On this episode of the Lair of Secrets podcast we look at using different media in your role-playing game sessions. This includes tools like thematic artwork, background music, in-game fiction, and even props. We also look at the new Sentinels of Earth-Prime digital card game by Handelebra (based on the print game by Greater than Games), venture into the library to check out Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan comic series, and offer our initial thoughts on the Cyberpunk RED role-playing game.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK_1-BrpoFQ




The Arcade




Sentinels of Earth-Prime (iOS, Android, Steam)

By the developers of Sentinels of the Multiverse … but with the heroes of Green Ronin’s Freedom City!



Enemies like:

Omega, Hades, Meta-Mind (Grue Mothership), Argo: The Ultimate Android





Heroes like:

Bowman, Captain Thunder, Doctor Metropolis, Daedalus, Lady Liberty, Siren





Greater Than Games (original developers)



Handelabra (video game developers)






The Library




Transmetropolitan comic series

Darick Robertson and Warren Ellis



Libraries are awesome






The Game Room




Cyberpunk RED Initial Thoughts

It’s crunchy.



It’s deadly.



Range matters. (really).



Netrunning works. And it’s fun! (really).



Black Chrome on Roll20?

Black Chrome



Black Chrome+







Monster of the Week

Ken's lunchtime gaming group is gearing up for Monster of the Week.



A Powered By the Apocalypse game inspired by shows like Supernatural and Buffy the Vampire Slayer






Main Topic: Using different media in your game




Music

















Playlists

Used for background music during game and also a way to get into the game during planning a session



Elemental Apocalypse - Spotify

Heavily inspired by Willow. Music to do heroic things to.





Cyberpunk RED - Spotify

There’s a lot of The Matrix and Edgerunners in here.







Soundboards

Used during the game to give a timely thrill to players and evoke the scene



Syrinscape







Discord’s new soundboard feature



Atmospheric 



Movie and television soundtracks

Music that evokes a particular genre







Art

Pinterest

Cyberpunk RED



Arcologies



Battle maps for Cyberpunk Red



Elemental Apocalypse



Battlemaps for Elemental Apocalypse





Searching for Concept Art

Not super detailed, but leave a lot to the imagination





Google Image Search





Fiction

In game newspaper/newsletter

The Constant Sentinel (in-universe blog for Mutants & Masterminds)



Screamsheets

Screamsheet kit from R. Talsorian



Lair of Secrets' Screamsheet collection





Fantasy paper talking about news of the world

Your party’s exploits are also covered







Twisting stories you’ve read and heard into your own game plots



The World of Kong: A natural history of Skull Island





Props

Newspaper articles for Call of Cthulhu



Weathering your maps for handouts.



Cardboard kid puzzles

Spray paint so you’ve wiped out picture, then write the map on it, and break the puzzle appear to give them the pieces.








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A collection of elemental-themed illustrations from Ken's Elemental Apocalypse board on Pinterest.

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