Crucible of Realms

Epoch Iteration 10 - Walk the Fire

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Tue, 07 May 2013 01:45:00 +0000

Another quick Kickstarter-related Iteration this time. Upcoming guest David Sobkowiak talks about an ongoing Kickstarter campaign for Walk the Fire, a shared world sci-fi anthology series. Check it out HERE.

And stay tuned at the end for outtakes from Episode 19!

Mentioned in this Iteration:

David Sobkowiak
John Mierau
Twin Peaks
Texas Instruments
Brian Aldiss / Helliconia
Game of Thrones / World of A Song of Ice and Fire
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Man in the Moon
J.R.R. Tolkien / Middle Earth Languages
Goldilocks Zone
Slurpee

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Episode 19 - Ptemos

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:14:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Matthew Wayne Selznick

Finally, a new episode with actual world-building in it! Though in this episode, we go about it a little differently. Our guest, creator Matthew Wayne Selznick, walks us through the process of building a truly habitable planet, as detailed in his book World-Building for Writers, Gamers and Other Creators, Volume One: Star, Planet, Moon. We develop the world, and from there we brainstorm up a sentient species with a primitive culture.

Image courtesy of Victor Habbick / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

During the course of recording, we found a pretty cool site about language: Edenics.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jon recommends SimEarth.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Brave Men Run / Brave Men Run Podcast Novel
7th Son / 7th Son Podcast Series
Anyman: The John Smith EP
Tee Morris
Vulcan
Io
Torus / Hypercube
Shelob
Semaphore
Pueblo
Gila Monument
Opluridae
Spore

Episode 19 - Ptemos Download

Epoch Iteration 9 - Throw Yourself at the Ground and Miss

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:47:00 +0000

We discuss recent strange turns of events related to the podcast. We also go back and talk about some listener feedback we neglected to cover earlier. (This show was recorded in late February.)

The fateful promise Jim made in the Comments section of the FATE Core Kickstarter update can be found HERE.

Brennan Bishop's Storm Battalion Indiegogo Project is HERE.

Eden Royce's Dark Fantasy Voodoo Story "Rhythm" Appears in the February 2013 issue of the Siren's Call E-Zine - currently available for free download!

Kent's new podcast appears on the Distorted Order web site. His sponsorship page for Extra Life can be found HERE.

Volume I of Matthew Wayne Selznick's Worldbuilding for Writers, Gamers and Other Creators can currently be found HERE on Amazon.

RECOMMENDATION: Jon recommends the web comic Snow by Night.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Dragon*Con
D&D Next Playtest
Gen Con
FATE Core
Third Eye Games / Eloy Lasanta
Eden Royce
Douglas Adams / Flying
Santa Claus: The Movie / NORAD Tracks Santa
Doctor Who
Kickstarter / Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple / Deadlands Noir
Game of Thrones
Reddit Worldbuilding Community
Matthew Wayne Selznick

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Epoch Iteration 8 - The Internet Stares Long Into You

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:35:00 +0000

We ramble on about recent events, continue pondering the apocalypse and pine away after movies and kickstarters.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Asteroid Meme
Maya / 2012 Apocalypse / Maya Calendar
Apocalypse List
Jeane Dixon
Apophis / Apophis
Clint Black
Dragon*Con
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Metaverse
Ready Player One
The Hobbit / The Hobbit
The Tolkien Professor
Sylvester McCoy
Hell Noir / Gregory Weir / Eden Royce
Hard Magic
D&D Next
Fate Core / The Dresden Files RPG
Atomic Robo
Matthew Wayne Selznick
JJ Abrams / Star Wars Sequel Trilogy / Star Trek

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Epoch Iteration 7 - Release the Christmas Bears!

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

We talk about current events, make announcements, discuss feedback and develop a strange fascination with spices and animal attacks.

The Worldbuilding Subreddit Jon mentions can be found HERE.

You can find the Transmissions from the Ninth World Podcast HERE.

Andante's link for the wiki entry on Dejima is HERE.

