Dark Sun is out for 4th edition and as Matt James puts it, “this is not your momma’s D&D”. Dark Sun is a post-apocalyptic D&D brought to you in two WotC game books, the Campaign Setting and the Creature Catalog. I brought in Matt “Mike” James and Samuel Dillon to help review the books.

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Interviews with Mike Mearls, Rodney Thompson, and Rich Baker all from Wizards of the Coast about D&D Essentials, Gamma World, Dark Sun, Ravenloft, and oh so much more. Special thanks to Quinn Murphy, Mike Shea, and Fist Full of Comics and Games for being my helpers on this episode!

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Ed Greenwood spends two hours asking the audience for suggestions which he promises to spin into a Forgotten Realms story to be published later. Watch out, Ed is a dirty man…and he encourages a foul minded audience. Enjoy!

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The Adventure Building seminar by WotC at GenCon 2010 was probably my favorite at the time. It was lead by Rodney Thompson and combined the efforts of Bruce Cordell and Chris Perkins where they, with audience participation, built the idea of an adventure.

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R.A. Salvatore had a panel where he showed a trailer for the new video game he’s working and then answered questions about it, as well as his work in the Forgotten Realms, and his own world of novels DemonWars. He discusses why he wants to kill Elminster, apologizes for ruining the Drow for everyone, and [...]

Sarah Darkmagic’s Tracy Hurley helped me with this recording of the Design and Development seminar by WotC at GenCon 2010. Part one was released a few days back, be sure to snag that one for a listen. There’s a lot of talk about Essentials and other design questions.

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This year at the WotC Preview at GenCon they reviewed stuff we already knew…and then told us about the new stuff. Like Ravenloft, a bunch of new card sets and mechanics, more boxed sets, the new Player’s Handbook: Heroes of Shadow (notice it is NOT being called Player’s Handbook 4…that seems gone), and new print [...]

This year at the WotC Preview at GenCon they reviewed stuff we already knew…and then told us about the new stuff. Like Ravenloft, a bunch of new card sets and mechanics, more boxed sets, the new Player’s Handbook: Heroes of Shadow (notice it is NOT being called Player’s Handbook 4…that seems gone), and new print [...]

In the World of Forgotten Realms panel at GenCon 2010 the find people at WotC, including James Wyatt, Ed Greenwood, Susan Morris, Bruce Cordell, and a seemingly endless parade of freelancers and other guests we learned about up-coming releases for novels, Living Forgotten Realms, DDI articles, and…PRINT game books supporting the Forgotten Realms!

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Part 1 of the Design and Development Seminar by Wizards of the Coast. The whole seminar was 2 hours long, but I can’t do episodes that long without having technical problems. So I’ll give it to you in two parts. Here’s part one and part two will come out probably after the con is over [...]

To discuss various methods of mapping and condition tracking tokens I have gathered together a team from wide and far including Ethan Parker from Gamer’s Haven, Chris Heard from Icosahedraphelia, and Mike Shea from Sly Flourish.

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In this episode I got a preview copy of the novel, Elminster Must Die! releasing in hard cover on August 3rd, 2010. I not only review the first Elminster novel set in the 4e version of the Forgotten Realms, but I spend most of this episode talking to Ed Greenwood, author of the book and [...]

This is the episode that got crashed. First, Mike Shea crashes Matt James, Quinn Murphy, and myself reviewing the Demonomicon. Then Matt James crashes the interview I was conducting with his brother, and author of Demonomicon, Brian R. James. Meanwhile, there is also crashing from the audience as we introduce the Tome voicemail line (919-BIZ-TOME). [...]

Samuel Dillon and I discuss a lot of recent D&D news as well as review the Tomb of Horrors 4e Super-Adventure.

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Robert J. Schwalb joins me for this episode where we discuss crafting stories for an evil party of characters and even build one encounter for them. We then discuss how to play an evil PC and not ruin everyone the fun for others. All that plus segments from Mike Shea of Sly Flourish for Evil [...]

Monster Manual 3 is easily the best Monster Manual yet. In this episode Quinn Murphy, Mike Shea, and host Jeff Greiner share their thoughts about the book and give an example of how it has inspired them to create something. They also extensively discuss recent D&D news.

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The Player’s Strategy Guide brings you some great ideas and advice on how to make your character all that it can be. To examine this book I brought in guests: Tracy Hurley, Jake Fitch, and Samuel Dillon. I also conducted an interview with one of the primary designers who worked on the book, Andy Collins. [...]

Chris S. Sims of Critical-Hits and formerly of WotC joins me to talk about how to re-skin a character so make the PC you really want, without restriction of rules. We then demonstrate those ideas when we build a warforged shaman.

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Amethyst Foundations is a sci-fi/fantasy setting that blends technology and magic into a densely detailed and compelling story. There are mechanics to support technology in your 4e D&D game as well as new classes, races, and more. I am joined by Tracy from Sarah Darkmagic as well as Quinn from At-Will.

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The King of RPGs is an American manga about a student who becomes obsessed with gaming. Victor Cantu, Will Wong, and myself review the book followed by an interview with Jason Thompson, the author.

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