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Our F/Favorite Tropes Part 13: Mothers, Sisters, Daughter – Pseudo-familial Relationships The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 289 with Heather Rose Jones In this episode we talk about: Relationships using the imagery of sisters and mother/daughter Age-gap relationships ReferencesBabayan, Kathryn. “'In Spirit We Ate Each Other's Sorrow' Female Companionship in Seventeenth-Century Safavi Iran” in Babayan, Kathryn and Afsaneh Najmabadi (eds.). 2008. Islamicate Sexualities: Translations Across Temporal Geographies of Desire. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-03204-0 Boswell, John. 1994. Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. Villard Books, New York. ISBN 0-679-43228-0 Hansen, Karen V. 1995. "No Kisses is Like Youres" in Gender and History vol 7, no 2: 153-182. Lasser, Carol. 1988. "'Let Us Be Sisters Forever': The Sororal Model of Nineteenth-Century Female Friendship" in Signs vol. 14, no. 1 158-181. Levin, Richard A. 1997. “What? How? Female-Female Desire in Sidney's New Arcadia” in Criticism 39:4 : 463-49. Matter, E. Ann. 1989. “My Sister, My Spouse: Woman-Identified Women in Medieval Christianity” in Weaving the Visions: New Patterns in Feminist Spirituality, eds. Judith Plaskow & Carol P. Christ. Harper & Row, San Francisco. Merrill, Lisa. 2000. When Romeo was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and her Circle of Female Spectators. The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor. ISBN 978-0-472-08749-5 Morgan, Mihangel. 2016. “From Huw Arwystli to Siôn Eirian: Representative Examples of Cadi/Queer Life from Medieval to Twentieth-century Welsh Literature” in Queer Wales: The History, Culture and Politics of Queer Life in Wales. Huw Osborne (ed). University of Wales Press, Cardiff. ISBN 978-1-7831-6863-7 Rizzo, Betty. 1994. Companions without Vows: Relationships among Eighteenth-Century British Women. Athens: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-3218-5 Smith-Rosenberg, Carroll. 1975. “The Female World of Love and Ritual: Relations between Women in Nineteenth-Century America” in Signs vol. 1, no. 1 1-29. Vanita, Ruth. 1996. Sappho and the Virgin Mary: Same-Sex Love and the English Literary Imagination. Columbia University Press, New York. ISBN 0-231-10551-7 Vicinus, Martha. 2004. Intimate Friends: Women Who Loved Women, 1778-1928. University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-85564-3 Wiethaus, Ulrike. 1993. “In Search of Medieval Women's Friendships: Hildegard of Bingen's Letters to her Female Contemporaries” in Wiethaus, Ulrike (ed) Maps of Flesh and Light: The Religious Experience of Medieval Women Mystics. Syracuse University Press, Syracuse. ISBN 0-8156-2560-X A transcript of this podcast is available here. Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Mastodon: @heatherrosejones@Wandering.Shop Bluesky: @heatherrosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page)

We're back with Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim's A City of Shining Stars.We're using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia.Find all of Aaron Lim's games here: https://ehronlime.itch.io/And, hear Jeff play another baseball-themed superhero, Slugger King, in the Protean City Comics Pride Annual #1: The Hometown Hero of Hillside Park.The CastJeff Stormer (he/him, @PartyOfOnePod)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp)Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

This run we're joined by Jeff Stormer of Party of One and All My Fantasy Children — not to mention Anyone Can Wear the Mask — to play Aaron Lim's A City of Shining Stars.We're using this superhero city-building game to develop the history of New Olympia, a parallel-universe version of New Arcadia.Find all of Aaron Lim's games here: https://ehronlime.itch.io/And, read Steph's New Yorker article about multiverses in superhero media.The CastJeff Stormer (he/him, @PartyOfOnePod)Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us)Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp)Show InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/teamupmoves/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

