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I tried to get a thread about trad games podcasts going earlier this year but lacked the time to really make it work. Now that I have a bit more time I think it would be good to keep track of great podcasts, articles, blogs, and video series that are out there. If you know of something and want me to add it, I definitely will. GOON MEDIA R.P.P.R. Roleplaying Public Radio is the work of Goon clockworkjoe and centers entirely on roleplaying games. In addition to a regular podcast that really goes deep into discussion on topics, it also has a ton of recorded actual plays. You can find the regular podcasts at http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ and the actual plays at http://actualplay.roleplayingpublicradio.com/ The podcast releases roughly every two weeks with Actual Plays coming out every five days or so, with usually a handful of different campaigns running concurrently. RPPR has been running since 2007. NPC CAST A podcast ran by myself along with two other goons that covers all types of traditional games, with a little bit of a focus on RPGs. We release the podcast once a week and vary in format from a discussion topic, to our Bullet Points episodes where we give ourselves a challenge and then design board games around it, or fan favorite Campaign Crucible episodes where we each bring a secret campaign world ingredient to the discussion and hash out a coherent campaign with all of the elements. Episodes are around an hour in length. In 2014 we will be bringing back Total Party Kill, our series of actual plays and starting video content and blogging more consistently. You can find all of our content at http://www.npccast.com Flip The Table is a great podcast where the casters play an absolutely awful game and then make fun of it for awhile. Very funny and unique and one of the better podcasts on the Dice Tower Network. Find it at http://tableflipsyou.blogspot.com/ Idle Red Hands A podcast from Japan about games and gamers, also goon produced. Idle Red Hands focuses on RPGs and has a very open style of discussion to it often meandering between topics but never getting boring. Episodes usually come in around the one hour mark. You can listen to them at http://www.idleredhands.com/ If other Goons have blogs, podcasts, or video series please let me know and I will put them here. THE CREAM OF THE CROP Shut Up and Sit Down Mostly known for their fantastic video reviews of board games, SU&SD's Paul and Quinns are great at doing reviews with humor in them. They have gathered a great fan base and have even become a featured series on PATV. I can't recommend them highly enough. You can find their website at http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/ and all their blogs and videos are available from there. Watch It Played A series of videos that goes beyond a simple review, Rodney Smith and his family use this channel to teach boardgames and then allow the observers to actually participate in the outcome of the game. He also encourages open discussion of board games with his viewers in his Table Talk segments. He also happens to be one of the nicest guys in the scene. You can find his Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/WatchItPlayed The Angry DM is to grognards what Stephen Colbert is to Republicans and he carefully lampoons the ridiculousness of the hobby all the while providing a host of great information for game masters. Check out his blog at http://angrydm.com/ and be sure to follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/theangrydm The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast is probably my favorite podcast on The Dice Tower network. They make a large group of hosts work, have a great sense of humor and manage to talk about games in a really funny way. Their focus is on board games but they do an RPG segment most weeks as well. You can find them at http://www.thesecretcabal.com 2 GMs 1 Mic hosted by Joe and Nicky who solely talk about RPGs and do a great job covering a lot of the more obscure stuff that the industry has to offer. Podcasts come out every 2 weeks but they are currently on a break between seasons. Listen to them at http://www.2gms1mic.com Beasts of War is a video series that centers around minis games. They cover all of the big games like Warhammer and Warmachine but also give time to newer games like Dropzone Commander and MERCs. You can find their Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBeastsOfWar Dungeon Bastard is a series where gaming stereotype Bill Cavalier dispenses with all sorts of sarcastic gaming advice. The videos are well made and consistently funny and I recommend watching them and reading his blog. You can find both at http://www.dungeonbastard.com If there is something else you want added to this section or you think belongs here, let me know. Unless it is Jen Page and Monte Cook's stupid ghost hunting video series. I will never put that here. Ever. THE OTHERS There are too many gaming Podcasts to talk about each in depth or even list them all. Most board game podcasts are part of The Dice Tower Network these days which you can find at http://www.dicetowernetwork.com. A majority of RPG podcasts work through the aggregator http://www.rpgpodcasts.com I am not as deep into the world of blogs and video series, but as I find good ones I will put links to them here as well.
