In Episode 26, the guys try to talk about Heroscape, the miniature-style wargame by Hasbro. But they get sidetracked by a lot of side issues. First they offer some expensive comics in return to anyone that can provide a good, original theme song. They talk about Kyle's bad haircut and what not to tell your barber. Mike goes on about how much he loves Allen Varney and Paranoia XP. Mike and Kyle also talk about Paizo Publishing's Critical Hit Deck, and their new Pathfinder books for Dungeons and Dragons 3.5. Kyle gets nearly orgasmic reviewing Paizo's current Rise of the Runelords adventure arc. Finally the guys get around to talking about the subject at hand. Both Mike and Kyle have been playing Heroscape for many years with their kids and have loved the game since it first came out. The guys talk about the basics of the game, the low cost of getting into it, the ease of rules, and epic battles they have waged. They discuss the merits of having Snake Warriors fighting Futuristic Robot Warriors fighting the Hulk and Spiderman. Kyle promises in the show to link to some sample maps from the animalball forums, but when typing up the show notes decides it is just too much trouble. Just kidding.

GenCon 07 Interviews part five with Jared Sorensen, Luke Crane, Jeff Lower, and Judd Karlman. 18min

We had a lot of fun spoofing one of our favorite podcasts, and it paid off. Fear the Boot Contest Results Listen to the spoof yourself or (and?) read the script below! ********************************* Dan: Welcome to fear Dan’s boot a Dancast about tabletop game, battle tech, and a little bit more about Dan, My name is Dan. Adam: [...]

Companion CubeShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Interview with Nathan Letsinger
• Voicemail
• Wild Speculation: Bloody Bradigan, Press Gang, Master of the Hunt & Totem Bearer, Monsterpocalypse
• Warmachine: Khador Restrospective
• Top Five: Ascension Day Tricks
• Warmachine: Khador Casters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Companion CubeShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Interview with Nathan Letsinger
• Voicemail
• Wild Speculation: Bloody Bradigan, Press Gang, Master of the Hunt & Totem Bearer, Monsterpocalypse
• Warmachine: Khador Restrospective
• Top Five: Ascension Day Tricks
• Warmachine: Khador Casters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Since were moving the release date to every other Sunday (starting this Sunday) I wanted to still get something out on our normal release date to ease the transition. 

The change is being made so we can be more responsive to the audience, but not sacrifice quality.

So, I'm taking the opportunity to talk about the page and a half in dragon magazine that defined gaming for me.  It's from Oct 1990, Dragon issue 162.  The article was by Bruce Nesmith, and it was 'the Game Wizards'.  You can find a little more about it here.

Comments and feedback are always welcome, feel free to discus it here.

Enjoy.

Once again Kevin joins us at the show to let us know just what is going on behind the scenes and what's been keeping him busy. All questions welcome but keep in mind this will only be 1 hour long.

In Episode 25, the guys answer more viewer mail.  But first, Mike has a surprise guest jump on the microphone for an impromptu interview.  Simply put, it is the biggest name guest on the show yet.  The guys answer questions related to the ongoing war between ninjas and pirates, their favorite Dungeons and Dragons settings, the new Pathfinder series from Paizo Publishing and technical issues asked by a loyal listener.  Listener Daki poses a new game which the guys stumble through, but then request help from the listening audience.  They have a request related to their Ron Weasley for Muggle President 2008 prank, and in response to another listener questions they speculate on Dungeons and Dragons 4.0.  And finally, Kyle responds to the vicious attacks on him from the Reel Horror Podcast.

Session 04 - The party are attacked by pirates on their way to El-Fendar. Yaaarrrr!

Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast
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Podcast music is " Redcap Rock" by Mindscape Music

1. News & Views
Check out Chuck Rice's new ransom/fundable project: Fantasci

Worldwide D&D Game Day

Scientists developing techniques to steer hurricanes

Dragon's Landing Inn

2. Feature - A Year's Retrospective
And there's a lot of talk about us.

d20 Action Maneuvers

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6. SEP News
Fraser sold another story, this time to Black Gate. Black Gate is a major market, and one that Fraser has been trying to crack since 2000.

With Christina (his daughter) taking up so much of his time, and wanting to focus on his fiction writing, Fraser is putting Sword's Edge Publishing on hiatus. The products will remain available at Your Games Now and Steve Jackson Games' e23. Support SEP and support this podcast.

The deal for Mundus Novit: the Changed World fell through as Silven Publishing closed up shop, but Fraser is polishing it up and seeing about a partnership with another publisher to get it out.

Rob has spawned again. Soon the Wakefield brood will blot out the sun!

What started in hobby hands has grabbed the attention of professionals. Now, businesses are looking for ways to connect to people with this technology. While there may not be a right way to do it, there are certainly some wrong ways. Today, we discus some tricks and pitfalls of companies looking to integrate podcasting into their marketing program.