Part two of our actual play of Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. There's a volcano in the middle of the Grandsmeddow that is being brought forward in time by a strange device. Our heroes need to contend with an angry fire-wielding supervillain, Flame Jane, and quite a few lava wurms as they work to get to the device and stop it from causing more destruction in New Arcadia.The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” HolmStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Mona “Monomer” Maxwell-DamonFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Game ModeratorShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

We've got Ian and Ceci back to play Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game from Greater Than Games. It's time for some good ol' superheroing as a volcano erupts in the middle of New Arcadia.Can our heroes—a scientist/entrepreneur with a powered suit of her own making, a college dropout who stole the wrong magical artifact from the mob, and Ursula, an actual witch from Macbeth—rescue civilians, fight off villains, and put a stop to the lava before it consumes the entire Grandsmeddow?The CastIan Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Ursula, the Weird SisterCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi@dice.camp) — Horatio “Time Keeper” HolmStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Mona “Monomer” Maxwell-DamonFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Game ModeratorShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTumblr: teamupmoves.tumblr.comMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTwitter: @teamupmovesTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

Fiona and Stephanie are sitting down together for the cozy and delightful Our Mundane Supernatural Life by Vee Hendro and Hayley Gordon, published by Storybrewers.Stephanie plays the sentient robot G.I.M.A., who was built by New Arcadia to help with municipal infrastructure maintenance but developed a mind of her own. Fiona is her roommate Emily, the owner of the small boutique yarn and fabric shop Puns and Needles.Listen to three days in their life as G.I.M.A. deals with being possessed by the villainous Grid Ghost and Emily prepares for a visit from a knitting VIP.The CastStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — G.I.M.A.Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Emily OstbyAlso MentionedBye Bye Kitty Cat by The MiceShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesMastodon: @teamupmoves@dice.campTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead

Eric Jason Martin has narrated over 350 audiobooks, and over 450 features for The New York Times Audio, including several episodes of the The Daily podcast. He directed Kate McKinnon and Emily Lynne's Heads Will Roll and Maximum Fun's Bubble. He produced and narrated the NY Times Bestseller Stinker Lets Loose!, an Audible Original written by Mike Sacks and starring Jon Hamm. Now he's back with New Arcadia: Revolution, the second installment of the of the Audible-bestselling New Arcadia series of multi-cast audiobooks featuring a star-studded cast of voice actors including yours truly in three small roles. Did I pester him into casting me? We find out on this episode. We also talk about how he got into this line of work, his time as an imagineer, why the present is all that matters, my true purpose on earth (to complain about Tony Thaxton), pronunciation, laryngeal massage, Mucinex and more! We also did a round of Just Me Or Everyone and HGFY. Products I Use/Recommend/Love: http://amazon.com/shop/alisonrosen Check us out on Patreon: http://patreon.com/alisonrosen Buy Alison's Book: Tropical Attire Encouraged (and Other Phrases That Scare Me)  https://amzn.to/2JuOqcd You probably need to buy the HGFY ringtone! https://www.alisonrosen.com/store/ Try Amazon Prime Free 30 Day Trial

Welcome to the first episode of the first run of the show! We're playing Anyone Can Wear the Mask by Jeff Stormer.Anyone Can Wear the Mask is a 3-player RPG about a hero, a villain, and the city that they share. It tells stories about the relationship between a superhero and the place that they protect, and the people who live there.Find out more: https://jeffstormer.itch.io/maskIn this episode we start our actual play of ACWtM with Stephanie playing Petunia “Tune” Petalowski, an indie rock fixture in the city of New Arcadia who never made it big as a musician and never made it big as a superhero, but she looks after the scene with her music and her heroics. Ceci is playing the city of New Arcadia and its neighborhoods of Kayfabe, VR Heights, NOSAD, and Millenium Square, along with the NPCs who live there. Fiona is the villain… we don't know anything about them yet.The CastCeci Mancuso (they/them, @mancusoscifi) — The City of New ArcadiaStephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly) — Petunia “Tune” PetalowskiFiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim) — The Mysterious VillainShow InfoWebsite: https://teamupmoves.com/Email: show@teamupmoves.comTwitter: @teamupmovesTheme Music: “Play” by Sleepyhead.

