The last episode before episode 100 (promise!).

This episode (a bit longer than usual, I warn you) we, as in Kara, Dr Mike Reddy and I,  have got together to bring you the latest Game Buffet with our list of best traitor mechanic games out there.

Being the sort of original humans we are, we’ve got some interesting and some downright strange selection. We put our case forward and then decide as a group in what place it should go. It sounds a lot more straight forward than it is!

Our list of proposed games is:

Paco:

• The Resistance
• Saboteur
• Paranoia: The RPG
• Diplomacy
• Cosmic Encounter

Dr Mike Reddy:

• Werewolf
• BANG!
• Pandemic: On the Brink
• Lord of the Rings with the Corrupt Hobbit Expansion
• Two Rooms and a Boom

Kara:

• Shadow Hunters
• Battlestar Galactica
• Fury of Dracula
• Bunny Bunny Moose Moose
• Scotland Yard

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

Meanwhile, I thought it’d be a good idea to interview Christopher Badell (yes, again), but this time not about Sentinels of the Multiverse, but about their new gaming venture; Galactic Strike Force.

In Galactic Strike Force, the players play cooperatively to build ships and join forces in a tactical battle system. Although it is a coop game like Sentinels, it doesn’t play the same, it doesn’t feel the same and it doesn’t look the same. This one even has minis!

Galactic Strike Force is now being funded in Kickstarter and you can take a look at the project page here.

But I shall say no more and let you get on with the interview. Enjoy the show! (please)

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

We have had other web series in the past when we had Joanna Gaskell for an interview about her web series, and now we have another producer with a very different offering.

Game Knights is a web series about a bunch of friends who get together and play role playing games. The series is a mix of real-life and animated cartoons and it shows the players around the table and their adventures.

But I rather say nothing else and let you find out from the voice of Javier Palenzuela, the producer of the series.

Enjoy the show! (please)

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

I had the pleasure of taking to Joanna Gaskell, the producer, writer, actress and overall brains and passion behind Standard Action, one of the bet produced and funniest fantasy web series out there.

The series has gone through one full season and season two episodes are being screened now, with still some episodes to come. Season three is currently being funded in Kickstarter and has already got enough money to produce the third season, though there are some really cool stretch goals to come.

But there is a lot more than meets the eye to this series and to Joanna as well. And some seriously exciting plans!

I’m not sure I want to give away a lot about this show because it was quite improvised, but you will probably like it. I mean… I hope so.

However there are two things that I want to mention in the show notes because they matter.

Firstly Standard Action. This is a web series done with little money and a lot of love by an incredible bunch of talented people in Vancouver. Although our next episode will tell you a lot about the series and the originators – because we have an interview – I wanted to give a shout about them now because they have a Kickstarter going on and they could do with even more help. Please visit their project page and help if you can.

The second bit is even more important. Goblinaid was created by Fenris Games not too long ago to help Kev “Goblinmaster” Adams and it is the hell of a cause to get behind. Kev is one of the most influential miniatures sculptors in the UK and his work creating the look and feel of goblins for Citadel is still current.

Recently he was very badly assaulted in his home and was badly beaten and stabbed. Although he’s recovering and will be able to return to work, the return is not going to be without its difficulties and Goblinaid has been created to raise some funds and help however people can.

Please visit their website and help if you can. It’s truly appreciated. Thank you.

Another of the seminars at the convention and this time Andy Hepworth, Scott Neal, Paul Bourne and Paul Canavan speak about the world of art and all the funky stuff they get up to.

And I asked a few questions. Because… you know… that’s what I do…

Remember our friends at Nearly Enough Dice have also some more interviews and videos from the convention.

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

This episode brings you an interview with Tom Nelson, the Midwest Miniatures Guy.

But before I tell you about that, two announcements. One small, and one very big one.

The first one is to give a shout-out to Standard Action, probably one of the best web series out there. It’s really funny, well written and extremely well produced. They are currently running the Kickstarter campaign to fund the third season, which means you can already see what they can do and how, so you’ll get a good idea of what sort of quality you’ll help fund. You can watch the episodes so far here.

