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August 25,2008
Episode 18: "Origins Wrap Up"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy, Earl, Alex, and introducing Trish: Trish shares her Geek Cred; The games we ran; We’ve already posted the Origins’ recordings…; Earl fishes for hate-mail; Everyone provides their top highlight; In case you haven’t heard, Mike Merle ran in our room!; The Chili Dog song; Cons of the Con; We’re not joking about the parade!; Podcast roll-call; We found a narrower variety of RPG’s this year; Game Finds; Family Pass a Success; An amusing closing story…
Quicklinker:: Dwarven Forge; North Market; We Didn’t Playtest This At All; Aces and Eights; Hundred Best Hobby Games; Origins; ACAEUM.com
runtime: ~45 minutes

August 11,2008
Episode 17: "Mini's, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"
Cast: Rich, Chris, Becky, Jay, Alex, Trish, Andy and Earl: News with Alex and Andy!; No Poker at GenCon!; Necromancer games backs out of 4e; DnD Mini's Second Edition and compatibility; What makes a good miniature?; The miniature painting market; The Good and Bad of plastic mini's; The different sizes of Earl's bitterness; What makes a bad miniature?; Star Wars Starship Battles; Earl's take on a good mini...; WoTC Miniatures Games; WizKids Miniatures Games; Andy's high tech minature transport... and other options; Just in case you're wondering, we record on Sundays; Silent Death; Did we say Silent Death was a good Mini's game?; No, but really, Silent Death is a good mini game!; Warhammer and 40k; WRG, DBA; Starguard; Robo Rally; Axis and Allies; Flip, Flip, Flip, Flip...; Did we mention Silent Death?
Quicklinker:: Game Station; Wapcaplets; EN World; Blue Table Painting; Forge World; Star Ranger; The Thing!; Army Transport
runtime: ~43 minutes

Aug 6,2008
Origins 2: "Gamer Interviews, Part 2"
Cast: Rich, Becky, Jay, Andy, Alex, and Earl: Featuring Guests Chad, James, Martha; Kids at the table, from the kid's side; A gamer mother's story; How was your Origins experience?; The Magic the Gathering environment at Origins; The Steve Jackson's experience; An Open Letter from James and Martha; The experience of Chad!; Mark Speaks!; Mike Mearls ran games in our rooms?!; Terrorism Day; NSDM: National Security Decision Making Game; An Open Letter from Chad
runtime: ~47 minutes

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

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