Podcast, 2100 EDT tonight, Frank Frey, Twilight 2000

[Jason Weiser]

http://podcastatgroundzero.com

Be there or be square!

[Raellus]

For those of us who can't make the live show, are old blogisodes available for viewing?

[Tegyrius]

It looks like the YouTube channel does host older episodes.

Ouch. They're going to be talking 2013, too. I'll let someone else tell me how bad they trash it so I can be braced when I watch it myself.

- C.

[mikeo80]

Please let me know if it available on Youtube. I just got home from work, so I missed the podcast.

My $0.02

Mike

[Raellus]

I just finished the podcast. Here's my summary/review:

The host, Jarred "Apocalypse Nerd" Wallace, Scott Glancy (one-time contributor here), and Frank Frey don't actually start talking about T2K until about 10 minutes into the podcast.

They start with a brief background of the game and then it kind of devolves. Frank gets interrupted and talked over quite a bit throughout the show, but he doesn't seem upset by it. Glancy dominates the conversation- he clearly has a lot of knowledge of and enthusiasm for the game, and he backs it up by showing off his impressive collection of official T2K resources. He and Frank reminisce about certain settings, materials, NPCs, and the like while the host kicks back and mostly listens (he admits early on to only having played the v1.0 a couple of times before growing disillusioned with its complexity and gritty realism).

Frank gives a few insider tidbits about how he got involved in writing for T2K, and there's a fair bit of discussion about the Black Madonna module (mostly devoted to the NPC, Molly Warren).

They chat a little about how real history kind of passed the game by, and how GDW tried to raise it from the ashes with a more "up-to-date" timeline (v2.0 and v2.2). Frank makes the point- with which I agree wholeheartedly- that T2K works best as an alternative history RPG, and that the various reboots weren't really necessary. They also discuss Twilight 2300 a bit.

For the last seven or eight minutes, they slag Twilight 2013. Glancy savages the setting/backstory, gleefully bashing it by reading from reviews of the T2013 background ("he doesn't ever cite the reviews he's paraphrasing from"). He doesn't find fault with the system. For that matter, he never claims to have looked at it or tried it out. Frank says that he has it on PDF but that he didn't care for any of it.

Lastly, Frank says that if he had to do it all over again, he would use a mechanics system like Savage Worlds' for the T2K alternative history setting, since, in his experience, it's a fairly simple, fast, flexible, and fun system that would have worked really well for T2K. Glancy and Wallace then tease Frank about getting hold of the license for T2K and making it happen.

Anyway, far a T2K superfan, it was kind of interesting.

[Targan]

I'll definitely be listening to the podcast myself as soon as practically possible.

Originally Posted by Raellus

Frank gets interrupted and talked over quite a bit throughout the show, but he doesn't seem upset by it. Glancy dominates the conversation- he clearly has a lot of knowledge of and enthusiasm for the game, and he backs it up by showing off his impressive collection of official T2K resources.

Well that's disappointing. When you're the biggest expert available you have the right to dominate the convcersation but when the other interviewee is Frank Frey... well, if it was me I'd be taking a back seat, if for no other reason that the interview time is finite and how often do we get to hear from the legendary Frank Frey himself?

Originally Posted by Raellus

He and Frank reminisce about certain settings, materials, NPCs, and the like while the host kicks back and mostly listens (he admits early on to only having played the v1.0 a couple of times before growing disillusioned with its complexity and gritty realism).

Funny, the complexity and gritty realism are two of the main reasons why I like it so much.

Originally Posted by Raellus

For the last seven or eight minutes, they slag Twilight 2013. Glancy savages the setting/backstory, gleefully bashing it by reading from reviews of the T2013 background ("he doesn't ever cite the reviews he's paraphrasing from"). He doesn't find fault with the system. For that matter, he never claims to have looked at it or tried it out. Frank says that he has it on PDF but that he didn't care for any of it.

Also pretty disappointing. I think the T2013 rules are excellent, and there's nothing stopping those who don't like it's backstory from using that rules set with the original T2K timeline. At least it sounds like Frank took a look at T2013. I'm disappointed that Scott would voice strong negative opinions about something he's never personally read.

[Tombot]

"Podcast on ground zero"; in this episode they talk about a certain rpg... having Frank Frey for an interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEAL...wag4RnxHLHvDK1

[Targan]

Excellent. I'll be checking this out when I get home.

[Raellus]

Someone came across this podcast and posted a link a few months back. I'll merge the threads when I get a chance.

[Targan]

Ah, ok. I think I've seen it already then.

[Olefin]

Well it took 22 years but hope Frank is happy that there is finally an official canon Kenya sourcebook for the game. Hope he gets a chance to read it soon.