Gamer's Haven
By Ethan Parker
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Our goal is to provide gamers of all kinds with a place, a "Haven" if you will, where you can feel welcome and feel comfortable sharing your views on gaming. Our hobby is a rich, dynamic interest, and there are a lot of things to talk about when it comes to gaming. In geek culture, you can have serious discussions about Star Wars, Star Trek, and the Lord of the Rings, and this is what we're trying to capture on The Gamer's Haven.
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 89 – Freestylin’ On 5th Edition | We all sit down after nearly three months to record our next episode, with some reflection and reservations … which are thrown out the window with a discussion on the announcement of 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons! We talk about what we’ve been doing, and try a new thing with the show … current events! So, if you like this episode, please comment and let us know if you want more like it! In the Three Parter, we really do a Four Parter when Jeremy reviews the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Editon Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild (and a bit about the Faeries book from Bastion Press way back when), Nathan and Becca both talk about Star Wars: The Old Republic, Nathan goes on about Planescape Torment, and Ethan wraps it up with a trifecta of reviews of Sentinels of the Multiverse from Greater Than Games, Martian Dice from Tasty Minstrel Games, and Cards Against Humanity from … well, Cards Against Humanity. Finally, we bring things to a close in this extra long episode (making up for lost time) with a few Random Encounters! As always, please rate and review us on iTunes, comment on posts, head over to the forums and chat with other listeners, or visit our various affiliate stores on Amazon, Noble Knight Games, and RPGNow. Until next time! Total running time on this episode is 152 minutes. About D&D Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild Player’s Option: Heroes of the Feywild enables players to weave elements of the Feywild into their existing and future characters, in much the same way thatPlayer’s Option: Heroes of Shadow gave players reasons to explore their characters’ dark connections to the Shadowfell. This book contains exciting new character builds and options that are thematically rooted to the Feywild, a wild and verdant plane of arcane splendor, full of dangerous and whimsical creatures. Characters who trace their origins or backgrounds to the Feywild gain access to unique feats, powers, and mechanics. The book explores what makes fey-themed characters so fun and distinct. Buy Heroes of the Feywild from Amazon.com or Noble Knight Games About Star Wars: The Old Republic Star Wars: The Old Republic, abbreviated as TOR or SWTOR, is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe. Developed by BioWare Austin and a supplemental team at BioWare Edmonton, the game was first announced on October 21, 2008, at an invitation-only press event. The video game was released for the Microsoft Windows platform on December 20, 2011 in North America and part of Europe. Early access to the game began one week before release, on December 13, 2011, for those who had pre-ordered the game online; access opened in “waves” based on pre-order date. Although BioWare has not disclosed development costs, industry leaders and financial analysts have estimated it to be between $125 million and $200 million. If accurate, this would make it the most expensive video game ever developed. Buy Star Wars: The Old Republic from Amazon.com About Planescape Torment Planescape: Torment is a computer role-playing video game developed for Windows by Black Isle Studios and released on December 12, 1999 by Interplay Entertainment. It takes place in Planescape, an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game’s engine is a modified version of theInfinity Engine, which was also used for BioWare‘s Baldur’s Gate, a previous AD&D game set in the Forgotten Realms. Planescape: Torment is primarily story-driven; combat is given less prominence than in most contemporary role-playing games. The protagonist, known as The Nameless One, is an immortal who has lived many lives but has forgotten all about them, even forgetting his own name. The game focuses on his journey throughout the city of Sigil and other planes to reclaim his memories of these previous lives. Several characters in the game may join The Nameless One on his journ[...] | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gamer’s Haven Episode 88 – Greater Than Games and Sentinels of the Multiverse | Sentinels of the Multiverse Ethan, Nathan, and Jeremy were able to sit down with Christopher Badell, Adam Rebottaro, and Paul Bender, otherwise known as Greater Than Games, creators and publishers of Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative superhero card game and talk game design, development, and exactly what constitutes a superhero game. It’s a fun discussion, and Chris, Adam, and Paul were great sports. As soon as we are able to, we will be posting a review of Sentinels of the Multiverse (who, by the way, are sponsoring us this month). In the discussion, things get a bit long-winded, and Jeremy and Nathan try to get GTG to commit to a Canadian Crusaders expansion of the SotM game. Plus, here’s some art from the upcoming Rook City expansion for Sentinels of the Multiverse provided exclusively for the Gamer’s Haven Podcast! Driving Mantis is exclusive artwork from the upcoming Sentinels of the Multiverse expansion set, Rook City! In the Three Parter, Ethan has a not-so-shameless plug in asking listeners to donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Charity in the name of KantCon, Nathan reviews the new Batman: Arkham City video game on the X-Box and PS3 (and PC), and Jeremy talks a bit about what he’s into. Things are wrapped up in this episode with some Random Encounters. Total running time on this episode is 110 minutes. About Greater Than Games & Sentinels of the Multiverse Greater Than Games, LLC, aka >G, is all about making the games that we have always wanted to play. We love playing games, and we love our ridiculous process of game creation. The most important thing to us is making the sorts of games we want to play available to everyone. Our first product here at >G is Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative card game in which 3 to 5 players control a team of super powered heroes battling a dastardly villain. Sentinels of the Multiverse, or SotM, provides players with an innovative, streamlined game play experience that is easy to learn but requires strategic, team-based thinking. The game comes with ten different heroes, allowing players to build myriad hero teams and find new ways to challenge the villains. There are four different villains, each with unique mechanics and challenges, and four dynamic environments in which the battles take place. This flexibility adds enormous replay value and ensures that no two SotM games will play the same. About Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham City Batman: Arkham City is a 2011 action-adventure video game developed by Rocksteady Studios. It is the sequel to the 2009 video game Batman: Arkham Asylum, based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The game was released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. The game was officially announced during the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards and was released worldwide for consoles, beginning in North America on October 18, 2011, with the PC version scheduled for November. A Wii U version is set to release in 2012. Arkham City was scripted by veteran comic book author Paul Dini, who also scripted Arkham Asylum. It features a main plot and side-missions that develop their own sub-plots. The main storyline revolves around Batman’s imprisonment in Arkham City, a sprawling new super-prison five times bigger than the original asylum and enclosing a wide variety of industrial districts, iconic locations and Gotham City landmarks. He must now stop mishaps occurring around this chaotic enclosure, mainly caused by his arch-nemesis The Joker. The game has received universal critical acclaim, making it one of the highest rated video games released in 2011. | 11/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 87 – Dias Ex Machina Games | Ethan, Nathan, and Jeremy continue the cavalcade of guests with a Skype-in of Chris Dias of Dias Ex Machina Games. They talk about Amethyst in it’s current and future forms, as well as Chris’s open letter to WotC. They talk about game design, setting, and all things gaming, as per usual! Here are some links in reference to what Chris talked about: Best of Techan Podcast Techan Game Forum Thread Questioning Piracy Part One Two Three Four Five and Six An Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast Follow-Up to An Open Letter to Wizards of the Coast And, as promised, here is the picture from the book that we spoke about (click to enlarge): In the Three Parter, we are hit with a trio of reviews starting with Nathan’s take on iTabletop, then Jeremy’s look at Amethyst: Evolution, and finally Ethan’s look at the Mutant & Masterminds Gamemaster’s Guide. Total running time on this episode is 150 minutes. About Dias Ex Machina Games Dias Ex Machina was formed during sushi in May of 2007 with the soul intent of being the vehicle for an Amethyst role playing game (based on a long running campaign). In July of 2008, the company’s founder and its co-writer made the decision to abandon the previous D20 Amethyst in favor of adopting the GSL and converting Amethyst to 4 th Edition Dungeons and Dragons. Soon after, the company formed an alliance with Goodman Games for print distribution. Amethyst Foundations was released in 2010 is extremely favorable reviews. Along with Amethyst, DEM also produces the upcoming NeuroSpasta role playing game—promising a universal Modern/Science-Fiction adaptation of 4 th Edition D&D rules. DEM considers itself the source for alternative games utilizing the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition architecture. About Amethyst Which side will you choose? Which weapons will you wield? Venture into lands once claimed by skyscrapers and factories, now overrun by elves, goblins, and dragons. Ride gracefully on horseback or plow through the wilderness in an armored transport. Earth is torn between the order of science and the chaos of fantasy. The realm of magic has invaded our world, forcing man into the last few bastions of technology. These two worlds cannot mix. Will you embrace the wonder of legends and myths or accept the reality of refrigerators and washing machines? For 500 years the planet was locked in stalemate, but no more. The Stones of Amethyst have risen. When brought together, they could decide the future of the planet, cast off the remaining shred of technology, or close off the world of magic forever. Choose your path and commit to the quest. Monsters will hunt you; machines will track you. No gods will help you; no prophecies will choose you. The fate of the world rests with you. Buy Amethyst: Foundations from RPGNow or Noble Knight Games Buy Amethyst: