The Tome Ep 53: Erik Mona Pathfinder
Erik Mona took the time out of his busy schedule to talk about the recent announcement that Paizo Publishing will be using a new game system that they are developing, the Pathfinder RPG, which is an offshoot of the 3.5 D[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 52: Andy Collins 4e
Andy Collins, of Wizards of the Coast, was nice enough to take some time out of his extremely busy schedule to talk to me the other night about all the crunchy rules bits about 4th Edition. I opted to have no promo in t[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 51: Wyatt DDXP
Geoffrey D. Winn brings us another awesome interview from D&D Experience, this time with James Wyatt, where they talk extensively about gnomes in 4e (and other things) as well as James’ novels in Eberron. The[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 50: 4e D&DI
This episode is the next in the series where Chris Engler and I discuss 4th Edition, this time it’s focused on D&D Insider. Instead of a promo you get a full (3 min) episode of Wapcaplets. I have a backlog o[...]Read on >>
Mechanic Design: Character Skills
Depending on how you play, skills can be a large part of your game. In some cases, they are seperated into combat skills and non-combat skills. In other cases, they are entirely different systems. When designing a skill [...]Read on >>
Episode 023: Franchise Fiasco
WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music 1. News & Vie[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 49: Rouse and Youngs
EDIT: A new version of this file has been added with two extra minutes of the interview that was lost the first time around. If you want information about alignment from Rouse and Youngs check it out at about the 34 min[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 48: 4e Monsters
Chris Engler and Jeff Greiner talk 4e Monsters in this episode. It’s worth noting again that a lot of info came out at DDXP and that this episode was recorded before that. So you can find more current information a[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 47: PH2
The Players Handbook 2 is a book full of alternatives for players to use to make their characters more interesting. This review was done by Will. I don’t expect there to be a ton more 3.5 book reviews after this, s[...]Read on >>
The Accidental Survivors Remember E. Gary Gygax
E. Gary Gygax, one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2008. We at Accidental Survivors wanted to add our voices to the multitude remembering a man pivotal to our hobby.Some other [...]Read on >>
Creator of D&D Dies
For those who have not heard, Gary Gygax, co-creator of the game that we all know and love, died this morning. He wasn’t terribly old although I understand he had had is share of health issues. He gave us Dungeons [...]Read on >>
TSP: Blood of the Gorgon 1 of 4
This is the first of a new series called “The Tome Show Presents”. In this TSP I will be featuring a short series of shows around one theme or product. In this first appearance I am presenting Blood of the Go[...]Read on >>
The Tome Ep 46: Perkins/Girard
Geoffrey D. Winn got some great interviews at D&D Experience bringing you all the scoops about 4th edition and more. This is the first of the series of interviews, this one with Sara Girard and Chris Perkins. IR[...]Read on >>
Episode 022b: Actual Play 2: Electric Boogaloo
WARNING: Instances of strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors: the Modern Gaming Podcast sponsored by Sword's Edge Publishing All music in podcast by Mindscape Music Actual Play 2: Ele[...]Read on >>











