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TPC 097: Rest in Paul

David — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:59:20 +0000

* Paul isn’t dead and didn’t gay elope despite tons of evidence to the contrary

* MS 150 donations are still more than welcome, feel free to donate

* Jonas and Neosect are awesome

* Thanking our mystery patron

* GMs NPC?

* Would the Podge Cast hosts ever write an RPG?

TPC 096: Fan Roundtable 6

David — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:00:24 +0000

This episode is explicit!

Guest Hosts:
* Clyde (Theory From the Closet)
* Jonathan “Stingray” ( Way of the Game)
* Sam (Neosect)

* E3

* Our new business venture

* Themes that do and don’t work in games

And, a ton of wargame links from Clyde:

Hey guys,

Figured I could remove a step if I included Luke. Luke we talked about
you, and War Games last night. I promised links to David / Adam (Gmail
has confused me about which one it is that you prefer. I swear I used
to know… like yesterday.) Anyway… links:

————————————–
Carry: A Game about War.

http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16181&cat=0&page=1

I forgot it isn’t intended for long term play. Seems this will not
help Luke. It’s also a really tight Indie ruleset, for some reason I
have the impression that this is something Luke might dislike.

————————————–
Black Cadillacs

http://achtung-spiel.com/black_cadillacs.html

This guy (Darcy Burgess) was at the Ashcan Front with me in 2008. This
is a much looser war game, that can be used to play war from stick and
stone days until now… maybe the future. I can’t remember if it dealt
with command structures. I think it’s still in Ashcan form… if it
looks interesting I could lend you mine, but it’s signed so I’d want
it back.

————————————–

I’m waiting to hear back from Ogre if his war game is in a playable
place. I had some interesting thoughts about how to create a game with
command structure as part of it’s center. Anyway… The rest of this
has nothing to do with Lukes need for War, just figured I’d point at
some of the other Indies we mentioned in case you wanted to link those
also.

Non-War Games
————————————–

Breaking the Ice

http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16173&cat=0&page=1

Shooting the Moon

http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16189&cat=0&page=1

Both of these are by Emily Care Boss.

TPC 095: The White Wolf Blogcast

David — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:27:00 +0000

* A depressing bit of memorial for Martell, some drunken Mexican anctics

* A v3 recap

* MS150 bike ride Donation Link

* Luke wanks about Transformers a lot

* White Wolf discussion. Eddy Webb, feel free to come on and correct us.

* A listener call to action

TPC 094: Tired, Angry and Sick

David — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:04:26 +0000

* Tony joins us and we talk 360 for a long time

* Prince of Persia

* More 360 talk

* Metagaming, Burning Empires and Mouse Guard

TPC 093: Iron Tyrants

David — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:22:08 +0000

* Aron Head is awesome

* Legal Troubles

* Archer continues to be awesome

* The new Doctor is terrible – deal with it

* We talk Iron Tyrants. Luke’s baby is almost done.

TPC 092: In Which We Don’t Talk About Immersion

David — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:59:48 +0000

* Red Dead Redemption

* Random Racism

* Drawven Conquistadors

* Burning Wheel’s Emotional Attributes

* Character creation

* Some Burning Empire’s Talk

* In which we both do and do not talk about immersion

TPC 091: Dresden Files RPG Part 2

David — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:59:07 +0000

* v3 is back again! Details are .

* James’ t-shirt survery can be found here

* Eric continues his mammoth Dresden Files RPG Review

TPC 090: Dresden Files RPG Part 1

David — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:59:46 +0000

* v3 is back again! Details are here.

*Season 3 of Blood Bowl is kicking off. The sign-up thread is here.

* Eric’s back so he can…

* Eric learns us about the Dresden Files RPG by Evil Hat Productions

TPC 089: GMs: The Mayors of Tradville

David — Mon, 24 May 2010 05:59:04 +0000

* Congrats to Juriel for winning the Blood Bowl League

* Gencon Oz event registration can be found here

* v3 is making a comeback on the last half of June! Details here

* GMs as authority figures

TPC 087: Dangerous Misuse of Technology

Paul — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:38 +0000

THIS EPISODE IS VERY, VERY EXPLICIT AND JUVENILE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

*My pal, Rob, shows up to teach us about the Nomadic lifestyle

*Cat strollers

*Magic logistics

*I’m probably wrong about Dumbledore’s wandless casting

*The plight of a blacksmith

Intermission

*Madness Lies Beyond…oh, yea, and Tony Mast stops by

TPC 088: Inside the GM’s Studio

David — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:59:12 +0000

* Eric doesn’t want to get into the Gencon thing – but he gets into the Gencon thing

* RPG Podcast Listener Survey is happening again at http://rpgpolls.com/

* Dresden Files next week? Probably not.

* Rob’s blog post about the drunk thing

* Slice of Life in games – and then we go somewhere bizarre

* Why Luke sucks as a GM, and the trials of an average gaming group

* Back to slice of life?

TPC 086: Community

David — Mon, 03 May 2010 05:59:48 +0000

* We’re awkward people – expect us to be awkward in person. Except Luke. He’s awesome.

* A Gen Con controversy?

* Ideology of Madness Podge Cast article.

* A double standard in our culture

TPC 085: Ivory Tower

David — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:59:29 +0000

* Eric’s back!

* We answer all of your burning questions – for realz

*This has more snark (all in the name of good fun) than all of our other episodes combined.

QA 02: Windows Requires Immediate Attention

David — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:59:27 +0000

* Brant, Tim and Meg are back!

* The TED talk we talk about here.

TPC 084: A Year of 4th Edition

David — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:59:55 +0000

* A look back at the last year of 4e

* Chris can’t find anything wrong with 4e – he’s such a fanboi

TPC 082: A Gentleman’s Criticism

David — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:59:00 +0000

* Iron Tyrants at Fear the Con

* Blood Bowl Season 2 kicks off!

* Podcast criticism discussion

* The blog Paul is talking about is here.

* RPG Podcast Listener Survey can be found here.

* Luke poops in soup

* A bunch of game design philosophy and criticism

* Why is your favorite game your favorite game?

TPC 081: Swarming Good Players

David — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:59:49 +0000

* Matt is all over the God damned place. Strippers, Detroit and whatever

* Rob and Mike from the Bear Swarm are here; and boy do they sound excited

* Good players, which gets derailed by what is a party

* Matt and Limp Bizkit

* Rob’s here, so we have to talk about Houses of the Blooded

* Group dynamics

TPC 080: Homebrewing

David — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:59:55 +0000

* Big congrats to Melina, Katie and Sergio who Mastered the Met!

