AGC 185 May 30th 2014 (Origins Stories) (36:25)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. ConGlom for Carol. No videos from Mark yet. An RPG Buffet update. We get a little punchy before getting into the Origins Award nominees! Evolution Kickstarter. The Strange.


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2014 Origins Awards Nominees (ICV2)
Evolution (Kickstarter)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:2012 Star Fleet Battles Master Rulebook (Amarillo Design Bureau)
Carol:Dragon Slayers Fiasco Playset (Bully Pulpit Games)
Mags:Achtung! Cthulhu: Kontamination (Modiphius Publishing)


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d6 Generation

AGC News Late May 2014 (33:37)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags.

Release dates finally set for new edition of Dungeons and Dragons!


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Escapist Magazine: D&D Unveils Release Dates and Details
Wizards.com: WotC Sues Cryptozoic Over 'Hex' TCG
Threshold Podcast: Magic-Hex Mix
Official Statement from Cryptozoic Entertainment in Response WotC's Allegations
BoardGameGeek.com: 2014 Spiel des Jahres Nominees
Wil Wheaton's Reddit AMA
FFG's Post Seeking Marketing Coordinator
LINKEE web site
Cards Against Humanity: '90s Nostalgia Pack
North Star Games Kickstarter project for Evolution
Dark Dungeons premieres at GenCon! You can see the full trailer here.
HappyMeal.com: Pokemon info
New York Times: High Tech Push Has Board Games Rolling Again
Lance Armstrong's Tweets His Cards Against Humanity Hand
Escapist: D&D Slot Machines
Escapist: PWNMEAL Extreme Gaming Oatmeal!!!
LeaderTelegram.com: 'Toy gun game causing alarm among schools, police'
AGC Extra 25 (Nov. 1st, 2008)

AGC News May 19 2014 (35:18)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags.


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2014 Mensa Mind Games Winners:
Gravwell, from Cryptozooic
Qwixx, from Gamewright
Pyramixx, from Gamewright
The Duke, from Catalyst Game Labs
Euphoria, from Stonemaier Games

Kickstarter page for the Asylum Playing Cards that trigged the lawsuit

D20 Attack Combat App from Orc Labs

Nordic LARP book free download, via the University of Tampere

Democratic Congression Campaign Committee's Sick 'N Broke web site

Candidate Jake Rush Defends Role-Playing Hobby

AGC News Late April 2014 (37:51)

With Mark and Mags. RIP Dave Trampier, and AGC's condolences to his loved ones. CCP ends 'WoD' MMO production. 2014 World Chess Championship news!
GAMA Trade Show attendance is up, and results from a global game industry survey. Tabletop's crowdfunding season 3. 'Walking Dead' board game Kickstarter canceled but what about distribution? Update from the million-dollar tabletop Kickstarter project front. WotC's first-ever multiplayer-focused booster set! FFG's 2014 Summer Organized Play Kits. Licensing news from Upper Deck. 'Hanabi' sales top 106,000. AEG's 'Seventh Hero'card game, and another 'Munchkin' expansion. Next 'D&D Encounters' launches May 10-11. Green Ronin releases, including Freeport for Pathfinder! Adventure MAXIMUS! from Eden Studios! 'The Collective' storyline Organized Play for Star Trek: Attack Wing. MERCS Miniatures Kickstarter comes to trade. Monopoly house rules to gain official recognition. Mags and Mark analyze the new official Scrabble word.



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Scott Thorne's announcement about Dave Trampier
Fan-maintained archive of Wormy cartoons
Trampier's Self-Portrait on the AD&D GM Screen
Info on Trampier's Titan board game

Onyx Path Statement on the CCP layoffs
http://www.purplepawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/PP-2013-GIS.pdf : Address for PurplePawn.com 2013 Game Industry Survey
Indiegogo Fundraiser for wil Wheaton's 'Tabletop' Show

Slate article - "The Surprisingly Realistic Economics of Monopoly's 'House Rules.'"
CAZIQUES
XANTHOMA
ZIGGURAT

AGC 184 April 24th 2014 (ConGlomeration 2014 and More) (1:07:26)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. DriveThruRPG picks first due to battery dying. ConGlomeration talk. Mark's video talk. 9th anniversary and the ENnies. An actual chef at the Buffet? Mark recommends review shows, and Mags talks up her crocheted dice bag. ConGlomeration segment featuring Mark, Carol, Steve, Carinn Seabolt and William Thrasher. What people are doing. Justice in Life. William's LARPs. Giving away Hellas books! Congrats to Max! More general talk about getting started gamin, Justice in Life, LARP resolution, and painting minis.


