Episode 1: Let's Get this Game Started
In our premier show:
Who we are, what the show is about and why you should care enough to keep listening.
A discussion of getting the game started -- from getting the players together, to finding a place to game.
- In our Three Parter segment, Nathan rants on Munkins, Ethan reviews Feng Shui, and Jeremy gives us Zargon, the Lord of Chickens.
Episode 2: Genres Kickoff
In this week's show:
We start off with our Genres series, with a look at all kinds of genres. This episode will be the starting point of a series of shows we're going to do on various different genres.
Episode 3: Horror Part One
In this week's show:
We begin with our Horror Podcast series, part one of three! We look at building atmosphere, sources of inspiration, movies, music, and more!
Episode 4: Horror Part Two - This Time It's Personal
In this week's show:
We talk about the movies behind the greatest haunts, and how to use them in your game.
- The Haunting (the original one) and it's corresponding book.
- Night of the Leapus ... uh, yeah ...
- The Day of the Triffids -- a movie about plants taking over the world! It's on DVD!
- Those Classic Universal Monsters, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Wolfman, The Invisible Man, and The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
- War of the Worlds ... uh, listen to the radio play, for Pete's sake! In fact, take a look at all the Mercury Theater productions of Orson Welles and others.
- The ZOMCAST Strikes!
- Ghost Tours of Topeka, Kansas
- Some authors to check out ... H. P. Lovecraft (Arkham House Publishing), Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, Edgar Allen Poe, Dean Koontz, and Stephen King.
- Definately check out In The Mouth of Madness.
- Alfred Hitchcock -- the man who made tension ... uh ... tense.
- Supernatural, a series on CW.
- The Outer Limits, the old one and the new one.
- The Twilight Zone
- Tales from the Darkside
- Tales from the Crypt (the comic, the telivision series, and the original movie, Creepshow and Creepshow 2)
- We review Deadlands, from Great White Publishing, formerly Pinnacle Publishing. The old edition is available in PDF format here.
- We forgot to link to Heroes of Horror last time.
Episode 5: Horror Part Three - The End
The often delayed shownotes!
- Sandy Petersen's Game from Yog Radio
- Call of Cthulhu from Chaosium
- Books we talked about were The Keeper's Companion from Call of Cthulhu, The Book of Vile Darkness from Dungeons & Dragons, Asylum from Clockworks Games
- The Black Plague
- Movies we mentioned were 28 Days Later, John Carpenter's The Thing, Cabin Fever, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, Army of Darkness, Identity, Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Twilight Zone
- We mention the Fear the Boot podcast
- We review Malleus Monstorum from Chaosium
- There's a Rant on Late Gamers
- Jeremy gives us his Grey Angel NPC
Episode 6: Science Fiction, or Sci-Fi, If You Will
We tackle the genre of Science Fiction in today's podcast - from the distopian sci-fi of the 1970's to the fantastic vistas of Star Wars, Star Trek, and Babylon 5.
- We name our Mansquito ... PAUL!
- Everything goes back to Porkins.
- We mentioned the Hero's Journey, so here's the obligitory link to the Harping Monkey.
- We mentioned various Science Fiction RPGs, like Paranoia, Star Wars (West End and WotC versions), Asylum, Serenity, the new Battlestar Galactica RPG, Star Trek (Decipher and FASA versions), Stargate SG-1, Babylon 5 (from the demon Mongoose Publishing), Battletech (and Mechwarrior), The D6 System, the Hero System, and GURPS.
- You like Battletech? Play MegaMek. Or find The Crescent Hawk's Inception.
- Authors mentioned ... Phillip K. Dick (Minority Report and Do Androids Read of Electric Sheep), William Gibson, Neal Stephenson (Snow Crash), Arthur C. Clarke (Childhood's End), Isaac Asimov (I, Robot), Ray Bradbury (The Martian Chronicles), Robert A. Heinlein (Starship Troopers and The Puppet Masters), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Frank Herbert (Dune) and Brian Herbert (Dune)
- The BRP (from Call of Cthulhu) science fiction game, Dark Continent.
- New shows on TV, Jericho and Heroes.
- Movies and more movies ... Minority Report, Blade Runner, The Day After, Mad Max, A Boy and His Dog, Logan's Run, Colossus: The Forbin Project, Omega Man, Soylent Green, Planet of the Apes, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original and remake and remake), and Dune.
