My buddy Tim over at Dice, Food, Lodging recently announced a big event: In the spirit of creativity-under-time-constraint such as many other media have flourished (NaNoWriMo, 24-Hour Comicbooks, 24-Hour Plays, Game Chef, and countless others), Dice, Food, Lodging is proud to present Adventure Week! Participants have one week to write and produce a complete story […]
I hear a lot of talk that Game Master’s are supposed to be impartial. The image of a judge comes to mind. Someone who sits above personalities and who has no motivation on any side of an issue, no personal stake. The GM’s role, many would say, is to serve the rules, the system. If […]
I listen to a few role-playing podcasts and have sampled a few more and there is one topic that has come up in almost all of them, sometimes multiple times. Sooner or later, almost every podcast discusses ways of growing the hobby and recruiting new players. I’ve heard all manner of methods from approaching likely […]
Unfortunately, you can’t discuss the Bear Swarm without talking about Rob Justice. Rob Justice is always wrong, always abrasive and listening to his voice is like having a root canal done in your inner ear. There is nothing redeeming about Rob Justice and only the mentally incompetent or clinically insane would agree with him or […]
Remember those comic strips that were so popular not so long ago? The ones like Order of the Stick, Nodwick and Dork Tower that take their humor from not only the experience of playing a role-playing game, but also the clichés of the games themselves? Imagine if one of those comic series was a podcast. […]
Just so you know, this will be yet another missive on the subject of Persuasion skills (YAMotSoPS). This is my fourth such YMH on the subject. …But wait! I’m working through something here. Listening to Happy Jacks Bar and Grill this week, I was surprised to find they revisited the subject. One of their hosts, […]
“Who has the power to kick boredom in the nuts? The Podge Cast is here.” Perhaps I’m reading too much into this line from the theme song of the Podge Cast, but I think the rather ambiguous answer that rather important question is indicative of the unpretentious outlook of the cast members. They do not […]
Aron and Paulie spend an evening talking with the vacationing (other) Paul and Elder from the Bear Swarm Podcast. The Bear Swarm guys are on their spring tour visiting other shows. In this episode we establish their funnybook street cred, discuss superhero role playing games, sandbox gaming, and even a little about social combat mechanics. […]
I was a little disappointed when I opened up the Savage Worlds Fantasy Companion and realized that it wasn’t filled with pictures of the half clothed Amazon warrior featured on the cover. It wasn’t even filled with a saucy story about her adventures. In fact, it seems that she is not, in fact, the Fantasy […]
A sure sign that the conversation at a management conference has exceeded its “best by” date is when the topic turns to “What management book are you reading now?’ You know the books I’m talking about, right? Craptastic fare such as Who Moved My Cheese, The One Minute Manager, and The Seven Habits of Highly […]