Panelists include Christopher Perrin from The Cannon Pucture Show, Jay Lynn and Jon Stallard from Geeklabel Radio, and Don Dehm form Pulp Gamer.

Back with more Season 2 goodness. We cover a wide range of gaming topics, including some industry news, thoughts on maps, Halloween themed games, Freeport and Mutants & Masterminds new releases. Liner Notes Introductions [0:36] Retraction re: Savage Worlds XE [0:56] Dreamblade goes away [1:59] WH40K Apocalypse [7:28] The Robotech RPG [11:02] Goodman Games and [...]

Post-GenCon Grab Bag

• 0:33 - This episode is much later than I'd like, but I'm finally back from my post-GenCon hiatus.
• 1:14 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
• 1:21 - First up on my review pile is 40 Years of GenCon, an oral history of North America's biggest gaming convention.
• 4:12 - I was bowled over by Hobby Games: The 100 Best, a collection of essays by one hundred game designers about their favorite games.
• 8:48 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com
• 9:06 - I finally got a chance to read two books I contributed to, Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings and the Story Games Names Project.
• 10:59 - My favorite game from GenCon so far is Grey Ranks, a roleplaying game about child soldiers during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
• 12:02 - I haven't been playing much recently, but my group is getting ready to play Burning Empires (PDF). I've also managed to fit in some Play-by-Email games of Hammer of the Scots and Sword of Rome.
• 13:27 - Don't forget about my other gaming podcast, The Voice of the Revolution, and my Actual Play weblog, A Fistful of Games.

--Paul

Discuss this episode in the HG,WT forum

Post-GenCon Grab Bag

• 0:33 - This episode is much later than I'd like, but I'm finally back from my post-GenCon hiatus.
• 1:14 - This show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.
• 1:21 - First up on my review pile is 40 Years of GenCon, an oral history of North America's biggest gaming convention.
• 4:12 - I was bowled over by Hobby Games: The 100 Best, a collection of essays by one hundred game designers about their favorite games.
• 8:48 - Have Games, Will Travel is supported by RPGNow.com
• 9:06 - I finally got a chance to read two books I contributed to, Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings and the Story Games Names Project.
• 10:59 - My favorite game from GenCon so far is Grey Ranks, a roleplaying game about child soldiers during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
• 12:02 - I haven't been playing much recently, but my group is getting ready to play Burning Empires (PDF). I've also managed to fit in some Play-by-Email games of Hammer of the Scots and Sword of Rome.
• 13:27 - Don't forget about my other gaming podcast, The Voice of the Revolution, and my Actual Play weblog, A Fistful of Games.

--Paul

Discuss this episode in the HG,WT forum

We chat with Games Workshop Account Rep Travis Farber. We talk about changes in Games Workshop, retail / trade account management, and more. Plus – the secret lives of GW Reps! Discussion of playtests of S-G Thou Art But a Warrior and Grey Ranks, and assorted gaming. Liner Notes Introductions [0:36] Game Workshop [1:35] Secret [...]

Werewolf Bar MitzvahShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Cryx Restrospective
• Top Five: Warcaster Armor Accessories
• Warmachine: Cryx Warcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Werewolf Bar MitzvahShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Cryx Restrospective
• Top Five: Warcaster Armor Accessories
• Warmachine: Cryx Warcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

This week we're talking the one of the most infamous mods on the palladium forums, to learn about just what it takes to keep the crazies in line.

This is the second part of the interview with 12 to Midnight's Charles White. We managed to go off on a completely different subject. Also, we have Little Black Book. Clint discusses and demonstrates the new Savage Worlds: Explorer's Edition chase rules with us. We finally have a winner for Cheyenne Wright's original artwork for the Savage Worlds Action Deck black joker (see the image below). And we start a new contest.


Charles White links
12 to Midnight
Fabled Environments
Worldforge Magazine

Little Black Book links
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Savage Worlds: Explorer's Edition

Cheyenne Wright's Prize

Session 03 - The party have much fun on the beach on Alcazar and finally managed to visit with the Oracle before leaving in a hurry

This is a very short episode where Kyle introduces a few outtakes, including a discussion of an altercation with the infamous band, Harry and the Potters, and how Meryl Streep's breasts brought a previous episode to a screeching halt.  Kyle addresses his pending feud with the Reel Horror Podcast and also introduced a new promo that the Scorpion King recorded.

This is a selection of photos taken by Deuce Richardson on his recent trip to Howard Days 2007!

Die Jungs von der DORP haben nun ein neues Projekt gestartet: DORP-TV. In der ersten Ausgabe präsentieren Sie ein Interview mit dem Nackten Stahl Verlag.

