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PGOC 093: Just Glad to Be Here Its all about the games today – games such as: Ring-O Flamingo Warmachine Atlantis Shenandoah Secrets of Morocco GURPS: Magic GURPS: Thaumatology Mile High Dragon, for CyberGeneration Kingsburg Chrononauts Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 092: Opportunity Today we tease you with some upcoming plans for the pulp gamer network and throw out an opportunity for writers. We have some great discussion today, all spurred by your feedback from the show. Some plugs today include The RPG Haven Podcast, Emerald City Game Fest, and of course, Uncle Bear. Our famous TomG also has a blog, where he posts a lot of his feedback to this and other shows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 048: Justinian Derek takes us back to the court of Justinian. In this Byzantine themed and decorated board and card game, everyone is working hard to influence the members of the court. You only have so much influence and you want to be sure your counselors are positioned well to serve your cause. You will do well if you spend your influence wisely and can read through your opponents motives. Justinian Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: lessandro Saragosa and Leo Colovini Pla ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 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 PGOC 080: 109 degrees It's hot in the desert, so we stay in and play games, like we need an excuse. Today's discussion includes Geist: The Sin Eaters, Pathfiner, Arcane Legions, City in the Sands, The Chain game, Station Master, Express, and the National Security Decision Making Game. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 079: Screwing Up This one is driven by you and made up almost entirely by your feedback. We start the show by announcing the winner of our Trivathon contest who was awarded digital copies of Accent Your Character and The Game's the Thing style chips. We had a number of links come up in todays show to share. These include Tasty Minstrel Games, some information about a D&D summer camp, and MACE. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 041: Steam: Rails to Riches Derek introduces us to the latest rail board game by Martin Wallace called Steam: Rails to Riches. Lay track across the country and respond to the economy of the game to build up the most victory points. Steam is the next step in the evolution of the games Martin is most known for. We'll be digging this one out again for our own delight. Steam: Rails to Riches Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Martin Wallace Players: 3-6 Play Time: 90+ minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $ ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 078: Memorable Characters Our main topic of which we spend a great deal of time on is how to bring characters to life, both as a GM/Storyteller and as a player character. The games referenced in today's show include Night Horrors, FBI, Innocents, Duck Duck Go, and Forgotten Realms. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 077: Origins 2009 The bulk of today's show is about the games released and the events around Origins, and there were plenty. We were therefore only able to cover handful of highlights. Games today include Triviathon, Penny for My Thoughts, Steam, Say Anything, Pandemic, Mouseguard, Dominion, Arcane Legions, and Are you the Traitor? We also mentioned the awesome gaming tables by Geek Chic, and the d-total. Cody and John released the board game panel. Dan and Sara released the Origins Awards. We also mention ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Origins Awards 2009 This is a special presentation of the 35th annual Origins Awards brought to you by the Origins Game Fair and the Pulp Gamer Media Network. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 040: Candamir: The First Settlers Ron takes us to Candamir: The First Settlers. Adventure through the wilds of Catan and be the hero of your town. This board game is a streamlined, low-conflict adventure game as compared to other adventure games and plays in less time. Provide what the town needs and more than anyone else to be the one to claim victory. Candamir: The First Settlers Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60-120 minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 039: Barbarossa Barbarossa is a sculpture, riddle, and guessing game. Build sculptures that are abstract enough to challenge your guessing opponents, but don't make them too hard or you will get nowhere. This one also appealed to a wide range of players and employed a very unique skill. Barbarossa Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 3-4 Play Time: 60 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $20.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 076: Gaming in the Old Pueblo We couldn't help but notice the mini-mecca of gaming that Tucson has become and decided to spend a few minutes on the topic. Aside from the grand Pulp Gamer Media Network and all of its glory, we have several stores, publishers, and other outlets. The Games the Thing is an independent podcast that includes Ron Blessing, with several credits now to his name. Other media outlets include Uncle Bear and Cerise. Publishers in town include Good Company Games, Tasty Minstrel, Shifting Skies, S ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 038: Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix is a racing board game like no other. Your moving not just your cars, but others around the track. Your decisions were about timing and maximizing your move, but you usually can't get around the track yourself. This was a real hit for everyone. Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Wolfgang Kramer Players: 2-6 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $25.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 075: D-Day We are still reminiscing about the trip to Las Vegas and shout out to one of our friends we seem to only be seeing on that trip, Alan Sugarbaker of Ogre Cave and now doing a lot of work for RPG.net. Uncle Bear has released a couple of interviews with Don Dehm and Ron Blessing that you may enjoy. We also call back to the passing of Dave Arneson and pointed out an interview we did with him last year. A lot of things are coming up to include Origins and Gen Con. At Gen Con, we have put toge ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 037: Pack & Stack Load the trucks and move 'em out with Pack & Stack. You'll need to grab the right trucks and pack as efficiently as you can to stay ahead of the curve on this one. This short game is getting a lot of play and has lots of little blocks to play with. Go West Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Bernd Eisenstein Players: 3-6 Play Time: 30-45 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 036: Go West! Derek gives us the board game, Go West! Your a businessman exploiting the westward migration of covered wagons across North America. This heads-down strategy game of action and reaction will require some focus. You decide when to score, but your opponent scores every time you do. Go West Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Renaud Verlaque Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $30.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 074: Haunted Encounters Our main topic today is ghosts – where to find them and how to use them in your game. We returned home from the GAMA trade show with a whole list of games to explore. Others are more related to our main topic. Some of these include Arcane Legions, Are you the Traitor, Battle Spirits, Pack & Stack, Amazonas, Spirit Slayers, 10 Commandments, Bill of Rights, Savage Worlds, Inspectres, Green's Guides to Ghosts. and Houses of the Blooded, Lost Souls, and Ghostwalk. We also mention severa ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 066: Aaron Witten and Game Science Don sits down with Aaron Witten at the GAMA Trade Show. We talk about the trade show, his retail experience, the financial advise he is loaded with and lends to other retailers, and precision dice. Aaron is founder and currently the CEO/CFO of the Gamestation, Inc. in Leitchfield, Kentucky and recently acquired Game Science. He’s also an independent licensed broker, securities principal, and insurance agent with The Legend Group. His education includes a Bachelors of Science degree in ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weston Ochse and the Smoky Mountain Horrors We just announce the release of Pulp Studio's new brand, Kanigit Media and our first audio book, Smoky Mountain Horrors by Weston Ochse. This collection of short stories takes place in Appalachian country and is filled with frighteningly familiar characters. Today, we visit with Weston and play a short story for you. To download another free short story, visit Kanigit Media. More are available from your favorite digital audio book provider. Weston Ochse is the author of science ficti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 035: Amazonas Ron takes us to the Amazon of the 19th century with the board game, Amazonas. Cut your path across the amazon, set up your outposts, and collect specimens to win the game. Suffer the dangers of the amazon and stay ahead of your opponents to keep your costs down and weigh your options carefully. Amazonas Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Stephan Dorra Players: 3-4 Play Time: 50 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 034: Shear Panic Derek gives us Shear Panic. On each turn, your manipulating a flock of sheep to appear in the arrangement that will score you the most points. The sheep are cuddly cute. The rules are clever and funny. This will certainly be a win for many game tables. Shear Panic Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: The Lamont Brothers Players: 2-4 Play Time: 45+ minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $30.