? Ordinary complications, like family problems, can play a big part in a campaign like this, since the PCs will have the added complication of a secret identity--trying to keep their assignment and their home life separate.

5. Podcast News
A. The Material World looks at Tunguska
On the 30th June 1908, a huge fireball hurtled towards the Tunguska River region of Siberia. The explosion that followed was as powerful as 1000 Hiroshima bombs and knocked down an estimated 80 million trees. But 100 years later scientists are yet to find an impact crater or tell-tale meteorite remains. So what happened?

The Material World is a BBC Radio podcast. In this episode, Host Quentin Cooper is joined by Dr Phil Bland and Gareth Collins from Imperial College London to find out. You can learn more at the website.

B. Brilliant Gameologists
In their own words, Brilliant Gameologists is a podcast about tabletop games and the people who play them. Helping you play like you have to, play like you have to and play like you have two.

For my two cents, the BGs are fun and enjoy using language that is less than family friendly, like some other podcast I know . . . and possibly participate in. They understand LARPing is all about hitting on hot gamer chicks and has no other value. Me like.

You can find them at: brilliantgameologists.com/

6. Feedback

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]]> Season Two Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:42:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=358851# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:18:13 gangs, mafia, yakuza, gansters, criminals, modern, RPG Accidental Survivors Episode 030: Real Crime Yes Accidental Survivors Are Go! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351464#
Drop us a line and let us know if you're going to be there, too! We'd love to meet with some of our listeners over a beer and a chicken wing or two, and perhaps Fraser will run us through one of his "low magic" adventures.

Telemetry, go. Communications, go. Retro thusters thrustering. The Accidental Survivors are go!

Rob.
]]> general Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:43:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351464# Accidental Survivors No GenCon a Possibility! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351375#
As exciting as attending the largest gaming convention in the entire universe is, we are equally excited to get to meet members of the RPG podcasting community. We are hoping to spend as much time as possible looking into new modern-themed RPG products, speaking to the publishers of them, and generally getting the word out to you, the listener, about them - we know you love to hear our opinions!

The Accidental Survivors are go!
]]> general Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:48:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=351375# Accidental Survivors No Episode 029: Conspiracies http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=350169# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Erik Wujicik died on June 7. The first RPG Rob ever purchased was TMNT and Other Strangeness!

The Air Force wants botnets of MASS DESTRUCTION!

4e, 'nuff said

Accidental Survivors RPG development forum

Chris Davies 4e review

Is it @$$ kickin' time? Get down and dirty with some Action Maneuvers!

2. Feature: Conspiracies
MKUltra
Skull and Bones
Montauk Project
MJ12
That Government Warehouse!

Get those buttery-smooth Ts from Geeklabel.Remember: these are not magic t-shirts.

3. Inspiration Time
The Manchurian Candidate
The X-Files
Metal Gear Solid
Planetary

4. The Hook
OpCom VULTURE

The PCs are drawn into a trip or mission to the town of Iana Sarat in Mondovia, a fictional state in Eastern Europe. If they are military or spies, they are assigned to a mission, if they are private individuals, they are either hired to escort a subject they will meet there, or the NPC is a friend or other acquaintance that calls on their aid.

Stories of lights in the skies and unexplained explosions the previous night meet the PCs. They meet Piotr Korensky, who is their contact. He indicates a belief that they are a ârecovery teamâ with âVulture.â He passes on a map and coordinates some 40 kilometres south west of Iana Sarat. Before he can explain any further, he is assassinated by a rifle shot.

The shooter, if captured, carries a letter stating âProvide assistance to RAVEN acting under orders. Recovery operation underway. OpCom VULTURE may intervene. RAVEN is to terminate this threat.â It is only signed âMajesticâ

The map leads to a valley in the mountains where a strange aircraft has crashed. The occupants are not human. Here, the PCs meet Devoe, and he explains that they have been sent here through the machinations of Operational Command VULTURE, a secret military command created by elements of NATO and the Warsaw Pact in the 1960s to oppose the Majestic 12 conspiracy. Vulture adapts and then spreads alien technology, preparing to battle the aliens who have infiltrated Earth societies through the help of Majestic.

The PCs are now caught in the middle of the battle between the conspirators of Majestic 12 and OpCom VULTURE, possibly the saviours of humanity. Devoe can act as their contact and feed them information. But since this is the shadowy world of black ops and conspiracies, is VULTURE or Devoe really who they say they are? Is Majestic 12 really the threat Devoe states it is?

Thatâs up to you.

5. Podcast News
A. Penny Arcade + PvP + 4e = Good Times!

The folks at Penny Arcade and PvP sat down with WotC's Chris Perkins to play 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons (for some of them, it was their very first game of D&D). How did it go? Well, they recorded the entire sessionâwhich WotC is offering in episodic podcasts, along with comics commemorating the game!

You can find the podcasts at the Wizard's site. And don't forget Downloadable Content, PA's podcast.

6. Feedback

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]]> Season Two Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:29:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=350169# accidentalsurvivors 01:29:22 rpg, modern, conspiracies, mj12, mkultra, skull and bones Accidental Survivors Episode 029: Conspiracies Yes Episode 028: Grim & Gritty http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=343830# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in production, starring Jake Gyllenhal

Play by post on ForgedRPG: Agents of LEET: Operation Sticky Fingers.

Jon Favreau is a D&D geek

Go Play Ottawa

Interview with me up at Fist Full of Comics and Games

Sneak peek at serial fiction for Mundus Novit

Need the basics? The Basics of the Game has got you covered.

2. Feature: Grim & Gritty
My article on grim & gritty fantasy roleplaying called Getting Medieval: Grim & Gritty at Sword's Edge
The "discussion" thread on grim & gritty.

For more role-play-y podcast-y goodness, head on over to Role Playing Public Radio.

3. Inspiration Time
Star Wars
The Watchmen
Angel
Firefly
Casablanca
Blade Runner
the Immortal Iron Fist
Get Shorty

Chris Miller is digging on The Failed Cities Monologues by Matt Wallace. Also check out Variant Frequencies, and the Next Fix.

4. Feedback
Nightmask
Warren Ellis on Twitter

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We're not going to be using ODEO any more as they have fracked up a couple of message, the most recent from Ken Newquist at Nuketown Radio Active. If they ever get their act together, we'll use them again.

]]> Season Two Wed, 28 May 2008 02:20:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=343830# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:28:45 modern, rpg, role-playing Accidental Survivors Episode 028: Grim & Gritty No Episode 027 - Keeping Players Invested http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=338583# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Christophe Gans set to direct Onimusha

Marvel announces 4 new superhero movies for 2010-2011

4E GSL, restrictions on a product line basis as per articles at En World and WotC

Twiddla, an internet whiteboard that could be used for gaming. Thanks Ken at Nuketown!

Covert Forces Redux is available as a POD from SEP's Lulu store.

Check out Nuketown Radio Active. All the cool kids are listening.

2. Feature: Keeping Your Players Invested

Finished with us? Try Wapcaplets.

3. Inspiration Time
Sandman
The Dreamland Chronicles
Tin Man
New Teen Titans Archive Volume 1
Dark City
and
Chuck was wrong about the successful lawsuit against the Wachowskis. Still, we can dream.

4. the Hooks
Chuck brings us Asylum seekers:
Got a campaign thatâs getting a bit predictable? Tell your players you'd like to try a one-shot with new characters set in an asylum. Over the course of the adventure, the players will slowly begin to realize that the characters they're playing are their standard characters from the ongoing campaign, who have been drugged, supplied with fake identities, and deposited in a home for the criminally insane as a convenient way for the villain to rid himself of his enemies.

Worse, the players are inside with many former enemies.

And from Chris, Exdreamas Machina:
Nazi's have recently started infiltrating the dream lands in order to probe the dreams of leading scientists around the world. The characters are part of a rival British organization called ESPionage (Necroscope rip-off) they are pressed with entering the dreamlands to prevent the Nazi's from stealing the secrets of inventors and at the same time securing those ideas for themselves.

