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Hello! Michael here with a quick word about the future of The Rpg Academy podcast feed. Big changes have come and for the near future all our new content (minus the final eps of our Dragonlance campagin) will be on our Youtube Channel with Jake now Director of Creative Content.
This week, we welcome back Michael Ross from The RPG Academy and Rob Hilferty from Worldbuild With Us to play Michael's Ennie-nominated game Action 12 Cinema to celebrate our podcast's fourth anniversary. Join us for the second part of our play session, where we complete the Production Phase of the game, engaging in bad B-movie hijinks to discover the identity of the leader of the Vampires gang and the location of the Last Operational Waffle House (which, for some reason, is in Neo New York City). This is the second part of a two-part game. Please be sure to go back and listen to last week's episode "Recipe for Disaster" to catch the Pre-Production Phase, where we establish characters, world, and plot, or you might be lost when the game starts. You can find Michael and his podcast over at therpgacademy.com, and copies of Action 12 Cinema at https://therpgacademy.com/action-12-cinema/. You can also find the portal to order tickets for AcadeCon, which will be November 8-10 in Dayton, Ohio, on the website. You can find Rob's podcast at worldbuildwithus.com, or on your podcatcher of choice. We want to thank all of our listeners who tune in biweekly to listen to our show. Without you, we would have closed up shop a long time ago. Merry Tarrasquemas, to one and all. Our website is *finally* live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord. Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell. Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.
This week, we welcome back Michael Ross from The RPG Academy and Rob Hilferty from Worldbuild With Us to play Michael's Ennie-nominated game Action 12 Cinema to celebrate our podcast's fourth anniversary. Join us for this, the first part of our play session, where we complete the Pre-Production Phase of the game, establishing the details of the crazy B-budget action film we will be playing through in part 2. Our next session, where we play through the Production Phase, will be released next Wednesday (September 11th, 2024). You can find Michael and his podcast over at therpgacademy.com, and copies of Action 12 Cinema at https://therpgacademy.com/action-12-cinema/. You can also find the portal to order tickets for AcadeCon, which will be November 8-10 in Dayton, Ohio, on the website. You can find Rob's podcast at worldbuildwithus.com, or on your podcatcher of choice. We want to thank all of our listeners who tune in biweekly to listen to our show. Without you, we would have closed up shop a long time ago. Merry Tarrasquemas, to one and all. Our website is *finally* live! Head on over to undercommontaste.com to find links to all of our social media, streaming sites, Patreon, Itch store, and Discord. Our theme song is Massacre Anne, written and performed by Mary Crowell, and used with permission. You can find Mary's work online at marycrowell.bandcamp.com, or on Patreon at patreon.com/DrMaryCCrowell. Our logo was illustrated by David Sutherland. You can find David's work online at instagram.com/wilex_73, or on DeviantArt at deviantart.com/davidsutherland.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by Jake and Michael to review the latest iteration of D&D 5e's Player Handbook
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by Jake and Michael to review the latest iteration of D&D 5e's Player Handbook
Send us a Text Message.Our Sci-Fi Summer draws to a close and we decided to not take it very seriously, at all. This week, Shawn and Colin welcome back guest Michael Ross, to discuss the comedy spoof classic 'Spaceballs'. One of us has never seen it, a quite frankly, has only seen one Mel Brooks movie before this. So what happens when 2 people who were raised on this movie collide with someone seeing it with fresh eyes? Tune in to find out!5 Star reviews help drive us up the charts. Please take a minute and review us.If you would like to contact or donate to us: iusedtolikethisone@gmail.comwww.patreon.com/iusedtolikethisoneWebsite: www.iusedtolikethisone.comInstagram: @iusedtolikethisoneTwitter: @iused2likethis1Facebook: I Used To Like This OneBluesky: @iusedtolikethisone.bsky.socialSnapchat: @iused2likethis1Guest: Michael RossMentioned: Smallville: Farm To Fable: A Retrospective Fancast, The RPG Academy, Action 12 Cinema (book/game)Created/Produced/Hosted by: Shawn Wells and Colin StewartOfficial Substitute Co-host: Aaron Knowles @betteractions @oblivionbarpod @shredthestress Edited by: Shawn WellsOriginal Music by: Lindon Carter (look for his band 'Carter & the Capitals' on all music streaming platforms)Website design: David SonSpecial Thanks To: Tracy Sheremeta, Lindon Carter, Kris Wells and Graham Wells for their contributions to the show.Hear more content from Shawn with his other podcast 'In Front Of The Yellow Line'.Support the mental health of Military Veterans with Aaron Knowles's non-profit www.shredthestress.org©️2024 And Sometimes Why? Productions.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael sits down with Moe to chat about his recent visit to San Diego Comic Con and the emergence of Gaming Space at that Con.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael sits down with Moe to chat about his recent visit to San Diego Comic Con and the emergence of Gaming Space at that Con.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael, Brad, Michael and Jared discuss their 2024 trip to Nerdvana that is GenCon!
