Podcast and Notes – 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction

Chris and Brian return, with an episode recorded in the Hater Cavern – also known as the EndGame Cafe to be. Full of coffee, booze and fried chicken benedict (what!), Chris goes on the attack with shameless Evil Hat and EndGame updates. Brian stumbles, but defends himself with recent play from Lords of Gossamer and […]

2013’s Not Dead Yet! Chris and Brian turn up the scotch and recover from Turkey Day by chatting recent gaming, what we’ve been up to, FATE (of course) and Chris puts Brian on the spot for opinions on the FATE Worlds books.  Season’s Greetings, and recorded 12/1/13.

We team up with Robert Fulkerson of Found in the Alley podcast for a double-length GenCon episode. GenCon cause it’s on and we’re not there, but we ramble on about Crafty’s Little Wizards rpg, Pelgrane’s 13th Age,  and Wick’s Wicked Fantasy before heading off to talk large format L5R games and hacking Green Ronin’s A […]

We’re back: two hosts and two six siders. Chris and Brian sit down with a laptop and 21 year old scotch and talk a mess of gaming, including FATE / FAE, EABA 2, Monster Hunters Int’l, Ancients wargaming, community music events and much more. Huzzah! Recorded 8/1/13.

We’re back, creaky (and solo for this one). Brian emerges from the cave to drink scotch and ramble about Dead of Winter, Fate Con EndGame, Big Bad Con, and recent experiences in Magic World, Harn and Slumbering Tsar.Recorded 4/18/2013.

Many bothans died to recover this episode. Why, I’ll never know — but it might be for the Dead of Winter discussion, Karen Twelve’s psycho-horror adventure breakdown, or some of the other topics long forgotten. Happy Halloween (and, apparently, data recovery day)!

We’re back with topics including the EndGame January MiniCon, Chronica Feudalis / Hollow, Roanoke, and an all BRP review trio: CoC GM Screen, Chronicles of Future Earth, and the Laundry.

We start 2011 with a mix of roleplaying and boardgame topics – discussion on D&D Monster Vault, GMT’s Labyrinth and GMT in general, and De Profundis 2nd edition, among other things. Happy 2011!

It’s Thanksgiving, and we’re talking about NeonCon, Brian’s Pathfinder: Kingmaker campaign, Gamma World play and product, and D&D Insider electronic tools.

Chris and Brian talk with guest Fred Hicks, of the Evil Hat, about the upcoming, just announced supplement for the Dresden Files rpg – Rumors from the Paranet. Get your first glimpse … er, listen at what’s up with the upcoming book. We also chat some Bricks and Mortar, and follow-up with discussion and review-ishness […]

Single malt scotch in glass, Brian returns with guest Ryan “Flasking” Macklin to discuss the GM side of the EndGame Iron GM competition. Find out what was really going on behind the steely, unflinching gazes of the GMs during the pressure of competition.

Double tap! We return, with Chris waxing romantic about PAX and PAX Enforcers and big game money, and discussion of Castle Ravenloft and the D&D Essentials line.

Chris and Brian in Episode 51: Over the Hill.

We’re back, we’re 50, and we’re drinking boxed wine! We finally jump into 2010, recording at DundraCon 34 with fantastic guests Chris Pramas, Nicole Lindroos, Kenneth Hite, and Bruce Harlick. Discussion covers the convention, Green Ronin’s new Dragon Age boxed set, licensing, Champions for Hero 6th, Day After Ragnorak, and so much more.

Chris and Brian return with a long discussion on Fantasy Flight Games new Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd edition box, a too short review of Diaspora (that didn’t get put off to another episode), and a brief bit about Trail of Cthulhu.

We’re back with Chris and Brian chatting some general gaming news and a couple of reviews.  Discussion covers “everything’s coming up Cthulhu“, new books out on the market – including Rogue Trader rpg, Our Ladies of Sorrow, Council of Thieves: the Sixfold Trial, and Pathfinder – and reviews of Chronica Feudalis and Thousand Suns: Foundation Transmissions. Hosts: Chris […]

Chris and Brian return with a new episode to match the new show website.  Discussion covers various industry trends and rants, the recent EndGame minicon, Brian’s SotC game “With the Band“, GM prep revisited and a review of MWP’s Supernatural rpg.

