AGC News Early September 2015 (29:39)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Shooting averted at the Pokemon World Championships, hacking and offensive content at DriveThruRPG. Washington moves against alleged Kickstarter fraud.


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Screen caps of OneBookShelf CEO's statements on Twitter (via JessicaPrice.Tumblr.com
Statement about OneBookShelf's Updated Offensive Content Policy (via OneBookShelf's official blog)
Fred Hicks' statement about the controversy at DriveThruRPG
Washington Attorney General Charges Kickstarter Fraud
Games Workshop Investor Relations web page
Press Release: Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design Streamlines the Origins Awards for 2016
http://hasbrogaminglab.com/
Privateer Press: Free PDF Downloads of Warmachine and Hordes Rules
Nick Case's unboxing video of Exploding Kittens backer package (Youtube)
Cleveland High School's Kickstarter to record their stage production of Pathfinder's Night of Ashes
The Last Trial: A Dragonlance Musical (YouTube.com)

AGC 196 September 2nd 2015 (The Golden Age) (58:51)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. New games and new arrivals. A statement from Zak S regarding out ENnie Walkout coverage. Golden Ages in gaming? Mags' GenCan't prize, and a little talk of Those Crazy Games.


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Zak's Ask.fm


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Feng Shui 2 GM's Screen (Atlas Games)
Carol:Savage Worlds System Sale
Mags:Lords of Olympus Diceless RPG (Precis Intermedia)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes"
Completely Comics

AGC 195 August 27th 2015 (Summer Con Extravaganza) (1:24:30)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. A soundboard over Skype? Say it ain't so! GenCan't. Carol's gaming successes, Mark's gaming failure, and Mags' GenCan't prize. Mark at HyperiCon! Spiel de Jahres! The Diana Jones Award! ENnies highlights! The Walkout. The Knights of the Dinner Table events and Ken Whitman. Happier GenCon things! Running games, announcements, and so on. Food tips for GenCon. The launch of Those Crazy Games!


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HyperiCon
CultureSmash.tv
Tribbles (Board Game Geek)
Spiel de Jahres 2015
Diana Jones Award
ENnie Awards
Zombie Orpheus Entertainment (Patreon)
Official Comments Page for Knights of the Dinner Table Live Action Series (Kickstarter)
d20 Entertainment Kickstarter Issues (Facebook)
Knights of the Dinner Table Live Action Series Episode 1 (YouTube)
GenCon Pinnacle Seminar (YouTube)
CROM Conan Rise of Monsters (Kickstarter)
Misdirected Mark
Alex Luthor's Channel (YouTube)
Those Crazy Games Channel (YouTube)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls (Flying Buffalo)
Carol:Vampire 20th Anniversary Edition Dark Ages (Onyx Path)
Mags:Torchbearer (Burning Wheel)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes"
d6 Generation

AGC Interview 32 (Carolina Game Tables) (23:28)

Carol and Mags talk with Jodi and Clint Black about their new venture and Kickstarter for Carolina Game Tables!


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Carolina Game Tables (Kickstarter)


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AGC News August 14th 2015 (11:42)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. GenCon attendance up 9% this year! The world will be graced with another Dungeons and Dragons movie. New ownership for Chaosium. Villains and Vigilantes copyright news. Tabletop and Titansgrave. New Battletech computer game coming.


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Geek and Sundry (Tabletop, Titansgrave)

RPG Buffet 38 (10 Years of the RPG Buffet) (27:17)

Mags, Brandon, John, Steve, Kae, Layne, and Louis talk about the RPG Buffet's 10 year run. Genesis, favorites, meals, and memories.


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AGC News Late July 2015 (19:46)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Lots of Kickstarter disputes! ORIGINS attendence up, GW sales down. Flying Buffalo brings back Nuclear War, Green Ronin brings back Blue Rose! A veteran roleplaying game writer brings out his own game. Apps to help you buy board games. The latest from Geek Chic!


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FTC Files First Ever Complaint Against A Kickstarter Project (Brookings)
Vaccarino's post about Kingdom Builder on BGG
Kickstarter page for Kingdom Builder Expansion 3: Marshlands (CANCELED)
Martin Wallace's statement regarding the dispute with Eagle-Gryphon Games over publishing rights for Brass
Kickstarter: Nuclear War 50th Anniversary Edition
Blue Rose Kickstarter page
Kickstarter page for Schwalb's Shadow of the Demon Lord (FUNDED)
Gamenauts: iOS
Gamenauts: Android
Geek Chic XP

AGC Interview 31 (Legendary Planet) (37:18)

Mark, Carol, and Mags talk with Jason Nelson and Mike Shel from Legendary Publishing about their new project/Kickstarter, Legendary Planet, for Pathfinder and 5th Edition.


