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)


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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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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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AGC News Early June 2014 (31:46)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. D&D trial dates and info! 3D Printer Minis from Hasbro? ACD Games Day Up 13%! DragonMeet sold. Ars Technica web site designing board game. What does Cards Against Humanity have to do with weddings? WOTC will release free Basic D&D PDF. D&D Adventurers League launches with new edition with Tyranny of Dragons. Infestation: A Game of Bugs and Heroes RPG from Third Eye Games. Sales of '40k 7th Edition' beating '6th'. Retailers can sell 'Dust' Kickstarter offerings. Lots of product announcements! CNN.com celebrates forty years of D&D. South Carolina House passes bill legalizing card and dice games. Look out, Australia: here comes Cards Against Humanity!


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Ars Technica Board Game
CNN: 40 Years Later, Dungeons & Dragons Still Inspiring Gamers
Follow-Up: SC House passes bill legalizing card, dice games
Help Create Australian Version of Cards Against Humanity!

AGC 186 June 12th 2014 (A Game That Wasn't There) (1:10:20)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Carol's group was selected for the Dresden Lives! Playtest. Carol talks about Sentinels of the Multiverse! Delayed and vaporware games. Inspired by Quantum (and yes, there is a bit of Kickstarter talk here, accordingly). Transparency about delays (noting Robotech RPG Tactics and Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls). Also mentioning Ogre (which came late) and Powerchords (which is still coming...) Guardians of Order and the Tri-Stat Song of Ice and Fire RPG. And more delayed games that saw release, as well as the ones that never did. It's not always the pulisher's fault! Wisdom of the Gamers: Always New Experiences. Requests for the video review show? And will the video show even happen? Mark needs new microphone cables. 9 years of podcasting! Is Mark having a stroke, or merely trying to imitate a party favor? One last reviewer shout out.


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Sentinels of the Multiverse (Greater Than Games)
Check out an excerpt from a never-published Dune RPG (io9)
The Spoony Experiment


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Rod of Seven Parts (2e) (Wizards of the Coast)
Carol:Firefly Echoes of War: Bucking the Tiger (Margaret Weis Productions)
Mags:Fat Dragon Games


Promos
Completely Comics

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)


Promos
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)


Promos
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)


Promos
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'