Hey, y'all! We are back this week with the story of one man's dream: to move to a state and decide that what everyone there really needs is a leftist Libertarian movement to secede from America.

Today I talked to Carol Cram about her new book Love Among the Recipes (New Arcadia Publishing, 2020). After Genna’s husband betrays her, she finds a way to spend six months writing a cookbook based on the city of Paris. In this lighthearted women’s fiction, Cram’s protagonist pairs both famous and lesser-known Parisian landmarks with often mouth-watering sounding recipes. Genna shops and cooks, sometimes for friends, sometimes for her landlord, but always for herself. Each chapter starts with a description of a different kind of macaron in varying colors and flavors that often describe the mood of the chapter that follows. In addition to exploring Paris, making friends with people she meets in her French class, and meeting a charming widower, Genna begins to understand that she has it in her power to create her own happiness. Carol M. Cram loves the arts, food, travel, and writing novels about people who follow their passions. Three previous novels of historical fiction, The Towers of Tuscany (Lake Union Publishing, 2014) and A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015), and Muse on Fire (New Arcadia Publishing 2018) are also about women in the arts, and she matches her travel-inspired vignettes with pastel drawings created by her husband, Canadian artist Gregg Simpson in Pastel & Pen: Travels in Europe (New Arcadia Publishing, 2018). CCarol expresses her enthusiasm for the written word, the arts, and her love of travel on Artsy Traveler (www.artsytraveler.com) and Art In Fiction (www.artinfiction.com), and on the Art In Fiction Podcast in her chats with authors who write novels inspired by the arts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Today I talked to Carol Cram about her new book Love Among the Recipes (New Arcadia Publishing, 2020). After Genna’s husband betrays her, she finds a way to spend six months writing a cookbook based on the city of Paris. In this lighthearted women’s fiction, Cram’s protagonist pairs both famous and lesser-known Parisian landmarks with often mouth-watering sounding recipes. Genna shops and cooks, sometimes for friends, sometimes for her landlord, but always for herself. Each chapter starts with a description of a different kind of macaron in varying colors and flavors that often describe the mood of the chapter that follows. In addition to exploring Paris, making friends with people she meets in her French class, and meeting a charming widower, Genna begins to understand that she has it in her power to create her own happiness. Carol M. Cram loves the arts, food, travel, and writing novels about people who follow their passions. Three previous novels of historical fiction, The Towers of Tuscany (Lake Union Publishing, 2014) and A Woman of Note (Lake Union Publishing, 2015), and Muse on Fire (New Arcadia Publishing 2018) are also about women in the arts, and she matches her travel-inspired vignettes with pastel drawings created by her husband, Canadian artist Gregg Simpson in Pastel & Pen: Travels in Europe (New Arcadia Publishing, 2018). CCarol expresses her enthusiasm for the written word, the arts, and her love of travel on Artsy Traveler (www.artsytraveler.com) and Art In Fiction (www.artinfiction.com), and on the Art In Fiction Podcast in her chats with authors who write novels inspired by the arts.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

This week, podcast discussion anchor Lawrence Sung contacted our new mayor of Arcadia, Mayor April Verlato, who gives a personal statement addressed to all Arcadians! Next, podcast resident tech member 2.0 Joyce Pang interviews a couple of her friends for opinions on Airpods. Last but not least, we have a fun little segment where host Jeffrey Lee interviews Amazon Alexa. Timestamps: Personal Statement from Mayor April Verlato: 1:57 Airpods: 6:36 Interview with Amazon Alexa: 9:15 Find our previous episodes here!

