Crucible of Realms

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Matt Forbeck   Fantasy and sci-fi collide as a medieval world inhabited by magical creatures and practitioners of the arcane is beset by cyborg invaders from another world. Little do the defenders of the realm realize how much in common they have with their strange enemies. Matt's Kickstarter (12 for `12) can be found here. Check it out while there's still time! DOWNLOAD EPISODE 16 - The Arcane Impurity

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Edward Boudreaux We construct a setting in which Viking-inspired space fleets must deal with an Earth government that no longer wants them. Now that first contact with an alien race has been made, the rules have changed. What will happen when the fleet's replacements arrive? DOWNLOAD EPISODE 15 - The Midgard Precedent

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Clint Black of Pinnacle Entertainment Group   We create a penal colony that exists in a medieval world where magic is outlawed and demons manipulate the future of mankind. On an unrelated note for the gamer listeners out there, the 2012 RPG Podcast Listener Survey is going on right now! Check it out here. 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:06 Door # 2 01:02 Intro 01:39 Savage Worlds / Pinnacle Entertainment Group 02:01 Necessary Evil 02:15 Deciding Basics 02:35 Megalopolis 02:43 Gormenghast / Gormenghast Series 04:52 Fritz Leiber 07:02 Determining Scale 07:18 D&D 07:37 Discussing Structure & Resources 09:10 Convicts in Australia 09:18 Discussing Geography 10:38 Discussing Magic, Demons & Logistics 14:18 Jabba the Hutt 19:19 Discussing Religion & Church Structure 21:28 Inquisition 27:59 Planes of Existence 29:51 Discussing City Districts 29:57 The Five Boroughs (NYC) 34:52 Discussing Rules of Magic 37:39 Discussing History 43:54 Discussing Groups 49:34 Hannibal Lecter 50:16 Naming Titles & Places 52:04 Promise / I Can't Believe It's Not Butter 52:35 Raistlin / Dragonlance / Jacques Chirac 52:51 Malfeasance 53:34 Proctor & Gamble 54:49 Tarot 55:35 Naming Groups 56:25 Aufero 59:42 Naming Characters 60:11 Hector / Hannibal 61:16 Umbra 61:55 Pelagic 62:49 Phyllis Diller 63:04 Boris Yeltsin 63:18 Naming Geographic Items & Institutions 64:15 Naming the Setting 64:39 Devil's Island 65:07 DOOM / Perdition's Gate 65:29 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 14 - PERDITION'S HOLD

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guests: Tuna & Nick the Savage Greek In this episode we create an artificial world where the inhabitants fight each other for resources on the inside of an enormous sphere as part of an ages-long experiment. Recommendations: Jim recommends Dark City. Jon recommends John Carter. Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:23 Jim's Icon 00:39 Intro 01:29 Come Play With Us 02:19 Savage Worlds / Fiasco / Call of Cthulhu / Shadowrun 02:42 Pathfinder / Slipstream 03:02 A Song of Ice and Fire / A Dance with Dragons / Game of Thrones 03:23 Daniel Suarez / Demon / Freedom TM / The Hunger Games Series 03:45 Altered Carbon / Takeshi Kovacs 04:10 Robert E. Howard / Conan the Barbarian / Solomon Kane 04:17 Listener Feedback 04:54 Game Geeks / Game Geeks YouTube Channel 05:08 Deadlands 05:34 Savage Worlds Deluxe 06:14 Savage Worlds Test Drive v 6 06:30 AMBER Diceless RPG / Roger Zelazny / Chronicles of Amber 07:48 Neptune's Reich 08:51 Determining Basics 10:33 Dyson Sphere 11:55 Deciding Genre 12:37 Discussing Physical World Aspects 14:54 Discussing Issues for Native Life 15:42 Discussing Geographic Features 17:56 Circumference of the Earth 18:25 Supercontinent 19:10 Discussing Technological Levels 19:46 Industrial Revolution 20:45 Coca-Cola / The Gods Must Be Crazy / Coca-Cola Bottle Scene 20:59 Discussing Outside Influences 21:29 PETA / Greenpeace 22:12 Star Trek / "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky" 22:23 The Truman Show / Dark City 22:32 Discussing Complications 26:38 Discussing Species 30:46 Voldemort 32:22 Trinity 32:42 Heavy Metal 2000 / Zeek 33:16 Oompa-Loompas 34:27 Triceratops 36:08 Hubwards 37:40 Hive Mind 36:18 Dirigible / Zeppelin 40:47 Inca / Aztec 41:31 Salamander 43:38 Lizardfolk / The Lizard 44:04 Discussing History 46:40 Krakatoa 50:31 Discussing Locations 52:48 Discussing Political Structures 56:03 Naming Species, Groups & Locations 58:10 Pinnacle Entertainment Group 58:55 Pleistocene / Tarantian 59:50 Quad Core 61:30 Pokemon / Charizard 63:46 Isthmus 66:13 Recommendations 66:37 Kiefer Sutherland 66:43 John Carter / Barsoom Series 66:57 Conclusion & Outro 68:28 BONUS CONTENT: A Tale of Ice-Smashery DOWNLOAD EPISODE 13 - KIKLOS