- We mention Green Ronin, again. This time, we talk about Damnation Decade.
- In our Three Parter, Ethan gives us Burgess, Nathan reviews the Reaper miniatures, and Jeremy ... well ... listen to find out.
Episode 7: Fantasy Part One - Orcs and Goblins and Bugbears, Oh My!
Fantasy! Where it all started ... we talk about magic and technology, governments, and much more!
Episode 8: Fantasy Part Two - Ewoks?
We continue on our fantasy kick! No new show notes this week, though. I did get the show notes for episode five up, finally!
Episode 9: We Go Into the Wild, Wild West
We delve into a true American genre, the western. We discuss the genre from the aspects of history, character, and style. You want "The Duke?" Or do you want "The Man With No Name?" We've got it all.
- Ennio Morricone, the maestro of western music (iTunes link)
- Deadlands and Deadlands Reloaded (Great White Games), Sidewinder Recoiled (Green Ronin), Boot Hill (TSR), D20 Past (Wizards of the Coast)
- High Noon, Unforgiven, A Fistfull of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, High Plains Drifter, The Wild Bunch, Tombstone, Quigley Down Under, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (with Bruce "The Man" Campbell), The Lazarus Man (with Robert Urich), Gangs of New York, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Kiru! (Kill!), Last Man Standing
- The Gunslinger (Stephen King), Louis L'Amour western books
- Gun, Red Dead Revolver
- Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Gary Cooper
- Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, Morgan Earp, Wild Bill Hickock, Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Bat Masterson, Billy the Kid
- Stanford University's Dime Novel Archive
- We review LucasArts's Outlaws, Nathan rants on customer service, and Jeremy, our resident NPC Guru, gives us Character ...
Episode 10: Modern Gaming - Presents!
We're in the double digits! We talk about modern gaming, as well as espionage, war, and integrating modern into your games. We discuss how modern can be a part of all kinds of genres.
- Ninjas & Superspies (from Palladium) , Spookshow(from Clockworks Games) , James Bond RPG (from Victory Games), Chill (Now being released from Otherworld Creations), Cat (by John Wick). Feng Shui (from Atlas Games), Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel (both from Eden Studios), White Wolf's games (World of Darkness, Werefolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, Vampire: The Masquerade), Immortal (Third Edition now available), Nightbane (also from Palladium), Godlike (now from Arcdream), GURPS (from Steve Jackson Games), Hero Games's Pulp Hero and Ultimate Skill, Spirit of the Century (from Evil Hat), D20 Modern (from WotC)
- James Bond, Casino Royale, Mission Impossible, Flags of Our Fathers, Letters from Iwo Jima, Saving Private Ryan, Predator, Jurassic Park
- Call of Duty, Brothers in Arms, Medal of Honor
- Brimstone, Supernatural, The X-Files, Millennium, Band of Brothers, Jericho, Lost, The A-Team, Airwolf, Dog The Bounty Hunter
- Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum
- We review Spookshow, from Clockworks Games.
- We mention some great podcasts for reviews on gaming products, including The Tome, Pulp Gamer, All Games Considered, and Have Games Will Travel
- Wait ... there's no obligatory Green Ronin link this week? We can't have that ...
Episode 11: Superheroes! Part One
We begin a two-part discussion on superhero gaming. Well, we try and talk about superhero gaming ...
- We figure out that Batman beats everyone. Along with Mr. T.
- The Authority, Kingdom Come, Squadron Supreme, Supreme Power, Doom 2099, The Dark Knight Returns, The Dark Knight Strikes Again, The Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ultimates
- Marvel Superhero Roleplaying (TSR), Champions (Hero Games), Silver Age Sentinels (Guardians of Order), Heroes Unlimited (Palladium), Mutants & Masterminds (Green Ronin), GURPS Powers (Steve Jackson Games), Godlike (Arcdream), Brave New World (Pinnacle), HeroClix (WizKids), Marvel Heroes (Fantasy Flight)
- Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Modern Age
- Batman (the 1960's TV series), Heroes
- Mystery Men
- Batman, The Hulk, Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers, The Justice League
- City of Heroes, City of Villains, Freedom Force, Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Episode 12: Superheroes! Part Two
Our second part of the Superhero Genre discussion. So, I'm cheaping out and using the same schnotes from last week. Deal with it. We do review Ultimate Power (Green Ronin) in this one, though.