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ConGlomeration
Todd in the Shadows
Atop the Fourth Wall
Jeremy Tangman's GoFundMe
Kettle of Fish Productions
The Meddler's Multipurpose Maps: Cavern of The Crimson Cult (Kettle of Fish Productions/DriveThruRPG)
SequelCast
dInfinity Live
Medusa's Guide for Gamer Girls (IndieGoGo)
Evil Beagle Games
Shaintar
Hellas: Worlds of Sun and Stone (Khepera Publishing)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Dork Decade (Dork Storm Publishing)
Mags:RPG Rating System (Critical Hit Publishing)


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Star Trek: Outpost

AGC Interview 29 (Legendary Mythic Mania) (39:57)

Mark speaks with Rachel Ventura and Jason Nelson from Legendary Games about their new Kickstarter for their Mythic level Pathfinder books, the Mythic Spell Compendium, Mythic Monster Manual, and Mythic Hero's Handbook.


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Legendary Games
Mythic Mania: Three Mythic Rulebooks for Pathfinder RPG (Kickstarter)
Legendary Games on Facebook
Legendary Games on Google+
Paizo Message Boards
Legendary Games on DriveThruRPG

We tried to make a link for the sample mentioned in the episode, but Feedburner decided to encapsulate that instead of the episode itself. Therefore, we put it into text without a link here:
http://www.makeyourgamelegendary.com/kickstarter/Previews/Mythic%20Preview%20-%20Succubus.pdf


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AGC 183 April 7th 2014 (Yeah, That REM Song) (55:02)

With Mark Kinney and Carol. Mags absent leading into Conglomeration. AGC Almost Live! DC goes well, as does Starships and Spacemen, and Mark may or may not be reading The God-Machine Chronicle. The video show development continues. DriveThru picks, into the apocalypse! What is apocalyptic/post-apocalyptic? Apocalypse on the way (aka remembering On The Beach). Existing games, and a couple of general books to help out. Stopping the apocalypse. Mark loves The Omen. Other People's Apocalypses (apocalypsi?). Kickstarters! Mark calls for games to review on the video show while looking for feedback. Accessibility comments. Games! Looking forward to ConGlomeration.


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ConGlomeration
CORPS Down In Flames (BTRC/DriveThru)
GURPS Y2K (Steve Jackson Games/e23/Warehouse23)
American Blackout (YouTube)
Faire Play Barbie Compatible 3d Printed Medieval Armor (Kickstarter)
1st and Goal Digital Football Game (Kickstarter)
Bethorn: The Plane of Tekumel (Kickstarter)
Jorune (Museum of Role Playing Games)
Ehdrigohr Gazeteer Preview (DriveThruRPG)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Atlantis: The Second Age (Khepera Publishing)
Carol:Tribe 8 Rulebook First Edition (Dream Pod 9)


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The Gutter Skypes

AGC News Early April 2014 (30:56)

With Mark Kinney and Carol.


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The Dysphagia Game
Enter the 2014 One-Page Dungeon Contest!
Ecapist.com's article on McGinnis' Cruel Doubt
The Economist: To understand war, American officials are playing board games
Clash of Arms: Persion Incursion
ForeignPolicy.com article on Orange Crush
Bayonet Games: Orange Crush - War in the Ukraine
Tacoma News-Tribune: 'Appeal of board games takes off among South Sound retailers, local gamers'

AGC 182 March 31st 2014 (D&D Memories) (1:24:25)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, Mags, and Special Guest Husband Steve. A dedication to departed fellow podcaster Derek Rex. Mags' 40K experience. Buffet changes. We have Atlantis: The Second Age! Mags won't be at the ConGlomeration recording. We're doing something for International Tabletop Day! D&D Memories! First encounters with D&D. The Satanic Panic. The cartoon. First games. Making characters. Dragon magazine. Crazy gaming. Tales of dragon slaying. Favorite character types. Injuries. Dan Harmon pitching a D&D movie with Seth Rogan and Patton Oswalt? Mark's movie review show may have a name. QI. Ingress.


