The Tome Ep 129: Players Handbook 3

To look at the PH3 I called on veteran Tome contributors Will Wong and Quinn Murphy from the At-Will blog. We examined the new races, new classes, and new features, like psionics, hybrid classes, and skill powers. All in[...]
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Host Migration Complete; Site Migration to Follow

Morning to everyone, So, I’ve managed to move the podcasts to the new host, A Small Orange, and everything seems to be going great.  As you can see, I’ve reduced the number of podcasts down quite a bit and e[...]
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The Tome Ep 128: Martial Power 2

Martial Power 2 is designed to give more options for your fighter, rogue, ranger, or warlord. To see if the book is successful at that I brought in Dave Chalker from Critical Hits as well as Jared Glenn from the Power So[...]
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The Stop Dating Show pilot episode now available

Download or listen to the podcast here! From their website: Overview of Our Project “The Stop Dating Show” is an antidote to fad dating books. It rewrites our culture’s dating literacy by challenging the linguis[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 09

Stu, Stork and Tappy discuss listener email, a few qualities of great players, DnD4e Martial Power 2 and Player’s Handbook 3. Featured song: The Man Who Doesn’t Like Beer, by the Poxy Boggards, featured on Li[...]
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Tim’s Campaign – Session 4 Podcast

The druid Blindheart has been tainted by a black crystal and after the group destroys it he is released from its power. [...]
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Podcast Update

Less RPG podcasts, more BBC Radio 4 stuff.[...]
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The Week In Geek (part two)…

A second helping of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) Win Stuff! Come back here on Wednesday to take part in the first ever HeroPress competition and be in with a chance of winning some Pride And Prejudice[...]
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The Top 5: The Week of Mar 1

It’s another Monday, and you know what that means? Another fantastic Top 5. These are my top five favorite things this week. 1. Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Even though RPG Circus recorded a bumper for the beginning of [...]
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The Tome Show Ep. 127: Underdark

About a week ago, I was  guest host on The Tome Show, a D&D Podcast. We talked about the Underdark supplement for 4e. I was joined by Enrique from Newbie DM, Chris from Icosahedraphelia, and of course Jeff from The [...]
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The Week In Geek…

A round-up of geeky news you might have otherwise missed...(1) It's Read An RPG Book In Public Week: The first of the year's three 'Read An RPG Book In Public' Weeks began yesterday.(2) Morrison + Fry = Twin Peaks + Bri[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 08

A game day episode, featuring listener feedback and a brief recap of the game just played. Your hosts: Stu, Tappy, Stork, Jenn, Bruce, Kory, Kimi. [...]
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The Tome Ep 127: Underdark

Underdark is a book designed to make the dangerous underground setting easier to use as a setting for your adventures. In this episode I am joined by the Newbie DM Enrique, Chris from Icosohedraphelia, and Mark from the [...]
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Tim’s Campaign – Session 3 Podcast

The party of adventurers journeys to the druid’s tree only to find it being corrupted and infested with owlbears. [...]
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Critical Hits Podcast #19: 4e DMing Tips Seminar

Lead by Mike Shea of Sly Flourish, joined by Matt James of Loremaster and Dave The Game (myself), the last seminar from synDCon 2010 was about tips for DMs, primarily for 4e D&D but also some tips for GMs of all RPGs[...]
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Critical Hits Podcast #18: Planning Your Campaign Using the 5×5 Method Seminar

I gave a talk at synDCon 2010 on how to use the 5x5 Method to plan a campaign arc. I took suggestions from the audience and walked through the process, and by the end, we had the structure to start planning.[...]
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Video Interview with D&D Creative Manager Chris Perkins

Nick interviews D&D Creative Manager Chris Perkins about being a killer DM, running D&D for celebrities, and making your NPCs memorable by doing voices.[...]
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Another web hosting update

After several sessions on the phone with tech support for MyDomain, I believe the problems have been worked out. I have been able to upload podcast episodes to my primary hosting account there, and since the plan I use n[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 07