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Darin Kennedy   We slap together a setting in deep space, in which a struggling federation of worlds attempts to push back threats from all sides.    Recommendation: Jon recommends Dan Carlin's Hardcore History    Wiki entry to follow!  00:00 Tomfoolery 00:01 Star Wars / The Force / George Lucas 00:08 Mitochondria / Midi-chlorians / Dragonball Z 00:39 Pigs in Space / Sharks with Lasers 00:57 Intro 02:12 Listener Comments 03:01 Deciding Basics 05:30 Discussing Species 05:34 The Micronauts 06:00 THEM! / Square Cube Law 06:38 Emergence / Hive Mind 08:48 Mercury 11:31 Contact 13:25 Dune / Spacing Guild 14:08 Clarke's Laws 16:47 The War of the Worlds / Martians 21:33 Superman / Vulcan / Dwarves 21:53 DC Comics / Apokolips 21:58 Marvel Comics / Guardians of the Galaxy / Charlie-27 23:51 Red Lobster 24:24 Relativity 26:33 Red Alert 26:36 Discussing Relations & Motives 27:48 Xenophobia 31:21 Discussing Societal Structures 34:55 The Borg 35:23 Discussing History 36:58 "That's no moon..." 42:42 Discussing Ships 45:46 Termite Mound 46:33 Krull 47:40 D&D / Formians 48:25 Warp Drive 51:31 Discussing Space Creatures 52:55 Mako Shark 54:17 Discussing Locations 56:31 Discussing Council Organization 58:30 Naming Species & Locations 59:21 Hymenoptera 60:32 Mandelbrot / Bratwurst 61:57 Manifold / Manifold 62:09 Gaussian Curvature 62:46 Shiva 62:53 Magic: the Gathering / Shivan Dragon 63:40 Naming Groups & Titles 63:43 Occupy Movement 68:06 Naming the Setting 68:36 "So let it be written, so let it be done..." 68:44 Recommendations 68:54 Dan Carlin's Hardcore History 69:32 darinkennedy.com / Apple 69:49 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 12 - ACONDUS SPIRAL

