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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 Also Listed as: Games Other City : Benson State/Province : AZ Country : USA Country : NA User Tags: User Votes: RSS Feed Website People found this Podcast Searching for: Gaming | electronic | View this Podcast on a Google Map. Add to iTunes Text Only listing of Pulp Gamer Podcasts Trumix.com listings available of Pulp Gamer Podcasts Click Here to Update the directory of this podcasts programs.

Trumix.com listings available of Pulp Gamer Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. The Game Kennel: PGGK 016: Alibi Derek give us Alibi. Through clever questioning, elimination, and deduction, you figure out whodunit. It a little more involved than most whodunit games, and coming close will even give you a few points. Alibi Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Darwin Bromley & Jim Musser Players: 3-10 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $15.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 046: Eddy Webb and John Chambers of White Wolf Don visits with Eddy Webb and John Chambers of White Wolf. Topics touched on range from the White Wolf culture to the range of roleplaying games we often find ourselves immersed in. Eddy officially started in the RPG industry in 2002 by working with Cynthia Celeste Miller on "Cartoon Action Hour" (which was later nominated for an Origins Award for Best RPG of 2003). He worked on projects for his own company (Spectrum Games) as well as freelance for other companies such as Deep7 and Comi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 015: Nautilus Derek takes us on a journey with Nautilus. Explore the depth of the ocean. Only a combination of discovery and research will lead to victory. You will split your time between building the under-water station and diving your submarines to the depths in search of Atlantis. Nautilus Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Brigette & Wolfgang Ditt Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60-120 minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 052: Games for Training We area really enjoying the new features of the network. You can create your own custom feed and put a player on your web site. Choose what shows you want with mycast and listen to the rest of the instructions in today's show. We would like to thank Myriad Games for including us on their web site and in their store. Our topic today is about using games in professional training arenas, especially sales. This and other topics brought up games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Ar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 014: The Pillars of the Earth Expansion Set We have been long-time fans of The Pillars of the Earth. Your master builders have a number of ways to participate in the building of the cathedral. If you can be more efficient and make wise choices, you will do well against your opponents. The Expansion Set gives you even more choices during the game and allows a couple more players to join in. The Pillars of the Earth Expansion Set Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Required: The Pillars of the Earth Designed by: Michael Ri ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 051: First Look at 4th Edition We ran our first games of 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons and had a great time. Like every change, there are things we really liked and others that we are still getting used to. We will certainly continue to play. It seems that we all differed in opinion at least slightly on a lot of details. Listen to find out more and let us know your thoughts! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 013: The Settlers of Catan Jeremiah talks about one of our favorites, The Settlers of Catan. Explore and settle the island of Catan. Smart trades, planning, and a little bit of luck will work toward your victory. Some of the discussion is around a wealth of resources online. Educators can find some good information on Using The Settlers of Catan in the Classroom. Try it yourself from Professor Easy and learn more about The Origins of Catan. The Settlers of Catan Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Desig ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 050: The Not-So Gamer Today’s main topic is about running a game night, specifically for casual players. We also talk some about games for large groups. We pick out a few favorites. This is just one of the great topics in today’s show that came from the feedback. There were a ton of games mentioned. These [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 045: Phil Lacefield Jr. While at the GAMA Trade Show, Don had a chance to sit down with Phil Lacefield Jr. about several aspects of the industry. Apart from trying to make a couple of predictions, we mostly talked about the Origins Awards. You will be able to vote on the Origins Awards at Origins in Columbus, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 012: Toledo Derek introduces a board game of Spanish sword making called Toledo. Everyone is racing through town to collect resources, find craftsmen, and present the best swords to the emperor. It is a competitive business. You will find yourself in a few duals on the way with other families seeking the same glory. Toledo Publisher: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 049: Arizona Explosion Our main topic of discussion, at least for a short while today, is on characters that are hard to play in your roleplaying games. It seems to be the smart ones and the young ones that give us the most trouble, perhaps we can’t relate very well to either. A lot of events are going [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 011: Catan Dice Game Derek has been rolling for resources lately with the Catan Dice Game. Its a fun probability game of planning and building infrastructure. It is an easy one to find a