The Square One Podcast

Episode: 4
Air Date: March 17, 2008
Subject: Dice and Fortune

Links to RPGs and other sites mentioned in (and related to) the episode:

FUDGE RPG: http://www.fudgerpg.com
Make your own FUDGE dice: http://www.fudgefactor.org/2001/12/01/babys_first_fudge_dice.html

Tooth & Claw: http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=17893&it=1

Chessex: www.chessex.com
Picture of the Chessex booth at Gen Con 2007 - look for the large bin of loose dice in the foreground: http://picasaweb.google.com/jhunterj/GenCon2007/photo#5100569166045402818

Star Wars (d6) RPG - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_role-playing_game_(WEG)

1001 Nights - http://www.nightskygames.com/

Bill’s retired dice from 1981 (even older than he thought!) - http://fossilapostle.livejournal.com/152232.html

Deadlands (classic) - http://www.smithandrobards.com/index.php?cPath=1_18

Castle Falkenstein - http://www.talsorian.com/cfindex.shtml

The Shab-al-Hiri Roach - http://www.bullypulpitgames.com/games/index.php?game=roach

Torg - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torg

Baron Munchausen RPG - http://index.rpg.net/display-entry.phtml?mainid=163

Marvel RPG - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe_Roleplaying_Game

Crystal Caste - http://www.crystalcaste.com/

Q-Workshop - http://q-workshop.com

We forgot to mention the fantastic Dice Collector page, home of the world’s largest dice collection, during this episode - http://www.dicecollector.com/

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SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION SECTION
Be sure to visit our other sites and projects:

Sam Chupp
The Bear’s Grove Podcast: www.bearsgrove.com
Dragonkin Podcast: dragonkin.bearsgrove.com
Heart of the Hunter: www.heartofthehunter.com

Bill Walton
The Escapist: www.theescapist.com
The Escapistcast: www.theescapist.com/escapistcast
The Young Person’s Adventure League: www.theescapist.com/ypal

The Square One Podcast is released under a Creative Commons License, Attribution, No Derivatives, No Commercial Use 3.0.

Bill says: Please wait an hour after eating before swimming in the dice pool.

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 Episode 4: Dice: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Episode: 3
Air Date: Februrary 03, 2008
Subject: Creating Characters (and giving them character)

Links to RPGs and other sites mentioned in the episode:

FUDGE RPG: http://www.fudgerpg.com

Marvel Super Heroes RPG: http://www.marvelrpg.net - Download it for free! (Legally!)

Truth and Justice RPG: http://www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/tj.asp

Spirit of the Century RPG: http://www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=103

The Secret Lives of Gingerbread Men RPG: http://wicked-dead.com/gingerbread

The Story Games Name Project: http://www.lulu.com/content/404111

The Prime Time Adventures RPG: http://www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION SECTION
Be sure to visit our other sites and projects:

Sam Chupp
The Bear’s Grove Podcast: www.bearsgrove.com
Dragonkin Podcast: dragonkin.bearsgrove.com
Heart of the Hunter: www.heartofthehunter.com

Bill Walton
The Escapist: www.theescapist.com
BeQuest: www.theescapist.com/bequest
The Young Person’s Adventure League: www.theescapist.com/ypal

The Square One Podcast is released under a Creative Commons License, Attribution, No Derivatives, No Commercial Use 3.0.

Bill says: Coming soon - The Pippi Longstocking RPG!

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 Episode 3: Creating Characters: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

SQUARE ONE PODCAST SHOW NOTES
Episode: 2
Air Date: October 7, 2007
Subject: Genres of role-playing games

Links to RPGs and other sites mentioned in the episode:

Fantasy RPGs
Dungeons & Dragons: www.wizards.com/dnd
Earthdawn: www.earthdawn.com
Tunnels & Trolls: www.flyingbuffalo.com/tandt.htm
Burning Wheel: www.burningwheel.org
Mazes & Minotaurs: storygame.free.fr/MAZES.htm (Note that Bill mistakenly says “Mazes and MONSTERS,” rather than “Mazes and MINOTAURS” at one point.)

Horror / Modern RPGs
World of Darkness: www.white-wolf.com/worldofdarkness
Call of Cthulhu: tinyurl.com/2jyzfa

Superhero RPGs
Marvel Super Heroes: www.marvelrpg.com
Champions: www.herogames.com
Capes: www.museoffire.com/Games
With Great Power: tinyurl.com/2vy9h5
Truth & Justice: www.atomicsockmonkey.com/products/tj.asp

Historical RPGs
Spirit of the Century: www.evilhat.com/home/?page_id=103
Adventure!: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_%28role-playing_game%29
World of Darkness historical settings: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wolf,_Inc.#Historical_variants
GURPS Sourcebooks: www.sjgames.com/gurps
Grey Ranks: Bully Pulpit Games RPG.net entry
GURPS Alternate Earths: www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/AltEarths/ - www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/altearths2/

Sci-Fi RPGs
Traveller: www.travellerrpg.com - www.sjgames.com/traveller
Star Wars d6: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_role-playing_game_(WEG)
Star Wars d20: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Roleplaying_Game_(Wizards_of_the_Coast)
Star Wars Saga: www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/article/rpgsagaed
Serenity: www.serenityrpg.com
Burning Empires: www.burningempires.com
Gamma World: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_World

Unclassified RPGs
Torg: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torg
Prime Time Adventures: www.dog-eared-designs.com/games.html

Cross-Genre RPGs
Shadowrun: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun
Deadlands: www.peginc.com/games

SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION SECTION
Be sure to visit our other sites and projects:

Sam Chupp
The Bear’s Grove Podcast: www.bearsgrove.com
Dragonkin Podcast: dragonkin.bearsgrove.com
Heart of the Hunter: www.heartofthehunter.com

Bill Walton
The Escapist: www.theescapist.com
BeQuest: www.theescapist.com/bequest
The Young Person’s Adventure League: www.theescapist.com/ypal

Miranda Thomas
The Signal: http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/
Firefly Talk: Firefly Talk
The 9th: Heroescast http://www.heroescast.com/

The Square One Podcast is released under a Creative Commons License, Attribution, No Derivatives, No Commercial Use 3.0.

Bill says: Remember, you can do anything at zombo.com!

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The song is Little Red Vega by Monkeyshine

 

 Episode 2: Games You Will Meet: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to Episode 1 of the Square One Podcast.

In this podcast we have:

What is Roleplaying? With Sam Chupp and Cynthia Armistead

My First Time Gaming by Bill Walton

Confessions of an Absolute Newbie Gamer by Miranda Thomas of The Signal podcast

Important links from the episode:

The Escapist

After Serenity

The Signal

 

 Episode 1: What is Roleplaying?: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dear New Roleplayer:

The first episode of the Square One Podcast is due out any day now. In the meantime, however, I have come across a really wonderful account of an actual play session that the fellows who run the Godzilla Gaming Podcast have done with a woman named Jenny, who was an absolute newbie gamer.

 Check out the podcast here: http://godzillagamingpodcast.libsyn.com/

The episode you want to listen to is #2.1. Although the whole podcast is good, for New Roleplayers, the good stuff begins around 30 minutes into the recording.

Cheers!