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It would probably be a good idea I include Wil Wheatons TableTop in there, as I've seen more games tagged with "As featured on TableTop" recently. It's gaining more traction in the main stream than most others. I had just made a post in the chat thread that someone should make a media thread too. Way to read my mind, Sarx!
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Another good actual play podcast is the Drunk and Ugly: http://drunkandugly.com/ - long running campaigns of Monsters and Other Childish Things, Little Fears, Eclipse Phase, Call of Cthulhu, and a few other systems. Ken and Robin talk about stuff: http://www.kenandrobintalkaboutstuff.com/ If you dig Call of Cthulhu, The Unspeakable Oath has a podcast that updates every once in a great while. Good to archive binge though! http://theunspeakableoath.com/home/category/unspeakable/ I've thought about expanding into doing APs of board games - with videos and the like, but it seems like a huge pain in the rear end for limited return (in terms of audiences actually wanting to listen or watch it) - obviously edited reviews of board games are one thing, but what about entire games? Is that something anyone would actually want?
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clockworkjoe posted:Another good actual play podcast is the Drunk and Ugly: http://drunkandugly.com/ - long running campaigns of Monsters and Other Childish Things, Little Fears, Eclipse Phase, Call of Cthulhu, and a few other systems. If its well edited and broken up like Watch It Played I think it would work just fine. I will work on adding stuff to the OP.
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Oh this also reminds me of an interesting survey of RPG podcast listeners: http://rpgpolls.com/fill/survey/2013-RPG-Podcast-Listener-Survey/The-Podge-Cast
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clockworkjoe posted:Is that something anyone would actually want? Or you and Caleb could bang out that Fight Promoter game 
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Sarx, your Campaign Crucible concept is similar to an indie game called Microscope, which you all should check out. Have you read or reviewed that yet? You start out with a bunch of campaign "spices" and end up with a season of your new favorite TV show basically.
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MartianAgitator posted:Sarx, your Campaign Crucible concept is similar to an indie game called Microscope, which you all should check out. Have you read or reviewed that yet? You start out with a bunch of campaign "spices" and end up with a season of your new favorite TV show basically. I actually own Microscope. It is the same idea for sure, though our episodes are a bit more free form. As for reviews, we tend not to do reviews. Our general rule has been "No rules, just endorsements", because there are so many great games out that I don't really want to waste time disparaging bad ones. Speaking of which, we put a new episode up today at http://www.npccast.com and it is our first episode of 2014. Its topic is our new years resolutions for gaming and the podcast. Plus I think its one of our funnier episodes.
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Helical Nightmares posted:Or you and Caleb could bang out that Fight Promoter game I've actually put some thought into it, but I can't settle on game mechanics for it yet. Caleb's focused on Red Markets. Some day though!
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So tomorrow if my voice recovers I'll be on This Imaginary Life on a g+ hangout to talk GMing advice with some other people. Add Rich Rogers on G+ if you aren't already, he is the guy who organizes these. Here's the link but I don't know if it'll work if you're not already in the group.
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malkav11 posted:I could swear Rodney is a goon too. I forgot about this, I believe you are correct!
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JDCorley posted:So tomorrow if my voice recovers I'll be on This Imaginary Life on a g+ hangout to talk GMing advice with some other people. Add Rich Rogers on G+ if you aren't already, he is the guy who organizes these. So what's the lowdown on recording podcasts using Hangouts? It's my understanding that they can be put on Youtube very easily, but you have less control over it when it goes up. Are there any other options? What are your experiences using Hangouts?