home for. It is so versatile and portable. Once very day, you can play it online. Catan Dice Game Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Dice [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 044: Aaron Williams Derek had the long awaited opportunity to talk to Aaron Williams at the GAMA Trade show. We have all been fans of Aaron’s work for a long time. You have probably seen it on a variety of products but most directly from Nodwick, Full Frontal Nerdity, and Ps228. As always, it was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 010: La Strada Jeremiah presents La Strada. We recently talked to Martin Wallace about La Strada, making it that much more fun to check out for ourselves. Everyone is making money from the economy of the game, but how much depends on what markets you share and how many times you have to split the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 048: GTS 2008 The Game Manufacturer’s Association’s Trade Show (GTS) was an awesome good time and as always packed full of good information. Several seminars were captured and will soon be made available online. It was great to see everyone and we will certainly be looking for you at the next show. We had the opportunity to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding Good Homes for Great Games What started out as a training interview turned into a discussion made public on fitting games into the right hands. The intent is to provide insight to anyone that sells or promotes games on what to present and who to present them to. This is the premise of The Game Kennel and we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 043: Anthony Gallela and the Game Manufacturer’s Association We welcome Anthony Gallela to todays show and get involved in a lot of conversation about the benefits of the Game Manufacturer’s Association. We had a great time at the GAMA Trade show. You can expect to see the seminars posted very soon. Anthony has been involved in gaming in one way or another [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 009: Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons You can never go wrong with the Catan series of games. This time, Ron presents Entdecker. Its a tile exploration game of area control. It is packed with decisions that will make or break your success. Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Tile Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60-90 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 You [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 047: Network Overview If you are joining us for the first time, we welcome your visit with an overview of the network. We’ll see you next week for the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas. We have a lot of things planned and hope to see you there. Stop by our booth (#1114) and attend [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 042: Skip Williams We were very excited to have arranged a meeting with Skip Williams. He had an impact on many years of our lives. Skip is a co-owner in Crystal Unicorn Enterprises where you can find his forums. A bunch of his and Penny’s work can be found in the Vicious Venues Archive. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The COW: Catan Online World Radio, Meet the Moderators We are delighted be in discussion today with the Catan Online moderators, KayakPete, Aero, and Sloejack. Each of them are strong community members and add a lot of value to our experience online. They keep the forums in check and spend a lot of time helping new players with the online games. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 046: Wish List We are joined today by Ron and Veronica Blessing. They are hosts of The Games the Thing, a podcast about table top games. Ron also manages the Tucson Mall location of Game Daze. We follow up on some demographic discussion and then go right into a wish list of what we hope [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 008: Bacchus’ Banquet Bacchus’ Banquet is a card game with a Roman dinner party theme. Everyone comes to the dinner with their own agenda making variable winning conditions for each player. Its a light hearted fun game of deception, scandal, and intrigue. Bacchus’ Banquet Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Frederic Moyersoen Players: 3-5 Play Time: 30 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $20.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 041: Martin Wallace Martin Wallace has been designing some outstanding game titles since the mid 90s. Some you will recognize include La Strada, Runebound, Age of Steam, and Struggle of Empires. His work can be seen on the shelves from several different publishers, including his own company, Warfrog Games. He loves to work with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 045: Gaming Infidelity We have a lot of fun today talking about cheating at the game table. We have all been witness to such a blight of character and it makes for some great stories. We talk about quite a few games today to include China Rails and Pillars of the Earth. Pillars just one [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website POINT BLANK Special Presentation: Joseph Carriker Every episode of POINT BLANK features a recorded interview with the creative team at White Wolf that gives listeners a sneak peak at the new releases coming out in a segment called White Wolf Confidential. For episode 2, I had the pleasure of interviewing the lead developer for Vampire: The Requiem, Joseph Carriker, about the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website POINT BLANK Special Presentation: Joseph Carriker Every episode of POINT BLANK features a recorded interview with the creative team at White Wolf that gives listeners a sneak peak at the new releases coming out in a segment called White Wolf Confidential. For episode 2, I had the pleasure of interviewing the lead developer for Vampire: The