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Gregory Guest: Eden Royce   In this episode we create a vision of a hell in which daemons try to live better lives, but are plagued by crime and corruption. And of course the occasional kidnapping by humans from another world. 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:12 Megalopolis 00:21 Mr. Snuffleupagus 00:37 Barghest / Darth Vader / Black Dog / Geist 00:52 The Hound of the Baskervilles / Baskerville 01:06 Intro 02:47 Listener Feedback 03:10 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast 03:37 Creative Commons 04:12 Determining Basics 04:38 Atlas / Atlas Shrugged 05:04 Demon / Devil / Hell 06:11 Hellevator 08:27 Fedora 08:57 Film Noir / Hardboiled Fiction 09:14 Faustian Bargain 09:37 "This is my boomstick!" 10:53 Drug Fiend 11:58 Drug Mule 12:09 Mephistopheles 13:37 Art Deco / Succubus / Femme Fatale 14:03 Determining Physical Properties 14:13 Dark City 14:59 Superman / Kryptonians 15:55 Discussing Social Aspects 16:16 No One Can Eat Just One 17:07 Discussing Supernatural Rules 18:47 Discussing Inhabitants & Society 20:43 Discussing Powers 22:29 Prohibition / Speakeasy / Eliot Ness 23:34 Devil in a Blue Dress 24:24 Imp / Incubus 25:10 Discussing Wild Life 25:38 Terrarium 25:56 Arthropod / Arachnid / Crustacean 26:35 Discussing Environment 27:24 Futurama / New New York 27:51 Zeppelin / Steampunk 29:15 Industrial Revolution 29:43 Sulfur Dioxide / Acid Rain 32:14 Discussing History 32:50 Elder Things 33:23 Yog-Sothoth / Elder Gods / Great Old Ones 37:12 Egalitarianism 38:58 Discussing Religion 39:33 Lovecraftian / Hastur 40:13 Humanism / The King in Yellow 40:30 Gothic Architecture 41:41 Gaslighting 42:14 Drinking the Kool Aid / Heaven's Gate 42:20 Discussing Crime 43:09 Discussing Souls 44:31 Scarab 45:05 Discussing Government & Organizations 45:43 Fidel Castro 47:01 Byakhee 48:03 Arkham / Mikatonic University 49:03 Wall Street 49:17 Coney Island / Renaissance Faire 50:20 Naming Beings, Titles & Organizations 50:33 Daemon 52:20 Body Politic / Constabulary / Constable 53:27 Clot 54:02 Humours / Bile 55:25 Naming Places 55:59 Furlong 56:25 Naming Deities 57:28 Naming More Groups & Movements 58:17 Walker, Texas Ranger 59:37 Naming More Places 61:08 Naming the City 62:04 Naming the Setting 63:23 www.EdenRoyce.com 63:39 LudusNovus.net 63:45 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 11 - Hell Noir

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Eric On this episode, we create an Earth of the near future scarred by a mystical, fiery apocalypse. From the ashes of this world rise heroes of the Arthurian legends and Egyptian mythology to battle an undead horde. Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:03 Wikipedia / Philosophical Zombie 00:36 Intro 02:04 Determining Basics 02:15 Dresden Files RPG 02:42 King Arthur / Cthulhu / Rpg.net 03:30 Arthurian Legend / Avalon 03:53 Lovecraftian 04:17 Grendel / Beowulf 04:49 British Empire 05:04 Knights of the Round Table 05:14 Victorian Era 05:33 Reincarnation 05:49 Merlin 06:40 Knight Rider / KITT 07:47 The Mummy / The Scorpion King 08:22 Sarcophagus / British Museum 09:37 Morgan le Fay 11:40 Egyptian Empire / Red Sea 12:10 Horus / Evil Foreigner 14:22 Getting the Band Back Together 15:48 Solar Flare 16:22 Arthurian Dragons / Pendragon 17:20 Reign of Fire 18:00 Discussing Major Players 18:12 Aton (Aten) / Ra 18:42 Amenhotep IV / Akhenaten 19:04 Great Hymn to the Aten 19:49 Hitler 20:12 Nefertiti 21:55 Black Sea / Aegean Sea / Transylvania 22:16 Strait of Gibraltar / English Channel 22:38 The Chunnel 24:53 Excalibur / Lady of the Lake 25:28 Highlander / Illuminati 27:12 Sir Percival 28:48 Osiris / Set 28:59 Pharoah 29:08 Monotheism / Isis / Avatar 30:16 Sons of Horus / Canopic Jars 30:40 Do You Wanna Date My Avatar / You Can Call Me Al / Paul Simon 31:39 Ptah 33:20 Discussing Groups & Strength of Forces 34:43 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / The Black Knight 36:19 The Fisher King 37:18 Greymalkin 37:48 Bast 39:08 Indiana Jones 39:20 Alexandria / Library of Alexandria 39:48 Tefnut / The Nile 41:15 Imuit Fetish 41:43 Anubis 42:41 Lich / Phylactery 43:31 Shadow People 44:17 Keku 44:30 Discussing Monsters & Devestation 47:04 Terra Incognita / Here Be Dragons 47:16 Vikings / North Sea 48:07 Mad Max 49:12 Kraken 49:27 Istanbul / Constantinople / Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / They Might Be Giants 50:00 Constantine 50:17 Richard Wagner / Parsifal 51:44 Discussing Magic Level 53:09 J.R.R. Tolkien / Middle-Earth Magic 55:02 Discussing Seats of Power 55:14 Glastonbury Tor  / Salisbury / Stonehenge 56:19 Carpathia 56:31 Naming Places 56:51 Britannia / Albion 57:36 Naming Groups 58:34 Paladin 59:00 Bard 61:24 Naming Events 61:36 Big Brother 62:05 The Colosseum 62:19 Ritalin 63:08 Naming the Setting 63:44 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 10 - THE ASHES OF ALBION

