EpicTurn

After a... um... slight hiatus, we're back with our first episode of a brand new season. Same two hosts with some time evolved perspectives and a love of hobby gaming that's as strong as ever. Here are some of the things we went over during this episode as we went over our GenCon 2017 experience.

On this episode of EpicTurn, we return to our tips on roleplaying games. The subject is about character backgrounds for both DMs and players. Also in this episode, we talk about RPGs in modern settings and how that can limit player creativity.

On this episode of EpicTurn, we interview Corey Young, the mastermind behind Gravwell. Corey discusses the design of Gravwell, future games, and great tips on approaching publishers.

In this episode of EpicTurn, Tim has been struck with the hiccups! We discuss digital games, the social benefits of RPGs/general gaming, and random assortment of topics.

We're back with Season 2 of EpicTurn! In this episode we talk about the future plans of the show alongside a mini rant about box design for board games.

After a small hiatus we're back with friend of the show Jamey Stegmaier to talk about gaming and his new Kickstarter for Tuscany

We're back! This is the first episode in a periodic series called the College of Gaming. We talk about how to be a good palyer and expirement with some changes to our format. We had a lot of fun and hope you do too.

In our first episode of 2014 we have a round table with several of the great guys from Jasco Games. We got to talk about their great properties and the upcoming Mega Man The Board Game, currently on Kickstarter!

On our holiday episode we talk about gift ideas and things we'd recommend people to get for each other (or themselves). Of course it's probably too late to take much advantage of this, but it's a fun list anyway.

On this episode we're joined by special guest Mark Plemmons to talk about his career and his new Kickstarter project Corporia.

On this episode we're joined by special guest Jason Hardy from Catalyst Game Labs. We sit down and discuss some of his history with Shadowrun and other games. He also gives us some great details about the future of Catalyst and what they're doing next.

In this Halloween themed episode we talk about gaming superstitions and how they've effected us and groups we've been part of.

In this very special epsidoe we sit down with Todd Rowland from AEG. He was kind enough to geek out with us for a while about all the awesome things they're doing.

In this episode we sit down and discuss large group games, and we give our own personal top ten list. For a few we didn't have a common point of reference so we presented a few options.

We sit down together and play a game of the DC Comics Deck-builder from Cryptozoic.

In this unexpected continuation of our RPG Deconstruction we finish talking about magic and power levels.

EpicTurn begins a long running deconstruction of RPGs in this episode. After a brief followup we start a multi-part discussion about magic levels in fantasy worlds with a focus on low-magic.

In our first normal episode since Gencon, we take a stab at doing our first game review. After some follow up on previous topics we break down Gravwell, a new game from Corey Young and Cryptozoic.

In this, our first ever MEGA-EPISODE, we get to sit down with senior members of TrueDungeon staff: Jeff Chandler, David Radtke, and Jean Monfort. They where kind enough to talk to us both before and after we had a chance to run through the dungeons for the first time.

In our fourth and final recap episode from Gencon 2013 we talk about how we wrapped up our time at the convention. Following up this discussion is a great conversation we had with Cory Jones from Cryptozoic.

In our third episode from Gencon 2013 we recap day three of the Four Best Days in Gaming. Followed by an incredible interview with Simon Berman and William Hungerford of Privateer Press, where we talk about the new products released at Gencon, and how they've been received.

In our second episode from Gencon 2013 we recap day two of this fantastic event. Followed by a great interview with Jamey Stegmaier and Allen Stone of Stonemaier Games, where we talk about there experiances being a first time game publisher on Kickstarter and the challenges they've faced in their success.

Our first episode from Gencon 2013. We sat down with a few panelists to discuss the first day of Gencon and how it's made us feel and what we're excited about for the upcoming days.

In this episode, our longest episode yet, we take a deep look at a great reddit post that codifies the Ten Commands of Board Game Night. We talk about how they impact our own group, and gaming groups in general, as well as how they apply to RPG nights.

In this episode we're joined by Eloy Lasanta from Third Eye Games and had a great time hanging out and discussing his company, his philosphy to board game design, his Ennie nomination, and hobby gaming in general.

In this episode we take a high level tour de force through one of the latest crazes in hobby gaming: Deckbuilding Games. We then follow up with discussions on other forms of card games, including the Living Card Games from Fantasy Flight, and a few of our other favorites.

It's EpicTurn's first podcast episode! Our main focus for the first episode was to introduce your hosts, and start a discussion about the influence Kickstarter has had on the hobby industry.