Evolution from RPGNow About iTabletop We’re sure there are many different ideas out there, but we’ll just tell you what it means to us. As Gamers ourselves, we’ve seen time after time members of our game groups move out of town, go into the military, get so busy they can’t even make the trip from across town, have family responsibilities that keep them home, etc., etc., etc. One by one the group dwindles and eventually dies. We’d be willing to bet you’ve probably seen the same thing happen in your groups at some time or another. So for us, an Online Virtual Tabletop, or VTT, first and foremost allows folks to play their tabletop games with their group, no matter where they are or when it’s happening. Of course there are a few more things that we think are important for an Online Virtual Tabletop: It has to make you feel like you’re really there,in the same room, with the other players The software has to take a back seat to the group interaction – meaning its so simple, easy to use and non-distracting, you pretty much forget it’s there It’s prefera[...] | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 86 – Terra/Sol Games | Welcome to the raggedy edge of human space, The Orion Frontier. This is the edge of human exploration. Rimward from here, There be Dragons! No star chart or encyclopedia tells us what lies beyond, only whispered tales of scouts and pirates provide us myth- inspired answers. In this episode, Ethan, Nathan, and Jeremy are joined by Mike Cross and Chris Stevens from Terra/Sol Games. The topic of discussion in the show are their line of products featuring the Twilight Sector setting, and, to a lesser extent, Netherell, a setting contained within Twilight Sector. They talk game design, and setting evolution, as well as hit upon developing hard science fiction settings. In the Three Parter, Jeremy takes some time to rant a bit on his application to join a server in Minecraft. Nathan takes a look at the new Ogre Kingdoms book for the Warhammer Tabletop Battles game. Ethan wraps up the Three Parter with a short review of the newest addition to the Song of Ice and Fire book series by George R. R. Martin, A Dance With Dragons. Finally, they wrap things up with a catch-up on Random Encounters! Total Running Time on this episode is 128 minutes. About Terra/Sol Games Terra/Sol Games evolved out of a long running RPG campaign. The reason that’s important to note is because the fact that we evolved from a RPG campaign colors the philosophy of everything we do. RPGs from the beginning have been defined by sets of rules. To me that has always seemed backwards. While we love to see a movie in IMAX, if the movie isn’t any good no amount of IMAX magic is going to save it. I think the parallel to RPGs is obvious. At Terra/Sol Games we want to help change that. We’re about campaigns, hence our motto: “Because the Campaigns the Thing”. Terra/Sol Games will strive to bring our customers the best in RPG campaigns. From settings to adventures we will bring to you deep, coherent, ongoing campaigns. So whether you want to sit back and let us do the driving or you want to play in the sandbox yourself, we will give you the tools to run a campaign the way you want, and hopefully you’ll come to agree with us, that rules are nice, “But the Campaign’s the Thing”. Buy Twilight Sector from RPGNow, Amazon.com, or Noble Knight Games Buy Netherell from RPGNow. About Warhammer Tabletop Battles Warhammer: The Game of Fantasy Battles (formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle and often abbreviated to Warhammer, WFB or WHFB) is a tabletop wargame created by Games Workshop. It is the origin of the Warhammer Fantasy setting. The game has been designed with regiments of fantasy miniatures. It uses stock fantasy races such as humans (The Empire, Bretonnia, Kislev), Elves (Dark Elves, High Elves, Wood Elves), Dwarfs, Undead, Orcs and Goblins, Vampires, as well as some more unusual types such as Lizardmen, Skaven and the daemonic forces of Chaos. Each race has its own unique strengths and flaws; Wood Elves, for example, have the most powerful archers in the game but have poor overall defence and Bretonnia have the strongest cavalry but weak infantry. Since first appearing in 1983, Warhammer has been periodically updated and re-released with changes to the gaming system and army lists. The current official version is the eighth edition, released on 10 July 2010. About the Ogre Kingdoms An Ogre is a large humanoid creature in the Warhammer Fantasy fictional universe. They are based on the ogres of mythology. Prior to the release in 2005 of Warhammer Armies: Ogre Kingdoms for Warhammer Fantasy Battles tabletop game Ogres appeared only as mercenaries or Auxiliaries to other armies. The Ogre Kingdoms book expanded the history and character of the Ogres and they can now be fielded as a single army of their own, although the option to use them as mercenaries in other armies remained. However, the option to field allies or use mercenaries in general has since been dropped from the core Warhammer rules, with the discon | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Make ‘em Squirm Seminar | Beth had the chance to sit in on a seminar at Gen Con all about making players know fear, and evoking fear in your game. It was a fascinating seminar. This is another in a series of seminar recordings from Gen Con 2011. | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Technology in Gaming Seminar | Ethan had the chance to sit in on a seminar about technology in gaming, featuring the guys from Obsidian Portal and several others. This is another in a series of seminar recordings from Gen Con 2011. | 8/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Square Shooters | Ethan had the chance to talk with the publishers of Square Shooters, C.J. Calvert Designs & Heartland Consumer Products, LLC. Square Shooters is a cool set of dice that is actually a complete deck of cards. This is another in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Square Shooters SQUARE SHOOTERS® is a complete deck of playing cards on dice! Each die has 6 faces. Nine dice together have 54 faces – a complete deck of 52 playing cards plus 2 jokers. Our patented design places the playing card faces on the dice in such a way that popular card hands from poker to rummy can be rolled. For instance, every straight and royal flush card for every suit is on a different die; and every rank card is on a different die! You can use SQUARE SHOOTERS® to play almost any game you usually play with cards! Of course, you can make up your own new games! Click here to learn how to play the Square Shooters® game we’ve invented, and other great family games! Click here to learn how to play Texas Cut-Throat™ and other games of chance that you can play with your adult friends… SQUARE SHOOTERS® is coming soon to a retailer near you! | 8/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Tasty Minstrel Games | Ethan had the chance to talk to Michael Mendes, head of Tasty Minstrel Games at Gen Con 2011. Tasty Minstrel Games publishes a number of board games geared toward families and strategic gamers alike. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Tasty Minstrel Games Tasty Minstrel Games is, simply put, a game publisher. We concentrate on board games, card games, fun games, addicting games, family board games, and any non-video game that can be imagined. Our criterion for publishing a game is that it must be a fun, intuitive, and an addicting game. A game must be replayable and have good value compared to other entertainment such as video games and movies. | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Gamers for Humanity | Ethan had the chance to talk to Gamers For Humanity, a charity organization at Gen Con 2011. Gamers For Humanity does a lot of work with other charitable organizations and has several projects to help get board games and video games into homes after natural disasters. They do great work and help support volunteer work around the globe. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Gamers for Humanity Gamers, you say? Gamers. Players of games. Board games, card games, computer games, role-playing games, even fantasy football. If you have ever enjoyed a game of Trivial Pursuit, you are a gamer.?Life, anyone’s life, is made far more enjoyable with games. And people who are able to regularly play games are very lucky people indeed. Gamers For Humanity is a way for us to help other people who aren’t so lucky. If you don’t have a home of your own, if you’re displaced from your city and job…well, games–fun and enjoyment–become a pretty low priority. | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Pinnacle Entertainment Seminar | Ethan had the chance to sit in on the Pinnacle Entertainment seminar at Gen Con 2011. Pinnacle Entertainment went over their plans for their various game lines, including Deadlands Reloaded and the long awaited Hell on Earth Reloaded. Also in attendance at the seminar were the licensees of the Savage Worlds game system, including Reality Blurs, Savage Mojo, and many others, and they detailed what they have in store for their various product lines. About Pinnacle Entertainment Pinnacle began in 1994 with Fields of Honor (a historical miniatures game) and The Last Crusade (a collectible World War 2 card game designed by John R. Hopler). Certainly what we’re best known for is Deadlands, which has now been going strong since 1996. Deadlands has appeared as a roleplaying game, a miniatures game, a collectible card game, a collectible disk game, and a comic book. The roleplaying game can be found in its original “classic” edition, in the d20 system, and “Reloaded” for our current house system,Savage Worlds. It has also been translated into Steve Jackson Games’ popular GURPs system. | 8/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Mercs Miniatures | Ethan had the chance to stop off at the Mercs Miniatures booth at Gen Con 2011, and talk with Keith Lowe about the new miniatures game. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Mercs Miniatures MERCS began over some pizza, a few sketches from college, and some big ideas. 