Episode 22: The Library and the Heap

01/08/2011 34 min
Episode 22: The Library and the Heap

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Episode 22: The Library and the Heap
- In which Ilan and Justin develop a pair of regular segments for the show.

Role Playing Games Continued!

Ashen Stars hit its other preorder!
Other Kickstarter preorders, incliding Do, Pilgrims of the Flying Temple.
Vampire 20th Anniversary!

Like $100
Released at Grand Masquerade

Laundry RPG

Stross books
The Basic Roleplaying system


The Library!

Top Secret - The Corporation - 1986
Conspiracy X - late '90s

three classic aliens - saurians, venusians, greys
A game with "default answers"
Parapsychology resolution system
Not unisystem - but look for the new ConX, Buffy, Angel


The Heap!

Chaos in the Old World: Shadow of the horned rat
Twilight Imperium: Shards of the Throne

"Subgoals" speed up gameplay

Cosmic Encounter - Cosmic Conflict
Alien Frontiers
Heroscape: Marvel Suporheroes

Planet Hulk reenactment

Here I Stand

"A 7 player Twilight Struggle"
In practice, "Riskopoly as applied to Diplomacy"


Comics

Dan Slott Spider Man

vs. Sinister Six

Jonathan Hickman's continuing output

Hickman Fantastic Four - now FF
incomplte books - Pax Romana and Annihilation
SHIELD

Jason Aaron

Astonishing Spider Man and Wolverine
all stupid hugely fun
Wolverine!!!! Scalped

Pak/Van Lente

Herc and Alpha Flight
The Raft, Basilisk, Griffin and Man-Bull
Eaglesham and Fascist Governments

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Zayne)

Zayne, schlemazel jedi

Flashpoint - variant DC universe

BATMAN strapping flash to electric chair; would have been better in the Silver age


Next time: Movies! Geek Rock videos!