And Scott Roche's Indiegogo campaign for his upcoming anthology, The Way of the Gun, can be found HERE.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Catfish Attack
Trident
Dolphins Leaving Earth
D&D
Christmas Town USA
The Dresden Files / Cold Days
Reddit
Transmissions from the Ninth World
Monte Cook / Numenera
House Greyjoy / A Song of Ice and Fire
Dejima
Ellis Island
Tachyon
Matthew Wayne Selznick
Scott Roche
Indiegogo
Mur Lafferty / Jared Axelrod
A Fistful of Dollars / Seven Samurai
Way of the Gun

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Episode 18 - Accord

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:36:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: John "Scooter" Weaver

In this episode we create a burgeoning city full of humans making its way in the world on the edge of three nonhuman lands. In this fantasy world, the human kingdoms do all they can to get a leg-up on their competition, and political backstabbing is the norm. And all the while, the elves, dwarves and orcs watch them as they move closer and closer to danger.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jim recommends Trader Tales: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Jon recommends Giant in the Playground & Order of the Stick.

Mentioned in this Episode:

Dungeons & Dragons
Thieves' World
Fritz Leiber / Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser
Black Hills Gold Rush
Convicts in Australia
DUNE / The Spice
Balance of Terror
The Fisher King
Houses of the Blooded
Wicker Man
Britannia
Chivalry / Courtly Love
The Bishop!
Leviathan
Star Trek / Kirk Womanizing
Dark Sun
Chargé d'affaires
Hooverville
Dyson Sphere / Dyson Vacuum Cleaners
Lowe's
Stilgar / House Atreides / Muad'dib
Presidio / The Presidio
Solomon's Porch / Colonnade
Primate / Metropolitan / Magisterium
Caratacus
Lich
Magus
Nathan Lowell / Quarter Share
Giant in the Playground / Order of the Stick

Episode 18 - Accord Download

Epoch Iteration 6 - Help the Walking Eye

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:20:00 +0000

A quick iteration discussing the fire that happened recently at the home of two of the hosts of the Walking Eye Podcast.

Here is a link to the ChipIn fund that's been set up to help them out:

http://ortiz.chipin.com/kevin-weiser-and-jen-dixon

Give to it if you can! Please help spread the word!

Mentioned in this Iteration:

The Walking Eye Podcast
RPGPodcasts.com

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Epoch Iteration 5 - Wondrous Feedback

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 16:47:00 +0000

We read listener feedback, freely toss around Avengers spoilers like they're Halloween candy, and acknowledge the wonders of video game exhaustion.

The plant growth time-lapse video discussed in the episode can be found HERE.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Jim recommends Achtung Cthulhu! - Zero Point Part 1 - Three Kings and the History of Rome podcast. Jon recommends Death Throes of the Republic, Wrath of the Khans, and The Immortal Iron Fist Vol 2: The Seven Capital Cities of Heaven.

Mentioned in this Iteration:

Skype
The Avengers
Agent Coulson
SHIELD Series
The Hunger Games
Tyler Perry
Extra Life
Pong
Space Invaders
Borderlands 2
Saints Row
SWTOR
Starcraft II
Children's Health Care of Atlanta Pediatric Hospital
MACE
Savage Worlds
Fiasco
Achtung! Cthulhu
Modiphius
Call of Cthulhu / Chaosium
Realms of Cthulhu / Reality Blurs
Trail of Cthulhu / Pelgrane Press
DrivethruRPG
King Arthur (Welsh Legend)
Roman Empire
Alexander the Great
Star Trek / Bread and Circuses
The History of Rome
Hardcore History
Genghis Khan
The Gutter Skypes
Monkeys Took My Jetpack
Young Frankenstein
"But I can't say Sylvester, George."
Abraham Lincoln (Assassination)
The Warriors
The Anabasis / Xenophon
The Immortal Iron Fist
Mortal Kombat
Galaga / "That man is playing Galaga!"
The Computer is Your Friend

Epoch Iteration 5 - Wondrous Feedback Download

Epoch Iteration 4 - Dragon*Con Post-Mortem

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:54:00 +0000

We talk a little about show notes, read listener feedback and then talk for quite a while about what we did at Dragon*Con 2012!