Season 02, Episode 07. Alignments. We discuss DnD alignments through various editions, the meaning of good, evil, lawful and chaos, and our take on it. We also discuss The Burning Wheel, the latest release for Exalted, D[...]
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Timing Out

One of the biggest complaints about 4th Edition D&D is that combats take too long. That’s certainly been my experience. Characters and monsters have a ton of hit points, a wide range of powers with different t[...]
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Critical Hits Podcast #17: Demolishing the Edition War – Roleplaying in 4e Seminar

Matt James of Loremaster, David Phillips, and myself gave a talk at synDCon 2010 about the origins of the Edition War in D&D, using skills for magical effects, why combat might be prevalent, tips for using skill chal[...]
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Critical Hits Podcast #16: Creating Challenging Encounters Seminar

Matt James of Loremaster, Erik Nowak of Blackdirge Publishing/Goodman Games, and myself gave a talk at synDCon 2010 about creating challenging encounters in 4e. Everything from reverse skill challenges to Beholder tunnel[...]
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Web hosting update

I got some great news today: my primary web hosting service, MyDomain.com, now offers unlimited bandwidth (traffic) on the hosting plan I use. I don’t know how long this has been true; I just learned about it today[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 06

Welcome to Season 02 Episode 06: Player vs. Player conflict. Your hosts: Stu and Stork. Links mentioned: We Are Douchebags. A series of old Dragon Magazine articles about gamemastering. Thanks to Jason for the link. Feat[...]
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The Tome Ep 126: Build a Spark and Play the Odd Man Out

Wolfgang Baur joins me in this episode where we build a monster called a Spark based on a Pathfinder RPG monster built by Adam Daigle for a monster contest at Kobold Quarterly. We then talk about how to make your charact[...]
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Tim’s Campaign – Session 2 Podcast

The party of adventurers presses deeper into Barokar Lighthammer’s Tomb, only to discover that he is being corrupted and raised as Scourgehammer by the vampire Blight. [...]
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Starting in the Middle of Combat

One of the most popular topics in Role Playing philosophy is the initial encounter of any campaign. The “initial encounter” the event which kicks-off the adventure. Sometimes the heroes are all separate entit[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 51: City of the Pirate Kings, Part 3

We’re back, adventure fans, to present you with episode 51 of the Icosahedrophilia podcast, in which you can follow heroes old and new through part 3 of our adventure entitled “City of the Pirate Kings.”[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 50: City of the Pirate Kings, Part 2

Looks like we made it, adventure fans! The Icosahedrophilia podcast has hit the half-century mark! I As far as I know, Icosahedrophilia is now the longest-running podcast presenting actual play of a continuous 4e D&D[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 04

Listener feedback: TPKs, Players Surprising the GM, etc. Talked about Stu’s appearance on Kicked in the Dice Bags. Game companies and power creep. How does the plethora of game supplements affect the players and th[...]
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The Tome Ep 125: Third Party EXTRAVAGANZA

This episode is a collection of mini-reviews of a slew of 3rd party products (products usable for D&D but not by Wizards of the Coast). Chris Heard from Icosohedraphelia gives us reviews of the Chessex Dice Boot, Son[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 49: City of the Pirate Kings, Part 1

The Icosahedrophilia podcast moves one step closer to the half-century mark with a big show, bursting with plot twists, new players, secrets revealed, and more! “City of the Pirate Kings,” recorded on May 30,[...]
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Podcast Playlist: Icosahedrophilia

I have to admit, the main reason I decided to start playing D&D is the podcast done by WotC, Penny Arcade, PvP and Wil Wheaton. They didn't take themselves too seriously and had a ton of fun. When I professed this [...]
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The Long Overdue Update!