And…..we are back! It’s been a buncha time since the last show, and we even talk a bit about that as part of the Episode. We have liner notes coming, but wanted to get the show up and out there ASAP. Thanks to “Mr. Bennett” for being a guest one more time. Hope you enjoy! […]

01:37 — Brian discusses being on Ron and Veronica’s The Game’s the Thing podcast while at RandomCon. Once again, we return to the Brian and Chris show! Thanks to David Steiger for the awesome liner notes! 06:55 — Brian’s experience at RandomCon. 09:07 — Brian played Savage Worlds twice, one was the Runepunk setting. 09:55 […]

Here we are. The second part of Episode 44, and a WHOLE lotta madness. We wanna thank David Steiger once again for some SUPEr spiff liner notes! 01:47 — Brian reviews Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies by Chad Underkoffler. 19:14 — Brian reviews another PDQ game, Jaws of the Six Sepents by Tim Gray. 22:33 […]

Hey everyone, we are back, with our good friend and total Grognard, Chris Ruggerio. This one went long, so we broke it up into two parts. A super special shout-out to David Steiger for doing these fine liner notes you see here! Enjoy the show! 0:58 Hosts Chris Hanrahan and Brian Isikoff welcome non-Chris-Bennet guest […]

We finish out our Dundracon coverage with the back half of our discussion with Ken Hite and Bruce Harlick. In this half, we discuss Ken’s Adventures into Darkness, super heroes of the Golden Age, Ken’s Day After Ragnarok, Wild Talents, Dresden Files Chicago, Summerland and more.

More DundraCon podcasting madness … recorded on 2/15/09, Brian and Chris sit down – post dinner – with world famous returning guests Kenneth Hite and Bruce Harlick.  Discussion ran about an hour and a half, so we’re posting it in two parts.  In the first half, we chat DDC experiences, large format games, and Mutant […]

Live (or not) from DundraCon 33 –  we sat down with Stephen Chenault of Troll Lord Games and returning guest Bruce Harlick. We talk about some of TLG’s upcoming products, the Castles & Crusades line, the upcoming children’s game The Harvesters, boxed set madness, and a good bit of old school gaming.

We return in a post Minicon / pre DundraCon frenzy with press-ganged guests Ryan Macklin (of the Master Plan podcast, and The Internet) and Bruce Harlick.  No game designers were hurt (much) in the recording.  We chat recent play experiences, D&D / gaming with kids, Dresden Files playtest, and more. Liner Notes (written by, uh, […]

Here we are, back after a long winters hibernation with our 40th episode. The first 12 mins of this show should features the radioactive Chris Bennett.  But it doesn’t it.  We removed it, as he was using his iPhone to attract aliens, and it made for some interesting interference on the recording. Other than that, […]

Here we are, back after a long winter’s hibernation with our 40th episode. The first 12 mins of this show features the radioactive Chris Bennett. Seems he was using his iPhone to attract aliens, and it made for some interesting interference on the recording. We have made a second file with this portion cut out […]

We’re back in the studio, chatting with returning guest Paul Tevis.  Topics include Paul’s made-for-gaming house, One Bad Egg, Spirit of the Century meets Wilderness of Mirrors, and more.  No liner notes this time, but we promise to be back with Episode 40 soon enough.

We find time at Pacificon to chat with Ken Hite and Good Omens GM Sean Knittner, and chat about Sean’s My Life with Joker game, Ken’s myriad of projects, impressions of Pacific and Gencon, and more.  Now with less food and more live studio audience!   Liner Notes [0:36] Introductions [6:35] Sean’s “My Life with Joker” […]

Chris Hanrahan and Chris Ruggerio sit down to discuss their trip to Gencon 2008. The show swings a little wide at times (then again, when doesn’t it) and you get to hear about all manners of food, gaming, hatred of United Airlines, people we met and Battletech (sweet, sweet Battletech.) Liner Notes[0:37] Intros! We Went […]

Lacking GenCon tickets and vacation time, Brian sits down with game designers Chris Bennett and Bruce Harlick. We discover Brian’s kitchen is somewhat echoey, and  chat some computer game / rpg industry connections, The Believers short form rpg, Microlite20, retrogaming, Fred Hicks, taco trucks and more.   Liner Notes [0:37] Introductions [6:15] Player Types and […]