In October, Kent will be participating in the charity Extra Life - check it out!

RECOMMENDATION: Jon recommends the web comic Clockworks.

My most surreal moment at Dragon*Con 2012.

Epoch Iteration 4 - Dragon*Con Post-Mortem Download

Epoch Iteration 3 - Not Going to GenCon

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:57:00 +0000

We may not have made it to GenCon, but we *will* be at Dragon*Con! We touch a bit on that, recent feedback, upcoming episodes, World of Warcraft, The Dark Knight Rises and more!

UPDATE - HERE is the worksheet I (Jim) use to track information as an episode progresses. (Sorry about the delay in getting it up here - PDFCreator conked out on me and I didn't have a chance to redo it until after Dragon*Con.)

Epoch Iteration 3 - Not Going to GenCon Download

Episode 17 - GLADIUS Sanction

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 02:16:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Jon Carmody

We present a world where everything is EPIC! A Michael Bay-ish world overflowing with testosterone. A world where even the smallest things are cranked up to 11! In this world, the biggest problems are handled by a team of experts who fight against the endless forces of a powerful arch-villain.

Show notes and wiki entry to follow!

Episode 17 - GLADIUS Sanction Download

Epoch Iteration 2 - The Michael Rohan Memorial Fund Charity Bundle

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:49:00 +0000

A quick announcement about a charity bundle that upcoming guest Charles White of Fabled Environments has helped put together. It's $12.00 for nearly $300 worth of gaming PDFs and it will only last until the end of July! Links are below - check it out!

The Michael Rohan Memorial Fund Charity Bundle at DrivethruRPG.com

Fabled Environments' Info Page on the Bundle

Epoch Iteration 2 - The Michael Rohan Memorial Fund Charity Bundle Download

Epoch Iteration 1 - Recapturing Life Pieces

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 16:21:00 +0000

Here's a new thing - a show-between-the-shows! Just some announcements, listener feedback and general banter to tide folks over until the next full setting-creation episode is released.

Recommendations: Jon recommends Brave and the Crankcast. Jim recommends Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Epoch Iteration 1 - Recapturing Life Pieces Download

Episode 16 - The Arcane Impurity

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Matt Forbeck

Fantasy and sci-fi collide as a medieval world inhabited by magical creatures and practitioners of the arcane is beset by cyborg invaders from another world. Little do the defenders of the realm realize how much in common they have with their strange enemies.

Matt's Kickstarter (12 for `12) can be found here. Check it out while there's still time!

Show notes and wiki entry to follow!

Episode 16 - The Arcane Impurity Download

Episode 15 - The Midgard Precedent

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 01:40:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Edward Boudreaux

We construct a setting in which Viking-inspired space fleets must deal with an Earth government that no longer wants them. Now that first contact with an alien race has been made, the rules have changed. What will happen when the fleet's replacements arrive?

Show notes and wiki entry to follow!

Episode 15 - The Midgard Precedent Download

Double Header

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:07:00 +0000

You may have noticed there hasn't been a new episode for a few weeks. Our schedules have been crazy lately and the editing process has slowed down a bit as a result.

But luckily, there are still more new shows on the horizon!

Tonight we'll release a new episode. Then, within the next few days, look for a second new episode!

In the mean time, check out our awesome new title banner, sent in by listener Joe!

Episode 14 - Perdition's Hold

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:06:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Clint Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group

We create a penal colony that exists in a medieval world where magic is outlawed and demons manipulate the future of mankind.

On an unrelated note for the gamer listeners out there, the 2012 RPG Podcast Listener Survey is going on right now! Check it out here.

