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Episode 54: "GenCon, David Wesely"
Episode 53: "Gaming Groan Ups"
Episode 52: "GenCon 2010"
Episode 51: "Origins 2010"
Episode 50: "AnCon 2010"
Episode 49: "Sid Meier Interview"
Episode 48: "U-Con 2009!"
Episode 47: "BashCon Review plus Kids at Cons"
Episode 46: "Ed Healy believes Rone Barton is real!"
Episode 45: "What are players good for?"
Episode 44: "What has gaming done for you?"
Episode 43: "Interview with UCon Chair Laura Hammel"
Episode 42: "Thar be Pirates, Yar!"
Episode 41: "Self Gratifying Storytime"
Episode 40: "GenCon 2009"
Episode 39: "AnCon 2009"
Episode 38: "Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern"
Episode 37: "Earl's Adventures at BashCon"
Episode 36: "Savage Blobcast!"
Episode 35: "Origins 2009 Live... ish!"
Episode 34: "Running Events with Multiple GM's"
Episode 33: "DnD4e Skill Challenge Post Discussion"
Episode 32: "DnD4e Skill Challenge Demo"
Episode 31: "The Return of Andy!"
Episode 30: "General Boardgame Mechanics"
Episode 29: "Muwahahahahahahaha... ahem!"
Episode 28: "Games at Work?!"
Episode 27: "UCon Interview with Andy Looney"
Episode 26: "UCon Interview with Joe Saul"
Episode 25: "Women and Children First!"
Episode 24: "Building and Pacing Your Story"
Episode 23: "1st Time GenCon Attendee"
Episode 22: "So Fresh And So Clean"
Episode 21: "Grab Bag"
Episode 20: "Making Sausage"
Episode 19: "How and Why did you get into Game Mastering"
Episode 18: "Origins Wrap Up"
Episode 17: "Mini's, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"
Origins 2: "Gamer Interviews, Part 2"
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"
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- 08/30/2010
- Episode 54: GenCon, David Wesely
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We welcome David Wesely, a veteran gamer.
He discusses how he watched hobby gaming grow and develop.
- Cast:
- Quicklinker:
- runtime: ~31 minutes
- 08/18/2010
- Episode 53: GenCon, Dan Repperger
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We welcome special guest Dan Repperger from Fear the Boot.
He discusses the difficulty of podcasting and the intention of media.
We also discover that Chad does not exist or Dan has a terrible secret, you decide!
- Cast:
- Quicklinker:
- Fear the Boot
- 8/16/2010
- Episode 52: GenCon, Mark Kinney is Wanted!
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We spoke with Mark Kinney of All Games Considered at GenCon.
He came out of hiding just long enough to accept the silver Ennie for podacsting.
If you see him, don't let NPR know where to find him.
- Cast:
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- Quicklinker:
- All Games Considered
- runtime: ~15 minutes
- 8/2/2010
- Episode 51: Origins 2010
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Overall a great Convention.
There were a few minor glitches, but the convention is obviously taking leaps forward.
We discuss the good and the bad of the con.
When friends share too much.
We remind people what ADULT rated games are.
We give a reality check on GM compensation.
And also spill forth a little wisdom on reatil sales.
- Cast:
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- Show Recap
- Best Origins for Trish
- Yep, that's Becky
- The spectacle that's Iron GM!
- IGM makes friends share to much
- They were older than that
- Reading the event description is YOUR responsibility
- Being a parent means you must adhere to the law
- Adult only events are a draw
- Sometimes you get bad players
- Some ideas on Origins' future
- Origins has the best GM benefit of any convention
- Prize support from Origins was back
- The sky is falling, John Ward is a business man!
- Yes, we min-maxed our event schedule… legally
- GM rewards are based on supply and demand
- Lessons were learned
- Games that are turned up to 11!
- Only one consistent complaint this year
- Generics were difficult to purchase
- Overall Origins is moving in the right direction
- Exhibit hall was should out, WOTC was turned away
- Local game stores had a presence
- Value added customer service is necessary
- Still no confirmation on Origins moving
- Origins Awards
- Final thoughts
- Quicklinker:
- Origins
- runtime: ~60 minutes
- 7/26/2010
- Episode 50: AnCon 2010
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Yes we're slow, but we're persistent
We recap AnCon 2010 held in Hudson, Ohio (near Cleveland) at the end of May.
We recap our experience at the convention.
There's also and interview with the convention chair Super Dave Radzik.
- Cast:
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- Chris' floor issues will not be discussed!
- Friday recap
- Pathfinder picket line
- Saturday recap
- Mike Whiteman is off the market
- And yes he snubbed us
- iPad discount from Caged Gorilla
- Dealer Hall
- The Auction sucked, because there wasn't one
- Convention results, 325+
- The auction was great... last year
- RPGA presence
- We are not discussing Chris' problems with gravity
- Frank Belter: The Boba Fett of AnCon
- Settlers of Catan qualifier
- There has been a failure on the interwebs
- Kids Track
- Opportunities are good things, not difficulties!
- At least Chris printed it
- Aunt Elva is amazing
- We weren't going to discuss it Earl!
- Rich ran a kid track
- Scheduled May 20-22, 2011 - Same Bat time - Same Bat channel
- Congrats Super
- Quicklinker:
- Silent Death Star Wars
- Clay-O-Rama
- AnCon
- Mayfair Games
- Days of Wonder
- Lego
- Google
- Coke
- Samuel Adams
- runtime: ~53 minutes
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