* The Best They Might Be Giants Album

* Blood Bowl Season 2 is starting soon!

* Repo the Genetic Opera apparently sucks

* It’s been a full year since Watchmen came out

* Homebreweing? Why are we doing less of it

TPC 079: Small Press Adventures

David — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:59:37 +0000

* Paul is gone for hawkey and Luke doesn’t know how to pronounce that sport’s name

* Chatroulette redux

* Starcraft Night of Carnage? We should plan one.

* Quest for Glory has a place in our hearts

* Luke will be at Fear the Con 3 runnnig Iron Tyrants!

* Small Press publishing – a case study in Spooky Outhouse Production’s journey with Iron Tyrants.

* Black Pidgeon Press and Hacktastic

* Print options: Studio 2

QA 01: A Fireside Chat

David — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:59:34 +0000

* This episode is very explicit

David is joined by:
* Brant (TrapCast)
* Meg (Brilliant Gameologists)
* Tim (Return to Northmoor)

We do a live episode, joined by various peoples and shoot the bull for an hour.

TPC 078: Podge Beboppin

David — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:59:31 +0000

* Warning: We spoil the hell out of Cowboy Bebop. You have been warned

* After marathon-ing Cowboy Bebop for 8 hours, Paul, Eric, Matt and David review it

* What makes Cowboy Bebop transcend ‘good anime’ into ‘this is a great piece of art’?

Episode 077: The Mummy’s Grip

Luke — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:01:47 +0000

*Geoff the Lawyer is back!

*Anchorplate IP

*New Wave IP Litigation

*Commemorative Plates

*Barrage-O-Bama was a placeholder name never an actual consideration. Jerks.

*Matt has an official Mardi Gras policy

*Black Pigeon Press

*HERCULANEUM!

*Eric and the Adams

*Paul likes cooler indie underground non-sampled rap than you do.

*The old mailing a screenplay to yourself trick.

TPC 076: An Anime-ated Discussion

David — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:59:56 +0000

* Adam (Luke) is on hiatus, and Eric joins us instead

* A Beginner’s Guide to Anime

Show Outline (what we worked from):
Episode 76: THAC0 – To Hit Anime Comprehension Zero

Pimp Way of the Game

Banter

What do you like/dislike about anime?
Misconceptions about anime
Sub vs. Dub

A nugget of genre discussion
Possibly? best to steer clear of shounen, shoujo, josei, seinen, etc.
-But still inform people that there is a LOT of anime out there of all different types
Possibly? better to stick with shit like sci-fi/mech, fantasy, comedy, dramedy, romance, blah blah blah

Good anime for the uninitiated
-> Trigun

Paul’s List of series
Fantasy: Full Metal Alchemist, Escaflowne, Last Exile, Mushishi (mystery), Kamichu! (slice of life)
Sci fi: Fantastic Children, Cowboy Bebop, GITS: Stand Alone Complex
Comedy: Azumanga Daioh? (I’ve shown this to newbies who have dug it, but I’m not sure if it’s a good general recommendation)
Drama/Romance: Haibane Renmei (fantasy), Honey & Clover (comedy), Nodame Cantabile (comedy), Beck (music, comedy, coming of age)
Other: Hidamari Sketch (cute girls going to art school), Windy Tales (slice of life), Michiko e Hatchin (blaxploitation), Samurai Champloo (historic/action)

Eric says, can’t forget Mecha if we’re talking about Anime 101. Probably best just to buck up and go with the original Mobile Suit Gundam, and then maybe Macross Plus.
Under no circumstances inflict Evangelion on a innocent mind.
Paul’s response: I’ve known more people to be driven away by mech, but it’s a distinct and popular area, so go for it.

Movies
Whisper of the Heart
Porco Rosso
My Neighbor Totoro
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Popular anime that is not recommended for anime newbies
FLCL
Serial Experiments: Lain
Long shit like Naruto and Bleach
Inuyasha seems to turn a lot of people off of anime

Tentacle Porn – Why do bad things happen to Japanese schoolgirls?
Because they deserve it, oh, god, they’re gonna get what’s coming to them, uuunnnnnggghhh

Episode 075: Boondoggle Saints

Luke — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:48:54 +0000

* Melcrest’s Master the Met page can be here.

*BSG: The Plan sucks

*Ron Swanson is the man

*Matt lives a year behind in TMBG releases

*Discussing breaking up with your gaming group as inspired by this post.

TPC 074: The Jumbled Dusty Muffin

David — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:59:12 +0000

* We’re all Adam

* Blood Bowl Leage

* Luke is old, the Miner’s Daughter and Curling a Grumpy with the Dusty Muffin

* Fable 2 and Chaoseater

* Double Meat Podcast

* Pillars of the Earth audiobook

* Matt Kills It: Pitching Established Settings

*Rat Tails and Trad Gaming

TPC 073: The Good Cliches

David — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:59:32 +0000

* Chris and David join us for the cast

* Cliches we *like* in media

* Chris and David mention everything under the sun. Hopefully, they’ll get together some highlight links:

Boobs
Romantic Comedies
Battlestar Galactica
The Wire
Mad Men
Weeds
A-Team
Prophecies
The Lightning Thief
The Spiderwick Chronicles and Young-Adult Films
His Dark Materials Trilogy
Rufies
The Dresden Files
Harry Potter
Audiobooks, including the two former and the two latter.
Fables
Star Wars
Batman, The Animated Series
The Guyver
Metal Gear
Preposterous Plots
Deus Ex
Evangelion
Warren Ellis
Transmetropolitan
Grant Morrison
All-Star Superman
Clever Reinvisioning of Things
Sherlock Holmes
Back to Battlestar
Katie Sackhoff
BBC’s Merlin and Robin Hood
V (“Jaunty Adventure”?)
Pacing
Resistance Movements
Disaster Movies
White Man Guilt Movies
Avatar
Michelle Rodriguez
Jim Cameron Casts
Alien 4
Firefly
and The Connection Between Them,
Joss Whedon
Dollhouse
Redemption
Back to Battlestar AGAIN!
Gaeta
New Dr. Who
Protestant Dick-Waivery
The Doctor
Rose
Bad Choices
Babylon 5
Londo Milari
The Watchability of Season 1
Mitchell and Webb Look

TPC: 072 Double Ought Nought

Luke — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 06:01:29 +0000

*Ghost Adventures

*Dickle

*Contest Winner

*The Internet Age

*The d20 boom and bust

*Small publishers and indie explosion

*What’s next?

*Intro products and pricing

TPC 071: Bohlderdash

Luke — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:59:24 +0000

*We welcome Robert Bohl from the Independent Insurgency and Oo! Let’s Make a Game.

