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Volume 1 Issue 31 – Psionics Sep 25, 2010

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EpicWords.com creator Jonathan Cruz joins us this week as we talk about everyone’s favorite option from the DMG – psionics! We discuss the when, where, why and how of this love it or hate it system, and encounter a surprise in the Creature Feature Theater. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE FREE LAPTOP SLEEVES: The free laptopRead More

Volume 1 Issue 30 – Mad Dogs & Irishmen (Geek Out in the Midday Sun) Sep 17, 2010

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We welcome Patrick Murphy, AKA “The Mad Irishman” this week. Patrick is known throughout the gaming community for his old school (and new as well) character sheets for myriad systems, including 1E AD&D, of course. Patrick comes on to talk with us about creating new supplements and materials for old school games, and we geekRead More

Volume 1 Issue 29 – Crossovers Sep 09, 2010

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This week we welcome Michael and Colin from the Dead Games Society. More plans are made for our old-school gaming convention Low Tech Con, and we talk about crossover games. Get some Gamma World in your AD&D! How about sending your paladin to Boot Hill?

Volume 1 Issue 28 – Cleric! Aug 31, 2010

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Klerikos, clericus, clerk, clergy, cleric… it’s one of the most storied words in the Romance languages, and one of the most versatile classes in AD&D. We examine clerics, from their roles in an adventuring party to the rationale (or irrationality, depending on your viewpoint) of prohibitions on edged weapons. Also this week, a classic MonsterRead More

Volume 1 Issue 27 – Tricks & Traps Aug 18, 2010

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Julie Hoverson joins us from 19 Nocturne Boulevard this week as we talk about traps, tricks, and ten foot poles. Jim & Debbie from Gamers Rule show us The Ultimate Unofficial Collector’s Guide to AD&D, and we smash Nick’s monster to bits in the Creature Feature Theater. Errata – we mention the new book fromRead More

Volume 1 Issue 26 – Frank Mentzer Aug 12, 2010

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We’re back from Gen Con, and the glow will take days to wear off. This issue is devoted to our interview with Frank Mentzer. Dig in and enjoy. Show notes: Chad from Dead Games Society joined us for the interview, you can find their site at dgsociety.com/

Volume 1 Gen Con special dispatches 1 – 15 Aug 05, 2010

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We’ll be doing ongoing “special dispatches” from Gen Con from now until Sunday. They’ll be going into the regular podcast feed

Volume 1 Issue 25 – Countdown to Gen Con Aug 02, 2010

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It’s just a few days until the start of Gen Con 2010, and we’re raring to go. This week, we discuss XP – when to pump it up and damp it down, splitting evenly among the party vs. calculating per character, and the great debate over 1gp = 1xp. Also, more about the goblin spider,Read More

Volume 1 Issue 24 – You Enter a Tavern… Jul 28, 2010

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Seventy-eight percent of all adventures start in a tavern (according to a statistic I just made up on the spot), but how do you bring a tavern or an inn to life? Also in this week’s issue, Sage Advice talks about level limits (again!), we build our artifact in the Adventure Construction Set, bravely resistRead More

Volume 1 Issue 23 – Conspiracy! Jul 21, 2010

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Issue 23 – and you know what that means… CONSPIRACIES! Table Manners is about introducing conspiracies into your game We introduce a new segment – the Adventure Construction Set From the Dragon’s Hoard, we pull out the Sword of Sharpness DM Nick runs the Creature Feature Theater And in the Poll of the Week, weRead More

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