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Origins 1: "Gamer Interviews, Part 1"

Episode 16: "Best of the Best, Powers"

Episode 15: "Best of the Best, Different Genres and You"

(RAW) Review: "Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition"

Episode 14: "The Other Rules!"

Episode 13: "Bananna Blender!"

Episode 12: "Best of the Best, Character Advantages and Disadvantages."

Bonus Blobcast 69: "Ramblings from BlobCon '08"

Episode 11: "Best of the Best, Mad Skilz"

Episode 10: "Best of the Best, Character Generation"

Episode 9: "Best of the Best, Stats"

Episode 8: "When Good Players Go Bad"

Episode 7: "Writing Events"

Episode 6: "You've scheduled your games, Now what?"

Episode 5: "Being a Convention GM Monkey"

Episode 4: "Getting Your Game on at Home."

Episode 3: "What Gaming is to Us"

Episode 2: "Portents of Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition"

Episode 1: "Introductions All Around"

July 21,2008
Origins 1: "Gamer Interviews, Part 1"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy, Alex, and Earl: Featuring Guests Bret, Bill, John; How was your Origins experience; How far was your drive?; Do you attend GenCon?; What didn't you like about Origins?; The RPG Railroad at Conventions; Mike Whiteman gets defended?!; Kids in events; A Gamer's Open Letter to Exhibitors; A Gamer's Open Letter to Origins
Quicklinker:: Origins; Comic Store West; The Gathering
runtime: ~30 minutes

July xx,2008
Episode 16: "Best of the Best, Powers"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy Earl and Alex: Rich is usurped by Jay's pus-filled mind!; The balance of DnD3e power subsystems; Yes, we recorded this before 4e was released; A brief tour through the most popular spell systems; The open spell system of Mage; The spell skill tree approach of GURPS; How much should a power system dominate a game; Incorporating the flavor of the powers into the system; Balancing power against mundane combat; Consequences for powers; Hero System; I am Jay's peevish wand!; The one system to a desert island bit...
Quicklinker:: Mage (White Wolf); Savage Heroes Conversions; Lucky Mojo - Magi; Wiki list of comic superpowers; Book Mooch
runtime: ~61 minutes

July 7,2008
Episode 15: "Best of the Best, Different Genres and You"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy Alex and Earl: Why DnD does Fantasy so well?; What does Sci-Fi well?; What does Gaslight Best?; A Brief Plug for Rich's favorite game system: Tri-Tac.; Do players tend to play popular characters in known settings?; Jay gets Prehistoric; We are now Explicit, so Becky can share her story!; I'm not putting the shameless plug in the show notes anymore!; Location Based Settings; Commanlity of RPG Settings; Settings that Last; Setting the Game Mood Based on the Genre; Systems that do Cross-Genre well
Quicklinker:: Hulu; CG's already got an add on the page, look there; White Castle; Tri-Tac, its Rich-tastic!
runtime: ~46 minutes

June 11,2008
(RAW) Review: "Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition"
!RAW! As a service to our listeners we've rushed this blobcast to production. As a result we have forgone our normal editing process and present this episode RAW and UNCUT! As such the episode may be a little more explicit than usual, and the listener should use discretion.
Cast: Rich, Becky, Chris, Andy and Earl: One of these kids is doing his own thing!; Andy's First Impression.; Earl wants to know: "Why should I buy it?"; 1st Level Characters Don't Suck!; Reason to Buy 1: Advancement Structure doesn't hinder Storytelling.; Reason to Buy 2: Subsystems of the game are now Balanced; Let's play NERF!; Michigan J. Tarrasque, an Easter Egg in special Monster Manuals; Reason to Buy 3: Cool Factor, New Stuff including a Demigod PC!; Reason NOT to Buy 1: If you like Low Level 3e Adventures; Reason NOT to Buy 2: 3e is more true to the original DnD Setting; Becky doesn't like poetry, but she does like rules...; Low Level Spellcasters are now useful, but are they entertaining?; 4e has a totally different infrastructure; I don't know what a turtan is, but it gets a sneak attack; Could this be the return of the Religious Right!; 4e Races and Classes; I am Jay's Non-Existent Voice; How does it help me tell a story?; Pet Peeve 1: And now featuring a condensed 1 page index!; Pet Peeve 2: It is a Total Reimagining; Pet Peeve 3: Everything Before is Totally Worthless!; DM's must know know more than ever before; But at least the Learning Curve has been reset; Pet Peeve 4: The Online Services are NOT Available!; Pet Peeve 5: Books are full of Pandering and Shameless Plugs; A debate for our listeners: Does Amazon own Barnes and Noble?
Quicklinker:: WoTC
runtime: ~70 minutes

June 2,2008
Episode 14: "The Other Rules."
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy and Earl: What are the Other Rules?; DnD3e Challenge Ratings (CR); The Assumptions and Limitations of CR.; Other systems and CR; Balancing Player Knowledge versus Character Knowledge; The Troll is on Fire!!!; Which is the reason we are now explicit!; The Lack of GM Instructional Guides; Prepare or Adjust for CR?; Becky ends the Episode Early...; Considering Quantity of Actions not Quantity of Villians; How do you Challenge non-standard character Parties?; Rules for Alternative Types of Damage; How do you make Challenge Rolls Exciting?; Using Timepieces to Speed up a Game.; Keeping Track of Environmental Modifiers
Quicklinker:: Dwarven Forge; Caged Gorilla; Our Forums
runtime: ~60 minutes

May 4,2008
Episode 13: "Bananna Blender!"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Andy, and Earl: Just what is ENWorld?; Have a taste of Andy's fruitless Bananna Cream Pie!; The destruction of Forgotten Realms; Compare and Contrast Setting Books from GURPS and Savage Worlds; WotC's history with Setting Books; Earl's evolving game expectations; The Economics of Game Production Models; How do PDF's affect the Game Production Model?; Why do PDF's cost so much?; The evolution of Paizo's Adventure Path to the Pathfinder's Series; Yet another shameless plug for Caged Gorilla; Can't the Publishing Model make money in Gaming?; Can't One-Shot RPG's be marketable?; The proper pronunciation of Paizo; Rich smacks down Earl's inner geek
Quicklinker:: RPG Now/RPG Drivethru; Paizo; Caged Gorilla; Savage Worlds; Necessary Evil; Steve Jackson Games; GURPS; ENWorld; Wikipedia DND Campaign Settings
runtime: ~58 minutes

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