Bear Swarm! Podcast features a group of, roughly, four friends who all game together. We're vulgar, crude, and sometimes offensive but we're always laughing. The group has seen a number of faces and is always looking to expand our host roster. Varying experiences and opinions in our cast means hopef…
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