Friday, December 28, 2012

Post 72- Huge in Cork

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This week Sam Chupp co-designer of Wraith the Oblivion, Changeling the Dreaming along with a slew of other oWod credits goes inside the roleplayers studio. We talk about stuffing boxes in hot warehouses, free food and when close enough is not quite close enough to the Blarney Stone .

Date: December 24th 2012
Guests: Sam Chupp
Topics: mayoral attire, character stories, and being an old man at 30.
Time: 1:50:00

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Post 71- Doomsday

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A bevy of guests share gift ideas.

Date: December 20th 2012
Guests: +Jennifer Steen, +Jason Morningstar, Chris Bailey, +Ryan Macklin, +Mandy Morbid, +Zak Smith, +Tony Patterson, +Wilhelm Person, +Shaun Hayworth & +Jeremy Tidwell
Topics: Gifts.
Time: 0:55:12

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Post 70- Loincloth One

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This week my guest is Emily Care Boss the mastermind behind Green Black Games. We talk about presidential attire, turkish delight and solving the world's problems one die roll at a time.

Date: December 16th 2012
Guests: Emily Care Boss
Topics: Satin, mountain tops.
Time: 1:00:04

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Post 69- Fake Plastic Insects

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This my guest is Dread's Epidiah Ravachol. We talk about horror conventions, Dirk the Daring and Trivial Pursuit.

Date: December 9th 2012
Guests: Epidiah Ravachol
Topics: horror, long car rides and a world without 3ed.
Time: 2:14:28

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Post 68- Going Off Script

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This week sees the return of Karen twelves. We talk about 50 Cent, Hollywood's diminishing improv skills and opinion paralysis.

Date: December 2nd 2012
Guests: Karen Twelves
Topics: Life, the universe and everything.
Time: 1:02:07

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Post 67- A Mermaid on the Run

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This week sees the return of Satine Phoenix. We talk about extremely detailed anatomical drawings, the areolas of the beholder, and Bonds and Doctors.

Date: November 24th 2012
Guests: Satine Phoenix
Topics: goats, South Carolina and sacrifice (but not really).
Time: 1:17:01

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Post 66- Arthur Curry

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This week sees the return of Sean Nittner for his second full episode. We talk about John McClaine, the essence of wetness and a magical clown named Robert.

Date: November 17th 2012
Guests: Sean Nittner
Topics: BBC, snacks in hell and goblins
Time: 0:58:30

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Post 65- No Hugging, No Learning

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This week's guests are Kristin and Shaun Hayworth. We talk about how when you roleplay there should be no hugging and no learning unless it's a wizard you're hugging or you're learning about Xavier McDaniel.

Date: November 10th 2012
Guests: Kristin and Shaun Hayworth
Topics: the life-expectancy of abandoned beer, ballers and shot callers.
Time: 1:29:38

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Post 64- The Lizard People Have Passions

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This week Zak Smith returns to the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about Joan Rivers' 16' pole, an executive from Disney solicits plot advice for Episode VII and a special guest stops by.

Date: November 3rd 2012
Guests: Zak Smith
Topics: snacks, Leonard Nemoy, upside down helicopters.
Time: 1:01:37

Saturday, October 27, 2012

Post 63- Dinner with Ota Benga

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This week Jason Morningstar co-founder of Bully Pulpit Games and writer of Fiasco goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio for a lightning round of season one and two questions. We talk about homemade jam, Icelandic sagas and standing on the shoulders of giants.

Date: October 26 2012
Guests: Jason Morningstar
Topics: 1500 year old meals, feline lacrimal emissions and semantic ratholes
Time: 0:46:31

Friday, October 19, 2012

Post 62- Pixar Presents... Dungeon World

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This week Jeremy Tidwell a.k.a. "The Witch", writer for the old World of Darkness Mage: The Ascension and maestro of the Apocalypse World hack Companions goes inside the roleplayers studio. We talk about pitching Pixar, John Ratzenburger and Ridley Scott's bombshell.