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 065: Larry Roznai of Mayfair Games While on the Caribbean cruise with Gamer Adventures, Don had the opportunity to sit and visit with Larry Roznai, president of Mayfair Games. Games brought up during today's show include Empire Builder, Sutter's Mill, Silverton, Settlers of Catan, and Family Business. Larry Roznai is a German-speaking native of Chicago, and a U.S. Navy veteran. An avid gamer, he hosted weekly game nights for many years before discovering the new generation of fine parlor games. When he brought home Darw ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 073: Controversial Games We just returned from theCaribbeanand are headed out to theGAMA Trade showin Las Vegas. Our main topic is controversial games. We touch on a number of heated titles such asWar on Terror,Fishing for Terrorists,Suicide Bomber,Killing Puppies for Satan,Stoner Flux,Playing Gods,Ghettopoly,Blasphemy,Kablamo, theOuija Board,Hot Chicks,Choice and Blood, andJuden Raus. During the discussion, reference was also made to the move,Paradise Now. Of course we can't help but to bring up the ignorance ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 033.5: Poisson d'Avril Jeremiah explaines Poisson d'Avril. Its the easiest complex game to get into. Poisson d'Avril is a card and board miniatures game of abstract themes. The object is to win by beating the other players. We are certain you will enjoy at least part of the journey. Poisson d'Avril Style: Board, Card, and Minature Abstract Combat Euro-Style Game Players: 2-20 Play Time: 20-220 minutes Ages: 10+ Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 072: Jamaican Rum We are sailing the open seas with Gamer Adventures, Mayfair Games, Fear the Boot, and 4500 of our closest friends. Forty-one of us signed up with Gamer Adventures to cruise the Caribbean, play some board games to include a qualifying Settlers of Catan tournament, drink rum, explore Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, Key West, and of course our originating port, Fort Lauderdale. Listen in on our experience and be sure to join us next time. Our discussion continues on Fear the Boot. We are joine ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 033: Empire Builder Jeremiah gives us the crayon rail game that started it all. Empire Builder is a classic board game about building a railroad empire over North America. The game has been beautifully redesigned and is gaining wide distribution. We always enjoy the rail games and the new challenges each one presents. Silverton Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Bill Fawcett, Darwin Bromley Players: 2-6 Play Time: 90+ minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $42.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 071: Bon Voyage! We are now headed of to the Caribbean with Gamer Adventures and Mayfair Games! We'll do some recording on the boat so you can share it at least some of the fun. We touched on a handful of board games, to include Catan Geographies Germany, Hey! That's my fish!, Monuments, The Dutch Golden Age, and Formula D. Asmodee has a new customer service email, contact_us@asmodee.com. On the topic of RPGs, we discuss White Wolf's, Seers of the Throne for Mage the Awakening. That ended up launching an ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 032: Silverton Jeremiah takes us back to the southwest railroading days with Silverton. This board game reflects a realistic and challenging economy for you to thrive in with a supply and demand curve that changes during the game. Make your living and excel in the game by building the right rails, picking up the right goods, and making good on your delivery. Silverton Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Dori Smith, Phillip John Smith Players: 1-6 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 12 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 031: Catan Geographies Germany Ron gives us Catan Geographies: Germany. Relive Germany's history by building infrastructure and various landmarks. We had a great time with this one and see an amazing amount of potential for more Catan Games in our schedule. It is much like the original Catan, minus the setup and the tiles. Catan Geographies: Germany Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 3-4 Play Time: 90-120 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $55.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGGK 030: Hey! That's My Fish! Derek gives us a look at Hey! That's My Fish! Jump from ice floe to ice floe to collect fish and block the other penguins from their quarry. This is a fast and simple strategy game that will keep you scratching your head. Hey! That's My Fish! Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Alvydas Jakeliunas Players: 2-4 Play Time: 20+ minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $25.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 070: More On Mechanics We add Berin Kinsman, AKA Uncle Bear, to our group today and continue our discussion on Game Mechanics. Berin helped us trace the discussion even farther back to an article by Ron Edwards. Berin also references the RPG Blogger's Network, Musings of the Chatty DM, and The Core Mechanic. He also talks about his Get Your Dice Off My Lawn contest. Jeremiah had a list of news notes to share around a board game resurgence, Hasbro's cash flow, Nerds at Heart, and Con of the North. Of course a n ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 029: The Dutch Golden Age Derek gives us a look at The Dutch Golden Age. This one has a lot of elements that we enjoy in a game such as a tight economy, a beautiful map, and lots of options on your turn. Handle your choices and your money well and you may just come out on top. The Dutch Golden Age Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Leo Colovini & Guiseppe Bau Players: 3-5 Play Time: 25+ minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $45.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 069: Mechanics Matter We have a studio full and a great time. We talked about the gaming environment and finally closed the show with our discussion of mechanics and how much of an impact they have on the roleplaying game. We were also very excited to find from CNN a singles venue around games called Play Date. We touched on a few games today, but some of those most notable include Empire Builder, EABAnywhere, and what is now called The Sales Activator shown to me by my sales friend from New View Group. We alm ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 028: Lunar Rails Jeremiah takes us to the moon with the board game, Lunar Rails. This is a crayon rail game that as Jeremiah found out, changes everything. Both the economy and the geography present new challenges that rail gamers will love. Lunar Rails Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: M. Robert Stribula Players: 2-6 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $38.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 068: Coordinated Campaigns We have a new guest we hope will continue to join us. Jason has been accused of being the best GM in Tucson and certainly had a lot to contribute to our discussion on coordinated campaigns. We talked about how to get 20+ people together to play in the same cohesive story and have a good time doing it. We started with a good story from NPR, Interactive Games Make Museums a Place to Play. Making education fun is always something we have stood by and it makes us happy every time we hear of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 064: John Ward of GAMA GAMA welcomes John Ward as its new Executive Director. Don welcomes John to the Inside Track. John holds a Master¹s degree in public administration with an emphasis in fiscal and policy management. His bachelor¹s degree is in criminology, with both degrees from Ohio University. Professionally, Ward has extensive experience in the military and in state government. Ward is a retired Army officer with over 23 years of combined service in the military police and engineer corps. His m ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 027: Sutter's Mill Derek takes us back to the gold rush with the board game, Sutter's Mill. Digging for gold is a part of the rush, but the real winners are those that take advantage of the town while it alive, and get out of town before it dries up. We have a great time with the tight economy and all the tough decisions that must be made. Sutter's Mill Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Marco Teubner Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60+ minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $45.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 026: Monuments Derek takes us around the world with Monuments. Build the prized structures of western civilization and record the rest for historic record. Each turn is full of choices that will help you and your opponents. This, and the historic theme drew us in to play the game again and again. Monuments Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card and Board Game Designed by: Stefan Risthaus Players: 2-4 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $35.