Editorial and Reviews

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Allergy issues! The ENnie nomination (Go vote!) and Mark's thought of a YouTube promo. Interview with J.C. Hutchins about Personal Effects: Dark Art and it's associated transmedia experience (with a "This Is Your Life" moment for good measure). Props in your game. What is a "prop?" Serendipity in prop-making. When props go bad. Cartier to Conan. Pictures and music. Campaign credits. Playing with the phone. The CONET Project. Mark's reason for not working on Arcadian Gate right now: participating in Tales of the Children. Feedback! VOTE!- Read more...

Master Dungeons (Atomic Array 017)- Read more...

Scion (Atomic Array 016)

White Wolf’s Eddy Webb dropped by Moonstew Studios to talk to us about Scion. We found some cool stuff out about Scion; design background and inspiration was on the table, but we also talked about the upcoming releases as well.

And we find out that yes, Rone was named for a god. Go figr.- Read more...

A new RPG in the old school style (offline and single player) that has a lot of promise. I've been playing the demo and I'm so far impressed. Check out the demo at: http://www.Drakensang.com

We will be giving away a free G9 Laser Gaming Mouse to the best caption left in comments (below) about this screen shot:- Read more...

Welcome to RPG Countdown. This bi-weekly show combines the hottest sellers from online retailers with sales figures provided by your friendly local gaming store.

This episode of the Countdown covers the period between 13 JAN and 27 JAN 2009.

Make sure you visit our sponsor, RPG Now, where you can find these, and other great RPG products.- Read more...

We talk this episode about ways to end your game. Ending your campaign, and just ending your session. Good and bad ways to do it. How you can keep the energy up between sessions by having a good ending. We also have some stories of how games we have played in and run have ended badly. Strangely enough, we didn't talk about some of the good endings we have had.

Promo: Crescent: http://crescentstation.net- Read more...

Episode 4 of The Escapistcast is now (finally!) up and ready for your listening pleasure.

Featured in this episode:- Read more...

With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Financial woes. Lynn Willis illness. Zobmondo into Arby's kids meals. New games on Facebook thanks to GameTable Online. Agricola and 1960: The Making of the President win International Game Awards. Windhammer Prize for short gamebook fiction. Goodman Games gets license to publish Call of Cthulhu adventures, starting with Death In Luxor. Rogue Games writing contest. Interview with Richard Iorio of Rogue Games. Mark talks about Mutant City Blues. Prices dropping, and free stuff coming! Explaining the financial crisis in terms of Pokemon.- Read more...