ESCAPIST UPDATE - November 30th, 2007

November 30, 2007 from The Escapist
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DEAD RISE AT BALL STATE - Over 400 students at Ball State University participated in a live-action roleplaying game called "Humans Versus Zombies." With a horde of three zombies an[...]
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Edition War

November 29, 2007 from Save Or Die!
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Come on, you knew it was coming eventually. Since this blog is still in its initial stages, I'm getting all of the old chestnuts out of the way. This way you'll know where I'm coming from when I hit some more obscure t[...]
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Episode 020: Starting a New Campaign

November 29, 2007 from Accidental Survivors
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WARNING: Instances of 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 R[...]
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Episode 020a: Jimmy Stewart Visits

November 29, 2007 from Accidental Survivors
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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[...]
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Hardcore Quests in RPGs

November 28, 2007 from The Elder Thoughts
Filed under: AD&D, RPG, RPG Hub

One of the things that WoW uses in it's simplest form is the "hardcore quests" (or high-level quests). Adventures targeted to high-level characters, usually requiring special equipment (which means raiding [...]
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Save or Die: An Introduction

November 26, 2007 from Save Or Die!
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Welcome to the first installment of Save or Die!, a blog devoted to Dungeons and Dragons in all of its myriad permutations and incarnations. My name is Nathan, and quite obviously I'm the man who'll be writing this thin[...]
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The Tome Ep 35 Luke Johnson

November 21, 2007 from The Tome Show
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Welcome to back to the Tome. In this episode we have an interview with Luke Johnson, writer for Goodman Games, WotC, and more. As usual the Tome is a member of Goblin, the Gaming Broadcast Network. In this episode you g[...]
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Nottingham Winter ‘07

November 19, 2007 from The Core Worlds
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Friday night and I set off for Nottingham. I started by going south from the office to Oprington to avoid the most expensive railway line in the country. Things would have worked out better if Jim hadn’t got lost t[...]
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The Tome Ep 34: Iron Kingdoms CG

November 13, 2007 from The Tome Show
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Another episode so quick? That’s right, when it rains it pours. This time along it’s another awesome review from Chris Engler, formerly of the Carpe GM podcast (although he’s hung up the podcasting hat,[...]
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Blooper Reel - Episode 019

November 12, 2007 from Accidental Survivors
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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 listener[...]
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Episode 019 - Campaign Design

November 12, 2007 from Accidental Survivors
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Traveller open playtest

November 12, 2007 from The Core Worlds
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Mongoose have released a playtest document for Traveller. I’ve only skimmed it so far, and it seems to be little more than character generation, skill resolution and combat rules, but what it does have looks quite [...]
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The Tome Ep 33: Complete Arcane

November 11, 2007 from The Tome Show
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It’s an oldie but a goodie. That’s right, this time around the Tome looks at Complete Arcane with William. He and I actually recorded this over the summer (sooo, so long ago) and it was a lot of fun it just t[...]
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