Date: October 21 2012
Guests: Jeremy Tidwell
Topics: Darth Vader, Fonzie and getting money for Evil Hat
Time: 1:13:08

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Post 61- Oppa Hoffman Style

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Meguey Baker, Episode 32 returns to answer a few questions left over from Season One and Season Two. We talk about do-overs, sensitive boys and self-fulfilling prophecies.
Date: October 14 2012
Guests:
Meguey Baker
Topics:
Jellied eels, chemistry & Dustin Hoffman
Time:
1:09:06

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Post 60- Fog on the Tyne


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This week my guests are five splendid chaps from a game of Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne

Date: October 7 2012
Guests:
Hamish Cameron, Eric Fattig, Jason Morningstar, Sean Nittner, Jeremy Tidwell
Topics: Witch: The Road to Lindisfarne
Time:
0:25:41

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Post 59- The Assassins of Laughter


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This week my guests for the season two opener are Farrel Foster-Lynam and Donald Gardiner, previous guests from episode 8 and episode 10 respectively. We talk about Charles Upham, trench coats and Giant Jaffas
Date: September 30 2012 Guests: Farrel Foster-Lynam and Donald Gardiner Topics: Damon Wayans, the Victoria Cross, humus and carrots. Time: 1:24:17

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Post 58- Tesla Smash!

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Today my guest is Meguey Baker designer of Psi*Run, a game some of you may recall as the one Vincent Baker (episode 26) would like to be stuck in. Far from just being the answer to a question on an obscure podcast she also designed 1001 nights which has just entered its second edition. We talk pill popping, Nikola Tesla, and how hard it is to fill in all our free time.

Date: September 23 2012
Guests: Meguey Baker
Topics: Maleficent, sparks, and putting a condom on a banana .
Time: 1:05:08

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Post 57- Gravity is Awesome

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This week Lillian Cohen-Moore, RPG Girl Thursday, blogger for Geek's Dream Girl and Writer and designer of The Village by the Sea, goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk gift giving tips for the holidays, how to be a femme fatale and the dangers of paperwork.

Date: September 16 2012
Guests: Lillian Cohen-Moore
Topics: six-year olds, twelve year olds and being comfortable on the weekend.
Time: 1:26:24

Friday, September 7, 2012

Post 56- Shake Your Hands in the Air

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This week game designer Ryan Macklin goes inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about how badly J.R.R Tolkein sucks, mind police, & an how an asshole in a wheelchair is still just an asshole.
Date: September 07 2012
Guests: Ryan Macklin
Topics: man-ladies, the dangers of being a contractor, & punching Thor in the face.
Time: 1:35:48

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Post 55- Moldvay & Me

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This week Robert Bohl designer of Misspent Youth and the driving force behind the podcast the Independent Insurgency goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about Bob, Neil, and a polar bear with acid-squirting guns.
Date: September 2 2012
Guests: Robert Bohl
Topics: conventions, being a minion and bringing enough books .
Time: 1:15:24

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Post 54- Listen to Your Friend Billy Zane

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This week my friend and member of my roleplaying group Clint Johnson goes inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about how preparing for a walk-off, how to be a heel, & Kim Jong Un's next target.
Date: August 26 2012
Guests: Clint Johnson
Topics: hipsters, going a little crazy, & Victorian Goblins.
Time: 1:22:52

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Post 53- Red Son

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This week Jason King, Dave Banko, and Matt Rose go Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about rich industrialists, black eyes and a reasonable price to pay for a desktop computer.
Date: August 19 2012
Guests: Jason King, Dave Banko & Matt Rose
Topics: Comics, thorough revision schedules & "going to the strippers".
Time: 1:32:37

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Post 52- Just Like JD Salinger

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This week Vincent Baker designer of Kill Puppies for Satan, Dogs in the Vineyard, Apocalypse World and many other indie game favourites goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about swearing properly, full friend rosters and hate mail.
Date: August 12 2012
Guests: Vincent Baker
Topics: How to spend $60.00, what to do with a bad day & black raspberries
Time: 1:35:48

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Post 51- My BFF

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This week Hamish Cameron, an old university friend, goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about roleplaying breakups, metagaming questionaires and what Darth Vader really wants.
Date: August 05 2012
Guests: Hamish Cameron
Topics: handling a break-up, alone time and Reservoir Dogs
Time: 1:24:59

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Post 50- We Need an Adult

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This week Michelle McNeill from the Theatre Arcanos LARP Troop goes inside the Roleplayers Studio. We expand on Renée Ritchie's excellent LARPing primer from episode 22 talk about babysitting, purple eyes and a flying cat.
Date: July 29 2012
Guests: Michelle McNeill
Topics: LARPing, magic cats, Dr. Horrible
Time: 1:32:08

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Post 49- The Lucky Dice Emporium

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This week Shaun Hayworth from Bad. Wrong. Fun. goes inside the Roleplayers Studio we talk about G+ hangouts, shoehorning Shadowrun and annoying immortals.
Date: July 22nd 2012
Guests: Shaun Hayworth
Topics: Shadowrun, Burning Wheel, G+ hangouts
Time: 1:51:01

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Post 47- Lion Face Lemon Face

