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Underdark is a book designed to make the dangerous underground setting easier to use as a setting for your adventures. In this episode I am joined by the Newbie DM Enrique, Chris from Icosohedraphelia, and Mark from the Dicemonkey’s and RPG Circus. Sponsor: Pick of the episode – Dragonborn
Wolfgang Baur joins me in this episode where we build a monster called a Spark based on a Pathfinder RPG monster built by Adam Daigle for a monster contest at Kobold Quarterly. We then talk about how to make your character work in a group even though you like to always be the exception to the rule, the loner, the odd-ball. Sponsor:
Picks of the Episode – Planes of Chaos and Kobold Quarterly Jeff’s Version of the Spark
Wolfgang’s Version of the Spark (provided with permission from Kobold Quarterly)
Links: This episode is a collection of mini-reviews of a slew of 3rd party products (products usable for D&D but not by Wizards of the Coast). Chris Heard from Icosohedraphelia gives us reviews of the Chessex Dice Boot, Sonic Legends Soundscapes, and Paizo GameMastery Flip-Pad Mats, Jeremiah McCoy from the Basics of the Game gives us a look at Tieflings from Goodman Games, Marcelo Dior from Voices of the Third Earth (a Portuegese language show) talks about iPlay4e, and Donny (from my gaming group) brings you a look at In Search of Adventure from Goodman Games. Oh, and I also did some reviewing. Goodman Games products I reviewed includes Scions of Punjar and The Forgotten Portal and I also looked at Q-Workshop Steampunk dice, Fat Dragon Games‘ Ultimate GM Screen II, DM Tracker, and Precis Intermedia’s Disposable Heroes – Fantasy 6 paper miniatures. You can get many of these from our Sponsor:
Links: Jeff’s Review of Swords of Eveningstar at Fist Full of Comics and Games At-Will blog, which will have a regular feature from Jeff called Characters with Character Icosohedraphelia (D&D actual play podcast and more) Voices of the Third Earth (Portuguese language gaming podcast) Basics of the Game (reviews of game systems) Mike Shea of Sly Flourish joins me for a discussion where we build an encounter at a portal to the Fey Wild based around Foulspawn and then we talk about finding the balance of using collaborative storytelling in your game as a DM and a player. Sponsor:
Pick of the episode – Paizo’s Flip-Mats Amazon Through the Tome Show’s Store Links: Sly Flourish DM Tips on Twitter I am joined in this episode by Matt James to talk about what he’s doing in the D&D world, as well as building a Shadar-Kai Swordmage and giving advice on how to start a new campaign. Sponsors:
Pick of the Episode – Plane Below Character Build (PDFs): Links: Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity. Sponsors:
Pick of the Episode Draconomicon (4e) Chromatic Dragons Draconomicon (4e) Metallic Dragons Links: “Tide of Iron” by Drakkensteed To look at the super-adventure Revenge of the Giants I called on Quinn Murphy and Ken Newquist. The short of it, great concepts, great fights, great skill challenges, struggles with pacing and story. Listen up for more. Sponsor:
Picks of the Episode – Against the Giants (older versions)
This advice episode is turned on it’s head. Phil “Chatty DM” Menard joins me from the great state…er, country of Canada this time around. But instead of building a PC and giving some DM advice we build an encounter for my personal campaign and give some advice on building a cohesive party. Sponsor:
Links: Sponsor Jeff in HoNoToGroABeMo to help support breast cancer research Primal Power attempts to explain what the primal power source is and provide characters who use it with more options. For this review Jeff is joined by Will Wong, Quinn Murphy, and Marcelo Dior. And they examine if the book successfully accomplishes that goal (here’s a quick preview…it does). It was a really fun discussion that no one quite wanted to end, so I hope you enjoy it.
Links: Jeff on How Not to Grow a Beard Month HoNoToGroABeMo Day 12 picture (taken during recording) Sponsor Jeff in HoNoToGroABeMo to help fight breast cancer Voices of the Third Earth (Portuguese) RPPR (Role-playing Public Radio) New World Campaign Regular contributor Will Wong reviews and leads an interview about the Abolethic Sovereignty with author Bruce Cordell. All in all, books sound very interesting to me and it’s a great way to see how 4e D&D and Forgotten Realms is impacting your novel lines. Enjoy! Sponsors: RPGNow Pick of the Episode – Disposable Heroes Fantasy Set 6 We’ve been hard at work with new content, and a new promo! We got sick of our old one, so we’ve nuked it and completed this new one … so, if you have a podcast of your very own, we’d sure appreciate it if you’d run a promo for the Gamer’s Haven! In this episode, we talk about what the podcast is doing, what we’ve done, and what we intend to do. It’s a general status report about the show and the new website, plus some tidbits about other things going on in the Gamer’s Haven world. Continue reading Gamer’s Haven Episode 61 – State of the Podcast Address In this episode, we hit the mailbag to see what our listeners are thinking about. We also talk some news, and give a brief and mysterious update on KantCon. Also, if you haven’t already guessed, we’ve moved, incorporated, and are open for business! Check out more on our “About Us” page! Continue reading Gamer’s Haven Episode 60 – Random Encounters Underdark is a book designed to make the dangerous underground setting easier to use as a setting for your adventures. In this episode I am joined by the Newbie DM Enrique, Chris from Icosohedraphelia, and Mark from the Dicemonkey’s and RPG Circus. Continue reading The Tome Ep 127: Underdark Wolfgang Baur joins me in this episode where we build a monster called a Spark based on a Pathfinder RPG monster built by Adam Daigle for a monster contest at Kobold Quarterly. We then talk about how to make your character work in a group even though you like to always be the exception to the rule, the loner, the odd-ball. Continue reading The Tome Ep 126: Build a Spark and Play the Odd Man Out This episode is a collection of mini-reviews of a slew of 3rd party products (products usable for D&D but not by Wizards of the Coast). Continue reading The Tome Ep 125: Third Party EXTRAVAGANZA Mike Shea of Sly Flourish joins me for a discussion where we build an encounter at a portal to the Fey Wild based around Foulspawn and then we talk about finding the balance of using collaborative storytelling in your game as a DM and a player. Continue reading The Tome Ep 124: Sly Flourish Advice I am joined in this episode by Matt James to talk about what he’s doing in the D&D world, as well as building a Shadar-Kai Swordmage and giving advice on how to start a new campaign. Continue reading The Tome Ep 123: Matt James Advice Dave Chalker and Quinn Murphy join me to talk about Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons. We tend to like the book although think that one chapter (Dragon Lairs) was lacking in creativity. Sponsors:
Pick of the Episode Draconomicon (4e) Chromatic Dragons Draconomicon (4e) Metallic Dragons Links: “Tide of Iron” by Drakkensteed |
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