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGCO 067: Tear Down the Lights The year begins anew and we start off having a great time with a bunch of games. Today's discussion included Bella Sara, Sutter's Mill, Monuments, Express, Lunar Rails, Galaxy Trucker, Silverton, Tabogans of Doom, Say Anything, Battleship, The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Prime Time Adventures, Call of Cthulhu's Mountains of Madness, Titan, To Court the King, Hive, Big Big Battles, and the new credit card version of Monopoly. We also talked some about the new Dungeons & ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 025: Express Derek shows us Express: The Railroad Card Game. This one is perfect for any card game lover. A lot off the mechanics will be familiar and it is themed beautifully. There are team play rules, individual play rules, and some options that vary play. Build a solid collection of trains and finish before your opponents beat you to the punch. Express: The Railroad Card Game Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Darwin P. Bromley Players: 2-6 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 8 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 066: Mad Science Games This just might be our last Out of Character for the year. We have many more games to talk about and can only squeeze in a few before the gift giving season concludes. We start by talking about some of the news surrounding Gen Con. The responded to an anonymous request to buy them before Anthony Gallela revealed his acquisition group on icv2. References in this discussion were also made to Matt Forbeck's blog post and the money paid by Gen Con to the Make a Wish foundation. At least some ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 065: Blog Bug We continue going forth into the electronic frontier and bring the games with us. Some discussion in our Facebook group has been brought to the show. Don has also contributed his first blog to Fear the Boot. We were also directed to a BBC story on Dungeons & Dragons we thought you would enjoy. Our discussion on essays for gamers started with See Page XX and Robin's Laws. RPG.net has an old list with a variety of gems on it. A list of articles geared more toward development can be f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 064: Facebook Fury We have jumped on board with Facebook. Join our group there and lets talk about the topics that interest us on the show. Settlers of Catan makes MSN's Top Ten Games list. WizKids Games is closing their doors. Polymancer is calling for bloggers. We received word of the coming Pulp Fest. We wish we could go! We thank Myriad Games for their ongoing support! The podcasting friends we mentioned on today's show include Yog Radio, Game On, and Fear the Boot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Special Presentations: Game Kennel 2008 Review We are just getting started in the holiday season and wanted to give you an overview of the games covered thus far on The Game Kennel. Be sure to listen to the individual episodes for a more in depth discussion about each game. Gangster Chicago Poker The Market of Alturien Weinhandler Lascaux China Rails La Strada Bacchus' Banquet Entdecker Domaine Toledo The Pillars of the Earth Expansion Set Nautilus Journey to the Center of the Earth Alibi Anno 1503 Horus Theophrastus Intrigue Megastar ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 063: Kim Maita of Gamer Adventures We are extremely excited to be joining Gamer Adventures for a gamer cruise to the Caribbean this spring. To learn more about this and other cruises, we called Kim Maita. Kim just got back from a LARP cruise and was eager to tell us all about it. We then taked about the coming Magic cruise, and our Caribbean Cruise. I hope you will be able to join us in March of 2008 for this cruise for gamers and significant others. Kim was kind enough to share links to some of the activities we can par ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 024: Intrigue Derek takes a close look at Intrigue. You will laugh and cry as your scholars are hired and fired in this game of backstabbing, betrayal, and negotiation. Talk it up right and you just might receive enough in bribe money to win the game. Intrige Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Negotiation Designed by: Stefan Dorra Players: 3-5 Play Time: 45 minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $20.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 062: John Wick Don spent some time with John Wick at RinCon in Tucson Arizona. The new Houses of the Blooded was a large part of the conversation, but significant talk was also given to Seventh Sea and Legend of the Five Rings. John is currently a co-owner of the Wicked Dead Brewing Company. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 063: Stocking Stuffer Games We were inspired with a gift basket question to start addressing small and affordable games for stocking stuffers, secret Santa gifts, or other office celebrations over the holiday season. This turned out to be quite a list. Enjoy looking more closely at these titles: Catan Dice, Family Business, Megastar, Bison, Gloom, Once Upon a Time, Mad Scientist University, Fluxx, Are you a Werewolf, Chrononauts, Treehouse, Dungeoneer, Treasure Fleet, Liar's Dice (play online here), Coloretto, Set, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 023: Megastar Derek gives us Megastar, a music band themed card game of market manipulation. There are a few things to work out such as how much to invest in certain bands and how much to just ride the market. Looking into the future is a tricky business with so many uncertainties, but if you watch closely you can at least get an idea of your competition's motives. Megastar Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Friedemann Friese Players: 2-5 Play Time: 45 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $10 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 062: Gateway Roleplay We had a great time with a number of things in today's show then we are off to RinCon for the weekend. The GAMA Trade Show Seminars are complete. The Gen Con panels are up and running at full speed. We touched on Twitter. Continuing on our Games as Art discussion, The Philosopher's Zone talked about what qualifies as art. You must also check out the Citizens of Virtue. We kick the day off by taking a look at the book, The Elfish Gene written by Mark Barrowcliffe and published by SOH ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 061: Richard Borg While at Gen Con, Jeremiah was able to get some time with Richard Borg. He is in more places in the game industry than his name appears and his design ranges from Yatzee Free for All and Liars Dice to BattleLore and Memoir 44. We also mentioned Wyatt Earp, and Stonehenge in today's show. Richard was a blast to visit with and is full of good information. Richard’s professional game credits cover a broad spectrum, which includes over 50 titles. Milton Bradley published his first ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 060: Jean Vanaise Jeremiah has the opportunity to visit with Jean Vanaise at Gen Con to talk about music, the economy, and of course, games. Jean has been producing games with his own company Flying Turtle for years but has also produced for such companies as West End Games, Iron Crown Enterprises, Ravensburger, and Mayfiar Games. Some of his titles you may be familiar with, to include Shark, Dicemaster, the Hobbit Adventure Boardgame, and the most recent Egyptian themed tile game, Horus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 022: Theophrastus Derek picks up the mortar and pedestal and takes direction from Theophrastus. His alchemy skills will grant him the ability to become his next apprentice. He may have the best brew, or just mess with the others bad enough to beat the curve. Theophrastus Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: P. R. Chase Players: 2-5 Play Time: 30-45 minutes Ages: 9+ MSRP: $25.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 061: Spooky! Most of us agree that Halloween is our favorite holiday. This Halloween, we will be at RinCon. The preregistration is coming down upon us, so get signed while you can. Also upon us is an important date for securing your spot on the Caribbean Gamer Cruise. There is limited space available, so you will want to secure your spot now. Oh, and here is that list of things to do in Jamaica we promised you. During feedback, the topic of Accent Your Character comes up. We were also sent some pi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 059: Ethan Skemp of White Wolf Jeremiah catches Ethan Skemp at Gen Con. Ethan has a long list of credits with White Wolf. There is a lot of talk given to the contrast between the new and the old versions of the many White Wolf roleplaying games, such as Vampire, Werewolf, and Changeling. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 058: Erik Yaple of Privateer Press Jeremiah had the pleasure of visiting one of the biggest and baddest men in gaming, Erik Yaple. Erik has taken over the Monsterpocalypse project with Privateer Press. This is a very appealing game of monstrous combat. He caught him between games at Gen Con where he spent a lot of his weekend showing the game with a horde of fans. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 060: Clubbing Up Our headline topic is about meeting other gamers and finding space to build your group or a full fledged club. This is such a huge topic that we can barely scratch the surface, but some great ideas came to light, like game stores, conventions, meetup.com, or even just google. In our need to continue reminiscing about Gen Con, we talked about the Q-Workshop Dice, Midnight Syndicate's trailer to The Dead Matter, and The Dead Gentleman's movie, Dorkness Rising. Our discussion of media contin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 057: Nicolas Logue Jeremiah was able to catch Nicolas Logue at Gen Con and uncovered a wealth of interesting thoughts. Nick talks about the crossover between improv acting and roleplaying and about several projects he has been working on. We most recently know have been seeing his work on Paizo's Pathfinder, several great articles in Kobold Quarterly, the Open Design Project, and of course, Sinister Adventures. We wish him well on his adventures to come and hope to see him again very soon. Nicolas Logue ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 021: Journey to the Center of the Earth Derek gives us a look at Journey to the Center of the Earth. Its an adventure game based on the Jules Verne novel by the same name. You work together with your opponents to move the party through treacherous terrain, over the underground sea, and then get shot out a volcano. The one that emerges with the best collection of treasure will be the victor. Journey to the Center of the Earth Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Rüdiger Dorn Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 056: Justin Achilli of White Wolf and CCP While at Gen Con, Jeremiah was able to to spend some time at the White Wolf/CCP booth and visit with Justin Achilli. We all had a great time with the whole crew and are always eager to get caught up with the newest releases. With Justin's long list of credits at White Wolf, we were able to learn about the evolution of the game over time and catch a glimpse at what may be coming in the future. Justin Achilli is a game designer for CCP Games. He comes from a pen-and-paper roleplaying games ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 059: Ahoy Maties! Talk like a pirate day is upon us, and we are adding some flavor with a variety of pirate themed games, but we can't stop there. We talk about a bunch of titles to include Seventh Sea (and Swashbucker), Plunder, Treasure Fleet, Jamaica, Pirate's Cove, Pieces of Eight, Anno 1503, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Tomb, Hunter, and Delta Green. We are participating in a contest at podcastawards.com and are asking for your nominations. Please take a moment to fill out this form with your f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 055: Pete Fenlon of Mayfair Games Jeremiah was able to visit with Pete Fenlon at Gen Con about his roots in the gaming industry and the workings of his current position at Mayfair Games.  Pete started with a love for Middle Earth's a cartographer and an avid roleplayer.  His professional career in games began with with Rolemaster at Iron Crown Enterprises.  Now, he is the CEO and studio director for Mayfair Games.   Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 020: Catan Traders and Barbarians Expansion Chaz shows us how to expand our Settlers of Catan game with Catan Traders and Barbarians. This expansion has several variations and scenarios that provide even more variety and depth to what was already one of our favorite titles. Add some economic complexity or beat back the barbarians while you struggle to settle the island of Catan. Catan Traders and Barbarians Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Expansion, Tile Game Required: The Settlers of Catan Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 058: Geeks and Freaks Today's focus is on Dragon*Con and the good time Don had at the show. One of the highlights this year was the Mad Scientists Ball, where ArcAttack entertained the crowd of evil geniuses with their singing Tesla coils. We also got caught up to most of the feedback leading up to the convention continuing on topics such as the role-playing table tips and opening a new topic on gaming with friends you don't like to game with. Some of the board games discussed on the show include Pandemic, the ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 054: Corey Konieczka of Fantasy Flight Games While at Gen Con, Jeremiah was able to spend some time with Corey Konieczka of Fantasy Flight Games. Corey Konieczka has designed numerous strategy and adventure games for Fantasy Flight Games. He has worked on numerous other strategy games and expansions including Warrior Knights (2006), Tide of Iron (2007), Battlestar Galactica (2008), and the Origins Award Winning StarCraft: The Boardgame (2007). Corey works as a senior game designer, developer and producer for Fantasy Flight Games. O ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 057: Friends and Fans We settle back in after a convention spree. We got back from Gen Con and took off for Dragon*Con, where Don accepted a Parsec Award for The Game Kennel as The Best Gaming Podcast. We held off some on our Dragon*Con report to talk mostly about Gen Con, especially the excitement we had visiting with you. Your support is quite literally keeping us going. We touched on a number of games today. Board games included Theophrastus, Horus, Wings of War, La Strada, and Red November. We also talk ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 053: Sterling Hershey and the Star Wars games Don was able to talk Star Wars with freelancer, Sterling Hershey at Gen Con. We visit on a number of aspects of the roleplaying game, how it has grown, and how it compares to other games. We also touch on his work in the miniatures game. Sterling Hershey is a freelance game designer for Wizards of the Coast and its Star Wars Roleplaying Game Saga Edition and Star Wars Miniatures games. His recent work includes the newly-released Knights of the Old Republic Campaign Guide, the upcomin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 019: Horus Jeremiah takes us to Egypt by sharing a tile game called Horus. While placing tiles on the board to build regions around the Nile, you are also spreading your influence across those regions. This is a beautiful game of endless variation that will keep you struggling for control. Horus Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Tile Game Designed by: H. Jean Vanaise Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60+ minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $35.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 056: Gen Con 08 Don and Jeremiah record in front of a live audience at Gen Con 2008. We are joined by Mike Selinker, Derek Guder, and Alex Yeager. We talk about a variety of events going on at Gen Con to include Gygax memorials, the results of the Catan World Championships, the ENnies, and Johan, the Settler of Catan. Some games mentioned in today's show include Unspeakable Words, Changeling: The Lost, Yetisburg, and Settlers of Catan. Thanks again to everyone who has made Gen Con special to us. We loo ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 052: Dave Wallace While at Origins, Don was able to sit down with Dave Wallace. You may have heard Dave on many of the GAMA Trade Show Seminars. He and his wife, Kelli, run a small chain of stores and do a considerable amount of work for GAMA helping other retailers get started. He has also just recently taken a position for the online store, Troll and Toad. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 051: Kenneth Hite Don brings us another great conversation from Origins. This time he visits with Kenneth Hite. Kenneth has written a number of our favorite games, but today we talk mostly about Trail of Cthulhu. Kenneth Hite has designed, written, or co-authored more than 70 books, roleplaying games, and supplements, including the Origins Award-winning Star Trek: The Next Generation RPG, GURPS Infinite Worlds, and Call Of Cthulhu d20. He has been Line Developer for Chaosium's Nephilim and Last Unicorn ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 018: Settlers of the Stone Age Jeremiah takes us back in time to Settlers of the Stone Age. Journey out of Africa as human-kind settles the globe. Improve your ability to survive harsh climates and collect what resources you can before Africa turns to desert. Settlers of the Stone Age Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 3-4 Play Time: 45-60 minutes Ages: 12+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 050: Fred Hicks of Evil Hat Productions and IPR Don was able to sit down with Fred Hicks at Origins to spend some time talking about our game. We have all come to the conclusion that he would be one of our first picks to have at our table. Fred Hicks is one of the minds behind Evil Hat Productions, a small-press publisher of roleplaying games, is the author of Don't Rest Your Head, and is a co-author of Spirit of the Century. He also works part-time as the customer service desk for Indie Press Revolution and as a freelance layout con ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 055: Table Tips We are all back together in the studio again and dive into something we have wanted to talk about for a long time. This is a collection of tips you can implement to run a smoother roleplaying game. We also respond to some feedback that continues with the Are Games Art discussion, started by Johnathan. In other news, Wizards will be closing down Gleemax. We touch on the Southern Arizona Gamer's Association's new projects, the coordinated campaigns. One is for World of Darkness, the other ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 049: Jeff Bellinger of Killer Bunnies Don had a great opportunity at Origins to visit with Jeff Bellinger, the designer of Playroom Entertainment's Killer Bunnies. Jeff was full of stories making it an easy and entertaining conversation. Jeff Bellinger began his life in Jersey and spent many hours developing games as he grew up. He took those games with him to the United States