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This week Renée Ritchie an editor from Machine Age Productions goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about LARPing, getting in character and the untimely demise of Kings.
Date: July 15th 2012
Guests: Renée Ritchie
Topics: LARPing, shopping at Hot Tpoic, GMs with culinary skills.
Time: 1:36:28

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Post 46- You Missed and Your Pants Fall Off

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This week Kristin Hayworth from Bad. Wrong. Fun. goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about pants falling off, not being a dick, bending bars and lifting gates.
Date: July 8th 2012
Guests: Kristin Hayworth
Topics: Cute lion cubs, social currency and losing your pants.
Time: 01:36:59

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Post 45- Black Lotus Channel Fireball

EPISODE 20-Black Lotus Channel Fireball

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This week the Jenn from the Jennisodes goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about kickstarter, Ninja Panda Taco and turning into a Dragon.
Date: June 17th 2012
Guests: Jennifer Steen
Topics: Kickstarter, Black Lotus, Malificent
Time: 01:15:33

Sunday, June 24, 2012

Post 44- How to Knit a Chainmail Bikini

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This week Laura Bishop goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about Nitche, care bears and chainmail bikinis.
Date: June 24th 2012
Guests: Laura Bishop
Topics: Weaving chainmail bikinis
Time: 01:36:18

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Post 43- Laudanum and Rock Babies

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This week Caroline Pierce goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about showing understanding for the Edler Gods, the Vegas strip, warp-void things, laudnum and rock babies.
Date: June 17th 2012
Guests: Caroline Pierce
Topics: Warp, void, things
Time: 01:05:25

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Post 42- Inside the Devotional Book

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This week Jennifer J Dixon goes Inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about LARPing, psycotherapy and the experiences of a roleplayer inside the Baptist church.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Post 41- Assistant TO the Manager

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This week Evil Hat's Lenny Balsera of FATE, Spirit of the Century, and The Dresden Files fame goes inside The Roleplayers Studio. We talk about personel management, Oprah and career planning.

Date: June 3rd 2012
Guests: Lenny Balsera
Topics: Gaming expectations, dreams, Oprah
Time: 02:13:13

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Post 40- I Want To Watch The World Burn Because It's Pretty When It's On Fire

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This week Mandy Morbid and Kimberley Kane from "I Hit it with My Axe" as well as Isabelle Lillium (Apocalyptic Kitten) go inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about EDS, autism and Rick Santorum.

Date: May 28th 2012
Guests: Mandy Morbid, Kimberley Kane, & Isabelle Lillium
Topics: Autism, EDS, catastrophe dominated ecosystems, Rick Santorum
Time: 01:39:05

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Post 39- They Don't Know What I Don't know

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This week Satine Phoenix, artist, D&D Melt maven and Star of I Hit it with My Axe goes inside the Roleplayers Studio. We talk about girls in games, extra long hugs and the weather.

Date: May 21st 2012
Guests: Satine Phoenix
Topics: Plugs, drugs and extra-long hugs
Time: 02:08:11

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Post 38- We Did Podcasting

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This week Zak Smith, artist, Porn Star, Star of I Hit it with My Axe and author of the excellent universal city resource Vornheim goes inside the Rleplayers Studio. We talk about the "Old-School Gaming" renaissance, music, voicing girls and linear storylines.

Date: May 7th 2012
Guests: Zak Smith
Topics: Doing girl voices, D & D 5th, Box-text modules and art.
Time: 01:33:18

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Post 37- Into the Steam Tunnels

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This week James Maliszewski freelancer extraordinaire and self identified Grognard goes inside the Rleplayers Studio. We talk about sci-fi, Gary Gygax and writing inspiration.

Date: May 7th 2012
Guests: James Maliszewski
Topics: Gary Gygax, the old school gaming renaissance, Unearthed Arcana and Moriarty.
Time: 01:08:26

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Post 36- I ♥ Lex Luthor

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This week Tim Brannan writer of Ghosts of Albion and contributor to many other roleplaying works goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about… so many things!

Date: April 30th 2012
Guests: Tim Brannan
Topics: everything
Time: 01:22:38

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Post 35- The Heavy-set Man Speaks

EPISODE 10- The Heavy-set Man Speaks
This week Donald Gardner goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about how aliens ruin everything, John Wick and product art.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Post 34- If Rubber Bands Were Food

This week David Rankin goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about Chatrup, Lu Bu, L5R and the line between writing fiction and writing a game your players can interact with.

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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Post 33- Waiting to be King

This week Farrel Foster-Lynam goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about Game of Thrones, Fiasco, Fatal and Hans Gruber goes toe to toe with Hannibal Lecter in a battle of the great bad guys.


