AGC 119 December 1st 2009 (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) (55:07)

With Mark Kinney, Mags, and James Edward Raggi IV. A discussion of gaming, inspirations, and the products of Lamentations of the Flame Princess in particular (Death Frost Doom, No Dignity In Death: The Three Brides, People of Pembrooktonshire, and The Grinding Gear).


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Random Esoteric Creature Generator For Classic Fantasy Role Playing Games And Their Modern Simulacra (Goodman Games)
Laura Jalo's DeviantArt Page
Lamentations of the Flame Princess
James' Blog


Promos
The Great Debate
J.C. Hutchins (7th Son: Descent)

AGC Feedback November 28 2009 (15:08)

Recorded November 24th, 2009, with Mark and Mags. Names get cleared up, zombie movies get watched the Steven King way, Mark enthuzes about Stargate, wrong numbers get called, Fringe Pirates and Bureau 13, Chill, and more on the new format.


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Dark Conspiracy (Wikipedia)
Fringeworthy Podcast
Tri Tac Games (Fringeworthy, Bureau 13)
Chill (OtherWorld Creations)
Empire Games (I Drank What?)


Promos
Narrative Control

AGC News November 26th 2009 (7:02)

With Mark and Mags. Monte Cook to write a Pathfinder adventure. FreeMarket beta is open. Gold Season 1 DVD raising funds. Steve Jackson Games developing some new dice games.


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Paizo Publishing (Pathfinder)
Project Donut (FreeMarket)
GOLD The Series
GOLD Season 1 DVD Club (Kickstarter)
Zombie Dice (Steve Jackson Games)
Cthulhu Dice (Steve Jackson Games)

AGC Feedback November 21 2009 (14:21)

Recorded November 10th, 2009. Mark and Mags cover feedback, including: Pirate vs Pirate coming in the near future, the Fringeworthy podcast, chunks, Old School gaming, swine flu, and the Stars being Right.


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Out of the Box Publishing (Ninja vs Ninja)
Fringeworthy Podcast
Fringeworthy (Tri Tac Games)
Myriad Games
Museum of Role Playing Games
LouisvilleRPG.Com
Bushido (Wikipedia)
Chivalry and Sorcery (Wikipedia)


Promos
Canon Puncture
Swing and a Miss

AGC Interview 2 (Ron Edwards) (15:08)

At GenCon 2009, Carol talked to Ron Edwards of the Forge.


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The Forge
Adept Press


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Podictionary

AGC 118 November 17th 2009 (A Hunting We Will Go Part 2) (28:39)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. A few notes before we continue. Hunting games with independent organizations, and otherwise.


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Apocalype Prevention Inc (Third Eye Games)
Hex Games (M-Force)
Ghostbusters (Wikipedia)
Inspectres (Memento-Mori Theatricks)
Chill (Wikipedia)
Margaret Weis Productions (Demon Hunters)
Dead Gentlemen Productions (Demon Hunters)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Eden Studios)
The Esoterrorists (Pelgrane Press)
Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium)
Cold City (Contested Ground Studios)
The Mountain Witch (Wikipedia)
Witch Hunter: The Invisible World (Paradigm Concepts)
Colonial Gothic (Rogue Games)
Demongate High (TremorWorks)
Arkham Horror (Fantasy Flight Games)
Zombie Fluxx (Looney Labs)



Promos
Canon Puncture
Solid Symbols

AGC News November 14th 2009 (11:35)

With Mark and Mags. A possible publishing target for the Dresden Files RPG? Settlements in the WotC Piracy case. Magnum Opus press to serialize Jonny Nexus' Game Night on EN World. MagiQuest. Monty Haul gaming tables.


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The Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions)
Jonny Nexus
Magnum Opus Press (Game Night)
EN World
MagiQuest
Monty Haul Gaming Tables

AGC 117 November 12th 2009 (A Hunting We Will Go Part 1) (24:15)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. Stargate: Universe and V. Some updates and an explaination of the new format, and the first half of a discussion of monster hunting games. We start with an extensive discussion of White Wolf's offerings, then moving on to Bureau 13, Delta Green, and Conspiracy X.


