Wednesday May 03, 2017
Adventures in Middle Earth Loremaster's Guide Review (Tome 279)
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Friday Apr 28, 2017
Friday Apr 28, 2017
Jeff Greiner sits down for a chat with RPG Industry Icon Margaret Weis and her gaming buddy and co-author Robert Krammes to talk RPGs and their new novel, Spymaster! They discuss Dragonlance, how they each got into gaming, and Margaret's love for playing Jayne and Tasselhoff!
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Friday Apr 21, 2017
Friday Apr 21, 2017
In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Jonathan Nelson and Gazza Bishop to talk about Fighters! Why should you play a fighter? How can you spruce up your fighter? WHat background should you take? Why is the fighter the best class? Who are the characters that are iconic fighters? All of this and more is discussed in this episode of the Tome.
UNDERWORLD RACES & CLASSES KICKSTARTER
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Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
Caught up! Mike, Sam, and Jeff once again sit down to discuss their games - this time they talk about their sessions from March 2017.
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Monday Apr 17, 2017
Monday Apr 17, 2017
In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Jon Green and review several D&D 5e products available on the Dungeon Master's Guild or DriveThruRPG.
Reviewed Products:
All Things Through the Bright Flames
It Builds Character
A Guide to Out of the Abyss
Dragon Drop Adventures 5e
A Guide to Storm King's Thunder
Adventurous Archetypes
Complete Adventures of MT Black Vol I
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Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Jeff Greiner sits down for another Gamer to Gamer episode - this time he interviews SlyFlourish himself, the unforgettable Mike Shea! Mike discusses how he got into gaming, his RPG books and projects, D&D advice, and his current Kickstarter project.
SLY FLOURISH'S FANTASTIC ADVENTURES on kickstarter now!
Encounter Roleplay Website
DM's Deep Dive Podcast
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Monday Apr 10, 2017
Monday Apr 10, 2017
The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 41 - Adept’s Gambit by Fritz Leiber
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Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.
December 24, 1910 (Chicago) - September 5, 1992
“American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy, having in fact created the term. Moreover, he excelled in all fields of speculative fiction, writing award-winning work in fantasy, horror, and science fiction.” - Wikipedia
introduced Fafhrd and Grey Mouser in August, 1939 in Unknown magazine, edited by John W. Campbell
early influences were H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves; received a letter of encouragement from Lovecraft in 1936
earned little money as a writer; addicted to alcohol and downers
actually received royalty checks from TSR for games based on Lankhmar
1975 - named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy by the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)
“Adept’s Gambit” first appeared in
Night’s Black Agents
published 1947 by Arkham House
and later in
Swords is the Mist
first published 1968 by Ace Books
third of seven volumes
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Geoffrey Winn
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Geoffrey Winngdwinn@comcast.net
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Friday Mar 31, 2017
Stepping ever closer to the elusive condition of being caught up! Sam, Jeff, and Mike are back to discuss their games from February 2017.
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Monday Mar 27, 2017
Monday Mar 27, 2017
August Derleth expands the Cthulhu Mythos and shows us the darkness can be held at bay with just a little bit of bathtub gin in your belly. What hidden secrets lie behind the dark glasses of Laban Shrewsberry?
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August William Derleth
born February 24, 1909 in Sauk City, WI; died July 4, 1971
The House on Curwen Street (aka The Trail of Cthulhu) - Weird Tales, March 1944
The Dweller in Darkness - Weird Tales, November 1944
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Louis Brenton
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Mike Grasso
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Jeffrey Wikstrom
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twitter - @jeff_wik
Geoffrey Winn
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