Evening all! Yes it’s been almost 3 months since the Critical Failure crew have made any new postings or even podcasts, and we apologize greatly.  We know some of you were listening to our antics for some time and[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Epiosde 03

Welcome to Season 2 Episode 3, where in we read a lot of listener feedback, discuss scheduling and ramble on about publishers/game stores and what’s good for the hobby. www.nearbygamers.com www.accessdenied.net MIL[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 48: The Doom of Sarnath, Part 6

Sarnath yields up some more of its secrets in the earth-shaking finale to “The Doom of Sarnath”! We were unable to complete “The Doom of Sarnath” on February 6, 2009, so we finished it up on Febr[...]
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Tim’s Campaign – Session 1 Podcast

Here is our first gaming session in Tim’s new campaign set at the 13th level with D&D 4th Edition. Players: Josh – Vengeance – Revenant Assassin Jeff – Mad Max – Human Ranger Chuck ̵[...]
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The Tome Ep 124: Sly Flourish Advice

Mike Shea of Sly Flourish joins me for a discussion where we build an encounter at a portal to the Fey Wild based around Foulspawn and then we talk about finding the balance of using collaborative storytelling in your ga[...]
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Coming Soon: Rogue Trader Session Podcasts

Get ready for good times, because cbpye.net is going to be hosting the recorded play sessions of my Rogue Trader group (that is to say, the group in which I play. I do not GM for this group). Be sure to subscribe and l[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 47: The Doom of Sarnath, Part 5

The ruins of Sarnath hold yet more mysteries for the crew of the Broken Promise in episode 47, “The Doom of Sarnath, Part 5″! We were unable to complete “The Doom of Sarnath” on February 6, 2009, [...]
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The Free RPG Blog 60 Second Guerilla Podcast

I have created 10 Sixty Second Guerilla Podcasts and am in the process of casting them across the internet. The aim is to spread the word of free RPGs by producing free RPG reviews in 60 seconds and having them played in[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 02

A post-game-day episode! Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Bruce, Claire, Casey. Listener Feedback. More discussion about co-GMs & assistant GMs (thanks to Paul for the voicemail). Our impressions of Savage Worlds (after actua[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 02 Episode 01

Welcome to Season 2 of Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast. Game props (the cool fiddly stuff GMs give their players in-game). Lots of listener feedback: The Bay Area’s Kublacon: http://www.kublacon.com/ A Savage Worlds[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 45: The Doom of Sarnath, Part 3

Having defeated the undead guardians of the shadow-shrouded levitating island, the PCs are ready to continue their exploration of the subterranean city in “The Doom of Sarnath, Part 3″! Please listen now or s[...]
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Icosahedrophilia download problems

I’ve had a few reports of incorrect direct download links for some of the “back issues” of the Icosahedrophilia podcast. Specifically, episodes 10–27 are on a different server from all the other episo[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 44: The Doom of Sarnath, Part 2

The battle that began in episode 43 between the PCs and the undead guardians of the microcosm cavern’s shadow-shrouded island continues in episode 44, “The Doom of Sarnath, Part 2″! Please listen now or[...]
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Icosahedrophilia Podcast, Episode 43: The Doom of Sarnath, Part 1

Picking up mere moments after the action in episode 42, episode 43 of the Icosahedrophilia podcast proudly presents “The Doom of Sarnath, Part 1″! Please listen now or subscribe via iTunes. This episode featu[...]
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The Tome Ep 123: Matt James Advice

I am joined in this episode by Matt James to talk about what he’s doing in the D&D world, as well as building a Shadar-Kai Swordmage and giving advice on how to start a new campaign. Sponsors: Pick of the Epis[...]
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Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 01 Episode 21

Savage Worlds pre-game review. Adament Entertainment’s Thrilling Tales 2nd Edition (Savage Worlds). Listener Kevin’s Simulated Pulp Hero Experience (SPHerE) Wiki. Featured song: Laser Printed Hero (complete).[...]
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The Tome Ep 122: Draconomicon Metallic Dragons

Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity. Sponsors: Pick of the Episode 1st E[...]
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