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael, Brad, Michael and Jared discuss their 2024 trip to Nerdvana that is GenCon!
In this episode of our interview series, Erik visits with Michael Ross from The RPG Academy, writer/designer of the GMless action movie RPG Action 12 Cinema. They talk gaming, podcasting, conventioneering, and so much more! Metagamers Anonymous is a podcast dedicated to tabletop roleplaying games and (mostly) related material. Questions or comments? Feel free to drop […] The post MetAnon Int42 – Michael Ross | Action 12 Cinema first appeared on Prismatic Tsunami.
Welcome back to How to Be a Better DM.Today is a special bonus episode. We were fortunate enough to have been invited onto RPG Academy. Listen to our conversation but absolutely check them out at https://therpgacademy.com/Mentioned in this episode:Give Us a Rating and ReviewYou obviously have really good taste, you're listening to How to Be a Better DM after all. We thank you for your support. If you've ever gotten anything useful from our show, take a minute to give us a rating and a review. It goes a very long way to making it so How to Be a Better DM can help many more dungeon masters just like you. If you love our content, help others become better dungeon masters too.We Need Your HelpWe are offering professional Dungeon Master Services and we have 5 slots for a free game open to any private or corporate party. If you could do this favor for us we'd be eternally grateful. Go to https://session0studios.com/dungeon-master-for-hire/ to sign up.Dungeon Master for Hire
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) and Chris Burlew chat about Michael's recent journey to Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH
Transcript What's the deal with Playbooks? That's a question that's way too big for one episode. But Moe Poplar, of the RPG Academy podcast Show & Tell, had a very particular effect of playbooks that he wanted to talk about on the show today: how playbook choice can be a line of communication between players, GM, and designer. This is one of those episodes that's as much play advice as it is about design. I should do more of those. Further Reading: Monster of the Week Blades in the Dark Socials Moe's website, including his games. Moe's podcast via The RPG Academy, Show & Tell Sam on Bluesky and itch. The Dice Exploder blog is at diceexploder.com Our logo was designed by sporgory, and our theme song is Sunset Bridge by Purely Grey.Join the Dice Exploder Discord to talk about the show!
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer's Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler's Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special Draft episode. This time we are drafting the most awesome collection of vehicles from live-action TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the most awesome collection. Lewanika serves as the Draft-Master for this event. The winner of this event will serve as draft-master for our next one.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer's Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler's Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special Draft episode. This time we are drafting the most awesome collection of vehicles from live-action TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the most awesome collection. Lewanika serves as the Draft-Master for this event. The winner of this event will serve as draft-master for our next one.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer's Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler's Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special Draft episode. This time we are drafting the most awesome collection of vehicles from live-action TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the most awesome collection. Lewanika serves as the Draft-Master for this event. The winner of this event will serve as draft-master for our next one.
Lewanika of TTJ joins The RPG Academy, Wander’s Haven, and Smuggler's Blues as they select the best live-action vehicles from the 70s, 80s, and 90s! Who will get the prize?...
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) and his two boys (John and Jacob) discuss their recent CincyCon 2024 experience.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by first-time reviewer JimmyLogan to review the Tales from the Loop - Starter Set.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by first-time reviewer JimmyLogan to review the Tales from the Loop - Starter Set.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Tom and I take a look at Phandelver and Below: Shattered Obelisk
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Tom and I take a look at Phandelver and Below: Shattered Obelisk
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) and his youngest son Jacob discuss their recent trip to River City Con in Louisville, KY.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) and his youngest son Jacob discuss their recent trip to River City Con in Louisville, KY.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Jake and I take a look at the newest setting boxed set from WotC for D&D 5e: Planesape & Adventures in the Multiverse.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Jake and I take a look at the newest setting boxed set from WotC for D&D 5e: Planesape & Adventures in the Multiverse.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at When the Wolf Comes by Schwalb Entertainment.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at When the Wolf Comes by Schwalb Entertainment.