*Media that’s so bad it’s good

*Finding the sweet spot in gaming philosophies

*Names

Other stuff:

Serial Homicide Unit by Kat and Michael Miller
Dirty Secrets by Seth Ben Ezra
The Drifter’s Escape by Ben Lehman
Burning Wheel Revised and by Luke Crane and the Burning Wheel Headquarters

My stuff:

Misspent Youth, my first game
The Independent Insurgency, my first podcast
Oo! Let’s Make a Game!, my other podcast

TPC 070: Paul’s Awful Setting Outline

David — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:59:19 +0000

* Is that contest still running? Yep, sure is, but not for very much longer.

* Geek trauma, which turns into: geek inspirations

* Paul doesn’t do a very good job of getting us on to settings

TPC 069: Spiteful Silence of Adversarial GMs

David — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:59:11 +0000

* Name That Contest is still taking submissions!

*GM vs. Players

*Player vs. Player

*Hodge: Chris Engler, World Vision 2009 Charity

More details:

I’m sending you this message in the hopes that you’ll partner with myself and World Vision again this year for my third annual Christmas fundraiser. This year I’m going to depart from the “cow” theme of the prior two years and ask for your help raising money for the rehabilitation and restoration of child soldiers and sexually exploited children. For $75 World Vision can provide many resources to children who have been virtually destroyed. I’d like us to help 20 such children. Based on the number of people I’m inviting to participate, if everyone I invite donates an average of $20 this goal will be met but donations of any size are welcome.

Below is a link to a four-minute video on YouTube that was put together by a friend of mine (Paul Bettings) who has travelled extensively and documented first-hand some of the worst circumstances children are in. The video tells the story of an 11 year-old girl named Elise who was once a sex-worker but is in the process of getting her life back thanks to World Vision’s efforts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoxWq0e9yg

Here is a link to my World Vision Gift Catalogue page. Please forward this e-mail or any of the links contained to anyon that you think may be interested in participating:

Full Link
Shortened Link (suitable for Twitter)

Thank you in advance, and Merry Christmas!

Live Episode 04: Best Geek Media of 2000 – 2009

David — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:59:22 +0000

* This episode is explicit

* This episode is largely unedited

* We attempt to determine the best geek media of 2000 – 2009

*Hodge: Chris Engler, World Vision 2009 Charity

More details:

Here is a link to my World Vision Gift Catalogue page. Please forward this e-mail or any of the links contained to anyon that you think may be interested in participating:

Full Link
Shortened Link (suitable for Twitter)

Thank you in advance, and Merry Christmas!

TPC 068: The Hosts Get Down(time)

David — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:59:34 +0000

* Matt talks about the newest Wheel of Time book – everyone makes fun of him

* Luke is a teenage girl and liked New Moon

* The “Name That Contest” contest. Just go ahead and e-mail your submissions to adam@podgecast.com

* Handling downtime in games

* Can elements of board/video games translate to the tabletop to handle downtime?

Hodge: Chris Engler, World Vision 2009 Charity

More details:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SoxWq0e9yg

Here is a link to my World Vision Gift Catalogue page. Please forward this e-mail or any of the links contained to anyon that you think may be interested in participating:

Full Link
Shortened Link (suitable for Twitter)

Thank you in advance, and Merry Christmas!

TPC 067: The Great Host Conflict

David — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:59:33 +0000

* Kevin joins us from The Walking Eye

* Stuff Kevin mentions:

TPC 066: We Get Artsy

David — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:59:24 +0000

* Live Episode, December 6th, 2pm Central , in our uStream chatroom here

* Google Wave

* Master Plan

*Luke is a guest on this week’s Kicked in the Dicebags. If you don’t already know, it’s super-explicit. Also, super-awesome.

* Do us a favor, tell a friend or leave an iTunes review.

* The TrapCast‘s bad iTunes review contest was hilarious and awesome, we’re not doing that.

* Project Donut: http://projectdonut.com

* Kevin, The Walking Eye

* What is art?

Favorite Art from this Year:

- David – Glee
- Eric – Battletech
- Matt – The Brothers Bloom
- Paul -Sphongle’s New Album

Twisted Records (Shpongle samples on the front page player)

- Luke – Iron Tyrants

- Hodge: Fraser from Accidental Survivors is here to talk about Mondus Novit being released by Swords Edge Publshing

TPC 065: We Antagonize Each Other

David — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:59:11 +0000

* Dark Tower Online preview: Enjoy!

* Antagonism and Villains, something we know nothing about at the Podge

That Mitchell and Webb Look sketches referenced:

*Sir Digby Chicken Caeser

TPC 064: Epic Podcasting

David — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:59:08 +0000

* Eric joins us again

* Diaspora

* Designing and playing epic fantasy campaigns.

*Like, y’know, over 9000.

* Starblazer Adventures: http://www.cubicle-7.com/starblazer.htm

* Diaspora: http://www.vsca.ca/Diaspora/

Thanks, Xoph, for reminding me about the links.

TPC 063: An Entertaining Conversation (That Guy)

David — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:59:58 +0000

* We’re all here again!

* Luke recaps his experience at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado

* NaNoWriMo discussion – is this a good thing or a bad thing?

* Twilight, the gateway drug

* Luke hates That Guy.

* Guest Hodge – Aron Head, Matt Sturges Interview

TPC 062: Zombies

David — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:59:24 +0000

* Yes, I know the sound is weird. It’s a special Halloween effect I placed on the sound chain to make everyone sound more creepy…. or I didn’t notice when I was setting things up to record Brant’s chain.

* Brant from the Trap Cast joins us.

* How would you survive the zombie apocalypse?

* Survivalist games and a discussion about horror

TPC 061: The Storyteller in You

David — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:59:45 +0000

* No business

* Narrativism in traditional games, and our thoughts on the story game movement in general

* Houses Domain Management, our thoughts and expectations for the upcoming game

TPC 059: Travel Broadens the Mind

David — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:59:21 +0000

* We start the show mid-conversation about Houses of the Blooded. Which you can buy here. The PDF is $5. It’s fantastic.

* Travel in games, most specifically Venice, Italy, which Matt has recently traveled to.

* There are some great television shows that do some good research for your games, The Colony and Surviving Disaster.

* Locations of gaming – what feel are you projecting in your gaming space?

* Are you gaming or are you dating?

* Dating advice

* Luke’s funhouse story, followed by Matt’s funhouse story

TPC 058: An Evening with Jess Hartley

David — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:59:20 +0000

* Jess Hartley, freelance gaming writer joins us for a discussion of her various works.

