Ethan Parker

The Original Gamer's Haven Podcast

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Stories and Advice for tabletop gamers, featuring reviews, essays, and anecdotes from the gaming table.

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Ethan Parker

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Leisure

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Sep 19, 2025

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Episodes

Gamer’s Haven Episode 39 – Loot Bag 19.11.2008

The Gamer's Haven is proud to present Episode 39 - Loot Bag! In this installment, we catch up on things -- including D&D 4E, Gen Con, interviews, and what we've been doing all summer! This episode is brought to you by RPGBomb.com,

Gamer’s Haven Episode 38 – Gen Con Special Edition Coverage – Interviews Part 2 11.11.2008

The Gamer's Haven is proud to present their Vorpal Network coverage of Gen Con 2008! In this installment, we give you the last round of our interviews with Steve Kenson from Green Ronin Publishing, Christopher Clark from Inner City Game Designs,

Gamer’s Haven Post Gen Con 2007 Series Part 1 – How to Make Adventures That Don’t Suck (Goodman Games Seminar) 26.08.2007

In this episode, we kick off our Gen Con 2007 coverage with the recording of How to Make Adventures that Don't Suck, a seminar presented by Goodman Games. They were kind enough to let us record their panel!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 22 – Worldbuilding – Magic, Technology, and Races Part 3 of 3 03.06.2007

This part wraps up with the discussion of races and some interesting aspects of other cultures.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 21 – Worldbuilding – Magic, Technology, and Races Part 2 of 3 20.05.2007

We continue to talk about technology and it's place in today;s podcast. We go off on a few tangents, talking about levels of magic and what not ... also dogging on Lord of the Rings (gasp!). We then talk about races and their place.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 20 – Worldbuilding – Magic, Technology, and Races Part 1 of 3 06.05.2007

Another long show this time, but nobody seems to be complaining ... We begin to wrap up our world building series with a talk about magic, technology, and different races in a world. This one's being split up into three parts. In this first part,

Gamer’s Haven Episode 19 – Worldbuilding – Empires, Society, and Culture 29.04.2007

To make up for being absent the last two weeks, this episode is extra long to satiate you ravenous hordes of fans ... but, we talk about Empires, Society, and Culture today, including the impact of different races and the effect of them on society,

Gamer’s Haven Episode 18 – Worldbuilding – Creation and Creation Myths Part 3 08.04.2007

We wrap up mythology in today's episode. We also hit on some feedback we got, as well as discussing creating history of your world.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 17 – Worldbuilding – Creation and Creation Myths Part 2 01.04.2007

Finally, we get back to the religion, gods, and mythology of a world! Creating gods, myths, and a religion comes into the conversation, as well as cultural isolation. In this part, we focus on Gods ...

Gamer’s Haven Episode 16 – Worldbuilding – Creation and Creation Myths Part 1 25.03.2007

We begin talking about religion, creation, and creation myths!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 15 – Worldbuilding – World Synopses Part 2 18.03.2007

We finish up our world synpses this week. Jeremy takes over this episode by talking about his world, Theyra!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 14 – Worldbuilding – World Synopses Part 1 11.03.2007

We start down the long road of World Creation. We're starting off with a synopsis of our different worlds. To start out with, we've got Nathan's fantasy world, and a Ethan's Superpowered world. We also get a bunch of feedback out of the way.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 12 – Superheroes! Part 2 25.02.2007

Our second part of the Superhero Genre discussion.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 11 – Superheroes! 18.02.2007

We begin a two-part discussion on superhero gaming. Well, we try and talk about superhero gaming ...

Gamer’s Haven Episode 10 – Modern/Espionage/War 11.02.2007

We talk about modern gaming, as well as espionage, war, and integrating modern into your games. We discuss how modern can be a part of all kinds of genres.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 9 – Westerns 04.02.2007

We delve into a true American genre, the western. We discuss the genre from the aspects of history, character, and style. You want "The Duke?" Or do you want "The Man With No Name?" We've got it all.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 8 – Fantasy Part Two 28.01.2007

We continue on our fantasy series!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 7 – Fantasy 21.01.2007

Fantasy! Where it all started ... we talk about magic and technology, governments, and much more!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 6 – Science Fiction 14.01.2007

We tackle the genre of Science Fiction in today's podcast - from the distopian sci-fi of the 1970's to the fantastic vistas of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Babylon 5.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 5 – Horror Part 3 07.01.2007

Our startling conclusion to Horror! We tackle insanity and perception.

Gamer’s Haven Episode 4 – Horror Part 2 17.12.2006

The Horror Podcast continues into this ... uh ... Holiday season with a look at more things to make your game spooky!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 3 – Horror Part 1 10.12.2006

We begin with our Horror Podcast series, part one of three! We look at building atmosphere, sources of inspiration, movies, music, and more!

Gamer’s Haven Episode 2 – Genres Kickoff 03.12.2006

We start off with our Genres series, with a look at all kinds of genres. This episode will be the starting point of a series of shows we're going to do on various different genres.

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