Classic Bear Swarm! Podcast

John Wick, Michael Curry, and Rob Justice sit down to discuss 7th Sea: Second Edition.Show NotesEpisode 265: Meet the 7th Sea Design Team

The Bear Swarm! Returns seven years after it first began! Redeeming themselves for their first episode, "Universal Catalyst for Awesomeness", to talk about the use of GM fiat.Show NotesEpisode 264: GM Fiat

Rob and Mike talk about the long run of Bear Swarm and say some final goodbyes.Show NotesEpisode 263: The End

Rob and Mike are joined by Jim Ryan to discuss a couple different topics and generally fuck around.Show NotesEpisode 262: A Debate (of sorts)

Rob and Mike are joined by Tyson to discuss handling character death, intentional or not, in your game.Show NotesEpisode 261: Death is the Beginning

Rob and Mike are joined by James Gabrielsen to discuss the GM advice that role-playing games tend to forget about.Show NotesEpisode 260: James Gabrielsen!

Rob and Mike are joined by James Abendroth to discuss simulation and emulation role-playing games.Show NotesEpisode 259: Simulation vs. Emulation

Rob and Mike are joined by Del to discuss the differences between setting up a one-shot style game night and a long-term campaign game night.Show NotesEpisode 258: Game Nights vs. Campaign Nights

Rob and Mike are joined by Eichlos for a pretty damned in depth discussion about player types and GMing habits.Show NotesEpisode 257: Player Types and GM Advice

Rob and Mike talk about, well, mostly video games.Show NotesEpisode 256: Mostly Video Games

Rob, Mike, and Ro Wick sit down to discuss what makes Steampunk and Cyberpunk a genre.Show NotesEpisode 255: Steampunk & Cyberpunk

Rob and Mike sit down to discuss picking the right systems, building the right character, playing the game right, and having the right kind of fun.Show NotesEpisode 254: Role-Playing Advice?!

Rob and Mike are back for a normal episode! They talk about Zombie RPGs, Character Advancement, and a couple e-mails prompt brief wrestling discussions.Show NotesEpisode 253: Zombies, Advancement, and Wrestling

Rob sits down to talk with Mike Mearls!!!!!Show NotesEpisode 252: A Conversation with Mike Mearls

Rob sits down to talk with Fraser Ronald about his upcoming game, Centurion: Legionaries of Rome, and on-going Kickstarter for it.Show NotesEpisode 251: A Conversation with Fraser Ronald

Rob sits down to talk with Jason Pitre about his upcoming game, Spark, and on-going Kickstarter for it.Show NotesEpisode 250: A Conversation with Jason Pitre

This is Rob, phoning it in.Show NotesEpisode 249: Two Hundred and Forty Nine

Rob sits down for a conversation with game designer Nathan Paoletta Show NotesEpisode 248: A Conversation with Nathan Paoletta

Join Rob, Mike, John, and Dan for another thrilling Wrestlecast!Show NotesEpisode 247: Wrestlecast #7

Rob and Mike read e-mails then discuss video games, movies, music, social networking, farts and cock fights. Show NotesEpisode 246: E-Mail, Video Games, Movies, Music, Social Networking, Farts, and Cock Fights

Rob and Mike sit down and catch up with Cam Banks!Show NotesEpisode 245: More Cam Banks!

Rob and Mike talk about Star Wars, Video Games, and LeverageShow NotesEpisode 244: Star Wars, Video Games, and Leverage

Rob and Mike talk about GMing Personality, Game Night Alternatives, Video Games, and Netflix Original Programming.Show NotesEpisode 243: GMing Personality & Video Games

Rob and Mike discuss problems with their gaming group and solicit advice from the listeners.Show NotesEpisode 242: Ranting

Rob and MIke discuss #1ReasonWhy and offend you.Show NotesEpisode 241: One Reason

Hey, this is free. Don't expect so much.Show NotesEpisode 240: Depressed and Dishonored

Rob and Mike talk a lot. Look, I don't want to write this. Just listen to the damn episode.Show NotesEpisode 239: Movie Franchise Pitches

Rob and Mike discuss the trend of using unusual protagonists in games.Show NotesEpisode 238: Unusual Protagonists

Rob and Mike discuss narrative control and "story" games.Show NotesEpisode 237: Story Games

Rob, Mike, and Gourley sit down to discuss the Wilderness kickstarter with John Wick.Show NotesEpisode 236: Wilderness

Rob and Mike discuss narrativecontemporary gaming's dirty little secrets and how to use them to enhance your games.Show NotesEpisode 235: Dirty Little Secrets

Rob touches base with everyone and apologizes for the lack of a full episode.Show NotesEpisode 234: Micro Update

Rob and Mike talk about why they don't do Actual Plays, why they talk so much about John Wick, How to make friends with people, and what they liked and didn't like about Dresden Files City Creation.Show NotesEpisode 233: Friends and Dresden

Rob and Mike discuss a few kickstarter project they are excited for and talk about the level of entitlement people have for those projects.Show NotesEpisode 232: Entitlement

Rob and Mike clear out the e-mail that's been piling up over the last few months.Show NotesEpisode 231: E-Mail Wrapup

Rob and Mike embark on a new format, join them as they deliver the future of Bear Swarm!Show NotesEpisode 230: A New Era

Rob sits down and chats with Brian Engard about his various projects and game design philosophy.Show NotesEpisode 229: A Conversation with Brian Engard

A smattering of a few shorter interviews recorded at GenCon.Show NotesEpisode 228: Gen Con: Cubicle 7, Cam Banks, & 13th Age

A conversation with David A. Hill Jr. turns into a guest appearance cluster fuck.Show NotesEpisode 227: Gen Con: David A. Hill Jr.

Rob sits down and talks with Eddy Webb about what he's been up to.Show NotesEpisode 226: Gen Con: Eddy Webb

Back in February Rob, Mike, and Art sat down with John Wick to flesh out the idea behind To Slay a Dragon for his Wicked Fantasy series.Show NotesEpisode 225: Wicked Zardrax

The Bear Swarm! recorded a panel at GlitchCon in which John Wick discusses the upcoming Houses of the Blooded Card Game.Show NotesEpisode 224: GlitchCon: John Wick: Houses of the Blooded Card Game

Rob, Mike, Gourley, and Bryan spoil the living hell out of the Dark Knight Rises.Show NotesEpisode 223: The Dark Knight Rises

Rob, Brett, Mike, and Gourley talk about how Podcasting has CHANGED THEIR LIVES!Show NotesEpisode 222: The Effects of Podcasting

Rob, Mike, and Brett do a topic round up. Tons of stuff is talked about, see show notes for full details.Show NotesEpisode 221: Mystery Podcast Forge

Rob, Zeiler, and Darryl discuss upcoming and recent video games.Show NotesEpisode 220: Recent and Upcoming Video Games

Rob, Mike, John and Dan discuss pro-wrestling, mostly about TNA.Show NotesEpisode 219: Wrestlecast #6

Rob and Mike sit down with Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel, the creators of Dungeon World to discuss their game.Show NotesEpisode 218: A Conversation with Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel

Rob and Mike catch up on the pile of e-mail and host a little Google Hangout.Show NotesEpisode 217: Bear Chat

Rob explains why there is no episode this weekShow NotesEpisode 216: Apologies

With chaos in the world of the Bear Swarm! Rob is forced to solo the swarm this week, luckily half-way into his fight he's joined by an old friend...Show NotesEpisode 215: Rob Solos the Bear Swarm