*Geist: The Sin-Eaters

*Werewolf: The Forsaken

*Changeling: The Lost

*One Geek To Another

TPC 057: An Evening With Shawn Gaston

Luke — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 06:01:02 +0000

-Welcoming Shawn as a guest!

-Easiest Contest Ever! Win a plethora of Bounty Head Bebop prizes!

-A Farewell to Joe – Make sure to let him know how much you appreciate all he’s done on the message boards.

-Matt’s recording in an airport this week. He has to scoot early on. No worries, folks. We know what happened to him, unlike last time.

-The Origins of Clockworks

-Worst Cosplays

-Shawn’s GMing Pro-Tips

-The Voltron Interlude

-Splitting the Party and Psuedo-troupe play

-Persistent worlds across multiple GMs and campaigns as exemplified by Clockworks

-Chainmail Bikini revisited

-Shawn’s other works: Doors and Windows, Children’s Choir, True Tales of South City

-Clockworks Savage Worlds Adventures and Sourcebook

-Sandwich Taco

Hosts: Adam, Matt, Luke, Shawn

TPC 056: Religiosity

David — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:55:28 +0000

* Contest Stuff – All you have to do is send an e-mail to adam@podgecast.com

* Valhalla’s Gate in Columbia, MO, is only the greatest general game store ever. Myriad Games in Salem, NH, is the best board game store ever.

* Melcrest’s D*C Wrap-Up: James Marsters is awesome, Stargate Atlantis stuff was awesome, TAPS interview was awesome. She also danced the 903 person large, Guiness Book record breaking Thriller Dance. A video can be found here.

* Congratulations to the BGs who won the Parsec at D*C!

* To skip all the D*C stories, you can go ahead and skip to 22:30ish.

* Before we start talking the episode topic, we talk a lot about Iron Tyrants, which Eric is the lead playtester (badass) for.

* Religion and Philosophy in games: its place, how we handle it, and how it can enrich your games

* The Great Debate podcast – go check it out

* Kevin Smith, hardcore fans, validation for creative works. I’m editing it now, and can’t figure out how we started talking about this, The Watchmen Review Podcast with Kevin Smith

* Long episode is long

With David, Luke, Joe, Eric and Melcrest

TPC 055: IP Freely

Luke — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 06:01:55 +0000

*Easiest Contest Ever!

*Check out the Bounty Head Bebop prizes from Heroic Journey Publishing for the Easiest Contest Ever!

*Check out Shadow Complex for XBLA.

*Licensed RPGs: Are they worthwhile or just generic systems with pretty pictures?

*Emulation of source material

*Buffy, Angel, Army of Darkness, Mouse Guard, Burning Wheel, Star Wars, A Game of Thrones, Serenity, Battlestar Galactica

TPC 054: Gencon, Metagaming, Doctor X

David — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:59:24 +0000

* Gencon recap. If you aren’t interested, you can skip to 22:06 to miss all of our recap

* Joe’s zipline video

* XKCD is fantastic.

* Doctor X has some questions; How to make players make decisions that are in line with their characters, and not necessarily mechanically beneficial

* When will we see a Renaissance in gaming?

* Supernatural doormats from Bear Swarm Matt’s dad! LINK

TPC 053: Vices

David — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:59:17 +0000

* Matt’s Wheel of Time issues

* Jake joins us from various forums and communities

* How fun is Gencon going to be? Especially since we all just got back from it

* We begin talking about vices

* Rob from Accidental Survivors joins us for the remainder of the episode

* Drinking, smoking, cell phones, racism and personal hygiene

TPC 052: Life Events

David — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:59:55 +0000

* Jenn joins us from the Trapcast podcast

* If you’re interested in playing Drinkokalypse at Gencon with David and Jenn, hunt for ‘em at the convention. They’re playing Thursday night and will have tickets to get into the event.

* Luke will be running Project MG games during the weekend. If you’re interested in that let him know.

* Role-playing depth preferences, how far do you take it?

* Life Events, how do you let them impact your games?

* Shark Week.

Episode 051: The Business and Props of the Podge

David — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:59:33 +0000

* Welcome back after Episode 49 & 50′s debacle!

* Thanks to Andrew, who got the St. Louis guys an ice-cream cookie cake!

* Congratulations to Asylos, winner of the D&D minis contest!

* We kick off the Pro-Tip Proving for all of The Podge’s released material. Listen to the episode for details, and then send adam@podgecast.com an e-mail with all of your answers!

* Big thanks to the Trap Cast for all of their hard work on episode 50. Go listen to their show, because they’re pretty awesome.

* The Sultan. Enough said.

* Auto-Tune The News

Episode 050: A PodgeCast of a Different Color

Joe — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:01:34 +0000

* Introducing the new hosts

* A new segment: Getting to know your hosts

* Role-Playing Games

* In the Hodge (live), Joe talks about bagels

Episode 049: Episode Title

Joe — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:01:48 +0000

* Announcements

* Topic

* Hodge (if there is one)

Episode 048: The Device Has Been Modified

Joe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:01:12 +0000

* Birthday wishes from Jennifer Notch of the barbershop quartet, Cloud 9

* Tony Mast records with us, but the episode still comes out the next week

* You want to win D&D minis! We want to give them to you! Enter now!

* Literary devices that can be applied to role-playing games

* Fish out of water and system bias

* Matt wants to role-play the Gilmore Girls

* The prologue

* GMs breaking their own rules

* Misdirection

* In the Hodge (live), Joe talks about Taking Chance

Episode 047: Harry Potter and the Cast of Podge

Joe — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:01:13 +0000

* As discussed on Kicked in the Dicebags, Luke is no longer relevant

* The debut of Shawn Gaston’s Clockworks

* If you like Lovecraft pulp, check out Lovecraft is Missing

* For the hattrick, go read A Girl and her Fed

* Last part of our D&D Minis. Email your answers to joe@podgecast.com

* Harry Potter – the books

* Harry Potter – the movies

* Book 7, how it should have been

* The Last Airbender live action movie

* In the Hodge (live), White Wolf’s new podcast and blog

Episode 046: BATTLECAST 3!

David — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:01:55 +0000

* Welcome to the Battlecast!

* After the hilarity of getting everything together, we finally get underway to try and determine which is the funniest television series of all time. The winner will surprise you… or probably won’t.

* The video is forthcoming. I was seriously going to have it available early, but ran out of time. Maybe I’ll get to it tomorrow.

* I marked the episode as explicit, since David drops the F*bomb a few times. What an ass.

Episode 045: Backstab x5

Joe — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:01:18 +0000

* BATTLECAST 3! is Tuesday, June 16th. Join us on Ustream. You can also watch video for the last Battlecast.