5. Feedback

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]]> Season Two Mon, 12 May 2008 18:56:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=338583# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:18:16 role-playing, RPG, modern Accidental Survivors Episode 027: Keeping Players Invested Yes Episode 026: Finding Inspiration http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=332981# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
People, Places, and Things: You are Here from Second Rat Games

Yo Joe! Pics from the upcoming G.I. Joe movie were here, but they've been taken down. You can read some reactions in this thread. Also, check out what IMDB and Wikipedia have to say.

The 4E rumour mill is soldiering on. After you've scoffed at our uninformed opinions, you can head on over to check out information at WotC and in this thread and this thread at EN World

Check out Have Games, Will Travel

2. Feature: Finding Inspiration
The Article and . . .
The Thread it inspired!

Need more podcasts? Goblin: the Gaming Broadcast Network has got them!

3. The Hook
The situation that inspired the Hook

4. Podcast News
A. The History of Rome
A weekly podcast hosted by Mike Duncan 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.

Found at thehistoryofrome.blogspot.com/.

5. Feedback

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]]> Season Two Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:16:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=332981# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:28:36 modern, rpg, writing, news, inspiration Accidental Survivors Episode 026: Finding Inspiration Yes Episode 025: Good Modern Gaming http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=328994# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Arkham Horror
Joss Whedon's Dollhouse
Bell Sympatico sucks

Pulp Gamer: Out Of Character

2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco
d20 Modern
Spycraft
GURPS
Buffy
Ronin
Gnoll Pimp
Demon Bartender
Google Earth
Google Maps

RPGPodcasts.com

Geeklabel Radio

3. Inspiration
Ronin
The Dark Tower series
Deadlands
Secret War
Black Hawk Down
the Ghosts of Medak Pocket

4. The Hook
the Long Kiss Goodnight

5. Podcast News
A) Wapcaplets
Recorded by Chris Engler, a gamer living near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Wapcaplets is an audio-blog of his opinions and thoughts on gaming. Episodes will come out at least once per week and be around five minutes in length. If you're looking for gamer talk in bite-sized chunks, Wapcaplets might just be for you. Wapcaplets can be found at wapcaplets.podbean.com. If you're wondering about the term Wapcaplet, it's all explained at the site, so go have a look.

6. Feedback
Check out the info on Elseworlds, pointed out by asylum643 on the boards.

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7. Pimpage Zone
The gang over at Fist Full of Comics and Games have been giving Chuck the love . . . in a manner of speaking. Just go and see what I mean. There's something to read and something to listen to.

]]> Season Two Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:15:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=328994# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:16:29 d20, modern, RPG, advice Accidental Survivors Episode 025: Good Modern Gaming Yes Episode 024: Pre-Modern Modern http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=323907# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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This episode we welcome Mike Lafferty the author of Wizards & Wiseguys, Modern Dispatch (#118): Pirates20: The Golden Age of Piracy, the 6th Seal, and Defcon 1, among others.

1. News & Views
PCGen v5.13.12 (Beta) released! Release notes here.

In memory of the late E. Gary Gygax, Swordâs Edge Publishing will be donating its revenues from March and April to the Christian Childrenâs Fund, a charity to which his family has indicated Mr. Gygax was much endeared.

The Escapistcast

2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco
Get read for the flood of links! Stand well away from the screen.

Brotherhood of the Wolf
d20 Past
A Mighty Fortress
Witchhunter
Savage Worlds of Solomon Kane
Chuck's Web novel, Hellstrom Voyage
Patrick O'Brien
Master and Commander
Last of the Mohicans
Louisbourg
Beast of GÃvaudan
His Majesty's Dragon
William Walker
Filibusters/Freebooters
British East India Company
Zulu
The Thing (and the original)
HP Lovecraft
Sir Richard Burton (the explorer)
First Footsteps in East Africa
Mountains of the Moon
Mutants and Masterminds
DC Universe
Gotham by Gaslight
Deadlands
Transcontinental Railway (Canada)
Wormhole
Sewers of Paris
Steampunk Musha
Crimson Skies
Saving Private Ryan
Dog Soldiers
An American Werewolf in London
The Keep
Operation Jedburgh and the adventure from Empty Room Studios

Game Bag Review Show

3. Inspiration
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Difference Engine and the In Our Time episode with Ada Lovelace
Tunguska Event
Cast a Deadly Spell
Arrowsmith
Flyboys
Public Enemies
The Imperial Age line from Adamant Entertainment, specifically London, British India and the Gamemaster's Guidebook to Victorian Adventure
The Anubis Gates

4. The Hook
One explanation of the Tunguska Event
Tesla (and the David Bowie reference)
Rasputin
Hellboy

5. Feedback
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6. Pimpage Zone
Don't forget to check out Defcon 1.

]]> Season Two Wed, 2 Apr 2008 01:40:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=323907# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:12:36 Modern, RPG, historical, victorian, world war, cold war Accidental Survivors Episode 024: Pre-Modern Modern Yes Episode 023: Franchise Fiasco http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=317988# WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
D&D 4e gets some play at the D&D Experience. Chuck says: "It doesn't suck!"

Dreamwalker: Revised. Initial thoughts, very cool and interesting. More later.

Steven Brust's free Firefly novel, My Own Kind of Freedom.

Gryphcon at the University of Guelph in Southwestern Ontario. Jeff Dunnett needs volunteers!

The Secret Lair

2. Feature: Franchise Fiasco
The Unit: add some vampires and werewolves for the Night Unit.

The Untouchables: add magic and rogue thaumaturges (say that three times fast) and you have the Uncharmables.

Spooks: add the supernatural and you've got Spooky.

Stargate: it's the 1880s, it's on Captain Nemo's island, and Earth is threatened by the hi-tech and/or magical denizens beyond it. This one didn't get a name.

International Detective Dragons from outer Space

3. Podcast News
A. FFoCaG, Your Source for Star Trek News!
FFoCaG has been accepted into Paramount Pictures webmaster program campaign for the upcoming Star Trek feature film being released 12.25.08. The guys at FFoCaG will be getting first hand news and information directly from Paramount to report via their website with other opportunities available down the pike as the release the date draws nearer.

Paramount is also tracking traffic between their site and the official Paramount site for Star Trek, so if you want to visit the official Paramount Star Trek site, do it through www.fistfullofcomics.com/st. If you want the latest news, visit www.fistfullofcomics.com/startrek.

B. The Secret Lair: not so secret anymore!
Chris and KJ who were two of the regular hosts on the late Roundtable podcast from the House of the Harping Monkey are back with the Secret Lair. These two villains crouch like spiders in their lair, waiting for the unwary. Ken Newquist, he of Nuketown Radio Active, has been captured and interrogated in episode 6. None can say who might be next. Perhaps you!

In order to prepare for their onslaught, I suggest you research their diabolical plans at www.thesecretlair.com/.

C. The Game That May Be: Mick just couldn't keep away
And the final piece in the Roundtable podcast puzzle has broken cover. Mick Bradley is soloing in the podosphere with The Game That May Be. In Mick's own words: What kind of roleplayer do I want to be? What kinds of games do I want to play, how do I want to play them, and who do I want to play them with? What tools are available to help me figure all that out, and to help me get where I want to go? Exploring the answers to those questions is what this site is about. It's my ongoing chronicle of my roleplaying life. Here's where I ponder, wonder, dream, wrestle, steal, and share. If you're interested, come along.

You can find Mick at harpingmonkey.com/tgtmb.

4. Feedback
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]]> Season Two Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:11:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=317988# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:19:19 modern, rpg, the unit, the untouchables, stargate, spooks, nextwave Accidental Survivors Episode 023: Franchise Fiasco Yes The Accidental Survivors Remember E. Gary Gygax http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=314786#
Some other thoughts can be found in my blog.

