Geeks' Cant Podcast

S2E18 (58) You Talkin PvP? Have you ever had a game session where PvP sounded like a good idea? So have we and it’s generally not a good idea. Here’s some of our stories. _ Look what we found:   _ ·         Pexia's Guide to Omeria Fifth Edition Campaign Sourcebook https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davidhamrick/pexias-guide-to-omeria-fifth-edition-campaign-sourcebook ·         Atlas - Rise or Di...

S2E17 (57) Stranger Ranger Danger We started off just wanting to talk about the 5E Ranger and it’s shortcomings. I have no idea what happened. I blame Jon. Sorry Shawn. Sorry Teos. This just in…: ·         Roll20 Subscription Price Increase - July 1st  https://blog.roll20.net/posts/roll20-pricing-increase-announcement/ ·         D&D Live 2021  https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/news/dndlive2021_...

S2E16 (56) You’ve got your Ravenloft in my Eberron! Seems like Wizards is taking 2 great tastes and seeing if they taste great together… even if it’s just a little bit. The spirits bring strange tidings: ·         Redsky https://www.solar-studios.com/ ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/solar-studios/redsky-rpg?ref=discovery ) Zac ·         Hasbro Q1 Financial (Jon) https://icv2.com/articles/ne...

S2E15 (55) Lost in the Steam Tunnels! Unkinking Dungeons Pt. 2 We are still roaming the dark and dreary dungeons. Look what we found!: ·         Shadow and Bone (Nextflix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1WHQTbJ7vE ·         Knight of the Sun https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1438192867/knight-of-the-sun-5e-fantasy-ttrpg-module ·         Grio’s Guide to the Wildlands https://www.kickstarter.co...

S2E14 (54) ALL ABOARD!!! The Player Agency Railroad! Everyone wants their characters free to do whatever they like… but why have a character that doesn’t want to adventure? What can you find in the snack car?: ·         Virtual D&D Weekend – The Red Carpet Treatment http://baldmangames.com/virtual-dd-weekend-the-red-carpet-treatment/ ·         Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire https://www.kick...

S2E13 (53) Unkinking Dungeons Dungeons have been a staple of the game since its beginning. Hells, it’s in the name! But how have they changed and what makes a good dungeon in the 5E days of the worlds favorite RPG? And now it’s time for the weekly news: Geezers of the Game https://www.facebook.com/Geezers-of-the-Game-113342307513668/?ref=page_internal   Ruins of Symbaroum 5E https://www.kickstarte...

S2E12 (52) Dammit Jim! I’m a Cleric NOT a Doctor! Clerics have long been seen and thought of as just healers. In 5e, that just isn’t true! It’s time to tithe to the almighty Kickstarter: Mycelium Madness Mycelium Madness by Josiah Rise — Kickstarter   Trinity Continuum: Adventure  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/trinity-continuum-adventure-tabletop-roleplaying-game   Blue Planet RPG...

S2E11 (51) Home is Where the Heart Is: Strongholds Pt 2 I guess we didn’t say enough in our last episode about the real estate side of the game. Get ready to spend some money: Tiamat https://www.ign.com/articles/dungeons-dragons-massive-tiamat-miniature-announced-largest-wizkids-miniature-ever   Death in Space https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cnibl/death-in-space   Hero Pins https://www.kickst...

S2E10 (50) Location. Location. Location! Strongholds & Hideouts The B-SG crew gets into the real estate game talking about strongholds, businesses, and hideouts in your campaign. And, we’ve got goodies: Inferno - Dante's Guide to Hell for 5e (Zac) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acherongames/inferno-dantes-guide-to-hell-for-5e?ref=user_menu   The RPG Printing Spree (Zac) https://www.kicks...

S2E9 (49) To D&D… and BEYOND! With Andrew Oh, do we have a good one for you this week! Our friend Andrew Searles, Product Manager for D&D Beyond, drops by to talk player engagement and virtual tabletops. Stop reading this and go listen! Look what we have here: Folk of the Feywild  https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthedarcana/folk_feywild   Titanholm by Rey Clark https://www.kickstarter...

Bite-Sized Gaming: Coffee Talk I think the title pretty much says it all. Social Links Bite-Sized Gaming|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitesizedgames Zac Goins|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee Troy Sandlin|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/troysandlin Jon Christian|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dwarfpower Katherine Linquist|Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparklyandglitt...

S2E8 (48) Brenden Lewis and His Hunger for Curses This week, the boys talk with fellow-BMG DM, Brenden Lewis about the writing process and his snowbound adventure, Icewind Curses: Hunger. Oh, and Twitch was being a PitA! But we did find some interesting bits to pass along: Remarkable Cults : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loresmyth/remarkable-cults-and-their-followers-gm-sourcebook?ref=user_...

S2E7 (47) Fist Full of Dollars: The AL Adventure Record With all of these online events the guys have been running lately, they thought it was about time to talk about the pros & cons of how the AL sometimes does treasure: the Adventure Record. What is this?!? New finds to bleed away some of your treasure and talks of moving pictures! Lore of Aetherra: The Lost Druid - A DnD 5e Adventure https...