Requiem, Joseph Carriker, about the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 007: Domaine Bo is a huge fan of Domaine. We haven’t seen him leave the house without it since we have known him. When the opportunity came up to spotlight Domaine, we had to ask him to do the honors. He jumped at the opportunity. It is a great area control board game [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 044: Superstar Jeremiah joins us from a new location in Georgia as he undergoes some National Guard training. Bo joins us to catch us up on a bunch of news, such as the Toy Fair and his new podcast, Point Blank, for PSI. We start our show by saying goodbyes to Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 040: Guido Teuber and Gavin Allister of Catan We have been looking forward to talking to Guido Teuber and Gavin Allister of Catan, LLC. We have been enjoying a variety of games at PlayCatan for a while now and now have the chance to let Guido and Gavin share them with you. We even have some links to share with you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 043: Rolling for Resources Con season is winding up. Jeremiah touches on a few games he played at Con of the North to include Call of Cthulhu, Promethean, Union Pacific, and China Rails. We also make a rule clarification on Lascaux and touch on one of last year’s favorites, Bison. Community building is again a big topic. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Game Kennel 006: China Rails Jeremiah has spent a lot of time lately building railroad empires across China. China Rails is a pick-up and delivery rail game. Efficiency is key to providing for the people of China. China Rails Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game, Rail Game Designed by: Michael Dreiling Players: 2-6 Play Time: 3+ hours Ages: 10+ MSRP: $40.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 042: Wilbraham We shout out to a bunch of regions around the world. The one that stood out in our minds most was Wilbraham, MA. More locations are highlighted at the very tail end of the show after the credits. We also touch upon some crazy news for some local events, such as Family [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 039: Wolfgang Baur of Kobold Quarterly Today we have the honor if sitting down with Wolfgang Baur. Wolfgang is responsible for the Open Design project and Kobold Quarterly. If you are missing the fun and adventure adventure of Dungeon and Dragon magazine, subscribe to Kobold Quartery. Wolfgang also mentions his Open Design blog as a good place to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 005: Lascaux Derek gives us a look at Lascaux. Collect beautiful cave art by pressing your luck with a cache of stones. This one was an absolute hit with all of our gaming groups. So far it has been played at least twice every time it has been brought out. Lascaux Publisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx Games Style: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 041: Feed Me Don just returned home from Phoenix Cactus Comicon to report on the trip. Some of the fondest memories included Wil Wheaton’s performance - that just had to be talked about again. The zombie beauty pageant was a blast we haven’t yet found any links to that performance. Zombie Channel is likely to release [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 004: Chicago Poker Jeremiah gives us a look at Chicago Poker. We argued before the show how much this game was and wasn’t like poker. I am not sure we finished arguing before starting to record, but we were able to at least give you a good idea about the game. A lot of people [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wil Wheaton Reading at Phoenix Cactus Comicon 2008 We have a special treat for you from Wil Wheaton (geek, gamer, writer, Wesley Crusher). He preformed a reading from some of his work at Phoenix Cactus Comicon last weekend and invited us to record it for you. You are going to have a great time with this one. It is about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 003: Weinhandler Jeremiah presents Weinhandler. Compete to become the ultimate wine handler by building up the most valuable wine cellar. The bidding mechanic will keep both families and avid gamers entertained. This is a popular choose for many occasions but really fits well at wine parties. Jeremiah has a wine stained rule book to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 040: The Dog House The feedback has been pouring in. Bo joins us in Derek’s place to go over it. We really had some insightful thoughts that has made us take a hard look at The Game Kennel. Thanks to everyone for talking back. It really keeps us going and helps us shape our shows. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 038: Joseph Goodman of Goodman Games We are joined today by Joseph Goodman. We dove into some new business with 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons and quite a bit about coming releases such as GM Gems, Eldritch, and Haiiii Ya! Post show discussion continues on an “explain it to your mom” discussion where Jeremiah credits Fear the Boot for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 002: The Market of Alturien Derek gives us a look at The Market of Alturien. Everyone is competing for the attention and the pocketbook of several customers wandering the market. If they are buying from you, your making the money you need to invest in your success. With every roll of the die, you weigh your options, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 039: The Gnome is Dead We bring in the new year with some notes on our new beginnings. You are already aware of our Family Podcast. We have now launched The Game Kennel. We hope you enjoy the new spotlight show as much as we do. We are always very proud to have Mayfair Games listed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel 001: Gangster In Gangster, your a mob boss competing for control of Chicago. You need to have all the right influence in all the right places, and by influence, I mean muscle. Drive your boys where they need to be, and offer rides to your rivals. Of course, your rivals will ride in the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 037: Jamie Chambers of Margaret Weis Productions A native of the kudzu-covered hills of north Georgia, Jamie Chambers began playing role-playing games at the age of seven - cutting his teeth on the “red box” set of Dungeons & Dragons. A few years later (and an upgrade to “Advanced”), he ran his very first campaign for fellow sixth-graders: the original Dragonlance modules. