AGC 130 May 25th 2010 (Live For Five!) (1:18:51)

With Mark Kinney, Carol and Mags. Five years, not five episodes. Technical difficulties with UStream, or the local router, or something. A lot of Dresen Files is going down. Shopping. HyperiCon! Obituaries for Frank Franzetta and J. Eric Holmes (and Ronnie James Dio). Thanks for helping spread the word (and the Fringeworthy podcast, although unmentioned in the show, helped as well). Reviews: Mark talks about d20 Fringeworthy, and Carol looks at the Goodman Games Dragonborn book. As we move to the less structured part of the episode, Mags confuses Gordon Litefoot and George Thorogood. How AGC got started. LARP stuff. Changes in the industry through the years. AGC highlights (and lowlights) from Big Damn Review Shows to Shaken Not Stirred. Why Mags The Axe? An upcoming All Flesh Must Be Eaten game. Feedback! Giving away an autographed champaign cork to a lucky chatroom inhabitant for no reaily apparent reason. Live again for New Years? The longest "blooper reel" EVAR!


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2010 RPG Podcast Listener Survey


Show links
Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions)
HyperiCon
The Gamer's Haven Podcast
Zero Fortitude
The Great Debate
Fringeworthy (Tri Tac Games)
Fringeworthy Podcast
Dragonborn (Goodman Games)
Traveller Article (Tor.com)
Paperkraft
Papercraft World
Canon Creative Park
Pepakura Designer (Tamasoft)
The Horror Game
Forbidden Island video review (BoardGameNews/YouTube)
Playing D&D With Porn Stars
I Hit It With My Axe (The Escapist)


Promos
KantCon
PodCulture

AGC News May 20th 2010 (25:41)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Live for Five, complete with Chat Room input! Catalyst Corrections. Mutants and Masterminds Third Edition! Hellas: Princes of the Universe ransom. Talislanta going up for free! GUMSHOE supplement licensing. Looney Labs goes Back To The Future! Two stores worth of Munchkin revisions and reprints! Reserve a pre-release Pirate Versus Pirate! Privateer Press brings Voltron to the table! First ever North American LARP summit at WyrdCon! Mensa Mind Game Awards. Games Workshop strikes again! GOLD: Night of the Zombie King!


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Show links
Catalyst Update from April 21st
Mutants and Masterminds (Green Ronin)
Hellas: Princes of the Universe (Kickstarter)
Talislanta
GUMSHOE Supplement Licensing (Pelgrane Press)
Looney Labs Back To The Future Announcement
Space Hulk: Death Angel (Fantasy Flight Games)
Munchkin (Steve Jackson Games)
Revolution! The Palace (Steve Jackson Games)
Out of the Box Publishing (Pirate Versus Pirate)
Privateer Press Voltron: Defender of the Universe announcement
Monsterpocalypse (Privateer Press)
WyrdCon/North American LARP Summit
KublaCon
Mensa Mind Games
Games Workshop
GOLD: The Series Announcement: Night of the Zombie King

2010 Podcast Listener Survey (RPGPolls.com)

Live for Five!

Tomorrow is the big day (or today, if you're reading this on Tuesday...)

This is the place.

We'll crank up the works starting around 8pm Eastern time (or Midnight starting into the 19th, UTC, if I'm reading that right), start with some reviews, then settle down for a look back at the last five years, and maybe try getting some special guests in on the fun.

Hope to see you there!

AGC Interview 3 (E. From Geek's Dream Girl) (29:26)

Mark and Mags talk to E. of Geek's Dream Girl, discussing online dating profiles, the writing thereof, fixing up Keith Baker, some upcoming events at Origins and GenCon (with a deal for ladies who take part in E.'s "speed dating" event), and Great Dates in 50 States.


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Show links
Geek's Dream Girl
Critial Hits
Freak Revolution
SynDCon
Geek Speed Dating at GenCon 2010 & More Reasons To Go To Indy
Geek Speed Dating at GenCon: How Will It Work?
Origins Events
GenCon Registration
Origins Game Fair


Promos
Murder At Avedon Hill (P.G. Holyfield)

AGC 129 May 11th 2010 (There's An App For That) (59:44)

With Mark Kinney, Carol and Mags. Best wishes for our listeners affected by the floods a few weeks ago. Website revamp. EBook special delayed due to upcoming Kindle updates. P.G. Holyfield's Murder at Avedon Hill coming out this month. Live show coming! A shout out to Order 66! Tonight's topic: electronic gaming aids. PDFs: the good and the bad! And not just documents! Minis, terrain, and floorplans! Planners and character sheets. Applications, both web and portable. iPlay4E. Masterplan. PCGen. InitTracker. Avandra. A few Android apps. The philosophical implications of zero-sided dice. Soundboards. A couple of legacy apps for the Palm: D&D Helper and DicePro! More to come in other episodes! Fan-made versus official.


