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General Northmoor Discussion / Shorter Epsiodes for AP or "full"?

« on: July 31, 2009, 10:02:51 AM »

So, as I'm contemplating editing the next AP episode, I'm wondering if it would be worth releasing just the first 30 minutes of audio + our comments as the episode, rather than the full hour of audio + our comments.

I'm leaning toward shorter, since then I have to edit less all in one sitting, and we can put out episodes more regularly.  But I thought I'd see what people thought...

Thanks!

Tim

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General Northmoor Discussion / Promotional Slide

« on: July 24, 2009, 11:04:57 AM »

Hey there, we have to do a promotional slide for the ENnies, but we'll likely use it in other places as well.  This is what I've put together so far...any thoughts/comments?

The black border is to pad it out to the size required by the ENnies folks...

Thanks!!

Tim

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General Northmoor Discussion / ENnies Recommendations Thread!

« on: July 23, 2009, 07:59:39 PM »

Be sure to check out our ENNies Recommendations Thread here!

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General Northmoor Discussion / You won't believe it!

« on: July 23, 2009, 05:46:14 PM »

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Announcements / Help us with the ENnies!!!

« on: July 21, 2009, 01:35:23 PM »

Hi folks!

 By now, I hope you've heard that Return to Northmoor was nominated for an ENnie award!!!

 It's a great honor to be nominated, as only the top 5 TPG podcasts from all the ones submitted made the nomination list.

 As the only Spooky Outhouse network show to be nominated, we're hoping you all can help us out!

 We'd love your vote, of course (voting opens July 24th here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/nominations/nominees.asp ), we'd also love your help in putting together a voting guide for the other categories, so that people who may not be familiar with the other categories have some guidance on how to vote!

 So below is a list of all the nominees (with my comments), if you have thoughts on who people should vote for in each category, respond to this post with your thoughts!

Since we can't make it to Gen Con to buy drinks for our fellow nominees and supporters, we're having a contest!  If you post in this thread with your ideas and suggestions for any of the ENnie categories, you are automatically entered!  We'll randomly draw from the list of the posters to this thread, and send them a fabulous prize!

 Thanks for your support!

Tim White
Return to Northmoor Podcast

Best Cover Art     

    * 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars, Box Ninja (Tim has played this game, good art, lots of fun!)
    * CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs (Very nice cover, would like to try this game)
    * Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, Wizards of the Coast
    * Pathifinder Adventure Path #19: Howl of the Carrion King, Paizo Publishing
    * Scion: Ragnarok, White Wolf

   
Best Interior Art

    * CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs
    * Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
    * HELLAS:  Worlds of Sun and Stone, Khepera Publishing Publishing / Aethereal Forge
    * Mouse Guard, Kunoichi/Archaia (Tim has played this, very fun, sweet comic art!)
    * Mutants & Masterminds: Wildcards


Best Cartography     Keith Curtis - Opinions?

    * 0One's Blueprints: The Great City: The Saltshacks
    * DCC53: Sellswords of Punjar  (Tim likes the battle map with roof tiles that this comes with)
    * Modern Floorplans: Victorian Style  Mansion, 12 to Midnight / Fabled Environments
    * Pathfinder Chronicles Second Darkness Map Folio
    * Star Wars:  Scum and Villainy

   
Best Writing

    * The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Magnum Opus Press
    * Don't Lose Your Mind, Evil Hat Productions (Tim has played this Don't Rest Your Head supplement, and the works and story - so good)
    * Hot War, Contested Ground Studio
    * Hunter Horror Recognition Guide, White Wolf
    * Kobold Quarterly, Open Design (Solid all the way around!)

Best Production Values
   
    * Anima: Beyond Fantasy, Fantasy Flight Games
    * CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs (Tim loves the look of this, extremely high prod values)
    * Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
    * HELLAS:  Worlds of Sun and Stone, Khepera Publishing Publishing / Aethereal Forge
    * Mouse Guard, Kunoichi/Archaia (Gorgeous throughout, a real standout)
   
Best Rules

    * Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
    * Dungeons & Dragons 4th Ed. Players Handbook, Wizards of the Coast (As a 4e Podcast, hard not to pick this one, but the main thing is that the rules are overall extremely tight, like them or not)
    * Hunter:  The Vigil, White Wolf
    * A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
    * Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd

Best Adventure    

    * Pathfinder Adventure Path #19: Howl of the Carrion King, Paizo Publishing
    * P1: King of the Trollhaunts Warrens, Wizards of the Coast (Tim has played this: pretty dang good esp. compared to their other stuff)
    * Lands of Darkness #1:  The Barrow Grounds, Expeditious Retreat Press
    * Purge the Unclean, Fantasy Flight Press
    * The Rose Bride's Plight, White Wolf
 
