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RPPR Episode 46: PvP is tearing us apart Jun 03, 2010

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Role playing is a collaborative hobby but conflicts between players and the GM inevitably arise. Cody, Dan, Tom and I discuss how adversarial gaming can affect your game and how to deal with it. RJ and I also talk about the new online tabletop section of the RPPR forums and

RPPR Presents: 3 Fan fictions as read by Cody May 20, 2010

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RPPR regular Cody reads 3 classics of fan fiction: The Music Destroyer, Guess Who, and Napoleon Dynamite in the Outer Space. This is accompanied by Beethoven’s Concerto no 5 in E flat major.

RPPR Episode 45: Of Dice and Men May 04, 2010

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For this episode, we have Cody and RJ as guests and we discuss how to deal with improbable and implausible player devised plans. While heist movies are based on elaborate schemes, does every game need a 20 step plan in order to slip past a single guard? We also talk

RPPR Episode 44: Don’t Hate the Game Apr 14, 2010

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In this episode, we have a special guest: Mike from Bear Swarm. We discuss why edition wars and hating on games in discussions is a pointless endeavor and why people endlessly flame each other over them. We also talk about Catalyst Game Labs and of course, Tom has a letter.

RPPR Episode 43: Forcing Friends and Brainwashing Enemies Mar 27, 2010

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Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Codex of War Ransom! In this episode, Cody, Tom and I discuss the use of social skills against other players, because of this blog post. When I ran a game at Fear the Con, I disallowed a player to use a persuasion skill

RPPR Episode 42: Sense of Wonder Mar 09, 2010

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New Rewards for the Codex of War Ransom! Have Ross run a game of YOUR CHOICE over Skype! In this episode we discuss how to add a sense of wonder to your game. Tabletop RPGs are only limited by your imagination yet too many games are dull dungeon crawl affairs

RPPR Presents: A Trio of Fanfiction readings Feb 28, 2010

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CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT RPPR AND THE NEW WORLD CAMPAIGN! GET 10 PREVIEW ACTUAL PLAY EPISODES. HAVE YOUR CHARACTER WRITTEN INTO THE NEW WORLD CAMPAIGN. LISTEN TO CODY’S UNEDITED READING OF MY IMMORTAL! In this fanfiction reading, Chris, Jason and I each read a timeless classic. Jason reads Batman: Nemesis

RPPR Episode 41: The Smoking d20 Feb 17, 2010

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Zombies of the World: a web series from RPPR co-host Ross Payton. Visit the Zombies of the World website and tell your friends about it! The Codex of War: A New World Campaign PDF ransom is up! Donate now to make sure we meet the goal! Synopsis: Running a mystery

RPPR Presents: My Immortal Jan 28, 2010

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My Immortal is one of the most infamous fanfictions on the Internet. Cody reads the first four chapters, the opening of a goffik epic. I can’t really add on to that. Prepare for the darkest, most dramatic saga of this generation. Or not.

RPPR Episode 40: First Time GMing Jan 19, 2010

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In this episode, we have two guests, Cody and Aaron, to help us dispense advice for newbie game masters and share stories of our novice attempts at running a game. Plus the usual letter from Tom, an anecdote and an explanation of the phrase “There’s monsters in the school, Tom.”

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