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Hosted by Ross Payton and Tom Church
Music: A tribute to Mozart by Steffe Coonan
Promo: The Escapist Podcast

Synopsis:
Gary Gygax passed away on March 4 2008. His legacy is the foundation of role playing games as we know them. While we are not old school players who were there in the golden age of D&D, we both felt Mr. Gygax’s hand in our games. The adversarial competition between DM and the players, the ‘kick the doors down and slit their throats’ style of dungeon crawling. We talk about the generational differences in gamers and Gary’s many contributions to popular culture. You can see his influence in video games, new media and much more. This is not a solemn tribute as we both thought that Gary would want a lively upbeat discussion.

Shout outs:
Neverwinter Nights 2: An excellent 3rd edition D&D computer game with more features and gameplay than you can shake a dead orc at.


Dieselboy’s Dungeon Master Guide: An incredible drum & bass album, perfect for fast paced battles when running your own D&D game.

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup: A sadistic computer game. Described perfectly in this thread:

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Hosted by Ross Payton and Tom Church
Music by Ghosts I-IV by Nine Inch Nails released under a Creative Commons license

Synopsis:
Creating adventures for your group can be a pain in the but but we’re here to help. The players can be heartless jerks who stomp all over your plot, massacre your poor NPCs or generally wreck mayhem on your plans. Improvisation is the hallmark of a good gamemaster and we discuss several techniques to prep for the next game.

Shout Outs:
Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic: A great D&D themed web comic featuring great art and an engaging light hearted story. It even updates on a daily basis unlike some other D&D themed web comics…

Betrayal at House on the Hill: A fun board game of supernatural horror with an innovative variable scenario rule set.

Rifftrax: If you liked Mystery Science Theater 3000, you’ll love Rifftrax. For a few dollars you can download a mp3 commentary of a popular movie by MST3K writer and host Mike Nelson (plus others) making fun of the movie. From Roadhouse to the Matrix Reloaded, Rifftrax is worth the few dollars it costs.

Zero Punctuation: A fast talking British game reviewer who isn’t afraid to give us his honest opinion of popular games like Guitar Hero 3, with an accompanying computer animated video to go along with it.

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Hosted by Ross Payton and Tom Church
Music by Sabrepulse

Synopsis: Death is a fact of life in gaming. A thread I started on rpg.net about PC death generated a bit of discussion about how people handle player characters dying in a game. So, Tom and I discuss how to best plan and deal with characters getting shot, stabbed, poisoned, mangled, maimed, disemboweled, defenestrated, disintegrated and otherwise expiring. Plus, a special Valentine’s Day letter from Tom, anecdotes and more.

Also, we have a new Call of Cthulhu/Delta Green PC mortuary. Please immortalize your dead investigator by entering it in here and view the other fallen investigators.

Shout Outs
Half Life: Full Life Consequences. A hilarious and absurd cartoon based on a horrible Half Life 2 fan fiction.
Idiots of Gary’s Mod: Another Half Life 2 inspired bit of insanity.
Armageddon Empire: An addicting computer strategy game. If you’ve ever wanted to rule a post apocalyptic empire, this is for you.
Pantheon: Narrative Cage Match. A great tabletop storytelling game, where each player tries to control the outcome of the narrative.
Ironclaw RPG: A fantasy tabletop rpg with talking animal people.
Henry Rollins: Rock star and stand up comedian. He gets angry. Also, he is a liar.
Ryan McKain runs a gaming group called the Free Knights.

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