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Episode 57 Tuesday October 12,2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands 1.) Call Ins     Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast     Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail 2.) Old email address 3.) New mail? 4.) Finally a Tarrasque figure: https://www.ign.com/articles/dnd-tarrasque-mini-statue-reveal-wizkids but of course $399.99...yeah, pass. 5.) Gay Johnathan Kent 6....

Episode 56 Friday October 8 ,2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands John from Red Dice Diaries Jason from The Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast News from the Silence (news from Silent Josh): 1.) Juiblex Figure 2.) Superman's Boyfriend? 3.) Metric System in DnD? 4.) https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-counterspell-5e-statblock-changes/ 5.) https://screenrant.com/tabletop-rpg-campaigns-no...

Episode 55 Wednesday, September 29,2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast John of Red Dice Diaries A.) Joe cheated on Randy: https://youtu.be/RdQN0RNyT0U Links on Dungeons and Dragons History https://followmeanddie.com/2017/05/11/review-dave-arnesons-true-genius-robert-j-kuntz/ https://nerdvanamedia.com/gaming/fact-check-lorraine-williams-destroyed-not-created...

Episode 54 Wednesday September 20, 2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Call Ins: Jason of Nerd’s RPG variety Cast and John of The Red Dice Diaries Contest of Champions 2 : Out of the Abyss (5e DnD hardback), Codex Infernus (Savage Worlds guide to Hell), or Maximum XCrawl (PF 1e version of X-Crawl) Game Coming up this weekend. Gen Con: GenCon 2021 Report from Greg D. FROG-GATE: https://you...

Episode 53 Wednesday September 15,2021. Call ins & Emails from the Outlands We played last Friday…together and it was Mudsword V.1 Contest of Champions 2 Call ins:   Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Taylor of Cleric's Wear Ringmail podcast Pat of Pointy Hat Games 5 quick treats (courtesy of our very own Silent Josh) Tier and Levels in Dungeons and Dragons Stupid THACO? Descent ag...

Episode 52 Wednesday September 8, 2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Call ins from Jason and Joe We talk about Randy’s recent gaming and Joe’s lack, office work, and: Ed Greenwood’s new campaign setting Kickstarter for 5e D&D EnWorld’s rabbit hole discussing New School and Old School playstyles. Naming Conventions in RPGs Definition: A naming convention is a convention (generally agr...

Episode 51 Wednesday September 1, 2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Jason Taylor Nod to Joe Richter - dropped his MOTU calls as we were arguing past one another in many cases and are gonna have to agree to disagree and move on…because neither of us are changing, Props to him for quadruple Bible reading however. Main Topic: Class Analysis: A Gish (and Multi-classing in general) Where we...

A BG Retrospective: Rules, Rulings, and Roles Episode 50 Wednesday August 25,2021 Special Guests: Patrick from Pointy Hat Games Taylor from Clerics Wear Ringmail Call Ins and messages: Jason Taylor Josh The Positive Material Plane Played 5e 1-shot last Saturday…much fun…no short rest…pretty deadly challenging! Main Topic: Rules, Rulings & Roles 1. After 50 episodes: A.) Technical side B.) Lett...

Episode 49 Wednesday August 18, ,2021. Call ins and Emails Jason of The Nerds RPG Variety Podcast Our friend Josh shared WizKids announces sprue-based minis The Positive Material Plane The Contest of Champions is next week…Episode 50! Enter Here Main Topic: Top 10 Inspirational Books Can we categorize them as to what RPG it best helps us with? How do books motivate you? Should you try to mimic Boo...

Episode 48 Wednesday August 11,2021. Joe is out this week due to illness The Plane of Concordant Opposition (The Outlands) Laurel Hubbard apology. Friend’s daughter no like-y our show … and that is fine! The Contest of Champions Update The prizes: Waterdeep Dragon Heist , Feng Shui 2 , or (Labyrinth Lord) Advanced Edition Companion . Game Review: Ankur- The Kingdom of the Gods Soon to be on KS as...

Episode 47 Wednesday July 28, 2021 Call ins & Emails Taylor John Jason The Positive Material Plane Great Minds think alike: we both picked “In the Name of the King” for Jason’s give-away competition. Update on our 50thepisode/ viewership YouTube GIVE-AWAY? Played Deadlands last week also, ran a short 13th age scenario Dragons in Fantasy RPGs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon Iconic: HALF OF...

Episode 46 Friday July 16 ,2021 Call ins & Emails Jason Tim The Positive Material Plane Upcoming Contest, New twitter account Resource Management in RPGS: Abstraction vs Accounting https://edowarsblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/supply-points-abstracting-resource-management-in-dd/ Systems to consider: OD+D – 5e, Savage Worlds: EX: Deadlands vs Necessary Evil, Post-Apocalyptic: Zombie Apocalypse v...

Episode 45 Wednesday July 14, 2021 Call ins & Emails Josh John Taylor The Positive Material Plane 50th episode/YouTube subscriber contest We played last week, Deadlands, Twitter account How Do You Roll (DnD styles)? The Crawls: Dungeon, Mega-Dungeon, Hex, Point, Urban https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_crawl https://www.runagame.net/2014/03/the-hex-crawl.html Jaquaying the Dungeon https://s...