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Honestly Rich is the one that does all the technical stuff, I just turn on my webcam and join (or, as with this one, fail to join, because for some reason google hangouts was acting weird.) You could shoot him a message on g+ and see what he thinks. I do like the ease of use and I'm going to try to do just an interview/chat/debate with Judd Karlman about themes in games pretty soon and maybe I'll know more then.
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Here are some other excellent podcasts from the previous thread (which is subject to memory as I can’t find the previous thread). Goon Media Looking for a Magic Space Nazi Inquisitor Johnson Excellent and hilarious audio and video actual plays of several systems brought to you by Ladderface, Golden315, Semisponge, RChimpCola, MrSunabouzu, and Sinatrapod. Generally Sinatrapod is the (forever) GM. Occasionally they let him out of his cage. Their body of work includes: Spirit of the Century, Shadowrun, Eclipse Phase, Dark Heresy, Numenera and their own game settings 'The Silent' and 'Shadow of the Unseen'. For first time listeners I recommend Eclipse Phase and the peerless Shadow of the Unseen episodes (start with Japan first). Shadow of the Unseen is a supernatural investigator game that starts off as something like a World of Darkness game but quickly vectors into insanity and beyond. It is literally hard to describe. Thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3492456&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 Website: http://kilobops.ladderface.net/dice/ They have also done Pathfinder: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3462975 Hitting the machine spirits hard -Let's Play Rogue Trader! Grey Hunter hosts a rotating international cast of homicidal misfits and sociopaths miscreants in search of gold, glory and revenge against their business rival Zurzen in the grimdark future of Warhammer 40K as Rogue Traders. With an amazing 47 episodes their epic saga is completed! To add a cherry on top, there is a Call of Cthulhu one shot. An audio and video Lets Play. Thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3503410 Stay tuned for their next project, a Superhero game in the Base Raiders setting! Base Raiders written by goon clockworkjoe! (Buy his book, Buy.. his book) Base Raiders - Lets Raid the Batcave (Tabletop RPG) It lives! Thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3604833 Dungeons: check. Dragons: check. Now What? - Lets Play D&D 4E! The indefatigable Grey Hunter runs a D&D Fourth Edition campaign set in an unusual (accidental?) fantasy universe where they players struggle to survive in a land that is slowly being slammed together patchwork-style by unknown forces. Danger! Puns ahead! An audio and video Lets Play. Thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3547959 Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 09:38 on Jan 27, 2014 |
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Helical Nightmares posted:Here are some other excellent podcasts from the previous thread (which is subject to memory as I can’t find the previous thread). holy poo poo, awesome! That reminds me - if any of you other goon podcasters want a review copy of Base Raiders, let me know and I can send you one.
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Goon Media kalonZombie's Pathfinder and Star Wars Campaigns A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. kalonZombie ran a Pathfinder game. And the Archive ate the thread. The End. During the battle, kalonZombie managed to steal the audio of all the episodes and post them on a tindeck account, narrowly avoiding the Archive’s power to destroy access to hours of creative work. http://tindeck.com/users/kalonZombieSA Pursued by sinister analogies, the Party of Pathfinder players raced across the face of Cheliax to investigate why a volcano had erupted in the demon haunted land, uncover the inimical forces at work and restore freedom to the galaxy…in twenty episodes. Also they played Star Wars Saga Edition and Everyone is John. Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 08:50 on Jan 10, 2014 |
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Wait Flip the Table is done by goons? I fuckin love that podcast. Also, for non-goon actual plays, Drunks and Dragons are really good. http://geeklyinc.com/category/drunks-and-dragons/
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Cream of the Crop Gamerstable – Actual Plays and Discussion of Gaming Topics These Actual Plays are something special. They are less gaming podcasts and more heavily edited audiobooks with music, sound effects, and even voice actors to narrate some of the NPC monologues. Not convinced? Here is an example: ”Tower of the Ape, Episode 6 –Horror and Madness” posted:
Karstic? Entablatures? Phagocytic? When was the last time you saw vocabulary like this in print let alone heard it in an actual play podcast? And that’s not even the action sequences. Start here for ‘The Tower of the Ape, a Savage World's Conan Adventure’ part 1: http://gamerstable.com/toa1/ If you like that each of the characters has a half an hour prologue as well. Other Audiobook-like Actual Plays Power of the Darkside, Star Wars adventure. Expect Sith. Treachery. Smugglers. Sand people. Part 1: http://gamerstable.com/swap-pod-prologue/ Victoriana. Best described as ‘Steampunk Shadowrun.’ Part 1: http://gamerstable.com/actual-play-victoriana-%E2%80%93-ep1/ Gamerstable itunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gamerstable/id433794547?mt=2 Gamerstable Website: http://gamerstable.com/
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Helical Nightmares posted:Pursued by sinister analogies, the Party of Pathfinder players raced across the face of Cheliax to investigate why a volcano had erupted in the demon haunted land, uncover the inimical forces at work and restore freedom to the galaxy…in twenty episodes. To be fair, we kept going after the LP ended. Then I grew increasingly frustrated on how to give the party an actual challenge without it being bullshit and abandoned the game in a huff.
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I will add a bunch of this stuff to the OP when I get a moment. There is a new RPPR episode up about converting stuff from one system to another. It is a very good episode and I recommend everyone check it out: http://slangdesign.com/rppr/ We also put up a new NPC Cast today as a guide for people who are just getting into tabletop RPGS. You can check that out here: http://www.npccast.com
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Thanks for the mention! We should organize some goon podcast cross-promotions at some point. I'm about to go on vacation but when I get back we should totes do something. So what is everyone using to manage their podcasts these days? iTunes is kind of the standard these days, but I personally use Beyondpod for my droid phone. I know Stitcher is becoming more popular but I haven't bothered using it myself.
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clockworkjoe posted:So what is everyone using to manage their podcasts these days? iTunes is kind of the standard these days, but I personally use Beyondpod for my droid phone. I know Stitcher is becoming more popular but I haven't bothered using it myself. I use PocketCasts myself. It's got a simple interface and doesn't have a ton of "power user" features I'll never use.
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clockworkjoe posted:Thanks for the mention! We should organize some goon podcast cross-promotions at some point. I'm about to go on vacation but when I get back we should totes do something. I think we are going to try and record an actual play or two with podcast friends at Gen Con. You guys should do a joint one with us.
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Cream of the Crop Flagons and Dragons – Actual Plays, Interviews, Gaming Chat and Beer Status: Ended These gentlemen produced 16 episodes of a Gamma World campaign along with a couple of forays into Dark Heresy. The actual plays are irregularly interspersed with reviews of microbrews local and abroad. They also interview a smattering of game designers. Listen if you like to hear a group of adults be excited about having the opportunity to play a roleplaying game again. http://flagonsanddragons.com/ Goon Media General Ironicus of videogame Lets Play fame dives into D&D with Medibot, the Palisagrus duo, Drakkel, Plasmaman, Wolfshirt and other LP folks. They start with Fourth edition and end in the 13th Age. All told there are upwards of 150 audio and video episodes for your enjoyment. Loki_XLII posted:I should note that going through these, the video links to both Viddler and Blip seem to be down. In my experience (listening to a sampling of Season 2) you cannot jump into a random episode and understand the action because there is no character introduction or plot to date summary. It is best enjoyed in order. (Season 1) Let's Play Dungeons and Dragons - Heroic Tier SA: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3273056 Mirror (if you don’t have archives): http://kisamayatsu.com/letsplay/dnd1/ MP3’s: http://kisamayatsu.com/dad/Heroic%20%2801-10%29/ (Season 2) Let’s Play Dungeons and Dragons Paragon: The Legend of Kod’s Gold Armor SA: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3467826 Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-play-dungeons-dragons/id514488252?mt=2 (Season 3) 13th Age Lets Play Current thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3561713 Episode List: http://13questions.tumblr.com/post/72230182704/episode-list RSS: http://feedpress.me/lp13a Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lp13a/videos VVVV Updated. Thanks General Ironicus. VVVV Helical Nightmares fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Jan 20, 2014 |
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There's always the tabletop podcast I host: UnderDiscussion. I'd claim we mostly talk about RPGs and boardgames, but as one of our listeners put it "It's cute you think you're that focused." Our last episode was interviewing Tracy Barnett about his current Kickstarter, and we do a lot of coverage of Gen Con every year.
