The Podge Cast

Game: El Grande
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Price: $40-$55 (USD)
Type: Board, Region Control, Settlement, Strategy, Victory Points
Players: Tom Carrier, Mark Corsey, Jason Quintal, Joe Selby
Snacks: Goldfish, M&Ms (plain and peanut), TJ’s Hemp Tortilla Chips
Theme Music: “Zantlop 786″ by Gasserpe from Podsafe Music Network

* An introduction of A Boarding Party

* El Grande Overview

* The Rules (Pre-Actual Play)

* An Example of Play (Actual Play)

* Our Thoughts (Post-Actual Play)

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* Matt and Joe are joined by Shawn Merwin (Global Director of Living Forgotten Realms) and Michael Mockus (Regional Administrator of the Moonshae Isles).

* Living Forgotten Realms and it’s global regional design

* Adventures, how they can be acquired and played

* Story and the regional adventure style

* 4th edition’s impact on the RPGA

* Why should someone play an RPGA adventure?

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* Tim White joins us from Return to Northmoor podcast. Which, if you haven’t listened to, you should go and give it a listen. He’s doing some great work over there.

* Our initial impressions of D&D 4e.

* Some general discussion about what’s new in the PHB2, and what we expect that it will do to the game.

* Problems, issues and general comment about the system.

*** This episode is not our usual type of episode. It is a one-system, 45 minute discussion.

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*This is not actual play

*This is the KTNG finale.  Are you prepared?

*Session 21: The Battle of the Witchwood

*Epilogue: Wait and See

*We wrap up the campaign with our take on how it ran.

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The Bad Boys of Podcasting first project is here and tackles a very important issue that we’ve all been affected by.

Josh is an asshole.

Peer into the inner depths of each of the following podcasters and join us in Josh’s healing process.

Intervention Moderator:
Meg- Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/

Intervention Participants:
Adam/ David: The Podge Cast http://podgecast.com/
Luke: The Podge Cast http://podgecast.com/
Rob: Accidental Survivors http://accidentalsurvivors.libsyn.com/
Rob: The Bear Swarm http://www.bearswarm.com/
Zeke: Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/

Intervention Target:
Josh: Brilliant Gameologists http://brilliantgameologists.com/ was lured to the intervention on the promise of awards for “Mr. Sexy Gaming Podcaster 2008″.

The music featured was Adhesion’s “Float Up from Depth” found on the Podshow’s Podsafe Music Network

This intervention was recorded over skype.

Warning: This episode is tagged Explicit. It is intended for adult audiences

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