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Pulp Gamer features reviews of board games, role-playing games, card games, and other forms of non-electronic entertainment. Shows also include special guests and commentary about hobby gaming and the industry. Primary Format : Other Language : Unknown Also Listed as: City : Benson State/Province : AZ Country : USA Region : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: View this Podcast on a Google Map. Podcast iTunes Link Text Only listing of Pulp Gamer Podcasts Methings.com listings of Pulp Gamer Podcasts If you like this podcast, you might also like:

View the full archive of Pulp Gamer PGOC 091: The Quest Continues We had a blast at RinCon (be sure to see One Cool Thing) and are now looking forward to TusCon, MACE, and sailing around Mexico and the Caribbean with Gamer Adventures. We were able to enjoy the cooperative game, Witch of Salem several times over RinCon. We also shamelessly plug one of our co-hosts game stores, Hat's Games. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 090: The Bribe and Dollar Value Our main topic today is about value and what happens when a game changes edition or goes out of print. The game that started this discussion was Tales of the Arabian Nights. Many more are also referenced. Jess Hartley talks about her appearances on The Gearheart and The Game's the Thing. Don recently appeared in The Tome Show and The Game's the Thing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 089: Full Disclosure We congratulate Jason for winning a writing contest with Alpha Omega. We plug Jess Hartley's book, Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional. The Federal Trade Commission reminds bloggers to disclose their relationship with advertisers. Equinox Roads kicks off our final discussion of ending campaigns. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 047: Witch of Salem Ron takes us to early 20th Century Arkham with the cooperative board game,Witch of Salem. Join characters from the works of Lovecraft inspired Wolfgang Hohlbein to stop the elder evil forces from taking over the city. We found this game to be elegant, challenging, replayable, and a real hit. It is an easy game to learn, but you will need some thought and cooperation to overcome the obstacles this one throws at you.Witch of SalemPublisher:Mayfair GamesStyle: Board GameDesigned by: Michael ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 088: Fanticiful Games Its all about the games today – games such as: Letter Roll Justinian Emira Word on the Street Sticks & Stones Arthur Lives! Equinox Roads Swords at Dawn Goblin Markets Geist Witch of Salem Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 046: Martian Rails Dave takes us to space with the board game, Martian Rails. From the Empire Builder series known to may as the crayon rail games, this journey allows us to explore a new world and some new twists. Build your railroad empire across the Martian terrain and make tomorrow's big bucks. Martian Rails Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: M. Robert Stribula & the Empire Builder Design Team Players: 2-6 Play Time: 120-240+ minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $42.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 087: Elder Pronunciation Gods We have another great set of conversations today, most of them centering around your comments and emails. Before getting to that, however, we kick off the day by talking to Jess Hartley about her e-book, Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional. Our conversations then take us into some about the various versions of Dungeons & Dragons. Uncle Bear gives us some notes about The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, a rock band dedicated to promoting the literature of H.P. Lovecraft. ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 069: Marcelo A. Figueroa Marcelo A. Figueroa is one of few individuals who have participated in every tier of the hobby games industry, first as a consumer, then in Retail (All Star Games), in Distribution (ACD Distribution), as Media (Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer Magazine, Shadis Magazine, Games Quarterly Magazine), and Publishing (Alderac Entertainment Group, Avalanche Press, Playroom Entertainment). And somewhere in there he found time to be a published writer & game designer. His years of experience have ma ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 086: Player Investment Our crew talks today about encouraging your players to become more invested into your roleplaying campaign world.  There are several tips and tricks to increasing their involvement, thus increasing their emotional connection, the richness of the story, and the degree of fun everyone will have. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 045: A House Divided Dave introduces us to the board game, A House Divided. Its a strategic war game that allowed us to reenact and even modify the events of the American Civil War. We were able to start with a basic rule set to dive into the game quickly and allow it to grow with us as expanded rules add all the complexities and details to give the game some reach crunch and realism. A House Divided Publisher: Phalanx Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Frank Chadwick Players: 2 Play Time: 60+ minutes ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 085: Awkward Today, like about every other day, we play games. These games include Le Boomb, Loot, Mesopotamia, A House Divided, Adventures of Oz, Trailblazer, Letter Roll, Bannanagrams, Space Hulk, Terror Thirteen, and Alpha Omega. RinCon is just coming around the corner. Be sure to join us October 9-11 at the Tucson Convention Center. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 084: Exclamation Points We are going over your thoughts today. We had a great time with a full studio. Interest in the Gen Con panels were brought up, and we are pleased to announce the first of those have been released. Kirt brought up some LARP links, such as as the LARPA web site, Mike's Microgames and other freely downloadable LARPS, and Interactive Literature. Some other games that got brought up include Twilight 2013, Mousegaurd, Battlefleet Gothic, Pandemic, FBI, Geist, Grimm, and Duck Duck Go. Be sure t ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 044: Mesopotamia Derek takes us back in time with the board game, Mesopotamia. Appease the ancient Mesopotamian god, Marduk, by brining your offerings to the ziggurat. To reach that goal, however, you will need to also collect other resources and build a thriving culture. This one also gives us the opportunity to beat up our neighbors up a little bit and take their stuff. Mesopotamia Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus-Jurgen Wrede Players: 2-4 Play Time: 45 minutes Ages: ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 083: Gen Con and RinCon 2009 Today we reflect on Gen Con and start looking forward to RinCon. There is an impressive list of guests as you can tell by the RinCon web site and listening to today's show. We are joined by RinCon director and game designer, Boyan Radakovich. We also welcome Jess Hartley to the crew for a few episodes. More blog support is provided by Uncle Bear. Some entertaining bits we discovered at Gen Con include Mind Flex, Geek Chic, some paper and the cool GM screen by Fat Dragon Games. Some nota ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 068: Leah Osterhaus of Out of the Box Publishing Derek visits with Leah Osterhaus of Out of the Box Publishing, touching on a number of great titles and learning a little more about the founding and growth of the company. Leah Osterhaus began working with Out of the Box Publishing 11 years ago test playing games and demoing at trade shows. Since then she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and worked for several years as an inventory specialist at Target Corporati ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 082: Campaign Metamorphoses We wrap up the month with a discussion on the evolution of campaigns. They evolve and change as the times change with technology, or rules just get updated. This spawns a lot of fun discussion and many campaign settings are brought up. We do want to share at least a couple of links with you because we are just so pleased to have Uncle Bear back with us again – oh, and don't forget to follow him on Twitter. The girls say he's pretty hot when he is in character. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 042: Elasund: The First City Derek welcomes us to Elasund, a city from which you set sail to Catan, and a board game of urban development. Your score depends on your contribution to the growing community and how well you can out-wit your opponents with your influence. This Catan Adventure stands apart from the rest of the Catan games with some aggressive overlapping of city buildings and has all the fun you would expect from a Klaus Teuber game. Elasund: The First City Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 067: Loren Coleman of Catalyst Game Labs Derek visits with Loren Coleman at Gen Con 2009, hitting on a number of things from his writing to his company, Catalyst Game Labs. We get a look at some new and coming titles and get to know more about Loren. Loren L. Coleman grew up in the Pacific Northwest. An avid reader, he became infatuated with stories and the art of storytelling at a young age. He wrote creative works as early as twelve years old and began to write actual fiction stories in high school for a Creative Writing cla ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 081: The World's First Gamemaster's Conference So far as we can tell, we held the world's first gamemaster's conference, at least of our kind, with the Southern Arizona Gamers Association (SAGA). If you are in improving your game, this is a must-listen episode. We touch on a number of tips given by the presenters. Our keynote speaker was John Wick of Play Dirty and RPG fame. He and everyone else gave some great advise we were all able to grow on. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 043: FBI Ron enlists us in the FBI. This card game is all about the arrests, and you have a quota to meet. You are probably going to pick up some innocent folks, but that is their tough luck. Capture the worst criminals for the best score and stay on top of the game by clever play. FBI Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Wolfgang Kramer & Horst-Rainer Rösner Players: 2-5 Play Time: 30 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $13.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website