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Legendary Games
Legendary Planet Adventure Path (Kickstarter)
Legendary Games on Facebook
Legendary Games on Google+
Paizo Message Boards
Legendary Games on DriveThruRPG
Mike Shel on Facebook


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AGC 194 June 17th 2015 (Page One) (1:00:35)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. How many podcasts can we reference? Mark's apartment. News! Greg Stafford and Sandy Peterson return to Chaosium. Top Tabletop Kickstarters. Things fall apart for Dust: Operation Babylon. I Am Zombie. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Shenanigans on the Magic Pro Tour. New Words for International Scrabble. Star Trek: Five Year Mission. Good thoughts for Nichelle Nichols. DriveThru RPG pics. One Page RPGS. Focused and generic. One page adventures. Ongoing games? A bit more than one page. What does US magazine have to do with gaming?


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I Won A $5000 Magic: the Gathering Tournament on Shrooms (Gawker)
The Magic The Gathering Pro Tour Sucks (Team Legengs Tech)
Lasers and Feelings (One Seven Design Studio)
Everyone Is John
CRAM
Microlite20
Searchers of the Unknown
Pinnacle Entertainment Group (Savage Worlds One-Sheets)
The Doubleclicks
One Page Dungeon Contest
GURPS Lite (Steve Jackson Games)
GURPS Ultra-Lite (Steve Jackson Games - found during shownote compilation)
Fate Accelerated (Evil Hat Productions)
EABA Anywhere (BTRC)
Lady Blackbird (One Seven Design Studio)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Blowing Up The Movies (Atlas Games)
Carol:Weird Discoveries: Ten Instant Adventures for Numenera (Monte Cook Games)
Mags:Unwritten: Adventures in the Age of MYST and Beyond (Inkworks Productions)


Promos
Star Trek: Outpost

AGC 193 June 5th 2015 (Missed It By That Much) (1:20:06)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Missed the 10th anniversary by a little bit (and posting by about three weeks). ConGlomeration after the recording. Awards news. Mark reviews Feng Shui 2 (having been a Kickstarter backer)! Mage 20th, personal gaming, and movie/TV chatter to close out the show. (And apologies for the sound mix. Should be better in the future! -- Mark)


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Play On Target
HyperiCon 2015
Feng Shui 2 (Atlas Games)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Juggernaut (Bully Pulpit Games)
Carol:Firefly: Ghosts in the Black (Margaret Weis Productions)
Mags:Spirit of '77 Core Rulebook (Monkeyfun Studios)


Promos
D6 Generation

AGC 192 April 28th 2015 (ConGlomeration 2015 Almost Live!) (54:48)

With Carol, Mags, Steve and John. A preliminary intro by Mark, with a little news (Savage Worlds Rifts!). Recording on April 4th. Some news from that time frame, and the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Local events of the day. April Fools Day, and Katanas and Trenchcoats! Kickstarter stuff.


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Rifts is Coming for Savage Worlds! (Pinnacle Entertainment)
Katanas and Trenchcoats


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Lankhmar: City of Thieves (Pinnacle Entertainment)
Carol:The Paranet Papers (Evil Hat Productions)
Mags:Katanas and Trenchcoats (Ryan Macklin)
Also:Katanas and Trenchcoats Premium Edition (Ryan Macklin)


Promos
D6 Generation

AGC 191 February 2nd 2015 (Where The Hell Did We Go?) (54:26)

With Mark Kinney and Carol. So, we were absent for a while, and it'll still be a bit topsy-turvy for a while longer. The Hobbit and The Imitation Game, et al. Looking forward to's. Louisville peeps, where are the good thrift stores for furniture? GenCon's HotelHungerGames. Dark Dungeons, the movie! This episode dedicated to Fred Grimm. The AtGames Genesis console. Send us memories for the 10 year anniversary! Mark's tech woes.


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Dark Dungeons the Movie
AtGames Genesis Console


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
None this time! But we appreciate the help if you want to buy through our links.


