Thanks Rob for taking care of this!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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