"The Mysterious Meteor". Sponsored by: Ralston cereals (Space Binoculars premium). A meteor made of anti-matter lands in Arizona...and manages to threaten a dam on the planet Venus! This is a network, sponsored version of cat. #17560. One of the thirtieth century’s greatest achievements has been the transformation of barren desert areas on planet earth into rich fertile farmland. Buzz, Happy and Major Robertson are in one of those regions now completing the inspection of the new spaceport at the Arizona city of New Arcadia centre of a thriving agricultural area. While Robbie is finishing up a few details in the city Buzz and Happy have taken the surface car for a drive out in the country when the see a meteor…

 A new listing has come up on 4332 N 41st place that might be perfect for you whether you’re downsizing or upsizing.Buying a Phoenix Home? Search all Homes for SaleSelling a Phoenix Home? Check out our FREE Home Value ReportOur new listing at 4332 N 41st place in the 85018 zip code is something we’re very excited to be able to tell you about.This home features three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a one-car garage. In total, it encompasses 1,600 square feet of room. The home was updated in 2011 and sits on a good-sized lot with an herb garden.“This home is within walking distance to all your favorite places. ”The best part about it? It’s within walking distance to all your favorite places, including Kachina Park, Ingo’s, Postino, the canal, and Camelback Mountain. It’s located in a very trendy area that’s been really popular with developers for the last 10 years. Whether you’re looking to upsize or downsize, this may be the property for you.If you’re interested in seeing this property in person or you know someone who might be interested in it, don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We’d be happy to help you.

Welcome to the sixth episode of The Coode Street Roundtable. The Roundtable is a monthly podcast from Coode Street Productions where panelists James Bradley, Ian Mond, and Jonathan Strahan, joined by occasional special guests, discuss a new or recently released science fiction or fantasy novel. Madeline Ashby's Company Town This month we discuss Company Town, the fourth novel from Madeline Ashby. It's a gripping near future thriller described by its publisher as follows: New Arcadia is a city-sized oil rig off the coast of the Canadian Maritimes, now owned by one very wealthy, powerful, byzantine family: Lynch Ltd. Hwa is of the few people in her community (which constitutes the whole rig) to forgo bio-engineered enhancements. As such, she's the last truly organic person left on the rig--making her doubly an outsider, as well as a neglected daughter and bodyguard extraordinaire. Still, her expertise in the arts of self-defense and her record as a fighter mean that her services are yet in high demand. When the youngest Lynch needs training and protection, the family turns to Hwa. But can even she protect against increasingly intense death threats seemingly coming from another timeline? Meanwhile, a series of interconnected murders threatens the city's stability and heightens the unease of a rig turning over. All signs point to a nearly invisible serial killer, but all of the murders seem to lead right back to Hwa's front door. Company Town has never been the safest place to be--but now, the danger is personal. A brilliant, twisted mystery, as one woman must evaluate saving the people of a town that can't be saved, or saving herself. If you're keen to avoid spoilers, we recommend reading the book before listening to the episode. If you don't already have a copy, Company Town can be ordered from: amazon.com amazon.com.au amazon.co.uk We encourage all of our listeners to leave comments here and we will do our best to respond as soon as possible. Next month The Coode Street Roundtable will return at the end of July with a discussion of Lavie Tidhar's Central Station.

News: Just to clarify something about RPPR B-Sides: each volume will be released for free after a 1 year delay. Volume 1 will be released to the public on August 14, 2014. If you want to listen to the 20 AP episodes contained in Volume 1, then you can donate $20 to RPPR. Simple as… Support Role Playing Public Radio on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/RPPR/ The post RPPR Episode 88: Heroes of New Arcadia Post Mortem Round Table Discussion appeared first on Role Playing Public Radio.

The last episode of the Heroes of New Arcadia is finally upon us! After defeating the Status Quo and the stopping the coup, there is only one obstacle between the Heroes and a transhuman utopia: the Ideal itself. Some members, like Avalon, are not on board with a radically new society that grants equal rights to non-humans and empowers all of its citizens. The Heroes find themselves facing a foe they never knew of before and the stakes could not be higher! What will happen to the Heroes in their final adventure? There's only one way to find out! Thanks for listening and the next episode of RPPR will feature a post mortem of the campaign.

