What else can be said about the Gate 9 crew? Well, a lot of stuff. Vincent gonna eat a self-replicating weapon of mass destruction. Maybe.
2018-03-27 21:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We had a full group with special guest player Bas for a new scenario I playtested, about the hunt for an escaped fugitive.
2018-03-22 20:49:29 +0000 UTC View PostWe have recorded 3 episodes of Don't Cross the Stream now, so you should have a sense of what we go for when we record it. What other movies or shows should we watch? Some guidelines:
Titles on Netflix are far more likely to be picked because we all have it. Not opposed to using other streaming sites, but only legal ones will be accepted. We do not advocate for piracy.
I am not interested in going over major Hollywood titles - I prefer to look at more obscure titles.
Movies t...
2018-03-18 22:56:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I was inspired to run a game of The Spirit of 77, based on the Warriors and a few other 70s themed stories. See what happens after the events of the movie, when the Warriors call for the help of a group of unusual troubleshooters.
2018-03-15 21:53:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Gantz is a hyper violent sci-fi battle royale series popular in Japan. It started as a manga, became an anime, then two live action movies, and now a CGI movie. Gantz: O adapts a story arc deep in the story, appearing over halfway through the main plot. Bridget, Fae, Thad, Richard, and I discuss what we thought of the movie and how it could be turned into a game.
Song: Nostalgi by Knasibas
2018-03-12 23:50:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The Gate 9 travels to a mystical realm in search of mystical artifacts! Enjoy and thanks for supporting the RPPR Patreon!
2018-03-09 19:56:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I experienced several new means of transportation in my recent vacation, including tuk-tuks and catamarans. It made me wonder what vehicles in RPGs would work best in the real world? Aaron, Shaun, Tom, and I discuss some options. We also review:
Aaron ran a fun one shot DG scenario, first for Patreon backers and now for the RPPR cast! Enjoy!
2018-03-04 23:45:19 +0000 UTC View Post
From this episode - A group of loyal retainers meets with a spy master while on a mission from their lord. From left to right: Ogata Futomimi (Richard), Kiga Koyata (Ross, standing) Majima Shinsuke (Noah, stumbling) NPC spymaster, Tirasawa Sento (Aaron), Kiga Hana (Dario), and Hamada Kasoke (Fae).
Shaun ran a followup Sprawl game, this focused on hackers breaking into a remote military facility, populated with AI guardians. It was quite fun!
2018-02-26 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We finish our grand tour of the Wilderlands with Bridget, Noah, and Richard as they discuss various aquatic elf colonies, dungeons that you can speedrun, and fountains of aging, among other attractions.
Song: The Woods by Lindsay Lang
2018-02-22 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The Gate 9 team heads to Hawaii in this episode! Gotta fight the evil cults there. For reasons. Enjoy!
2018-02-21 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Tom ran a one shot horror game about mountain climbing using the DG rule set last year. It was fun but I am now just getting to it because I am a horrible monster or something. Enjoy!
2018-02-16 12:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post
We're continuing on our epic tour of the Wilderlands! Dan, David, and Tom discuss their ideas for a vacation. Pirates, dwarven festivals, and islands filled with frogs are only some of the attractions we'll experience.
Song: The First Battle by Lindsay Lang
2018-02-14 15:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bridget ran a great game of Shadowrun featuring me, Richard, Thad, Aaron, and Dario. Enjoy!
2018-02-11 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Wilderlands of High Fantasy is billed as the most detailed fantasy setting ever written. I own the boxed set, which contains 2 books (over 500 pages altogether) and 9 double-sided maps, depicting 18 regions. Each map has a hex grid and each hex is numbered. The books largely consists of descriptions of various hexes in each region.
Wouldn't it be a...
2018-02-07 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The Gate 9 crew goes on a journey to a fantastical realm as part of a greater quest to save the world from evil!
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2018-02-07 01:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
As we discussed in episode 2 of Don't Cross the Stream, a game about surviving a blockbuster movie as a secondary character seems way more interesting than playing as the main hero. Bridget actually wrote a draft of that game and it includes lots of random tables. Enjoy!
2018-02-06 03:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe is a weird movie. It is ostensibly a Chinese summer blockbuster sci-fi action movie, but it's more like 3 or 4 movies in one. There's aliens, kaiju, the Chinese Red Army's secret archeological unit, an Elvis impersonator who sings about Genghis Khan, dramatic shifts in tone, and undead werewolves (I think).
Bridget, Caleb, Fae, Thad, and I all watched the movie and an...
2018-02-04 07:16:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Shaun ran a great game with a highly original concept last night. We totally fucked up the investigation with some poor decisions and bad dice rolls. Enjoy!
2018-02-01 22:03:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A summation of Caleb's unforgettable scenario, Somewhere Lane. Travel is more fun when you bring a friend along...
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Tom, Shaun, and I tried out a new sci-fi RPG called Synthicide! It was pretty fun so we'll probably play it again. Thanks for backing the RPPR Patreon.
2018-01-26 20:17:20 +0000 UTC View Post
More Gate 9! The crew fights off two cults vying for a powerful artifact! Will someone make a pact with a powerful magical being?
2018-01-21 07:53:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Bridget ran another game set in feudal Japan, with the same cast of characters from the Fangs of Winter. Enjoy!
2018-01-15 17:31:17 +0000 UTC View Post
As we discussed in our first episode of Don't Cross the Stream, Steven Seagal can appear in his movies at any time. Thad wrote up a series of tables to aid GMs if they want to use Seagal in their own game.
I think we will write a special PDF for every episode of Don't Cross the Stream to help distingui...
2018-01-10 19:36:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I wrote a shotgun scenario for the 2017 contest. IT DIDN'T WIN BUT THAT'S FINE. Anyway, I ran it for Tom, Shaun, and Aaron. Enjoy!
2018-01-10 02:48:36 +0000 UTC View Post
In our first episode, Tom, Aaron, Shaun, and special guest Thad examine one of Steven Seagal's more recent efforts: Force of Execution. It's about, uh, crime? It's on Netflix, if you dare want to watch it.
If you are missing Wod The Heck, I recently wrote a blog post about why we are switching shows.
So over the last week, I have been thinking about the World of Darkness and how to make it entertaining. The Montreal book turns out to be a Black Dog title, which means it is extremely edgelord in the "Let's ape Clive Barker as hard as we can" kind of way.
Then I found out that Onyx Path published a new Werewolf book, Changing Ways, (Old World of Darkness Werewolf) that states that Garou are anti-vaccine. I remember making the argument that Changelings would be anti-vaxxers as an absurd...
2018-01-09 06:52:14 +0000 UTC View Post
More Gate 9! This time they are dealing with a biobuddy gym. It's going to be great.
2018-01-04 22:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
A comic series about evil Next Generation Star Trek has come to my attention so we spend most of this episode dissecting it and how this can be applied to RPGs. Sleeveless swole Picard steals the Enterprise so he can go murder Klingons. In other words, he's a murderhobo.
Shaun also reviews an adventure from Dungeon Nov/Dec 2000 about a unicorn missing its horn.
Song: Phase Mirror by Nosoapradio_US ...
2018-01-02 23:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post