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Kicked in the Dicebags
White Wolf Game Studio (Hunter: The Reckoning, Hunter: The Vigil, et al)
Bureau 13: Stalking The Night Fantastic (Tri Tac Games)
Delta Green (Pagan Publishing)
Call of Cthulhu (Chaosium)
Conspiracy X (Eden Studios)



Promos
RPGPodcasts.com
The Babylon Podcast

AGC Interview 1 (Rick Maffei) (19:39)

In the first installment of All Games Considered's new format, Mark talks to Rick Maffei about the writing of Age of Cthulhu: Madness in London Town, horror, and playtesting.


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Age of Cthulhu: Madness In London Town (Goodman Games)
Jabberwock's Rest


Promos
7th Son: Descent (J.C. Hutchins)
Yog Radio

AGC 116 October 29th 2009 (Age of Cthulhu Interviews) (1:07:51)

With Mark Kinney and Carol. A little news. Carol interviews Brad and Jessica McDevitt (Interior art and layout for Age of Cthulhu), and Mark talks to Ken Hart and Mike Ferguson (Editor and writer for Age of Cthulhu 3: Shadows of Leningrad). The winners of the Bounty Head Bebop contest!


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Diaspora (VSCA Publishing)
Diaspora SRD
NeonCon
bySwarm
Fringeworthy Podcast
Alpha Omega Starter Bundle (Mind Storm Labs)
Age of Cthulhu (Goodman Games)
Brad McDevitt
Emerald Lich (Mike Ferguson's Blog)
Ken Hart's LiveJournal


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Ninjas vs Pirates
7th Son: Descent (J.C. Hutchins)
Zero Fortitude


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AGC 115 October 20th 2009 (36 Chambers of Big Damn Review Show) (1:31:44)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, Mags, and Steve. Getting right to business after an interesting week. Carol covers Goblin Markets. Mark talks Ninja vs Ninja. Mags brings us Pandemic. Mark revisits the world of Alpha Omega with The Encountered: Volume 1. Carol reviews Swords at Dawn. Mags talks about Dominion and Dominion: Intrigue. Steve steps in to talk about Geist: The Sin-Eaters. Feedback, and some impending format changes?


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White Wolf Game Studios (Goblin Markets, Swords at Dawn, Geist: The Sin-Eaters)
Ninja vs Ninja (Out of the Box)
Pandemic (Z-Man Games)
Pandemic Design Lecture (YouTube)
The Encountered: Volume 1 (Mind Storm Labs)
Rio Grande Games (Dominion and Dominion: Intrigue)
Jess Hartley's Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional (Flames Rising)
HyperiCon
Man About Town (+1 Sword Review)
Buzzcuts (+1 Sword Review)


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This Modern Death
The Gutter Skypes
International Detective Dragons From Outer Space
Order 66
Quarter Share (Nathan Lowell)


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AGC News October 15th 2009 (19:48)

With Mark, Mags, and Carol. Scott Rouse leaving Wizards of the Coast. An advance look at the Games 100 list. Goodman Games 3E "Stimulus Package." Chrysalis Revolt, a free game from Happy Bishop! Arcane Legions. voting is open for the Windhammer Prize. Mark's observation about Q-Workshop's efforts in conjunction with game companies. Skirmisher Press launches the Mythos Society. From the makers of 1960: Making of the President, the chance to relive the 2008 election as well!


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Scott Rouse leaves Wizards of the Coast (EN World)
Games Magazine
Games 100 List (Funagain.com)
Goodman Games Tradein Offer
Happy Bishop Games (The Chrysalis Revolt 2709 - 2710)
Arcane Legions (Wells Expeditions)
Windhammer Prize
Q-Workshop
Mythos Society (Skirmisher Press)
Campaign Manager 2008 (Z-Man Games)


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A More Intimate Horror: Our Ladies Of Sorrow

Our Ladies of Sorrow, written by Kevin Ross, published by Miskatonic River Press, 2009. www.miskatonicriverpress.com. 152 pages. $34.95 print. Review PDF provided.