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 038: Holiday Roleplay We are treated to another visit from Boyan Radakovich. He helps us answer the challenge of providing the top ten reasons to hire a gamer for city council. Some games mentioned during today’s show include Blokus, Jungle Speed, Patrician, Mr. Jack, Apple to Apples, and Risk. Our Christmas gift talk also includes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 036: Dave Arneson Dave Arneson joins us and has some great stories to tell. With Dave being the co-founder of Dungeons & Dragons, you might expect that we would inquire about the origins and role-playing. You would be correct, but we are even more interested in what Dave is doing now. He teaches game design [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 037: Help Wanted We are calling for talent. If you are a writer, artist, or voice actor, send us your portfolio and demos! We also announce the winner of the Orc Wars game. The winner was chosen at random from the correct answers of a rules quiz. Find out the answer in today’s show. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 035: Jess Hartley We are joined today by Jess Hartley as we partake in the activities of a regular game day at the Espresso Art Cafe in Tucson, Arizona. Our visit was absolutely spectacular. We talked about everything from her freelance work with white wolf to her new life in a beautiful southern Arizona town called [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 038: Mr. Jack Derek brings a two player board to the game table called Mr. Jack. One works to keep Jack the Ripper’s identity safe among eight characters on the board, the other eliminates suspects until he is able to catch Jack. We had a great time challenging each other with this game and think you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 036: Gnome in the Hole We packed half and hour pretty tightly this time. We have a lot of news about Jeremiah’s local area. It was pointed out by City Pages that Maplewood is the most dysfunctional suburb of the Twin Cities. We are pleased to congratulate John Nephew for his win in the political arena of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 037: The Red Dragon Inn Derek introduces us to The Red Dragon Inn, a humorous game about post-adventure celebration. The iconic characters, a wizard, cleric, rogue, and a warrior have met at the tavern to drink each other under the table and gamble away their loot. The Red Dragon Inn Publisher: Slugfest Games Designed by: Cliff Bohm, Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl Players: 2-4 Play [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 034: Steve Jackson We get into a lot of great topics today with Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games, to include some coming new releases of the popular Munchkin series. We had a great time and received a wealth of things to check out over the web. Be sure to visit these links: Sign up to play [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 036: HeroCard Orc Wars Derek introduces another HeroCard game called Orc Wars. If you are an elf, you face hordes of orcs. If you are playing the orc’s hand, you will find knocking off the elf is quite a challenge. We had a great time working through several scenarios in the game and had fun looking [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 035: The Quiz We have some great fun today as we re-look at more games including some we haven’t talked about in a long time. Part of this is in the form of a quiz. Jeremiah reads a few selections from some rule books, and it is up to the rest of us to figure out what [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 035: Battleground Fantasy Warefare Jeremiah takes on Battleground Fantasy Warfare. When you have a fantasy miniatures game without the miniatures, you have a much more affordable and portable fix for your combative needs. It plays great, even better that a lot of miniatures games. Check out the demo. Battleground Fantasy Warfare Publisher: Your Move Games Designed by: Robert Dougherty [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 033: Bobby Stickel of Sabertooth Games Today we kick back with Bobby Stickel of Sabertooth Games and have a great time. We talk mostly about Sabertooth’s Universal Fighting System. It is a fighting card game where you can pit fighters against each other from popular video games. This system has the coolest prize in gaming. If you [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 034: Reflections 2007 Today we look back over the games we have reviewed in the past year and give you our long-lasting impressions. This may be a good time to start your Christmas shopping list (or wish list). Its Good to be the King Wits and Wagers Pieces of Eight Hunting Party Bison Family Business Kung Fu Fighting Palabra Anasazi Figaro Mission Red Planet Ave Caesar Illiad Elvish Checkers Pillars of the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 034: Stonehenge: An Anthology Board Game After playing several times we share Stonehenge: An Anthology Board Game. The box contains several beautiful components for use in five different rule sets that come with it. Each game uses a Stonehenge theme, but you will be surprised at how far the imagination will take you around this mystical structure of rock. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 033: High School Drama This is probably our longest Kings Court to date, but we couldn’t stop talking about High School Drama. It is a hilarious and attractive parody of life in high school. You build your click and your popularity to rule the school. Its a great game for mixed company and a wide span [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 033: Clad in Kilt We had a great time today going over a number of topics in your feedback. After issuing a massive toy recall, Mattel then apologizes to China about it. We talked in the past at some great length about Ghoulash. We looked at a hard copy today that is now in stores. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 032: Patrician Don gives us something we can all enjoy. Patrician is about building prestige in the middle ages of Italy by building tall towers. It is a great game that casual players will be able to get into easily alongside the more serious gamer that will appreciate good strategy. Patrician Publisher: Mayfair Games Designed By: Michael Schacht Players: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 032: Mike Selinker and Lone Shark Games Today we kick back with Mike Selinker and have an obvious good time. Some topics include the Guardian 6 events at Gen Con, Cowpoker, drinking, geocaching, curling, Mendel's law, and the suspicious performance by James Ernest. Also, for our fellow Stongehenge fans, we mention the Stonehenge Library. Be sure and pay it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 031: Dungeon Twister Erin joins us once again to share her experience with Dungeon Twister. It is easy to tell she had a great time with this modular dungeon crawl. Your pitted against the other parties in the dungeon. Escape with as much of your party intact as you can while grabbing treasure and fighting [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 031: Jeremy Stomberg of Fantasy Flight Games It is with great pleasure that we were able to talk to Jeremy Stomberg. With Jeremy’s love for games, he is a natural fit for marketing at Fantasy Flight Games. We were able to spend some time with him during the last day of Gen Con to talk about Fantasy Flight and some [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character: 032: We Won! Right on the heals of Gen Con, Jeremiah returns home from Dragon*Con. Between both of the conventions, we have a few notes to share. The podcasting panels at Gen Con are steadily being posted. The Dragon*Con panels are also up and available. Jeremiah participated in the panel, “Podcasting for Games [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 031: Jeremiah is Pregnant We have arrived home safely from Gen Con and have just started to sift through a bunch great games and our notes. We also get a first chance to catch up on feedback in a while. Some of that feedback pointed us back to Ptolus and we promised to give you that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 030: Peter Adkison and Gen Con Peter made a special appearance during our podcasting track at Gen Con to subject himself to interview by Jeremiah Lynch and the live audience. We all learned quite a lot, both from and about Peter. He is a jovial and open personality, a successful business man, and a gamer like the rest [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out Of Character 030: Live from Gen Con 2007 We had a great time recording Live in front of the crowd at Gen Con 2007. One of the hot topics for today’s show was the 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. We heard from our friends at Asmodee games to include the designer of Dungeon Twister, Christophe Boelinger. Chistophe had come hear all of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 029: 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons with Scott Rouse and Bill Slavicsek One of the biggest announcements of Gen Con was the coming release of the 4th edition of Dungeons & Dragons. To get the inside scoop, Jeremiah was able to get some time from the brand manager of D&D, Scott Rouse, and the director of R&D for this and several Wizards of the Coast [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 030: Wicked Witches Way We had an absolute blast with Wicked Witches Way. At the start of every turn you must clear your head and focus on a formula; one that will propel you through a broom race. This is a game that you can bring out for kids and your gaming buddies. Wicked Witches Way Publisher: Asmodee Editions Designed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 028: Daniel Rowen of Playroom Entertainment Today we step back again to Origins to talk to Daniel Rowen. Dan has spent the last few years building up Playroom Entertainment to the success it is today. We had a great time visiting about how he and his company has grown, and what the industry can do to continue to grow [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 029: Before the Wind Its back to work and you have ships to fill. The market is rough and you have to procure goods, warehouse them, and then meet the demands of the ships before they set sail. We think you will agree that Before the Wind is a fun and challenging addition to your collection. Before [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 029: Tennis Star Boyan Radakovich of Shifting Skies Games joins us to fill Jeremiah’s shoes while he plays warrior in the woods. He is also going to be with us at Gen Con. His first order of business is to report to us about his adventure at Comic-Con in San Diego. We release some more information about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 027: Michael Gray of Hasbro Today we visit with Michael Gray. Mike is a senior director of new product acquisition for Hasbro. He gives us a peak at the things Hasbro is looking for in a game, and what he is looking for in his personal