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Chris   We build a galactic spiral arm in which magic and technology co-exist and humans and other strange species band together to defend against a threat that seeks dominion over all. WARNING: This setting combines Science Fiction and Fantasy. If that's not your cup of tea, you may want to skip this one to avoid having to crawl into a corner and rock yourself back and forth to comfort yourself against the sacrilege. In the mean time, we'll be having fun riding our magical space ships. ;) Recommendation: Jon recommends Community. Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Tomfoolery00:15 NyQuil00:28 Alderaan00:39 Intro01:14 D&D01:45 AD&D 2nd Edition01:52 Dark Sun / White Wolf03:32 Determining Basics04:59 Spelljammer / Windjammer05:38 Exo-Space (E-Space)07:11 Isaac Asimov / Clarke's Three Laws07:40 Spiral Arm07:50 Determining Star Systems & Species12:35 Red Giant16:49 Will-o-the-Wisp17:31 White Dwarf18:58 Stargate21:04 Discussing Means of Interstellar Travel22:31 Astral Plane / Hyperdrive / FTL Drive25:08 Introducing Humans to the Setting25:44 Charlton Heston / Planet of the Apes27:12 Enterprise29:05 Interstellar Conflict31:45 Ship Design33:45 Technomancer / Artificer35:00 Determining Timeline of Events36:12 Determining Locations37:16 Deadwood38:34 Revisiting Culture & Technology40:16 Explorers41:47 Adjusting the Timeline42:34 Discussing Weapons43:19 Greek Fire43:38 Revisiting Locations & Borders45:03 The Empire Strikes Back / Exogorth45:47 Klingons47:02 Sargasso Sea47:29 Naming Things48:34 Dross49:13 Oni50:00 Dwimmer / Dweomer50:22 Jingoism50:54 Falafel51:10 The Gray52:05 Xhosa54:22 Ekam54:56 Nyakyusa / Three Stooges / Bantu56:22 Puma / Aztecs56:45 Asterisk / Asterix / Babylon 557:20 Naming the Setting57:26 Pigs in Space57:46 Outlandia58:45 Recommendation / Community 58:54 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 9 - OUTLANDIA

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Mike of Sick & Twisted Productions We delve into a fantasy world in which the living and the dead are tied to each other in an unending cycle of birth, life, death, afterlife and reincarnation. In the Realms of Bennu, what comes after death is just as important as what happens beforehand! Recommendation: Jon recommends A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Tomfoolery00:24 Imperial March01:05 Intro02:53 Sick & Twisted Productions03:09 GenCon03:22 White Wolf / Vampire: the Masquerade / Changeling: the Dreaming03:44 Listener Feedback04:03 Universalis06:42 Tyranids / Warhammer 40,000 / Galactus / Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer07:30 D&D08:16 Gaia Hypothesis09:00 Deciding Basics 10:25 Necromancy 11:50 Resurrection (D&D)12:24 Ghost Rock (Deadlands)15:02 Discussing Rules for Magic16:39 Deciding Races & Monsters18:09 Deciding Civilizations18:56 Maori19:08 Incas / Aztecs20:44 Gypsy / Romani21:31 Vikings / Roman Empire22:29 Deciding Cosmology & Afterlife Details24:04 Edvard Munch / The Scream24:24 Princess Mononoke27:22 "I see dead people."28:38 Graveyard / Respawn32:08 Discussing Afterlife Civilizations34:03 Dalai Lama39:09 Valhalla42:33 Discussing Important Locations43:22 Necropolis43:42 Discussing History45:36 Revisiting Monsters / Manticore46:04 Chimera46:58 Naming Civilizations47:39 Koken48:29 Chu Nom48:42 Han Empire48:51 Quoc Ngu50:02 Supay / Uku Pacha50:38 Scrabble51:07 Wheel of Fortune / Volga51:47 Vendel52:17 Sara54:22 Dresden Files / Ectomancer55:29 Merlin / The Mists of Avalon55:40 Naming the Afterlife57:08 Naming the Setting57:28 Chaldea / Sabians57:53 Phoenix / Phoenix / Bennu58:36 Ursula K. Le Guin / A Wizard of Earthsea / Earthsea Trilogy59:26 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 8 - THE REALMS OF BENNU