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In Memory of Derek Rex (Pulp Gamer)
Atlantis: The Second Age (Khepera Publishing)
ConGlomeration
International Tabletop Day
The Louisville Game Shop
RPG Buffet: A Year of Dungeons and Dragons
Dan Harmon at SxSW (Youtube)
That Guy With The Glasses (Nostalgia Critic, Cinema Snob, etc)
Ingress
30 Greatest D&D Adventures of All Time (Grognardia)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:D&D Basic Set (B/X Edition) (Wizards of the Coast)
Carol:Magic of Faerun 3rd Edition (Wizards of the Coast)
Steve: Mutants and Masterminds Supernatural Handbook (Green Ronin Publishing)
Mags:Spelljammer (Wizards of the Coast)
Also:B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (Wizards of the Coast)


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The Tome Show

AGC 181 March 18th 2014 (Off The Beaten Path) (58:08)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. Some highly outdated weather talk. Mark went to ConCave. Mags didn't like her electric bill, but will be trying a 40K game with the Buffet! Settings: Accessable, Marketable, and yet Different? The mechanical side. It even applies to board games! Table-beating feedback. Is Mark going to launch a video review show?


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Castle Perilous
Nyambe: African Adventures (Atlas Games)
Tekumel
Retrospective: Skyrealms of Jorune (Grognardia)
Against The Dark Yogi (Kickstarter)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Hillfolk (Pelgrane Press)
Mags:Ninja Burger the RPG 2nd Edition (Aethereal Forge)
Also:Sathar Destroyer Technical Manual (Frontier Explorer)


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The Tome Show

AGC News Late March 2014 (21:31)

With Mark, Carol, Mags, and Special Guest Husband Steve.


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Allen Varney's online eulogy to Aaron Allston
EN World: B&N Leak?
Kickstarter Blog: Kickstarter Passes $1 Billion
Reddit.com: Pathfinder AMA
G-Star Raw's Magnus Carlsen ad
'Play Magnus' iOS app
Gary Gygax Eulogy (thanks to Luke Gygax)

AGC News March 6th 2014 (45:21)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. Posting delayed by internet outages at 1 AGC Plaza. Happy 30th to Dragonlance! Lots and LOTS of Toyfair 2014 announcements, including upcoming games for the Walking Dead, Archer, Downton Abbey, Firefly, Adventure Time, and Doctor Who (which will cost Mark at least eighty dollars). Catan creator gets profiled in the New Yorker. Ten years of Ticket to Ride! IDW Games launches with Kill Shakespeare! New releases from Steve Jackson Games, and Mags is amused at the thought of a pocket edition of Ogre. New licenses for Monopoly in the fall, and expansions for Snake Oil! Sons of Anarchy board game! Crown of Destiny expansion for Descent: Journeys in the Dark Second Edition! Sean K Reynolds Leaves Paizo, putting him within stalking reach of the AGC Crew! Numenera Character Options from Monte Cook Games in May! Modiphius Entertainment signs a star-studded cast of game designers for their upcoming Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edtion RPG! Details on the D&D Minis' Accesory and D&D Attack Wing! New unit cards for Dust Warfare! House of Cards Against Humanity! D&D Most Embarassing Classes?


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IDW's Kill Shakespeare Kickstarter
Sean K. Reynold's blog announcements
Mutant Chronicle Kickstarter (ends March 8th)
New Yorker Magazine Profile ofKlaus Teuber
Cards Against Humanity House of Cards Expansion Set
Cards Against Humanity blog entry on the House of Cards expansion set
io9's article on D&D's most embarassing classes

AGC 180 February 18th 2014 (Is This Real Life? Is This Just Fantasy?) (1:25:09)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, Mags, and Special Guest Husband Steve. The flat, copyright-safe tone of voice, and threat of a chorus. Marvel vs DC! Cold City. Mark's Gutter Skype game pitches. DriveThru Picks! Worldbuilding: reality based, total fantasy, or somewhere in between? Worlds, characters, the works! Kickstarters!