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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Post 32- A Little Suffering is Good for the Soul

EPISODE 7- A Little Suffering is Good for the Soul

This week's episode is the second part of a series with Ethan Mason. He shares his impressions after playing his first game and we investigate some directions to follow and some possible techniques to employ for putting together his first game.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Post 31- Silencing the Lambs

This week I talk with Ethan Mason, a roleplayer to be. We talk about roleplaying in general, setting a good foundation for building a character and the transition from computer RPGs and MMOs to roleplaying of the sort that at one time needed no further qualification.


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Episode 6B- Ethan's Character Creation.


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Next week is the Second part of the two part podcast with my guest Ethan Mason.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Post 30- Lost and Dying of Cold

This week Chris Bailey goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about Mage, Harn and about the part roleplaying played in the process of his coming out.

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Next week is the first part of a two part podcast with my guest Ethan Mason a roleplayer... to be.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Post 29- Fantasy Football

This week Sean Nittner goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio" and we talk about things... so many things.

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Next week I speak with the Chris Bailey from Victoria's acknowledgements fame (?). We talk about running great games, Mage the Ascension, and Chris generously shares how some of his gaming experiences intertwined with his journey of self-understanding and the process of coming out.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

Post 28- EXTERMINATE!

This week Keely Taylor goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about one-shot Cthulhu, marrying a gamer and how Daleks deal with stairs.



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Next week I speak with self confessed "Indie-game Hippy" Sean Nittner.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Post 27- Karen and the Oakland Gaming Scene Sittin' in a Tree...

Penny Red Episode 2 is live now.


This week Karen Twelves goes "Inside the Roleplayers Studio". We talk about Fiasco, Dogs in the Vineyard and dating at your gaming table before Karen gets all mushy and sends a love letter to the Oakland Gaming Scene.



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In next weeks episode I speak with the engaging and astute Keely Taylor.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Post 26- Penny Red Episode One is Live

I finally finished cutting episode 1 of the podcast yesterday and then proceeded to record episode 2.

The podcast's called Penny Red and it covers roleplaying stuff as well as occasionally touching on Victoria. I quickly discovered trying to do it with just me makes for a podcast that is, shall we say " challenging" for those who struggle to get the right amount of sleep. As a result I got my Mother and Father to help me recall some of the early details of my foray into roleplaying. In the process my Mother calls my friends and me stupid and I go after my father for the lack of parental care he showed for his son's mental well-being.


Episode 2 will go live Sunday and it's a delightful interview with Karen Twelves covering everything from wishing Hackmaster out of existence to using your gaming group as a dating pool.





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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Post 26- Podcast and POD

Over the last week and a half I've been putting together a podcast to support the game. I got a couple of guests  to help flesh out some of the details from the early posts in the blog and I've spent quite a bit of time lining up what I hope will be some interesting and relevant interviews for future shows. Judging by how long it's taken so far to put the first one together I'm not sure that I could make it weekly but I plan to do a few shows before committing to a schedule.

It's been an interesting learning experience and a little disconcerting to discover just how many times I say "umm" in any given sentence! I also discovered that with just one person speaking it's a challenge not to drone so the solo parts will likely comprise a limited amount of the show.

The drivethrurpg/rpgnow store front is bringing previously unheard-of levels of traffic to the site and is also having an appreciable impact on sales. As a result I've added a POD version of the book to the products offered through them.

For those considering purchasing the POD version a few details that you may wish to know ahead of time. The book's printed on 50lb paper (thinner) than the 70lb paper used in the print version, its not numbered or signed and there are no maps on the inside covers. The maps are duplicated in the back of the book  however, as they are in the print version. Lastly the shipping costs are about $8 less and as they print in the US and England the delivery time may be reduced from what I'm seeing coming out of Canada.

Thanks to everyone for all the support.


Monday, January 30, 2012

Post 25- drivethru/rpgnow

After a bit of down time I'm into promotion for the book "full time". This  just means the time I used to spend writing I now spend answering forum questions and finding outlets for the book in its two forms.

Today I submitted the file to drivethru/rpgnow and have had it approved for addition  to the catalog. You can find it here:

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=99046

The payment structure is %65 to me %35 to them. If you're reading this, haven't purchased and want to, buying it from me directly is of no advantage to you at all but means I can buy a few extra seconds of dialysis for my sixteen sick adopted children. Well that, or a cup of coffee for me if they've been misbehaving and, you know, spending all my money on that medicine stuff.

Seriously though I don't have sixteen sick orphans, it's seventeen, another one's just been dropped off.

Buy the sweet, life-giving .pdf here...

http://www.hazardgaming.com/buy.html