00 Tomfoolery
06 Door # 2
02 Intro
39 Savage Worlds / Pinnacle Entertainment Group
01 Necessary Evil
15 Deciding Basics
35 Megalopolis
43 Gormenghast / Gormenghast Series
52 Fritz Leiber
02 Determining Scale
18 D&D
37 Discussing Structure & Resources
10 Convicts in Australia
18 Discussing Geography
38 Discussing Magic, Demons & Logistics
18 Jabba the Hutt
19 Discussing Religion & Church Structure
28 Inquisition
59 Planes of Existence
51 Discussing City Districts
57 The Five Boroughs (NYC)
52 Discussing Rules of Magic
39 Discussing History
54 Discussing Groups
34 Hannibal Lecter
16 Naming Titles & Places
04 Promise / I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
35 Raistlin / Dragonlance / Jacques Chirac
51 Malfeasance
34 Proctor & Gamble
49 Tarot
35 Naming Groups
25 Aufero
42 Naming Characters
11 Hector / Hannibal
16 Umbra
55 Pelagic
49 Phyllis Diller
04 Boris Yeltsin
18 Naming Geographic Items & Institutions
15 Naming the Setting
39 Devil's Island
07 DOOM / Perdition's Gate
29 Conclusion & Outro

Wiki entry to follow!

Episode 14 - Perdition's Hold Download

Episode 13 - Kiklos

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Fri, 04 May 2012 04:09:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guests: Tuna & Nick the Savage Greek

In this episode we create an artificial world where the inhabitants fight each other for resources on the inside of an enormous sphere as part of an ages-long experiment.

Recommendations: Jim recommends Dark City. Jon recommends John Carter.

Wiki entry to follow!

00 Tomfoolery
23 Jim's Icon
39 Intro
29 Come Play With Us
19 Savage Worlds / Fiasco / Call of Cthulhu / Shadowrun
42 Pathfinder / Slipstream
02 A Song of Ice and Fire / A Dance with Dragons / Game of Thrones
23 Daniel Suarez / Demon / Freedom TM / The Hunger Games Series
45 Altered Carbon / Takeshi Kovacs
10 Robert E. Howard / Conan the Barbarian / Solomon Kane
17 Listener Feedback
54 Game Geeks / Game Geeks YouTube Channel
08 Deadlands
34 Savage Worlds Deluxe

14 Savage Worlds Test Drive v 6
30 AMBER Diceless RPG / Roger Zelazny / Chronicles of Amber
48 Neptune's Reich
51 Determining Basics
33 Dyson Sphere
55 Deciding Genre
37 Discussing Physical World Aspects
54 Discussing Issues for Native Life
42 Discussing Geographic Features
56 Circumference of the Earth
25 Supercontinent
10 Discussing Technological Levels
46 Industrial Revolution
45 Coca-Cola / The Gods Must Be Crazy / Coca-Cola Bottle Scene
59 Discussing Outside Influences
29 PETA / Greenpeace
12 Star Trek / "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"
23 The Truman Show / Dark City
32 Discussing Complications
38 Discussing Species
46 Voldemort
22 Trinity
42 Heavy Metal 2000 / Zeek
16 Oompa-Loompas
27 Triceratops
08 Hubwards
40 Hive Mind
18 Dirigible / Zeppelin
47 Inca / Aztec
31 Salamander
38 Lizardfolk / The Lizard
04 Discussing History
40 Krakatoa
31 Discussing Locations
48 Discussing Political Structures
03 Naming Species, Groups & Locations
10 Pinnacle Entertainment Group
55 Pleistocene / Tarantian
50 Quad Core
30 Pokemon / Charizard
46 Isthmus
13 Recommendations
37 Kiefer Sutherland
43 John Carter / Barsoom Series
57 Conclusion & Outro
28 BONUS CONTENT: A Tale of Ice-Smashery 

Episode 13 - Kiklos Download

Upcoming Delay

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 01:39:00 +0000

Just wanted to let everyone know the release scheduled for this weekend will be a bit late as I've got a wedding to attend. But no need to panic! I'll be returning home early next week, and I'll post episode 13 as soon as I've had time to finish editing it. -- Jim

Episode 12 - Acondus Spiral

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:03:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Darin Kennedy

We slap together a setting in deep space, in which a struggling federation of worlds attempts to push back threats from all sides.

Recommendation: Jon recommends Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Wiki entry to follow!