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Reece Ambrose We take an alternate look at World War II, imagining a world in which the Nazis found a mystical artifact that would lead them to conquer Europe and change the face of global politics forever.   Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:36 Intro 02:15 Nazis 03:00 Determining Basics 05:07 World War II 06:27 Deciding Era & Society 07:27 American Civil War 07:59 Atomic Bomb 08:25 Pearl Harbor 10:00 Determining Rules & History 10:12 Rome / Carthage / Rome vs Carthage 11:18 Hiroshima / Nagasaki 11:55 Hermetic Magic 13:46 Vulcan / Neptune 14:06 Hermes Trismegistus / Hermes / Thoth 14:22 Alchemy / Astrology / Theurgy 14:38 Thule Society 15:18 Axis / Allies / Axis vs Allies 16:24 Afrika Korps / Virgil 19:36 Stormtrooper 19:52 Mars 20:07 Fifth Column 21:16 Sodom & Gomorrah 21:32 Poseidon / The Kraken / Hermann Göring24:08 Hadrian's Wall 24:26 Winston Churchill 26:09 Picts 28:55 Navajo / Code Talkers 29:42 Determining Locations / Machu Picchu 29:54 Navajo Cliff Dwellings / Area 51 30:10 Trinity / Alomogordo 30:56 Heinrich Schliemann / Troy 31:28 Gibraltar / Pillars of Hercules 31:56 Victoria Falls / Niagara Falls / Zambezi 32:27 Mount Fuji / Ulan Bator / Genghis Khan 32:53 Gobi Desert / Mount Everest / Taroko Gorge 33:15 Dreamtime 34:31 Fighting Monks 35:52 Determining Factions 38:21 Albert Einstein 40:05 Pineapple Grenade 44:14 Imperial Japan / Communism 47:34 Chinese Gunpowder 48:03 Panacea / Elixir Vitae 49:31 KGB 50:15 Cheka / Vladimir Lenin / NKGB 50:33 Political Directorate (OGPU) / Joseph Stalin 53:20 Rwandan Genocide 53:54 Vodoun (Voodoo) 55:24 Grigori Rasputin / Bolshevik 55:50 Naming Groups 56:02 Manhattan Project 58:13 Dynasty 58:57 Naming the Setting 59:27 3rd Reich 60:27 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 7 - NEPTUNE'S REICH

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent Guest: Gregory Weir of Ludus Novus We travel out into the depths of space to create a science fiction setting in which humanity has transcended physical needs. Factions within this utopian society wish to bring the joy of this state of being to others - whether they want it or not.  Wiki entry to follow! 00:00 Warning00:38 Tomfoolery01:06 Introduction02:10 Ludus Novus02:25 Listener Feedback02:39 Happy Jack's RPG Podcast03:26 Deciding Genre & Concepts03:38 Space / The Final Frontier04:00 Star Trek / Star Wars04:58 Deciding Era & Tech Level07:01 Singularity09:05 Deciding Scale & Location09:53 Luddites14:03 Detailing Civilizations15:11 The MCP16:32 The Borg21:14 Warp Drive24:23 Dyson Sphere26:18 Frankenstein / Cyborg27:31 Green Women29:23 Red Queen / Alice29:58 William Shatner31:38 Babylon 5 / Minbari34:40 Freemarket36:00 The Computer Is Your Friend36:57 Facebook43:04 Developing Group Structures43:27 Mass Driver43:50 Vogons45:33 James Bond / M / Q45:55 John le Carre47:33 Farscape / Moya48:42 "This Concludes Our Broadcast Day..."50:28 Babylon 5 (Station)51:20 Spawning52:57 Orson Welles / Unicron53:18 Naming Civilizations55:11 Naming Entities & Locations57:02 Vulcan / Haphaestus / John Milton57:49 Return-to-zero58:52 Naming the Setting59:31 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 6 - UTOPIA HORIZON

