AGC Interview 39 (Katanas and Trenchcoats) (29:44)

Carol and Mags talk to game designer Ryan Macklin about Katanas & Trenchcoats, an April Fool’s Day joke-RPG that’s spiraled out of control (and for which Ryan blames Steve Kenson).


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Katanas and Trenchcoats (Kickstarter)
Ryan Macklin
Seattle Childrens' Hospital
The Trevor Project


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AGC Interview 38 (Trail of the Apprentice) (19:38)

Carol and Mags talk to with Paris Crenshaw, lead author of the Trail of the Apprentice mini-campaign, Legendary's current Kickstarter. The campaign is part of their Pathfinder & 5E - Legendary Beginnings.


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Trail of the Apprentice (Kickstarter)
Legendary Games


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AGC Interview 37 (Jenna Busch, Live from ConGlomeration 2016) (47:53)

At ConGlomeration 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky, Carol, Mags, and Steve bring us headlines, followed by an interview with gaming and fandom luminary and ConGlomeration Media Guest Jenna Busch!


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Girl Meets Lightsaber
twitter.com/jennabusch
www.facebook.com/jennabuschpublicpage
www.instagram.com/jennabusch/
www.youtube.com/user/MariNimue
www.imdb.com/name/nm2436678/
en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Jenna_Busch/


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Promos
Miskatonic University Podcast

AGC Interview 36 (Monte Cook Games) (16:39)

Carol and Mags sit down with Dennis Detwiller, Shanna Germain, and Monte Cook about the latest goings-on at Monte Cook Games.


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Kickstarter: Worlds of Cypher System (Kickstarter)
Monte Cook Games



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AGC Interview 35 (Aaron Allston's Strike Force) (28:03)

Carol interviews Ross Watson and Michael Surbrook about High Rock Press' Kickstarter - Aaron Allston's Strike Force. We talk about the history of the setting, and all of the knowledge that Aaron Allston brought from his long-running campaign to GMs. As of this recording on 2/17/16 they are at $28K+ to bring a new edition of the groundbreaking classic Champion's supplement, first published in 1988, to gamers everywhere. Join us as we talk about the effort to bring a new edition of this work that inspired so many of the writers and developers of the games we all enjoy today.


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Aaron Allston's Strike Force (Kickstarter)
Michael Subrook
Ross Watson
High Rock Press


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AGC 202 February 16th 2016 (Happy... New?... Year) (56:21)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. WOW...this is late. The AGC Crew looks back at 2015 (and a little of 2014). Special Guest Appearance by...Alexa!


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Popular Mechanics: The 15 Best New Board Games
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 1970s (Savage Worlds) by Karl Keelser


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Carol's DriveThruRPG Pick: Chronicles of Darkness
Mark's DriveThruRPG Pick: War of the Worlds: The Anglo-Martian War of 1895
Mags' DriveThruRPG Pick: House of Bards: A World of Adventure for Fate Core

AGC News Early February 2016 (40:04)

With Carol and Mags. Games and game stores performing well in the market place, and a could a new game store from Down Under be in the offing? Rey has been missing from Monopoly, and the AGC Gals get indignant about it. The Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Asmodee has been busy again, while Kalmbach gets one of the few companies not in Asmodee's sights. WotC offers an OGL for 5th edition, and open up the D&D Adventurer's League. Strahd and Free Trader Beowolf are back! Symbarum to arrive from Sweden. Green Ronin, Luke Crane, and Evil Hat get busy in 2016. New minis for the Walking Dead and D&D Icons of the Realms. NEW BORG SHIP IS EIGHT INCHES ON ONE SIDE and Mags can't deal. And Finally: an author unearths a precursor to the Chainmail Fantasy supplement.


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Stellar Performance for U.S. Toy Industry, Growing Nearly 7 Percent in 2015, The NPD Group Reports
A Precursor to the Chainmail Fantasy Supplement

AGC 201 January 17th 2016 (A Heaping Plate of Mashed Scenarios) (1:04:55)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Stuff coming up from a month ago. White Wolf memories, Tunnels and Trolls plans, and the saga of the Dwarf Giant. Those Crazy Games Season 2 is coming! Crossovers and mashups! Cautionary tales from a Torg game. The Wild Worlds of White Wolf. Balancing length, tone, and common elements. Examples! Episode 200 live stream post-mortem. Mr. Whitman goes to Vegas?


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Mark's Instagram
Those Crazy Games YouTube Channel
Diamanda Hagan
Dungeons: The Dragoning 40,000 7th Edition (1d4chan)
Not Another Dime


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:Castle Gargantua (Kabuki Kaiser)
Carol:A Tragedy in Five Acts (Growling Door Games)
Mags:Night Horrors: The Unbidden (White Wolf)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes"
RPGPodcasts.com

Mags-The-Axe School of GMing 8 (Getting Personal) (15:08)

Dean Mags and Professors Mark and Carol talk about relationships, both personal and in game, and their interaction.


