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Hey everyone, we are back, with our good friend and total Grognard, Chris Ruggerio. This one went long, so we broke it up into two parts. A super special shout-out to David Steiger for doing these fine liner notes you see here! Enjoy the show! 0:58 Hosts Chris Hanrahan and Brian Isikoff welcome non-Chris-Bennet guest […]

We finish out our Dundracon coverage with the back half of our discussion with Ken Hite and Bruce Harlick. In this half, we discuss Ken’s Adventures into Darkness, super heroes of the Golden Age, Ken’s Day After Ragnarok, Wild Talents, Dresden Files Chicago, Summerland and more.

More DundraCon podcasting madness … recorded on 2/15/09, Brian and Chris sit down – post dinner – with world famous returning guests Kenneth Hite and Bruce Harlick.  Discussion ran about an hour and a half, so we’re posting it in two parts.  In the first half, we chat DDC experiences, large format games, and Mutant […]

Live (or not) from DundraCon 33 –  we sat down with Stephen Chenault of Troll Lord Games and returning guest Bruce Harlick. We talk about some of TLG’s upcoming products, the Castles & Crusades line, the upcoming children’s game The Harvesters, boxed set madness, and a good bit of old school gaming.

We return in a post Minicon / pre DundraCon frenzy with press-ganged guests Ryan Macklin (of the Master Plan podcast, and The Internet) and Bruce Harlick.  No game designers were hurt (much) in the recording.  We chat recent play experiences, D&D / gaming with kids, Dresden Files playtest, and more. Liner Notes (written by, uh, […]

Here we are, back after a long winters hibernation with our 40th episode. The first 12 mins of this show should features the radioactive Chris Bennett.  But it doesn’t it.  We removed it, as he was using his iPhone to attract aliens, and it made for some interesting interference on the recording. Other than that, […]

Here we are, back after a long winter’s hibernation with our 40th episode. The first 12 mins of this show features the radioactive Chris Bennett. Seems he was using his iPhone to attract aliens, and it made for some interesting interference on the recording. We have made a second file with this portion cut out […]

We’re back in the studio, chatting with returning guest Paul Tevis.  Topics include Paul’s made-for-gaming house, One Bad Egg, Spirit of the Century meets Wilderness of Mirrors, and more.  No liner notes this time, but we promise to be back with Episode 40 soon enough.

We find time at Pacificon to chat with Ken Hite and Good Omens GM Sean Knittner, and chat about Sean’s My Life with Joker game, Ken’s myriad of projects, impressions of Pacific and Gencon, and more.  Now with less food and more live studio audience!   Liner Notes [0:36] Introductions [6:35] Sean’s “My Life with Joker” […]

Chris Hanrahan and Chris Ruggerio sit down to discuss their trip to Gencon 2008. The show swings a little wide at times (then again, when doesn’t it) and you get to hear about all manners of food, gaming, hatred of United Airlines, people we met and Battletech (sweet, sweet Battletech.) Liner Notes[0:37] Intros! We Went […]

Lacking GenCon tickets and vacation time, Brian sits down with game designers Chris Bennett and Bruce Harlick. We discover Brian’s kitchen is somewhat echoey, and  chat some computer game / rpg industry connections, The Believers short form rpg, Microlite20, retrogaming, Fred Hicks, taco trucks and more.   Liner Notes [0:37] Introductions [6:15] Player Types and […]

Our 2 year anniversary.  We chat about Good Omens Games, WH40k 5th edition, Days of Wonder, plenty of D&D 4th edition play experience, and more with a few shout-outs along the way.   Liner Notes [0:37]  Intro  [3:00] Good Omens Games  [8:56] WH40K 5th and trends in minigames [26:20] The GSL revisited [36:51] Days of […]

We’re back with another episode, spending some time talking about the newly minted D&D 4th edition and it’s corresponding license, the GSL, along with some chatter about Traveller play and Free RPG Day. Liner Notes [0:37] Intro  [2:03] So … D&D 4th Edition  [36:08] The GSL  [55:32] Traveller Actual Play [1:03:18] Traveller and Thousand Suns revisited […]

Brian and Chris sit down to ramble … er, discuss all manner of games with returning guest Chris Bennett.  We talk about the upcoming (and now seen) D&D 4th ed, Go Play NorthWest 2008, Battletech, Burning Wheel play, Thousand Suns / Traveller play, and round out with a review of Mongoose’s new edition of Traveller. […]

A joint episode with “That’s How We Roll”, Chris Hanrahan and Fred Hicks talk GTS at, well, GTS.  Live and unplugged.

Chris and Brian return to the studio.  We discuss recent play, including some Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age, and SotC Shadowrun; industry news, a review of Thousand Suns and more. No food, and please forgive the extra-long pause around the 37 minute mark. Liner Notes[0:36] Intro[2:05] Recent Play[14:40] Dark Heresy news[17:26] Paizo […]

We’re back with a GM round-table episode.  Brian and Bay Area GMs Bob Kuzmeski and Sean Schoonmaker discuss experiences of GMing Dark Heresy at DunDraCon 32 and running good demo games in general. Liner Notes[0:37]  Intro[1:09] Dark Heresy: the GM experience[30:08] Running Demo Games[46:49] Good night

Ken Hite returns to the show to discuss DunDraCon 32 and his recent projects with dinner companions Brian and Chris Stand-in, John Polack. We discuss the DDC 32 experience, along with Ken’s projects, including Trail of Cthulhu, Adventures into Darkness, and Where the Deep Ones Are. Liner Notes[0:36] Introductions [2:05] Dinner at Le Cheval [4:01] […]

We’re back with our first episode of 2008, leading off with a long discussion on the latest D&D 4th edition new. We then chatter about Worlds Days of Wonder, preparing for convention season, preview the upcoming Sons of Liberty and In a Wicked Age rpgs, and review Names and Savage Worlds: EX among other commentary. […]

Just in time for your New Year’s listening – our last episode of 2007. We close out the year with long look at the newly announcing D&D 4th edition product line, take a look at 2007 in review in the worlds of rpg, minis and board gaming, and present reviews of the Battlestar Galactica rpg […]