Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus

Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music.

Collateral 17 - Complementing Augustus

This episode looks at inspiration for player character parties in which characters have complementary specialties.

Some discussion of the roles of Agrippa and Maecenas in the rise of Augustus can be found in A History of Rome by Michael Grant.

The best Musketeers movies ever were those directed by Richard Lester, starting with the Three Musketeers.

If you have a stout heart, brave the Accidental Survivors first attempt at podcasting when we talked about In Game Bonding.

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Collateral 16 - First Citizen

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Collateral 16 - First Citizen

This episode is the seventh of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Rome - The Principate
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
A History of Rome by Michael Grant
The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)

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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar!

Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music. The music you might hear faintly in the background includes the following, all available at Magnatune: J.S. Bach on the Lute by Paul Berget, the Airs of Wales and the Once and Future Harp by Cheryl Ann Fulton, and Himlens Polska by Erik Ask-Upmark.

Collateral 15 - Hail Caesar!

This episode is the sixth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Rome - The Civil Wars
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims
The Enemy Within: A History of Espionage by Terry Crowdy
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)
Rome the HBO mini-series

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome

Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. Look for more at the Accidental Survivors website.

The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music.

Collateral 14 - The Power of Rome

This episode is the fifth of a series looking at military campaigns and inspiration for role-playing games.

Roman Republic and Carthage
The Roman Army At War by Adrian Keith Goldsworthy
Exploratio: Military And Political Intelligence in the Roman World by
The Roman Army by Pat Southern
Men in Arms: A History of Warfare & Its Interrelationships with Western Society by Richard A. Preston and Sydney F. Wise (Fourth Edition)
The Roman Soldier's Handbook: Everything A Beginner Soldier Needs To Know by Lesley Sims
The History of Rome podcast by Mike Duncan
Rome and the Barbarians audio lectures by Kenneth Harl (thanks David!)

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You can find Fraser on Twitter.


You can download this episode here.