Dial P For Pulp Show 2 October 2007

First off I now have a voice mail line set up, so please let me know what you think of the show, the number is 206-600-3121, and that is a United States phone number. 

News

Ki-Gor: Jungle Lord from Wild Cat Books.

Robert E. Howard’s Almuric
 
Fantastic Worlds

 
The Last of the Trunk

 
Solomon Kane movie, James Purefoy has been chosen to portray Kane.

Reviews

 
Astounding Adventures! Magazine No.1
 
Moonstone’s The Spider Chronicles.
 
Conan The Phenomenon Dark Horse
  
Now we have a special report by Deuce Richardson about this years Howard Days, the gathering in Cross Plains, Texas, of Robert E. Howard fans
 
Red Shadows Part2 by Robert E.Howard. This is the LibriVox recording and is read by Paul Siegel. LibriVox is an online library of public domain works that have been released as Public Domain audiobooks. Well worth checking out at LibriVox.org.

Lets Get Talking

Where does PULP finish and Noir begin?

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#50 - This episode we talk with Julie Lower about Past Present and Future, Living with the Sons of Kryos, and Love to our listeners. 60min.

Session 01 - The Labour of Love party continue their adventures and travel to speak to Zenatos about a new quest at Ottoman's Dock

Session 02 - The party charter The Manky Bastard to take them to visit the Oracle of Alcazar

Michael Stackpole uses podcasting to entertain, educate, and promote his work. Mike offers tips and advise on how to use the medium and exercise its potential. Fiction reaches a wide audience and if done right, draws a lot of attention to your work. Make sure to listen to his podcasted novel, Fortress Draconis. Its a great listen and a fabulous sample of a quality performance.

Taking Pictures of Lutefisk to Explain the Nothingness of BeingShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Warmachine: Menoth Restrospective
• Top Five: Iron Kingdoms B Movies
• Warmachine: MenothWarcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Taking Pictures of Lutefisk to Explain the Nothingness of BeingShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Warmachine: Menoth Restrospective
• Top Five: Iron Kingdoms B Movies
• Warmachine: MenothWarcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

A lot of us like to play the hero.  You know, the good guy, the one how goes to the creatures house, kicks in their door, stab them in the head and takes all their stuff.  Somehow, when put like that it doesn't sound good, and lawful is probably in some serious doubt too.  But that's still what we stick on our character sheets.  And while individually we'll continue see our own characters in the pure and divine light of always being right, together we can't seem to agree on exactly what alignment batman is.  Dungeons and Dragons the game that gave the game concept to us some 30 odd years ago can't even decide on what the aligments mean, or how many there should be, since that seems to change with each eddition.  In the end, Good vs. evil may just be a very simple story that we can all relate to, but no one can define.

So, today, we'll try to help clarify things, or atleast, move the water around a little bit.

Noteworthy links from the show:

Engrish

For a short while we were on the Barack Obama video site because of some comments made in episode 9.  Unfortunately, they're down now.  But Google Cache caught them.

When talking about good, evil and D&D it's hard to avoid Chick Tracts and Dark Dungeons.

Finally we encourage everyone to go learn about H.P. Lovecraft.  It's October.  It just seems right.

Again, all of this was meant as a high level overview.  If you have specific questions or comments, hop on by the forums and let us know what you think of this episode.

This week's hosts were Chris, Connie, Jim, Tate and Ders.

Taking a step away from writing for Palladium I'll be talking to one of the freelance artists, namely Nick Bradshaw. Tune in to find out just how we get all those pretty pictures in those books.

In Episode 23, Mike and Kyle conclude their discussion of movies so bad they are good.  The final three movies are Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Sophie's Choice, and The Stink of Flesh.  Kyle also gives a Rizzob in the Hizzouse to the inventor of nicotene lozenges and Mike continues to try to answer the unanswerable question- what can brown do for you?

History Dave is with us once again! it’s a long one this week, and we didn’t even make it to the feedback section, but the discussions were so good working with a Pimp My Campaign, the Question Corner and continuing the Campaign Creation feature, that we ran out of time before ideas. The links are [...]

Ryan talks with Joshua BishopRoby of Kallisti Press about beta playtesting -- getting the game your working on playtested by people outside of your table. They talk about his current project that's in beta playtest, Sons of Liberty. Speaking both generally and using Sons of Liberty as an example, Joshua discusses what a "beta playtest" is, the issues in getting people to playtest, what he's looking for in feedback, and other playtesting topics. Ryan then talks about what he sees as the benefits, as a game designer, of playtesting someone else's game.

Sons of Liberty -- Beta Playtest until October 31st, 2007

• Sons of Liberty page
• Kallisti Press main page
• Full Light, Full Steam
• Have Games, Will Travel episode with Joshua BishopRoby

Contact Ryan about ordering an ashcan copy of Know Thyself: MasterPlan@hmfy.com.