Episode 13: Intermission
We (I) are taking a b it of a break this week, but we're not leaving you empty-handed. Here's an impromtu discussion about Xena, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, and World of Warcraft to tide you over for a week. Sorry nothing new on the gaming front, but we're all still recovering from the Bubonic Plague that hit Kansas over the last few weeks. Enjoy!
Episode 14: World Creation - World Synopses Part 1
We start down the long road of World Creation. We're starting off with a synopsis of our different worlds. To start out with, we've got Nathan's fantasy world, and a Ethan's Superpowered world. We also get a bunch of feedback out of the way. This episode came in extra long this time, but we really wanted to address the feedback.
Episode 15: World Creation - World Synopses Part 2
We finish up our world synpses this week. Jeremy takes over this episode by talking about his world, Theyra!
Episode 16 World Creation - Creation and Creation Myths Part 1
Show notes lost in the sands of time ...
Episode 17: World Creation - Creation and Creation Myths Part 2
Finally, we get back to the religion, gods, and mythology of a world! Creating gods, myths, and a religion comes into the conversation, as well as cultural isolation. In this part, we focus on Gods ...
- We open with the Code Monkey Remix by Kristen Shirts over at Quick Stop Entertainment. The song was originally done by Jonathan Coulton.
- Green Ronin is mentioned ... again ... this time their book Testament is talked about, Forgotten Realms (WotC), Deities & Demigods (WotC), Ravenloft (uh ... WotC), Ptolus (Malhavoc Press), and Wriath: The Oblivion (White Wolf).
- Inspirations to look at? The Iliad, The Odyssey, MythWeb, Small Gods (Terry Pratchet), American Gods (Neil Gaiman), Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
- Nathan gives us Boris, the Dwarf in our We've Got Character segment.
- Ethan rants (as usual) on Character Histories.
- Jeremy reviews Deities & Demigods from Wizards of the Coast. Paizo offers electronic downloads of the old edition, but they don't seem to have Deities & Demigods available. If someone sees it, send me the link.
Episode 18: World Creation - Creation and Creation Myths Part 3
We wrap up mythology in today's episode. We also hit on some feedback we got, as well as discussing creating history of your world.
Also, since we're shameless, we've started a CafePress store for those of you who just want to spend money like maniacs. We're not making any money off of it, but we thought it'd be cool to have one.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
- Heroes of Battle (WotC), Fantastic Locations: Hellspide Prison (WotC), Encyclopedia of Mythology, Ghostwalk (WotC)
- Project Gutenberg
- In the Three Parter, Jeremy Raves on Supernatural, Ethan Reviews Warhammer Fantasy Battles (Games Workshop), and Nathan gives us Spitfire!
- Nathan complains about having a good time at his bachelor party.
- Heh Heh, Hero Quest and Battle Masters.
- Scott Clements let us know about his student film, The Scarlet Avenger! He also has a blog, and was on The Paunch Stevenson Show recently.
- And we discover that, if scientists break everything down, it will all get boiled down to GURPS. We talk about generic gaming systems, including True 20, d20, and Hero System. Brikwars is cool, too.
Episode 19: World Creation - Empires, Society, and Culture
We return triumphantly, and with one of us married, one of us engaged, and one of us involved! Love is in the air, apparently in the underground complex ...
To make up for being absent the last two weeks, this episode is extra long to satiate you ravenous hordes of fans ... but, we talk about Empires, Society, and Culture today, including the impact of different races and the effect of them on society, amongst other things.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
This episode, we also use a clip from Pulp Gamer, Out of Character Episode 17.
Episode 20: World Creation - Magic, Technology, and Races Part 1 of 3
Another long show this time, but nobody seems to be complaining ... We begin to wrap up our world building series with a talk about magic, technology, and different races in a world. This one's being split up into three parts. In this first part, we focus on magic and begin talking about technology ...
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
Episode 21: World Creation - Magic, Technology, and Races Part 2 of 3
We continue to talk about technology and it's place in today;s podcast. We go off on a few tangents, talking about levels of magic and what not ... also dogging on Lord of the Rings (gasp!). We then talk about races and their place. No new show for two more weeks, sadly ... blame Jeremy.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
Episode 22: World Creation - Magic, Technology, and Races Part 3 of 3
This part wraps up with the discussion of races and some interesting aspects of other cultures.