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Show links
2010 RPG Podcast Listener Survey
P.G. Holyfield (Murder at Avedon Hill)
Order 66 (d20 Radio)
All Games Considered Ustream Page
Microtactix (Budget Battlefields and 21st Century Heroes)
Modern Floorplans Volume 1: Office Spaces (Fabled Environments on RPGNow)
Modern Floorplans: Adnap Memorial Gardens (Fabled Environments on RPGNow)
Ronin Arts (Campaign Planners)
Mr. Gone's Character Sheets
iPlay4E
Masterplan
PCGen
InitTracker Initiative Tracker
Google Gears (for InitTracker)
Avandra Dice Manager (Greglabs)
D&D Helper
DicePro (Rival Game Labs)


Promos
Zero Fortitude
Safe Haven Podcast

AGC Feedback May 8 2010 (19:08)

AGC Feedback May 8 2010 (19:08)

Recorded May 4th, 2010, with Mark, Carol, and Mags. Drunk dial (?) from the 610. Looking up the voicemail number. What is "old school?" More Doctor Who (SPOILER ALERT FOR "THE END OF TIME"). RPG Buffet thoughts. Congrats and well wishes for Carol. More RPG Buffet talk. Fighting Fantasy iPhone Apps! Live for Five!


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Show links
RPG Buffet: A Year of D&D
Fighting Fantasy iPhone Apps (iTunes Link)


Promos
The Weird Show

AGC News May 6th 2010 (26:27)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Updates on the Catalyst situation. Green Ronin picks up DC license! Wizards brings D&D for the younger player with Monsterslayers! Lords of Gossamer and Shadow. A discussion of patronage. Pelgrane renews Dying Earth license! Goblinoid Games brings back Starships and Spacemen! Survive! returning, and remembering old Parker Brothers games. Plans for Septimus! RPG.Net seeks iPhone app developers! A little iPad chatter at getting toward the end. Live 5th Anniversary show coming!


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Show links
Geek Related posts on Catalyst situation
Geek Related posts on Catalyst situation
Wildfire LLC blog post
Green Ronin (The eventual DC Adventures)
Mutants and Masterminds (Green Ronin)
RPG.net Post about DC Heroes
Monsterslayers: The Heroes of Hesiod (Wizards of the Coast)
Lords of Gossamer and Shadow patronage project (Rite Publishing)
Dying Earth RPG (Pelgrane Press)
Starships and Spacemen (Goblinoid Games, via RPGNow)
Stronghold Games (Survive: Escape from Atlantis)
Bill Coffin's post on Septimus at WEGFansite
RPG.Net iPhone App Announcement
2010 Podcast Listener Survey (RPGPolls.com)

AGC Going Live for Five!

Longtime listeners will no doubt be aware that All Games Considered is approaching it's five-year anniversary! If you had ever told me it would last this long...

Well, anyway.

We're celebrating with a live show, to run over UStream, on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010, starting at 8pm Eastern time. We expect to do a few reviews, and then reminisce on the last five years, and hope our listeners, past as well as current, will join us! The audio, of course, will go out about a week later.

We're still ironing out a few technical details, so please check back to see what the final process and URL and all will be. In the meantime, if you're a podcaster, we hope you'll play this less-than-30-second promo (it's going out over the feed as well) if you have a show dropping between now and the 18th.

Thank you again, everyone out there -- we couldn't do this without you!

RPG Buffet 8 (Second Helping: Aberrant) (18:58)

With Mags and the RPG Buffet. Guest GM Josh brings a session of White Wold's supers game, Aberrant.


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Show links
Aberrant (Wikipedia)
White Wolf Game Studio

AGC 128 April 27th 2010 (Share and Share Alike) (47:54)

With Mark Kinney, Carol and Mags. ConGlomeration updates. Future convention plans, and Mark wants your GenCon floor space! Bounty Head Bebop contest update. Ning forums will be closing. An aside about Pathfinder. Sharing narration and world building. Examples, from traditional to story games, and from character to scene based to building a setting. An aside on PC betrayal. Similarities with things already in traditional gaming. Setting boundries (the whole "lines and veils" thing).