3 years and many pizzas later, the MERCS figure line is a reality. Someday we’ll tell you the long version… | 8/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Fantasy Flight Games “In Flight” Report Seminar | Ethan had the chance to sit in on the Fantasy Flight Games seminar detailing their current plans and announcements for the third largest game company in the world. This is another installment in a series of seminar recordings from Gen Con 2011. About Fantasy Flight Games Roseville, MN based Fantasy Flight Publishing was founded in 1995 by its CEO, Christian T. Petersen. Since the release of its first game product (Twilight Imperium) in 1997, the company has been doing business as Fantasy Flight Games (“FFG”). Since that time, FFG has grown to become one of the biggest names in the hobby games industry, being a marketplace leader in board games and maintaining strong businesses in the card game, roleplaying game, and miniature game categories. FFG is known for its quality of game components (often enhanced with highly detailed plastic miniatures and beautiful artwork), innovative gameplay, professional dedication to customer service, and a cutting-edge online presence providing information and support for its many products. FFG’s best-known titles include games based on licenses such as Battlestar Galactica, World of Warcraft, and The Lord of the Rings, proprietary titles such as Arkham Horror and Descent: Journeys in the Dark, as well as re-releases of classic titles such as Cosmic Encounter, Fury of Dracula, and DungeonQuest. In 2008, FFG formed an exclusive partnership with industry-leading, UK-Based Games Workshop (“GW”), to represent its acclaimed IPs (Warhammer and Warhammer 40K) in the hobby games market, publishing new versions of classic titles such as Talisman and Horus Heresy as well as brand new games such as Warhammer: Invasion and Chaos In the Old World. FFG’s business is a global one, with the majority of its revenues generated from international sales. | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Lone Wolf Development | Ethan has had the chance to talk to the Lone Wolf Development guys before, but at Gen Con 2011, they were showcasing their new campaign management tool, Realmworks. Lone Wolf Development, of course, is the creators of the award-winning Hero Lab. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Lone Wolf Development Lone Wolf Development specializes in creating innovative digital tools for the tabletop gaming industry, allowing players to streamline game preparation, eliminate errors, and spend more time playing the games they love. With an ever-growing suite of tools, including the award-winning Army Builder and Hero Lab products, Lone Wolf’s digital tools are the industry standard and are in regular use by tens of thousands of gamers, from miniatures games to role-playing games. Find out more about Lone Wolf Development by visiting our web site atwww.wolflair.com. | 8/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Culture and the Paranormal Seminar | Ethan had the chance to sit in on an interesting seminar about the paranormal and culture’s ideas and interpretations thereof. This is another installment in a series of seminar recordings from Gen Con 2011. | 8/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Ed Greenwood | Ethan and Tracy (from Troll in the Corner) were meandering around the convention floor at Gen Con 2011, and had a happenstance run-in with Forgotten Realms creator and author Ed Greenwood. What follows is a recording of a fantastic conversation the two of them had with this legend in the D&D universe. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born 1959) is a Canadian writer and editor who created the Forgotten Realms. He invented the Forgotten Realms as a child, as a fantasy world in which to set the stories he imagined, and later used this world as a campaign setting for his own personal Dungeons & Dragons playing group. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for Dragon magazine beginning in 1979, and he sold the rights to the setting to TSR in 1986. Greenwood has written many more articles andD&D game supplement books for the setting, and has written Forgotten Realms novels as a freelance author. About Troll in the Corner Our aim is to provide a fun, vibrant community for folks like us. Who are we you might ask? We’re gamers. We love RPGs, board games, video games, CCGs, dice games, games where you juggle live hedgehogs. You name it, we love it. We’re figuring you do as well or you wouldn’t be here. We’re comic book readers. Give us a cover where someone is wearing a cape or a nice example of Onomatopoeia and we’re in heaven. Who needs sunlight when there are stacks to read, sort and box up? We’re SF/F fans. Elves and of course Trolls rock. Give them a beam weapon and the ability to hack SSL certs on a distributed network of proto-AIs and we’re talking good times. Recently TC has taken an interest in independent (and I guess dependent) films. There’s a whole world of interesting short and feature length films out there that don’t necessarily play in the megaplexes. Huge Hollywood productions have their appeals but smaller films have people who will talk to the likes of us. Please, make yourself at home, loosen up and be who you really are while you spend time in this community. We’re all a little different and we ask that you accept these differences rather than harp on them so that we can all feel free to indulge in our love of gaming. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Hunter’s Books and Outbreak Undead | Ethan had the pleasure to speak with Ivan Van Norman of Hunters Books, publishers of the hit role-playing game Outbreak Undead (who Ethan interviewed a while back in September 2010). Since then, Outbreak Undead has become a huge hit, and Hunters Books had a few things to announce this year, besides being distributed through Studio 2 Publishing. This is another installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Hunters Books Hunters Books and Apparel, In 1999 the Hunter, Vincent St.Clair, came to the United States and was appalled at the lack of preparedness against evil forces. He wanted to make a change in the public knowledge of these threats. With that goal in mind, he and his team of Hunters have developed Outbreak Undead, a Zombie Survival Role-Playing Game with the tag “Your Zombie Survival Plan Will Fail!” and challenges players to prove them wrong. Learn more about our game and visit the “SPEW-AI” stations, where you can create yourself as a character, at our booth. In the days of Facebook, Twitter, and Wikipedia, information is power, and these men reek of it. While working on the book, they still continue their hunter life, and stalk the shadows of the unknown to this day. About Outbreak Undead “Outbreak Undead” is a Zombie Survival Simulation RPG that is not only fun, but an essential step in surviving the Undead. We at Hunters Books have provided the most dramatic, effective, and above all realistic means in which to (safely) simulate the events of a zombie uprising and try your chances at survival! Included in Outbreak Undead, players will find: • A simple and unique percentile based combat system • Everyday items that can be used as weapons! You’ll soon find that anything and everything can be used to destroy the undead. • Endless scenario types, with the ability to form missions from any and all existing zombie lore and fan-fiction • Easy-to-use charts that can be used to customize outbreak scenarios for players of all levels of experience • Dynamic rule-sets, designed to turn the game into a simulation, including realistic factors such as “Panic,” “Pain,” and “Empathy” • Character templates for all survivor archetypes, such as firemen, military personnel, and civilians. The core rulebook of Outbreak Undead consists of a player’s guide, a game-master’s guide, and a zombie guide. Everything you need to play is contained in one place. The convenience of three books in one! | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Crafty Games Seminar | While at Gen Con 2011, Ethan made it to the Crafty Games Seminar, detailing what Crafty Games has up its sleeve for the foreseeable future. Hot on the heels of announcing that they are putting out a role-playing game based on Brian Sanderson’s Mistborn, Crafty Games has a slew of new stuff they’re working on. This is first in a series of seminar recordings from Gen Con 2011. About Crafty Games Crafty Games was founded in 2005 but its roots date back to 2002, with the release of the award-winning Spycraft RPG (now referred to as Classic Spycraft). Alderac Entertainment Group gave three ambitious lunatics with keyboards and a dream the chance to produce a d20-based espionage roleplaying game and the world was never the same. Blending elegant, balanced rules with thrilling, original settings, Spycraft and its many derivatives landed on the gaming scene like a neutron bomb. Sales charts burst into flames, players took to the streets with graffiti campaigns to spread the word, and the designers were pelted with ridiculous gilded awards in the shape of Ursula Andress in that awesome bikini from Dr. No. Well, that last part might be a bit of an exaggeration, but so far no one’s disproved it in a court of law so we’re sticking to the facts as we know them. Shortly after the release of the game’s second edition, Spycraft 2.0, AEG discontinued most of its RPG lines. This left Spycraft without a home and gave its creators an opportunity to steal it away and make with the happy, happy fun time (read: global domination). Back room deals were brokered and sacrifices were made, and here we are: a band of merry maniacs and a growing army of the coolest, most dedicated fans in the biz, scheming from the shadows. The Blueprint for Tomorrow ™ is here and soon, yes, very soon, there will be trembling. Could be the world, or more likely us, but trembling will be had. And it will be mighty indeed. | 8/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Greater Than Games & Sentinels of the Multiverse | Ethan had the pleasure to run into Christopher Badell of Greater Than Games, publishers of Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative superhero card game at Gen Con 2011. By happenstance, Greater Than Games is currently located right here in Kansas City! This is the third installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Greater Than Games Greater Than Games, aka >G, is all about making the games that we have always wanted to play. We love playing games, and we love our ridiculous process of game creation. The most important thing to us is making the sorts of games we want to play available to everyone. Our first product here at >G is Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative card game in which 3 to 5 players control a team of super powered heroes battling a dastardly villain. Sentinels of the Multiverse, or SotM, provides players with an innovative, streamlined game play experience that is easy to learn but requires strategic, team-based thinking. The game comes with ten different heroes, allowing players to build myriad hero teams and find new ways to challenge the villains. There are four different villains, each with unique mechanics and challenges, and four dynamic environments in which the battles take place. This flexibility adds enormous replay value and ensures that no two SotM games will play the same. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Blue Kabuto Games | Ethan had the chance to talk with Brian Kowalski, head of Blue Kabuto Games, publishers of Cookie Fu and Grandmaster Chi Battles, at Gen Con 2011. This is the second installment in a series of short interviews from the floor of Gen Con 2011. About Blue Kabuto Games Blue Kabuto Games is a small game design company located in Albany, NY. Founded by Brian Kowalski, Blue Kabuto Games strives to produce quality games that have a unique style and are fun to play. Blue Kabuto Games games posses simple mechanics, ease of playability and a high fun factor. By keeping production costs low, Blue Kabuto Games is able to focus more on creative design and content. To view a list of current games in development, visit the games page for more information. | 8/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGen Con 2011 – Battle Bunker Games | While walking the floor of Gen Con 2011, Ethan had the chance to stop off at Battle Bunker Games, publishers of Dice of the Dead, Please Stand By, and Adventurer’s Tiles. This is the first in a series of short interviews from Gen Con 2011. About Battle Bunker Games Battle Bunker Games was founded by Dan Hinkle in 2004 as a retail game and hobby store. In 2006 BBG closed its store front location and moved to online sales and underwent a business restructuring as Dan joined the U.S. Navy, serving four years in Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron Four. BBG is now a small publisher and game design studio. | 8/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAn Interview with Jim Butcher | Ethan had the chance to finally sit down with Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Files and Codex Alera books series, and talk with him about gaming, world creation, and, of course, the latest addition to the Dresden universe, Ghost Story. About Jim Butcher Jim Butcher (born in Independence, Missouri, United States, on October 26, 1971) is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporaryfantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K. Butcher (an author of romance novels), one son, and his guard dog, F. D. M. Butcher. About the Dresden Files The Dresden Files is a series of fantasy/mystery novels written by Jim Butcher. He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden, as he recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in modern-day Chicago. Butcher’s original proposed title for the first novel was “Semiautomagic”, which sums up the series’ balance of fantasy and hard-boiled detective fiction. In 2007, a television series based on the novels aired for one season on the American Sci-Fi Channel. About Ghost Story Ghost Story is the 13th book in The Dresden Files, Jim Butcher‘s continuing series about wizard detective Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. Initially, the story was to have been titled Dead, but this title was rejected and Butcher went with Ghost Story. Buy Ghost Story from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store | 7/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 85 – KantCon 2011 Awards Ceremony | As with last year, Jeremy and Ethan take to the podium to dole out the awards for KantCon 2011! | 7/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 84 – KantCon Pre-Show | It’s that time of year, again, and KantCon is nigh. We take time out of our busy schedules to talk a bit about KantCon this year, and what you can expect to see. We also talk a bit about those who supported KantCon this year! In the Three Parter, Nathan talks a bit about what he’s into with Hollow Earth Expedition and Slipstream, while Jeremy reviews the Minecraft beta. Ethan wraps things up with a usual shameless plug. Running time on this episode is 131 minutes. About Hollow Earth Expedition Explore one of the world’s greatest and most dangerous secrets: the Hollow Earth, a savage land filled with dinosaurs, lost civilizations, and ferocious savages! Players take on the roles of two-fisted adventurers, eager academics and intrepid journalists investigating the mysteries of the Hollow Earth. Meanwhile, on the surface, world powers and secret societies vie for control of what may be the most important discovery in all of human history. Set in the tense and tumultuous 1930s, the action-filled Hollow Earth Expedition is inspired by the literary works of genre giants Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jules Verne, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The subterranean action is powered by Ubiquity, an innovative roleplaying system that emphasizes storytelling and cinematic action. About Slipstream Beyond the black holes lies the Slipstream, a pocket universe of shattered worlds, desperate aliens, and savage monsters. Ruling over the shattered isles is the diabolical Queen Anathraxa, who some say is close to finding a way to escape this interstellar prison. Strap on your rocket pack, charge your ray gun, and prepare to blast off into the the most wild and exotic Savage Setting yet—the Slipstream! Slipstream is a pulp science fiction Plot Point™ setting for the award-winningSavage Worlds Roleplaying Game™ in the style of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and the rocketeering heroes of space opera. About Minecraft Minecraft is a sandbox building indie video game written in Java originally by Swedish creator Markus “Notch” Persson and now by his company, Mojang, formed from the proceeds of the game. It was released on May 17, 2009, with a Beta on December 20, 2010. Official releases for iOS and Android are currently in development to be released later in 2011 along with a full version of the game; the Android release will be temporarily exclusive to the Xperia Play. A version of the game for the Xbox 360 with Kinect support is under development by 4J Studios. The game is focused on creativity and building, allowing players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D world. The game has two variants – free Classic and paid Beta – where Classic is focused entirely on construction with unlimited material supply, whereas Beta requires players to acquire resources themselves, and contains mobs, player health, and additional features and items. The gameplay is heavily inspired by Infiniminer by Zachtronics Industries, Dwarf Fortress byBay 12 Games and Dungeon Keeper by Bullfrog Productions. The game is currently in development and Beta is the only continuously updated version of the game. Minecraft was developed for about a week before its public release on May 17, 2009, on the TIGSource forums, where it gained a considerable level of popularity. It has been continually updated and patched since then, and while it was still in alpha release, it garnered several hundred thousand sales and received critical notice and acclaim from many reviewers. It passed a million units sold on January 12, 2011, less than a month after reaching Beta. By June 13, 2011, the game had sold 2.5 million units. About KantCon KantCon is a new gaming convention for tabletop hobby gamers in the Kansas City area, created by tabletop hobby gamers in the Kansas City area. The only available gaming conventions and large gatherings of gamers in the Kansas City area are limited to the beginning of the year, and the e | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 83 – Finding Religion | Lamentations of the Flame Princess In this episode, we sit down and talk some religion … in your game, that is. We talk about how you can use religion, both as an abstract, and as a direct motivator, including religious organizations. We touch on using religion in a fantasy setting, and in a contemporary or futuristic setting. In the Three Parter, Nathan reviews Lamentations of the Flame Princess, while Jeremy has a rant on his latest bout with AT&T, and Ethan gives us a shameless plug. Total Running Time on this Episode is 104 minutes. About Lamentations of the Flame Princess Beyond the borders of civilization, beyond the influence of manipulating politicians, greedy merchants, iron-handed clergy, and the broken masses that toil for their benefit, the ruins of ancient civilizations call to those bold enough, and desperate enough, to escape the oppression of mundane life. Treasure and glory await those courageous enough to wrest it from the darkness. But the danger is great, for lurking in the forgotten shadows are forces far more corrupt than even civilization. The price for freedom might be paid in souls. Buy Lamentations of the Flame Princess from RPGNow | 6/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review – Jeremy on Vornheim: The Complete City Kit | Vornheim Jeremy had the chance to sit down and take a look at the Vornheim book from Lamentations of the Flame Princess. About Vornheim: The Complete City Kit We asked Zak S., the game master of I Hit With My Axe, to make a little book full of the notes he had when running city adventures – and everything he wished he had. He gave us not only a sourcebook detailing key rules, tables, monsters and places in Vornheim – the city at the center of the Axe campaign – but also a treasure chest of resources for running adventures in any city. Need to know how to get from here to there even if neither here nor there are listed on a map? Even if there is no map? Need a random encounter? Need instant stats for that random encounter? Need to know why there was a random encounter? This book was designed to help you make a city happen now. In addition to details on Vornheim, adventure locations, and player commentary from the I Hit It With My Axe girls, every single surface below this jacket – including the back of the jacket, the book covers underneath, and the inside covers – has been crammed full of tools to help you build and run a city in a First, Second, Third, or Fourth Edition game. Buy Vornheim from RPGNow | 6/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 82 – Music and a Lone Gunman | We welcome a special guest in this episode when we talk about using music in your game for a short time, then move on to the important stuff, and talk with our guest, the Lone Gunman! Then, in the Three Parter, Nathan talks a little about what he’s into with Diablo II, while Ethan reviews a handful of the Mutants & Masterminds Threat Report PDFs and the Mutants & Masterminds GM’s Kit, both from Green Ronin Publishing, and Jeremy gets all shadowy when he wraps things up with a double review of the Wizards of the Coast products Player’s Option: Heroes of Shadow and Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond. We then wrap up the episode with a nice bow with a few random encounters … Total running time on this episode is 133 minutes. The Lone Gunman About The Lone Gunman Kansas City area Filk artist, TheLoneGunman (Alex Boyd), is going to be on hand at KantCon 2011 to play his assortment of oddball, geek-related, acoustic music during the breaks between gaming slots. Alex is a local musician who has a love for all things geeky, nerdy, silly, science fiction, the people that love that stuff too and his love for folk music. So come on down to KantCon 2011, and enjoy some local music at the same time you’re enjoying hours of great gameplay! “My music is simple, stemming from the fact that I spend all my time practicing drums and not guitar and my love for the Ramones. The songs are about whatever it is I feel like singing about, from silly songs with no point whats so ever, to epic stories where the tunes are like chapters in a book and everything in between.” The Lone Gunman has new CDs coming out on May 28, 2011. You can learn more about The Lone Gunman by visiting his website where you can listen to some of his tracks. The Lone Gunman will be performing in Kansas City in two upcoming performances: May 20, 2011 at 31st Century Game and Hobby located at 2113 E 151st St # B, Olathe, KS 66062-2931. Call them at (913) 397-7706 June 10, 2011 at Borders located at 15350 West 119th Street, Olathe, KS 60062 for a “Hunger Games” show. Call them at (913) 764-0336. And, of course, The Lone Gunman will be performing live at KantCon 2011, so what are you waiting for? Pre-Register to attend KantCon 2011! Diablo II About Diablo II Diablo II is a dark fantasy/horror-themed