A podcast about board games, role playing games and gaming conventions! We bring on game designers, creators, players and game masters to talk about their passion.
Episodes
Monday May 14, 2018
Monday May 14, 2018
We welcome Heather back to talk about how our GenCon event registration went (spoilers, it went crazy well!) and to answer all of the questions she had about the convention as this will be her first time attending GenCon. Heather is a seasoned convention attendee and helped me run events at some very large conventions in the past. Her questions are mostly centered around GenCon itself, and less about conventions in general.
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Gencon alternate event list: http://gencon.highprogrammer.com/
Q - packet Will Call or mail it to you?
A - Really depends on your logistics. If you're arriving off normal hours or on Wednesday, will call is great. Since tickets get sold out now the volunteers that used to manage ticket sales are now helping with Will Call. Thursday during the day will be a longer line, Saturday even worse. Will Call is open 24 hours so try to pick up your packet during off hours the night before you start your con events.
Q - What's it like getting around downtown? lots of walking?
A - City bus from the airport to Downtown, then walking a ton. going from one end to the other may take 20 minutes so pad in some travel time between events. Lyft and Gen-Con promotional pricing this year to help get around town. If you're driving in and need to park, GenCon's event registration will sell you parking passes.
Q - How early do should someone arrive to an event?
A - True Dungeon just a bit before the time prior to the event. rules are if you're a few minutes late they'll drop
Q - Dealer's room when to buy and logistics
A - post office nearby to ship by Saturday. Kinkos inside the convention center for Sunday shipping. Sunday is a good day to try for a couple deals, but popular stuff is going to be sold out long before that so think about which items you want to make sure to purchase on Thursday
Wednesday May 09, 2018
Wednesday May 09, 2018
We kept talking after the DM Tips recording and ended up in a cool conversation about some of the current examples of play out in the role-playing gaming scene. Not quite enough to be its own weekly episode but still a fun little conversation.
Let us know if you'd like more of this behind the scenes chatter!
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Tuesday May 08, 2018
Tuesday May 08, 2018
This week Mike joins us to talk about some Dungeon Master tips in DnD and other RPGs. This episode focuses on building the story and what to do when players throw you a curveball. It's a fun discussion as all three of us have different approaches and expectations of our players and we get into the differences between running games for local friend group vs. running games at gaming conventions.
Mike turned us onto a great DM toolkit available on the google play store!
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Wednesday May 02, 2018
Wednesday May 02, 2018
This week Kelly joins Rich and I to go back to talking about board games, specifically games that are great to bust out at a party or particularly packed gaming night!
We gave ourselves some rules:
- Small playing space
- Portable
- Quick to explain (less than 10 minutes)
- Quick to setup (few pieces)
- Accommodate more than 4 people
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Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
Wednesday Apr 25, 2018
This week Rich and I talk about Origins Game Fair, a simple guide to attend this lovely con!
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Friday Apr 20, 2018
Friday Apr 20, 2018
This week Vlad joins Rich and I to talk about where this lovely role playing game came from. How it came to be known as DnD 3.75 and chat a tiny bit about what we hope to see with the recently announced Pathfinder 2e.
Pathfinder is made by Paizo http://paizo.com/pathfinder/rpg
The new playtest for 2nd Edition is available here: http://paizo.com/pathfinderplaytest
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Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
This week Rich and I are joined by Mark and his son Matthew to talk about a smaller local convention in Houston, OwlCon.
We chat about Scythe, Dr. Who Roleplaying game, Risk and the local flare around Houston.
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Monday Mar 26, 2018
Monday Mar 26, 2018
Part 3 of our Survival guide series on GenCon! Event Registration. Rich and I share all the tricks we've learned over the years to secure spots to the games we care about.
Also, we're planning an HSG dinner/drinks thing at GenCon this year, we'll spill more details in future episodes.
Event listing should come out near the end of April, Registration is May 6th.
https://www.gencon.com/attend/policies#registration
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Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
The mental break for Dungeon Masters.
In this episode, Larry and Al join Rich and me in talking about the board games that Dungeons and Dragons have been putting out. Great games, tons of hours of play, interchangeable heroes from box to box, and excellent miniatures you can use in your Roleplaying games!
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/board-card-games
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
Tuesday Mar 06, 2018
This week Rich and I talk about the joy of running events at GenCon and other conventions. GenCon 2018's Event Organizer sign up ends March 10th but these tips will help you for any con.
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