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Show links
ConGlomeration
Death Frost Doom (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
Fiasco (Bully Pulpit Games)
CthulhuTech (Wildfire LLC)
HyperiCon
All Games Considered Facebook Page
FATE (Evil Hat)
Primetime Adventures (Dog-Eared Designs)
Shab-al-Hiri Roach (Bully Pulpit Games)


Promos
RPG Buffet: A Year of Dungeons & Dragons
KantCon

AGC Feedback April 24 2010 (30:52)

Recorded April 6th and 20th, 2010, with Mark, Carol, and Mags. That's right, two feedback shows for the price of one! +1 Sword reviews. Doctor Who review commentary (with an aside on fanfic and crossovers). Bang! The Bullet Edition. Opening with feedback part two, Ning is ending free services, so the forums are departing once again. Tri Tac and the hobby history episode. Bring back Greg! FATE character generation. More on Jungle Speed! AGC's romantic reputation. The extent of AGC's fan enthusiasm. The purpose of podcasting. Congrats for Carol. Awful Library Books!


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Show links
Roll For Initiative
+1 Sword Review (The Enthusiast)
+1 Sword Review (Australian Comedy Review)
Bang: The Bullet Edition (Mayfair Games/daVinci Games)
All Games Considered Facebook Page
Tri Tac Games
This Just In From GenCon!
Awful Library Books


Promos
Open Design Podcast
Bear Swarm

AGC News April 22nd 2010 (25:05)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Gaming doing well in the recession. Some discussion of what the numbers may or may not mean. Wizards cracking down on fake tournaments in Alabama. New D&D comics! West End Games closing up shop. Erick Wujcik Diceless patronage project! Mongoose exploring the Star Wars license? Double Zero! A Conclave of Wyrms recall. Asmodee updates. Another look at the state of the hobby. Knights of the Dinner Table seeing writers! Livingstone and Jackson to attend UK Games Expo!


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Show links
About Internal Correspondence (ICv2)
Wizards of the coast fake tournament lawsuit (ICv2)
Dungeons and Dragons comics (Comic Book Resources)
WEG: This is the End (Stargazer's World)
Erick Wujcik's Diceless Role-Playing (Rite Publishing)
Double Zero (Unclebear)
Conclave of Wyrms Recall thread (Board Game Geek)
Asmodee Editions US Site
I-CON
Michael Tresca's State of the Industry coverage (RPG Examiner)
Knights of the Dinner Table (Kenzer and Company)
UK Games Expo
Fighting Fantasy

RPG Buffet 7 (Year of D&D Part 3: 2nd Edition AD&D in Greyhawk) (14:51)

With Mags and the RPG Buffet. Mags runs 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons for the RPG Buffet, with an adventure set in Greyhawk.

Here is John's lamb stew recipe:

Ingredients:
1 large onion, chopped (or substitute 2 tablespoons of Hing)
3.5 tablespoons of olive oil
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 pounds boneless lamb for stew, cut into 2" cubes
2 tablespoons sugar
3 cans (14.5 ounces each) beef broth
3 tablespoons tomato paste
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh chopped thyme leaves
1 tablespoon fresh chopped rosemary leaves
2 bay leaves
1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into 2" chunks
1 pound potatoes, cut into 2" chunks
1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas

Cook and stir onion in 1.5 teaspoons olive oil in large skillet over medium heat until clarified. Add to slow cooker. (For those with onion allergies, skip this step).

Mix flour with salt and pepper in large bowl. Dredge lamb in flour mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add lamb. (For those with onion allergies, also add Hing). Cook lamb until browned on all sides. Add sugar. Mix well to coat meat. Cook several more minutes until meat is carmelized. Add to slow cooker.

Add broth to skillet and boil over high heat, scraping sides and bottom of pan to loosen browned bits. Add tomato paste, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaves. Stir to combine. Pour over meat mixture in slow cooker.

Add potatoes and carrots. Cover. Cook on LOW for 6 to 8 hours or HIGH for 3 to 4 hours; or until vegetable and lamb are tender.

Add peas and cook 30 minutes more. Remove and discard bay leave before serving.


and Misty's Venison Stew:

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 pounds venison stew meat
3 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1 tablespoon salt
3 cups water

Cook in pressure cooker for 60 minutes at 15 lbs pressure. Then add:
7 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
1 pound carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces

Cooked at pressure for another 25 minutes.

Finally, combine flour and water. Stir into the stew to thicken. Remove bay leaf before serving.


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Show links
2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (Wikipedia)
Greyhawk (Wikipedia)

AGC 127 April 13th 2010 (Greg Poehlein and Origins Awards) (45:43)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, Mags, and Greg Poehlein. Glad to be back at ConGlom (and to have more audience!). A few special guests in the audience. Greg Poehlein's gaming history, from Metagaming and FASA's Star Trek to Microtactix! Questions on game design. The Origins Awards -- or as many as we could fit into the remainder of the one-hour panel, with our picks! A suprise moment.