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent We tackle the Superhero, Steampunk and Historical Fiction genres all at once by leaping into a world in which the Civil War is being fought not only with armies, but with strange technology and stranger heroes. Find it in the wiki here. Recommendations: Jon recommends World War Z by Max Brooks. Jim recommends Matthew Wayne Selznick's World Building series. 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:22 Mr. Rogers / HAL 9000 00:55 Introduction 01:32 Recommendations / World War Z 03:10 Matthew Wayne Selznick 04:07 Deciding Genre 04:38 DC / Marvel 05:09 The New Gods 05:16 Green Lantern / Superman / The Flash 05:24 Thor / The Incredible Hulk / The Silver Surfer / X-Men 06:10 Deciding Superhero Power Level & Geographic Scale 07:15 Gambit (Remy LeBeau) / Rogue 07:33 The Civil War 08:34 Hat with Gears 09:27 Confederate Ironclads / Submarines 10:34 Washington, D.C. / Richmond, VA 11:20 Creating Characters 12:44 Kentucky Fried Chicken / Colonel Sanders 13:27 Snow Crash 13:45 Captain America / Golden Age of Comics 14:13 Professor X 15:23 Dime Novel 15:46 Battle Hymn of the Republic 17:16 Batman 17:42 D&D / Cavalier / The Cavalier 18:25 Colt Dragoon 18:55 Sergeant Major 20:08 Benjamin Franklin 20:19 Q / Futurama 21:28 Fu Manchu 22:20 Abraham Lincoln / Pinkerton Detective Agency 22:41 Allan Pinkerton / Secret Service 23:22 Locations 23:52 Georgetown, SC 24:09 Tuskegee Airmen 24:28 Deadlands  31:13 S.H.I.E.L.D. 32:28 Tuskegee, AL 34:09 Percy Jackson / Ares 34:54 Poseidon 35:16 Leonidas / Menelaus 35:46 Odysseus 36:08 Ulysses S. Grant 36:20 Captain Nemo 38:44 Geomancy 39:58 Acadians 42:11 Joan of Arc 43:30 Catching Up on Names 45:05 Gone With the Wind / Scarlett O'Hara / Vivien Leigh 46:15 Geomancers 46:44 Butte 47:32 Ursa Major 49:18 Highlander 50:18 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 5 - THE CIVIL ENGAGEMENT

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent It is the middle of the 1800's and out in the Oregon Territory, as the British and American invaders continue to defile the lands of the Nez Perce and argue heatedly over which side will claim the area, dark forces from a demonic realm also seek to take the land in fulfillment of their own twisted Manifest Destiny. WARNING: This episode contains Googling. Lots and lots of Googling. Find it in the wiki here. 00:00 Tomfoolery 00:21 Introduction 01:00 Deciding a Genre 01:04 Cowboys & Aliens 01:20 Weird Western 01:28 Deadlands 02:51 The Proposition 03:39 Quigley Down Under 04:00 Deciding a Scale 06:10 Washington State 06:19 Rain Shadow Effect 06:59 Lewis & Clark 07:15 Colville Reservation 07:35 Eastern Washington Wiki Page 08:25 Palouse Hills 09:05 Lake Missoula / The Channeled Scablands 11:00 Noah's Ark13:38 Oregon Territory 14:03 Niagara Falls / Missoula Floods 15:40 Salishan / Sahaptin / Shoshone 17:21 54-40 or Fight! / Captain George Vancouver 17:42 Vancouver, Canada 17:52 Chinese Explorers 18:41 Deciding the Time Period 19:10 Oregon Boundary Dispute 19:21 Manifest Destiny 19:36 James K. Polk 20:55 Walla Walla 21:18 Ft. Colville 21:25 Ft. Okanogan / Ft. Nez Perces21:58 Snake River / Columbia River / Willamette Valley 22:22 Astoria 23:13 Northwest Company 23:22 Kennewick 23:38 Pasco 24:47 Nez Perce 25:07 Oregon Treaty 25:12 Hudson's Bay Company 25:30 Origin of the Nez Perce 27:36 Weyekin 29:04 Creating Groups 29:33 Spiritualism 36:54 Blackwater 37:28 British Military 39:18 Chief Looking Glass 39:28 Provisional Government of Oregon 41:54 The Heart of the Monster 42:29 Nez Perce National Historic Park 42:42 Heart of the Beast: a Novel 42:44 Thomas Simpson / Sir George Simpson 47:14 Ophidian 48:07 Dr. John McLoughlin 48:29 Hell Gate 49:06 James Sinclair 50:31 Champoeg 52:25 Religious Conflict in the Setting 54:20 Naming the Setting 55:49 Oregon Trail / The Oregon Trail 56:22 The Great Flood of 1862 58:22 Conclusion & Outro 58:39 "And there was much rejoicing." / Monty Python DOWNLOAD EPISODE 4 - THE SCABLANDS