Call of Cthulhu is, for good reason, a classic horror RPG, and long the standard by which others are measured. While the concept of investigating the strange and alien backgrounds of the Cthulhu Mythos is classic, on back to Lovecraft's tales and even before, Miskatonic River Press' Our Ladies of Sorrow reminds us it truly is a common element of a lot of horror tales, even the more personal ones presented within. Within the introduction, we see the tropes of such Japanese imports and adaptions as The Ring (Ringu) and The Grudge (Ju-On) set into far more familiar territory, and the Call of Cthulhu mechanics fit them like the layers of slime on a Deep One.

Like these stories, Our Ladies of Sorrow presents a trio of malevolent spirits, often equated with other mythical trios like the Fates, Furies, or Gorgons; we find at their core the Three Sisters, with their focus on the insane, outcast, and mournful. They are also connected to Hecate, or for a full Mythos injection the text even mentions Nyarlathotep, but even this isn't entirely necessary for the story to work, and this series (since, much as the text recommends, this works better interspersed with other stories than run concurrently as a campaign in and of itself) of modern-day horror tales is entirely self contained. Apart from a few possible uses of Mythos knowledge to help move things along in the adventures, the only other solid connection with mainline Call of Cthulhu is some commentary about using these scenarios with Delta Green. With that, we dive into the world of the Three Sisters, wherein we find not just the realm of the supernatural, but touches of our own modern mythologies.

In "House of Shadows," the investigators, in a small college town (left mostly open in the text, but the description of which reminded me very much of Bowling Green, Kentucky, home of my own alma mater -- all it took to fit was changing names and a few other facts), witness the death of an old man in the street. Connecting this to an old woman speaking to him right before the event, clues lead to his home, an old apartment building with a tragic past and an alarming number of "Night Hag" attacks among its population. That which drove the man to death has its grip on others around him, and maybe even an investigator or two before it's over. This scenario not only deals in its own mystery, but sets up the investigators to be pulled into future events.

"Desert of Sighs" places the action firmly in northwestern Arizona, where a group of college students are missing in a stretch of the Mojave Desert known for attracting those seeking spiritual fulfillment, and also for disappearances of those who have entered. Brought to the area to help in the search, the investigators find themselves confronted with the reappearance of the one they went to find, but his friends still lost in the mazes and formations of the Desert of Sighs. With a definite tinge of "otherness" about it, this scenario demands the most pushing by the Keeper to get the group to the meat of the story, but does its best to provide those means from a number of directions.

"River of Tears" takes place in a small river town (the fictional Baleford, Illinois in the text, but any smallish midwestern river town with a sizable Hispanic population will work) haunted by the ghostly child-killer La Llorona. Called in by a contact from a prior scenario, and specifically called out by the ghost itself, the investigators must face this threat to themselves and the children of the town, amid the heightened tension of impending storm and flood.

"The Final Cut" is an epilogue, where the investigators learn more about the background of the Sisters, and come to face a horrific choice.

Each scenario sets the scene, describes the players, and points to an act structure, leaving the Keeper to shape the specifics depending on investigator action and other needs. Connections abound in the adventures, with dreams and events pointing to aspects of future scenarios and the epilogue, and the subsequent scenarios calling back to that old apartment building where the investigators first came to the Sisters' attention. Keepers might struggle a little with the small details, making sure the clues find their way into the investigators' paths, but this allows for the more direct attention the vengeful ghost genre demands, and this series benefits immensely from that kind of careful work.

Additional materials include two new spells, six pages of the handouts expected of a Call of Cthulhu adventure, suggested reading and other media, and a story that inspired (and is mentioned within) this adventure series, Thomas De Quincey's "Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow."