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Timewatch (Kickstarter)
Project: Dark (Kickstarter)
Baker Street (Kickstarter)
Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition (Kickstarter)
Against The Dark Yogi (Kickstarter)
Living Games Conference Recording (IndieGoGo)
Mecha vs Kaiju (Kickstarter)
AMP: Year One (Kickstarter)
Zeppelin Attack! (Kickstarter)
Scoville (Kickstarter)
Tome of Horrors Complete II (Kickstarter)
Ravenfell (Kickstarter)
He Who Laughs Last (Kickstarter)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Torchbearer (Burning Wheel)
Carol:Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Steve: DC Adventures Universe (Green Ronin Publishing)
Mags:Cold War Bundle (Contested Ground Studios)
Also:W20 Cookbook (White Wolf)
Also:Hexagon Composition Book (Melior Via)


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Completely Comics

AGC News February 15th 2014 (37:56)

With Mark, Carol, Mags, and Special Guest Husband Steve. Wizards response to counterfeiters. GenCon/Mayfair continued co-sponsorship, and the 2014 Charity Partner. New ENnies categories for organized play adventures! Big money in Kickstarters. Lion Rampant's games from Zoch Verlag. Loonacy. Hot Tin Roof. The Furture Card Buddyfight launch event. Firelands for Talisman. Relic: Nemesis. Naruto Shippenden deck building game. Chaosmos. Pagoda and Istanbul (Not Constantinople! -- Sorry) and Valley of the Kings. Akrotiri. Rogue Agent and Voluspa. 40 Years of D&D! Ice-T reading a D&D audiobook? Star Wars: Age of Rebellion. Rolemaster Combat Minion! Orange County Gaming Group and their Kickstarter. Robotech RPG Tactics delayed. Wizkids doing D&D Miniatures! An assist for Torn Armor! D&D Yoga. Jeopardy Game Theory. A Gaming Bar in Toronto.


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Gleaners Food Bank of Indiana
ENnie Awards
ICO Partners 2013 Kickstarter Analysis
Official Dungeons and Dragons Facebook Page
Dave Ewalt's Intro to Dungeons and Dragons for New York Magazine
Ethan Gilsdorf's All I Needed to Know About Life I Learned From Dungeons and Dragons
Jon Petersen's video of rare items from D&D's development
Ice-T Baffled By D&D Lingo
Rolemaster Combat Minon App
Role players embark on real-life business venture (Orange County Register)
Center Stage Minatures' promotion for Torn Armor
Lesser Gnomes Games' Torn World Promotion - Use the code BIGMAP in their online store for discounts!
D&D Yoga
Business Insider's story on Jeopardy Champion Arthur Chu
DeckEpic
Snakes and Lagers

AGC 179 February 13th 2014 (The Big Chill) (1:19:21)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. It has been cold, and Canada can have it's weather back. Gaming updates. Distance gaming! An RPG Buffet aside about Carol's Changeling LARP! Mark reviews Machine of Death! Talk of the Firefly RPG! The established character how to play them. Recruiting for the Hellas contest. A test play of Machine of Death.


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Changeling The Dreaming 2nd Edition (DriveThruRPG)
Machine of Death
Firefly RPG (Margaret Weis Productions)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Adventure 3: Trillion Credit Squadron (Mongoose Publishing)
Carol:Shaintar: Legends Unleashed Players Guide (Evil Beagle Games)
Mags:The Flux (John Wick Presents)

AGC News February 7th 2013 (35:59)

With Carol and Mags. Counterfeit Magic card concerns. Magic and D&D movie news. D&D Next release date! TableTop Day 2014 scheduled. Games Workshop sales dip, and coming changes. Mensa Mind Games rules changes! My Little Pony CCG news. Vikings reprint. Twilight Creations releases. Zombies Keep Out! Small World 6-Player expansion. The Witcher Adventure Game. HAWKEN Real Time card game. DC Heroclix War of Light and organized play changes. Tyranny of Dragons and new D&D Encounters. Star Wars Age of Rebellion beginners set! Big sales for Infinity! A new Blue Max! Now you, too, can stump Sherlock!