Requiescat In Pace


]]> Special Episodes Fri, 7 Mar 2008 02:57:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=314786# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:06:55 gary gygax, dungeons and dragons Accidental Survivors Remembering E. Gary Gygax Clean Episode 022b: Actual Play 2: Electric Boogaloo http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312655# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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Actual Play 2: Electric Boogaloo

This episode continues the actual play session that began in episode 22. If you have not listened to episode 22, please do so before listening to this episode. This episode has only been minimally editted and is not a regular Accidental Survivors podcast episode.

I don't think I wrote episode enough. Episode episode.


]]> Season Two Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:18:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312655# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:55:36 actual play, RPG, modern, d20, adventure Accidental Survivors Episode 022b: Actual Play 2, Electric Boogaloo Yes Episode 022: Actually Playing http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312357# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Gencon files for Chapter 11, with comments from Peter Adkison.

Sword's Edge Publishing interview at the Monday Monkey News.

Mundus Novit will be released from Dark Quest Games.

Fantasy Flight Games gets the Warhammer rights. More info from the FFG website.

Christian Bale in the next Terminator movie.

Star Trek News from Fist Full of Comics and Games

2. Feature: Actually Playing
You'll need the factory map!

This adventure was written during the recording of Episode 21: Writing An Adventure.

On Board Games

3. Feedback
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]]> Season Two Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:40:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=312357# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:12:17 actual play, RPG, modern, d20, adventure Accidental Survivors Episode 022: Actually Playing Yes Special Episode 004 - Actual Without Play http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=303479# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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This is a special episode, so there is no editing and not a lot of forethought. Be prepared. The live play episode, that which will be episode 22, is still coming. This special episode explains why we haven't done so yet.

1. News & Views
End of Warhammer RPG?

Once you're done with us, why not give a listen to:

Gamer's Haven

2. Feature - Actual Without Play

Open RPG
Fantasy Grounds
Digital Adventures
Glitter
iTabletop
Skype
Audacity
Total Recorder
Gizmo
Screen Monkey
Google Docs
PC Gen
RPG Objects' Modern Character Generator
Pathguy d20 Modern Character Generator
Modern 20
Martial Arts 20
Gamer's Haven
Geeks On
Dark Quest Games
Sword's Edge Publishing
Fraser's Blog

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]]> Special Episodes Mon, 4 Feb 2008 03:01:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=303479# Accidental Survivors No Episode 021 - Writing an Adventure http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=288018# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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This time, it's all about the Feature!

You'll need the map!

Once you're done with us, why not give a listen to:

Canon Puncture
or
Fist Full of Comics and Games

2. Feature - Writing An Adventure
The adventure is based on Ong Bak by way of Big Trouble in Little China, doing some martial arts mayhem in honour of Chuck's new product Martial Arts 20 for Modern 20. Inspiration for the adventure design from:

Kwai Chang Caine
Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu
Tony Jaa
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Immortal Iron Fist
Raiders of the Lost ArK
Dozer from the Matrix
Jayne Cobb
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Universal Soldier
Hard Target
Episode 2: Kung-Fu Fighting, our martial arts episode.

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]]> Season Two Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:21:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=288018# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:17:22 rpg modern game design adventure module Accidental Survivors Episode 021 - Writing an Adventure Yes Episode 020: Starting a New Campaign http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282825# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
RPG Podcasters

Marvel Digital Initiative

Walt Simonson doing the World of Warcraft Comic

the Wandering Geek

2. Feature - Starting a New Campaign
Access Denied
Crit or Miss associated with the Dragon's Landing Inn.
EN World message boards and the Gamers Seeking Gamers forum
Gleemax from Wizards of the Coast
Meetup.com and the the Central San Diego Role Playing Gamers Association mentioned in our feedback episode
the Groovecast podcast
Open RPG: use it or Chris from RPG Objects will drop the hammer on Chuck.
Fantasy Grounds
The Group Template and the Group Cohesion episode
Google Calendar
Star Trek: The Next Generation
X-Files

Master Plan

3. Inspiration Time
Fireflypilot
24

4. Podcast News
A. Master Plan

Master Plan is an podcast on the subject of game design and the art of ideas, particularly for role playing, card and board games. Hosted by freelance writer Ryan Macklin, the podcast comes out at least once a month. You can expect interviews with game designers -- both professional and amateur -- as well as advice and news about game design.

Check it out at masterplanpodcast.net.

B. Happy Birthday Tome Show!
The Tome Show has turned one year old, and I didn't even send a card! It's up to 34 episodes, so I guess it's a bit more regular than us. Maybe more fibre in the diet of pure D&D. For those of you not in the know, the Tome Show is a Dungeons and Dragons news, review, and interview show. Jeff, the Tome Host, and the Tome Reporters tell you about what is going on in the world of D&D. You can find it at www.thetomeshow.com.

6. Feedback
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The article I wrote for Sword's Edge based on Guns, Germs, and Steel which I called Magic, Germs and Steel

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]]> Season Two Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:10:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282825# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:17:56 rpg modern game design campaign Accidental Survivors Episode 020: Starting a New Campaign Yes Episode 020a: Jimmy Stewart Visits http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282812# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.


Jimmy Stewart stops by to give us a new rendition of scenes from "It's A Wonderful Life" and "Pulp Fiction."

Not bad for a dead guy
]]> Bloopers Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:43:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=282812# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:02:36 joke celebrity impersonation Accidental Survivors Jimmy Stewart Visits Yes Blooper Reel - Episode 019 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=277424# Here are the bloopers from Episode 019 - Game Design. We ran too long to include at the end of the podcast, so here's a full helping of bloopery goodness.

WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast is sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing. All music in podcast by Mindscape Music

]]> Bloopers Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:55:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=277424# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:06:20 rpg modern campaign adventure design bloopers Accidental Survivors Blooper Reel - Episode 019 Yes Episode 019 - Campaign Design http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=277418# WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners.

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1. News & Views
Heroes, Season Two

It's Vishnu, baby! Er, whoops, I meant it's Vishnu baby

The Unit Season 3: as long as we can kill terrorists and protect country singers, you can have your shadow government.

Music file sharers buy more CDs

Radiohead releases new album on line

All Games Considered

2. Feature - Campaign Design
Sliders

Fantasci

The Postman, novel and movie

The Handmaid's Tale, novel and movie

Stargate, movie and TV series

Firefly

Groovecast

3. Inspiration Time
Lost for its "firm" continuity
X-Files for its "loose" continuity
The Bourne movie series, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited TV series

4. The Hook
This week, I want to provide a hook to lead into a gritty, conspiracy campaign. It's shamelessly stolen from the first two episodes on the new season of the Unit.

The characters belong to a special operations force, perhaps Delta, perhaps JTF-2 or the SAS. They might even belong to something blacker, like the Increment or the CIA Special Activities Division. On their first adventure, they are tasked with escorting a spook on an "interdiction" mission against a drug kingpin's complex. The target doesn't look very drug complex-likeâin fact it looks like a very nice home with large grounds. During the mission, the team is confronted by an individual whom the spook shoots. The spook searches the place and cracks a safe, all the time deflecting questions from the teamâif they ask any.

On return, the team is called before a government oversight committee. It turns out, the âdrug kingpinâ? was the defence minister of a government on poor terms with the PCs' government. Their superiors deny any knowledge of the mission, indicating that the team went rogue. The PCs are hung out to dry and it looks like they are going to do prison time. Their commanding officer, who was left out in the cold as much as the team, orders them to evade arrest and go underground. He's going to take the heat and the PCs need to figure out what is going on.

The truth is that the team have been chosen to take the fall for an operation undertaken by a shadow government conspiracy. The mission was an intelligence operation to retrieve important information from the unfriendly government that the conspiracy feared might be used against them. That information could lead the team to the people behind the conspiracy, could clear their names, and ensure their CO doesn't end up in prison.

The campaign has the team following clues and getting closer and closer to the heart of the conspiracy. Finally, they are able to take out the heads of the conspiracy. Like a snake, the shadow government dies, but the team can't go back out into the open after that. They become an arm's length black ops team, contractors for their government, doing dirty-work but only when they are sure the aims are righteous. It's kind of like the Unit meets the A-Team.

