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Send us Fan Mail I opened my email and Mike had sent me an email with a link. The first line of the email said “Here's a first draft of a GM's AI assistant particularly geared to a) Pulp Cthulhu, and b) Masks of Nyarlathotep.” The email went on to explain how to sign up for it and how Mike had already uploaded a ton of information to the AI I tentatively followed the links and set up the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. I know this is supposed to be about gaming news, but I thought this article over at MIT Technology Review was really interesting. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/31/1109612/biggest-worst-ai-artificial-intelligence-flops-fails-2024/ The Biggest AI Flops of 2024 breaks down a number of issues...

Send us Fan Mail Rulebook…Check Dice…Check Maps…Check Chips…Check Dr. Pepper…Check I was ready to run my first game. I had been reading through the D&D Starter Set for months and I felt like I had a handle on how the thing was supposed to be played. I had gone over the adventure that came with it, “The Keep on the Borderlands” and couldn’t wait to get into this thing. I had finally convinced a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to You Heard it Here Last were we talk about news, you’ve already heard. I just want to take a moment as we gently enter 2025 to say… Holy Crap!  Hasbro is at it again. https://www.geeknative.com/170004/tales-of-riches-dd-partners-with-online-gambling-company-embroiled-in-spying-row/ Games Global is an online gambling site that has announced it has partnered with Hasb...

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Send us Fan Mail Season 2 Wrap As we slide into December, literally and figuratively, it’s time to wrap up Season 2 of the Epic Adventure Podcast. Trying to get the gang together and record this time of year is tough. Family commitments, travel, work, and educational requirements take a big bite out of time and being able to just cozy up in front of your favorite holiday decorations and enjoy some...

Send us Fan Mail Running NPCs “You see a long hallway made from stone, the ceiling is low and several of the supports along the walls look old and on the verge of collapse. What do you want to do?” the GM said in an ominous voice. I looked over at Chris, “whadda ya think?” “That’s got trap written all over it” he said. “Yea, Lets have our NPC thief check it out and make sure it’s safe.” I looked a...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to You Heard it Here Last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/11/its-canon-baldurs-gate-3-brings-dd-to-the-vatican.html This week is starting to feel a little cold in the underworld. You see Mike and I grew up during the Satanic Panic years, where D&D was seen as the gateway to hell. They even made movies abou...

Send us Fan Mail My generation was one of the first to grow up in front of a TV Screen. I guess that’s not necessarily a thing to brag about, but it was true. Saturday morning cartoons were a big deal for me. I would get up early and grab a big bowl of overly sugared breakfast cereal and settle down in front of the massive console TV in our basement for about 4 hours of formative brainwashing. Tha...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. This week is going to be a little different. Ok, it’s going to be a lot different. My partners in crime are all busy I needed to get something up, but in reality, I’m just the voice and they are the brains. It makes news a little one sided. But what I am good at, is consuming my favorite hobby. So in...

Send us Fan Mail Steve, Mike and Christina gather around the microphones and chat. No plan, no script, just chat. And we ended up with a great episode. We talk about what we would like to see in the gaming space, applying educational theory to gaming, and how to bring other cultures into gaming while still being sensitive. It was just like getting together for a cup of coffee.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2024/10/dd-gets-a-stout-and-bourbon-for-its-50th-anniversary.html https://dragonsmilk.com/dnd/#yes Well, it looks like D&D and roleplaying have grown up. When I started in the hobby it was for kids, but that’s just not the case anymore. Coming on November 16th of 2...

Send us Fan Mail A couple of weeks ago Christina and I talked about game reviews on our You Heard it Here Last show. I questioned to relevance of reviews and voiced concerns about making sure the reviews weren’t biased. Afterwards, I started questioning my approach to the topic. I felt like I came across very negative and left the listener with the feeling that you shouldn’t trust game reviews. Th...