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Polish Tamales post about counterfeit Magic cards
Warning For Those Who Buy Singles Online (BoardGameGeek)
Create Your Perfect Crime (Gibson Games)

AGC 178 January 28th 2014 (The Big Mish Mash) (2:50:24)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Mark explains the delays as best he can, and how he organized this particular episode. DriveThru picks. Reviews! Carol discusses Third Eye's Top Billing and Mark discusses The Gamers: Hands of Fate (which morphs into gender concerns in gaming). Burnout (which morphs into other things, a confessional by Mark among them). Mags looks at Looney Labs' Fluxx: The Board Game and talks a bit about playtesting Khepera Publishing's Atlantis: The Second Age! More morphing, this into unfamiliar genres. Cerberus Gaming Combine and plagiarism and piracy, oh my! And finally look back at 2013!


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Third Eye Games (Top Billing)
The Gamers: Hands of Fate (Zombie Orpheus/Dead Gentlemen)
Fluxx: The Board Game (Looney Labs)
Atlantis: The Second Age (Khepera Publishing)
Cerberus Gaming Combine posts (Aggregate Cognizance)
More on Cerberus Gaming Combine (Aggregate Cognizance)
The Eldritchdark.com Post Mentioned
Caught Red Handed (NSFW) (Studio187)
So Why Are Some Cloned Games Okay And Others Arent? (Aggregate Cognizance)
MythBusting: Game Design and Copyright, Trademarks, and Patents (US Law) (BoardGameGeek)
Slabtown Games (Storyscape)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Doctor Who: The Ravens of Despair (Cubicle 7)
Carol:Doctor Who 11th Doctor Upgrade Pack (Cubicle 7)
Mags:The Esoterrorists Second Edition (Pelgrane Press)
Also:Bad Myrmidon (Neoplastic Press)

RPG Buffet 37 (Year of World of Darkness Catch-Up) (34:15)

Concluding the Year of World of Darkness, the RPG Buffet discusses Mummy: The Curse, a Changeling: The Dreaming LARP, a crossover game, and Victorian Age Vampire!

RPG BUFFET AUGUST 2013 – MUMMY: THE CURSE
When you’re playing a game with mummies, you of course have to go Egyptian-themed with your meal. Dishes that night included hummus, couscous, shawarma, and Egyptian lemonade.

CHICKEN SHAWARMA – serves 6 (from TheShishka.com):
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts (2 large breasts)
1 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs (4 large thighs)
6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, divided
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp paprika
1 tsp allspice
3/4 tsp turmeric
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon
Pinch of cayenne
Salt and black pepper
Nonstick cooking oil spray

Slice the chicken breasts into 5-6 pieces each and the thighs into 3-4 pieces each. Place them in a marinating dish or large plastic zipper bag.

In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup olive oil, the spices, 3/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp black pepper (if you're salt sensitive, use 1/2 tsp of salt). Pour the spice marinade over the chicken pieces. Stir with a spoon till all the chicken pieces are evenly coated in the marinade.

Cover the marinating dish with plastic wrap, or close the zipper bag. Place chicken in the refrigerator and let it marinate at least 1 hour, up to overnight.

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a skillet on the stovetop over medium. Pour half of the chicken into the skillet and saute for 3-4 minutes till the smallest pieces of chicken turn brown and crisp. Season with additional salt and pepper to taste, if desired.

Remove the cooked chicken from the skillet. Heat another 1 tbsp of oil and saute the remaining chicken in the same way. Serve warm.

EGYPTIAN LEMONADE (from Food.com):

6 cups water
2 lemons
5 tablespoons sugar or 5 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon orange blossom water

Quarter the lemons. Put the water and quartered lemons in a pot, bring to a boil, then cover and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes. Strain into a teapot and stir in the sugar and orange blossom water. Bring to a boil and serve.