In the penultimate episode of the Heroes of the New Arcadia campaign, the new Ideal must stop a coup! The Status Quo will not tolerate opposition so they will try their last and most desperate gambit to retain their own power. After all the Heroes have done to save the world, will this scheme succeed where others have failed? How will the Old Ideal react? There's only one way to find out the answers to these questions!

In this special episode, Jason takes the reins of the campaign (because Ross was in China at the time) and runs a game inspired by Days of Future Past! The Heroes of New Arcadia are thrown into the future, possibly an alternate one or possibly the predestined future and things aren't going so well. In this brutal grimdark dystopia, the Heroes have become villains or have died. Find out what caused the damage and how the heroes of the past can save the future!

The Heroes of New Arcadia find out that the secret weapon of the Collective is a massive construct made of thousands of grimoires - books of magic. The construct, The Lady of Darkness, is capable of altering reality on a massive scale and could threaten the entire world if she isn't stopped. As powerful as the heroes are, can they stop a being of unprecedented magical power? Even if they deal with the Collective, a civil war is brewing between the human-run governments and the superhuman ones. The Heroes of New Arcadia are the only ones who can stop the war before it begins. Find out what happens as the cosmic tier draws closer to its conclusion!

In this episode of the cosmic tier, the heroes tackle the Collective! The organization is now a twisted cult of the Remnant, the elder cosmic being which nearly unmade the universe. The Collective seeks to continue the job left unfinished by their patron god and will stop at nothing to accomplish it. Only the Heroes of New Arcadia can stop them, but that's easier said than done. They possess incredibly technological and magical resources and intend to use them. Find out what secrets they still have left to spring!

The Heroes of New Arcadia campaign will be interrupted by a special one shot of Dread, the horror game that makes Jenga terrifying. Seriously. We're playing Dread in this episode. The players are on a space station trying to protect all of humanity from a cosmic threat. They're all humans. No man-bats or magicians or anything like that. Nope. Just a straight sci-fi horror story about people like Norm (the prisoner), Jamal (the leader) and Finn (the worker). They all know something is WRONG on the station. Can these normal humans solve the mystery and save the day or will they let the world be destroyed? Find out in this special game of Dread!

The final tier of the Heroes of New Arcadia campaign begins! After the dramatic events of the last tier, the world is a very different place. The Heroes are vastly different - gaining new powers at the cost of their humanity. The secrets behind Ragnarok have been revealed. The Ideal has finally returned. The Collective has shown itself to be a true enemy of all that lives. The Heroes of New Arcadia are now world class heroes and the stakes have never been higher. Can the Heroes do what it takes to guide the world into a more elevated position or will everything fall apart? Find out as the final act begins!

Caleb steps up as gamemaster in his second 'annual' Heroes of New Arcadia game. The heroes may have saved earth but the world of Sanctuary still needs their help. Fortunately they've found a way to potentially avert the disaster but they must travel to a remote and bizarre section of Sanctuary, one where magic rules, instead of science. The heroes must journey across an exotic yet strangely familiar realm of fantastic beings. Can they adapt to the laws that guide this realm and save Sanctuary or will they fail in their quest? Find out in this double length episode!

The finale to the second tier of the New Arcadia campaign is here! All secrets have been laid bare. The truth behind Nemesis and its ancient battle against the Remnant has been revealed and not a moment too soon. The end of the universe is extremely fucking nigh. The Heroes of New Arcadia must do battle against a cosmic evil from beyond time and space and while they have the aid of almost everyone on Earth, they have no idea if it will be enough. Who will live? Who will die? Find out in the conclusion to the global tier of the Heroes of New Arcadia!