Our Ladies of Sorrow presents a nice break from the cosmically indifferent entities of more classical tales, and for the Keeper of Arcane Lore looking for something with a slightly different flavor, its intimately creepy series of modern Cthulhu stories is well worth checking out.

Want to learn more about Our Ladies of Sorrow? Read
on...

• Atomic Array: Our Ladies of Sorrow (Atomic Array 033)


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• All Games Considered: A More Intimate Horror


• Apathy Blogs: Modern Maidens of Myth


• Critical Hits: Modern Gaming Scary Women


• Gnome Stew: by Matthew Neagley


• Bartleby: Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow

Drop by Miskatonic River Press today!

AGC 114 October 6th 2009 (Gaming From The Past In The Future!) (1:26:58)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Illness, Carol's class reunion, and d20 stats for nice shoes. Mark's adventure in the RPG.net Other Media Fantasy Wrestling Draft, and fictional pursuits. Podcast appearances. Old School and the retroclone! What is Old School? Games You May Never Have Heard Of: Mutant Future! Mark reviews some products from Lamentations of the Flame Princess (No Dignity In Death: The Three Brides, People of Pembrooktonshire, and Death Frost Doom). Mags is creeped out by a conflation of horror inspirations. Retroclone games. Reminiscing on old school gaming experiences, and both original and clones. Wrapping up with the legal questions. Shooting FRED. Need some more Bounty Head Bebop entries. In the future, stuff is coming.


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Tales of the Children (P.G. Holyfield)
Amorphous Blobcast
The Great Debate
War Pig Radio
Quick Primer for Old School Gaming (Lulu)
Mutant Future (Goblinoid Games)
Random Esoteric Creature Creator (Goodman Games)
Lamentations of the Flame Princess (No Dignity in Death, People of Pembrooktonshire, Death Frost Doom)
Traveller Reprints (Far Future Enterprises)
Traveller (Mongoose Publishing)
Empire of the Petal Throne (RPGNow)
Meanwhile...
HackMaster 4th (Kenzer and Company)
HackMaster Basic (Kenzer and Company)
Epées & Sorcellerie
Microlite74
Microlite20
Searchers of the Unknown
Castles and Crusades (Troll Lord Games)
Swords and Wizardry (Mythmere Games)
Basic Fantasy Role Playing Game
Labyrinth Lord (Goblinoid Games)
Old School Reference and Index Compilation (OSRIC)
Tiny AD&D Book Information
Mazes and Minotaurs
Spellcraft and Swordplay
ZeFRS
4C System
Basic Roleplaying (Chaosium)
Generic Old School Roleplaying Engine (RPGNow/Goblinoid Games)
Dragonsfoot
Knights and Knaves Alehouse
OSRIC Legal Stuff Mark Mentioned (EN World)
Will Hero RPG stop a bullet? (YouTube)

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Canon Puncture
Hamishakia
Solid Symbols
Podictionary


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AGCExtra 33 October 3rd 2009 (Bounty Head Bebop and Talismania Revised Part 2) (25:22)

Carol sits down with J.P. deHanaut to discuss Bounty Head Bebop, new rules, supplements, and a new ruleset to add to the spacefaring fun or to play on its own. Chris Heim and Logan Masterson follow up with Talismania Revised! Part 2: The Reaper!


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Bounty Head Bebop (Heroic Journey Publishing)
Talisman (Fantasy Flight Games)
Talisman Pics


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AGCExtra 32 October 1st 2009 (Looking Ahead to NeonCon 2009) (33:23)

Mark talks to Doug Daulton of NeonCon, in Las Vegas, Nevada, about planned activities and their GamesU "Unconference." For those listeners who might attend, there is talk of a promo code in there as well...


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AGC News September 30th 2009 (12:10)

With Mark, Mags, and Carol. Somehow we mention the Soul Train YouTube Channel. Ultramarines, a Warhammer 40K movie! A digression on celebrity gamers. Dominion wins more awards. Catalyst Game Labs rolling out Retail Electronic Delivery, bringing online and your local game store closer together! NECA picks up WizKids, Clix, and Pirates! Days of Wonder's Small World design contest winners! +1 Sword Comedy Show in Melbourne (for our Australian listeners).