collection. Mike had also spent some time working for TSR and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 028: Mall of Horror Flee for your lives! You have been trapped in the mall and zombies are everywhere. There is but one way to survive, make sure your friends get eaten first. Mall of Horror is a fun zombie game with a voting element and lots of spilled blood. Mall of Horror Publisher: Asmodee Editions Designed By: Nicolas [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Accent Your Character, Promo 1 This promo specifically calls attention to Accent Your Character, a dialect training series of CDs for the casual pretender. Links can be directed to pulpgamer.com, but may be even more specific by linking www.pulpgamer.com/products, where you can read more about it. The list below contains a list of images you may use for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 028: Legendary We are caught between cons and have a lot to share. You will be interested to know the notorious ?Fire Jeremiah? reveals his true identity. We talk some about the process of the origins awards, our podcasting track at Gen Con, and a recent comparison we made to the foam Guns in CA$H [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 026: Rick Loomis of Flying Buffalo During the course of Origins, Don had a chance to talk to Rick Loomis. Rick is the president of the Game Manufacturer’s Association (GAMA) and his own company, Flying Buffalo. Flying Buffalo is responsible for Tunnels and Trolls, Lost Worlds, Nuclear War, and those board game box bands that come in so handy. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 027: Kill Doctor Lucky We had hoped for a long time to see Kill Doctor Lucky in a value version and we have received just that. Titan Games takes an old favorite, polishes it some more and entertains us all. Jeremiah is the lucky one today to take the game and review it for us. Kill Doctor [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 025: Mayfair Games We are delighted to have the head(s) of Mayfair Games join us and give us some insight to their company and their lives. After Will Niebling’s recent retirement, Pete Fenlon will step into the role of CEO. Larry Roznai will continue as president, and Bob Carty will take on more responsibility but remain [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 027: Origins 2007 We’re back from Origins with a bunch of news and updates. We had an absolute blast with our podcasting friends. The high point is always visiting and socializing with our friends in the industry. One of the opportunities to do that was at a party hosted by Barfleet. This followed the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 026: Cash ‘n Guns You have just robbed a bank and are sitting in a warehouse dividing up the cash, but how it is divided is decided at the end of a gun. The game even comes with orange foam guns to draw on your peers. We received Cash ‘n Guns on the way to our gaming [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 026: How Big is Your Dice Bag? We just returned home from a great time at Con Games, and are now off to Origins. You will expect to see Don working with Bo showing off High School Drama, and with Michael Stackpole and the rest of the podcasting group sharing our art with all of the attendees from booth 125. Today we [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 024: Michael A. Stackpole, part 2 We continue our discussion with Mike Stackpole, touching a lot more on gaming this time. We start with the industry watch committee and learn about how games have been defended against the misunderstandings that have occurred over the years. Some additional links include: We refer to The Pulling Report, written in 1990 to address the public [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 025: Kragmortha Derek has let a group of kids loose with Kragmortha and they had a blast with it. It seems to be a good way to generate some laughter. Players are challenged with silly behavior while they move their goblins around the board avoiding the attention of the evil overlord, Rigor Mortis. Kragmortha Publisher: Mayfair Games Designed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 018: Joshua Frost of Paizo Publishing A lot of excitement is going on now at Paizo Publishing. We have learned about the cease of publication of Dungeon and Dragon magazines and their many new products to hit the shelves in the next few months. We will continue to hear more about these new products in coming episodes, but today [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website GAMA Trade Show 2007 Derek and Don return home from Las Vegas to report on the events at the GAMA Trade Show. We talked to a lot of great people, ate a lot of great food, lost a lot of good money, and collected a list of new games for review. We have been attending the GAMA Trade Show [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 017: Marcelo Figueroa Today we are treated to the company of Marcelo Figueroa. He gives us some insight to a few games and the unique experiences they offer. Aside from the games, Marcelo also gives us a glance at the business and what it takes to take the games to market. Marcelo found his way into the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 020: 42 Anizona went well and we look forward now to the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas. This time of year is wonderfully busy for us as we visit with more industry professionals and line up interviews for the coming months. Discussions around our recent guests continues today with some terminology offered by the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 019: Humble Advice Off all the feed back, the overriding theme is advice to a beginning GM. Exalted is a specific target of the inquiry but the art is the same regardless of the game. Dungeons & Dragons is mentioned a lot just because this question seemed