Month: June 2019

Idle Red Hands Weekly 013

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Criticism of the Cyberpunk 2020 setting following the E3 appearance of Cyberpunk 2077 and the response by the creator, Mike Pondesmith. The changes needed to bring Cyberpunk into the 21st century, oddly enough. The first session of the Free League Alien RPG Cinematic Starter Kit “Chariot of the Gods” last week and the second session tonight. Props in TTRPG sessions. A digital tileset for TTPRGs on Kickstarter called TaleSpire by Bouncyrock, a Norwegian developer.
#cyberpunk #alienrpg #talespire

TaleSpire on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bouncyrock/talespire

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/idleredhands
Chris on Twitter:
@hyvemynd

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Video: Actual Play: Alien RPG Cinematic Starter Kit “Chariot of the Gods” Part 2

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[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXWmkJG-NN4[/embedyt]

The second session of the Cinematic Starter for the Free League Alien RPG available for download with all pre-orders of the game. Cinematic adventures are one-shot scenarios with pre-generated characters that replicate the tension and high body count of the Alien movies. We introduce the system and run through the characters and their relationships and talents. Our only complaint about the PDF is that it is not very printer-friendly being mostly light text on a black background. So we created a printer-friendly version of the character sheet and a player reference to help anyone interested in trying this adventure. #alienRPG #frialigan #ttrpg #actualplay

When we pick back up the party finds the remaining crew of a derelict ship coming out of cryo-sleep.

Our only complaint about the PDF is that it is not very printer-friendly being mostly light text on a black background. So we created a printer-friendly version of the character sheet and a player reference to help anyone interested in trying this adventure.

Download the printer-friendly character sheet and player reference:
http://www.idleredhands.com/2019/06/23/actual-play-alien-rpg-cinematic-starter-kit-chariot-of-the-gods/

Check out Tabletop Audio for their amazing RPG sound effects:
https://tabletopaudio.com/

Pre-order the game:
https://alien-rpg.com/

Video: Actual Play: Alien RPG Cinematic Starter Kit “Chariot of the Gods”

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[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HgtFTfWPlw[/embedyt]

The first session of the Cinematic Starter for the Free League Alien RPG available for download with all pre-orders of the game. Cinematic adventures are one-shot scenarios with pre-generated characters that replicate the tension and high body count of the Alien movies. We introduce the system and run through the characters and their relationships and talents. Our only complaint about the PDF is that it is not very printer-friendly being mostly light text on a black background. So we created a printer-friendly version of the character sheet and a player reference to help anyone interested in trying this adventure. #alienRPG #freeleague

Pre-order the game:
https://alien-rpg.com/

Alien RPG Printer-Friendly Downloads

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We created two printer-friendly sheets for the Cinematic Starter, “Chariot of the Gods”  preview of the Alien RPG by Free League.

The first is a blank character sheet to use for the provided pregens and NPCs
AlienRPG_CharacterSheet

The second is a Player Reference that includes all the useful tables and modifiers
AlienRPG_PlayerReference

Idle Red Hands Weekly 012

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We discuss the ubiquity and popularity of Dungeons and Dragons for better or worse. Playing the Cinematic Starter for the Free League Alien RPG and the release of the adaption of the unproduced William Gibson Alien 3 screenplay to both a Dark Horse comics series and an Audible audio drama for inspiration. A free alternative to Adobe Creative Suite monopoly. Is the tabletop roleplaying hobby suffering from the McDonald’s effect? #alienrpg #frialigan #alien

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/idleredhands
Chris on Twitter:
@hyvemynd

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Episode 222: Interview with Cass Suwinski from Tomb Guardians Miniatures for Dwarf Mine Quest RPG Dungeon Tiles

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We talk to Cass Suwinski about his latest Kickstarter for the Dwarf Mine Quest RPG Dungeon Tiles. His company, Tomb Guardians Miniatures, has created a series of metal miniatures for their dungeon crawl RPG. This project is for high resolution 3D printed dungeon tile for the first part of the adventure, the Dwarf Mine. The tiles use an innovative magnet system to connect them, as opposed to clips, and also feature LED lighting details. Check out this immersive and affordable project for your next dungeon crawl!

Check out the Kickstarter here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/dwarf-mine-quest-rpg-dungeon-tiles

Tomb Guardians website:
https://www.tombguardians.com/

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Episode 221: Interview with Ken Spencer from Why Not Games for Rocket Age 5E

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Ken Spencer talks to us about the Why Not Games Kickstarter for the adaption of Rocket Age to “the world’s greatest role-playing game” 5th edition. He also talks about the inspiration for the setting and also their plans to keep all books for Rocket Age available in both “classic” version, using the original Vortex system, and the DnD 5e ruleset. If you like pulp science fiction with a modern 1930s viewpoint and only ever play DnD, check out Rocket Age 5e.

Rocket Age 5e Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whynotgames/rocket-age-rpg-for-5e

What Not Games:
http://www.whynotgames.com/

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Episode 220: Interview with Lou Agresta from Iron GM Games for Grimmerspace

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We were lucky enough to get some time with Lou Agresta in the middle of the Kickstarter for Grimmerspace, a scifi horror setting for the Paizo Starfinder RPG. We discuss the choice of the system, playing horror in an RPG, Sean Astin’s involvement in the project, the Grimmerspace setting and setting-specific character classes and technology. We played the free starter adventure available on the Kickstarter page called Abbatoir-8 and we recount a little of our experiences. #grimmerspace #starfinder

Grimmerspace Actual Play:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhQFfQIUD0Q

The Kickstarter is in its final week.
Check it out if you are a Starfinder player or just Starfinder-curious:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agrestasaurus/grimmerspace

Iron GM Games website:
https://www.irongmgames.com/

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Idle Red Hands Weekly 011

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A return and response to the UK Games Expo incident. Interviews this week. First with Lou Agresta from Iron GM Games about Grimmerspace on Kickstarter. Then Ken Spencer from Why Not Games about their adaption of Rocket Age to 5e. Finally, Cass Suwinski from Tomb Guardians Miniatures and their new magnetic dungeon tiles for their Dwarf Mines Quest RPG.

Grimmerspace:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agrestasaurus/grimmerspace

Rocket Age 5e:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whynotgames/rocket-age-rpg-for-5e

Tomb Guardians Dungeon Tiles:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/dwarf-mine-quest-rpg-dungeon-tiles

Idle Red Hands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/idleredhands
Chris on Twitter:
@hyvemynd

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Video: Actual Play: Grimmerspace Abbatoir-8 Session 02

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[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0rEPy9WXtY[/embedyt]The second session of the free adventure Grimmerspcae: Abbatoir-8 by Iron GM Games. Find out what happens to the lovable Thrask. Will our heroes survive? Does a leader really need two arms? These questions and more in the second session of Grimmerspace.

Grimmerspace on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agrestasaurus/grimmerspace/

Iron GM Games:
https://www.irongmgames.com/

IRH Discord server
https://discord.gg/H42CwZx