* Go listen to the TrapCast. They’re funny.

* James is listing his gaming books here. Mention that you heard about it from the Podge (before paying, obviously) and get 10-25% off!

* V3 was a huge success

* Intra-Party Conflict (which is different than inter-player conflict)

* Mechanic-based conflict resolution systems

* Organic vs. Synthetic Conflict

* Dangers of Intra-Party Conflict

* Follow the discussion with a handy outline on Plus 1

Episode 044: We Are

Joe — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:01:00 +0000

* Buy Storm Cloud, David and Luke’s (et al.) anthology.

* James is listing his gaming books here. Mention that you heard about it from the Podge (before paying, obviously) and get 10-25% off!

* Tope Dome is touring in your city soon!

* Winners of the Top Down and Bottom Up campaign contests, Dan Henson and Dan Marlett (Double Dan)

* We stop talking about Mike’s mom…no we don’t.

* David vs. Joe: THUNDERDOME! (Worst vs. Lesser)

* Group Design

* Goals, party pitches, and conflict

* Role maximization

* Follow the discussion with a handy outline on Plus 1

* Mr. T is a Night Elf Mohawk, Ted Talks, and Imagining the Tenth Dimension

* CONTEST! Win D&D Minis

* Hodge (live): The Tome Show celebrates 4e’s first birthday

Episode 043: I Am

Joe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:01:45 +0000

* Adam is now officially David

* Thank you to our armed service members past and present

* Five Guys hamburgers is sexworthy

* Luke has closed his business and is now a hobo

* James is listing his gaming books here. Mention that you heard about it from the Podge (before paying, obviously) and get 10-25% off!

* Buy Storm Cloud, David and Luke’s (et al.) anthology

* Different methods of character generation

* Pre-flighting your character

* Character-Focused (Who-What-Why?)

* Mechanics-Focused (What-Why?)

* Character Optimization and the Brilliant Gameologists

* Character-Study Approach

* Joe’s char-gen notes are available in Plus 1 (really, we promise!)

Episode 042: In the Middle

Joe — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:01:39 +0000

* A Plethora of Introductions

* DP Challenges Adam to Latin Subtext

* Company of Heroes, Win a copy!

* Dr. Horrible, Jeff’s Awesomeness, Lost, JJ Abrams, George R.R. Martin, Adam as Dark Tower Expert, Ideology of Madness, and Luke shakes his butt

* Fundamentals of the Game: Logistics

* Maintaining Your Game: Campaign Pro Tips

* The Campaign Pyramid

* Paint-by-Numbers Campaign Construction

* More, More, Less

* Campaign Fade

* Birth of the Third World

Episode 041: On Bottom

Joe — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:01:47 +0000

* Congratulations Bear Swarm, you’re a year old! How did that happen?

* V3 is June 6th (V3 location information will appear at the end of our episodes beginning with episode 42)

* Last week’s contest Google doc form is here (click the link). We also clarify evolutionary items.

* Campaign Design, the Bottom Up approach. You can find an outline, and actual notes on the Plus 1 page.

* What beginning steps mirror the Top Down approach.

* Character generation and the character theme

* Establishing conflict

* The Character Domino Effect

* Adventure (non-character) focused Bottom Up design

* The Fog of War

* All podcasters are liars, except for 3/4 of the PodgeCast

* A SECOND CONTEST! Go ahead and click here to open the form and submit.

* Matt goes insane

Episode 040: On Top

Joe — Mon, 04 May 2009 06:01:55 +0000

* Luke writes a column on Ideology of Madness: The Wizard Sleeve

* Ideology also had their Week of Mice with Weapons

* Donate your old cell phones to Cell Phones for Soldiers

* Deadliest Warrior and other cool TV shows. Adam kept calling it Ultimate Warrior, which is a crappy show. This is the actual show Deadliest Warrior.

* Luke needs playtesters for “Project MG.” Email him at luke@podgecast.com

* Joe was a guest host on Kicked in the Dicebags: Episode 5

* Adam is going to record a bonus video to show you how to “double record” if you’re looking for alternative recording methods

* Campaign Design, the Top Down approach. You can find an outline, and actual notes on the Plus 1 page.

* Pre-Planning Phase

* The Three Pillars of System Selection

* Pre-Player Phase (PPP or P³)

* Scope Your Game

* Evolutionary Items (like a Monkey Trial)

* The Fun Cooker

* Themes

* Organizations and our inherent nature to group

* Conflict

* Character Generation and Player Input

* Why (and why not) to plan your first show

* Why (and why not) to use box text

* Matt’s campaign document is on the Plus 1 page in the Episode Resources

* Scoping this discussion

* Announcing…THE CONTEST! You can enter here.

Episode 039: System Swappin

David — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:59:42 +0000

* The RPG Podcast Listener Survey can be found here! Collectively, from all of us RPG Podcasters, thanks for taking it!

* TPC will soon be having a boatload more content. I’m not really sure how it will all line out yet, so stay tuned!

* Systems, when/how to change ‘em to get what you need.

Episode 038: Wizard Sleeve

Joe — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:01:28 +0000

* WotC, White Wolf, Paizo, and Nerd Rage!

* Dave Arneson really did die and he is missed.

* Thank you to all those who donated to Luke Appreciation Week, even those whose last names we can’t pronounce

* Kal Penn, House, and Public Service

* Adam is sick of fighting (he also hates happiness)

* Castle Crashers is an awesome game

* We talk about things you might have missed

* Jim Henson’s Storyteller

* Avatar: The Last Airbender

* O

* The Monster Squad

* Grim Fandango

* Arrested Development

* Steel-Cut Oatmeal

* Emiliana Torrini

* The Sugar Queen

Episode 037: Live Episode #2!

David — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:59:30 +0000

* This is a live episode. It gets loud and rowdy. It might be explicit, I think we kept it clean, but…

* There is a video forthcoming. When David gets off his duff and edits the video.

* We eventually get to the topic: “What is the best movie sequel?”

* If you listened through the end (Look at you!), you can take the survey David mentions here: Survey!

Episode 036: Ninja Warriors of the Vodkapocalypse

Luke — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:01:54 +0000

*Joe is sick – send him retroactive good vibes

*Special Guest Host: Jenn from The Trapcast.

*Our second Live episode is recording on 3/31. Come join us online! You can find the live episode here.

*Adam cites his funniest moment in podcast courtesy of Downunder Gamers

*Adam challenges us to build a setting in thirty minutes and brags how easy it is

*Listen as too many cooks prove Adam wrong.

*Joe’s true destiny

*We find out we just inadvertently played the first part of a Primetime Adventures game.