In this episode of the Heroes of New Arcadia, the end draws near! As the truth behind Nemesis and Ragnarok is revealed, the Heroes of New Arcadia must deal with its ramifications. Aliens, gods, and beings of unimaginable cosmic power each seek to fulfill their own agendas, regardless of the consequences. The Collective and the governments of the world also seek to use this crisis to grab more power. It is clear the fate of the world, perhaps the entire universe, is at stake. Can a handful of mistmatched self-made heroes possibly stop the doom that grows ever more certain every minute? Find out what happens in the penultimate episodes of the global tier of the Heroes of New Arcadia!

In this episode, the Heroes of New Arcadia return to earth and find out everyone has learned of the doomsday asteroid and its destruction. To say it causes a stir might be a bit of an understatement but the Heroes have no time to ponder the ramifications of their actions because the superhuman convention is in town! Thousands of self-empowered humans, aliens, and magical beings have ventured to New Arcadia to talk shop, trade, show off, and party! Of course, the federal authorities have their own plans in motion as well. Can the Heroes balance the chaos of the convention with the machinations of the government? What other trouble is in store for them? Find out as the global tier draws closer to an end!

In this episode, the Heroes of New Arcadia travel into deep space to stop a massive asteroid from destroying Earth, a mission they have put off for a while. If the asteroid reaches Earth, it will surely destroy all life on the planet. The heroes know that the asteroid did not become a threat on its own - someone or something has altered its course. Changing the asteroid's path will be perilous, but what other threats lie in wait for the Heroes of New Arcadia? Find out in this action-packed episode!

News: If you enjoy The Heroes of New Arcadia, support RPPR by backing the Base Raiders Kickstarter! Play your campaign set in New Arcadia! After dealing the revenant, the Heroes of New Arcadia still face many challenges. The private security corporation, Shangri La, still needs to be punished for their attack on their last base. Furthermore, the extinction level threat to humanity, the massive asteroid, is still heading to Earth. All this and a growing gulf between the heroes and the government, a convention of metahumans making their way to New Arcadia, and more! Can the heroes prevail in these trying times? Find out in this double length episode of The Heroes of New Arcadia!

News: If you're a fan of The Heroes of New Arcadia, please support RPPR by backing our new Kickstarter, Base Raiders the RPG! Based on this campaign, Base Raiders is a standalone RPG about DIY transhumanism and raiding abandoned bases for treasure. Check out the Kickstarter Page!  Synopsis: In this double length episode, the Heroes of New Arcadia contend with occult assassins, bone solvent, and escaped souls from hell, among other things. In the first half of this episode, the heroes learn that a sinister assassin from a death cult is waiting to strike but can they track down this villain before it's too late? In the second half, a revenant from the pits of hell is tracking down her killers.  The Heroes will be put to the test. Can they save the day? Find out in this two session episode!

Check out the Base Raiders website to preview the next major RPPR project! The Heroes of New Arcadia have righted many wrongs and saved many lives but no good deed goes unpunished forever. Their enemies launch a raid on their unprotected base, resulting in a major fight that pushes the group to their limits. After the battle, they decide to strike back but first they have to determine which of their many enemies attacked them and how they can best get revenge. Find out who their mystery foe is in this episode!

In this double length episode, the Heroes of New Arcadia deal with many challenges. The base of the Martyr's father, The Samaritan, has been found. But in order to get into the base, one of the heroes decides to make a bargain with a darker power. This begins an odyssey into the lower planes. Meanwhile, the Heroes must deal with Mayhem, a new villain with unusual superpowers and murderous intentions. Finally, the Heroes have to deal with the fact that their base is publicly known and undefended. This leads to a confrontation with enemies the Heroes have not seen before. All this and more!

In this episode, the heroes of New Arcadia have recovered from their confrontation in the abandoned Ideal base, but they have to deal with new complications in New Arcadia. They have new allies, Quasar and Galileo, but they must find a place for them to fit in. The heroes have a rare chance to socialize with some of their friends with a dinner party! Also, Norm gets a job. Clearly, this is a must listen episode.