Our 2 year anniversary.  We chat about Good Omens Games, WH40k 5th edition, Days of Wonder, plenty of D&D 4th edition play experience, and more with a few shout-outs along the way.   Liner Notes [0:37]  Intro  [3:00] Good Omens Games  [8:56] WH40K 5th and trends in minigames [26:20] The GSL revisited [36:51] Days of […]

We’re back with another episode, spending some time talking about the newly minted D&D 4th edition and it’s corresponding license, the GSL, along with some chatter about Traveller play and Free RPG Day. Liner Notes [0:37] Intro  [2:03] So … D&D 4th Edition  [36:08] The GSL  [55:32] Traveller Actual Play [1:03:18] Traveller and Thousand Suns revisited […]

Brian and Chris sit down to ramble … er, discuss all manner of games with returning guest Chris Bennett.  We talk about the upcoming (and now seen) D&D 4th ed, Go Play NorthWest 2008, Battletech, Burning Wheel play, Thousand Suns / Traveller play, and round out with a review of Mongoose’s new edition of Traveller. […]

A joint episode with “That’s How We Roll”, Chris Hanrahan and Fred Hicks talk GTS at, well, GTS.  Live and unplugged.

Chris and Brian return to the studio.  We discuss recent play, including some Dogs in the Vineyard, In a Wicked Age, and SotC Shadowrun; industry news, a review of Thousand Suns and more. No food, and please forgive the extra-long pause around the 37 minute mark. Liner Notes[0:36] Intro[2:05] Recent Play[14:40] Dark Heresy news[17:26] Paizo […]

We’re back with a GM round-table episode.  Brian and Bay Area GMs Bob Kuzmeski and Sean Schoonmaker discuss experiences of GMing Dark Heresy at DunDraCon 32 and running good demo games in general. Liner Notes[0:37]  Intro[1:09] Dark Heresy: the GM experience[30:08] Running Demo Games[46:49] Good night

Ken Hite returns to the show to discuss DunDraCon 32 and his recent projects with dinner companions Brian and Chris Stand-in, John Polack. We discuss the DDC 32 experience, along with Ken’s projects, including Trail of Cthulhu, Adventures into Darkness, and Where the Deep Ones Are. Liner Notes[0:36] Introductions [2:05] Dinner at Le Cheval [4:01] […]

We’re back with our first episode of 2008, leading off with a long discussion on the latest D&D 4th edition new. We then chatter about Worlds Days of Wonder, preparing for convention season, preview the upcoming Sons of Liberty and In a Wicked Age rpgs, and review Names and Savage Worlds: EX among other commentary. […]

Just in time for your New Year’s listening – our last episode of 2007. We close out the year with long look at the newly announcing D&D 4th edition product line, take a look at 2007 in review in the worlds of rpg, minis and board gaming, and present reviews of the Battlestar Galactica rpg […]

Fred Hicks, of Evil Hat Productions and IPR, invades our studio to present the Neck Stabbing Episode.  We chat with Fred on the history of Evil Hat, Spirt of the Century, Dresden Files, the upcoming Swashbuckers of the Seven Skies (Underkoffler) and Do (Solis), Retailer / Publisher feedback and more. 

Back with more Season 2 goodness. We cover a wide range of gaming topics, including some industry news, thoughts on maps, Halloween themed games, Freeport and Mutants & Masterminds new releases. Liner Notes Introductions [0:36] Retraction re: Savage Worlds XE [0:56] Dreamblade goes away [1:59] WH40K Apocalypse [7:28] The Robotech RPG [11:02] Goodman Games and […]

We chat with Games Workshop Account Rep Travis Farber. We talk about changes in Games Workshop, retail / trade account management, and more. Plus – the secret lives of GW Reps! Discussion of playtests of S-G Thou Art But a Warrior and Grey Ranks, and assorted gaming. Liner Notes Introductions [0:36] Game Workshop [1:35] Secret […]

We’re back from our summer break with Season 2, flying casual and somewhat overwhelmed with the post Gencon flood of gaming stuff. Brian and Chris get together in the studio for the first time in nearly ten weeks and cover a wide variety of new games, gaming play, system free games, the small press price […]

Recorded at Origins, Chris meets with some folks from Catalyst Game Labs – Adam Jury and David Stansel-Garner. Plenty of talk about Catalyst – how they got started, and plans and upcoming releases for the Classic Battletech and Shadowrun licenses. Liner Notes Introductions [0:36] Catalyst Begins! [3:56] Classic Battletech [7:31] Shadowrun [21:01] Printed / At […]