S2E6 (46) We do the Mash, We do the Genre Mash Grab your magic wand and ray guns, your superhero cape and plate mail… ‘cause we’re Mashin’ Genres with the Mighty Cameron Day! Cameron is a master of taking different genre chocolate and dipping it in RPG peanut butter to make two great tastes that taste great together. But yes, he does get some, “You’ve got your chocolate in my peanut butter.” flack...

S2ADD2 Winter Fantasy 2021 Re Cap Pull up a chair and grab a tasty beverage as Jon, Zac, and Troy share some stories from this years (virtual) BMG Family Reunion; otherwise known as Winter Fantasy! Cheers Social Links Bite-Sized Gaming|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitesizedgames Zac Goins|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xzacklee Troy Sandlin|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/troysandlin...

S2SE5 ZineQuest3: A Feast of Zines! TL/DR Re-Cap Wiping the sweat from their collective brows; Zac, Jon, Troy, and Thomas reconvene to give you their, slightly punch-drunk, recap of all of the creator interviews from the Feast of Zines. Hopefully they all went to bed after this was finished, but I’m not holding my breath. Social Links Bite-Sized Gaming|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitesizedg...

S2SE4 ZineQuest3: A Feast of Zines! Pt 4 Well, we did it! Our very first Feat of Zines extravaganza is in the books and colored done! It was quite the undertaking but worth it. I hope you enjoy this last episode in this cool little series. To round us out, we bring you Beckett Warren & Todd Jakubisin to talk about Halflings and the Hive, and then it’s Mike Harmon & Billman of Yog Du Games...

S2SE3 ZineQuest3: A Feast of Zines! Pt 3 It’s Part 3 with three more creators! Bret Hess & Thomas Votaw with It Came from the Message Board, T Conde and a helping of Glirky Gleboldt’s Guide to Glorious Grub, and bringing it home, we have Jeremy Childrey dropping the kitchen sink on you with Gordinaak! Jobs, snacks, and mechs… hells ya! ·         Bret Hess & Thomas Votaw: It Came from the M...

S2SE1 ZineQuest3: A Feast of Zines! Pt 2 Back for round two, I see! We’ve got three more creators for you, in this installment of A Feast of Zines! First up, we have Sam Sorensen with Lowlife, JVC Parry talking about Peculiar Children, and Tony Vasinda of Plus One Exp bringing you Repugnant! This episode is full of the unsettling, the creepy, and the down-right gross! ·         Sam Sorensen: Lowli...

S2E5 (45) Epically Epic Epics This week the crew discusses the most epic type of adventure to be had in an Organized Play Campaign: the mighty Epic! cue battle trumpets We also found a few things on the matrix that caught our eye: ·         Zine Quest! ( https://www.kickstarter.com/zinequest?ref=zine-quest-banner ) Zac ·         Gordinaak ( https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/526878157/gordinaak?...

S2SE1 ZineQuest3: A Feast of Zines!, Pt 1 Jon, Troy, and Zac have lost it! They took a whole day to interview 13 creators that are participating in Kickstarter’s 3rd Annual ZineQuest promotion on their Twitch stream, The Drifter’s Atlas. This is the recording of the first 3 interviews with Tim Obermueller of T. O. Games, James Andrews & Kent Willmeth of Dapper Rabbit Games, and Kristopher McCl...

S2E4 (44) How to Make it Scary We are under a two-pronged Zac(k) Attack as the B-SG crew is joined by Zack Goings of Stoneworks Gaming to discuss their new Kickstarter for The Lights of Winthrop Manor and what makes a good horror game. Lurking around the interwebs, we found: ·         Zine Quest! ( https://www.kickstarter.com/zinequest?ref=zine-quest-banner ) Zac ·         Iron Kingdoms: Requiem (...

S2E3 (43) Arcadia Matt Colville and the team at MCDMhave released their gaming magazine, Arcadia and dive right in. Troy, Zac, and Jon discuss what you will find in it’s pages and give our thoughts on it. And a few tidbits we found interesting: ·         Zine Quest ( https://www.kickstarter.com/zinequest?ref=zine-quest-banner ) ·         Supers & Sorcery https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/33...

S2E2 (42) Resolutions & Predictions Like a lot of you out there, the B-SG crew decided to make some New Years Resolutions. Zac, Jon, and Troy let you know what they would like to accomplish in 2021. We also talk about the new book just announced: Candlekeep Mysteries and try to figure out what WotC has in store for us next along with what we would like to see. Plus the usual interesting things...

S2ADD1 The Jon-dalorian In this After Dinner Drinks episode, Zac and Troy put Jon on the spot to explain to our dear listeners his avoidance of watching a very popular streaming series and also gives us an update as his resolve has been weakened. Join us, won't you? I have spoken. Social Links Bite-Sized Gaming|Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bitesizedgames Zac Goins|Facebook: https://www.faceb...