Again, no new episode for two weeks ... Jeremy and Robin are getting hitched next weekend, though, so we should be back to our regular schedule again, soon.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
- Advanced Race Codex: Half-Orcs (PDF) , Advanced Race Codex: Half-Elves (PDF), Advanced Race Codex: Elves (PDF), Advanced Race Codex: Gnomes (PDF), Advanced Race Codex: Humans (PDF), and Advanced Race Codex: Dwarves (PDF) all from Green Ronin.
- Dragonlance (Margaret Weis Productions)
- Dark Sun (Athas.org)
- David The Gnome
- Arcana Evolved (Malhavoc Press)
- In the Three Parter, Ethan rants on gaming companies that put out massive quantities of books (including Mongoose, Pinnacle, Avalance Press, and others), Nathan reviews the PS2 game Rogue Galaxy and God of War 2, and Jeremy gives us character with Lord Zim!
Episode 23: Online Gaming and Tabletop Gaming - Opposites Attract
In this episode, we talk about online gaming and it's effect and influence over tabletop games in general, and vice versa.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
Episode 24: Tech in Gaming
In this episode, we talk about technology in gaming. We talk about how you can use technology in your game, use technology in running your game, and using technology in preparing your game.
As per usual, some of the music used in this episode is Jonathan Coulton's music, and is used under the creative common license.
FAUX PAS!
It turns out we reviewed the wrong website for Liber Fanatica. It turns out the original website linked from the Ennies site was the wrong one. Whoops. So, when you listen to the episode, ignore what we say about Liber Fanatica ...
Gamer's Haven Special Edition: Ennie Nominations 2007
In this special episode, Gamer's Haven is proud to announce the first annual Ennies Special Edition! We'll give you the nominees, we'll give you the links, we'll give you everything you need to pick the winners!
For reference sake, I have collected all the free previews and free products avaiable on all the nominees' websites for the nominated products and placed links where applicab le. If you are the type of person who hates clicking on a bunch of links, you can download each and every one of them in one fell swoop here ... but be forewarned, the ZIP files is 137MB of free gaming goodness. Just be sure to support these fine products by visiting the publishers' web sites, going to your local gaming store, and support your hobby!
AND THE NOMINEES ARE ...
Best Fan Site
Awarded for an RPG web site or web comic run by fans, for fans, ie. not by a publisher and not for profit.
Best Cover Art
Awarded for the book with the best cover.
- Dawning Star: Helios Rising (view cover here, or Preview here, here, here, or here), Blue Devil Games
- Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio (View Cover Here)
- Faery's Tale (View Cover Here, or Preview here), Firefly Games
- Lacuna Part 1, Memento Mori Theatrics (View Cover Here)
- Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press (View Cover Here)
- Honorable Mention: Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
Best Podcast
Best Interior Art
Awarded for the book containing the best artwork between the covers.
- Qin (Click here for the Demo Kit), 7ème Cercle
- Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
- Children of the Horned Rat (Previews here, here, here, here, here, and here), Black Industries
- Burning Empires, Burning Wheel
- Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
- Honorable Mention: Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
Best Cartography
Awarded for the individual product containing the best art or technique of making maps or charts.
Best Production Values
Awarded for the book exemplifying the best production values, from graphic design and layout, editing, paper, binding- all the factors that combine to create the look and feel of the product.
Best Writing
Awarded for the book containing the best prose and descriptive text (ie."cream" or “fluff”).
- Qin (Click here for the Demo Kit), 7ème Cercle
- Children of the Horned Rat (Previews here, here, here, here, here, and here), Black Industries
- Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
- Dictionary of Mu (Preview here), Paka's Thread Games
- Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
- Honorable Mention: Scion: Hero, White Wolf Publishing
Best Rules
Awarded for the book containing the best game design and mechanics (ie. "crunch").
- Qin (Click here for the Demo Kit), 7ème Cercle
- Spirit of the Century (Preview here, here, here, , the SRD here, and a sample of the rules here), Evil Hat Productions
- Faery's Tale (Preview here), Firefly Games
- Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
- The Esoterrorists (see a little bit on the Gumshoe rules system here), Pelgrane Press
- Honorable Mention: Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Companion, Black Industries
Best Supplement
Awarded for a product which adds supplementary rules or details to the game. Products nominated for Best Supplement or any of its child categories (Setting, Adventure, Monster) may not be nominated as Best Game.
