Episode #8 – The Playstation 5 pre-orders went completely sideways, to no one’s great surprise. Also, we revisit D&D Celebration, which went better than expected. Intro (0:50) – Our week, in brief. Main Topic (5:14) – The PS5 pre-order debacle. It went as you might expect: Badly. Tabletop Game News (24:59) – WotC’s online “D&D […]
Cleaning out the closet
I uninstalled “Lord of the Rings Online” the other day. I also uninstalled every MMORPG on my laptop, including “Anarchy Online, “Elder Scrolls Online, “Neverwinter”, and several more… all except for two: “Guild Wars 2” and “Secret World Legends”. Why those two in particular? Because I have logged into them recently, where the others? Not […]
Bit of a Sci-Fi theme – Loot Mechanics #7
Episode #7 – The “Alien RPG” tabletop roleplaying game has some new products, and Chris Roberts (the main dev behind “Star Citizen”) had a bit of a meltdown on the game’s backers. Intro (0:50) – How things have gone for us, over the last week. Main Topic (3:28) – Free league Publishing have released a […]
License to Thrill
So, last year my old tabletop roleplaying group, as part of the actual-play podcast “Knights of the Tabletop”, played a crossover game in the “World of Darkness”. You never got to hear these sessions, though, because of White Wolf’s newish copyright policies. Basically, they want you to label any podcast, video, or other medium you […]
Sparce Farce – Loot Mechanics #6
Episode #6 – “Super Mario Brothers” is nearing its 35th Anniversary, so Nintendo is pulling out the stops to celebrate! Also, WotC are celebrating “Dungeons & Dragons” soon. We discuss this, and more. Intro (0:50) – The usual brief chatting. Main Topic (2:49) – Nintendo recently released a Direct, discussing their plans for the 35th […]
I’m too stupid for “Pathfinder” 2e
So I got “Pathfinder 2nd Edition” recently, as part of a special Humble Bundle package they did earlier in the summer. Now I ran a lot of the original “Pathfinder” a few years back with my old gaming group, so when I saw I could effectively get the core rulebook (physical copy) for 50% off, plus […]