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent In this episode we create the world of Aurelia, a distant ice planet. There, a mysterious and distant race of religious penitents carry out their holy obligation in repayment of their horrific crime. Find it in the wiki here. Recommendation: Jon recommends "In Blackest Night," a story by Alan Moore from Tales of the Green Lantern Corp Annual Vol 1 # 3 (1987) 00:00 Tomfoolery / "Think of a number." / Pi 00:20 Introduction 01:28 Battlestar Galactica / Star Wars 01:56 Writing Prompt / Random Word Generator 02:33 Babylon 5 02:45 Setting the Scale 03:22 "Wrong!" 03:32 Theocracy 04:00 Star Trek 04:12 Alderaan 04:25 Inhabitants 04:33 Kaminoans (not Geonosians - sorry, our mistake!) 04:56 AI / Supermecha 05:33 UrSkeks / The Dark Crystal 06:10 Terraforming 12:18 Planetary Conditions / Geography 16:45 History 17:19 Utopia 20:24 Thri-Kreen 21:42 Geode 27:42 More Inhabitant Details 29:27 Younglings 29:50 George Lucas 31:31 Sects 36:53 Flagellant / Zealotry 41:00 Population Size (aka Fixing Our Math) 43:41 Vatican 54:44 Monsters 54:56 Roper 55:52 Bulette/Landshark 57:00 Naming 60:00 The Silence / Omega 61:31 Opus / Staff / Clef / Canon 62:04 Coda 62:40 Aureus / Staphylococcus Aureus 63:13 Aurelia 63:50 Recommendation / Green Lantern / Alan Moore / Rot Lop Fan / "In Blackest Night" 65:30 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 3 - AURELIA

Hosts: Jim, Jon & Kent The focus of this episode is a dystopian future setting called the EarthTech Trials. Want a world with corporations controlling everything, cybernetics running rampant and popularity of web presence deciding government policy? This is it. Find it in the wiki here! 00:00 Tomfoolery 01:13 Introduction 02:00 World Concept 02:16 The Running Man 03:23 The Hunger Games 04:12 Orwellian 04:40 Deciding the Era 06:55 Dystopia / Media Influence 07:12 Max Headroom 07:37 Rupert Murdoch 07:57 McDonnell Douglas / McDonald's 08:13 Taco Bell 08:30 World War Corporation / War on the Web 08:56 Google / Facebook 09:30 Baidu 10:31 William Shatner's TekWar 11:16 Nike / Squad Combat / Paintball 11:39 How Things Changed 11:55 One World Government 13:40 Factions 14:06 Marshal Josip Broz Tito 16:27 Alien Threat Conspiracy 19:00 Setting the Level of Devastation 19:28 Earthborne Devastation 19:37 The Day After Tomorrow 20:29 48th Parallel 21:00 World Dome 22:52 Brain-Computer Interface 22:57 Transhumanism 23:50 Beyond the Fringe / "Civil War" 24:50 Faction Locations 26:51 Allegiance by Online Votes / Foursquare / +1 27:09 Technology 27:42 Naming Factions 28:32 Intel 30:19 Prime Numbers 31:22 Star Trek Aesthetic 32:18 The Games 32:23 The Olympics 34:59 The World Cup 35:37 Do You Like Movies About Gladiators? 36:18 Mechs 36:45 Apple 38:18 Nikola Tesla 38:30 Light Teleportation / Fiber Optics / Quantum Entanglement 39:32 Solar Mirrors 41:41 Corporate Structure 42:26 Virtual Baronies 45:22 Cult of Personality 45:29 Steve Jobs 46:15 Virgin Galactic 49:22 Naming Media Outlets 49:50 The Prime Directive 50:13 Madison Avenue 50:26 Important Locations 51:45 Ouroboros 52:22 The Phoenix 52:44 Fenghuang 55:30 Uluru 55:52 Casablanca 56:13 Tombstone, AZ 56:36 Deadlands 58:29 Conclusion & Outro DOWNLOAD EPISODE 2 - THE EARTHTECH TRIALS