5. Podcast News
A. The End of the Round Table and Misfit Brew

The House of the Harping Monkey is a little bit quieter and less crowded with the demise of two much-beloved podcasts, the Round Table and Misfit Brew. Mick Bradley was involved in both, and with him on the Round Table was Chris Miller and K J Johnston. The Round Table especially will be missed, though Misfit Brew was a great podcast, the Round Table was one of my 'must listen' podcasts. I wouldn't put it in a queue to listen to, I would listen to it as soon as I downloaded it. It's a sad day, but all the participants will be visible in the Podosphere and in the RPG community. Maybe we can actually coerce them onto the Accidental Survivors at some point.

6. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

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You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> Season Two Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:42:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=277418# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:19:30 rpg modern campaign adventure design Accidental Survivors Episode 019 - Campaign Design Yes Episode 018: A Year's Retrospective http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=270891# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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1. News & Views
Check out Chuck Rice's new ransom/fundable project: Fantasci

Worldwide D&D Game Day

Scientists developing techniques to steer hurricanes

Dragon's Landing Inn

2. Feature - A Year's Retrospective
And there's a lot of talk about us.

d20 Action Maneuvers

5. Feedback
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You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Fraser sold another story, this time to Black Gate. Black Gate is a major market, and one that Fraser has been trying to crack since 2000.

With Christina (his daughter) taking up so much of his time, and wanting to focus on his fiction writing, Fraser is putting Sword's Edge Publishing on hiatus. The products will remain available at Your Games Now and Steve Jackson Games' e23. Support SEP and support this podcast.

The deal for Mundus Novit: the Changed World fell through as Silven Publishing closed up shop, but Fraser is polishing it up and seeing about a partnership with another publisher to get it out.

Rob has spawned again. Soon the Wakefield brood will blot out the sun!

]]> Season Two Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:30:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=270891# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:19:24 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game Accidental Survivors Episode 018: A Year's Retrospective Clean Special Episode 003 - Planet of the Apes Rant http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=265322#
This Special Episode is to hold you over until episode 018, which will be our retrospective on a year with the Accidental Survivors. If you want to comment on your year with the Accidental Survivors, you still have time to contact us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

See you soon.
]]> Special Episodes Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:50:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=265322# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:20:44 modern rpg movie rant planet apes Accidental Survivors Special Episode 3 - Planet of the Apes Rant Yes Accidental Survivors - New Promo Spot http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=260720#
Here\'s a new promo spot for the Accidental Survivors podcast, sure to offend at least some portion of the population, just like we do on the show.
]]> Promos Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:07:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=260720# Accidental Survivors No Episode 017 - History That May Be http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=259473# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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1. News & Views
Robert Jordan Dies

Fall of Kings book 3 of David Gemmell's Troy Series coming soon

4e and Modern

On Board Games

2. Feature - Game Design
Man in the High Castle
Terminator
Wizards and Wiseguys
Tunguska
the Authority
Sliders
1623
Connections TV Series and Book
Fatherland: the book and the TV movie
Roswell Incident
Indepedence Day
Men In Black
V
Alien Nation the movie and the TV series
Steven Barnes' Lion's Blood and Zulu Heart
Anabaptists
Kabballah
Micronauts
Kraal

Canon Puncture

3. Inspiration
Planetary
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Highlander
War of the Worlds
Pulse
Timeline 191 from Harry Turtledove
GURPS Infinite Worlds

4. Podcast News

A) Heroic Cthulu
Logan posted on the ForgedRPG forums to tell us about this actual play podcast. These are recorded sessions of table top roleplaying games using a heavily modified BRP (basic role play) system used by Chaosium's Call of Cthulu. See the boards at http://heroiccthulhu.proboards105.com/index.cgi

B) Monarch Comic Briefing
The Monarch Comics Briefing is one of the podcasts from those guys over at Fist Full of Comics and Games. It's got Tangent (Victor) and Ed from the Monarch Comics store. I'm not collecting comics any more, but I'm very interested in them and I still pick up a few. This podcast keeps me up to date, and has really opened my eyes regarding some titles I otherwise would have missed. Just one thing: I haven't heard them mention Nextwave, Agents of HATE. This may pose a problem. You can find the podcast at http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/podcasts/category/monarch-comics-briefing/

5. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems is now available at Your Games Now and Steve Jackson Games' e23.

]]> podcasts Tue, 25 Sep 2007 01:32:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=259473# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:32:38 RPG modern alternate history Accidental Survivors Episode 017 - History That May Be Clean Special Episode - Relay For Life http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=257885#
We take the time to do a Special Episode for the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life (http://tinyurl.com/2ez9pq). Please take a few minutes to listen and make a pledge for Rob's wife Melodie who is taking part in the relay.

Go to this link (http://tinyurl.com/37cng5) and do a search for Melodie Wakefield. Pledge her any amount for the relay.

It will only take a moment to give a little bit and help a lot.
]]> Special Episodes Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:24:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=257885# 00:02:41 Accidental Survivors Special Episode - Relay for Life Clean Episode 016 - Game Design http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=253981# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
0one Games series "Dungeon Under the Mountain" and the free preview Rooms & Encounters: Black Idol.

FanExpo.

Daniel Perez's new podcast, The Digital Front.

David Gallant/Roudi's blog, postMODERNIZED.

Sons of Kryos

2. Feature - Game Design
Design Notes
An EN World thread devoted to Modern 2.0
CORE
Fear the Boot and the Group Template document
Champions
West End Games version of the Star Wars RPG.
Prime Time Adventures
ESOTerrorists
The first episode of the Fear the Boot game design series

All Games Considered

3. Inspiration
X-Men
Avengers
Chris Claremont
CBC Radio
Ultimate X-Men
Prison Break
The new Doctor Who
Walter George Bell's The Great Plague and The Great Fire
The War & European Society series
Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
Philadelphia Inquirer and the original Black Hawk Down serial
the Black Hawk Down movie
The Medak Pocket by Carol Off

4. Podcast News
A) The Digital Front
Hosted by Daniel M. Perez, The Digital Front is a podcast that addresses the e-distributed tabletop gaming market, one of the fastest growing segments of the gaming industry. The show features news from e-publishers and e-retailers, as well as anything having to do with the market; interviews with publishers and retailers doing business in the e-distributed gaming market; reviews of digital gaming products for tabletop gaming done by ex-RPGnow Staff Reviewer Mark Gedak; and general editorials exploring the state of this segment of the industry, and where it is headed.

The show is scheduled to release new episodes on a bi-weekly basis, with the occassional bonus episode from time to time. The podcast is being produced by Highmoon Media Productions, a media studio and publisher of roleplaying games also owned by Mr. Perez.

b) The Return of DLI
One of the originals, the Dragon's Landing Inn is back with episode Chupa 83. The episode includes a new segment called the Dragonâs Landing IndieBrew, in which Chris Perrin from the Canon Puncture podcast will be providing semi-regular reviews of the best in Indie Games.

5. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems has returned from layout. You should be seeing it soon!

Blutfahne an adventure for Blood & Relics. Nazis . . . I hate these guys.

]]> podcasts Sun, 9 Sep 2007 14:53:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=253981# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:15:57 rpg modern game design chuck rice blood Accidental Survivors Episode 016 - Game Design Yes Episode 015 - X Marks the Spot http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=248611# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
WotC announces 4e. There's a great interview on Pulp Gamer: Inside Track and lots of thoughts in the DnD Podcast. Expect plenty of news on the Tome and Groovy Gamers.
Wizards and Wiseguys from RPG Objects and the webcomic Alpha Shade

Nuketown Radio Active

2. Feature - X Marks the Spot
Modern Floorplans from 12 to Midnight and Fabled Environments
CIA World Factbook
Heroclix
Krak de Chevalier
Where Eagles Dare by Alistair MacLean
Holyrood Palace

Gamers Haven

3. Podcast News
A) the Ennies Awards: And the Winner Is . . .!
We want to congratulate Paul Tevis from Have Games Will Travel for winning the gold for Best Podcast at the Ennies. Yog Radio garnered the silver.

4. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> podcasts Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:58:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=248611# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:13:01 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game, maps, mapping Accidental Survivors Episode 015 - X Marks the Spot Clean Episode 014 - Feedback http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=241839# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Wizards and Wiseguys from RPG Objects
The House of the Harping Monkey - Season Five Episode 1: Story Games Mongoose Publishing's Big Announcement

Canon Puncture

2. Feature - Feedback
Forum Thread with all the feedback we've discussed here.
City of Heroes
Dragon's Landing Inn podcast and Episode 37 with Fraser and Rob.
The Central San Diego Role Playing Gamers Association at Meetup.com.
Aberrant discussion on the Forged RPG forums.
One of the "bounty hunters" in Afghanistan (not Iraq as mentioned in the podcast . . . mea culpa).
The Bounty Hunter Class, which James pointed out but actually didn't write. Yet another mea culpa or me. I need to pay more attention.

Gamemaster Show

3. Podcast News
A) RPGPodcasts.com
From Ryan Macklin, the man who brings you the Master Plan, RPGPodcasts.com is a directory of audio and video shows about role-playing games and other games, all freely available on the Internet. This gives a nice central location from which to browse podcasts that might be of interest. This has only recently seen the light of day, but go and have a look.

You can find it at rpgpodcasts.com/

B) Goblin, the Gaming Broadcast Network Facing Change
Goblin, the Gaming Broadcast Network, known by its famous GBNcom.com is changing its frontpage. They are going to more of a blog format, and its all very rough right now, but I like what I'm seeing so far. If you haven't checked it out, head on over there. Most of the big gaming podcasts are linked there, and they are doing a nice job of keeping things up to date.

You can find it at gbncom.com/.

5. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6.SEP News
Albenistan: Election Day available at YGN.com and e23
Kind words about Covert Forces Redux from Chuck Rice on his blog
Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense has gone to layout.
Get in on the SEP triva contest at the YGN.com message boards

]]> podcasts Sat, 4 Aug 2007 00:28:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=241839# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:22:48 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game Accidental Survivors Episode 014 - Feedback Clean Episode 013 - Flying Solo http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=237804# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
The Ennies nominees are in and the podcasts that are up for the award are Fear the Boot, Have Games, Will Travel, Godzilla Gaming, Sons of Kryos, and Yog Sothoth Radio. The honorable mention was awarded to Pulp Gamer
Green Ronin's True 20
Dragon Landings' Inn forums, where one would find info on CORE, and the Masks Play by Post

the Gamer Traveler

2. Feature - Flying Solo
Expeditious Retreat's line of 1 on 1 Adventures, including The Pleasure Prison of the B'thuvian Demon Whore
Fear of Girls
Traveller

The Master Plan

3. The Hook
This is stolen directly from Spartan

4. Podcast News
A) Fist Full of Comics (and Games) and the Harry Potter Contest
With the release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in theaters, Fist Full of Comics & Games is giving fans a chance to win prizes from Warner Brothers as well as some cool swag from our line of imprinted hero-ware. Fans have two chances to win. The first is a Trivia Contest with 12 questions based on the preceeding four Harry Potter films. Or second contest involves 'spellcasting' and will be of special interest to role-playing gamers. Check out the full contest details at http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/harrypotter/

5. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6.SEP News
Covert Forces Redux is now available at Your Games Now.

Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense is on its way for layout and art.

Albenistan: Election Day is now available at Your Games Now.

]]> podcasts Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:55:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=237804# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:10:37 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game, solitaire Accidental Survivors Episode 013 - Flying Solo Clean Episode 012 - Running A Superhero Game http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=224690# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
NASA opens space shuttle ride for the earthbound
Battlestar Galactica Ending After Fourth Season and Ron Moore's podcast
Rob has been re-reading the Marvel Star Wars comics.
Monte Cook's new World of Darkness game and the discussion at Forged RPGs
Dogs in the Vineyeard

Fist Full of Comics (and Games)

2. Feature - Running Superhero Games
Marvel Super Heroes RPG
Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels tri-stat and d20
RPG Object's Blood and Vigilance
Palladium's Heroes Unlimited
Hero Games' Champions
Dogs in the Vineyeard . . . again.
WotC's d20 Modern
Green Ronin Publishing's True 20
Evil Hat Productions' Fate
Grey Ghost Press' Fudge
Evil Hat Productions' Spirit of the Century

Mike Stackpole's "Fortress Draconis"

3. The Hook
This is stolen directly from Nextwave: Agents of HATE, but it also has a touch of the Nick Fury vs. SHIELD mini-series: Your group is part of a government covert (or overt) detachment assigned to ferreting out an evil terrorist plot. You are far more successful than anyone anticipates, and you actually uncover the power behind the plot: it's the very organization for which you work.
The organization may have been have been infiltrated long ago and slowly turned to become a tool of the terrorists, or perhaps the terrorist group is a creation of your organization, either wittingly to increase funding and support from the government or unwittingly as a black propaganda project that went wrong. Whatever the case, your bosses are the ones also running the badguys. Now, in order to stop a fiendish terrorist plot, your group has to go underground, use your organizations' assets against it, and destroy this threat to world peace.

4. Podcast News
A)GAMA Retailer Seminars Available Online from Pulp Gamer
The first of the seminars recorded at the 2007 GAMA Trade Show has just been released and is now available without charge. Pulp Gamer, a podcast provider specializing in non-electronic games,recorded the seminar tracks and will continue to release them on a regular schedule. They are available through iTunes, other leading podcast directories, and pulpgamer.com.

The seminars are designed to aid new and growing retailers. Topics range from the management and marketing of one store to managing multiple stores. Making these seminars freely available extends the reach of the GAMA Trade Show and will help a larger audience of retailers. With business ranking as one of the most popular podcast directories, the seminars will be reaching beyond the borders of the game industry and provide a service to other small businesses.

The GAMA Retailer Seminars are available at pulpgamer.com

B) Michael A Stackpole podcasts his novel "Fortress Draconis"
The epic fantasy novel "Fortress Draconis" is now a podcast, coming to you in weekly installments, read by the author, Michael A. Stackpole. Mr. Stackpole has been very active in podcasting, as well as being a prolific author who has New-York Times best-sellers to his credit. His podcast "the Secrets" is essential listening for aspiring writers. "Fortress Draconis" offers a rare opportunity to hear an author reading the entirety of one of his works for free.

"Fortress Draconis" is available at http://www.stormwolf.com/podcasts/fd/fdpreview.html

Also, don't forget the fantastic writers' podcast, I Should Be Writing, and the podiobook 7th Son from J.C. Hutchins.

5. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group on Facebook and leave comments for us there

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> podcasts Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:39:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=224690# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:25:04 d20, tri-stat, RPG, super, hero, superhero, comics, champions, vilains, vigilantes, heroes, unlimited Accidental Survivors Episode 012 - Running a Superhero Game Clean Episode 011 - Spandex and Trenchcoats: Superhero Characters http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=216245# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
South Korea plans code of ethics for robots
Lucas thinks Spider-man 3 is "silly"
Canadians Overpay Millions on Copyright Tax
Video Games Turn 40
YouTube wants meeting with U.S. military on Web ban

Geeklabel

2. Feature - Spandex and Trenchcoats: Superhero Characters
Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels
Marvel Super Heroes RPG
Fear The Boot
Ten techs that give you superpowers

Pulp Gamer

3. Inspiration
The Captain
Daredevil, especially the Born Again era
Black Bolt
Iron Man
Cloak

4. Podcast News
A) 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction and Pulp Gamer have both recently interviewed Chris Pramas

Why is this important? Listen to Accidental Survivors Episode 8 (Chainmail Bikini) and listen to Mr. Oh-So-Superior ridiculing the correct pronunciation of Green Ronin. Check out the interviews if you think I'm lying. Mr. Pramas did some research, and there is a correct way to pronounce the name, which Rob apparently does not know.

