Podcasts about gencon socal

RPG Review Pulp-tacular with Spirit of the Century, Thrilling Places, and Masterminds & Madmen 0:44 - I'm back with a new show after a much longer delay than I wanted.1:49 - This show is a part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.1:57 - Ryan Macklin joins me to talk about Spirit of the Century, which we played at GenCon SoCal. Ryan also has an excellent actual play report for an earlier game, with comments from the designers.19:51 - If you like what Ryan had to say, check out his column and his podcast.21:05 - This show is also part of the Gaming Podcast Network.21:14 - If you're running pulp games, both Thrilling Places and Masterminds & Madmen from Hero Games are great resources.23:59 - I talk a bit about my plans for upcoming episodes.24:37 - If you're in the Los Angeles area for Presidents' Day Weekend, come on out to OrcCon, where I'll be coordinating the RPG section.25:12 - And that will do it for today's show. --Paul Discuss this episode in the HG,WT forum

GenCon SoCal 2006 wrapup 0:32 - I'm back (after a slight delay) from GenCon SoCal in Anaheim.1:09 - This show is a part of the Gaming Podcast Network.1:19 - Couldn't make it to GenCon SoCal? I'll tell what I did there, starting with the show floor.2:26 - I always enjoy the RPG design workshop run by Luke Crane, Jared Sorensen, and John Wick.3:38 - I didn't get to play Weapons of the Gods, but I did get to demo the Firefight rules from Burning Empires.6:56 - Dinner with the Story Games crowd was great fun, as was character creation for Spirit of the Century.8:26 - Saturday morning was my first time through True Dungeon.11:21 - Saturday afternoon now was all about panels, including two on book publishing and one about podcasting (with Chris and Brian from 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction, Mike Montessa from the Godzilla Gaming Podcast, and Eric Burgess from Boardgame Babylon).14:45 - Sunday morning I got to interview Luke Crane for The Voice of the Revolution.15:31 - As the show was closing, four of us sat down for a game of Wellington.17:50 - After that, it was dinner, a lost interview, and the ride home. I have a few final remarks about the convention, and you can look forward to hearing more about Full Light, Full Steam and Passages on future shows.21:59 - This show is also part of the Gaming Broadcast Network.22:07 - Sadly, I have no Spirit of the Century review this time, but if you want more of me, check out episode two of The Voice of the Revolution and episode forty-three of Garrett's Games and Geekiness. 23:27 - Help out Robin Laws with the GenCon History Project.24:22 - Help me out by sending me bits to use in the HG,WT promo.25:20 - If you're in the Southern California area, be sure to check out NerdSoCal and the Strategicons.27:21 - Ronin Arts: An undisputed leader in the field of PDF roleplaying supplements.28:08 - And that will do it for today's show. --Paul Discuss this episode in the HG,WT forum

BoardGameGeek.CON session reports, part 1, with Yspahan, Notre Dame, Tara: Seat of Kings, Space Dealer, and Die Saulen Der Erde 0:41 - I'm back from BGG.CON and I'm just about to head off to GenCon SoCal, so I thought I'd start in on my session reports for the Essen releases I played. 1:37 - This is show is part of the Gaming Broadcast Network. 1:44 - Yspahan is, as Mike Siggins puts it, a "super filler" that offers a nice amount of strategy in a short period of time. I got to play this twice, once with Cynthia and Eric from Meeple People. 10:49 - Thanks to Valerie Putnam for bringing and teaching Notre Dame, a prototype of the next Alea game, which will be released at Nuremburg in the spring. 14:41 - Tara: Seat of Kings is an abstract game that I just didn't wrap my head around. 16:59 - The most exciting thing I played at BGG.CON was an eight player game of Space Dealer. 21:45 - My favorite game of the convention was Die Saulen Der Erde. Thanks so much to Rick Thornquist of BoardGameNews for give me the chance to try it out. 30:27 - This show is member of the Gaming Podcast Network. 30:36 - I want to thank lots of people who made it a great weekend, including Doug Garrett (of Garrett's Games and Geekiness) and everyone who tracked me down and said hello. 31:28 - Thanks to Jimmy Anderson for the new music for the show. 31:50 - With the beginning of Season Four, I'd like to put together a new promo for the show, and I'd love it if you would help me with it. 34:07 - And now, I'm off to GenCon SoCal. If you're there, be sure to stop by the podcasting seminar on Saturday at 2 PM. --PaulDiscuss this episode in the HG,WT forum

Finally did the show about conventions, and I didn't even finish what I wanted to say. But I limited myself to a half-hour, just the same. I'll wrap up in a future show, though that will probably not be my next show. In this one I start at the top, discussing my one day at Essen 2003, other experiences with Origins and Gencon (well, at least Gencon SoCal), talk up some more-than-regional cons

Endgame MiniCon report with Chris Hanrahan and Brian Isikoff of the 2d6 Feet in a Random Direction podcast 0:39 - I explain why this show is so long and what Chris, Brian, and I talked about. 1:41 - This is show is part of the Gaming Podcast Network. 1:52 - Brian, Chris, and I introduce ourselves and talk about food. 8:02 - We finally get around to talking about the MiniCon at Endgame (with a teaser for BattleLore). 9:41 - I got to play an amazing game of Cat (run by Rich Taylor of the Good Omens Productions crew). 15:38 - Chris managed to get Mark Kaufmann from Days of Wonder to bring up a preview of BattleLore, but I was the one who got to play it. Chris demanded details. 31:21 - Chris and I got to play a great game of Zombies in the Vineyard with legendary GM Carl Rigney. 43:10 - Brian (tired of hearing us talk about all the fun we had) talks about the session of Steampunk Musha he ran using Active Exploits. 51:40 - Chris is looking for feedback from MiniCon attendees about the direction to take future events. 54:10 - Speaking of future events, BoardGameGeek.CON and GenCon SoCal are coming up in November. 1:04:22 - I've got big news about my new podcast, The Voice of the Revolution. 1:07:36 - Chris, Brian, and I wrap up our recording. 1:08:02 - This show is member of the Gaming Broadcast Network. 1:08:10 - Before I go, I want to thanks lots of people who made it a great weekend. 1:10:17 - If you're going to be at BoardGameGeek.CON or GenCon SoCal, come on over to the forums and post to the meetup thread. 1:10:44 - I explain a few more things about The Voice of the Revolution and how it will impact this show. 1:12:38 - I'm hoping to get a couple of episodes out before BGG.CON, but that's going to do it for today's show. --PaulDiscuss this episode on the HG,WT forum

Paul reports from GenCon SoCal and interviews Robert Dougherty from Your Move Games and Patrick Christenson from Seaborn Games. Show notes: Battleground Fantasy Warfare -- Your Move Games Hunting Party -- Seaborn Games Discuss this episode in the HGWT forum

GenCon SoCal makes Paul go Hmmm. . . Meanwhile, Paul crawls In The Trenches to talk about stealing from the real world. And there's old gaming books to be had! Show notes: Gaming Report's coverage of GenCon SoCal's schedule announcement GenCon SoCal I Should Be Writing Old gaming books for sale