RPPR Episode 176: Running and Playing Online Games

Role Playing Public Radio - A podcast by Ross Payton

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News: Night Clerk Radio is now available! Birk and I have created a new music review podcast focusing on vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Listen today on your podcasting app of choice or on Youtube. Synopsis: Running and playing tabletop games online has become extremely popular lately so Birk, Kyle (from Best Pal Brigade featured in our episode art) and I discuss our experiences. There are many platforms to play games but choosing one is not the only challenge. Learning the differences between online and IRL games is essential to having a great time. Promo: Thinking Too Hard About Anime, a new podcast from friends of RPPR! Shout Outs * Murderbot Diaries: Rogue Protocol – the third book in the Murderbot series and quite fun! * The Bizarre Modern Reality of Sonic the Hedgehog: a cool video explainer about the weirdness of the fandom * Hunt Showdown: An excellent multiplayer video game with an original horrific setting * Song of Horror: A survival horror video game * World of Horror: a pixel art investigative horror game * In Praise of Shadows: a book on Japanese aesthetics * Ironsworn: a new fantasy RPG with a lot of interesting mechanics * One 2 One Gumshoe: Games for 1 player and 1 GM * Ghosts of my Life: A book of essays about culture and hauntology Song: Miles to Midnight. Listen to our review of the album on Night Clerk Radio.