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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last. We are going to start this week with some good news for D&D 5E, or at least for the Dungeon Dudes. https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-dungeon-dudes-notch-up-another-million-dollar-kickstarter.703873/ Unless you have been living under a rock you heard that Cynthia Williams the president of WOTC has resigned. https://www.enworld.org/threads/wo...

Send us Fan Mail For me it started with Blade Runner. I remember being blown away by the majestic sweeping images while Vangelis played in the background. It was that mixture of noir and sci-fi, dark tech and it just oozed attitude. Snow Crash was next, the 1992 novel that really opened my eyes to the full cyberpunk experience. Ghost in the Shell, Altered Carbon, Akira, Battle Angel Alita, the Mat...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of You Heard it Here Last, Mike and I talk TTRPG sales and the new Fallout TV Show.

Send us Fan Mail Preparing to run a new game can be daunting. A game master must design the world the players will be adventuring in. They will need to create a compelling story, a reason to adventure. They will need to fill their new world with set pieces, action, and amazing locals. Finally, they will need a villain, a character that will compel the players to risk their own lives to stop it’s e...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of You Heard it Here Last, Mike and I talk about Chaosium's contest and the upcoming Fallout TV show.

Send us Fan Mail I can remember it like it was yesterday. October, 1976, Sunday night, 7pm. I was already dressed for bed and I settled down in front of the TV. “When you wish upon a star” played from the speakers and the opening credits of “The Wonderful World of Disney” played across the screen. This was a normal Sunday night for me and it is the reason I am a huge Kurt Russell fan to this day....

Send us Fan Mail This week we talk about Larian Studios announcing that they will not be making any more Baldar's Gate 3 Content and Converse jumping on board the D&D train.

Send us Fan Mail Roll for Initiative! To some, it’s the purpose of the entire game. To others it’s the moment of dread. We have talked about the history of roll playing games before, growing out of the wargaming simulations of the 60’s and early 70’s. Wargaming Simulations, you know … Combat. So, the early roleplaying games focused heavily around combat. The game mechanics were designed to encoura...

Send us Fan Mail First up on You Heard It Here Last we have a very cool announcement. Modiphious games has picked up the license to create the Discworld Roleplaying game. We haven’t seen a Discworld rpg since the late 90’s with Steve Jackson Games. Christina, what do you think about Modiphious picking up Discworld? https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/24084600/discworld-tabletop-rpg-board-game-m...

Send us Fan Mail “[Sam] fell and came heavily on his hands, which sank deep into sticky ooze, so that his face was brought close to the surface of the dark mere. There was a faint hiss, and a noisome smell went up, the lights flickered and danced and swirled. For a moment the water below him looked like some window, glazed with grimy glass, through which he was peering. Wrenching his hands out of...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode of you heard it here last we have a couple of tidbits to discuss. First, foundry VTT has officially partnered with Wizards of the Coast to offer D&D 5e. That’s interesting? Mike, you are a big Foundry fan…thoughts? https://foundryvtt.com/article/dungeons-dragons-arrives/ The next piece of news is the canceling of Joe Mangenellos live action Dragon Lance series....

Send us Fan Mail S2 EA How to Manage your GM “Dude, I am so sorry you gotta work for that guy. He is the worst.” “It’s not that bad. Actually, we get along really well, and he’s the first boss who’s ever actually listened to my suggestions.” I think we have all found ourselves at one time or another dealing with a boss or manager that for some reason things just didn’t click. We will often blame t...

Send us Fan Mail You Heard it Here Last [Insert Intro] Recently D&D Beyond released 2023 Unrolled: A Look Back at a Year of Adventure this article breaks down the stats from users of D&D Beyond in 2023. The results are interesting especially if you enjoy data. Mike and I love data. https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1648-2023-unrolled-a-look-back-at-a-year-of-adventure#Species Here are a few...

Send us Fan Mail Pacing My player characters entered the room and the Evil Wizard rose from the throne. “How dare you interrupt my plans” he snarled. Everyone roll for initiative. This was supposed to be the crowning battle in the adventure. An incredible, nail-biting conflict where anything could happen. It turned into a 6-hour slog and by the end, half of the players had bailed for a variety of...

Send us Fan Mail Latest news from around the world of table top roleplaying. On this episode, Mike and I talk WOTC and AI Art.

Send us Fan Mail I love historical roleplaying games. Ok, maybe not straight up historical games, but I love games that take place in a world not too different from our own. I like to be able to use real pictures, real maps, real places, and in some instances real people to flesh out my games. My fantasy games tend to be low magic with the Vandals facing the Romans. I love Call of Cthulhu for its...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Epic Adventure’s You Heard it Here Last. We find ourselves talking about gaming news before we record the podcast. Who did what, Who is making what, who screwed what up, so we decided to start recording these little news discussions and sprinkling them in with our regular episodes. So here we go, just chatting about gaming news that caught our attention.  https://www.ho...

Send us Fan Mail Anticipation is the excitement you feel waiting for something you know is going to happen. As we kick off the new year, I thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about anticipation, and particularly those things that we are looking forward to in 2024. Games, books, movies, events, conventions and really anything that gets us excited. But before I put Mike and Christina on...

Send us Fan Mail Downtime is that nebulous period between game sessions where the characters have an opportunity to pursue long term goals or simply handle a little organization, rest, and repair before the next big adventure. Players can use the downtime by announcing what their character will be doing over the next couple of weeks. Anything from buying equipment, crafting magic items, fighting i...

Send us Fan Mail “When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it. It doesn't make any difference what you thought of him. He was your partner and you're supposed to do something about it. Then it happens we were in the detective business. Well, when one of your organization gets killed it's bad business to let the killer get away with it. It's...

Send us Fan Mail Good tools are everything. What’s interesting is that the same concept applies to your table top roleplaying games. Without the proper tools it’s much harder. Sure, the only real things you need is an imagination, but trust me. If you have the right tools for the job everything just got easier. In this episode of Epic Adventure Mike and I are going to talk about tools, specificall...

Send us Fan Mail In 1981 Chaosium Publishing released Call of Cthulhu written by Sandy Peterson and it has dominated Horror and Mystery Table Top Roleplaying ever since. Today it is on its 7th edition and it has spawned spinoffs like Delta Green, Board Games like Arkham Horror, as well as collectible card games, video games, animated shows and even television shows such as Lovecraft Country.  Toda...

Send us Fan Mail As I have said before Moldvay D&D was my gateway to roleplaying. Traveller, GURPS and Call of Cthulhu came shortly thereafter. Those 4 games heavily shaped the way I felt about roleplaying, from the settings to the mechanics. They were so different from one to the next. Fantasy, Sci-Fi, historical and horror roleplaying, what more could you ask for. D20’s, 2D6’s, 3D6’s, and pe...

Send us Fan Mail Steve and Christina pick right up from where they left off with the Pirates of the Drinax campaign. In this episode we get to see how the crew was introduced to life in the Traveller Universe from earning a living to paying a ship mortgage. We also discuss their introduction to combat and we end on some major plot points starting to develop.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Epic Adventure Mike and Steve talk about Computer Roleplaying Games and are they ready to take over the Table Top Roleplaying Market. We specifically talk about Baldur's Gate, Star Citizen, and Starfield.