Shane Plays Geek Talk

Ed Greenwood and Alex Kammer discuss The Border Kingdoms, their new Adventurers League compatible Forgotten Realms sourcebook. A preview of two new character backgrounds. How the Forgotten Realms has grown over time and become a unifying D&D setting. Ed's original Forgotten Realms map. Paperclipomancy. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 3/28/2020 Shane Plays airs on...

The competitive fighting game scene with Arkansas Fighting Game Network coordinator Maxx and friend of the show / competitive gamer Nicholas aka Swiggs. What's it about all about? What are the most popular competitive fighting games? How the heck do you get started? Can you win money?? Plus: what the heck is Yoshimitsu? Tune in, baby, TUNE IN! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radi...

The always interesting Doug TenNapel joins to talk: Bigfoot Bill 2 Finger of Poseidon. Earthworm Jim. Guns. Tolkien vs Star Wars. Tolkien vs Sanderson. Moby Dick. A great steak vs a really good steak vs burgers. People with opposing beliefs can still love and work with each other. Note: This podcast version has more content than the radio broadcast version. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays...

It's Die Hard... on a starship! Russ "Morrus" Morrissey talks The Spartan Gambit adventure for SolSpace, a cool new setting that's a love letter to Star Trek using the W.O.I.N. (What's O.L.D Is N.E.W.) multi-setting, multi-genre RPG system. Also: a quick overview of the Simply 6 rules-lite RPG. Shane blathers about The Orville vs. Star Trek yet again, then fumbles around trying to remember Star Tr...

Oi, chummer! It's an introduction to Shadowrun with an emphasis on the game's setting and lore with Darryl Mott of Gamer's Tavern (the self-proclaimed world's greatest Shadowrun expert who hasn't actually worked on the game)! Humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, and orks using magic and advanced technology to survive in a cyberpunk fantasy future! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio...

Comics creators Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini talk KAMEN AMERICA, their newest project (and ninth collaboration). Sonic vs. Harley. Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo. Video game characters are the new cartoon icons. The universal appeal of Dragon Ball. New He-Man cast revealed. Friend of the show Justin Mobley also joins for the geeky madness. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show...

Historic D&D designer Stephen R. Marsh wrote the first D&D Expert rules, created several monsters that have appeared in every edition, helped create the alignment system as we know it, planted the seed that became psionics and more! The D&D alignment system. Intelligent hairy rhinos are a no-go. Naked Amazons. Serious hiking. Carl Heyl of the Save Or Die and The Crusader podcasts also joins. Podca...

It's the annual team-up with Arkansas talk radio legend Dave Elswick of the Dave Elswick Show for our Most Anticipated Geek Movies of 2020! How did our picks from last year hold up? Plus all the usual tomfoolery and nonsense... press play! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 1/25/2020 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock....

Alterna Comics (tagline "Bringing Back Newsprint, Affordable Prices, and Comics for EVERYONE") has been publishing comic books since 2006! Founder Peter Simeti owns, operates, publishes, funds, and designs everything that Alterna Comics does while staying out of the drama… tune in as we talk about this cool comic book company and the comics industry in general. Podcast version of the live Shane Pl...

Comedian Michael Brown and certified geek Richard McBain join to talk about what we thought of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Did J.J. Abrams pull it off and tie everything together? How is it doing at the box office? We respond to a completely devastatingly ignant tweet trying to gatekeep Star Wars fandom. The Star Wars fanfare still gives Mike goosebumps. Podcast version of the live Shane Pla...

R.J. Carter of Critical Blast joins for a journey through recent news from geekdom. We say goodbye to D.C. Fontana, René Auberjonois, Chuck Peddle and Don Imus. Plus: R.J.'s The Destroyer novels and a new YA superhero book called Bulletproof from Critical Blast, admiring Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's legs and more! "Good" Star Trek. What item has just become the most valuable prop in horror h...

World-class collector and three-time Strat-O-Matic Baseball champion William "Bill" Meinhardt joins to discuss his tabletop Fantasy RPG collection and more. What age did Bill have the foresight to begin preserving RPGs? Which Gencon was at the Playboy Club and which D&D set premiered there? Strat-O-Matic Baseball and its contribution to the RPG hobby. How to invoke Stefan Pokorny. The unbridled im...