to be timed well with our review of Dungeon [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 016: Klaus and Guido Teuber Don’s trip to Games Expo in Las Vegas rewarded him to a visit with Klaus and Guido Teuber. After the exhibition hall closed down on Monday we sat in the Mayfair Games booth and talked about their game designing experience and and their quality visit in the U.S.. The strength in their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 018: Games Exposure Don has made it home from Las Vegas and has some stories to tell. We do not delve into it too much because you have offered some great topics for us to discus. We continue with some discussion on healthy gaming and also touch again on a few games we like to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 015: Games Expo 2007 Don is walking the floor now at Games Expo 2007 gathering more information you will be hearing over the next few weeks. In today’s presentation we will visit with a number of influential members of our industry. We fist talked to Mark Simmons. Mark announced this show 18 months ago and been working hard since, not [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 018: Pillars of the Earth Derek reviews Pillars of the Earth, a board game based on the novel by Ken Follett. This one stood out as soon as we opened the box because it is absolutely beautiful. As we started to play we realized the game mechanics were just as masterful. We had a blast playing with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 017: Going Commando Today, your feedback drives us through a number of topics before we add a few of our own. Some of the games brought up during the show include Ingenious, Mission Red Planet, Fading Suns, and Jack the Ripper. Also, should you interfere when your neighbors kids are playing Dungeons & Dragons? Our answer [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 017: Elvish Checkers Jeremaih reviews Elvish Checkers. Its a an abstract strategy game stylized with a fantasy theme. This fun and simple game is played on a unique cloth playing board and designed with portability in mind. Iliad Publisher: Three Sages Games Designed By: David Waino Players: 2 Ages: 10+ MSRP: $12.95 Today’s promo was for the Weekly Anime Review. It is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 014: Reiner Knizia Our show today is with Dr. Reiner Knizia. We met Reiner in Los Angles at OrcCon, one of the conventions under the Stratigicon umbrella. We had a great time playing with many Knizia designs at the convention, but the highlight was undoubtedly being able to spend some time with Reiner.Reiner Knizia has hundreds [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 013: Bill Bridges of White Wolf Today we dive into the World of Darkness with Bill Bridges. This was a great opportunity to catch ourselves up with the storyline and gain some insight into the White Wolf products that are to be released this summer. We were just as pleased to be taken on that tour with Bill and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 016: Iliad Jeremiah reviews Iliad. Its a card game about the legends surrounding the Trojan war. Through a series of sieges you battle for victory points, carefully choosing what armies to apply and when. This game has an interesting blend of mechanics than even achieves a bit of a poker feel but is clearly [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 016: Furry Time Our show opens with a tragedy. This week, our thoughts are with Irene McGee of the No One’s Listening podcast who recently lost her home and pet cat in a fire. Please join us in support Irene as she puts her life back together.Reiner Knizia was in Las Angeles this weekend for OrcCon and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 012: Chris Pramas and Green Ronin We are joined today by Chirs Pramas. Chris has been writing and designing since the 90s and has worked on projects such as Warhammer Fantasy, Feng Sui, Underground, Chainmail, AD&D’s Guide to Hell, Dragonfist, and Death in Freeport. He founded Green Ronin and now has a long list of credits we are barely [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 011: Tracy Hickman part 2 We continue this week spending time with Tracy Hickman. We had such a great time and just didn’t stop. At first, it was beginning to look like a bonus show but before we knew it we had enough to release another entire show. Be sure also to listen to the first part.Before [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 015: Catan Histories Struggle for Rome Derek reviews Catan Histories Struggle for Rome. It is a board game that brings the Settlers of Catan feel to the historical fall of the Rome. Instead of placing tiles, the European map is already laid out in traditional Catan hexes. Struggle against your opponents to sack Roman cities and start building [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 015: Free Money Happy Valentines Day! We are busy maneuvering around the holiday to get our game in and our podcast released. Our friends at Eye-Level Entertainment have put together some Nature of the Beast Valentines for you to send a message of love to your geek. Feedback has led us to a number of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 014: Ave Caesar Derek Reviews Ave Caesar; a chariot racing board game. This game is less about speed and more about positioning and cutting off your opponent. This game is easy to learn and play. We found this to be a great choice for company of mixed maturity. Ave Caesar Publisher: ASMODEE editions Designed By: Wolfgang Riedesser Players: 3-6 Ages: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 014: Ave Caesar Derek Reviews Ave Caesar; a chariot racing board game. This game is less about speed and more about positioning and cutting off your opponent. This game is easy to learn and play. We found this to be a great choice for company of mixed maturity.Ave CaesarPublisher