RPG BUFFET SEPTEMBER 2013 – CHANGELING: THE DREAMING LARP, WITH SPECIAL GUEST GM CAROL

September gave us a last burst of warm weather, so we decided to grill out one last time before the weather turned against us. Mags brought marinated pork chops for the entrée.

SIMPLE BUT AWESOME LEMON PEPPER PORK CHOP MARINADE (from AllRecipes.com)
4 pork chops
1 tablespoon lemon pepper
8 tablespoons butter, melted
8 tablespoons olive oil
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

In a deep bowl, mix all of the marinade ingredients. Marinade chops for at least two hours, then grill.

RPG BUFFET OCTOBER 2013 – WORLD OF DARKNESS CROSSOVER

It’s our annual Chili Night—and Mags forgot about it. Here’s the chili recipe she had planned to make before work destroyed her memory.

CHICKEN AND CHORIZO CHILI (from Epicurious.com):

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil (to be divided)
6-8" segment chicken chorizo uncooked casing removed (if using cooked slice into thin segments and add with chickpeas)
1.5lbs. skinless bonless chicken breasts
3/4 tsp salt
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
4 garlic cloves minced or pressed
2 tsp. cumin
2 chipotle peppers chopped and seeded (this will make it spicy, if you dont like spice only add one)
1/4 cup salsa
1 can diced no salt added tomatoes
2 cans chickpeas rinsed well and drained
2 cups great northern beans well rinsed and drained
1/2 cup washed dried and chopped cilantro (or parsley for different flavour)
Low Sodium reduced fat chicken broth (.5 cup... or more if making a soupy stew)

1. Preheat slow cooker to medium high heat. Add 1 tbsp oil. Add chorizo in managable sized chunks and brown. Remove chorizo with slotted spoon and place on plate over paper towels to soak up excess oil
2. Add chicken breasts (chorizo should leave some oil in pan but if extra oil is needed add an extra .5 tablespoon or so) brown chicken breasts, remove and place in a pot of boiling water, reduce heat to medium/low and cook at low boil for 12 min.
3. Add remaining oil and once heated add onion and garlic over low heat saute until translucent and tender
4. Add chipotle and cumin and stir
5. When chicken is done cooking remove from pot and cool with cold water, shred chicken.
6. Return chorizo to pot, stir, add chicken and salsa
7. Add rinsed chickpeas, great northern beans, tomatoes, desired amount of broth, half of reserved cilantro (or parsley) cover and simmer 1 hour on low.
8. Add remaining cilantro and salt and pepper to taste

RPG BUFFET NOVEMBER 2013 – VICTORIAN AGE VAMPIRE
“We’re having a Victorian-style tea party!” Kae declared, and to prove how serious she was, she made proper English cucumber sandwiches.

THE PERFECT CUCUMBER SANDWICHES (from TheGuardian.com) (Makes 9)
1/2 cucumber, peeled
Salt
6 thin slices of good white bread
Unsalted butter, at room temperature
White pepper

Cut the cucumber into slices as thin as you can make them, and put in a colander or sieve. Sprinkle lightly with salt (don't go overboard) and leave for 20 minutes. Taste to check you haven't oversalted them: you can rinse them at this point if so.
Lay out a few pieces of kitchen paper on the work surface, place the cucumber slices on them, and pat dry with more paper.
Lay out the bread and butter each slice generously. Arrange the cucumber on half the slices, overlapping each round, and sprinkle with ground white pepper. Top with the remaining slices.
Pressing down firmly, cut the crusts off, and then cut into neat fingers, triangles or quarters of roughly equal sizes. Serve immediately, with good tea.

AUTHENTIC CHAI TEA (from ASpicyPerspective.com)
2 ¼ cups water
1 whole star anise
1 stick cinnamon
4 cardamom pods, cracked
4-5 black tea bags, or ¼ cup loose black tea
2 cups whole milk or half-n-half
¼ cup sugar
Press the cardamom pods until they crack. Bring the water, tea, star anise, cinnamon, and cardamom to a boil.
Boil for 3-5 minutes until the tea is black and has reduced to about 2 cups. Strain and add the sugar. Add the milk and stir until hot.
Place the used cardamom pods in the bottom of the cups for good friends.
Makes 4 American-sized servings or 12+ Indian-sized servings.

