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Taking a tour in an established setting like Star Wars or Lord of the Rings can be a highlight of your gaming experience or the vacation from hell. Crossing lightsabers with Vader, flying with the crew of the Serenity or taking down a Terminator with pipe bombs and Mack trucks is the stuff of gaming legend. But on the other hand, being smacked down by Drizzt, begging Elminister for help or watching Harry Potter save the day (again) is slightly worse than being dragged naked across broken glass. We discuss how to run fun games with established settings, including settings that lack published gaming sourcebooks. Plus, a new letter from Tom, a listener anecdotes and a new segment-The World of Synnibar Character Creation Spotlight!

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Music: Tourist Trap by the White Rabbits

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    Inspired by our recent 4th edition D&D campaign, Tom and I discuss the usage of maps, miniatures and other props and gimmicks in tabletop games. While some games like Dungeons and Dragons nessecitate at least using some of these add-ons and others like Call of Cthulhu practically drown players in handouts, so where should you draw the line? How much is too much and when do they take away from the game instead of enhancing it? We also talk about our Gencon 09 plans and the New World Primer. Funny thing, we record this episode before the primer came out. Instead of a letter, Tom reads some stuff written by his friend Andy and we have the most insane anecdote ever…The Chaplin Incident as related to us by Adam Scott Glancy of Pagan Publishing.

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    In this episode, Tom and I more or less interview each other about our habits as players. Find out what can truly surprise Tom in a game or what my favorite character type is. If you want to get an idea of how to improve your game, think about how you play, what works and what doesn’t work. Also, to make up for the recent lack of content, we’ve made this episode nearly 90 minutes long. Tom has an improvised Letter, plus two new anecdotes and more.

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    • Kenzer Company: Congratulations on issue 150 of Knights of the Dinner Table!
    • T-Rex Cafe: A dinosaur themed restaurant in Kansas City.
    • Dungeon Crawl: I’ve mentioned it before, but the new version is even better. And more addicting if that’s possible.
    • A Wee Bit of Revolution: Craig Ferguson stand up comedy. It’s funny.
    • Rifftrax: The new Twilight Rifftrax is hysterical. You must watch it.
    • Zombietown USA: Zombies in small town America. Also dual statted for Autoduel!
    • Fans, Friends and Follwers: A great book with advice on how to use the Internet to build a creative career.
    • Friday Night Firefight: Cyberpunk combat system. No pansy roleplaying. Just hardcore 80s style combat rules.

    Music: There is no I in team but there is a me by Western Civ.

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