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Show links
Microtactix
Origins Nominees (Tabletop Gaming News)
Origins Game Fair


Promos
The Gutter Skypes

Repost for the April 3rd Feedback Show

We had a glitch with the feedback show posting in the feed, so here it is again.

Download it here!

AGC News April 8th 2010 (22:06)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. We're recording at ConGlomeration... at some point on Friday. The GAMA summary: the return of HeroClix (with an apparent Blackest Night spoiler), and other new games. Wizards' new Red Box, and more games in general! PAX East a success. GenCon Indy event preregistration opens real soon now! A new edition of Tsuro (and the creation of Funfair)! Tinhouse's gaming articles. The hazards of news gathering in early April. Masks of Nyarlathotep, a Companion, and some goodies from Yog-Sothoth.com! Mark briefly grouses about Changes' non-availability on the Kindle before Carol talks of the Dresden Files RPG Preorder. iPad versions of Small World and Money. Troll Lord Games launches a YouTube channel!


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Show links
WizKids/NECA (HeroClix et al)
Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set (Wizards of the Coast)
Lone Shark Games (Dust and Sin)
Alderac Entertainment Group (Mad Zeppelin, Thunderstone)
Super Genius Games
PAX East
Wil Wheaton's PAX East Keynote (BoardGameNews)
GenCon Indy
Funfair (ICv2 Article)
Tinhouse Literary Magazine (Current as of 4/08/10)
Rio Grande Games News
Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu, Masks of Nyarlathotep etc)
Yog-Sothoth.com
Dresden Files RPG Preorder Information (Evil Hat)
Troll Lord Games' YouTube Channel

AGC Feedback April 3 2010 (25:27)

Recorded March 23rd, 2010, with Mark and Mags. A little about Lady Blackbird. A Manhattan Ghost Story. Acquire's national origins. Reminsicing about the hobby. Player hate. Conventions and podcasting.


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Show links
Lady Blackbird (One Seven Design)
Solar Wiki
A Manhattan Ghost Story (Amazon)
Postcards From The Dungeon

AGC 126 March 30th 2010 (126th Edition) (59:33)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, Mags, and Steve. First, the AGC music minute as Mark discovers the Lord Weird Slough Feg's Traveller album, and Mags got up permission to play Sean Moron's "Pretend With Dice." Talking editions. Why a new edition of a game? Why not? Editions over the years. What might attract or repel you from a given edition? A look back at the 1995 TSR Code of Ethics.


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Show links
Slough Feg's Traveller (Wikipedia)
Slaine RPG (Wikipedia)
Sean Moron's MySpace (Pretend With Dice)
TSR Code of Ethics (Grognardia)
Hays Production Code (Wikipedia)
Comics Code Authority (Wikipedia)


Promos
WIP
Amorphous Blobcast

RPG Buffet: A Year of D&D Promo (1:04)

The promo for the RPG Buffet's big Year of Dungeons and Dragons event. Let us know if you play it!

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AGC News March 25th 2010 (29:42)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Trouble at Catalyst Game Labs. Reports from Steve Jackson Games and Crafty Games. SpyCraft Third Edition. A Keg For Dragon. White Wolf's Grand Masquerade. Cubicle 7 recruiting for their demo teams, and releasing a Laundry Files game. Margaret Weis Productions is bringing Leverage to your tabletop. Steve Kenson takes another stab at the supers genre with ICONS. Fantasy Flight announces Deathwatch! DriveThruRPG begins convention support. I Hit It With My Axe (with an impromptu aside on a little controversy). Geek Chic's 2010 Tour. Jess Hartley's Shattered Glass Project.


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Show links
Catalyst Game Labs
Steve Jackson Games Stakeholders Report
Crafty Games (Spycraft, FantasyCraft)
Crafty Games State of the Company
A Keg For Dragon (Reality Blurs) (DriveThruRPG)
The Grand Masquerade
Cubicle 7 (The Laundry)
Department 7 Recruitment (Cubicle 7)
Leverage (Margaret Weis Productions)
Leverage Quickstart (DriveThruRPG)
ICONS (Adamant Entertainment)
Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games)
DriveThruRPG (Find Convention Support link at bottom left)
Playing D&D With Pornstars
I Hit It With My Axe (Escapist Magazine)
Geek Chic
+1 Sword (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
Dungeon Crawl (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
Tripod vs the Dragon (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
The Shattered Glass Project (Jess Hartley)