hack and slash, with elements of the role playing game and dungeon crawl genres. It was released for Windows and Mac OS in 2000 by Blizzard Entertainment, and was developed by Blizzard North. It is a direct sequel to the 1996 hit PC game, Diablo. Diablo II was one of the most popular games of 2000. Major factors that contributed to Diablo II’s success include its continuation of popular fantasy themes from the previous game, and its access to the free online play service, Battle.net. The game was conceptualized and designed by David Brevik and Erich Schaefer, who with Max Schaefer acted as Project Leads on the game. The main production roles were handled by Matthew Householder and Bill Roper. An expansion to Diablo II, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction, was released in 2001, and is currently at version 1.13c. A sequel, Diablo III, was announced in 2008. Buy Diablo II from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store ($14.99) Buy Diablo II from Noble Knight Games ($10.00) About the Mutants & Masterminds Threat Reports The Threat Report is formatted as an update from AEGIS, the American Elite Government Intervention Service, the government agency in the World of Freedom tasked with handling super-powered menaces. In particular, initial Threat Reports deal with increased activity coming out of Emerald City on the west coast, to tie-in with the forthcoming Heroes Journey adventure series, also set in Emerald City. Things are happening in the city, and your heroes need to know! The report is introduced by an AEGIS field agent and includes a complete character sheet with M&M Third Edition game i[...] | 5/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEpisode 81 – House Rules | Product Review: Monster Vault for D&D Essentials In this episode, we try out some new theme music courtesy of TheLoneGunman. Please let us know if you like it or not, as it is a grand experiment! On to the meat of the episode, we all talk about implementing house rules in your game, and talk a bit about the house rules we’ve run into, and even the house rules we use ourselves. In the Three Parter, Jeremy takes a look at the D&D Essentials Monster Vault, while Nathan talks a bit about what he’s into, and Ethan wraps things up with a spot of news that he found entertaining. Total running time of this episode is 93 minutes. About D&D Essentials Monster Vault This essential product for Dungeon Masters collects the most iconic monsters of the Dungeons & Dragons world in one handy box and presents all-new variants, including new spins on such beloved monsters as dragons, orcs, and vampires. The monsters described herein are designed to be easy for Dungeon Masters to use and fun for players to fight. In addition to combat statistics, each monster entry comes with story information to help DMs incorporate the monsters into their adventures and campaigns. Buy Monster Vault from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store ($19.79) Buy Monster Vault from Noble Knight Games ($21.56) | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 80 – Conflicts | In this episode, we take on the topic of conflicts in your group, both in game and out of game, and how to handle them … well, mostly we just talk about our conflicts … and go on a few tangents along the way. In the Three Parter, Jeremy reviews Trial of the Underkeep and the The Devious Book of Fumbles and Crits, Nathan reviews Dragon Age 2 for the PC, and Ethan has a Shameless Plug. Running time on this episode is 95 minutes. About Trial of the Underkeep Trial of the Underkeep is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure optimized for 4th edition. Some things are better left buried and entombed, like an entire castle that slid into the earth 1000 years ago, hiding its shameful secrets. It was only a matter of time until it its doors were blundered upon and unsealed, unleashing unimaginable horrors upon a small town. What unknown abominations stir in the slimy subterranean castle? Something has punctured through from another plane of existence. It has tasted your world and found it easy to digest. Worst of all now you have been afflicted by its presence and you must save yourself as well. Can anyone survive the Trial of the Underkeep? 19 New Creatures 26 New, unique Artifacts and Treasures, some that are as dangerous as the Monsters! Buy from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About The Devious Book of Fumbles and Crits Lady Luck…she is a fickle mistress. Why not take her out and get her something nice? Actually, she better be in a hot bath with a glass of wine while you are rubbing her feet, because with “The Devious Book of Fumbles & Crits,” if you roll a “1″ she can make your life a living hell…literally. A 4E D&D Supplement for all levels. 20 Fumbles & 20 Criticals For Magic-Using Players. 20 Fumbles & 20 Criticals For Melee Or Ranged Players. 20 Fumbles & 20 Criticals For The Monsters Too! Turnabout Is Fair Play. Optional Quick Balancing Tools & 40 “Quick Fumbles” for a total of 120 Fumbles/Crits. Rich & Detailed Encounter Add-Ins: 22 New Creatures (unique minions) 63 New, Unique Treasures, Including 6 Item Sets 28 New Hazards & Terrain Powers New Diseases, Crazy Potions & Poisons Buy from RPGNow About Dragon Age 2 Dragon Age II is a role-playing video game developed by Bioware‘s Edmonton studios, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major game in BioWare‘sDragon Age franchise. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Mac OS X on March 8, 2011 in North America, and March 11, 2011 in Europe. Set in the same mythical world introduced in Dragon Age: Origins, the player assumes the role of Hawke, a human mage, warrior, or rogue who arrives in the city of Kirkwall as a lowly refugee but becomes its legendary champion over a turbulent decade of political and social conflict. Buy from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store | 3/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 79 – Roll-Playing vs. Role-Playing | In this episode, we all disagree about what roll-playing vs. role-playing is. In the Three Parter, Ethan forgets what he wants to talk about, Jeremy does a three part PDF review with The Gamer’s Cookbook, … And Our Tummies Growled, and briefly touches on Magic of the Old West, Strongholds I: The Basics, and Bride of Portable Hole, and Nathan talks a bit about Champions Online: Free For All. Total Running Time on this episode is 94 minutes. About The Gamer’s Cookbook Gamers have a bad habit of stuffing their faces when they game, and most of what they use for stuffing is junk food. And when they do eat something remotely considered a decent meal, they tend to go for expensive take-out; pizza, hoagies, cheesesteaks, chinese, fast food, etc. This short cookbook provides you with a small selection inexpensive recipes that most gamers seem to like. Along with being cheap (costing between $0.82 and $3.00 per person to prepare), these are mostly easy to make, if not fast to prepare, with most of them taking less than a half hour to prepare. Best of all, it isn’t the greasy, fat-filled, high-calorie dietary nightmare they usually consume. Just remember, before attempting any of these recipes, make sure you have an appropriately large pot, something along the lines of 12 to 15 quarts. Otherwise, you may find a tendency to end up with a few servings being fed to your stove and counter. These recipes have been taste tested and found suitable for use on all forms of starving artists, underfed college students, tabletop gamers, youth athletic teams, and some small military units. This product is a test marketing product designed to test the market interest for this sort of product. One final note. This is written by a US resident and uses ingredients common here in the United States and Canada. Don’t foolishly assume any cookbook available online is written according to ingredient availability at your own local grocery store. I have enough bad reviews by residents of other continents angry that they made such an assumption and bought a cookbook they can’t use. Buy from RPGNow About … And Our Tummies Growled Being hungry isn?t fun, whether it’s a character or a player. Unfortunately, you can?t just say ?I eat my rations? and be done with it. That’s where this cookbook comes in. Getting together with a group of friends to game is just like any other activity – food almost always gets involved. Many game sessions run after work, during some meal time, or you simply like to snack while you play. This cookbook is a collection of recipes the author has used for her own gaming sessions and other casual entertaining. There are 35 recipes, one per page, and many have suggestions for variations on the dish. All the recipes in …And Their Tummies Growled are designed to be cooked quickly the day of the game, in a crockpot, or can be done in advance when you have more time. Some of them actually taste better the day after they?re made. None of them require fancy equipment (unless you call a crockpot, food processor or a blender fancy), nor do they have complicated techniques. Additionally, each recipe should cost $3 or less per person, if you buy inexpensive or on sale ingredients. …And Their Tummies Growled is compatable with Acrobat Reader 4.0, and comes in a zip file containing the recipes and two versions of the cover (one in full color, the other greyscale) in seperate PDF’s. The 10 page demo is compatable with Acrobat Reader 5.0, and contains the greyscale cover, table of contents, introduction and four recipes. Buy from RPGNow About Magic of the Old West Cowboys who rely on magic often have their own needs that cannot be met by otherwise more commonly recognized weapons and other items. “Magic of the Old West” includes a variety of magical firearms and accessories to help add flavor to cowboy heroes as they gain levels and power. Buy from RPGNow About[...] | 3/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 78 – Gaming Systems | In this episode, we talk a bit about game systems, and running them. It’s a bit broad and generic, but we get a bit long in the tooth when it comes to Savage Worlds and others. In the Three Parter, Nathan reviews Dead Space 2, Jeremy talks a little about What He’s Into, and Ethan has a shameless plug … Running Time on this Episode is 83 minutes. About Dead Space 2 Dead Space 2 is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 andMicrosoft Windows. It is the sequel to Dead Space. Unlike its predecessor, Dead Space 2 has a multiplayer mode. A Collector’s Edition is available for all three platforms. The PlayStation 3 Limited Edition includes Dead Space: Extraction as a PlayStation Move compatible title. About Ex-Illis In Ex illis, you play on a large battlefield divided into ‘zones’ and the units move from one zone to another. On a unit’s turn, you choose between the various actions available to your unit in the Rule Keeper software, such as attacking, charging or casting a spell. The screen then shows the miniatures fighting, blocking or evading hits, so both players can witness the results of their actions on enemy troops. The physical battlefield gives you all the game’s macro information (the General’s view), while the Rule Keeper software shows one zone at a time (the soldier’s