Episode 44 Wednesday July 7, 2021 Call ins Jason John Joe Andy The Positive Material Plane Going to play some OSR- Swords and Wizardry running one of the Classic Adventures reincarnated as a starting point tomorrow. Main Topic: GM Types Do GMs GM different games differently? I.E., do you GM Deadlands differently than 3.5 DnD? Do you fit into one or more of these types? Creator, Director, Fanatic,...

Episode 43 Recorded on Tesday June 22, released on Wednesday June 30, 2021 Call ins Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast Andy of Expedition to The Grizzly Peaks The Positive Material Plane Playing Swords & Sorcery Whitebox Got Lion & Dragon in hardback Main Topic: Top 10 Inspirational Movies for RPG Gaming Joe’s List: Superman, Blade, Dune, The Holy Grail, The Dark Crystal, The Three Musketeer...

Episode 42June 16,2021 Call ins John Alan Large Joe Richter Taylor The Positive Material Plane 50th episode contest Taylor has a podcast! Main Topic: Class and Role: Melee Analysis Warrior:   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/warrior DnD Focus : Through the DnD editions Recall the old adages? Do you like to play them? Have they lost their luster in later editions? If so, why? Which D...

Episode 41 June 15, 2021 Call ins Jason John Alan Large The Positive Material Plane Our hobby now allows such an easy entrance to producing/designing RPG products. Main Topic: Playing the Whole Game Level 1 (beginning) and level 20(max level) or Open-Ended (no end in sight or planned) Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3Bc_6ks3U Like it, Love it, or Leave it - Getting to Know your Ho...

Episode 40 Tuesday June 8, 2021 Call ins Taylor Jason Andy The Positive Material Plane : Further savage antics We are Now on Odysee Class and Role: Divine Analysis Healer discussion 1.) Focus: The Cleric Through the DnD editions 2.) Recall the old adages? Do you like to play them? 3) Are they too good? Are they too generic? 4) Which DnD version of Cleric is your favorite one? Why? 5) What might be...

Episode 39 Wednesday June 2, 2021 Call Ins Andy Patrick The Positive Material Plane 1)We played the Sanctuary game- good times- dumb wizard, serial killer, assassins guild, and ghosts, oh my! 2) Taylor from Clerics Wear Ringmail Blog in response to us being “noisome”: 3) T-shirt idea: “Biggus Geekus, you just have to smell it to appreciate it” RPG Collections & Downsizing Collector mentality -...

Episode 38 Wednesday May 26, 2021 Call ins Jason Andy Tim The Positive Material Plane Back to Sanctuary/SW game this coming weekend? New Article Up: Orcs are Not Human Main Topic: What Does Evil Do? Definition of evil- profound immorality and wickedness, especially when regarded as a supernatural force 1) The 7 Deadly Sins 2) How to Portray Evil as a GM? 3.) Which Deadly sins map onto the various...

Episode 37 May 19, 2021 Call-ins: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Podcast John of The Red Dice Diaries Taylor of the Clerics Wear Ringmail blog Patrick of Pointy Hat Games The Positive Material Plane Reviews: “5”: ‘Highly Recommended: Excellent, Funny, and Entertaining ‘ “1”: ‘Mouthbreathers: Their views are pretty rancid. Shame as they have some good things to say about games but they just can’t get past the...

Episode 36 Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Call ins The Positive Material Plane Cabin Con starts tomorrow. How can we rationally talk about anything else? The Elusive Game Balance What is Game Balance? "a state of equilibrium between two or more elements of a game." https://evil-plan-banjo.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-first-question-of-game-balance.html 1) Is it an illusion? Pro: https://mythcreants.com/blog...

Episode 35 Wednesday May 5, 2021 ( J ) The Call-In Segment Jason of Nerd’s RPG Podcast John of The Red Dice Diaries The Positive Material Plane 1) It requires math and reading. Yes! 2) We have a YouTube channel now: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg 3) Jeff Goldbloom and Dark Dice Actual Play Wasting Time at the Table of Time Sometimes it’s the player’s fault. Sometimes it’s...

Episode 34 Wednesday April 28, 2021 The Positive Material Plane Call ins: Jason, Patrick, John, and New Caller Taylor! Other: Our hobby invites all manner of participants: highly committed, casual and all flavors in between. Potpourri With Patrick II 1.) Dealing with Player conflict at the Table 2.) Homebrew vs Pre-Fab- adventures/campaigns/rules 3.) Fudging Dice rolls: Yay or Nay 4.) Interrupting...

Episode 33Wednesday April 21,2021 The Positive Material Plane Call-ins: Jason has a whopping 33 We are in a Golden Age of Options: Crowdfunding collection Gaming Inspiration Both Direct and Indirect Movies, Books, Comics, Other Games, Miniatures, Maps, Not playing, Discussion of RPGs with friends, Browsing Internet, Other Podcasts, Biggus Geekus, YouTube, Music, Blogs A Cabin Con Moment What is in...