- Warhammer Fantasy RolePlay: Companion (Preview here, here, here, here, here, and here), Black Industries
- Shadowrun: Street Magic (Preview here, here, and here), FanPro
- Etherscope: Upload: Etherpunk, Goodman Games
- Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
- Thrilling Places (or, the PDF edition here), Hero Games
- Honorable Mention: Tome of Corruption, Black Industries
Best Setting
Awarded for a product detailing a setting.
- Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
- Dawning Star: Helios Rising (Preview here, here, here, or here), Blue Devil Games
- DCC 35: Gazetteer of the Known Realms (Preview here, here, and here), Goodman Games
- Ptolus- City by the Spire (Get the Ptolus Player's Guide here), Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
- Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
- Honorable Mention: Thrilling Places (or, the PDF edition here), Hero Games
Best Adventure
Awarded for a product that is primarily an adventure, adventure ideas, or seeds.
Best Miniature Product
Awarded for the best miniature or miniature line. Unlike in previous years, miniatures need only be appropriate for RPG play, but not exclusive thereto.
- The Deluxe Galleon, Dragonfire Laser Crafts
- Modern Floorplans: All Saints Church, Fabled Environments
- E-Z Dungeons (Preview here), Fat Dragon Games
- Conflict Chips (Preview here, here, here, here, here, and here), Conflict Chips
- Game Mastery: Flip-mat Tavern, Paizo Publishing
- Honorable Mention: Hordes Line's Lord of the Feast, Privateer Press
Best Regalia
Awarded for the best product which, while it does not complement role playing game play, does enhance the lives of RP gamers. RPG Fiction, RPG Video Games, Videos, RPG Board Games, miniature painting accessories, etc. are all possibilities for entries in this category.
- Liber Chaotica, Black Industries
- Witch Hunter's Handbook, Black Industries
- Classic Battletech Total Warfare (Preview here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), FanPro
- Order of the Stick: No Cure for the Paladin Blues (Preview here), Giant in the Playground
- Art of Dragon Magazine, Paizo Publishing
- Honorable Mention: Astounding Hero Tales, Hero Games
Best Aid/Accessory
Awarded for the best product used to complement role playing game play. RPG books are not eligible for this category.
Best Electronic Book
Awarded for the best book released electronically. Products submitted for Best Electronic Book must have been released exclusively in electronic format to be eligible, although small-run (under 50 copies) Print on Demand will not invalidate an entry in this category. Please note that this is for electronic books only- software and other electronic products (such as digital counter collections) still belong in Aid/Accessory.
- Frontier Towns: Fort Griffin #3 (Preview here), Dog House Rules
- Magical Medieval Society: European Warfare, Expeditious Retreat Press
- Nevermore Gazetteer, Expeditious Retreat Press
- Classic Battletech Free Package (Available here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here along with a slew of others here), FanPro
- Castle Shadowcrag, Open Design
- Honorable Mention: Kitsunemori, Dog Soul Publishing
Best Free Product
- Black Industries Web Site, Black Industries
- Six-Guns: Lawmen- Earps and Mastersons, Dog House Rules
- Nevermore Gazetteer, Expeditious Retreat Press
- Classic Battletech Free Package (Available here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here along with a slew of others here), FanPro
- Savage Tide Player's Guide, Paizo Publishing
- Honorable Mention: Scion: Hero- Of Shadows Yet to Come, White Wolf Publishing
Best d20/OGL Product
Awarded for the best product using the d20 mechanic. This is open to d20-derived OGL, d20 Licensed games, and products with special D&D licenses.
- Warlords of the Accordlands series, AEG
- Dawning Star: Helios Rising (Preview here, here, here, or here), Blue Devil Games
- Etherscope: Upload: Etherpunk, Goodman Games
- Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
- Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
- Honorable Mention: Ptolus- City by the Spire (Get the Ptolus Player's Guide here), Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
Best Game
Awarded for the best role-playing game. The Best Game winner brings together art, writing, rules, feeling, playability- everything that makes up a role playing game. Entries in this category must be complete enough to play as-is, from character creation to rules of play, and thus d20 books are not eligible. Best Game and Best Supplement are mutually-exclusive categories.
