UK Gamers Podcast

After a torrid few weeks/months, the rpg community got some potentially good news yesterday (27/1/23).DnD Beyond made an announcement re the DnD SRD and OGL, with the option to use the contents of the SRD under CC BY. The exact ramifications of this need to be worked out but right now this looks like a positive move and will begin repairing the damage caused by Hasbro's disastrous plans to move to One DnD and OGL 2.Episode 43The DnD Beyond announcementhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commonsThe SRD 5.1 CC BY 4L pdfhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/attachments/39j2li89/SRD5.1-CCBY4.0License.pdfJimTwitter  @jwmukMastodon @dice.camp/@JwmukMeTwitter  @TrebormillsMastodon @dice.camp/@ukgamerspodcast

Episode 42 - A look at the Hasbro/DnD drama that has consumed the online RPG community recently. The safe harbour of the OGL is now in doubt and it could be that ORC becomes the new banner that folks flock to. Will the community forgive and forget or is DnD on a slow decline?Investor Statement"The one thing I would add is when you think about Dungeons & Dragons Beyond and it being the premier digital tool set, it gives us a great opportunity to expand both internationally, but also the tools and capabilities we give all of our players, it's going to give us a wonderful opportunity to monetize more of our player base than the Dungeon Masters that we are monetizing today."https://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2022/10/18/hasbro-has-q3-2022-earnings-call-transcript/The DND beyond statement re OGL 1.1Be aware that the version that is live on the page is different from the version first posted and is subject to being edited. So comments about it could be based on an earlier versionhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-license-oglVideo re the OGL statementhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeWaq6pQQW4The Thermocline tipping pointhttps://twitter.com/garius/status/1588115310124539904?s=20&t=9aE0Drp3vvUrwpYGgxt58QORChttps://gizmodo.com/paizo-wizards-of-the-coast-dnd-open-rpg-ogl-1-1-1849982443OGL saved DnDhttps://rsdancey.medium.com/22-years-ago-i-saved-d-d-today-i-want-to-save-the-open-gaming-license-77e79eaddfb2Copyright and gameshttps://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/publications/landslide/2014-15/march-april/its_how_you_play_game_why_videogame_rules_are_not_expression_protected_copyright_law/#:~:text=Games%20rules%20have%20never%20been,no%20excuse%20to%20find%20otherwiseNews about the OGL dramahttps://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-wizards-hasbro-ogl-open-game-license-1849981136Phd thesis on the OGLhttps://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/phd/58/

 For Halloween I have done a reading of The Rats in the Walls by H P Lovecraft. I have changed the name of the cat to Midnight but otherwise left the story as is.

In this Episode I chat about my RPG plans for 2022 and celebrate other 40th anniversaries; namely 1981's DnD B/X and 1982's Call of CthulhuThis podcast was released to patrons on 7/7/2022House of the ExorcistHouse of the Exorcist - Bart Wynants | DriveThruRPG.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKGamersPodcastKOFi: https://ko-fi.com/ukgamerspodcast

 Hello,Well Covid 19  rather interfered with my gaming plans, but it did act as a huge nudge to get role playing back up and running. A lot of my gaming has thus been steam based board games and online rpgs. This Episode talks about some of the things that have been going on since my last release.Eclipse v1.5 updatehttps://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2023256/eclipse-15th-dawn-galaxy/page/1Collaborative Adventure 'House of the Exorcist'https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/375167/House-of-the-ExorcistTech (includes my play through of Detroit on PS4)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcuvNc6sum9t-zXJjLsHWeQTabletop gaminghttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttTsZ_c9xYp9YopFf2DgvAPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKGamersPodcastKOFi: https://ko-fi.com/ukgamerspodcast

I have created a Patreon Page and have decided to move the podcast to be early access to my supporters. This is the last publicly available podcast without a time delay.Episode 38Support my Youtube, Podcast and other creative projects on PatreonPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/UKGamersPodcast KOFi: https://ko-fi.com/ukgamerspodcast

So Essen is coming and its been a long while since I did a Podcast! So time to burble on about games, mostly Kickstarter ones. I have started using Google drive so hopefully the mp3 link works out ok.Episode 37

Happy 2017! I join the bandwagon and post a top 10 for games of 2016, also a brief comment on my all time top 10

I ramble on about Games Workshop and Kickstarter as I reflect on 2016, mostly raging re KS exclusives and my regrets on not backing games that funded or shipped in 2016https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160010/conanhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/55690/kingdom-death-monsterhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/160081/dungeon-saga-dwarf-kings-questhttps://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/176189/zombicide-black-plague

So full of Manthrax!!Perfect time to record a Dark Elf voice over Audition for Skywind

A quick update and a reading to celebrate the first publication of a Sherlock Holmes story.I do have the reading as a separate audio file for a project i have in mind

A bonus reading of Polaris by H P Lovecraft

Dagon, first published in 1919 by H P Lovecraft.A reading for the Halloween season

I quick chat about Computer RPGs, highlighting a few of the key games I feel you should try

The Tough Merc Script for #explorerswanted

So Bioware has a VO contest for Andromeda, time to record some Audio using the scripts#ExplorersWantedFeedback?

A quick update and a mention of PC Gaming - In particular MMOs

Episode 30bThe awkward reversal podcast

I managed to find some audio for Episode 28.  So I recorded it and have uploaded it for your enjoyment. The Introduction for Kingdom Death- MonsterEpisode

Episode 30 - A trip to the UKGE, some news and a rant re BGG

Im not deadIm feeling betterA quick hello and some plans for the future, I blather on about Osprey Games whilst I struggle to read up on some books to talk about in more depthEpisode E28 may have got lost - ill see if I can find it

A new year and we are not dead yet- must be time to get excited by new things. So following my youtube vids you may spot a theme here Mech Warrior Online This cast was thrown together in the brief time window I had between work and shooting giant stompy robots

A quickie show before 2012 ends, oh and the Mayans might still be right you know ;) Episode

Not the most interesting post Ive made but I have started testing out upgrades to my sound quality. step1- test a cheap usb mic, ie GHWT step2- research better usb mics, ie Condenser mics step3- research proper quality mics step4- research sound proofing, deadening etc So step 1 is done and I think i can get better sound already with what I have but I can still do more to improve even that. Im still aiming for an NT1a plus Interface (2i2 is looking good) but may have to go for a cheap usb Condenser as the next step. Expect an update when it happens