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Helical Nightmares posted:
I should note that going through these, the video links to both Viddler and Blip seem to be down. The MP3s seem to work, but it's unfortunate for me, because I have trouble getting invested in audio only things like this. Shoombo fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Jan 19, 2014 |
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The Others Skype of Cthulhu Call of Cthulhu Actual Plays all day every day. This is another group with a rotating international cast. Expect to hear a Southern twang juxtaposed with British, Australian and what I believe is a Spanish accents. Scenarios range from Mythos encounters during the Great War to Modern day. I found some of the plots a bit slow to develop, but that is my personal take. http://www.cthulhu.me/ Reckless Dice Podcast These guys exclusively play Warhammer Fantasy Third Edition and there are several campaigns to follow. Most campaigns are published scenarios. Some episodes are general chats about Warhammer related topics. http://recklessdice.com/
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Helical Nightmares posted:Chip Cheezum and General Ironicus of videogame Lets Play fame dive into D&D, starting with Fourth edition and ending in 13th Age. All told there are upwards of 150 audio and video episodes for your enjoyment. Well, sort of. Chip isn't in this and never was. Medibot, the Palisagrus duo, Drakkel, Plasmaman, Wolfshirt and other LP folks are though. Our video hosts have made the D&D stuff hard to follow, to say nothing of its overwhelming size. I say skip it but I'm self-critical. Now the 13th Age stuff is worth it if you ask me. We started with the playtest so its got a game anthropology thing going on, and our feedback is that people enjoy watching me learn to be a better GM. Our tumblr is also a great resource, like the episode list with full summaries of each section: http://13questions.tumblr.com/post/72230182704/episode-list
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The Others Flaming Sofa – new World of Darkness Actual Play podcasts The players at Flaming Sofa have produced two New World of Darkness chronicles. ‘A Shadow in the Soul’ starts off as a mortals game with ghost elements, and ‘At Sixes and Sevens’ is a Changeling campaign. Some episodes of ‘A Shadow in the Soul’ tend to drag. http://flamingsofaproductions.blogspot.com/ Icosahedrophilia – D&D adventures against the Cthulhu Mythos From listening to the Cool Air adventure, I gather that the DM has merged the Cthulhu Mythos with the Gods/Primordials war setting of 4th edition D&D canon. He includes the D&D version of a Sanity mechanic as well. Most episodes are combat heavy if that is your thing. There are currently 180 episodes to enjoy. Also included are music recommendations for gaming in the ‘Dungeons & DJs’ blog section. http://drchris.me/d20/ itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/icosahedrophilia/id288543268?mt=2 ---------- If there are any other Goon Medias please post them here. I've exhausted my knowledge of actual plays originating from Something Awful.
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Did you check ours out? http://npccast.wordpress.com/tag/actual-play/ We had to stop due to equipment problems but we did an Original D&D one, a Gamma World one, a World of Darkness Mortals one, and a Savage Worlds one. We just recorded a Dungeon World one today that we will probably release next month and I am pretty excited to be doing them again. Already have an Owl Hoot Trail one planned out.