The Heroes of New Arcadia have learned of an abandoned Ideal base, codenamed TIN CAN. They plan to access it to get crucial intel  and possibly other assets necessary to protect the world from threats like the Collective. Enlisting the aid of Wayfarer, a powerful teleporter, they head to the remote base only to find they aren't the only ones who thought to raid this base. How will our heroes deal with the other intruders? Who is the man in gray? How much is a claymore mine worth? Find out in this episode of the Heroes of New Arcadia!

The second tier of the Heroes of New Arcadia campaign begins! After recovering from their epic battle with the Syndicate, the heroes have new threats on the horizon. But the heroes have been changed by their experiences, some mentally or emotionally while a few have undergone even greater transformations. The Collective is imprisoning all supernatural creatures, including ancient gods. After the heroes discover this, they investigate which leads to a search in the desert and a confrontation with an unnatural guardian. All this and more in episode 11 of the Heroes of New Arcadia!

While the Heroes of New Arcadia have defeated the Syndicate, there are still other threats and challenges to overcome. Chirop must work through the legal consequences of his crimes without compromising himself. Even after dealing with that, the heroes learn of a secret prison built with technology from the Ideal. What's going on? Who is behind this secret base and what does it mean for the rest of the world? Plus, Ross gets to play as new hero Wayfarer.

The final battle between the Syndicate and the Heroes of New Arcadia begins! Deep in the Ideal Particle Collider known as Big Wheel, the heroes and their allies must fight a group of trained and dangerous superhumans, led by a powerful telepathic super-scientist known as Paragon. The heroes have cornered their foes and no quarter will be given to either side. This epic battle had 17 combatants (6 PCs, 5 NPC allies and 6 NPC villains) and lasted two entire sessions. Enjoy this double length episode and finale of the street level tier of the campaign!

The Heroes of New Arcadia have made contact with the mysterious and powerful leader of the Syndicate, a telepathic scientist named Paragon. She wishes to deal with the heroes but will they accept a compromise or not? Furthermore, the hero Chirop must pay for his crimes but what will the federal government demand of him? As the seconds count down, can our heroes come up with a suitable plan to stop the threat of the Syndicate once and for all?

In this episode, the heroes must stop the Syndicate's latest plot to destabilize the state! Fortunately, they have a new ally as guest player RJ joins the band in one session. In the second half, the Syndicate takes action against the heroes. Find out how in this episode!

This image comes from the hilarious webcomic, Wonderella. In this episode, the heroes of New Arcadia face a seemingly invincible foe - the leader of the Crystal Children cult. His powers stop anyone from attacking him directly or indirectly so he cannot be assassinated or captured. Can our heroes devise a means to stop this powerful psychic cult leader? Aside from that, the heroes have to secure the Hellmirror, a powerful and evil magical artifact but this isn't as easy as it seems, even though it resides in the police evidence locker.

In this episode the heroes of New Arcadia face two challenges: the Crystal Children and the occult mystery in Fiddler's Green. The cult known as the Crystal Children is led by a powerful metahuman with a unique ability that makes direct confrontations with him impossible. How will they bring this elusive foe to justice? When the other heroes delve into the mystery of the ghost lights of Fiddler's Green, they find a dire plot that must be stopped. However, this is easier said than done.

News: Support the Killsplosion Kickstarter and get access to 10 preview RPPR AP episodes! In this episode, the heroes of New Arcadia continue their war against the Syndicate. They discover a weapons manufacturing facility hidden in the city controlled by the Syndicate. The heroes must figure out a way to get inside the facility and destroy the machinery before the Syndicate thugs stop them. They also learn more of the Syndicate's structure, leadership and plans. What dark mysteries will they uncover? Find out in this double length episode!

