Member Zone
After a long hiatus, The Scourge returns with the aid of some 21st-century technology. Links and tools can be found below both for players and our new and old fans; welcome, or welcome back!
Tools Currently in Use:
- Skype
- Ventrilo
- Hostname or IP: talesfromthefireside.typefrag.com
- Port number: 55445
- MapTool
- Version "maptool-1.3.b86.zip"
- D&D Insider Compendium
- Note: this is only for 4th Edition!
Fun Stuff
- Crossword #1
- Crossword #2
- Crossword #3
Graeme's Recommended Podcast Listing
Role-playing related (meta)
- Dungeon Master's Block (focus on the role of the DM)
- Fear the Boot ("An irreverent look into role-playing games")
- Narrative Control (look at gaming)
- The (official) Dungeons and Dragons podcast (pretty boring... usually just quick updates)
- RPG Academy (a mix of general advice and discussion, and Actual Play sessions)
- Ludology (analysis of game theory, parts of games)
Role-playing-related (actual play sessions)
- The Adventure Zone (relative newbs to RPGs play D&D with their dad. Funny. Very imaginative DMing. Starts with the Mines of Phandelver campaign but quickly goes off track)
- Critical Hit: A Dungeons and Dragons Campaign
- Drunks and Dragons (drunk D&D... I found it loses its charm quickly)
- Hello from the Magic Tavern (absurd and hilarious. I mentioned it in a previous e-mail)
- Nerd Poker (professional comedians play D&D)
- One Shot (A rotating group play a one shot campaign, usually lasting only a few sessions, of various indie RPGs. Neat to hear about new games and interesting takes on mechanics.
- Party of Four (Hilarious, absurd, and Canadian. Mostly improvised role-playing with no real system attached. Neat mechanics and crazy imagination)
- 99% Invisible ("Explore the hidden side of everything.")
- Freakonomics Radio
- Invisibilia
- Love+Radio
- Radiolab
- Selected Shorts (big name actors reading short stories)
- Serial (a serialized podcast exploring a murder investigation. Extremely gripping. Made international headlines and widely considered the most popular podcast ever.)
- Snap Judgment
- Stuff to Blow Your Mind (science-related podcast)
- The Moth (real people telling real life stories)
- The School Sucks Show: Education Evolution (very leftist and critical about schooling, but good for perspective. Heavily liberatian view of the world.)
- This American Life.