PARANOIA for newbie Gamemasters- June 30, 2008 Hard-working Paranoia-Live.net Citizen No. 5127 has posted "Introduction for newbie GMs," an article compiling the advice of many wise forum residents to Gamemasters running PARANOIA for the first time. Commendation point, 5127!http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/paranoia-for-newbie-gamemasters.html Worldwide Adventure Writing Month 2008- June 26, 2008 How soon 12 monthcycles flash by! Already it is almost Year of The Computer 214 Month 7, or (in Old Reckoning parlance) Worldwide Adventure Writing Month. Once again Jeff Rients is encouraging all roleplayers to test their creativity by writing an adventure of any length for their favorite RPG. Obviously all citizens of loyal heart who are within range of an Internal Security camera will volunteer to write for PARANOIA. But in fact, as Rients observes in "What System Should I Pick" any game is..http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/worldwide-adventure-writing-month-2008.html Underground Moscow- June 19, 2008 Comrades! Many many many times ve have been linkink to photos of abandoned Soviet tunnels. Never never never can ve be gettink tired of photos of tunnels. Now, vith compellink title "The Underground Moscow," how could ve possibly not be linkink to English Russia blog's amazink photos of genuine Soviet-era KGB dungeons, flooded conduits, and alvays more tunnels, ever more mysterious nightmare tunnels Go, and see Internal Security and Technical Serwices tunnels made wisible!http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/underground-moscow.html Help us playtest Android!- June 15, 2008 On the Paranoia-Live.net forums, Eric Zawadzki of the Traitor Recycling Studio (he wrote, among other PARANOIA pieces, "Mockumentary" in Service, Service!) calls for blindtesters for the Studio's latest RPG project, working title Android:After about 2 12 years of development and local playtesting, the Traitor Recycling Studio (the same folks who've written tons of supplements for PARANOIA) have finally reached the point at which we need blindtesting for the current version of Android....http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/help-us-playtest-android.html Paraguay's INFRARED Market- June 10, 2008 Sacha Feinman's feature article in the latest GOOD Magazine, "Blacker-than-black market," presents the most perfect imaginable description of an INFRARED Market in Alpha Complex, with the minor qualification that the market in question is, in fact, in Paraguay:The downtown market is dense and compact, a maze of concrete spanning a five-block-by-five-block square. Despite its size, the market is extraordinary for its diversity. Theres the upscale Monalisa shopping mall, where the nouveau riche...http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/paraguays-infrared-market.html Erick Wujcik (1951-2008)- June 9, 2008 Though he fought nobly and held on much longer than his doctors expected, Erick Wujcik died Saturday evening, June 7, 2008, of pancreatic cancer. His longtime close friend, Palladium's Kevin Siembieda, reports Wujcik's passing. Before his death, Erick received many fond tributes on ErickWujcik.com and on forums throughout the industry.Erick was loved by roleplayers worldwide as the designer of Amber Diceless Roleplaying and author of many Palladium RPGs and supplements, including Ninjas and...http://www.costik.com/paranoia/2008/06/erick-wujcik-1951-2008.html |