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This special episode recaps the entire campaign up through “The Valley of the Shadow of Death.”

The explorers emerge victorious from their clash with the Shadowgate’s guardians. Segments include: (1) Weighing Anchor: I call for you initiative roll myself on the occasion of this 100th episode. (2) The Staging Area: I briefly recap the campaign background, then summarize in more detail the previous adventure and parts 1-4 of this adventure. (3) The Crew Manifest: The usual. (4) The Weather Report: The explorers emerge victorious from their clash with the Shadowgate’s guardians (5) The Prop Shop: I briefly report on my use of DM Toolkit, an iPad app from Level 99 Games, to run this adventure. (6) Sea Shanties: Theme music comes from Phantoms of the High Seas by Nox Arcana, ©2008 Monolith Graphics. Background music includes “Firewalker” by Medwyn Goodall, from the album Tribal Nation, ©2005 MG Music and “Spirit of the Rainbow Serpent” by Terry Oldfield, from the album Australia: Twilight of the Dreamtime, ©1994 New World Music. Used by permission.

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Podcast Production by Walt Snider

Hosts:
Walt Snider | twitter | Website | Blog | MySpace | Facebook
Zac Ashmore | Blog
Dan Seers
Kristen Dykes

The Stories:

Barbecue biker hits snag
Accused drunk man jailed after arguing with bike; argument winner unclear
Sheboygan woman (allegedly) passed out drunk in McDonald’s drive-thru
Licence plate all about love, not hate
You know, it’s never a good idea to moon a state trooper
Two Amish Men Face Incest, Bestiality Charges In Grant County
Sex tape identifies suspects in break-in
Man blows himself up trying to kill a spider
Spiderman arrested for climbing building again

Gallery: World Bodypainting Festival Seeboden 2010 [NSFW]

Music:
Dragonette – I Get Around
The Adorkables – Christina Ricci

Session 05 - The past catches up with Burgess and it's business as usual for Mas and Afya, but do they really understand what lies beneath the sands?

Session 01 - It's a snowy February afternoon in 1950 Berlin and an RPA agent has been shot dead by Soviet police.

* (0:57) Fear the Con 4 dates have been set!  The convention will be on March 18th and 19th of 2011.  Wing Night will be the night before on March 17th.  Both will be held at the same location as last year: Memorial Hall for the con and Syberg’s for the Wing Night.

* (1:40) Be sure to check out the two Gen Con podcasts we participated in: Chris and Wayne on the Pulp Gamer Media Network live recording and Dan’s talk with the Amorphous Blobcast.

* (3:07) Cape Rust did a very kind review of our show in addition to great articles he’s written on gaming in the military (part 1 and part 2), LARPing (part 1 and part 2), and other subjects for Geek Life.

* (4:04) The Gamer Image Game.  Does your geek self-image line up with how you actually spend your time and money?  And if not, why not?

* (18:07) Why Pat and Dan have no sympathy for people with hard to pronounce names.

* (19:10) Puzzles and riddles in roleplaying games.  How to design, integrate, and present them to the players while avoiding the common sources of frustration.

Hosts: Dan, Johann, Pat, Wayne

Welcome To The End Of The Month

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New DVD’s

Geek News

• Xbox Live Increase
• Pay The Glee Kids!
• Goodbye Fantastic Four
• Intel Bids Infineon
• 3D So Good You CAN Touch It
  

See Ya August

• My campaign for Monsters & Other Childish Things, Road Trip is out!  Buy your copy now.
• Cody has a new blog, Popgun Chaos. Read his reviews and essays about comics and bask in his glory.
• The Get Aaron to Gencon Kickstarter was a success! Listen to Aaron’s game. If you contributed enough to get a button or DVD, bug Aaron about it.

Episode Synopsis: The newest campaign setting for Dungeons and Dragons, Dark Sun, is out and we’ve already started the new RPPR campaign. Cody reviews the book and we discuss the book’s new rules and background information. We also talk about some of the other new games we picked up at Gencon this year. Plus, a new letter from Tom, anecdotes and shout outs:

Shout Outs

• Operation Endgame: The Office meets Battle Royale. Hilarious and violent, a winning combination!
• Childrens Hospital: A funny new show on Adult Swim
• Rubicon: A great conspiracy show on AMC. Brand new so catch up with it now.
• I, Zombie: A new zombie comic published by Vertigo. Great art and writing so far.
• Emerald Warriors: Green Lanterns fight crime. Cosmically. Or something.
• Visions of Suffering: a heart warming tale of gore and fear. Also, Russian.
• Talking with the Gods: documentary about crazy man and comic writer Grant Morrison.
• Wednesday Comics: Retro themed comics from the best writers and artists.