Best Monster or Adversary

    * Dark Heresy Creature Anathema, Fantasy Flight Games
    * Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed. Monster Manual, Wizards of the Coast (Again, hard not to pick this)
    * Freedom's Most Wanted, Green Ronin
    * Night Horrors:  Grim Fears, White Wolf
    * Witch Hunter:  Grand Tome of Adversaries, Paradigm Concepts

Best Setting     

    * The Dreadful Secrets of Candlewick Manor, Arc Dream Publishing
    * Hot War, Contested Ground Studio
    * Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting, Paizo Publishing
    * Slipstream, Studio 2 Publishing
    * Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies, Atomic Sock Monkey / Evil Hat (Sooooo muuuuch funnnnnn!!!!!)

Best Supplement

    * CthulhuTech: Vade Mecum (Really cool looking!)
    * Hunter:  The Vigil, White Wolf
    * Dark Heresy:  Disciples of the Dark Gods, Fantasy Flight Games
    * Scion: Ragnarok, White Wolf
    * Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wizards of the Coast


Best Aid or Accessory     

    * D&D Insider, Wizards of the Coast (I soo want to vote for them...maybe next year if they get their act together)
    * Dwarven Sweatshoppe Dice Box
    * Hunter Horror Recognition Guide, White Wolf
    * Kobold Quarterly, Open Design (Solid all the way around)
    * Mutants & Masterminds Deluxe GM Screen, Green Ronin

   
Best Miniatures Product

    * Neo Markers, Alea Tools (We use these every session in Return to Northmoor!!!)
    * E-Z Terrain: Cliffs and Mountains, Fat Dragon Games
    * DU1 Halls of the Giant Kings Dungeon Tiles, Wizards of the Coast
    * Game Mastery Flip-Mat:  Waterfront Tavern, Paizo Publishing
    * Star Wars: Clone Wars Starter Set


Best Regalia     

    * Art of Exalted, White Wolf
    * Battletech: The Corps, Catalyst Game Labs (Very nice product)
    * Hunter:  Deadly Prey, White Wolf
    * Planet Stories:  Infernal Sorceress, Paizo Publishing
    * Worlds of Dungeons & Dragons, Vol. 2, Devil's Due Publishing

Best Electronic Book

    * Blood of the Gorgon, Open Design
    * Collection of Horrors:  Razor Kids, White Wolf
    * The Death Mother, One Bad Egg (If you haven't read the preview of this on their site, you MUST)
    * Hard Boiled Armies, One Bad Egg
    * Tales of Zobek:  An Anthology of Urban Adventures, Open Design

Best Free Product     

    * Battlerun, Catalyst Game Labs (Great for fans of classic BT)
    * Hunter The Vigil Quickstart:  The Hunt, White Wolf
    * A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplayng Quickstart, Green Ronin
    * Swords and Wizardry, Mythmere Games
    * Trial and Terror: SVU, The Imagination Sweatshop (A whole lot of fun!)

 Best Website   

    * Critical Hits
    * Dungeon-a-Day
    * Kobold Quarterly
    * Mad Brew Labs
    * Obsidian Portal (It gets better every day!)


Best Podcast     

    * All Games Considered
    * Brilliant Gameologists
    * Order 66
    * Return to Northmoor
    * The Voice of the Revolution


Best Game   

    * CthulhuTech, Catalyst Game Labs
    * Dark Heresy Core Rulebook, Fantasy Flight Games
    * Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, Wizards of the Coast (CthulhuTech is soo good, but as a *game*, Tim has to go 4e)
    * A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
    * Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd


Product of the Year  (Super tough category)

    * Dark Heresy:  Disciples of the Dark Gods, Fantasy Flight Games
    * Don't Lose Your Mind, Evil Hat Productions (Soo good!)
    * Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Players Handbook, Wizards of the Coast  (Sorry, not in this category!)
    * Hunter:  The Vigil, White Wolf
    * Mouse Guard, Kunoichi/Archaia (Just sooo awesome on every level)
    * Scion: Ragnarok, White Wolf
    * A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, Green Ronin
    * Starblazer Adventures, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Ltd
    * Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Wizards of the Coast
    * Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies, Atomic Sock Monkey / Evil Hat (Tim loves this product)

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General Northmoor Discussion / Site Redesign!!!

« on: July 16, 2009, 07:49:13 AM »

Hello all, it's been a long time in the making, but we have a brand new design for the Return to Northmoor site!!!!

Please check out our designer's site, the inestimable Jason Camp, who is a Denver area gamer as well!!!