view) in more detail (Hit Points left, status effects, etc). This means you create all your strategies by looking at the battlefield, and you feel like you are right in the thick of the action as your troops exchange blows with the enemy. Here’s a brief overview of the gameplay… About KantCon On July 9-11, KantCon 2010 was held at the Johnson County Community College Regnier Center. Over the course of the three days, 110 gamers came from as far away as Mt. Gilead, Ohio to participate in role-playing games, card games, board games, miniatures games, and the kind of camaraderie that all gamers love and enjoy. | 2/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 77 – Fears | In this episode, we take another look at roleplaying and running fear, but not in the same sense as before, way back in an early episode (3 or 4 or something). We talk a bit about invoking a fear response and doing it responsibly, and a bit about fear in a game. In the Three Parter, Nathan talks a little about What He’s Into with the retro PC game, Pool of Radiance from SSI. Ethan raves a bit on Conspiracy Theories and how they make games better. Finally, Jeremy reviews the new AMC television series, The Walking Dead. Running time on this episode is 95 minutes. Commodore version of the box cover for the game About Pool of Radiance Pool of Radiance is a computer role-playing game developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI) in 1988. It was the first adaptation of TSR‘s Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D or D&D) fantasy role-playing game for home computers. It is the first in a four-part series of D&D computer adventure games. The other games in the “Gold Box” series used the game engine pioneered in Pool of Radiance, as did later D&D titles such as the Neverwinter Nights online game. Pool of Radiance takes place in the Forgotten Realms setting, with the action centered in and around the city of Phlan. Just as in traditional D&D games, the player starts by building a party of up to six characters, deciding race, sex, class and ability scores for each. The player’s party is enlisted to help the city by clearing out the marauding inhabitants which have taken over. The characters move on from one area to another, ultimately confronting the powerful leader of the evil forces. During play the player characters gain experience points, which allow them to increase their capabilities. The game primarily uses a first-person perspective, with the screen divided into sections to display pertinent textual information. During combat sequences, display switches to a top-down perspective. Generally well-received by the gaming press, Pool of Radiance won the Origins Award for “Best Fantasy or Science Fiction Computer Game of 1988″. Some reviewers criticized the game’s similarities to other contemporary games and its slowness in places, but praised the game’s graphics and its role-playing adventure and combat aspects. Also well-regarded was the ability to export player characters from Pool of Radiance to subsequent SSI games in the series. About Conspiracy Theories Conspiracy theory was originally a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal, or political conspiracy. However, it has become largely pejorative and used almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning. Conspiracy theories are viewed with skepticism by scholars because they are rarely supported by any conclusive evidence and contrast with institutional analysis, which focuses on people’s collective behavior in publicly known institutions, as recorded in scholarly material and mainstream media reports, to explain historical or current events, rather than speculate on the motives and actions of secretive coalitions of individuals. Scholars argue that conspiracy theory goes beyond the boundaries of rational criticism when it becomes non-falsifiable. Such a theory is a closed system of ideas which explains away contradictory evidence by claiming that the conspirators themselves planted it. The term conspiracy theory is therefore often used dismissively in an attempt to characterize a belief as outlandishly false and held by a person judged to be a crank or a group confined to the lunatic fringe. Such characterization is often the subject of dispute due to its possible unfairness and inaccuracy. According to political scientist Michael Barkun, conspiracy theories once limited to fringe audiences have become commonplace in mass media. He argues th[...] | 1/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition: Con on the Cob 2010 | About Con on the Cob Con on the Cob is the universe’s most “off the cob” gathering for fans of gaming, science fiction, fantasy, art, comedy music, Japanese animation, cult films, and other assorted aspects of geekdom. It’s a four day part chock full of fellow fans and like-minded nerds, geeks, gamers, and friends (with the occasional hot chick thrown in for effect). We’ve got games out the wazoo, a fabulous fantasy and sci-fi art show, the Mama of All Marketplaces, art demos and workshops, seminars and discussions, movies and anime, parties, activities for the kids, one of the world’s most phenomenal lineups of comedy musicians, and a veritable buttload of other amazing entertainments and diversions. This audio file contains interviews with Jodi Black of Beautiful Brains Books and Games, and the wonderful guys from Silvervine Games. | 12/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 76 – Cooperative Worldbuilding Part 3 | We take a a final look at the cooperative worldbuilding system designed by the ClanWebsite.org Dawn of Worlds, a free PDF that can be found here, and finish up the first era. We take a lot of tangents, as you can see. Alternatively, if that site was to go away, you can click to download the Dawn of Worlds Cooperative World Creation. In this episode, we spend some more time on races and promise to move on to something else. In the Three Parter, Nathan talks a little about what he’s into with retro gaming, Jeremy reviews a few PDFs we were sent by EN Publishing and Three Sages Games, and Ethan raves a bit on Misfit Studios. We end things with some brief random encounters before we let things be. About EN Publishing EN Publishing is the publishing arm of EN World. EN World is a role-playing game news and reviews website, which has grown from the earlier “Eric Noah’s Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News” site (which was active from 1999-2001). About Three Sages Games Three Sages Games often offers a different twist to our games in a crowded field of game titles. We value game play over flash and many of our titles are geared for family play. Our partners have over 60 combined years of rules tinkering and game playing that is invested into all our games. We are in the middle of California and seek to expand our base of happy customers beyond our local area by providing quality gaming experiences at reasonable prices. Perhaps we will meet you at a store demo or convention this year. About Misfit Studios Misfit Studios is a (currently) small publishing and production company that makes quality products for current game systems. To this end, the company has assembled a fine team of talented people. | 11/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitAn Interview with T.S. Luikart | Ethan had the chance to sit down with T.S. Luikart a little while back. Luikart is a freelance writer for the game industry, and has done design work for Green Ronin’s Red Star Campaign Setting, Skull & Bones, and Mutants & Masterminds games. Luikart’s work can be seen most recently in Green Ronin’s Dragon Age RPG, specifically Blood in Ferelden and the Dragon Age RPG Set 1. About T.S. Luikart Todd Steven Luikart (born 1971 in San Diego, California) is an American game designer, fantasy author, and poet. He has worked for Black Industries and Green Ronin Publishing and been a game player for over 30 years. About Green Ronin Green Ronin Publishing is a Seattle based company dedicated to the art of great games. Since the year 2000 Green Ronin has established a reputation for quality and innovation that is second to none, publishing such critical favorites as the Freeport Trilogy, Book of the Righteous, Hobby Games: The 100 Best, and theMutants & Masterminds RPG, and winning over 40 awards for excellence. For an unprecented three years running Green Ronin won the prestigious GenCon & EnWorld Award for Best Publisher. About Dragon Age Dragon Age: Origins is a single-player role-playing video game developed by BioWare‘s Edmonton studio and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game in the Dragon Age franchise. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009, and for Mac OS X on December 21, 2009. Set in the mythical kingdom of Ferelden during a period of civil strife, the player assumes the role of a warrior, mage or rogue who must unite the kingdom to fight an impending invasion by demonic forces. BioWare describes Dragon Age: Origins as a “dark heroic fantasy set in a unique world”, and a spiritual successor to their Baldur’s Gate series of games, which took place in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. Fantasy roleplaying goes back to its dark and gritty roots with the Dragon Age RPG, the latest game from the company that brought you A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying and Mutants & Masterminds. Based on the critically-acclaimed Dragon Age: Origins computer game, theDragon Age RPG brings the excitement of BioWare’s rich fantasy world to the tabletop. Make your own heroes and control your own destiny as a Blight comes to Thedas once again. Buy the Dragon Age: Dark Fantasy Roleplaying, Set 1: for Characters Level 1 to 5 Buy the Dragon Age Game Master’s Kit Buy Dragon Age: Blood in Ferelden | 11/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review – Andre on Pathfinder: Warpath | Andre takes a look at Pathfinder Warpath from Adamant Entertainment. About Pathfinder Warpath The clash of grand armies comes to your game world! Designed by Hank Woon (Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary) and extensively playtested, WARPATH is a complete set of rules designed to give Game Masters and players all the tools they need to run anything from a tiny border skirmish to an all-out epic battle involving thousands of soldiers. The rules can be used for units as small as one to as many as needed, and is designed to be fully compatible with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game system. Buy Pathfinder Warpath from RPG Now About Adamant Entertainment Adamant Entertainment has been at the forefront of the electronic publishing segment of the entertainment industry for seven years, offering innovation and standard-setting performance for digital delivery of tabletop role-playing games. In 2007, Adamant was featured in an Associated Press article spotlighting the growth of the ePublishing industry, which was carried in publications ranging from the Washington Post to the South China Morning Post, and online via dozens of sites, including CNNMoney, ABCNews.com and the Nintendo Wii News Channel. Adamant Entertainment’s expanding list of properties include the critically-acclaimed Thrilling Tales pulp series and the forthcoming Tales of New Crobuzon, a