*Madonna

*Silent, but taco

Episode 035: Evil Urges

Joe — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:01:27 +0000

* Buy Shawn Merwin’s D&D4e Adventure P3: Assault on Nightwyrm Fortress. He’s good peoples

* We can finally wank about Watchmen

* Shaky cam fight scenes and fish islands

* It’s just a penis. Get over it.

* Villainy, alignment, and being evil

* Evil campaigns

* Evil characters in non-evil campaigns

* Advice for playing evil characters

* Number of times we talk about Burning Wheel: 4

Episode 034: Giant, Double-Sized Head Episode

Joe — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:01:02 +0000

* We do our best with lightning storms messing with the audio

* Aron screws up his introduction

* White Castles and its effects on the human condition

* Luke Appreciation Week; if you want to donate, email joe@podgecast.com

* Go to this episode’s discussion thread to vote on which subject we’ll talk about in our live episode

* Our live episode is Tuesday, March 31st at 8:00 pm EDT (GMT-5). Join us at
www.ustream.tv/channel/the-podge-cast where you can participate in the show as it is recorded!

* JeffCon charity event, Adam is attending

* Master the Met was a success except for the part where they failed

* Getting fired from artistic endeavors

* Personal Blogging vs. Professional Blogging

* Geographical realities of gaming communities

* Harneshing Passion

* Name Dropping
- Ideology of Madness (http://ideologyofmadness.com/)
- Luke’s Magnificent Beard (http://ideologyofmadness.com/archives/1772)
- The Bastard Blog (http://www.evilbastard.net/bastardblog/)
- Paul’s Blog (http://www.thesiblingsscarington.com/)
- The Popecast (http://markandrewpope.com/)

Episode 033: Ludere Diem

Joe — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:01:19 +0000

* V3-2 was a podcaster orgy

* Luke doesn’t like Jared Sorenson but likes Inspectors

* V3-3 is June 6th, you’ve been warned

* Our next Podge Live recording is March 31st at 8:00pm Eastern. Join us at
www.ustream.tv/channel/the-podge-cast where you can participate in the show as it is recorded!

* Bone Wrestling

* Adam’s opinion of gamedays is evolving

* Casual gamedays vs. Organized gamedays

* Conventions

* Gaming is people!!!

* Taking convention material and using it at home

Episode 032: NERD RAGE! (the Emasode)

Joe — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:01:59 +0000

* JeffCon1, a charity event, details on the forums

* NERD RAGE!

* How to design online content and not suck

* 4e, its successes and failures, a business prespective

* When can a company be a jerk?

* Where’s Waldo (by Waldo we mean Matt)

* Wanking about Joss Whedon is awesome

* This XKCD strip is the show’s thesis

* Joe talks about the graphic novel Serenity: Those Left Behind in the Hodge (Live!)

Episode 031: Getting Fixed

David — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 05:59:21 +0000

* We’ve replaced Luke with Alex

* Alex tells a gaming story

* Joe is employed!

* V3-2 is almost here. Come join us.

* Master the Met with Phil and Adam

* Maladjusted expectations

* Improvisation

* Why

* Go listen to This Modern Death

* Number of times we talk about Burning Wheel: 1

Episode 030: Whedonesque

Joe — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:01:09 +0000

* Congratulations Fraser from the Accidental Survivors podcast.

* V3-2 is almost here. February 28th.

* Aron Head has a new blog, Ideology of Madness, and they’re hosting a contest.

* V3-3 is going to be June 6th.

* Support Adam walking up stairs (or support Phil). Details on the forums.

* Matt didn’t waste his money on his new boots

* Joss Whedon is our master now

* Feminism and Chauvinism in the Whedonverse

* Death and tragedy

* Technical skill and its influences

* Favorite moments, lines, and characters

Episode 029: Veterans of the Psychic Wars

Luke — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:01:21 +0000

*Special guest host: Ken Melvoin-Berg

*New V3 locations!

*The KTNG contest winner is announced

*The skeptic psychic?

*Tales of a psychic detective

*Palmistry = Chick Magnet

*Tales from Weird Chicago

*Visit Ken’s website here

*Book your Weird Chicago tours here

Episode 028: I Feel Like Less of a Man

David — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:59:37 +0000

* The ladies of the Podge invade! Your hosts are:

-Melina (Adam’s wife)
-Jen (Joe’s fiancee)
-Sarah (Francis’ sister (lucky her))
-Faith (Scott from the Dark Tower Fan Roundtable’s wife)
-Katie (Adam and Melina’s friend)

My show notes are going to be weird for this one since I didn’t record it with them:

* The ladies tease everyone with a sex conversation that never happens

* A gaming history of each lady

* Conventions!

* Baby tees

* The K:tNG contest actually ended two days after I posted this. Oops.

* v3 is still happening at locations. Check the forums for details.

Episode 027: Oh Wait, Was I Supposed to Run a Game Tonight?

David — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:59:02 +0000

* Not one of us can keep it in our pants about an upcoming episode

* Gaerma is pretty awesome.

* The K:tNG contest is still going strong. Get your entries in now! Prizes are either the two pack of the Character Burner and System Rules, or one of the two expansion books The Monster Burner or The Magic Burner

* V3 is coming up on 2/28/2009.

* Social media assault: we can’t focus.

* How do I put up the normal aspects of a supernatural game?

* GM Prep, what do you need to come to the table with?

* I hate writing show notes.

* In answer to your question, Moises Alou, a outfielder for the NY Mets was interviewed a couple of years ago, and he did admit to peeing on his hands to reduce calouses.

Episode 026: We Don’t Meet Your Expectations

David — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:59:23 +0000

* V3-2 is happening again! Here are the details.

* Adam and Luke are jealous of the awesome snow that Matt and Joe have enjoyed.

* The new Dr. Who, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Wire are fantastic. Go buy them and watch them. You won’t be disappointed.

* Dungeon and Dragon magazine back-issues can be gotten from the D&D Insider subscription.

* The actual gaming topic: GM Expectations of Players

* What is a sandbox? Check this out to find out.

Episode 025: I Was Told It Was A Good Length

Joe — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:01:45 +0000

* We don’t do anything special for our 25th episode

* Joe is thankful the gang decided to talk about movies, TV, and politics while he was on vacation because he hates talking about those subjects

* The Bear Swarm thinks Joe is their favorite PodgeCast host (other than Table Saw)

* What is a campaign? What is a story?

* What do you like campaign length to be as a player? How about as a GM?

* What are published adventures good for?