Send us Fan Mail “The evil wizard stumbles backwards and falls to the ground. There is a sigh and then nothing. He’s dead.” Everybody at the table cheered “I search his body!” “I look for chests!” “Is there anything that looks expensive!” The players all scramble for loot. I flipped through the book “Ok, let’s see, you find 200 gold pieces, 40 silver pieces, and 20 copper. There is a scroll of mag...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/mongoose-acquires-twilight-2000-and-2300-ad.707036/ Mongoose Publishing is at it again. Recently we discussed that Marc Miller had turned over publishing of the Traveller RPG to Mongoose and now they have picked up the rights to Twilight 2000 and 2300 AD. Mongoose has b...

Send us Fan Mail In 1977 Marc Miller, bored with the Chess Club at Illinois State University, made his way to the Strategic Games Club…the rest they say is history. Ok, for those of you that have no idea who Marc Miller is or why the fact that Chess is boring matters I’ll go a little deeper. Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman, and Loren Wiseman created the roleplaying game Traveller, that’...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. Let’s start with our favorite toy company and their ability to stay in the news. https://futurism.com/hasbro-ceo-ai-dungeons-dragons https://screenrant.com/dnd-ai-controversy-dungeons-and-dragons-fans-hasbro/ At a recent Goldman Sachs Conference, Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks admitted that the entertainment...

Send us Fan Mail I remember opening up “Keep on the Borderlands” the first module I ever ran. It came in the D&D Basic Set and I thought it was very cool. The players started out in a keep, a perfect base of operations. It had a tavern, a blacksmith, a provisioner, and a chapel. Everything a growing adventuring party needs. From there the players would travel to the Caves of Chaos and explore...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. We are starting this week off with some good news. https://www.reddit.com/r/traveller/comments/1f2le2u/mongoose_publishing_now_owns_traveller/?share_id=uyOnyDYBcc2twtg2LBUZi&utm_content=1&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_source=share&utm_term=22 Traveller is a 1977 table top...

Send us Fan Mail One of the things that I love every year about GenCon is the anticipation. Seeing the vendor hall slowly fill up with stuff, from carpets, to displays, to boxes and boxes of products. Fork lifts making there way down the crowded isles and the constant beeping of heavy machinery backing up. It’s hot and sweaty and you are praying for the convention center to turn the air on in the...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to another episode of You Heard it Here Last, where we talk about news you’ve already heard. We are starting off with some news that was announced at GenCon this year. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman have announced a new Trilogy of Dragonlance books titled Dragonlance Legacies with the first entry titled War Wizard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-dragonlance-nove...

Send us Fan Mail I was 15 years old and a buddy of mine who lived down the street owned a video store. Ok, his parents owned a video store. He was 15 just like me. Not only did we have access to a huge array of VHS, but he also had a Laser Disc player. The Laser Disc was the precursor to the DVD and it was really cool. In the summer while his parents were working, I would ride my bike to his house...

Send us Fan Mail You Heard it Here Last Welcome back to You Heard it here last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-wotc-president-is-world-of-warcrafts-john-hight.705558/ I am sure you have already heard that the new president of Wizards of the Coast is John Hight who previously ran the World of Warcraft Franchise for Blizzard. And like they say, just...

Send us Fan Mail We sat speechless, staring at the DM. “That’s a 100-foot fall so after the first 10 feet it’s 1d6 for each 10 feet…9d6…You each take 35 points of damage.” We were dumbfounded. Our party of 3rd level characters had started across the suspension bridge, and with no warning, perception roles, or saving throws, the DM had announced that the bridge had collapsed dropping all of us into...

Send us Fan Mail By now most of you that plan on attending already have your GenCon badges, reservations, and plans. But if you are like me than you are still thumbing through the massive guide looking maximize your weekend. Lucky for you Oddfish Games has a few events that can help round out that GenCon calendar and make sure you get the most out of the greatest gaming weekend in the world.   Chr...