The 2d6 Feet episode can be found at http://www.2d6feet.com/?p=31 the Pulp Gamer episode can be found at
http://www.pulpgamer.com/2007/02/22/inside-track-012-chris-pramas-and-green-ronin/.

B) The Dragon Page: Cover to Cover
Probably everyone else in the podosphere has heard of this show before, but I have only recently caught on to it. I learned about it from Mike Stackpole's The Secrets Podcast. Cover to Cover is all about fantasy and science fiction literature. There are interviews with authors and industry insiders and lots of related chatter. Lots of interesting stuff for those of us out there who enjoy our spec fic lit.

5. Feedback
Marcos, we did not abandon you! We shall indeed discuss your email soon, but until that episode, everyone can discuss it at the Accidental Survivors' forum

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Covert Forces Redux is in layout. The writing for Election Day is about three-quarters done. We are now looking at art for Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense.

]]> podcasts Sat, 19 May 2007 00:41:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=216245# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:14:46 modern rpg superhero comics Accidental Survivors Episode 011 - Spandex and Trenchcoats: Superhero Characters Clean Episode 010 - Four Colour to Ashen Gray http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208849# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Walt Robillard (Kroh on the Forged RPG forums) and Dominique Sumner (DSumner) will be deployed to Iraq soon. We want to take the opportunity to wish them both well and let them know we will be remembering them in our prayers or in our thoughts
Stalker: Shadows Over Chernobyl and a review
Talisman comes to your computer

2. Feature - Four Colour to Ashen Gray: Superhero Campaigns
Guardians of Order's Silver Age Sentinels
Accidental Survivor's Episode 006 - Group Cohesion

3. Inspiration
The Invisibles
Planetary
Suicide Squad
Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E.
Spider-man
Spawn

4. The Hook
Courtesy of Rob.

5. Podcast News
Paul Tevis' "For A Few Games More"

6. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

7. SEP News
Covert Forces Redux has entered the editing stage. The pics have been compiled. Once the editing is finished, it'll head to layout and you should be seeing it in the second quarter of this year.

Work has begun on Election Day, an adventure for release through the "Modern Dispatch" subscription package, and through SEP. This is a short adventure set in Albenistan.

The writer of Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems, Craig Churchill, has handed in some rough drafts for Treasure Chest Unlocked: Incense. It is still in the early stages, but all indications are promising.

No Bloopers this time due to time constraints. There weren't that many good ones anyway.

]]> podcasts Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:10:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=208849# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:09:59 modern rpg superhero comics Accidental Survivors Episode 010 - Four Colour to Ashen Gray Clean Number 10 is In The Bag http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=204966#
Yeah, we're done recording episode 10, and it's in the editing stage now. Editing can be a lengthy process, so don't expect to see episode 10 up until the week of April 27.

Hope that's not too long of a wait. See you then!
]]> general Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:59:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=204966# Accidental Survivors No Episode 009 - Been Caught Scene Stealing http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=200145# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

Don't forget the Joe Murphy Memorial Fund at http://www.joemurphymemorialfund.org

1. News & Views
The Accidental Survivors are on MySpace
Gen Con Trade Day, thanks to Daniel at the Gamer Traveler for the scoop
Great Canadian Baycon, thanks to Raptor from the forums for the link
New Highlander RPG being produced by Margaret Weis Productions using the same system as Serenity
Green Ronin's Black Company
Adamant Entertainment's Imperial Age
WotC's Star Wars SAGA edition

2. Feature - Been Caught Scene Stealing
Blade Runner and the Roy Baty chase.
Kill Bill Vol 1 and the Crazy 88s
Accidental Survivors Episode 002: Kung-Fu Fighting
The Warriors
Spider-Man and the fate of Uncle Ben.

3. Inspiration
As above, with reference to:
Sin City and the Marv story "The Hard Goodbye"

4. Podcast News
A)Horror on the Orient Express Audio Game - Full Steam Ahead!
For those who enjoyed Yog-Sothoth's last Call of Cthulhu audio campaign, the Masks of Nyarlathotep, well here's the beginning of a new one for 2007. The Bradford players have got on board the Cthulhu train again as they make their way into the classic Horror on the Orient Express campaign from Chaosium.

The episodes are available in MP3 format, but this time are released in even higher quality, 96KBPS stereo (twice that of before) and feature 3D Surround Sound, so you can hear where the players are around the games table, as if you were in the middle of it all. (Try Episode 01 on headphones for full effect.)

So, feel free to follow along as the new party receive a phone call and an old friend asks a small favour...

You can find a selection of materials in support of the audio game via: http://www.yog-sothoth.com/express including handouts, party photos and initial character sheets, so jump on board! You can find more information at http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=358

B. Pulp Gamer posts report of Games Expo 2007
Don Dehm walked the floor at Games Expo 2007 gathering information you can hear at Pulp Gamer. There are interviews with a number of influential members of our industry, including Mark Simmons, Klaus Teuber, Guido Teuber, and Peter Adkison. You can hear it all at Pulp Gamer at http://www.pulpgamer.com/.

5. Feedback
Looking for games? Some ideas are:
EN World has a Gamers Seeking Gamers section at http://www.enworld.org/forumdisplay.php?f=49
For D&D or d20, Wizards has an RPG Gamer Classifieds at http://boards1.wizards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=347
There's the RPG Registry at http://www.rpgregistry.com/
There's Access Denied, which got one or two of the Accidental Survivors together at http://www.accessdenied.net/

Salcor mentioned Succubus Justice

Make sure you listen to Nuketown Radio Active

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to our section at the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Get ready for Covert Forces Redux. It should be out the second quarter of 2007.

SEP will be part of Your Games Now April Customer Appreciation Giveaway.

]]> podcasts Wed, 4 Apr 2007 20:36:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=200145# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:12:13 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game, movies, adapted Accidental Survivors Episode 009 - Been Caught Scene Stealing Clean Episode 008 - Chainmail Bikini http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=195205# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
ViaCom suing YouTube
Feast, a great campy horror movie
WEG Returns
Connor is currently learning how to move himself around . . . hide your daughters . . . especially the very young ones.

2. Feature - Chainmail Bikini
Wizards of the Coast survey from 1999.
Women Gamers: Because Women DO Play
Female In Distress cover for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition
Some, Examples of Cheesecake, Covers from Avalanche Press.
D&D Iconic Characters
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Ryan Dancey Interview at Fear the Boot

Blue Rose from Green Ronin

3. Inspiration
Long Kiss Goodnight
Nikita or Point of No Return
Eowyn, Shieldmaiden of Rohan
Charmed
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Red Sonja in the awesome comics (from Dynamite Entertainment not Dark Horse Comics--mea culpa) and the horrible, horrible movie
Alias and its lead character Sydney Bristow

4. The Hook
Which you can find in the Plot Seed thread at the Sword's Edge Publishing forums.

5. Podcast News
A) Gamer Traveler Begins!
Daniel Perez of Highmoon Media, a role-playing game publisher, has re-started the Gamer Traveler podcast. Now, this used to be a section on Dragon's Landing Inn, and it was always a lot of fun. Now it's on its own. Episode 0--an introduction--and Episode 1--on Warwick Castle--are up. Go have a listen. I'm subscribing to this one. It's great. It's a one man podcast, but Daniel is an animated host and he maintains a good pace, or else he puts a lot of time into editing. Whatever the case, its great fun to listen to and a definite quality podcast. You can find it at www.thegamertraveler.com

B) 2006 Geekies Awards at GeeksOn
Geeks On, the podcast about all things geekie, has had their second annual Geekies awards, voted on through their forums. Not only are there awards for best animated movie, best actor, and best geek TV show, but also hottest actress and actor. The voting is done, but the podcast itself includes the hosts' picks and lots of banter about the various categories. Geeks On is always fun and this is a good introduction if you've never listened before. Check it out at geekson.com

4. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> podcasts Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:06:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=195205# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:16:45 d20 modern role-playing women sexism Accidental Survivors Episode 008 - Chainmail Bikini Clean Trying on the Chainmail Bikini http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=193037# general Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:32:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=193037# Accidental Survivors No Episode 007 - Criminal Intentions http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187747# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Your Games Now celebrate GM's Day with a huge sale
Skortched Urf' Studios presents Mia Famiglia: The Lodovico Crime Family
Lord of the Rings Online the Shieldmaiden of Rohan Report
The Black Donnellys

2. Feature - Criminal Intentions
The Good, The Bady, and the Ugly (note: 'the Ugly'/Tuco was played by Eli Wallach)
Scarface
Sin City
The Corruptor
Replacement Killers

3. Inspiration
Thief
John Woo's movies, especially the Better Tomorrow series, the Killer and Hard-Boiled.
Shadowrun
The Professional

4. The Hook

Care of Villain Talk

5. Podcast News

A) The After Serenity podcast has gained a new co-host (Mario Dongu from Geek Corps Radio), and Erin has stepped back to guest host so she can write more modules. You can visit After Serenity at www.afterserenity.com.