Brandon made Benedictine sandwiches:
Miss Jennie Benedict's Benedictine Spread (from the Louisville Courier Journal)
· 8 ounces of cream cheese, softened
· 3 tablespoons cucumber juice
· 1 tablespoon onion juice
· 1 teaspoon salt
· a few grains of cayenne pepper
· 2 drops green food coloring

To get the juice, peel and grate a cucumber, then wrap in a clean dish towel and squeeze juice into a dish. Discard pulp. Do the same for the onion. Mix all ingredients with a fork until well blended. Using a blender will make the spread too runny.

If, like Mags, you don't like the idea of wasting cucumber, simply peel, de-seed, and chop the cucumber, then mix with the remaining ingredients.

Finally, for our Catch-Up Recording Session, Mags cooked lunch for the participants—a vegan chili, and some chicken-based comfort food.


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Mummy: The Curse (White Wolf)
Changeling: the Dreaming (White Wolf)
Victorian Age Vampire (White Wolf)

AGC News November 27th 2013 (24:35)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. The TableTop Bump? Some interesting deals for the holidays. Mars Attacks! Get Lucky! Pandemic: The Cure! Nations! Galaxy Trucker and Tzolk'in! Some stuff about monsters... Firefly RPG release schedule! Fantasy Flight and world chess tournament news! Robotech RPG Tactics delayed. Something special for Cards Against Humanity.


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Robotech RPG Tactics Updates (Kickstarter)
Anand Carlsen Video with Commentary
Cards Against Humanity Bigger Blacker Box
Bigger Blacker Box imaged (imgur) (NSFW!)

RPG Buffet 36 (Dark Ages: Inquisitor and Demon: the Fallen) (38:49)

Still getting caught up on the RPG Buffet Year of World of Darkness, this time featuring Dark Ages: Inquisitor and Demon: the Fallen!


Recipes for Dark Ages: Inquisitor

Bouef Bourguignon
3 pounds of beef sirloin cut into cubes
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
4 slices of bacon, diced
3 - 4 carrots, diced
8 small new red potatoes, unpeeled, quartered
8 - 10 mushrooms, sliced
1 small onion, chopped (or for those with onion allergies, 2 Tablespoons of Hing powder)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 cup lentils, dry
1/2 cup pearled barley
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups of beef or chicken broth
2 cups of burgundy wine

Coat beef in flour, shaking off excess.  Set aside. Fry bacon in large skillet over medium heat until partially cooked.  Add beef and cook until browned. Layer carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, onion garlic, lentils, and barley in a slow cooker.  Add spices and meat.  Add broth and wine.  Cover and cook on low for 8 to 9 hours or until beef is tender.  Remove and discard bay leaf before serving.

Ratatouille
Kae used the recipe posted by Pixar on their site for the movie, and preserved online here. The recipe is by legendary American chef Thomas Keller (influenced by confit byaldi), owner of The French Laundry. Kae says it was a challenge to make, but it was totally worth it!

Mousse au chocolat
Louis pulled the recipe from RPG Buffet episode 15 to make his chocolate mousse.

Recipes for Demon: the Fallen

Homemade Parsnip Fries (from BonAppetit.com)
2 1/2 pounds parsnips or carrots, peeled, cut into about 3x1/2-inch strips
1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary, plus 5 sprigs rosemary
1 large garlic clove, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
1/2 teaspoon (or more) ground cumin

Preheat oven to 450°. Mix parsnips, chopped rosemary, garlic, and oil on a large rimmed baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper and toss to coat. Spread out in a single layer. Scatter rosemary sprigs over. Roast for 10 minutes; turn parsnips and roast until parsnips are tender and browned in spots, 10–15 minutes longer. Crumble leaves from rosemary sprigs over; discard stems and toss to coat. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. cumin over. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and more cumin, if desired.


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