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Sarx posted:Did you check ours out? http://npccast.wordpress.com/tag/actual-play/ In progress! And you covered yours pretty well in the OP. I was wondering if there were other major goon projects (even in the archive) that I've missed. It is nice to have a breakdown of the game systems you've played, like you've put here, so users can ctrl+F to find what they want efficiently. The Others The Gaming Grunts -- Call of Cthulhu, Deadlands, HeroQuest 2, Serenity and Adventure! These guys mostly run several session deep campaigns rather than a collection of one shots. Notably they've run an updated version of Masks of Nyarlathotep, the epic globe trotting Call of Cthulhu campaign, and they do it well. Their wiki is a nice guide to their body of work. Also I believe this is their youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGamingGrunts http://thegaminggrunts.com/ wiki: http://thegaminggrunts.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/gaming-grunts-gaming-grunts/id280524326?mt=2
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Cream of the Crop Just discovered Rag-NERD-Rock - Actual Plays and Gaming Topics from a New York crew Site: http://ragnerdrok.com/episode-index/ They have extensive Call of Cthulhu and Eclipse Phase campaigns along with Mage: The Awakening, Fiasco, Wushu, and A Dirty World games. The New York accents and their primary Gamemaster’s radio-announcer voice add gravitas to the dick jokes. Their Call of Cthulhu episodes sound very Scorsese.
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Close the Airlock! A Traveller Actual Play Podcast, that's completed after 107 episodes, each around an hour long. Notable mostly because I haven't really seen any Traveller Actual Plays about. The same group is aiming to start a D&D Next/Fifth Edition campaign, called Downfall when the rulebooks are released towards the end of summer. It'll be a political intrigue based game and the GM has put together a 42-page Player's Guide to his homebrew setting on the website. There's a "GM's Guide", but you donate a minimum of  to get that - I haven't checked it out. It starts at the end of August!
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Your Turn Go! is a new board game/general nerdery podcast/vidcast that features one or two goons. It's weekly with video episodes being slightly less frequent than audio. Audio episodes cover a wide variety of topics and the videos go more for goofiness rather than hard commentary or review. The latest features a large man in a Batman mask and tiny cape, for example. Main site:http://yourturngo.com/ The YouTubes:http://www.youtube.com/user/yourturngopodcast iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/your-turn-go!-category-archives/id877461437 RSS: http://yourturngo.com/?feed=rss2 (Large man, tiny cape: http://yourturngo.com/?p=122)
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I saw this on Boingboing and it gave me an idea: http://piratebox.de/quote:What is the PirateBox? I made one, loaded it with RPPR episodes and took it to Fear the Con. On a technical level, it worked as advertised but I did run into a big hurdle. Namely, explaining the concept to people and getting them to actually try it. It was also kind of superfluous because the venue had free wi-fi for all, so people who were interested in RPPR could just use the Internet. Several people did use it to download episodes to listen to on the way home so I'll count that as a success. Lessons Learned: 1. You need to inform con-goers of the pirate box's existence and why they should use it. To that end, it works best when you are running an event or panel. If you have a booth, set up a sign. 2. It works best in areas without free wifi. 3. Power is an issue - usb batteries can extend life on a router for long periods of times. Ideas for next time I use it: 1. Put exclusive/limited content on the pirate box to encourage its use 2. Put password protected zip files for commercial digital content (like rpg PDFs) - when someone buys the PDF, offer them the password so they can download and use it immediately - also have them post on the message board with their email address so you can send them a permanent link later on. 3. Put free PDFs/digital content related to any event you are running, like character sheets, quick start rules,or fiction ebooks. 4. Encourage fans to take photos and post them to the message board. Something for the fellow RPG podcasters to consider
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Sarx posted:Which other podcasters are going to be at Gen Con? UnderDiscussion is going to be there. (speaking of which, I need to start sending interview emails.)
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THE OTHERS Critical Hit: A D&D 4th edition actual play clocking in at 256 episodes and counting. My first introduction to an actual play podcast. http://majorspoilers.com/category/critical-hit/
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