00 Tomfoolery
01 Star Wars / The Force / George Lucas
08 Mitochondria / Midi-chlorians / Dragonball Z
39 Pigs in Space / Sharks with Lasers
57 Intro
12 Listener Comments
01 Deciding Basics
30 Discussing Species
34 The Micronauts
00 THEM! / Square Cube Law
38 Emergence / Hive Mind
48 Mercury
31 Contact
25 Dune / Spacing Guild
08 Clarke's Laws
47 The War of the Worlds / Martians
33 Superman / Vulcan / Dwarves
53 DC Comics / Apokolips
58 Marvel Comics / Guardians of the Galaxy / Charlie-27
51 Red Lobster
24 Relativity
33 Red Alert
36 Discussing Relations & Motives
48 Xenophobia
21 Discussing Societal Structures
55 The Borg
23 Discussing History
58 "That's no moon..."
42 Discussing Ships
46 Termite Mound
33 Krull
40 D&D / Formians
25 Warp Drive
31 Discussing Space Creatures
55 Mako Shark
17 Discussing Locations
31 Discussing Council Organization
30 Naming Species & Locations
21 Hymenoptera
32 Mandelbrot / Bratwurst
57 Manifold / Manifold
09 Gaussian Curvature
46 Shiva
53 Magic: the Gathering / Shivan Dragon
40 Naming Groups & Titles
43 Occupy Movement
06 Naming the Setting
36 "So let it be written, so let it be done..."
44 Recommendations
54 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
32 darinkennedy.com / Apple
49 Conclusion & Outro

Episode 12 - Acondus Spiral Download

Episode 11 - Hell Noir

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:51:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Gregory

Guest: Eden Royce

In this episode we create a vision of a hell in which daemons try to live better lives, but are plagued by crime and corruption. And of course the occasional kidnapping by humans from another world.

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:12 Megalopolis
00:21 Mr. Snuffleupagus
00:37 Barghest / Darth Vader / Black Dog / Geist
00:52 The Hound of the Baskervilles / Baskerville
01:06 Intro
02:47 Listener Feedback
03:10 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast
03:37 Creative Commons
04:12 Determining Basics
04:38 Atlas / Atlas Shrugged
05:04 Demon / Devil / Hell
06:11 Hellevator
08:27 Fedora
08:57 Film Noir / Hardboiled Fiction
09:14 Faustian Bargain
09:37 "This is my boomstick!"
10:53 Drug Fiend
11:58 Drug Mule
12:09 Mephistopheles
13:37 Art Deco / Succubus / Femme Fatale
14:03 Determining Physical Properties
14:13 Dark City
14:59 Superman / Kryptonians
15:55 Discussing Social Aspects
16:16 No One Can Eat Just One
17:07 Discussing Supernatural Rules
18:47 Discussing Inhabitants & Society
20:43 Discussing Powers
22:29 Prohibition / Speakeasy / Eliot Ness
23:34 Devil in a Blue Dress
24:24 Imp / Incubus
25:10 Discussing Wild Life
25:38 Terrarium
25:56 Arthropod / Arachnid / Crustacean
26:35 Discussing Environment
27:24 Futurama / New New York
27:51 Zeppelin / Steampunk
29:15 Industrial Revolution
29:43 Sulfur Dioxide / Acid Rain
32:14 Discussing History
32:50 Elder Things
33:23 Yog-Sothoth / Elder Gods / Great Old Ones
37:12 Egalitarianism
38:58 Discussing Religion
39:33 Lovecraftian / Hastur
40:13 Humanism / The King in Yellow
40:30 Gothic Architecture
41:41 Gaslighting
42:14 Drinking the Kool Aid / Heaven's Gate
42:20 Discussing Crime
43:09 Discussing Souls
44:31 Scarab
45:05 Discussing Government & Organizations
45:43 Fidel Castro
47:01 Byakhee
48:03 Arkham / Mikatonic University
49:03 Wall Street
49:17 Coney Island / Renaissance Faire
50:20 Naming Beings, Titles & Organizations
50:33 Daemon
52:20 Body Politic / Constabulary / Constable
53:27 Clot
54:02 Humours / Bile
55:25 Naming Places
55:59 Furlong
56:25 Naming Deities
57:28 Naming More Groups & Movements
58:17 Walker, Texas Ranger
59:37 Naming More Places
61:08 Naming the City
62:04 Naming the Setting
63:23 www.EdenRoyce.com
63:39 LudusNovus.net
63:45 Conclusion & Outro