Navy to see the world until he was finally dropped off in San Diego where he created Saren's Stuff to take his games to market. Killer Bunnies cau ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 054: Gamer Adventures Derek is missing from today's show, but we have several clips from some friends we talked to at Origins. Each with good stories to tell. Ron from The Games the Thing launched a topic of game store ethics that we are eager to hear your opinions on. We also talked to Kim from Gamer Adventures. There are several gaming cruises coming up. We have got to get ourselves on one of these trips. Perhaps we will participate sometime soon. Some of our news was around the changes with West End Games. It ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 048: P. R. Chase Don had a great time talking to Phil Chase at Origins. Phil was joined by his son Auden, who was equally as entertaining. We spoke on a variety of educational topics, emphasizing linguistics in a way we had not yet explored. We also talked about a lot of games, even outside of Phil’s designs. Some of them include Set, Lord of the Rings, Settlers of Catan, Shear Panic, Hey! Where’s My Fish!, and Down with the King. Phil Chase has been an educator for 14 years, working now for ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 017: Anno 1503 Jeremiah takes us on a journey in Anno 1503 to explore uncharted islands and find valuable resources for our people. Of course to be of any value, we also focus on the growth of our settlements and culture. Anno 1503 Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60-120 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Out of Character: PGOC 053: The Art of Gaming Today's main topic fascinated us. Are games considered art? We even get into the topic of how gaming itself may or may not be art. Join in the discussion. We talk some about our friends at Polymancer. They had a little car wreck, but things seem to be going well. Their magazine is certainly looking good. They also have other projects coming. We talk about D&D some, mostly to bring up the Chaos Challenge at RinCon. Many will enter; all but one will die. The last one standing wins ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Inside Track: PGIT 047: Michelle Nephew of Atlas Games Don was able to spend some time with Michelle Nephew at Origins this year. The visit was phenomenal. We learned at least a little about a bunch of Atlas Games titles, talked some about women in gaming, but mostly just learned more about Michelle and her gaming life. After years of playing Shadowrun and Vampire in college, Michelle Nephew's RPG editing career began in 2000 with Atlas Games' Three Days to Kill, the very first adventure available for sale under the Open Game License. She ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Game Kennel: PGGK 016: Alibi Derek give us Alibi. Through clever questioning, elimination, and deduction, you figure out whodunit. It is 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 PGOC 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 include Apples to Apples, Are You a Werewolf?, Time's Up, Taboo, Alibi, Wits and Wagers, Saboteur, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Starfleet Battles, Pipe Works, Catan Dice Game, and Carcassonne. This d ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGIT 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, Ohio. Phil Lacefield Jr. has been an active sales manager, marketing guru, writer, line editor, designer and layout guy for game companies such as Agents of Gaming, US Playing Card Co., Journeyman Press, ... 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 PGGK 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: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Martin Wallace Players: 2-4 Play Time: 90-120 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 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 PGOC 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 on. Locally, we are celebrating National D&D Day with some 4th edition adventures. We have a cookout at Hat’s Games to support SAGA’s coming RinCon. Then we are headed to Phoenix Con Games ... 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 PGGK 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 every day, you can play it online. Catan Dice Game Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Dice Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 1-4 Play Time: 15-30 minutes Ages: 7+ MSRP: $12.00 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 PGIT 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 Ps238. As always, it was a great visit. Aaron is someone we will always look forward to seeing again. Find more about Aaron at nodwick.com Aaron Williams' first cartoon was published in Dragon magazine in 1989. He was 19 years ... 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 PGGK 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 pie. La Strada Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Martin Wallace Players: 2-4 Play Time: 30-45 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $36.00 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 PGOC 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 play several games at the GAMA Trade Show. We would like to thank Rich Waldbiess from Six Feet Under Games, New Holland, PA for providing a picture of Don playing Li ... 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 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 want you to get the most out of it. By providing additional support to the customers that walk in your door, you can apply your expertise in a way nobody else can. We aim to help arm you with that information ... 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 PGIT 043: Anthony Gallela, 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 (GAMA). 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 games and gaming in one way or another for some 30 years. He started as a consumer, playing D&D and Avalon Hill and SPI games in elementary school. In high school, Anthony played just about every game he cou ... 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 PGGK 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 can learn the game by playing through this tutorial by professor easy. The single player online game, Oceania, w ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 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 our seminar on Monday at noon. Today’s topics also include Ides of Gaming in Arizona and the convention we are brewing, RinCon. We bring up a few games in todays show. In particular, we want to direct you to Frederic Moyers ... 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 PGIT 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. He also mentions some fiction in Time Twisters. Apart from today’s show, you can learn more about Skip Williams in an entertaining interview with Monte Cook. Skip Williams professes a love of old things, s ... 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 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. Their guidance has made a positive impact on a lot of players. There are several ways to participate at PlayCatan.com. There are a handful of web games that only require the free account ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website PGOC 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 to see in games of the future. Some of the games that get a high degree of mention in the show include Savage Worlds, Alpha Omega, and Aces & Eights. Savage Worlds is one of Ron and Veronica’s main topics on ... 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 PGGK 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 PGIT 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 historical themes and has an educational background which inspires some great conversation in today’s show. The game that got the most attention today was Toledo. It is sc ... 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 PGOC 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 Best Advanced Game in Japan. We also are preparing a new Pathfinder campaign. Paizo made some important announcements about its future. Everyone, join us for our Catan Online party on Sunday, March 30th after 5 PM PST. Yo ... 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 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 beautiful new clanbook series. I think Joseph did such a great job detailing this new line, I decided to release the full interview as its own separate show. I am cert ... 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 PGGK 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 with elegant mechanics and a tight economy. Domaine Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Board Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 Play Time: 60-120 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $49.00 There is a lot of opportunity to experien ... 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 PGIT 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 to download the Catan Online beta clients so you can start playing today. Guido Teuber grew up in the world of Catan as a subject of playtesting for his father, Klaus Teuber, and later to take on roles inside the company ... 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 PGGK 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 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 PGGK 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: Card Game Designed by: Dominque Ehrhard & Michel Lalet Players: 3-5 Play Time: 25 minutes Ages: 8+ MSRP: $30.00 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 PGGK 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 in our play groups really enjoyed this one. It was quick to learn and fun to play. Gangster themes are always a hit with us. Chicago Poker Publisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Bruno Cathala and Br ... 