licensed fantasy role-playing game based in the world of acclaimed author China Miéville. In 2010, Adamant expanded its focus to include other forms of entertainment media, currently developing a number of transmedia webseries properties– which will include tabletop role-playing games, fiction, graphic novels, music, interactive media and other merchandise as part of the overall entertainment experience. | 11/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review – Andre on the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide | Andre takes a look at the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide from Paizo Publishing About the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide Players may be the heroes of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, but whole worlds rest on the Game Master’s shoulders. Fortunately for GMs, the Pathfinder RPG GameMastery Guide is here to back you up. Packed with invaluable hints and information, this book contains everything you need to take your game to the next level, from advice on the nuts and bolts of running a session to the greater mysteries of crafting engaging worlds and storylines. Whether you’ve run one game or a thousand, this book has page after page of secrets to make you sharper, faster, and more creative, while always staying one step ahead of your players. Buy the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Paizo Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo’s Pathfinder® line of rules, adventures, sourcebooks, and campaigns combines decades of game design experience into one evocative system compatible with the 3.5 rules. Paizo’sGameMastery® accessories offer easy-to-use tools aimed at improving the tabletop RPG experience. Paizo’s board game imprint unleashes fun, challenging games like Kill Doctor Lucky™ and Yetisburg™ that appeal to both families and casual gamers alike. Paizo’s Planet Stories® line of science fiction and fantasy novels promise thrilling adventure of the like not seen since the legendary pulps. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the seven years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than a dozen major industry awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. | 10/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review – Andre on the Pathfinder: Freeport Companion | Andre takes a look at the Pathfinder: Freeport Companion from Green Ronin Publishing. About Freeport Companion For a decade now Freeport has stood as one of fantasy gaming’s most distinctive cities. Home to pirates, foul cults, terrifying monsters, vicious gangs, crime lords, and corrupt politicians, Freeport is a dynamic setting that offers a unique blend of high adventure and cosmic horror. Now the City of Adventure returns to its roots with the Freeport Companion: Pathfinder RPG Edition, a rules supplement for the Pirate’s Guide to Freeport. Its 160 pages are packed with all the support you need to run a Freeport campaign with the Pathfinder RPG. In addition to giving game stats for all the city’s major characters, the Freeport Companionprovides new core classes like the corsair and monster hunter, new prestige classes like the musketeer and witch hunter, famous magic items, an insanity system, new spells and incantations, and an introductory adventure. Celebrate 10 years of the City of Adventure with the Freeport Companion: Pathfinder RPG Edition! Buy the Pathfinder Freeport Companion from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Pathfinder The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is an evolution of the 3.5 rules set of the world’s oldest fantasy roleplaying game, designed using the feedback of tens of thousands of gamers just like you. Players need only the single 576-page Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook to play, while the Game Master who controls the action will also want the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary, a massive tome containing more than 350 fantastic foes for your adventurers to face. The Pathfinder RPG is a fully supported roleplaying game, with regularly released adventure modules, sourcebooks on the fantastic world of Golarion, and complete campaigns in the form of Pathfinder Adventure Paths like Council of Thieves and Kingmaker. About Green Ronin Publishing Green Ronin Publishing is a Seattle based company dedicated to the art of great games. Since the year 2000 Green Ronin has established a reputation for quality and innovation that is second to none, publishing such critical favorites as the Freeport Trilogy, Book of the Righteous, Hobby Games: The 100 Best, and theMutants & Masterminds RPG, and winning over 40 awards for excellence. For an unprecented three years running Green Ronin won the prestigious GenCon & EnWorld Award for Best Publisher. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 75 – Cooperative Worldbuilding Part 2 | We continue using the ClanWebsite.org Dawn of Worlds world creation method, a free PDF that can be found here, and finish up the first era. We take a lot of tangents, as you can see. Alternatively, if that site was to go away, you can click to download the Dawn of Worlds Cooperative World Creation. This episode came in long as well, and we didn’t take many pictures, so no enhanced podcast this time around. I will post images as soon as possible, and we’ll have a long slideshow of the development of the world. In the Three Parter, Ethan reviews ICONS from Adamant Publishing, Jeremy talks about the Prince of Wolves, a Pathfinder novel from Paizo Publishing, and Nathan talks about the upcoming Gamer’s Haven Halloween Party. We wrap things up with some random encounters and a new installment of Munchies for Munchkins. About ICONS What kid raised in recent generations hasn’t pretended to be a superhero at some point: worn a cape, “flown” around, bounced imaginary bullets or shot “blasts of power” from hands or eyes? Why not? After all, the superhero is the perfect modern fantasy: powerful, respected, and loved by the public, but with a message of responsibility, duty, truth, and justice that appeals to parents as well as kids. In countless comic books, graphic novels, cartoons, and live-action television shows and films, superheroes continue to thrill and capture our imagination while also celebrating some of our better qualities. Who wouldn’t want to be a hero? With ICONS, you can be! Steve Kenson, the designer of the best-selling Mutants & Masterminds delivers a superpowered new role-playing game, inspired by the fast-playing old-school games and the new generation of narrative role-play! Within its pages are complete rules for character creation, abilities and powers, random adventure generation, a rogue’s gallery of villains, a complete adventure and all the superheroic action you can handle! Buy ICONS from RPGNow Buy ICONS from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Adamant Publishing Adamant Entertainment has been at the forefront of the electronic publishing segment of the entertainment industry for seven years, offering innovation and standard-setting performance for digital delivery of tabletop role-playing games. In 2007, Adamant was featured in an Associated Press article spotlighting the growth of the ePublishing industry, which was carried in publications ranging from the Washington Post to the South China Morning Post, and online via dozens of sites, including CNNMoney, ABCNews.com and the Nintendo Wii News Channel. Adamant Entertainment’s expanding list of properties include the critically-acclaimed Thrilling Tales pulp series and the forthcoming Tales of New Crobuzon, a licensed fantasy role-playing game based in the world of acclaimed author China Miéville. In 2010, Adamant expanded its focus to include other forms of entertainment media, currently developing a number of transmedia webseries properties– which will include tabletop role-playing games, fiction, graphic novels, music, interactive media and other merchandise as part of the overall entertainment experience. About Pathfinder Tales: Prince of Wolves For half-elven Pathfinder Varian Jeggare and his devil-blooded bodyguard Radovan, things are rarely as they seem. Yet not even the notorious crime-solving duo is prepared for what they find when a search for a missing Pathfinder takes them into the gothic and mist-shrouded mountains of Ustalav. Beset on all sides by noble intrigue, mysterious locals, and the deadly creatures of the night, Varian and Radovan must use both sword and spell to track the strange rumors to their source and uncover a secret of unimaginable proportions, aided in their quest by a pack of sinister werewolves and a mysterious mute priestess. But it’ll take more than merely solving the mystery to finish this job. For shadowy figures have taken note of the pair’s investigations, and the forces of da | 10/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review – Andre on the Pathdinder: Advanced Player’s Guide | Andre takes a look at the Pathfinder Advanced Player’s Guide from Paizo Publishing. About The Advanced Player’s Guide Explore new and uncharted depths of roleplaying with the Pathfinder RPG Advanced Player’s Guide! Empower your existing characters with expanded rules for all 11 Pathfinder Roleplaying Game core classes and seven core races, or build a new one from the ground up with one of six brand-new, 20-level base classes. Whether you’re designing your own monstrous helpers as an enigmatic summoner, brewing up trouble with a grimy urban alchemist, or simply teaching an old rogue a new trick, this book has everything you need to make your heroes more heroic. Buy the Advanced Player’s Guide from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store About Paizo Publishing Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo’s Pathfinder® line of rules, adventures, sourcebooks, and campaigns combines decades of game design experience into one evocative system compatible with the 3.5 rules. Paizo’sGameMastery® accessories offer easy-to-use tools aimed at improving the tabletop RPG experience. Paizo’s board game imprint unleashes fun, challenging games like Kill Doctor Lucky™ and Yetisburg™ that appeal to both families and casual gamers alike. Paizo’s Planet Stories® line of science fiction and fantasy novels promise thrilling adventure of the like not seen since the legendary pulps. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the seven years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than a dozen major industry awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. | 10/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 40 | ExplicitVideoGamer’s Haven Episode 74 – Cooperative Worldbuilding Part 1 | This is a long episode, and you may notice it’s a video download. That’s because it’s an enhanced podcast. In this episode we take on ClanWebsite.org Dawn of Worlds world creation method, a free PDF that can be found here. Alternatively, if that site was to go away, you can click to download the Dawn of Worlds Cooperative World Creation. As you can tell, this episode came in long, and it’s only part one … so expect us to continue this series over the next few episodes. In the Three Parter, we have a trio of reviews when Nathan gives us his take on Warhammer Fantasy Battles 8th Edition from Games Workshop, Ethan goes deep into the realm of Dark Sun for Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, and Jeremy talks briefly about the Mantic Games Kings of War Beta (which can be found here). We have no real random encounters this episode due to the site’s downtime, but Noah did get us a new Munchies 4 Munchkins segment to air, which you’ll find at the end of the episode. Total Running Time on this episode is 149 minutes. | 10/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 73: Feeding Time | In this episode, we’re joined by listener Noah Gibbs, a bona-fide chef from the Culinary Institute of America. Together, we all talk about feeding your gamers, whether it be in the actual game, or at the gaming table. In the special Four Parter, Ethan rants on inMotion hosting, Jeremy reviews Victoriana from Cubicle 7, Noah tackles Outbreak Undead from Hunters Books and Apparel, and Nathan reviews some minis he recently got from Mantic Games. About Victoriana The new science has done more than bring incredible technologies into the homes of everyday people. It has brought with it a new way of looking at the world. A way based on observation and logic that threatens the ancient dogma of Aluminat church teachings. Buy Victoriana from RPGNow Buy Victoriana from Noble Knight About Cubicle 7 Cubicle 7 Entertainment is primarily concerned with the gaming and media markets. We publish a variety of games (Role Playing, Card and Board games) based on both original and licenced backgrounds. About Outbreak Undead “Outbreak: Undead” is a Zombie Survival Simulation RPG that is not only fun, but an essential step in surviving the Undead. We at Hunters Books have provided the most dramatic, effective, and above all realistic means in which to (safely) simulate the events of a zombie uprising and try your chances at survival! Buy Outbreak Undead from Hunter Books and Apparel Total Running Time on this episode is 103 minutes. | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition – An Interview with John Rogers | Ethan had the chance to sit down with John Rogers, co-creator of the hit TNT television series, Leverage. As it happens, John is an avid gamer, and has done many things in the world of gaming. They had a chance to talk about how Hollywood has influenced his games, and how his games have influenced his work in Hollywood. Oh, and they talked about Catwoman, too. About John Rogers John Rogers is a screenwriter, comedian, film producer, and comic book writer. Although born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he attended McGill University in Montreal and is better known publicly as a Canadian writer. While at McGill, he wrote for the school’s comedy magazine The Red Herring. Rogers wrote the first draft of the script for the live-action movie Transformers, released in 2007. He wrote an early screenplay for Catwoman and created the cartoon series Jackie Chan Adventures. He also co-wrote the science fiction adventure film The Core. In 2004 Rogers wrote and executive-produced a television pilot based on the graphic novel Global Frequency. Although the pilot was never aired on network television, it achieved brief notoriety when it was leaked onto the internet and accrued an international fan base. He co-created and serves as executive producer for the TNT TV series, Leverage. About Leverage Leverage is an American television drama series on TNT that premiered in December 2008. The series is produced by director/executive producer Dean Devlin’s production company Electric Television. Leverage follows a five-person team of professional thieves, computer experts and con artists, headed up by former insurance investigator, Nathan Ford, who use their skills to right corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on common citizens. Buy Leverage from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store Total Running Time on this Episode is 38 minutes. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition: An Interview with Ivan Van Norman, Chris De La Rosa, and Robert Watts | In this episode, Ethan sits down with Ivan Van Norman, Chris De La Rosa, and Robert Watts from Hunters Books and Apparel, the company and minds that bring you Outbreak Undead. In the interview, they backgrounds, history, inception, and the design challenges behind this innovative new RPG. About Outbreak Undead “Outbreak: Undead” is a Zombie Survival Simulation RPG that is not only fun, but an essential step in surviving the Undead. We at Hunters Books have provided the most dramatic, effective, and above all realistic means in which to (safely) simulate the events of a zombie uprising and try your chances at survival! Buy Outbreak Undead from Hunter Books and Apparel Interested in getting Outbreak Undead into your friendly local gaming store? Contact them! Here’s a look at the superb layout and design you’ll find in Outbreak Undead. This book is very cool! | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review 22 – Atomic Highway | After Erik ran a one-shot of Atomic Highway, from Radioactive Ape Designs, he and his players talked the pros and cons of the game, the system, and how they felt about it. About Atomic Highway A new Dark Age has begun. The descendants of the apocalypse’s survivors scavenge the remnants of the Before Times, struggling to build a new life amidst the ruins of the old. In a savage world where the strong ravage and exploit the weak, the survivors’ settlements are oases, connected only by convoys of armed and armored vehicles that run the gauntlet of raiders… and worse. Buy Atomic Highway from the Gamer’s Haven Amazon Store But Atomic Highway from Noble Knight Games Buy Atomic Highway from RPGNow About Radioactive Ape Designs R.A.D. was founded in May 2009 by Colin Chapman and exists to produce short, streamlined, fun roleplaying games (RPGs) using the V6 Engine system, tweaking and adjusting it to suit each new game made. About Colin Chapman Colin Chapman is a husband, father, teacher, Humanist, and RPG game designer living in Devon, England. Colin welcomes any communication from fans, and while he can’t always guarantee an immediate response, he always tries to get back to folks in a timely manner. About Cubicle 7 Cubicle 7 Entertainment is primarily concerned with the gaming and media markets. We publish a variety of games (Role Playing, Card and Board games) based on both original and licenced backgrounds. | 9/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review Episode 21 – Rome: The Life and Death of the Republic | Jeremy had the chance to sit down and look over Rome: The Life and Death of the Republic from Alphetar Games, published by Cubicle 7. About Rome: The Life and Death of the Republic Any game master who wishes to run realistic campaigns set during the ancient Roman Republic will be thrilled with the lavish resource that this game offers. These painstakingly researched rules not only provide a staggering array of historically accurate details, but , more importantly, they succeed in evoking that sense of otherness we feel when we come into contact with a culture very different from our own. It brings republican Rome to life as a dangerous setting ripe for adventure, often stepping modestly aside, providing juicy excerpts from ancient manuscripts and letting the Romans themselves describe their world to us directly. Riots, bribery, mythical creatures and spectacular chariot crashes – it’s all here! This book is designed for Basic Roleplaying, but is easily adapted to any game system. It contains all the setting information needed to play in Rome from its foundation to Caesar’s death, and additional rules for city riots, chariot races and political power games. It also includes more than one hundred scenario seeds that can be easily bound together to form complete campaigns. Buy Rome: The Life and Death of the Republic from Noble Knight Games | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition – An Interview with Ben Gerber | Ethan had the chance to sit down with Ben Gerber, from Troll in the Corner, to talk about his upcoming campaign setting for Pathfinder, Aruneus. Ben was kind enough to send us an exclusive new piece of artwork for Aruneus, pictured to the right. About Ben Gerber Born and raised in MA, shortly after High School I fled the states after a failed bid at becoming Mayor of a small, suburban town. I drifted through Europe with a group of ex-pats doing odd jobs and eventually we pooled together and bought a chicken farm. After making a significant amount of Euros from the sale of eggs I migrated back to the east coast of the USA where I invested all of my savings into a kite manufacturer. In my spare time I enjoy lobbing eggs at kites. I’m also a geek. A nerd, a dweeb, whatever. Yes I owned garb, yes I still own medieval weaponry. And yeah, I could kick your butt in Mechwarrior the CCG. I love video games, role playing games, tactical board games and all forms of speculative fiction. I will never berate someone for wanting to be a Jedi and take everything Gary Gygax ever wrote as gospel. Well, all of this but that last bit. About Troll in the Corner Recently TC has taken an interest in independent (and I guess dependent) films. There’s a whole world of interesting short and feature length films out there that don’t necessarily play in the megaplexes. Huge Hollywood productions have their appeals but smaller films have people who will talk to the likes of us. About Aruneus Zombies rise. Heroes die. You are what remains. The world was a large place. The four races, Humans, Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs coexisted with an uneasy peace, but at the least, they were able to share the land and survive. Empires were formed, lives created and destroyed, magic flourished and for a brief time, Humanity strove to master the globe. Then the undead scourge broke the world. | 8/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitSnippet Review Episode 20 – Small World | Ethan, Jeremy, Eunice, Jeremy, and Robin had a chance to sit down with Small World from Days of Wonder. About Small World Small World is a zany, light-hearted civilization game in which 2-5 players vie for conquest and control of a board that is simply too small to accommodate them all! Picking the right combination of fantasy races and unique special powers, players must rush to expand their empires – often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory. Buy Small World from Noble Knight Games | 8/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Episode 72: Gen Con Autopsy | In this episode, we, along with special guest Tracy Barnett from Troll in the Corner (and Rolling20s on the forums) talk about Gen Con 2010! | 8/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition: Gen Con Coverage Part 12 | In this episode, our coverage of Gen Con 2010 continues with some Troll in the Corner help! This episode is a full recording of the ENnies ceremony. | 8/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitGamer’s Haven Special Edition: Gen Con 2010 Coverage Part 11 | In this episode, our coverage of Gen Con 2010 continues with some Troll in the Corner help! | 8/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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