The war against crime continues! In this double length episode, our heroes first encounter a fellow metahuman, Raoul - a skilled underground fighting champion. He has a problem though - a death cult has kidnapped his child. He needs the help of a few heroes to rescue his kid and stop the cult. In the second half of this episode, the heroes encounter two lieutenants in the Syndicate and their henchmen. The battle that ensues will be the hardest one they have fought yet. Listen to find out who gets set on fire and more!

In this episode of the New Arcadia campaign, our heroes have begun the fight against the Syndicate - a powerful criminal organization dedicated to consolidating its control over all organized crime in the state. It achieves this through the use of illegal super-soldier technology. Their enforcers are capable of taking down dozens of normal thugs in a battle so they have taken most of the city's criminal underworld. But our heroes have a lead on the tech used to make the super soldiers. Find out what the lead uncovers in this episode!

What happens to a world whose heroes disappear overnight? One year ago, every major superhero and supervillain disappeared in an event now called Ragnarok. Since then, thousands of normal humans have acquired means to empower themselves. Spell books float around on the Internet. Technology stolen from abandoned bases and secret headquarters has been reverse engineered for countless knock offs. In a city on the West Coast called New Arcadia, a group of ragtag civilians with new superpowers has arisen to take the place of the missing superheroes. In the first episode, these amateur heroes meet at the site of a terrorist attack on a federal courthouse. They must rescue hostages and defeat heavily armed killers. Can they pass this trial by fire?But that isn't all! This episode combines the first two sessions of the campaign. After their first skirmish, some of the heroes take their first step into becoming a super team. Can they overcome their personal problems or will bickering and infighting doom their efforts? Read more about the Heroes of New Arcadia here.

Zombies of the World is now shipping! Buy your copy today! The final playtest for the upcoming Gencon 2011 Wild Talents game introduces a new group. Tim, Wes and Adam join Caleb and Mike as the newly empowered civilian survivors in the New Arcadia zombie outbreak. With the same basic scenario, what different decisions will they make and how will they respond to the challenges of undead hordes, flesh eating superheroes and a looming nuclear apocalypse? Find out in this episode!

The Great Armada of the Old World has reached the shores of the New World. Can the forces of New Arcadia, led by the heroic Water Barons, defeat the vast forces arrayed against them?  While they are outnumbered, the adventurers have more than a few tricks up their sleeves...Only one episode of the New World Campaign remains!

PREORDER ZOMBIES OF THE WORLD NOW AND GET A FREE POSTER! In order to prepare for Gencon 2011, I wrote and playtested a Wild Talents zombie-themed one shot. A group of normal citizens wake up in a strange lab. They each have a super power due to the experiments conducted by the Parasol Corporation. Unfortunately, the same corporation has also released a zombie virus on the city of New Arcadia. This virus has turned normal citizens into mindless flesh eating ghouls and superhumans into intelligent flesh eating ghouls. Can these scrappy new heroes find a way to cure the virus, survive countless zombies and defeat 'subject zero'? This episode contains two playtests of the same scenario. The first was at Fear the Con 2011 and the second was with most of the regular RPPR group. There is a third playtest with a mix of new and old players that will be released soon.

The Water Barons are up to their necks in adventure! The armada from the Old World threatens New Arcadia and the rest of the New World. The dark entity stirs within its prison. A copper dragon is up to no good. Can the fractured group of embattled adventurers deal with this much adventure? Find out in this episode!

A jam-packed show featuring the debut of the Arcadia Publishing Spotlight–each week Chris interviews the author of a new book from Arcadia Publishing and to kick it off, Joe Sonderman discusses his new book, “Route 66 in New Mexico.” Then, Judy Christa-Cathey, VP/Global Brand Marketing from Hampton Inn, talks about the success of the long […] The post The Pop Culture Road Trip – The new Arcadia Publishing Spotlight featuring Route 66 in New Mexico, The Hampton Hotel Save-A-Landmark program and Miss O’Dell! appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.