* Matt is wise and all-knowing, Luke…not so much

* Number of times we talk about Burning Wheel: 1

* Joe talks about the book, Hitman, in the Hodge (live)

Episode 024: Auld Lang Sigh

Luke — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:01:01 +0000

*Joe is absent. This earns him two demerits.

*Luke’s beard is made of magnificence.

*The Penny Arcade we reference is here.

*A discussion of the games, movies, books, shows we loved and hated in 2008

*Is Luke a grognard? Does Adam even know how to pronounce that? Does Matt’s face exude impartiality?

Episode 023: TPC is Laser Focused

Joe — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:01:50 +0000

*Apologies for how quiet Luke is on this episode. There was a ghost in the machine, it haunted us and made Luke quiet.

* Regular Matt is back! Bizarro! He’s helping!

* Play Tom Clancy’s Endwar with Luke.

* What is the sexuality of a zombie?

* If you’re going to take a trip to the Grand Canyon (and you should), try and schedule it during a full moon. It’s breathtaking.

* The end of Fallout 3 sucks.

* Check out the other Spooky Outhouse podcasts. They don’t suck.

* Jeff Wayne’s “War of the Worlds” (and specifically the Oooh-laaaah remix)

* Do you mind it when GMs steal content from other media for their games/settings?

* Adam has theories about women, but they are wrong

* Adam has theories about Scooby Doo, but they are wrong

* Adam has theories about Star Wars, but they are wrong…maybe

* What other media gives you inspiration?

* Luke is Captain Underpants

* Cosby Bepop is awesome

* Wil Wheaton love

* What’s the best portrayal of Satan? Constantine vs. The Prophecy

* Rob from the Bear Swarm turns Christmas into Hatemas

* Number of times we discuss Burning Wheel: 2

Episode 022: Lazy Saturday

David — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:59:24 +0000

* Matt’s intro sounds… off.

* The PodgeCast is baby approved!

* Christian (Gaerma) is awesome.

* Christmas in Iraq: If you want to send cards/presents to soldiers in Iraq, PM CausingHavick on the forums.

* Francis did a good job on the Outhouse Wall.

* V3 Pictures can be found here!

* The Outhouse Wall can be found here for free! Or, you can buy it from here!

* Number of times we discuss Burning Wheel: 2

* Sorry this was such a quiet, short episode, but it’s like our Christmas vacation!

Episode 021: Sacrificing

Joe — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:01:50 +0000

*A word of warning. While we don’t go into explicit territory, we push the boundaries as far as we can. This one is NSFW or small children. Well, or anyone, really.

* Apologies up front for Joe’s sound quality. It’s bad. We know. We’re sorry.

* Buffyverse Banter

* PodgeCast gaming on the Xbox, come play with us

* Warhammer Online: Badlands server, Xen of Onslaught is having open enrollment. Come play with Joe (and Dave from the Iron Agenda).

* Holiday Mail for Heroes
P.O. Box 5456
Capitol Heights, MD. 20791-5456

* V3 was a triumph…we’re assuming

* Sacrificing your character for the good of the party

* Affecting the decisions of other players

* Rule 1 and Subclause 1.a

* Number of times we discuss Burning Wheel: 6

* Luke is in the Hodge (Live)

Episode 020: The System is Down, Yo!

Joe — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:01:31 +0000

* KTNG’s homage to Strong Bad

* Dave from the Iron Agenda is here

* Matt is here in body if not mind

* V3 is this Saturday. Come play.

* Play video games with Luke not Joe

* WAR update: We’re moving to the Badlands server

* Leslie and the Badgers

* Can too many rules inhibit role playing?

* Adam revisits a topic from 17 episodes ago

* Iron Agenda is about Big Vagina Islands

* Number of times we discuss Burning Wheel: 6

Episode 019: Return of the Lucias

Joe — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:01:03 +0000

* V3 is coming. Prepare yourself.

* Phil is wrong. V3 is December 6th.

* Want to contribute the Spooky Outhouse Wall (the newsletter)? Email Adam!

* Adam’s experience playing Don’t Rest Your Head

* Luke’s story game epiphany

* If you want to be on the Dark Tower fan roundtable, email adam@podgecast.com

* Magic systems

Episode 018: Gamers as Writers

Joe — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:01:54 +0000

* Luke has gone dark

* Adam rocked the house with Episode 17

* The Iron Tyrants have moved their Warhammer guild to Averheim

* Joe doesn’t own Gears of War 2

* Thank you, veterans. (In memory of 1LT Wil Edens, US Army)

* Confirmed locations for V3

* Do you want to be part of the Dark Tower fan roundtable? Email adam@podgecast.com

* Spooky Outhouse Productions needs talent. Contact Adam or Luke.

* Tony Mast gives us our topic: Are gamers just wannabe writers that lack confidence?

* The topic evolves

* The topic becomes intelligent and achieves consciousness. We name it Joshua.

* Do you want to play a game?

Episode 017: The Podge, Live!

David — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:59:43 +0000

* A couple of quick notes on the audio portion of this show: It is mostly unedited, reflecting the parts of the episode that you can see in the video.

* It is explicit, because Joe can’t not say the F-Bomb.

* V3 (the new name for One-Shotter Day) is still going on strong! Information can be found here http://spookyouthouse.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=636

* We attempt to decide on (with the help of the audience) the worst character in Sci/Fantasy. You’ll have to listen to see who wins.

Hosts: Adam, Luke, Joe and Matt

Find the video of the show here.

Episode 016: OSD, ESP, and EVP

Joe — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:01:43 +0000

* One-Shotter Day (better name pending) on Saturday, December 6th

* OSD participants at Gamescape North in San Rafael, CA should contact Darren at gamescape@mac.com

* OSD participants at Meta Games Unlimited in Springfield, Mo should visit here.

* Secret Password Winners are announced

* Iron Tyrants are still rocking Ulthuan. Come join the Waaaagh!

* Episode 17 will be a Live performance at www.ustream.tv/channel/the-podge-cast

* We kick Adam off the mic and have Melina sit in. The show is much improved

* Our paranormal experiences

* What does a house say?

Episode 015: Game Store Dreams and Nightmares

David — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:59:46 +0000

* We have a special guest in the studio! Walker from Game On!

* Matt’s co-worker is walking halfway around the world for the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, go stop by here and giver her some support.

* The Warhammer guild is still going on! Get out and join us!

* Let’s talk about what is’t like owning a small business in the gaming industry

* One-Shotter Day Announcement! Details below.

* Long Warmachine discussion among Walker and Luke, Adam was zoning out

* What’s new and interesting in the gaming community

One-Shotter Day!