Episode 11 - Hell Noir Download

Episode 10 - The Ashes of Albion

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 06:17:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Eric

On this episode, we create an Earth of the near future scarred by a mystical, fiery apocalypse. From the ashes of this world rise heroes of the Arthurian legends and Egyptian mythology to battle an undead horde.

Wiki entry to follow!

00 Tomfoolery
03 Wikipedia / Philosophical Zombie
36 Intro
04 Determining Basics
15 Dresden Files RPG
42 King Arthur / Cthulhu / Rpg.net
30 Arthurian Legend / Avalon
53 Lovecraftian
17 Grendel / Beowulf
49 British Empire
04 Knights of the Round Table
14 Victorian Era
33 Reincarnation
49 Merlin
40 Knight Rider / KITT
47 The Mummy / The Scorpion King
22 Sarcophagus / British Museum
37 Morgan le Fay
40 Egyptian Empire / Red Sea
10 Horus / Evil Foreigner
22 Getting the Band Back Together
48 Solar Flare
22 Arthurian Dragons / Pendragon
20 Reign of Fire
00 Discussing Major Players
12 Aton (Aten) / Ra
42 Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten
04 Great Hymn to the Aten
49 Hitler
12 Nefertiti
55 Black Sea / Aegean Sea / Transylvania
16 Strait of Gibraltar / English Channel
38 The Chunnel
53 Excalibur / Lady of the Lake
28 Highlander / Illuminati 

12 Sir Percival
48 Osiris / Set
59 Pharoah
08 Monotheism / Isis / Avatar
16 Sons of Horus / Canopic Jars
40 Do You Wanna Date My Avatar / You Can Call Me Al / Paul Simon
39 Ptah
20 Discussing Groups & Strength of Forces
43 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / The Black Knight
19 The Fisher King
18 Greymalkin
48 Bast
08 Indiana Jones
20 Alexandria / Library of Alexandria
48 Tefnut / The Nile
15 Imuit Fetish
43 Anubis
41 Lich / Phylactery
31 Shadow People
17 Keku
30 Discussing Monsters & Devestation
04 Terra Incognita / Here Be Dragons
16 Vikings / North Sea
07 Mad Max
12 Kraken
27 Istanbul / Constantinople / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / They Might Be Giants
00 Constantine
17 Richard Wagner / Parsifal
44 Discussing Magic Level
09 J.R.R. Tolkien / Middle-Earth Magic
02 Discussing Seats of Power
14 Glastonbury Tor  / Salisbury / Stonehenge
19 Carpathia
31 Naming Places
51 Britannia / Albion
36 Naming Groups
34 Paladin
00 Bard
24 Naming Events
36 Big Brother
05 The Colosseum
19 Ritalin
08 Naming the Setting
44 Conclusion & Outro

Episode 10 - The Ashes of Albion Download

Episode 9 - Outlandia

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:01:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Chris

We build a galactic spiral arm in which magic and technology co-exist and humans and other strange species band together to defend against a threat that seeks dominion over all. WARNING: This setting combines Science Fiction and Fantasy. If that's not your cup of tea, you may want to skip this one to avoid having to crawl into a corner and rock yourself back and forth to comfort yourself against the sacrilege. In the mean time, we'll be having fun riding our magical space ships. ;)

Recommendation: Jon recommends Community.