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Soul Train YouTube Channel
Ultramarines
Dominion (Rio Grande Games)
Catalyst Retail Online Delivery
National Entertainment Collectibles Association buys WizKids Properties
Days of Wonder Small World Design Contest Winners
+1 Sword (Melbourne Fringe Festival)


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Mark and Ben appear on another podcast...

In particular, the Amorphous Blobcast -- the episode they recorded, and that Ben and I sat in for, at GenCon got posted today. If you happen upon this post late, it's Episode 40 (as I post this, it's at the top of their page).

Their show is explicit-tagged in iTunes, but I don't recall things getting too terribly out of hand at this particular recording. It has been a month or so, though, so take requisite care if this matters to you. Otherwise, please feel free to check it out!

Amorphous Blobcast

Watch Out For... Blogging!

We've teased on numerous recent episodes that we may start publishing regular blog content here, and we have in fact posted an item or two in the past, mostly with regard to product reviews.

I'm hoping to have a regular column (whether weekly or fortnightly yet to be determined) ready to start in early October. Carol and Mags are also mulling ideas, which I hope to present to our listeners and readers soon. In addition, we'll try putting more detailed reviews here as well, at least apart from the Big Damn Review Shows, which would require quite the series of blog posts...

In short, though, keep an eye out!

AGC 113 September 22 2009 (GenCon 2009's Last Revenge) (1:03:53)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Talking about interviews, reunions, birthdays and True Blood. Incoming reviews! Contests, we have contests (including the "Mags' Stuff for a Logo" contest). A call for help to Spider Robinson fans. RPG Buffet: The End d20! Mark talks to Chris Engle of Hamster Press and Kevin Allen Jr., creator of Sweet Agatha, and Carol talks to Jeremy Keller, creator of Chronica Feudalis. Feedback! A Labyrinth Lord-related zine, response to Talismania Revised, and offers to help test some gaming myths (and a call for more)! A little bit on Disney buying Marvel before we check out.

From the RPG Buffet:
Since the game was a post-apocalyptic setting, the Buffet decided to focus on foods that one might find while scavenging for food after the collapse of civilization. To that end, our appetizers were made from shelf-stable products: potted meat spread over crackers, canned fruit, etc. For our main dish, we opted for a classic Kentucky Burgoo, a hunter's stew made from ingredients that one might forage while out in the deep woods hunting game. None of us hunt, but venison and rabbit are readily available through farmer's markets and natural food stores.

KENTUCKY BURGOO (serves 8)

3 pounds pound mixed meats (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, game such as squirrel, etc.)
3 cups chicken broth
2 cups beef broth
2 cups water
1 large onion, diced
4 stalks celery, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 large potatoes, diced
4 large carrots, diced
1 cup peas
1 cup yellow corn
1 cup lima beans
1/2 cup okra
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 can (29 ounce size) tomato puree
1 can (14.5 ounce size) diced tomatoes
salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Layer ingredients in slow cooker, starting with meat and liquids and ending with tomatoes. Cover and cook on low heat for 8-9 hours until meats and vegetables are tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. If using chicken or other meat with bones, remove from slow cooker, let cool, and remove chicken from bones. Cut meat into bite size pieces and return to slow cooker.


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Heroic Journey Publishing
Bounty Head Bebop (Heroic Journey Publishing)
Link to Bounty Head Bebop Review Episode
Spider Robinson
Info for Jeanne Robinson donations
Spider Robinson Book Links
The End d20 (RPG.net)
Kevin Allen Jr. (Sweet Agatha)
Hamster Press
Matrix Game Yahoo Group
Chronica Feudalis
Chronica Feudalis Character Sheets
The Forge
Switching To Guns (The Labyrinth Lord-based Zine)
Talisman Island


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The GutterSkypes
Into The Dark
Adventures of Indiana Jim


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