B) The Game Master Show, a new podcast on how to become a better game master (and player) that includes actual play sessions and critiques of those sessions. It will be starting soon, and the web site is already online. Feel free to visit and sign up for the forums. You can visit The Game Master Show at www.thegamemastershow.com.

C) The Pulp Gamer podcast will be releasing an interview with Reiner Knizia very soon. Reiner Knizia is a German-style board game designer from, you guessed it, Germany. And along with that interview, the Pulp Gamer guys recently finished an interview with Tracy Hickman. Keep an eye on their website for information on the release of those interviews. And don' forget that Pulp Gamer will be podcasting from Games Expo. You can find the Pulp Gamer at www.pulpgamer.com

4. Feedback

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

5. SEP News
Fraser's story "Flotsam Jewel" is slated to appear in the June issue of the speculative fiction journal Forgotten Worlds.

All SEP products are 25% off at Your Games Now for their GM Day's sale.

]]> podcasts Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:01:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=187747# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:03:58 d20 modern role-playing crime mafia criminals clint eastwood Accidental Survivors Episode 007 - Criminal Intentions Clean Episode 006 - Group Cohesion http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=182929# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
"Battlestar Galactica" space combat game this fall
Windows Vista released - Early Adopters Beware!
We've got reviews for Smokin Aces and The Messengers at the forums
More Vista fun!

2. Feature - Group Cohesion
Fear the Boot's Group Template
Group Template example
For similar resources, check out the Resource Page
the Dragon's Landing Inn

3. Inspiration
Predator
Tears of the Sun
Heat
Ronin
Boondock Saints
The Seven Samurai
Die Hard
13th Warrior

4. Feedback

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> podcasts Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:09:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=182929# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:05:31 modern, rpg, d20 , role-playing, game, group, players Accidental Survivors Episode 006 - Group Cohesion Clean Special Episode 002 - Podcast Process http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=179623# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Red Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Alien Quadrilogy
Your Games Now tip of the Day
Blood and Guts 2: GM's Guide to WWII
Ronin Arts and Expeditious Retreat Press leave OBS

2. Feature - Podcast Process
Audacity
PowerGramo
Adobe Audition
PodProducer

4. Podcast News
Fear The Boot Game Design Series
First episode of Square One up
BBC's In Our Time history podcast

5. Feedback

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Treasure Chest Unlocked: Gems.
SEP now available at Your Games Now and Paizo.com. Sword's Edge, the free fantasy and science fiction e-zine from Sword's Edge Publishing, will cease to publish
Covert Forces Redux is in the works.

]]> Special Episodes Thu, 8 Feb 2007 02:19:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=179623# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:35:14 Accidental Survivors Special Episode 2 Clean Episode 005 - Illegal Aliens http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=168977# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
YourGamesNow
RPG Objects and Chuck Rice's World War 2 project
Shadows Over Camelot from Days of Wonder
Alien Vs. Predator 2
Alien Invasion at Lulu.com

2. Feature - Illegal Aliens
Alien Conspiracies
War of the Worlds
Rowdy Roddy Piper
Marvel comics' Celestials
Cthulu
H.P. Lovecraft
Reptoids
The Greys

3. Inspiration
V
They Live
4400
Invasion
Alien Nation and the TV Series
The Hidden
Earth: Final Conflict
Slither
Critters
Creepshow
the Tommyknockers
Pulse

4. The Hook
No linkage. Plenty above.

4. Feedback
Ain't It Cool News Casino Royale review.
Michael.Tresca.net
Highlander and the TV Series
Highlander: the Immortals
Highlander: the Gathering
Do You Want to Live Forever?

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

]]> podcasts Tue, 9 Jan 2007 06:02:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=168977# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:55:54 aliens, conspiracy, invasion, d20, modern, rpg Accidental Survivors Episode 004 - Illegal Aliens Clean It's Christmas! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=162777# Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from all of us at Sword's Edge Publishing!

]]> general Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:10:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=162777# Accidental Survivors No Accidental Survivors Special Episode 001 - Resources http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=162245# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music

This is the one without the witty banter, without the other hosts, and with Fraser blabbing on forever about resources he uses in his game (like anyone would care). No edits. No format. No worries.

Some General Reference Resources

Wikipedia

Google News

CIA World Fact Book

Security web sites like FAS or Global Security

Military Resources

Armed forces websites, for example Canada's Army, Navy, and Air Force

Defenselink, the Department of Defense website

SOCNET

SEP's forum at ForgedRPG

TACLINK

Character Generators

RPG Objects Modern Character Generator

PC Gen

Product Pimpage

I didn't mention it, but check out SEP's cool stuff

Blood & Guts 2: Modern Military

Blood & Fists

Blood & Secrets

Ultramodern Firearms

Modern Player's Companion

and don't forget cool free stuff from Mike Tresca

]]> Special Episodes Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:18:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=162245# 00:40:13 Accidental Survivors Special Episode 1 Clean Episode 004 - Magic and Monsters in Modern Games: Justifying The Weirdness http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=152142# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Cosmic Object Impacts
Nextwave Agents of HATE will be ending
Planetary 26 finally out.
Spider-Man 3 teaser trailer
Machine Gun Sentry Robot
White Wolf and CCP (makers of Eve Online) have merged.

2. Feature - Magic and Monsters in Modern Games: Justifying The Weirdness
Walt Simonson and Thor
Frankenstein
X-Files

3. Inspiration
Global Frequency
the Anubis Gate
Spider-Man
Harry Potter
Supernatural

4. The Hook
Adventures from WotC
Them!

4. Feedback
Blue Devil Games and Dawning Star.

You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

6. SEP News
Modern Dispatch: Line Zero

]]> podcasts Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:27:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=152142# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:05:27 modern rpg magic monster super hero Accidental Survivors Episode 004 - Magic and Monsters in Modern Games: Justifying The Weirdness Clean Accidental Survivors Promo Spot http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=148435# ]]> Promos Sun, 5 Nov 2006 20:58:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=148435# Accidental Survivors No Accidental Survivors Episode 003 - the Horror Show http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=146782# Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music

Thanks to our special guest, Preston DuBose from 12 to Midnight

1. News & Views
Expedition to Castle Ravenloft and WotC's D&D Podcast
Politically Incorrect Games and "Disposable Heroes"
Military Exoskeleton

2. Feature - Horror Show
Bloodlines
Fear Effects
Chickens in the Mist
Year of the Zombie
White Wolf
warhammer FRPG
OGL Horror
Grim Tales
Pinebox Basics
RPG Library
New Moon Investigations

3. Inspiration
Dog Soldiers
Aliens
George Romero
Urban Dead
Poltergeist
John Steakley's "Vampire$"
John Carpenter's Vampires
The Ring

4. Feedback
You can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

You can hop on over to the ForgedRPG forums at www.forgedrpg.com

You can call or fax us at 206-222-2519

You can leave us an ODEO.