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:15 NyQuil
00:28 Alderaan
00:39 Intro
01:14 D&D
01:45 AD&D 2nd Edition
01:52 Dark Sun / White Wolf
03:32 Determining Basics
04:59 Spelljammer / Windjammer
05:38 Exo-Space (E-Space)
07:11 Isaac Asimov / Clarke's Three Laws
07:40 Spiral Arm
07:50 Determining Star Systems & Species
12:35 Red Giant
16:49 Will-o-the-Wisp
17:31 White Dwarf
18:58 Stargate
21:04 Discussing Means of Interstellar Travel
22:31 Astral Plane / Hyperdrive / FTL Drive
25:08 Introducing Humans to the Setting
25:44 Charlton Heston / Planet of the Apes
27:12 Enterprise
29:05 Interstellar Conflict
31:45 Ship Design
33:45 Technomancer / Artificer
35:00 Determining Timeline of Events
36:12 Determining Locations
37:16 Deadwood
38:34 Revisiting Culture & Technology
40:16 Explorers
41:47 Adjusting the Timeline
42:34 Discussing Weapons
43:19 Greek Fire
43:38 Revisiting Locations & Borders
45:03 The Empire Strikes Back / Exogorth
45:47 Klingons
47:02 Sargasso Sea
47:29 Naming Things
48:34 Dross
49:13 Oni
50:00 Dwimmer / Dweomer
50:22 Jingoism
50:54 Falafel
51:10 The Gray
52:05 Xhosa
54:22 Ekam
54:56 Nyakyusa / Three Stooges / Bantu
56:22 Puma / Aztecs
56:45 Asterisk / Asterix / Babylon 5
57:20 Naming the Setting
57:26 Pigs in Space
57:46 Outlandia
58:45 Recommendation / Community
58:54 Conclusion & Outro

Episode 9 - Outlandia Download

Slight Delay

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:28:00 +0000

Hey, folks. Just wanted to let you know the next episode of Crucible of Realms is on its way. I got a bit behind in editing because I've had a lot going on, but with any luck it should be up and available within the next couple of days. So be sure to check back!

-- Jim

Episode 8 - The Realms of Bennu

podcast@crucibleofrealms.com (Jim Ryan) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 03:58:00 +0000

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent

Guest: Mike of Sick & Twisted Productions

We delve into a fantasy world in which the living and the dead are tied to each other in an unending cycle of birth, life, death, afterlife and reincarnation. In the Realms of Bennu, what comes after death is just as important as what happens beforehand!

Recommendation: Jon recommends A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin

Wiki entry to follow!

00:00 Tomfoolery
00:24 Imperial March
01:05 Intro
02:53 Sick & Twisted Productions
03:09 GenCon
03:22 White Wolf / Vampire: the Masquerade / Changeling: the Dreaming
03:44 Listener Feedback
04:03 Universalis
06:42 Tyranids / Warhammer 40,000 / Galactus / Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
07:30 D&D
08:16 Gaia Hypothesis
09:00 Deciding Basics
10:25 Necromancy
11:50 Resurrection (D&D)
12:24 Ghost Rock (Deadlands)
15:02 Discussing Rules for Magic
16:39 Deciding Races & Monsters
18:09 Deciding Civilizations
18:56 Maori
19:08 Incas / Aztecs
20:44 Gypsy / Romani
21:31 Vikings / Roman Empire
22:29 Deciding Cosmology & Afterlife Details
24:04 Edvard Munch / The Scream
24:24 Princess Mononoke
27:22 "I see dead people."
28:38 Graveyard / Respawn
32:08 Discussing Afterlife Civilizations
34:03 Dalai Lama
39:09 Valhalla
42:33 Discussing Important Locations
43:22 Necropolis
43:42 Discussing History
45:36 Revisiting Monsters / Manticore
46:04 Chimera
46:58 Naming Civilizations
47:39 Koken
48:29 Chu Nom
48:42 Han Empire
48:51 Quoc Ngu
50:02 Supay / Uku Pacha
50:38 Scrabble
51:07 Wheel of Fortune / Volga
51:47 Vendel
52:17 Sara
54:22 Dresden Files / Ectomancer
55:29 Merlin / The Mists of Avalon
55:40 Naming the Afterlife
57:08 Naming the Setting
57:28 Chaldea / Sabians
57:53 Phoenix / Phoenix / Bennu
58:36 Ursula K. Le Guin / A Wizard of Earthsea / Earthsea Trilogy
59:26 Conclusion & Outro

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