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 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 an hour long but easy to listen to in two half-hour drives, though by the time you listen to the first story I doubt you’ll want to stop. The first half is a story called Blue Light Special from his book, The Happi ... 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 PGGK 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 prove it. Weinhandler Publisher: Mayfair Games, Amigo Spiel Style: Card Game Designed by: Claudia Hely and Roman Pelek Players: 3-5 Play Time: 45 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $ ... 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 PGGK 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, grab the customers you can, and distract them from your neighbors. The Market of Alturien Publisher: Mayfair Games Designed by: Wolfgang Kramer Players: 2-6 Play Time: 60 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $50. ... 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 PGGK 001: 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 trunk. Ganster Publisher: Mayfair Games Designed by: Thorsten Gimmler Players: 2-5 Play Time: 90 minutes Ages: 10+ MSRP: $45.00 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: ASMODEE editionsDesigned By: Wolfgang RiedesserPlayers: 3-6Ages: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 014: Connecting Things keep moving quickly. We just returned from Phoenix Catcus Comicon and will now be heading to OrcCon. We are not going to be exhibiting this time but shouldn’t be to hard to find. Other news includes the closure of GenCon So Cal, further expounded upon by this open letter from Peter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 014: Connecting Things keep moving quickly. We just returned from Phoenix Catcus Comicon and will now be heading to OrcCon. We are not going to be exhibiting this time but shouldn’t be to hard to find. Other news includes the closure of GenCon So Cal, further expounded upon by this open letter from Peter [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 010: Tracy Hickman It is an absolute delight talk to Tracy Hickman. He is a master storyteller and treats us with tales of himself from many aspects of his life including Tracy as an author, a gamer, and a game designer.Tracy and his wife Laura Hickman are actively involved with their fans. They produce a fun [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 010: Tracy Hickman It is an absolute delight talk to Tracy Hickman. He is a master storyteller and treats us with tales of himself from many aspects of his life including Tracy as an author, a gamer, and a game designer.Tracy and his wife Laura Hickman are actively involved with their fans. They produce a fun [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 013: Mission Red Planet Jeremiah reviews Misson: Red Planet. This is a board game about 19th century Mars exploration. You are constantly engaged while sending rockets to Mars to collect resources from it’s surface. Jeremiah refuses to send this one back for Don and Derek to try, insisting on having it to play again and again. Mission: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 013: Mission Red Planet Jeremiah reviews Misson: Red Planet. This is a board game about 19th century Mars exploration. You are constantly engaged while sending rockets to Mars to collect resources from it’s surface. Jeremiah refuses to send this one back for Don and Derek to try, insisting on having it to play again and again.Mission: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 013: Dungeon Masters Wanted Subjects for todays show are driven not just by feedback but a bunch of products we have been sent for review. These include both games and books. Jeremiah brings up the five star rating scale again. Wiley Publishing has sent us a few titles that we will be talking about more in future episodes. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 013: Dungeon Masters Wanted Subjects for todays show are driven not just by feedback but a bunch of products we have been sent for review. These include both games and books. Jeremiah brings up the five star rating scale again.Wiley Publishing has sent us a few titles that we will be talking about more in future episodes. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 012: Figaro Jeremiah reviews Figaro; an easy to learn yet deceptively complex card game. Your play represents that of a mischievous jester that is stuck with the king in a lonely castle. Your challenge is to stay out of trouble, at least more so than your opponents. This one is going to get [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 012: Figaro Jeremiah reviews Figaro; an easy to learn yet deceptively complex card game. Your play represents that of a mischievous jester that is stuck with the king in a lonely castle. Your challenge is to stay out of trouble, at least more so than your opponents. This one is going to get [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 012: Back in the Saddle After a refreshing vacation we are ready to hit the ground running. Its good to be back. After reviewing the feedback from over the holidays, we talk about a bunch of products that have caught our attention.Dead Gentlemen have come out with a directors cut to Gamers. We are all fans of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 012: Back in the Saddle After a refreshing vacation we are ready to hit the ground running. Its good to be back. After reviewing the feedback from over the holidays, we talk about a bunch of products that have caught our attention. Dead Gentlemen have come out with a directors cut to Gamers. We are all fans of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 011: Anasazi Derek reviews Anasazi; a board game of exploration. Steer expeditions and loot ancient treasures from the cliff-dwellers of the US southwest. This game beautiful and sets up a little differently each time.AnasaziPublisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx GamesDesigned By: Klaus-Jürgen WredePlayers: 2-4Ages: 10+Play Time: 30 minutesMSRP: $30.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 011: Anasazi Derek reviews Anasazi; a board game of exploration. Steer expeditions and loot ancient treasures from the cliff-dwellers of the US southwest. This game beautiful and sets up a little differently each time. Anasazi Publisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx Games Designed By: Klaus-Jürgen Wrede Players: 2-4 Ages: 10+ Play Time: 30 minutes MSRP: $30.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Modified Pulp Gamer Podcast Promo Mix 2007 This promo is identical to the standard promo mix except for the closing tag. If you find this promo appropriate for your show and appreciate the humor, this promo may be the one for you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Modified Pulp Gamer Podcast Promo Mix 2007 This promo is identical to the standard promo mix except for the closing tag. If you find this promo appropriate for your show and appreciate the humor, this promo may be the one for you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Standard Pulp Gamer Podcast Promo Mix 2007 This promo introduces our three core shows and plays just over 30 seconds. Keep us informed on where it is played. We would love to know! We are gearing up to tackle the new year and have some more additions coming soon to pulp gamer so stay tuned! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Standard Pulp Gamer Podcast Promo Mix 2007 This promo introduces our three core shows and plays just over 30 seconds. Keep us informed on where it is played. We would love to know! We are gearing up to tackle the new year and have some more additions coming soon to pulp gamer so stay tuned! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 011: Fan Food We wish you a happy holiday season on this last show of the year. We will be back again the second week in January. As always we had a great time with your feedback starting with a package of Baklava from MikeAbleXray. Thank you, Mike! We close the show by giving [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 010: Palabra Derek reviews Palabra; a card game all of us played and thoroughly enjoyed. Palabra is a cross of words, rummy, and poker. It does a great job of bridging the gap between the verbally elite and the rest of us.PalabraPublisher: Palabra EnterprisesPlayers: 2-6Play Time: 20-30 minutesMSRP: $20.00 Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 009: Andy Looney of Looney Labs After continuously brining up Looney Labs games over the lifetime of pulp gamer, it was only appropriate that we bring Andy Looney in on the discussion. It is always a treat to talk to him and he certainly entertained us today. Andy keeps up a weekly web column about himself and the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 010: Background Noise Derek starts the conversation by calling attention to a decision made by the Israeli army. Allegedly, they have denied security clearance to those who play Dungeons and Dragons. Other links for today’s show include Bayonet Games and Evil Hat.Promos played during todays show include The Big Show, Yog-Radio, and Fist Full of Comics [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 010: Background Noise Derek starts the conversation by calling