Welcome to the final episode of Series 66, everyone! In this series, we sat down with three different designers live at the AcadeCon 2023 convention in Dayton, Ohio in the US! In today's episode, Ryan was able to sit down with the head of the AcadeCon convention as well as the RPG Academy, Michael Ross, to learn about Action 12 Cinema, an action movie RPG where you play as characters in a B-style action movie! Character Creation Cast Patreon https://patreon.com/charactercreationcast Announcements: Star Crossed: Love Letters Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/bully-pulpit-games/Star-Crossed-Love-Letters Star Crossed and I Have the High Ground on Party of One: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dPXHo5a4B6RZ9lYZT2Cqz?si=ZggG5sTqTzym9qRGec-n4w Our social media info: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com Leave us reviews in any, or all, of these places: Character Creation Cast on Apple Podcasts (The best place to leave reviews for us) https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/character-creation-cast/id1363822066?mt=2&ls=1 Character Creation Cast on Podchaser https://podchaser.com/CharacterCreationCast Guests Michael Ross Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheRpgAcademy Website: https://therpgacademy.com/ Acadecon: https://acadecon.com/ Games/Tools discussed this episode: Action 12 Cinema: https://therpgacademy.com/action-12-cinema/ Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Announcements 00:01:24 - Introductions 00:04:01 - What's in a game? - Core concept of Action 12 Cinema 00:07:16 - What setting do we play in? 00:12:33 - What do characters do in this game? 00:15:19 - What materials do we need to play? 00:16:13 - What sort of characters can people make in the game? 00:21:06 - Let's make some people! 00:23:38 - World Building - Setting the rating 00:25:00 - Genre 00:27:20 - Plot 00:32:10 - 6 Obstacles and putting together Acts 00:41:14 - Locations 00:43:12 - Worst possible outcome 00:44:43 - Supporting characters 00:46:35 - Main Characters 00:48:03 - Skills 00:50:55 - Relationships 00:52:05 - Heroic Trait, Achilles Heel and Personal Crisis 00:56:29 - Tropes 01:01:55 - What happens going into the game 01:10:11 - What was the process of developing these character creation mechanics? 01:13:34 - What inspirations were drawn upon for this? 01:14:58 - How long has AcadeCon been going on for? 01:17:15 - How have things been going at AcadeCon 2023 so far? 01:23:09 - Outtakes 01:25:28 - Call to Action 01:31:47 - Credits Music: Opening: Meditation Impromptu 03 (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Calming/Meditation_Impromptu_03) by Kevin MacLeod Clip 1: Insidious by Cody Martin on Soundstripe: https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/14479 Main Theme: Hero (Remix) (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Steve_Combs/Principal_Photography_1493/11_Hero_Remix) by Steve Combs Our Podcast: Character Creation Cast: Website: https://www.charactercreationcast.com Contact Us: https://contact.charactercreationcast.com BlueSky: @CreationCast.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/creationcast.bsky.social) Twitter: @CreationCast (https://twitter.com/CreationCast) Discord: https://discord.charactercreationcast.com/ Amelia Antrim: BlueSky: @gingerreckoning.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/gingerreckoning.bsky.social) Twitter: @gingerreckoning (https://twitter.com/gingerreckoning) Ryan Boelter: BlueSky: @lordneptune.com (https://bsky.app/profile/lordneptune.com) Twitter: @lordneptune (https://twitter.com/lordneptune) Our Network: https://oneshotpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) Michael (Losermlw) and Michael and later, Brad (GM-Brad) discuss a variety of topics about and some not really about AcadeCon 2023 and beyond.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) Michael (Losermlw) and Michael and later, Brad (GM-Brad) discuss a variety of topics about and some not really about AcadeCon 2023 and beyond.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at Myrrorside by Angus McNicholl / Parallel Publishing.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at Myrrorside by Angus McNicholl / Parallel Publishing.
DM Neal sits down to talk with Michael from the RPG Academy about the newly released Marvel Multiverse RPG and how it can add elements to your D&D games! @TheRpgAcademy Healthy Minds Alliance Patreon @DMs_Block Discord Facebook Stitcher iTunes dungeonmasterblock@gmail.com Episode edited by: Neal Powell
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. This week we are cheating like a supervillain because we are playing a game that doesn't actually have a sample adventure; the new Marvel Multiverse RPG (616) by Matt Forbeck.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer's Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler's Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special D&D meets the MCU draft. Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the best* D&D party from MCU heroes. Michael serves as the Draft-Master for this event.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael and life-long best bud Brandon chat about this first GenCon Experience ever.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we're using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we're using today is called The Starblades of Su'ul from the Masters of Umdaar setting for Fate/Fae.
Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Michael & Michael gather to discuss their recent Origins Game Fair experiences.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael Waldschlager II ( @LoserMLW ), drops in for a quick review of Mörk Borg a dark fantasy role playing game created by Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell, and published internationally by Free League Press.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we're using today is called The Starblades of Su'ul from the Masters of Umdaar setting for Fate/Fae.