I'm closing in on the basement work, we should be recording again soon!

Cheers,

Tim

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General Northmoor Discussion / ENnie Nomination!

« on: July 13, 2009, 06:48:21 AM »

Hi folks!

 We've been Nominated for an ENnie!  Be sure to head on over to http://bit.ly/4x0iqt and check out all the great nominees!

 Once voting is opened, show your love for us with your vote!

Cheers,

Tim

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General Northmoor Discussion / Full Map and Tile List for the Temple of Art

« on: May 25, 2009, 11:22:25 AM »

Return to Northmoor Listener Rob Winder has compiled a detailed list of all the Skeleton Key Games e-Adventure Tiles used up through the Temple of Art, and a full map of the temple with tiles!  Enjoy -- Tim





Return to Northmoor Tile List

Tiles are listed in order from top left to bottom right.

ATWf = Adventure Town Warf

SS = Swamp Shoreline

HSWS = High seas war ship

DW = Deciduous Wilderness

ATTV = Adventure Town Tavern

S = Swamps

MLDC - Multi-Level Dungeon Chambers

DV = Dungeons (DV1, DV2, DV3...)


RtN Session 1 The Narrows Scene 2 - Stuck and Crabby About It.

ATWf28 x2 (cut in half to fill the river to the left of the raft)

ATWf28 (full size for in front of raft)

SS01

SS03

HSWS Deck 14 CO1 x2 raft

SS09

DW18 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 1 download)


RtN Session 1 The Narrows Scene 3 - Midnight Homonculus.

ATWf28 x2 (cut in half to fill the river to the left of the raft)

ATWf28 (full size for in front of raft)

DW01

DW14

DW15

DW18 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 1 download)


RtN Session 2 Young Sharks Scene 2 - The Attack.

ATTV120 Tavern

ATTV119 Tavern

ATWV133 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 2 download)

ATWV113

ATWf03 Wharf

ATWf04 x2 Stone wharf

ATWf02

ATWf14 x2 straight dock

HSWS Deck 14 CO1 x2

ATTV117 Tavern

ATWf11 Wharf

ATTV128 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 2 download)

ATWf28


RtN Session 3 Decendence Scene 3 - Bogman Down.

S11

S13 x2

S03

S10

S11

S13


RtN Session 4 The Temple of Blood Scene 4 Shark Alley

MLDC36

MLDC53 (from the MLDC intro PDF bonus tiles)

DV101

DV107

DV114

DV115 x2


RtN Session 5 Entering the Temple of Art Scene 3 - The Khumat

WDE20 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 2 download)

SS06

SS19

SS18


RtN Session 5 Entering the Temple of Art Scene 4 - The Dancing Columns

DV226 (Dungeon V2 intro PDF file bonus tile) cut to fit

DDV309

DDV308


RtN Session 6 Temple of Art Scene 5 - The Map Room

Guard room

DV501

DV526

CV101 (cut to fill in rest of room)


Map room

CV101 x4


RtN Session 7 Temple of Art Scene 2 - Residence Hall

DDV215

DDV216

DDV217

CV103

DDV206

DDV220

DDV128 (from free E-Adventure Tiles Annual 1 download)

DDV125


RtN Session 8 Temple of Art Scene 1 - The Amphitheater of Beauty

Cart00501

Cart00502

Cart00503

Cart00504

Cart00505

Cart00506


RtN Session 8 Temple of Art Scene 2 - The Workroom

DDV210

DDV211

DDV218

DDV209


Skeleton Key Games' e-Adventure-Tiles from http://www.rpgnow.com/index.php

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General Northmoor Discussion / Episode 17 Preview

« on: May 25, 2009, 11:06:00 AM »

Due to my recording/editing area being under construction, I'm going to release Episode 17 as an unedited preview today, and once I have a place to edit again, I'll get the episode out in the feed as normal.

Here's the link, enjoy!

http://northmoor.spookyouthouse.com/podpress_trac/web/85/0/NorthmoorShow17-raw.mp3

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General Northmoor Discussion / Two-Part Meta Episode coming up

« on: May 12, 2009, 11:24:40 AM »

We recorded a 2-part episode last week where the players take over the mics and give their honest feedback about the campaign so far.  It's going to be a bear to edit, but it should be ready sometime around the end of June...

Cheers,

Tim

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Campaign Updates / Where We Are

« on: May 12, 2009, 11:22:27 AM »

Just a quick update on where the 'real time' RtN campaign is at.

The show is coming up on the end of season 2, which is just after the exit from the Temple of Art, and the return to the Lost Village.

In real time, we're almost at the end of season 4.

So, what do you have to look forward to?