Music: Dark Sun by The Curtains and Their Terrifying Story

Related posts:

1. RPPR Episode 26: Going Postal – Mailbag Madness
2. RPPR Episode 46: PvP is tearing us apart
3. RPPR Episode 45: Of Dice and Men

Contact:
Voicemail: (754) 273-KORE | Email: fans [at] korenewmedia [dot] com

Kore New Media Resources:
Kore New Media.com | Podcast Feeds | Podcast Show Notes | Kore Blog | Kore Forums
Proud member of the Spooky Outhouse Podcast Network | Funny Videos

Podcast Production by Walt Snider

Hosts:
Walt Snider | twitter | Website | Blog | MySpace | Facebook
Zac Ashmore | Blog
Dan Seers

The Stories:
Chiropractor Patient’s Story Leads To Charges
Arrest follows arm-wrestling loss in Fort Pierce
Fugitive recaptured while having beer
Ebonics translators needed by DEA to interpret drugs wiretaps
World’s longest traffic jam – 10 days and counting
Man unaware he had been shot in head five years ago
Ind. ruling halts caregiver choices based on race
Teens fined for eavesdropping on teachers

Music:
Bombs Away – Big Booty Bitches
Ironweed – A Penny For Your Prayers

Episode 54: GenCon, David Wesely

We welcome David Wesely, a veteran gamer. He discusses how he watched hobby gaming grow and develop.

Cast: Rich , Earl and Trish

Quicklinker:

runtime: ~31 minutes

Short Week For The Short Crew

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• Doctor Who New Season Split In Two Arcs
• Doctor Who Coming To Nintendo
• Possibly The Greatest Game Ever
• Sony Goes Glassesless
• Ripley’s Reeboks Are Back

Make Today Rock

Session 08 - The company recovers from last session and continues their Bandit-hunt!

Session 25 - When crisis strikes the Wolves of Menta, one of their number turns to the extraplanar for dubious aid.

Session 24 - The exploration of the chateau atop Castle Island continues...

This episode, like all of our episodes, is “Not Safe For Work.” Use headphones or at least look around a bit to see if your co-workers can hear.

Episode Subtitle: We’re swollen with hubris

This episode is a Diplomacy Episode, those which focus on getting along better with your fellow players, GM, and friends.

Doofus Behaviors:

1. “It’s Someone Else’s problem, I’m the innocent bystander.” (Unblamable)
2. “You know what we should do – X, You know what we should do – X,You know what we should do – X…” (Harping)
3. “You’re too slow.  You aren’t playing right. Dumbass.” (Ad honimum attacks)
4. “You guys all go do that thing I’m doing something else” – (Not me’ing)
5. “And then what does the taven keeper say? What are all of the 20 stores in this wing of the mall? Describe what every member of the wedding party has on.” (Blocking)
6. “It’s what my character would do.  I’m bored, I shoot his character in the face.”(Griefing)
7. “Are we there yet? How long does this take? when is my turn? I never get to go.” (Whinging)
8. “No(period)” (No)

Dynomite’s Behaviors:

1. Know the game and use the game
2. Consider saying yes to things
3. Be in the game, Don’t play before you play
4. Have Goals: Player and character
5. Have fun playing
6. Play with the other players
7. Try

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Your regular Podge hosts are nowhere to be found and the women of the Podge sneak in and run the studio! Unfortunately, they couldn’t get rid of all the Podge hosts and both David and Eric make guest appearances all throughout.

Topics Covered:
* Gencon
* True Dungeon
* The Gateway Game
* Houses of the Blooded

The guardians of the Shadowgate attempt to repel the PCs … violently. Segments include: (1) Weighing Anchor: Chris Tulach of the RPGA calls for your initiative roll. (2) The Staging Area: I briefly recap the campaign background, then summarize in more detail the previous adventure and parts 1-3 of this adventure. (3) The Crew Manifest: The usual. (4) The Weather Report: The guardians of the Shadowgate attempt to repel the PCs … violently. (5) The Prop Shop: I describe the miniatures I used to represent the Shadowgate guardians, and explain how I came up with their names. (6) Sea Shanties: Theme music comes from Phantoms of the High Seas by Nox Arcana, ©2008 Monolith Graphics. Background music includes “Firewalker” by Medwyn Goodall, from the album Tribal Nation, ©2005 MG Music. Used by permission.

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Now Let’s Get Crackin’

At long last we here at Radio Free Hommlet present our mailbag episode.  Questions were chosen with some amount of random and answered with all the wit, sarcasm, and crunchy bits you have come to expect of the folks here.  If we didn't answer your questions it's not because we don't like you - just submit them again for a future mailbag to newsdesk@hommlet.com.

And if you are confused by the adventure title, check out Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.

 

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 This adventure uses the following music: "Legions (War)" by Zoe Keating, "Baba Yetu" by Christopher Tin and "Tavern Rock Volume 1" from the Dungeons and Dragons Online Soundtrack.

 

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  One Week Till Dragon!