attention to a decision made by the Israeli army. Allegedly, they have denied security clearance to those who play Dungeons and Dragons. Other links for today’s show include Bayonet Games and Evil Hat.Promos played during todays show include The Big Show, Yog-Radio, and Fist Full of Comics [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 009: Nature of the Beast Derek reviewsNature of the Beast, a card game about animals fighting for total dominance. You have to appreciate the humor in this game. Give your barnyard animals loaded revolvers and take over the suburbs!Nature of the BeastPublisher: Eye-Level EntertainmentPlayers: 2Ages: 12+MSRP: $17.95Play Time: 30-60 minutesToday’s promo is for The Vintage Gamer by Jim [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 009: Nature of the Beast Derek reviews Nature of the Beast, a card game about animals fighting for total dominance. You have to appreciate the humor in this game. Give your barnyard animals loaded revolvers and take over the suburbs!Nature of the BeastPublisher: Eye-Level EntertainmentPlayers: 2Ages: 12+MSRP: $17.95Play Time: 30-60 minutesToday’s promo is for The Vintage Gamer by Jim [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 008: Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate This is a very special episode with Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate. He shares not only of himself but his music with us. Ed also gives fond credit to Twilight Creations, Goodman Games, and Chaosium. We let this one run a few minutes longer to play four tracks from three of their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 008: Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate This is a very special episode with Edward Douglas of Midnight Syndicate. He shares not only of himself but his music with us. Ed also gives fond credit to Twilight Creations, Goodman Games, and Chaosium. We let this one run a few minutes longer to play four tracks from three of their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 009: Business Partners Midnight Syndicate has given us a signed copy of The 13th Hour to give you. Entries for this drawing must be in by December 20th, 2006 so get those entries in now. Games added to our review list include Iliad, Red Planet, and Ave Ceasar from Asmodee Games and Anasazi and Italia to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 009: Business Partners Midnight Syndicate has given us a signed copy of The 13th Hour to give you. Entries for this drawing must be in by December 20th, 2006 so get those entries in now. Games added to our review list include Iliad, Red Planet, and Ave Ceasar from Asmodee Games and Anasazi and Italia to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 008: Kung Fu Fighting Jeremiah reviews Kung Fu Fighting, a cinematic fast paced kung fu style fighting card game. You will be laughing around the table while table bashing your friends. Your kung fu is good, ours is better.Kung Fu FightingPublisher: Slugfest GamesPlayers: 2-6Ages: 10+MSRP: $19.95Play Time: 30 minutesDuring the break you will hear a promo for The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 008: Kung Fu Fighting Jeremiah reviews Kung Fu Fighting, a cinematic fast paced kung fu style fighting card game. You will be laughing around the table while table bashing your friends. Your kung fu is good, ours is better.Kung Fu FightingPublisher: Slugfest GamesPlayers: 2-6Ages: 10+MSRP: $19.95Play Time: 30 minutesDuring the break you will hear a promo for The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 007: Bill Webb and Necromancer Games Bill Web shares his story and the story behind how he came to co-found Necromancer Games. If you think you are busy, wait until you hear his story. Bill has a family, full time job, a farm, a game company and still manages to play on a regular basis.Necromancer Games release a huge [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 007: Bill Webb and Necromancer Games Bill Web shares his story and the story behind how he came to co-found Necromancer Games. If you think you are busy, wait until you hear his story. Bill has a family, full time job, a farm, a game company and still manages to play on a regular basis.Necromancer Games release a huge [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 008: Now with a Newsletter We start today by introducing our newsletter and invite you to subscribe. By subscribing you will receive updates and some notes giving you another subscription model. Jeremiah makes a good point in bringing up the fact that your email will NOT be used for anything besides this newsletter. It will not be [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 008: Now with a Newsletter We start today by introducing our newsletter and invite you to subscribe. By subscribing you will receive updates and some notes giving you another subscription model. Jeremiah makes a good point in bringing up the fact that your email will NOT be used for anything besides this newsletter. It will not be [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 007: Family Business Derek reviews Family Business, a card game about mobsters and mob war. Knock off your friends and protect your own family.Family BusinessPublisher: Mayfair GamessPlayers: 2-6Ages: 8+MSRP: $10.00Play Time: 30-60 minutes Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 007: Celebrating National Games Week 2006 A full week of festivities include Thanksgiving, National Games Week, GenCon SoCal, and Christmas shopping. Apart from catching up with our feedback, we talk about a few role-playing products that have recently been sent to us.Don reads a couple of introductions from Evil Hat Productions to background music provided by Midnight Syndicate. These include [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas Gift Ideas Promo This is a short promo for play on your Podcast or to just entertain yourself with. Join us in our quest to bring the joy of gaming into more lives this Christmas season and listen to our Games for Christmas episode of Out of Character. We present a list of great gift ideas for family [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 006: Games for Christmas The Christmas shopping season has begun. Today?s show is chalked full of Christmas gift ideas. Board games are a fun and socially constructive way to spend Christmas afternoon after the gifts are unwrapped and make healthy food for the brain. Today?s show includes gift ideas for both families and hobbyists. You can find your local [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 006: Bison Jeremiah shares Bison, a tile game with a Native American theme about resource dominance. This is defiantly a solid game hobby gamers will love.BisonPublisher: Mayfair Games, Phalanx GamesPlayers: 2-4Ages: 10+MSRP: $30.00Play Time: 90 minutesDesigned By: Wolfgang Kramer, Michael Kiesling Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 006: Dominic Crapuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri Two join us this week; Dominic Crapuchettes and Satish Pillalamarri, co-designers and business partners of North Star Games. They met in business college and have set out together to bring great designer games to the mass market.North Star Games has been recognized by many awards for Cluzzle and its more recent release, Wits and Wagers. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 005: Tongue Lashing We are now down to two recording locations and working to put together the new studio. In addition to those changes we have renamed Jesters Court to Kings Court. As it turns out, w00t Radio already had a podcast called Jester?s Court. As we plow through the backlog of feedback we also [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kings Court 005: Monkey Arena Derek reviews Monkey Arena, a playful board game where monkeys battle for victory. Make sure to dodge flung poo in this simple and fun family or filler game. Monkey Arena Publisher: 3am Games Players: 2-6 Ages: 10+ MSRP: $19.95 Play Time: 30-60 minutes Designed By: Ben Shanks Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 005: Brant Guillory Brant Guillory, author of the Games Research Project, joins in the ongoing discussion we have been having about his research. Brant is a staff writer for The Wargamer, a graduate student at Ohio State University, and an experienced game developer. Links for today’s show include: Games Research Project The Wargamer BayonetGames Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Ohio State University Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 004: On the Drive In preparation for Don?s Drive to Arizona, we pre-recorded this episode to post for you. We hope we can be up and operating without notice in our schedule. We touch on some of the games we have been playing lately and digress into some talk about our favorite television shows. Derek shares his recent experience with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesters Court 004: Hunting Party Derek reviews Hunting Party, a boxed game where you are responsible for deciphering prophecy. Build your party and beat the shadow creatures to make the money you need to win the game. Hunting Party Publisher: Seaborn Games Players: 2-5 Ages: 13+ MSRP: $39.99 Play Time: 90 minutes Designed By: Ben Christenson, Patrick Christenson Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Inside Track 004: Alexei Othenin-Girard Alexei Othenin-Girard joins us today from TableStar Games. Alexei was born in Switzerland before moving to the US to attend Berkeley. His studies led him to spend some time in Japan giving him even more experience to pull from when developing HeroCard Rise of the Shogun. Hero Card Rise of the Shogun has just been released. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Out of Character 002: The Transition The transition has begun for Don from software engineer to podcast producer as pulp gamer finishes a second week of new podcasts. In this episode, we talk about some of the coming pulp gamer shows and share a healthy does of recently received feedback. We also give away Monkeys on the Moon from a drawing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 22: Winding Down the Old Ways We start by giving away the copy of Three Dragon Ante from the last show and then give away another great game. We then go on to talk about some of the feedback we received about putting together a game world. It sounds like this one is on ice. We crossed attention with a couple of podcasts that we discussed on the show. These included The Podcast Junkie and Groovy Gamers Groovecast. Jeremiah mentions his desire to explore Dreamblade and shares information about an online demo that cau ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 21: Dragon*Con Debriefing 2006 Don returns home to report on the joy and chaos that is Dragon*Con. When he wasn’t tipping the bottle, he was spending time in the podcasting track with some great people. We also give away the Ptolus poster mentioned in a previous show and prepare to give away a copy of Three-Dragon Ante. The gaming in podcasting panel was made of up Jim Van Verth of The Vintage Gamer, Sam Chupp of The Bear’s Grove, Bobby Blackwolf of The Bobby Blackwolf Show, Carline represented Gamer: The P ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 19: Podcasting in Gaming Today we spend the afternoon talking a our fellow podcasters and find out more about their shows and talk largely about gaming podcasts as a whole. We hope you will enjoy their shows as much as we do. Interviews Include: Micheal Stackpole of The Secrets and the Gaming Podcast Network. Mark Kinney and Chris Heim of All Games Considered. Paul Maclean of Yog-Sothoth.com. and GOBLIN: The Gaming Broadcast Network. Paul Tevis of Have Games Will Travel. Caroline, Jeff, and Sasha of Gamer: The ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 18: The Gen Con Show Floor Don, Derek, and Jeremiah recorded this special episode from the Gen Con exhibit hall. Joining us is our great friend and invaluable convention slave, Jeremy. We want to give a special thanks to all of the listeners that stopped by and welcome our new listeners that may have seen us atGen Con. We had a great time meeting everybody and look forward to seeing you again.Congratulations to the crew atyog-sothoth.comfor best fan site at theENnies.Visit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 17: Join us at Gen Con The excitement shared in this show includes Don and Derek’s trip to the Gama Trade Show, Jeremiah’s experience in boot camp, Don’s adventure at Origins, and of course our coming exhibition in booth 2014 at Gen Con. Paul Tevis Interviews Don and Derek on one of our favorite shows, Have Games Will Travel. Promos Include: The Dice Tower Gamer: The Podcasting Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 8: TimeLine Jeremiah sharesTimeLineby Hip Pocket Games. Visit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 7: Traders of Genoa Derek shares Traders of Genoa by Rio Grande Games. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 6: Illuminati Jeremiah reviews Illuminati by Steve Jackson Games. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Interview 2: Monte Cook and Malhavoc Press Today we are joined by Monte Cook. Supporting Links: montecook.com Malhavoc Press Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 16: Fart Factor We kick back and do what we do. A couple of podcast promos are also included.Supporting Links:Board Game GeekWeekly Anime ReviewYog-SothothVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 4: Robo Rally Derek reviews Roby Rally by Wizards of the Coast. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 3: Bosworth Battlefield Chess Jeremiah reviews Bosworth Battlefield Chess by Out of the Box Publishing. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 2: Plunder Don reviews Plunder with us, a game from Laughing Pan Productions. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer Review 1: Through the Desert Derek shares Through the Desert with us, a strategy game from Fantasy Flight. Visit us at www.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 15: Notes and the New Season Happy New Year! Today's short show includes some notes on what you will expect to see from us in the coming months.Supporting Links:MikeAbleXRayChris BrooksWe also gave away a couple ofPulp Gamer T-Shirts. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 14: Margaret Weis, Margaret Weis Productions, and the Serenity Roleplaying Game Margaret Weis Joins us to share Serenity with us along with her many other projects.Supporting Links:Margaret Weis ProductionsSerenity Role Playing GameDragonlanceSovereign PressThe Pulp Gamer T-ShirtGame Reviews:Time's UpCthulhu 500Visit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 13: James Ernest and Cheapass Games Today's interview is with James Ernest from Cheapass Games.Supporting Links:Lone Shark Game Design StudioCheapass GamesThe Pulp Gamer T-ShirtGame Reviews:Settlers of the Stone AgeFormula De Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 12: Games in Education with David Niecikowski Games in education is one of our favorite topics. Here today to educate us is David Niecikowski.Supporting Links:Games QuarterlyNational Games WeekMensaDr ToyBeyond The StormNuketownElmocastThe Pulp Gamer T-ShirtGame Reviews:Chez DorkZombies Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 11: Polymancer Studios Polymancer Studios joins us today to tell us about their new magazine,Polymancer.Supporting Links:Polymancer StudiosBeyond The StormThe Signal3D Image by FNHGame Reviews:Monkeys on the MoonWar of the RingVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 10: National Games Week with Mark Simmons In celebration of the comingNational Games Week, Mark Simmons joins us to tell us all about it.Supporting Links:National Games WeekGeek Fu Action GripYog-Sothoth.comBeyond The StormGame Reviews:Lost CitiesExpanded Psionics HandbookSavage Species Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 9 with Patrick Matthews of Live Oak Games Today, we explore the games offered by Live Oak Games with owner and designer, Patrick Matthews.Supporting Links:Live Oak GamesSeigestonesTSFPN - The Science Fiction Podcast NetworkGame Reviews:AlternityStrataGemBetrayal at House on the HillVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 8: Gaming Cultures with Heather Mello Heather Mello's research on gamers and gaming culture makes for some very interesting conversation in this week's show.Supporting Links:Gaming As Culture: Soical Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantsy GamesYog-Sothoth.comGame Reviews:History of WarDungeoneerSiege StonesVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 7 with Looney Lab Rabbit, Brian Cooksey Brian Cooksey shares some Looney Labs games and talks about his experience on the Looney Lab's demo team.Supporting Links:Looney LabsHyperiConSome Looney Labs GamesGame Reviews:Kill Doctor LuckyChessVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 6: RPGMatches with Bill Haggard Bill Haggard joins us as we discuss a new gamer findingservice called RPGMatches.com.RPGMatches.comGame Reviews:Management MaterialAnachronism: Starter Game: Achilles vs SpartacusMunchkin Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 5: Dragon*Con Don returns home fromDragon*Con. Supporting Links:The SciFi Podcast NetworkGeek Fu Action GripRandom SignalSkepticalityThe Dragon PageEscape PodDragon's LandingGame Reviews:Fishing For TerroristsPirates of the Crimson CoastLibris MortisLords of MadnessVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 4 with Tony DiGerolamo We had a great time this week visting withTony DiGerolamoas he shares with us his role playing game,Tony DiGerolamo's Complete Mafia for d20. Supporting Links IncludeLiving Room GamesTony DiGerolamo's WebsiteSilent Devil ProductionsDragon*ConGames Reviewed Include:Tony DiGerolamo's Complete Mafia for d20Once Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Time: Dark TalesGuillotineVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 3: Gen Con The games on display atGen Conare the hot topics for this week's show. After talking to a handful of game designers about their games, we reveal the winners of this year'sEnnie RPG awards. Games and products includeDescent: Jouneys in the DarkManagement MaterialParthenonarea of effect templatesflip matTalislantaOverDrive ArenaBattlegroundAnachronismVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Pulp Gamer 2 with Denise Robinson This weekwe welcome Denise Robinson, the business manager for theEnnies; the GenCon&ENWorld RPG awards. We discuss nomination and selection procedure some fun highlights about GenCon. Supporting Links IncludeThe Ennies AwardsThe NominationsDrive Thru RPGBride of Portable Hole Full of BeerGenCon IndyGenConReviews IncludeCall of CthulhucephaloPod T-ShirtDoom: the BoardgameAre You a WerewolfVisit us atwww.pulpgamer.com. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Episode 0 - The Introduction Thisintroductory episodeof Pulp Gamerincludes the first three of many game reviews to come.Future shows will cotain more reviews of board games, role-playing games, card games, and other paper games.Arkham HorrorComplete ArcaneLord of the RingsVisit us atpulpgamer.comto learn more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website