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AGC News Mid-December 2015 (21:47)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Major updates from Paradox, White Wolf, and Onyx Path! Kickstarter releases failure rates. Gen Con expands! WOTC tightens WPN requirements. Product releases of note. 4e D&D Insider no longer available to new subscribers. $1 Mystery Kickstarter! Self-rolling dice now a reality. Man goes directly to jail from Monopooly tournament.


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'New' World of Darkness Makes Way for Chronicles of Darkness (Onyx Path)
Kickstarter Study Reveals Failure Rate (Kickstarter)
Boogie Dice coming in 2016 (YouTube)

AGC News December 11th 2015 (27:24)

With Mark, Carol, and Mags. Gail Gygax and TSR settle their trademark dispute, with some difficulties (Full Disclosure: The AGC crew was invited to take part in Cube of Death, a production of TSR). 2015 Games Magazine Awards. Wizard World goes into gaming! Secret Hitler. Study in Emerald 2nd Edition. An Einstein game is coming. Steve Jackson gets Simon's Cat and Bill and Ted. RuneQuest! 2015 RPG Superstar! Virtual Reality D&D? Airfix Battles. 1A relinquishes Tide of Iron rights. Escape from Colditz 75th Anniversary! Resume mistakes?


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United States Trademark and Patent Office
Tenkar's Tavern
Games World of Puzzles
AltspaceVR D&D Page
Sean McNally's Character Sheet Resume (DeviantArt)
MrDeepImmersion's Artifact Resume (Imgur)

AGC Interview 34 (The Sixth Gun RPG) (24:01)

Mark and Mags talk with Scott Woodard about The Sixth Gun RPG from Pinnacle Entertainment Group! A little bit of Flash Gordon, too.


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The Sixth Gun RPG (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)
Scott Woodard on Twitter
G2V Productions


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RPG Buffet 39 (Star Wars from Fantasy Flight Games) (22:06)

Mags, Karen, Louis, Kae, and John talk about Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars RPG!

John was our gamemaster for FFG’s Star Wars. We could find any Star Wars-themed dishes to eat, so we went with his favorite cuisine: Indian!

CHICKEN JALFREZI (via IndianCurryRecipe.co.uk)
Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts, cubed
1 large onion
2 green chilies
2 garlic cloves
2 red chilies
2 tbsp. plain flour
2 red peppers
2 tsp. garam masala
2 1/2 tsp. medium curry powder
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. ground cumin
400g chopped tomatoes
2 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. vegetable oil

Cover the chicken in the flour, seasoned with half of the salt, and fry in 1 tbsp. of oil until browned on all sides. Place into the slow cooker.

Finely slice the onion, deseed and finely slice the red and green chilies, and de-seed and chop the peppers. Heat the remaining oil in the pan you cooked the chicken in and cook the onions until soft. Add the garlic, chillies and pepper, cook for another five minutes, add the curry powder and garam masala, fry for another minute, then add to the slow cooker.

Add the tomatoes, chili powder, coriander, cumin and remaining salt to the slow cooker. Stir well, set the heat to low and cook for six hours.

If the sauce is too thick, thin it with water. If it’s too thin, thicken it with corn flour. This recipe serves four, and can be easily doubled for larger crockpots.

BAKED SAMOSAS WITH VEGAN CRUST (via AllRecipes and Food.com)
Ingredients
4 potatoes, peeled and cubed
1/4 cup oil
2 small onions, finely chopped
3 tablespoons coriander seed
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger, grated
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 roma (plum) tomatoes, finely chopped
1/2 cup frozen peas
4 prepared pie crusts
2 egg whites, beaten, or as needed

Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and transfer potatoes to a bowl; coarsely mash.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onions, coriander seed, curry powder, ginger, salt, turmeric, cumin, allspice, cayenne pepper, and cinnamon until onion is lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir tomatoes and peas into onion mixture; pour into mashed potatoes and thoroughly mix. Cool completely.

Cut each pie crust into 8 even triangles. Kae made a vegan pie crust for this step, but if you aren’t trying to avoid certain ingredients, make your favorite pie crust or use store-bought

Spoon filling onto the wide end of each triangle; fold corners over filling creating a triangular 'hat' shape. Pinch the dough together to form a seal. Brush egg white over each samosa and arrange on a baking sheet.

Bake in the preheated oven until samosas are golden brown, about 15 minutes.


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Star Wars: Edge of the Empire (Fantasy Flight Games)
Star Wars: Age of Rebellion (Fantasy Flight Games)
Star Wars: Force and Destiny (Fantasy Flight Games)

AGC News Mid-November 2015 (9:34)

With Mark Kinney and Mags. Steve Jackson Games' 2014 Stakeholder Report! New card and board game releases from Magic: the Gathering and more! John Wick buys the 7th Sea RPG from Alderac. Free D&D 5E Monster-A-Day PDF on Reddit! GW's new stand-alone board/minis game. National Toy Hall of Fame 2015 inductees!


