Showing posts with label Roll for Initiative Victoria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roll for Initiative Victoria. Show all posts
Monday, August 31, 2015
Iteration 156 - Hubs, Nexuses, Focuses, and Locuses
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In this episode: we report on all the fun we've had playing D&D, Minecraft, and Warhammer 40k. Our main topic this week is about hubs in fantasy worlds: such as Sigil, the city of doors, and the Infinite Staircase, the Plane of Mirrors, the World Serpent Inn, and even the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Ryan invents the Dungeon Plane.
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Monday, August 24, 2015
Iteration 155 - Pixar's Rules Part 2
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In this episode, we talk about Yvonne Craig, who played Batgirl. We plug CBC's the Debaters, for some reason. And for our main topic, we finish off the Rules of Storytelling from Pixar's Emma Coats. Ryan shares some of his ideas for the next Nanowrimo.
References and Recommendations:
Roll for Initiative Victoria: http://www.rollforinitiative.ca/
Pixar's Rules: http://io9.com/5916970/the-22-rules-of-storytelling-according-to-pixar
Monday, June 1, 2015
Iteration 143 - The Codification Conundrum
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In this iteration of the show, Josh and Ryan ask the question whether or not codes of conduct are really necessary. We cover real-life codes, like the Comics Code Authority, and fantasy codes, like the paladin's. All the way to the Ten Commandments and Hammurabi's Code. The Dungeons & Dragons alignment system as a code in itself.
Josh and Ryan come up with Hat World, a comic book universe in which all superpowers are granted by hats.
The Helm: http://www.thehelmcomic.com/
Omlevex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omlevex
Monday, May 18, 2015
Iteration 141 - Watching Television
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In this week's episode of the Simulationist podcast, Josh and Ryan talk about television, and what it means to binge watch, and how that affects how we take in the story.
References and Recommendations:
Man gets stuck on ride at Disneyland:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/27/disney-small-world-ride/2025273/
Cybersix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybersix
The Destructors (short story) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Destructors
Dungeons & Dragons Official Soundtrack http://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Dragons-Official-Roleplaying-Soundtrack/dp/B0000BZYIS
Monday, April 20, 2015
Iteration 137 - Layered Histories
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In this episode: Leave Batman's nipples alone! Ryan has a trippy dream about Giant Elk. Poetry as simulationism. Minecraft! Your friendly neighbourhood Fish-Man. And our main topic is about creating history for your fictional world, and all about layering it with multiple periods from history.
The Secret World: http://www.thesecretworld.com/
Roll for Initiative: http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/roll-for-initiative-tickets-16539305508?aff=erelexporg
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Iteration 134 - Dungeon Medicine
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Happy April Fool's! Ryan tells a tale of pranking his friends. Josh recounts his adventures at Victoria's own Roll for Intiative D&D event, mostly just his elf's lack of a beard. We ask the very important question: what if Kate Moss had a ZZ Top beard? We talk about Ryan's adventures in Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. And for a main topic, we wanted to ask the question: how to make injuries and wounds more dramatic in a game like D&D? And should we do that?
References and Recommendations:
Er Wang Dong awesome cave thing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er_Wang_Dong
Klein Bottle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_bottle
Our info:
Subscibe to us on iTunes:
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Discuss the Simulationist and other topics on reddit!
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