Tavern Chat

Ken Whit Whitman is involved in yet another film-based Kickstarter. No, his name is not on the tin directly, but it's still on the tin as Little Monster's Entertainment. The Trove has been offline since yesterday. Is it gone for good? Was it good for the gaming community or a festering wound?

I was shown an article by a Taverner which went over some of the D&D 5e demographics. With only 11% of D&D 5e players being 40 years plus, what does that mean to the OSR market, which largely skews older. ’m out and about and figured I’d share a follow up on last night’s episode regarding WotC’s survey numbers and some of the comments in regards. Yep, right after I was talking about a prio...

It's a double episode of Gamers' Health. Rach and Tenkar were live at NTRPG Con and a week later did a post con wrap-up, complete with possible con crud. Huzzah! 

A special NTRPG Con Livestream hosted by Tenkar & Bad Mike, with special guests as they do a series of whiskey tastings supplied by the Frugal GM. Tenkar & Glen are live from NTRPG Con

Join Bad Mike and Tenkar as they broadcast live from NTRPG Con's PreCon Get It On! Numerous unscheduled Special Guest appearances :)

Yep, a triple episode. A podcast Hat Trick and post-con catch up :) D&D White box released in 1974. AD&D 1e released (sorta) in 1977. AD&D 2e released in 1989. D&D 3e released in 2000. D&D 3.5 2003. D&D 4e in 2008 and D&D 5e released in 2014. When will D&D 6e release? I've been told that ALL Pathfinder players moved over to the Foundry VTT. Just how popular are the...

Apparently, xenophobia has been removed from the Ravenloft 5e release. I've always seen xenophobia as a primary characteristic of Ravenloft, no matter if the PCs were humans or demihumans, they were strangers and a possible danger. Pathfinder 1e was a success in large part to much of the D&D community rejecting D&D 4e. Pathfinder 2e is a direct response to the success of D&D 5e. Why is...

I've been asked to offer my thoughts on the new Swords & Wizardry Complete Boxed Set. Well, here are those very thoughts... Apparently, xenophobia has been removed from the Ravenloft 5e release. I've always seen xenophobia as a primary characteristic of Ravenloft, no matter if the PCs were humans or demihumans, they were strangers and a possible danger.

Glen & Tenkar talk Pathfinder, Paizo, 5e, and more.

Tenkar and Bad Mike are joined by Alex Kammer of GameHole Con. They talk conventions, Covid, gaming and more.

Another twofer ;) Paizo has launched their SECOND Pathfinder 2 Humble Bundle in the 21 months since Pathfinder 2 released in the summer of 2019. Two Humble Bundles of new material for a new RPG system are the signs of failure, not just of market share, but of management. Paizo had its birth by being formed to directly support the 3x edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Will its only way to save itse...

Taylor calls in with some observations and uses for hyperlinks in PDFs. Epi wrote in about Gamer Entitlement. His insights are interesting and I respond. Also, S&W Continual Light 2nd is coming in September

I’ve been asked by many over the past few years for a digest-sized edition of the Swords & Wizardry Continual Light rules. With some extra prompting by James Spahn, it is now in the works. In addition to new material by James Spahn, it will have a professional layout and editing, a new color cover we have commissioned to be completed by James Shields, a new logo, new interior art (B&W or c...

Bad Mike & Tenkar are joined by Ben Burns, winner of the NTRPG Con Three Castles Award and currently kickstarting Corsairs of Cthulhu - A Call of Cthulhu® Campaign Book

There was a discussion on Facebook that resulted in many mutual blocks. The discussion centered on hyperlinked PDFs - why for some potential customers, they are a make or break type of deal, and for some publishers they aren't cost-effective to make. I find myself somewhere around milktoast fencesitter ;)

We have a voicemail from Derek, who states that allowing walk-up players to a game table that has hit its "max" at a convention does a disservice to the players that signed up. I respond.

Ken Whitman is looking for folks to audition for roles in his upcoming Fantasy Series Pilot. Non-union actors only. 100 bucks a day. This is the BIG TIME! :)

We got some voicemails in response to the previous episode where I remarked on entitled gamers, and I make it seem like it was only players that could act entitled, but DMs can act entitled too.

Bad Mike & Tenkar are joined by NTRPG Con Special Guest Jason Braun, as they talk art, cons, current events in the gaming industry, and more.

This is a two-fer. Two parts in one episode. Zak was nice enough to have two lawsuits dismissed. We knew about the suit against Gen Con, but the suit against Mie Mealr was a new one.

Kickstarter is now putting its fulfillment policy in the backers' faces. What caused them to blink?

I'm amazed at the entitlement some folks in the gaming community feel towards content creators, especially those content creators that aren't being paid for their work. I know many gamers are cheap, and a significant number do not invest points in social skills, but there is a limit to the entitlement one can silently tolerate.

For some, the stress of Covid and / or other factors, can bring one to consider actions that are irrevocable. Seeking help for mental and emotional issues isn't weakness, its strength.

Old Man Grognard and Tenkar are joined by Bad Mike Badolato of NTRPG Con and Frog God Games.

Yep, Torchlight Issue #1 has moved on from layout to editing. Aiming for the first half of May. We've surpassed over 400 subs on this channel. Huzzah and thank you!