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Reddit's Fan-Written Monster-A-Day Compendium (PDF)
Monster-A-Day Image Icons List. Download the Gallery by 1) scrolling to the bottom of the page, 2) clicking on "Post Options," and 3) clicking "Download Gallery.
Fantasy Grounds modules for Reddit's Monster-A-Day Compendium

AGC 200 November 16th 2015 (Episode Four Hundred Fifty Two... Approximately) (1:40:35)

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Paradox Interactive buys White Wolf! Stuff we're doing. Remembering, questions, basic misunderstandings about how Google Hangouts work, and so on. Greetings from guests and past hosts. There's a contest too!


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Mark's Instagram


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:The Tekumel Sourcebook - Swords and Glory Vol. 1 (M.A.R. Barker's World of Tekumel)
Carol:Katanas and Trenchcoats Episode 1: Welcome to Darkest Vancouver (Ryan Macklin)
Mags:Designers and Dragons: The 2000s (Evil Hat Productions)

AGC Interview 33 (The Ninja Crusade 2nd Edition) (30:52)

Mark and Mags talk with Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games about The Ninja Crusade Second Edition, and some Kickstarter tips (in terms of both other Kickstarters going now, and how to do one).


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Ninja Crusade Second Edition (Kickstarter)
Eloy Lasanta's YouTube Channel
The Ninja Crusade G+ Community
Pulsars Tabletop Roleplaying Game (Kickstarter)
Wild Skies: Europa Tempest (Kickstarter)
Sig: The City Between (Kickstarter)
Masks: A New Generation (Kickstarter)


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AGC 199 October 17th 2015 (The Quickass Review Show) (1:13:08)

With Marl Kinney and Mags. Third attempt. Carol is absent today. Fiasco Follies. Upcoming RPG Buffet Fun. Reviewing some of the collected works of Hex Games. An overview of QAGS. All-Stars. Beowulf vs Grendel. Edison Force. Fratboys Vs. Herland: Perfect Genetic Utopia. JINGO: America's Greatest Combat Squad. Laser Ponies. Mountains of the Moon: Sindbad in East Africa. QAGS Cops and Robbers. Roller Girls Vs. Sharktoberfest. Hobomancer (less a review and more a "this needs a better look than we can give it here). Sex, Lies and Ultraspies. American Artifacts 2. The Book of Dumb Tables. An open invite for Episode 200 content, and watch for the link to the live Google Hangout on October 30th!


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Fiasco Playsets
Hex Games
Nostalgia Critic: Sharknado (YouTube)


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:d20 Apocalypse (Wizards of the Coast)
Mags:Savage Worlds Horror Companion (Pinnacle Entertainment Group)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes"

AGC 198 October 13th 2015 (Under The Hood: Fate Edition) (1:17:41)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. We need a Gaming Industrial Complex t-shirts. RPG Buffet: By Popular Demand, coming in 2016! Ripping apart the engine that is the Fate System, from Spirit of the Century to Fate Core! A touch of history. The four components. Fate Points. Compels and Invokes. A perfect segue into Aspects. What are they? Are they the end-all be-all of Fate? Stress and Consequences. Stunts. Skills. What you roll the dice for, the Pyrmaid (or maybe Obelisk?), and Approaches. The Fate Fractal, and scaling. James Shipman re-emerges. Leaving on a happier note. Please let people know we're back!


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Those Crazy Games -- Spammers
Fate Codex (Patreon)



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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:White Star: White Box Science Fiction Roleplaying (Barrel Roll Games)
Carol:The Fate Codex (Magpie Games)
Mags:Big Book of Little Games (John Wick Presents)


Promos
The Gutter Skypes"

AGC 197 September 27th 2015 (Get Off My Intellectual Property, You Hooligans!) (1:10:23)

With Marl Kinney, Carol, and Mags. The Gaming-Industrial Complex is our new home. Mark read Mazes and Monsters. RPG Buffet plans! Mags gives us a look at Exploding Kittens. Intellectual Property and such. Definitions. Fanfiction, Kindle Worlds, and fan adaptations. Scratching off the serial numbers. Fan vs business. "What boardgame do you recommend?" Those Crazy Games looks at Doctor Who. Approaching 200!


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Those Crazy Games Book Club -- Mazes and Monsters
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network (RAINN)
Exploding Kittens
Berne Convention
Copyright Clearance Center
US Patent and Trademark Office
US Copyright Officec
Kindle Worlds (Amazon)
3.5 Revised Open Game License (Wizards of the Coast)
4e Game System License (Wizards of the Coast)
Pathfinder Reference Document (Paizo Publishing)
Fate Licensing (Evil Hat Productions)


Correction: The RAINN Bundles we talked about in the DriveThru Pick section of the show have evidentally ended, but the Pay What You Want Donation is still available.


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AGC's DriveThruRPG Picks for this episode!
Mark:In Your Face Again (Atlas Games)
Carol:Fate Versions and Licensing Guide (Evil Hat Productions)
Mags:Focal Point: The Complete Game Masters Guide to Running Extraordinary Sessions (Engine Publishing)


Promos
RPGPodcasts.com"
d6 Generation

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)