On Saturday, December 6th, The Podge Cast will be hosting a one-shotter day at Game On, in West County St. Louis. If you’re interested in playing, shoot an e-mail to Adam or Luke (or if you’re in Arizona, Matt), drop a comment, or post on the forums.

Hosts: Adam, Luke, Matt, Walker

Episode 014: Uncle Jimbone and the Case of the Disappearing Host

Luke — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 06:01:44 +0000

*Archon recap

*Are published settings crap?

*What makes a setting good?

*Convincing the yonkels

*Matt becomes the center of a deep mystery and a foul conspiracy

*Joe gets teleported in the Hodge. Seriously.

Episode 013: A Less Boring Life

Luke — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 06:01:51 +0000

*Information on our Warhammer Online guild can be found here. Come and join in on the Waaaaaaagh!

*All kinds of hobbies and activities that can make your life far more interesting.

Episode 012: Bailing Out the Economy

Luke — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:01:17 +0000

*New Contest!

*Economies in RPGs

*D&D: “Don’t Ask Questions”

*D&D’s Implied Setting

*Obfuscate!

*Burning Wheel: “Now You Don’t Have Pants”

Episode 011: Min/Maxing With Meg

Luke — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:01:21 +0000

* Special Guest: Meg from Brilliant Gameologists

* An Archon reminder

* Ghost Hunters Redux

* Min/Maxing and Powergaming

* 365 Days of Sex

* Secret Code Contest: We’ve teamed up with four other gaming podcasts to give you a crack at $250 of gaming goodness. Listen to find out how you can participate. Participating podcasts are

Atomic Array

Brilliant Gameologists

Ogre Cave Audio Report

The Podge Cast

The Tome Show

Each winner will receive one of ten $25 gift certificates from Noble Knight Games.

Entries must be submitted to secretcodes@moonstew.com by 17 OCT 2008.

* Worst. Ending. Ever.

* PodgeCast Overtime: Matt and Joe further explore today’s topic, Charlie Rose style. If Charlie Rose had very lax quality control standards. This conversation is not part of the podcast mp3 but is available for download at podgecast.com /episodes /TPC_011_Overtime (dot) mp3

Episode 010: Slappin’ the Hose

Joe — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:01:29 +0000

*Iron Tyrants Assemble! Call of Duty 4 18Sep08 1900 CDT

*PodgeCast charity auction prizes for Archon

*What is Spooky Outhouse Productions?

*New SOP Members: Kore News, Return to Northmoor, and The Iron Agenda

*Driving People Away from the Hobby

*Adam and Matt are now David and Madeline

*It’s spelled Kashyyyk

*Madeline discusses the Daughters of the American Revolution in the Hodge (live…on the moon!)

Episode 009: Childish Things

Luke — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:01:54 +0000

*Special Guest Host: Table Saw

*Joe’s Episode 8 Promo is in the STUFF section

*Rob Justice is awesome

*The Bluebird, The Bureau, and Beatle Bob

*Logo Design Contest Winner

*The Bastard’s Blog

*Backseat Producers

*Growing out of gaming

*Gamer shame

*Growing out of comic books

Episode 008: Post-Apocalyptic Pronunciation Guide

Luke — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:01:35 +0000

*Bromance

*Kansas: The Survivor State

*The Appeal of Post-Apocalyptic Settings

*Here Comes Dr. Tran (NSFW)

*Jungle Tales

*Keith Curtis’ Savage Earth

*HERO book ballistic test

*Under A Broken Moon

*Joe discusses Race for the Galaxy in the Hodge (Live)

Episode 007: Your Mom, Gencon Recap and Con Stories

David — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:59:56 +0000

* Your Mom

* New Media Expo and Felicia Day

* The Brilliant Gameologists and Accidental Survivors are AWESOME.

* Luke at Gencon!

* Con stories! Gen Con, Dragon*Con, and Archon, Oh my!

* The poop is coming out.

* Matt and Adam will be at Dragon*Con. Visit the forums for their schedules.

Episode 006: That Burning Sensation (You Know the One)

Luke — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:01:09 +0000

*R.I.P. Gleemax

*Adam’s Job

*Info on Luke’s Gen Con panels can be found here and here. While you’re there give the Brilliant Gameologists a listen!

*Adam will be at New Media Expo in Las Vegas

*Bee Jerks vs. Spider Queens

*We try to get all the Burning Wheel talk out of our system. It probably won’t work, but we tried.

*Favorite social mechanics

*Luke talks about Obsidian Portal in The Hodge (Live). His campaign page is here.

Episode 005: Chip Coffey Is A Model NPC

Luke — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:01:12 +0000

*Matt is haunted

* Ghost Hunters, Paranormal State, and Chip mutha$@!*^# Coffey

*What players want out of an NPC

*Roadblocks vs. Data Terminals

*Killing the GMPC: A solemn duty

*Joe’s TPK

*Upcoming Night of Carnage

*In the Hodge (Live), Adam talks about Atomic Array podcast.

Episode 004: Dark Knight Nerdgasm

David — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:59:44 +0000

There is so much business at the front of this episode!

* The logo design contest is in full swing! You can find information here.

* Thanks to Stefan Sallay (Dhyjinx) for creating the logo we’re going to use on our business cards.

* Grungydan’s “Great First Lines” Livejournal community can be found here.

* We say we’re going to talk about Burning Wheel, but don’t.

* Let the Bat-critiquing commence! If you’re interested in the Backseat Producers’ take on it, you can check that episode out at their website here.

* In the Hodge (Live), Joe talks about Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.

Episode 003: I’m Going To Make You A Man

Luke — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:01:15 +0000

*A tale of woe.

*We define sandbox games. Feel the pretentiousness.

*Character creation in sandbox games.

*Phil’s character is awesome.

*How types of character creation work with sandbox games

*In The Hodge (Live), Matt has a unique take on the summer’s best superhero movie.

Episode 002: Did You Just Ding?

Luke — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:01:18 +0000

*Yes, there’s a new theme.

*We hotly debate our experiences with MMOs

*Here’s the horse-kicking video

*Griefing

*Edition Wars – The best thing on the internet every decade or so

*Joe introduces The Hodge Live

*Closing out with our original theme, as promised.

Episode 001: A PodgeCast Is Born

Luke — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:01:24 +0000

*Who are you and what is this thing all about?

*Luke’s accidental deception and a discussion about what we like in rpgs and how our tastes have changed recently

*Information on Savage Worlds can be found here. Highly recommended and only ten bucks!

*Information on The Burning Wheel can be found here. It’ll change the way you play in a good way. That rhymed. Boo yah!

*We tell you mid-episode that we’re not going to talk about sandbox games…. and then proceed to talk about sandbox games…