Promos
D6 Generation
RPGPodcasts.com

AGC 190 August 21st 2014 (Remembrances, and GenCon Part 1) (38:57)

With Mark Kinney. Mark is training for a new job, so things are changing around here for a bit. Remembering Robin Williams, P.G. Holyfield, and Dave Barrett. Mark does realize the possible tastelessness of basing a DriveThruRPG pick on something connected to the latter of the three -- but there is at least an actual connection there. GenCon -- breaking records, big buzz on 5th Edition D&D, other stand outs? Dark Dungeons came out, too. The interviews! Yumi Hoashi from Konami talks about upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! products and the events at GenCon. Chris Engle from Hamster Press talks about his new games, some artistic stuff, and some specialty games he worked up. Meg McGinley tells us about her recently Kickstarter-funded game Pack the Pack.


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P.G. Holyfield Announcement (SpecFicMedia)
P.G. Holyfield GoFundMe
AGC 132: A Murder of Gaming Ficton
Dead Robots Society
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Konami)
Hamster Press
Pack the Pack Kickstarter
Pack The Pack (Games By Play Date)
Games By Play Date
Meg's Twitter


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Classic Arms Law (Guild Companion Publications)

AGC 189 August 1st 2014 (DND5EOMGWTFBBQ) (1:19:33)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Mags knows her internet acronyms. A little ENnies talk, with congrats to our fellow nominees. RPG Buffet changes! "Pig roast? Meh." Mark is going to run Doctor Who for the RPG Buffet. DriveThru Picks. An in depth look at Basic D&D. Three pillars of adventure. We keep jumping ahead, on proficiency bonuses and equipment. Character classes and a glance at pseudo-Vancian magic. Mags tells us what she *really* thinks about Vancian magic, and Mark harkens back to 4th edition for his ideal magic. Were some feats folded into character options? Rejecting the gender binary. Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws. Backgrounds. Stuff you can't do yet. Getting into the rules. Proficiency bonus and advantage/disadvantage. Damage and healing. Back to magic. What wasn't in these rules. Is a table of contents too much to ask? Well, it could depend on what you use to read PDFs, too. The potato salad Kickstarter -- what does it mean for us?


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Show links
The Grim Dark Podcast
Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff
Numenera: The Signal
Transmissions from the Ninth World
Dungeons and Dragons (Wizards of the Coast)
D&D Basic Rules (Wizards of the Coast)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space Limited Edition (Cubicle 7)
Carol:Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters (Engine Publishing)
Mags:Nobilis: The Essentials Vol 1 (Eos Press)


Promos
The Tome Show

AGC Interview 30 (& Publishing) (32:34)

Mark and Carol talk with Bryan Fazekas and Ron Redmond from & Publishing about things Old School, & Magazine and their associated supplements (including Castle Triskelion).


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& Publishing
& Publishing on Facebook
& Publishing on Google+
Dragonsfoot


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AGC News Mid-July 2014 (39:38)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Cards Against Humanity co-creator accussed of rape. WotC releases 5th edition! Camel Up! wins 2014 Spiel des Jahres, and Istabul wins the 2014 Kennerspiele des Jahres! ENnie nominees announced, and we note a familiar podcast on the list...University Games launches their annual Nat'l Young Inventors contest. Cones of Dunshire comes to Gen Con 2014 (and is Mags ever mad that there's not going to be a home version!). Pokemon World Championships and Symphonies. Cryptozoic and Alderac Entertainment Group enter partnership to co-produce new licensed versions of the Love Letter card game. Famous video game designers have designed Magic: The Gathering cards for the Magic 2015--Core Set. WizKids update on restocks for its Marvel Dice Masters: Avengers vs. X-Men dice game. Dueling D&D documentaries. Pathfinder Unchained promises big changes. Inifniti 3rd edition! 'Attack Wing: D&D' Wave 2 update. Tons of product announcements! Why We Didn't Make 'Slash'. LinkedIn Founder Once Obsessed with D&D.

Our review of the 5th edition Basic Rules is coming up, so watch your RSS feeds!