5.Podcast News
Square One Podcast
Second Life
The Domain of Apokolipz
Voice of the Revolution

6. SEP News
NPG Rangers

And here's an Accidental Survivors' scoop, never before (we believe) revealed (we think) anywhere (probably)

12 to Midnight products coming soon!
Fire in the Hole, a follow up to Weekend Warriors
Wild Things, a fantasy adventure
The Beast Within, a Pinebox adventure
ETU campaign Setting, coming in 2007 ]]> podcasts Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:34:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=146782# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 01:05:01 Halloween horror d20 Accidental Survivors Episode 3 - The Horror Show Clean Accidental Survivors Episode 2.5 - Combat Operations http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=142915# sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Battle Hymn" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
North Korea has a nuke! An article from the Korean Times.
The Pritzker Military Library podcasts.
Coming on DVD: the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon
Neverwinter Nights 2 should be out soon.
The TV series "Heroes."

2. Feature - Combat Operations
Military Operations Other Than War defined in Wikipedia.
An example of a Provincial Recontruction Team working in Afghanistan.
Resources from Fear the Boot including the group template and questionnaire.

3. Inspiration Time
Black Hawk Down, the movie and especially the book.
the Unit, the official website.
Ultimate Force at Wikipedia.
Battlefield 2 at Wikipedia
Metal Gear at Wikipedia

4. Feedback:
Troy's site is at http://tholaday.iweb.bsu.edu/otr101/. Enjoy!

You can contact us through:
accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca
http://www.forgedrpg.com/
call or fax us at 206-222-2519
or
send us an ODEO

5. Resources
No SEP news this episode--everything's different this time around, so instead, how about a list of resources for your military game? Yeah, lots of SEP stuff in there. Still, check out the reviews--it's good stuff!

RPGNow: d20 Modern/Military: If you're looking for d20 military stuff, this is where it's at--for download!

Covert Forces: A resource for any spec ops campaign. Filled with flavour but very little crunch.

Canada's CSRS: This short PDF tells all about a fictional, Canadian spec ops unit. Easily adaptable to any military or paramilitary force.

B&G2: In Her Majesty's Service: A supplment for RPG Object's Blood & Guts 2: Modern Military all about the spec ops and elite forces from the United Kingdom.

B&G2: Military Training Manual: The core book for any d20 military campaign. Full of classes, feats, and skill applications to give your campaign the proper feel and your players the proper tools.

B&G2: Special Operations Command: The B&G2 spec ops supplement for the United States. Packed with templates for a wide variety of SOC units, from Airforce Combat Controllers to Delta Force.

Teams SAS: A ready-made SAS Patrol along with notes on equipment.

The Counter Terrorism Assaulter: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. This one's a high-speed, low-drag door kicker, ready to clear the room and save the day.

The Special Operations Marksman: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. Not just a deadshot, but part ghost and part predator, invisibly stalking prey on the battlefield.

Spec Ops Recce: A prestige class from SEP's acclaimed Roles & Classes line. When your survival is at stake, whether in the jungle or the desert, this master of recon will keep you safe and get you where you need to go.

And for adventures:
The Albenistan Series: A collection of 3 adventures, which can be purchased separately, that combine in a single story arc. First you find out about a threat, then you find out things are worse than you thought, then you pretty much have to save the world . . . or at least one little part of it. Spec ops at its most exhilarating! Would I lie to you?

]]> podcasts Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:34:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=142915# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:46:19 d20 Modern military spec ops Accidental Survivors Episode 2.5 - Combat Operations Clean Yes, We Are Late http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=142775# Hey All

Okay, big delay and I'm sorry about that. We won't have a regular show for you this time, but I will get something up to hold you over until the next real episode. I mean, I know you can't go on without your Accidental Survivors fix.

Give me some sugar, baby.

Fraser

]]> podcasts Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:12:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=142775# Accidental Survivors No Espionage! http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=141396# Fistful of Comics (and Games) has an epsiode all about Espionage. Check it out while you wait for our next podcast (it's on the way, just delayed, and it's my fault)

Accidental Fraser
]]> general Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:12:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=141396# Accidental Survivors No Alien Invasion Available http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=138217# Alien Invasion is now available at RPG Now.

I'm a little biased, as I got a preview copy and had David Gallant--one of the editors--as a guest host on episode 2, but I have to say that Alien Invasion looks good. The layout is really eye-catching. I've only skimmed it rather than read through it completely, but it looks pretty darn interesting. There's a great history of alien contact that got me hooked. If you are running an X-Files type campaign, or even an Independence Day campaign, you'll find plenty of good background info here.

See ya around
Fraser
]]> general Sun, 8 Oct 2006 00:59:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=138217# Accidental Survivors No Finally saw Crank http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=138200#
So I finally saw Crank, the movie we talked about in Episode 1. It's a fun movie, much in the vein of Transporter 2 (which also had someone injected with a sci-fi serum). It's easy, escapist entertainment, but it's not great. If you want to see Jason Statham kicking butt (and having sex in front of Korean schoolgirls), then check it out. There really isn't much to mine from this movie for your campaign, but Statham does a great job of playing tough guy.
]]> general Sun, 8 Oct 2006 00:10:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=138200# Accidental Survivors No Accidental Survivors Episode 002 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=137236# sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Black Reign" by COMEG from the album Savage

1. News & Views: 
Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassady. There's also the hilarious Nextwave, Agents of H.A.T.E. and the interesting The Authority
The EN World post "Early morning phone calls, death threats and other strangeness" that introduced me to Alien Invasion
DrivethruRPG has a free download of CJ Carella's Witchcraft RPG
Jericho, the TV series.
China's EAST Fusion Reactor from Discovery.ca

Check out:
Fist Full of Comics (and games)
and
the Dragon's Landing Inn

2. Feature: Kung-Fu Fighting
Blood & Fists

Check out:
All Games Considered
and
Gamer: the Podcasting

3. Inspiration Time:
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Great Challenge
Parkour
and some Parkour videos; Angry Chicken, Toyota Ad, Home-made Russian video ("Russian Climbing")
Hero


4. Feedback:
accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca
http://www.forgedrpg.com/
call or fax us at 206-222-2519
or
send us an ODEO

5. SEP News:
Teams: Hit Squad, Available at RPG Now.
Mundus Novit, the Changed World . . . more information forthcoming.

Don't forget to listen to
Fear the Boot
Geekson
and
The Round Table by House of the Harping Monkey


]]> podcasts Thu, 5 Oct 2006 00:02:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=137236# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:59:52 Planetary, Parkour, Martial Arts, Kung Fu, Jericho, Witchcraft Accidental Survivors Episode 2 Clean New Casino Royale Trailer http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=134331#
Figured that this might be of interest to those who enjoyed our last podcast. IMDB.com has a new Casino Royale trailer up. Looks good. Lots of action and no hints of any silly gadgets. Could this be a return to old-style Bond action? We can hope!
]]> general Tue, 26 Sep 2006 15:45:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=134331# Accidental Survivors No Accidental Survivors Episode 001 http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=132300# sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing
Podcast music is "Black Reign" by COMEG from the album Savage

1. News & Views: 
Crank
The Wicker Man and the original movie
The Protector and Ong Bak
the Casino Royale trailer

2. Feature: In-Game Bonding
James Bond
James Bond RPG
Top Secret/Top Secret SI

3. Inspiration Time:  
From Russia With Love
Goldeneye
Live And Let Die, the novel and the movie
 
4. Feedback:
accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca
http://www.forgedrpg.com/
call or fax us at 206-222-2519
or
send us an ODEO

5. SEP News:  
Blood &Guts 2: In Her Majesty's Service, Available at RPG Now, EN World Game Store and Steve Jackson Game's e23.
Sword's Edge ezine
NPG: Bards, Available at RPG Now.

We are listening to:
the Dragon's Landing Inn
Fear the Boot
Gamer: the Podcasting
Geekson
The Round Table by House of the Harping Monkey


]]> podcasts Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:21:00 GMT http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=132300# accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca 00:57:16 James Bond Accidental Survivors Episode 1 Clean