James M. Ward on The Starship Warden, Metamorphosis Alpha (the first Sci-Fi RPG), Gamma World and his newer projects GiantLands and Forgotten Ruin. James's history playing and designing tabletop RPGs. Who was the "biker" that got him into the hobby, and in what unexpected place did they meet? What is James's favorite mutant power, what book was an inspiration for Metamorphosis Alpha, and what game...

SKALD: Against the Black Priory retro-style CRPG with one-man dev team Al of Scape-IT. What is SKALD? How is Al developing a true old school style game in a modern engine like Unity? Tabletop RPG gaming influence on the CRPG dev process. Not every game has to be 100 hours long. Shane's favorite RPG fumble result ever. Yes, Norway is in Europe. Rest easy, rats are confirmed in the game! Podcast ver...

Shooting the bull on the new Disney+ hit The Mandalorian, Baby Yoda, the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Rogue One and STOP MESSING WITH HAN SHOOTING FIRST aaaargh. Shane falsely accuses Mark of liking Holtzmann. Originally broadcast on the 12/6/2019 Dave Elswick Show on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also b...

Comics artist and Allegiance Arts founder Mitch Breitweiser joins to talk comics and Allegiance's upcoming blockbuster books! MAJOR news items on comic books coming to a HUGE retailer! How did the comics industry get to the low state it's in now? The Diamond problem and the plight of the comic book owner. Plus: Favorite Thanksgiving dishes and The Mandalorian is... Lone Wolf and Cub? Podcast versi...

RPG podcaster and con coordinator "DM Carl" Heyl joins for OSR news, tidbits, and chat including the D.R.E.A.D. "OSR 5E" project, the Zenopus Archives and Swords & Wizardry. Plus: Arkansas RPG Con is coming November 9th and 10th! RPG podcast shoutouts. Should gold pieces count as XP? Carl slam dunks the Bad Joke of the Week. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 10/26/2...

Alex Kammer's RPG design work, plus his advice on writing RPG adventures and setting expectations when working in the industry. Plus: what is True Dungeon??? (Hint: it's a super cool, immersive live dungeon experience that may or may not involve enthusiastic ropers). Gamehole Con 2019 update. Dice or Treat. Shane and Richard like the Cybertronic Spree. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek...

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is a party-based, tactical turn-based CRPG built on the Fifth Edition game system and currently in development by France-based Tactical Adventures. Solasta also features verticality in dungeon crawling and has accompanying resources for tabletop RPG play. Tactical Adventures team members Emile and Xavier join to share the details. Plus: Implementations versus adaptat...

A zesty hodgepodge of geeky goodness! Weird Al makes a cool surprise appearance. Us and Brightburn movies. Lava lamps are SO COOL. Batman Hush. Anime recommendation. D&D Funko Pops. An open appeal on Gygax versus Arneson. Zach the sports analyst. More! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 9/7/2019 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in...

The Joker Psychology: Evil Clowns and the Women Who Love Them with Dr. Travis Langley AKA the Superherologist. Fictional and real world psychology aspects of the Clown Prince of Crime! Does the Joker have a true origin? How many major eras of the Joker are there and what are they? Would the Joker be more or less interesting if he was actually funny? Are the Joker and Harley a Bonnie and Clyde coup...

The legendary league of animal operatives log another entry as comics creators Timothy Lim and Mark Pellegrini join to talk BLACK HOPS: Hare Trigger! Plus: a brief TMNT history lesson, Disney+ streaming is coming, and Moon Knight rises. Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 8/24/2019 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It...

D&D enthusiast and podcaster (Save or Die, The Crusader) Carl Heyl joins to share his tips and thoughts on running RPG games for kids! Also: D&D / RPG news including a million feet of maps for free, the Lost City of Gaxmoor and the Cube of Death! Discos & Dragons. Classic dice are meaty. Operation Uno Fingers finally revealed! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 8/17/...

Alex Kammer joins to talk RPG collecting / preservation and Gamehole Con! Plus: What was a big difference at Gen Con this year, does even Alex know how big his RPG collection is and what does Flava Flav have to do with it all? Tune in for all this goodness and more! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk radio show from 8/10/2019 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 101.1 FM...

Get the scoop on Axis & Allies 1942 Online with Beamdog's Cody Ouimet! How faithful is it to the classic and beloved board game, what's the AI like and what modes of play can you wage war in? How did Beamdog (known for Computer RPGs) end up creating a World War II game adaptation? What does Cody consider hard mode? Tune in for all this and more! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays Geek Talk ra...