Other Mentions:

• Story Games
• The Forge

Running time: 23:56 / File size: 16.4 MB

Discuss this episode on the forums: http://www.hmfy.com/masterplan/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=20

It started out as a rant about the Planet of the Apes movie by Tim Burton, and it became so much more.

This Special Episode is to hold you over until episode 018, which will be our retrospective on a year with the Accidental Survivors. If you want to comment on your year with the Accidental Survivors, you still have time to contact us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca

See you soon.

Taste the Golden CygnusShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Cygnar Restrospective
• Top Five: Poorly Conceived Jacks
• Warmachine: Cygnar Warcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Taste the Golden CygnusShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Cygnar Restrospective
• Top Five: Poorly Conceived Jacks
• Warmachine: Cygnar Warcasters
• Fell Calls Forums
  

On this Episode of "We'd Rather Be LARPing" We talk about of gaming experiences while at the Shimakon Anime convention, and a few other random off topic ramblings. We got horrible acoustics in the Hotel room and alot of mic problems but it's an episode that we promised to put out at the convention. So hopefully it'll be enjoyable. Serenity The Roleplaying Game Serenity Cash! Spice up your game! Promos Goblin Broadcast Network After Serenity Sons of Kyros Yog Radio

Today's guest will be a regular writer for Palladium Books, Carmen Bellaire. Writer of the powers unlimited books, and many more

We're finally back with Charles White wherein he discusses his work at Fabled Environments, the maker of Modern Floorplans for 12 to Midnight. Clint Black is back with the Little Black Book. The segment has a brand new "professional" intro and we discuss the fan-requested Rippers. Also, we play the promo that Veronica worked on for the Carpe GM podcast.


Charles White's links:
12 to Midnight
Modern Floorplans

Rippers links:
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
Rippers

Promo link:
Carpe GM - Seize the Game

Show022: Interview with Paul and Danielle Czege plus Matt Synder 3 weeks. Wow. I didn’t think I’ve been goofing with my computer that long. Here’s one with Paul, Danielle, and Matt the folks behind the Ashcan Front. I’ll do links and stuff later, but I need to take a quick nap and then head back [...]

In Episode 22, Mike and Kyle begin their experiment in reviewing movies so bad that they are good.  Using user suggestions from the website, the guys watch the first three movies in this episode, including Snakes on a Plane, Plan 9 From Outer Space, and Deathrace 2000.  Kyle also makes a shocking announcement about a lifestyle choice he has been hiding from everyone, and Mike bitches at Kyle over the shownotes.

Author: ZombieNirvana
Added: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:15:33 -0800
Duration: 414

In this episode, we add mountains to our map with a subtle layer style and some layer mask trickery. Don't forget to stop by ZombieNirvana.com for this week's show notes!

Blue-Eyed VoiceShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Wild Speculation: Feralgeist, Immortals, Incubi, Sea Dog Deck Gun Crew, Lady Aiyana & Master Holt, Master Gunner Dougal MacNaile
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Winterguard Unit Attachment and Weapon Attachment
• Top Five: Surprises on this season of "Dancing With the Warcasters"
• IK RPG: Men in Blue update
• Fell Calls Forums
  

Blue-Eyed VoiceShow Notes

• Sponsored By Plycon's Keep
• Introductions
• Wild Speculation: Feralgeist, Immortals, Incubi, Sea Dog Deck Gun Crew, Lady Aiyana & Master Holt, Master Gunner Dougal MacNaile
• Voicemail
• Warmachine: Winterguard Unit Attachment and Weapon Attachment
• Top Five: Surprises on this season of "Dancing With the Warcasters"
• IK RPG: Men in Blue update
• Fell Calls Forums
  

In our final collection of overview topics we wrap up with starting a campaign:  Box vs Custom, a little bit on GM Theory, Generic Systems vs Specific, Artwork in games, Maps and Battlemaps.

A couple references in the show that need some specific addressing.

Lego Cthuhlu on YouTube!  Dear Santa....

And my new favorite game pieces:  www.hirstarts.com

Again, all of this was meant as a high level overview.  If you have specific questions or comments, hop on by the forums and let us know what you think of this episode.

This week's hosts were Chris, Connie, Jim, Tate and Ders.

Wayne Smith and Kevin Siembieda are on the show to talk about the Rifter and it's ten years of being in print. Join in.

VIEWER MAIL!  CALL (206) 202-5279 WITH MORE!Show Notes Are for Sissies!

Hey Kids

Here\'s a new promo spot for the Accidental Survivors podcast, sure to offend at least some portion of the population, just like we do on the show.