Season 1: Return to the Lost Village, Death of the Raftman, Discovery of the Mentor's connection to the Star Temples (and their history), Discovery of Descendence from the Bel-Alaquans.

Season 2: Exploration of Bel-Alaqua: The Temple of Blood, The Temple of Art, discovery of the Chaos Cult and the Maproom.

Season 3: Return to the Outpost to prove that friends of the group are not traitors to the crown.

Season 4: Return to the Feywild to seek a cure for a poisoned friend, and to set right the throne of an Eladrin City.  Discovery of the purpose and history of the Star Temples.

Season 5: Return to the Lost Village to find the thief of an Eladrin treasure that is connected to the Star Temples, and present proof that their friends are not traitors.  Thwart the plans of the Merchant Guild in the Lost Village.  Discovery of connection between the Merchant Guild and someone thought long dead.

So, that's what's coming up folks!  What are you looking forward to finding out?

Tim

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Show Comments / Comments on Episode 16 - The Temple of Art, Part III

« on: May 11, 2009, 09:01:40 PM »

In this episode, Tim and Kim go over the scenes for the eighth session of play. We go over all the scenes from this session, and lay out the feel of each, so you can hit the materials well-prepared to run it.

The discussion topic is around resurrection in D&D, as well as whether you should call a minion a minion.

Scenes in this Session, entitled "Temple of Art, Part II":

1) The Amphitheater of Beauty - A final showdown with the evil sahuagin, who want to use your Mentor to raise their Baron!

2) The Workroom- A fiery guardian watches over the vault, where raw gold, gems, and silver are stored, can you outwit him?

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Show Comments / Comments on Episode 14 - The Temple of Art, Part II

« on: April 24, 2009, 09:09:36 PM »

In this episode, Tim and Kim go over the scenes for the seventh session of play. We go over all the scenes from this session, and lay out the feel of each, so you can hit the materials well-prepared to run it.

The discussion topic is around moral dilemmas - are they an important part of tying the PCs to the story, or are they pointless and frustrating?

Scenes in this Session, entitled “Temple of Art, Part II”:

1) The Hall of Masters - Art is an interactive activity - Will the PCs hobby be represented? What’s with the mucky track through this beautiful room!?

2) The Residence Hall - Where the curator and his daughter lived and worked. Things have gotten a big buggy.

3) Ramardal’s Chambers - The curator’s chambers are full of wonders, and answers about the past. But will the

4) Alanada’s Chambers - The high priestess of the temple, a pristine young woman who’s body has been defiled by hideous bugs.

5) The Hall of People - The companion hall to the Hall of Nature, it contains a concealed door to a large dumbwaiter that might contain a tentacle surprise.

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Show Comments / Comments on Episode 15 - Actual Play of Session 7

« on: April 24, 2009, 09:07:53 PM »

This episode isn't out until 4/27/2009, but for those who have been asking for an 'unedited' actual play, I've posted the uncut version of the AP from this session as an early present for our Forum Faithful. Enjoy!

It's a big, long file, and hopefully by listening to it you'll get a feel for why I do so much editing.

Thanks all!

Tim

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General Northmoor Discussion / Premium Content?

« on: April 08, 2009, 11:53:13 AM »

Hey there -

  One of the things we've been considering for a while is adding Premium Content to Return to Northmoor.  Materials that go above and beyond what we already provide for free.  This content would be available for purchase from the Return to Northmoor website for low (less than $5 per item) fees.

 In our interview with Fred Hicks from OneBadEgg.com (definitely go check out their stuff), he mentioned a model where you could pay $20 up front, which would get you ~$25 of purchasing power.  (Sort of like XBOXLive Points).  We would probably do something like that, rather than a subscription-type setup.

Here are some ideas we had for premium content:
Detailed Maps of locations like the Lost Village and the Hole on the Water Inn
Full Stats for NPCs like the Bogman, Raftman, Mentor, etc.
Journals from NPCs like Alanada
Side-quest adventures taking place in the Lost Village, the Lost Bog, etc.
Uncut full-length actual play audio downloads  (large and expensive-to-store files)
Higher-quality versions of our main episodes (less file compression, better bitrates)
Art, such as NPC character sketches, location views, etc.
CDs with episodes and content


A lot of these things we'd basically only charge for because we have to pay other people to make them.  Other things are 'optional extras' that we would write above and beyond our normal materials.

Since we can't commit to a regular release schedule for materials, we'd want to avoid a subscription model, not to mention that some materials might be of more interest to some people than others.
 
Thoughts?  Would people be interested in consuming or contributing stuff like this?  Probably not something we'd be able to jump on right away, but we're trying to look to the future...

Cheers,

Tim