DSR Episode 3.2: Blending Sci Fi & Fantasy in Your RPGs

By the time you pour yourself a whiskey on the rocks, the podcast will have loaded.

Our Guest

+Tim Callahan

Show Notes after the jump

Show Notes

Orange juice & toothpaste are gross together
Dan Simmons, Hyperion
Michael Curtis, Frozen In Time
Adam likes to blame Dragonlance, as usual
Poul Anderson, Three Hearts & Three Lions
Terry Brooks, Shannara
Adam loves being told he's wrong... when folks can back it up. Tim can.
Tim: "Sci Fi is based on speculation and scientific fact... Fantasy is everything else. Why did it stop being about [awesome stuff]?"
Adam likes to talk in terms of Phenomenology
"Ren Faire Fantasy"
David Lynch
Shadowbrook Manor for Labyrinth Lord
Toon RPG
Castle Greyhawk is a steaming pile of crap
Fate Core
Dresden Files RPG
Tim says that +Lowell Francis is a great DM

Third Rail of Gaming: Ascending or Descending Armor Class?

Tim: Ascending for game play, descending for the literary aesthetic.
Donn: Ascending. Period.
Adam: They're the same damn thing.

[EDIT: Adam & Donn are serious about the Fate thing. If you want to run a session of Fate for us (possibly appearing on an episode or several of DSR in the process) drop us a line at the address below!]

Thanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at dsr@kickassistan.net. Once again, thanks for listening.