- Qin (Click here for the Demo Kit), 7ème Cercle
- Conspiracy X 2E, Eden Studios
- Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
- Faery's Tale (Preview here), Firefly Games
- Scion: Hero (Preview here), White Wolf Publishing
- Honorable Mention: The Esoterrorists (see a little bit on the Gumshoe rules system here), Pelgrane Press, & Spirit of the Century (Preview here, here, here, , the SRD here, and a sample of the rules here), Evil Hat Productions
Fan's Choice: Best Publisher
Awarded to a publisher whose body of work during the eligibility period was deemed best overall, with other, often less tangible factors taken into consideration. Customer support, quality and frequency of updates of their web site, their accessibility and contributions to the EN World and gaming-in-general communities will be all part of the qualities of Best Publisher. This is a Fans' Choice Award. This is the only category in which a publisher who did not submit any product for consideration to the ENnies can qualify (if they receive the nomination).
Product of the Year
Awarded to the best product. All products submitted will be automatically considered for this category.
- Qin (Click here for the Demo Kit), 7ème Cercle
- Children of the Horned Rat (Previews here, here, here, here, here, and here), Black Industries
- Dawning Star: Helios Rising (Preview here, here, here, or here), Blue Devil Games
- The Deluxe Galleon, Dragonfire Laser Crafts
- Hollow Earth Expedition, Exile Game Studio
- Mutants & Masterminds: Ultimate Power (or, the PDF edition here), Green Ronin Publishing
- Thrilling Places (or, the PDF edition here), Hero Games
- Ptolus- City by the Spire (Get the Ptolus Player's Guide here), Malhavoc Press/White Wolf Publishing
- Dictionary of Mu (Preview here), Paka's Thread Games
- Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, Privateer Press
Gamer's Haven Episode 25 - Gen Con Pre Show
In this episode, we give you our thoughts on Gen Con, including tips about going to and surviving the convention, some thoughts on the guests this year, and a few things to look for while there. We also announce our Promote the Vote winners and respond to some feedback!
- Gen Con Indy
- Circle Centre Mall
- Indianapolis Information
- The RAM Brewery
- Hard Rock Cafe Indy
- Buca di Beppo
- Steak and Shake
- Family Fun Pavilion at Gen Con
- Gamers: Dorkness Rising from Dead Gentlemen Productions
- Gen Con Art Show
- Gen Con Auction
- Indie Press Revolutions
- Gen Con Media Guests
- Gen Con Industry Guests of Honor and the Guest of Honor, Gary Gygax
- True Dungeon
- Cheapass Games
- Guardian Six
- Costume Contest
- Gen Con Ball
- Gen Con Ruckus on the Roof
- Gen Con Exhibitor Hall
- In the Three Parter, Nathan reviews Overlord (Codemasters), Jeremy rants on World of Warcraft's most recent customer service debacle, and Ethan gives us character with the Seven Cheungs ...
- Have Games Will Travel's Paul Tevis says some good things about us!
- Would the real Liber Fanatica please stand up?
- The Ennies Fears the Boot
- We get some feedback from Mr. Wayne from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he asks us about how to make adding templates or advancing monsters easier ... We told him about ETools, PC Gen, The Mother of all Encounter Tables by Necromancer Games and Troll Lord Games, the SRD Website (specifically Sovelior & Sage), ENWorld.org downloads section, Drive Thru RPG, the obligitory Green Ronin nod with the Advanced Bestiary, Spellgen, and Hero Lab from Lone Wolf Development.
- Join us at Gen Con for the Podcaster Party on Saturday, August 18th at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM in the Hyatt Regence, in the Cosmopolitan B room.
- Blue Devil Games is hosting a VIP Charity Game at Gen Con. It will benefit the Shriner's Hospital for Children. It's a sci-fi game set in the Ennie nominated Dawning Star universe run by Lee Hammock, the author of the game, and JD Wiker.
- Most importantly ... the Smurfs Season One, Volume One is coming out on DVD on December 4th ...
- Oh, and we announce the winners of the Promote the Vote Contest!
Gamer's Haven Post Gen Con 2007 Series Part 1 - How to Make Adventures That Don't Suck (Goodman Games Seminar)
In this episode, we kick off our Gen Con 2007 coverage with the recording of How to Make Adventures that Don't Suck, a seminar presented by Goodman Games. They were kind enough to let us record their panel! You'll get some great advice from some writers and designers from Goodman Games, including Joseph Goodman himself!
You can also catch Ethan from the Gamer's Haven on Podcasting 101, a seminar presented by those wacky guys at Pulp Gamer. They did an entire track of seminars on podcasting at Gen Con, and Ethan was lucky enough to be on the panel for Podcasting 101.
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