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Show links:

Max Temkin's statement about the rape accusation

Humanity Against Sexual Assault, where you can find his accuser's statement

Download a free PDF of the Basic Rules for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons here (WotC)

Official Character Sheets here (free PDF)

ENWorld's free 5th ed adventures here

The Wizard's Amulet free PDF (Frog God Games)

Mike Sley's Lost Mine of Phandelver maps

Board Game Geek TV's gameplay explanation of Camel up! (YouTube)

2014 ENnie Awards Nominees (ENnies)

2014 ENnie Judge's Spotlight Awards (ENnies)

University Games National Young Game Inventors Contest

Parks and Recreation: Ben Plays Settlers of Catan at his bachelor party

Parks and Recreation: Ben invents The Cones of Dunshire (Youtube)

Cones of Dunshire Event Announcement

Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You Successful? (PBS Idea Channel)

Dungeons & Dragons and the Influence of Tabletop RPGs (PBS Book Channel)

Nicole Dieker: Why We Didn't Make Slash (BoingBoing)

Slash: Romance Without Boundaries

LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman on His Dungeons and Dragons Obsession (Yahoo! Singapore)

AGC 188 July 3rd 2014 (Guardians of the Big Damn Review Show) (1:23:40)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. Reviews coming! Mark's trip to HyperiCon. Mags' RPG Buffet Bushido game. Mags talks about Ninja Burger 2nd Edition and The Flux. Mark dishes about Rampage. Mags finishes the reviews with Champions Complete. A whole mess of Kickstarters!


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Dresden Lives (Evil Hat Productions)
Ninja Burger 2nd Edition (Aetherial Forge/DriveThruRPG)
Ninja Burger
The Flux (John Wick Presents/DriveThruRPG)
John Wick Presents
AGC Extra 25 (Murphy's World)
Rampage/Terror in Meeple City (Asmodee)
Champions Complete (Hero Games/DriveThruRPG)
Champions Complete Freebies and Errata (Hero Games/DriveThruRPG)
Hero Games
AGC Interview 22 (Jason Walters Interview)


Crowd-Funding Listing
Escape - Zombie City
Maximum XCrawl
Pack the Pack
Dungeon Lords Anniversary Edition
Backstory Cards
Primetime Adventures
Mission Critical
The Captain Is Dead


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:The Dungeon Alphabet (Goodman Games)
Mags:A Quiet Drink With Enemies (Evil Beagle Games)
Mags:Pass to Danger (Evil Beagle Games)
Mags:The Coming Storm (Evil Beagle Games)

AGC News Early July 2014 (32:14)

With Mark and Mags. 2014 Kinderspiel des Jahres winner announced! Universal Horizons attempts to patent game system. WizKids 'Con in Your Store' promotion. Another Cards Against Humanity controversy/ 'Game of Thrones' Writer to pen 'Magic: the Gathering' Movie. Ticket to Ride 10-Year Anniversary Edition now shipping! BOOM! Studios to publish official monthly Munchkin comic book. Asmodee revamps two titles. Limited Edition: Dreadball: Azure Forest coming from Mantis. 'Feng Shui 2' and 'War Prime' coming to Kickstarter. Lots of product announcements! Grantland.com discovers 'The Board Game of Alpha Nerds.' Dragonlance: the Musical --in Russian.


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UH Publishing
UH Publishing's Patent Application
Univeral Horizons Player's Handbook (Bookwire)
UH Publishing's Facebook page
Screencapture of some of the comments deleted from UH Publishing's Facebook page
BedroomWallPress.com's summary of the controversy
Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity discusses 'punching up and punching down'
Atlas announces 'Feng Shui 2' Kickstarter
The Game Collective: The Rise Within
Tasty Minstrel Games: Harbour Kickstarter
The Board Game of Alpha Nerds (Grantland)
Dragonlance: the Musical (in Russian)

AGC 187 June 29th 2014 (Free As In Speech, Not As In Beer) (42:49)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Needing new microphone cables. Mark makes a clarification. Carol talks about Dresden Lives! Talking about game licensing, open and otherwise. Looking back at the OGL. Probable futures? Book of the Wyrm Kickstarter.


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Dresden Lives (Evil Hat Productions)
Basic Dungeons and Dragons Article (Wizards of the Coast)
Deluxe W20 Book of the Wyrm (Onyx Path/Kickstarter)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Dungeon World (Sage Kobold Productions)
Carol:Fae Noir (Green Fairy Games)
Mags:Atlantis: The Second Age (Khepera Publishing)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes

Mags-The-Axe School of GMing 7 (Mmmmm, Fudge) (36:01)

Dean Mags and Professors Mark and Carol talk about fudging rolls: should it be done, who should do it, and why.


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