Iteration 198 - The Town That Wasn't There

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In this, our very special Summer Solstice iteration, we talk about getting to the halfway point of the year of celebrity deaths. After that, Ryan brings us a conspiracy theory rooted in local happenings to us in Victoria. Then we get onto a tangent about The Town That Wasn't There. Josh reports on watching The Maze Runner, and Ryan reports on watching Fury Road. Then we talk about different kinds of zombies, and monsters in Dungeons & Dragons.


References and Recommendations:

Roll for Initiative: http://www.rollforinitiative.ca/

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1392190/

Maze Runner (2014 film): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790864/

Iteration 125 - The Brute

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Iteration 125 recorded on 1-25! Josh and Ryan talk about their alphabets. The curious case of the spelling of Nyarlathotep, and how books used to be made, and how a Cthulhian conspiracy could be at work. Josh watches CBC's Schitt's Creek. Ryan runs into a bunch of bugs in his heavily modded Minecraft. And for our main topic, we tackle the idea of the brutish archetype in D&D and fiction and other games.


References and Recommendations:

Nyarlathotep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyarlathotep
Big Bird's Alphabet Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTvhKZHAP8U
Q on CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/q/
Standard Action: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phasefirefilms

Iteration 121 - Partying Up

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In this episode, we rhyme our last names, wish you all a Happy New Year! Josh watches the Interview and invents some new numbers. Ryan watches the Battle of the Five Armies. We get on the bad side of Alan Moore and Christopher Tolkien. Josh makes an audiobook recording of his grandmother's short story (Constance Horne). Ryan visits the Festival of the Trees at the Empress Hotel in Victoria. For a main topic, we ask the question: how many main characters are suited to each genre: four for an RPG, one for a novel.

References and Recommendations:

Meet King Joe (1949) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbw8DFwoqJ0

Dozens Online Dozenal Forums: http://z13.invisionfree.com/DozensOnline/index.php?

Yogscast Moonquest Series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XZNMGhpynMm0Ywj-rupAKwRryWzEQy-

Critical Hit Podcast: http://majorspoilers.com/critical-hit/

RPG Podcasts http://rpgpodcasts.com

NPC Cast https://npccast.wordpress.com/

Know Direction http://www.35privatesanctuary.com/

Fear the Boot http://www.feartheboot.com/ftb/ 

Iteration 119 - Extended Lifespan? I Can't Lose!

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We start out with a discussion about Team Fortress's new update with its trailer video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aLjwVVNq4s

A discussion about the use of music in film and cartoons.

Bugs Bunny the Rabbit of Seville https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXCULR2wO-A

The Muppets Minuet in G Major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlLSMZ8qn7I

Flash Gordon by Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9kCCLwEga8

Pandamonium http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandamonium_%28TV_series%29

For our main topic, we talk about those scenarios in which there aren't bad choices, but only rewards no matter which decision you make.

And at the end of the podcast, an exercise for the listener: if reincarnation was real, who or what would you like to come back as?

Iteration 115 - What Your Country Can Do for You

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In this iteration of the Simulationist Podcast: 
Josh and Ryan give their imaginative take on Changes the Clown and the Victoria local mayoral elections! Then we recount our adventures in simulated worlds, from Minecraft to Dwarf Fortress, to our adventures in coding our own stuff. We pitch the idea of Mars Bus.

And for our main topic of discussion:
What of democracy in your D&D worlds? Can we determine what alignment voting would fall under, in the D&D alignment system?

Iteration 101 - On Location at Interactivity with Dave Morris

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In the first segment of the show, Josh and Dave discuss such board games as Machu Pichu, sacrificing llamas to the gods, Glass Roads with it's funky clock, Terra Mystica and all its complications, Arkham Horror and its way of giving cooperative characters slightly askew motivations, Puerto Rico, Pandemic and how to keep everyone involved, and Settlers of Catan! We talk a bit about designing our own games, and how board games are like improv.

In the second segment of this week's podcast, Ryan catches up to Josh to discuss Minecraft, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Monopoly, Mancala, Chutes and Ladders, and cool new ideas to add on and make them crazy complicated!

References and Recommendations:

Moulin Rouge Roxanne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s12XiAOtjcg

Interactivity http://www.ibgcafe.com/
Paper Street Theatre http://www.paperstreettheatre.ca/
Dave Morris http://www.davemorris.tv/

Iteration 098 - The Subway Conspiracy

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Josh and Ryan discuss a conspiracy theory at Subway Restaurants; then more about the newest edition of Dungeons & Dragons, plus their latest adventures in Minecraft, Dwarf Fortress, and World of Warcraft. Then tangents on Bill Nye the Science Guy and the politics of funding for NASA and education. Then for our main topic, we discuss non-hit-point methods of defeating your enemies in the game of D&D.


References and Recommendations:

Major Spoilers Podcast http://majorspoilers.com/major-spoilers-podcasts/

NPC Cast http://npccast.wordpress.com/

Weird Al "Foil" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-0TEJMJOhk

Skyhaven Games http://www.facebook.com/SkyhavenGames

Iteration 097 - Multitudinous Edifices of Atlantis

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In this iteration:
Josh and Ryan talk about their adventures in video games and other games, from adventures in Minecraft to readings of Dungeons & Dragons to watching the Creature From the Black Lagoon. Inspired by the Creature from the Black Lagoon, Josh and Ryan imagine a fantastic Atlantean world.

The Creature from the Black Lagoon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046876/

Iteration 095 - The Littlest Nomads

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The Littlest Nomads

Josh and Ryan talk about all the simulations they've been running this week: Josh prepares for some in-public D&D, Ryan plays Marvel Online, Josh writes himself a sitcom, Ryan notices a coincidence with the Tagalog word for onions and Ghostbusters lore, Mutants, mixing and matching genetic mutations for awesome comic book and video game characters. And once all the tangents are out of the way, for our main topic, we discuss how a nomadic lifestyle applies to the world of Dungeons & Dragons.

Iteration 091 - Statless, Unquantified, and Narrative Curses

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In this episode, Ryan expounds on the idea of the statless curse, that ineffable essence of something just being wrong, whether it's the dwarven gold, or the too-easy dungeon maze. There just has to be a curse here somewhere, doesn't there?

Iteration 084 - Spelleton

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In this week's iteration of the Simulationist Podcast:
Josh and Ryan talk about Minecraft and Dungeons & Dragons. How we think aliens would react to Lego? And a discussion about infinite game elements for your table-top RPG.

Tiny Realms Game Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuO0D0gIewY

Kobold Guide to Magic: http://www.koboldpress.com/k/tag/kobold-guide-to-magic

Iteration 078 - Post GottaCon 2014 Victoria BC

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References and Recommendations for this episode:

Smallworld, published by Days of Wonder http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/40692/small-world

Hero Quest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeroQuest

GottaCon: Gottacon.com

Geeky Pleasures with Jules Sherred http://geekypleasures.com/


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