The second shout-out is for Goblinaid. This is the initiative that the guys from Fenris Games to help out Kev “The Goblinmaster” Adams. A few weeks ago three youths broke into Kev’s home, stabbed him and beat him up quite severely. Doctors have been able to save his eye and he will fully recover, but he’s in need of help to get back on his feet. Goblinaid is trying to do just that; get a bit of money to help Kev while he recovers. Please head to the Goblinaid page now and help however you can. Thank you.

And the interview with Tom will give you a good idea of what to look for in a painted mini, why would you want to pain them and also how to find Tom so he can paint the minis you don’t have time for. At $10 per hour, I can tell you that is a steal!

Hope you enjoy the show!

First thing we talked about was Deimonorum, the RPG project recently started to create a community driven and written role playing game.

In Deimonorum, 1985 saw the start of a demonic plague that destroyed 99.5% of the human population. Of the remaining people, only 100.000 are men. In the whole planet.

We also discuss the news that Will Wheaton is considering a spinoff Tabletop to cover role playing games. This news came after he had a go at Savage Worlds and liked enough to consider it worth of the idea. Of course maybe nothing will happen, as producing a show to the standards we are accustomed to is *very* expensive.

And very own Enzeitgeist sends us a little piece about what considerations to keep in mind when you advertise your games and compare with other, theoretically similar games.

Enjoy the show! (please)

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

This time I bring you, with out most pleasure, an interview with Kevin Beimers, the mind behind Italic Pig. I could tell you what that is, but Kevin explains much better than I could during the interview.

Not an interview about RPGs or Board Games, but about videogames for the mobile platform, but I think you’ll find it interesting. Or I hope you will!

Enjoy the show! (please)

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you!

Both artists have extensive experience in creating landscape art in Role Playing games and Videogames and they’re only so happy to talk about their experiences, landscapes, software and the work they’ve done.

And with good reason. They’re bloody brilliant!

Remember that our friends at Nearly Enough Dice also have a bunch of interviews and videos int heir website!

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

Anyway, while over there, I recorded some audio of the seminars – some of the seminars, that is – and I thought someone might be interested in them.

So here is the first of them and I’ll be releasing the rest as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, hope you enjoy this seminar about World Building with Ian Lowson, Phil Harris and Kevin Beimers!

Whether that is a good thing or not, depends on how much you like those products and whether those products are out already or not.

Shadowland is a weird mix of both circumstances.

Whereas there is no doubt it is a product of immense quality – you only have to look at the existing material to realise that – the first Kickstarter hasn’t been finalised yet as product, and they have the second Kickstarter going on, and succeeding, for more material.

What’s that all about?

Who better to ask than one of the two people behind the Kickstarter and the Shadowland itself?

So that’s what Vickey and I did!

Enjoy the show!

So Dr Reddy and I had a good natter. One you’ll find interesting, we hope!

For starters we talk about my interview with Matt Buchholtz from Crit Juice. We discuss what makes that podcast successful and the work that goes behind producing something as polished at that, even if a bunch of guys drinking around a game of Dungeons & Dragons doesn’t sound like it.

We also talk about my recent trip to Edinburg, where I enjoyed a weekend of terrific talks at Conpulsion, Scotland’s biggest and best Role Playing Games convention.

During the convention, experienced Role Playing authors like Ian Lowson mingled with video games producers like Kevin Beimers or Luke Dicken. Of course they weren’t the only ones there and for a full list of the rather talented people present at the convention, please click here.

Of course the fact that they were truly enjoyable doesn’t mean I’d be able to remember the names of the videogames mentioned. No matter how many times Kevin mentioned Badge of Carnage or Schrodinger’s Cat and the Raiders of the Lost Quark, you can count on me to forget the name when we’re recording!

Hope you enjoy the show!

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

In this rather awesome episode, I bring you Matt Buchholtz, the second more difficult to pronounce surname I’ve ever had in the podcast, and the first member from the Crit Juice actual play podcast to come and talk to me.

Crit Juice is a actual-play podcast with a difference or two, though.

For starters is fun.

Secondly, it’s not just a bunch of guys playing games around a table. It is a bunch of guys playing games around a table getting drunker and drunker as the game progresses. And yes, they get funnier and funnier too.

But thirdly, we are talking about professionals here. These are a bunch of guys who actually act and write comedy. For real.

I could tell you a lot about them, but I’m sure the photo does give away a fair bit. And what the photo doesn’t give away, the interview will indeed!

But before we start on the buffet, though, we discuss what’s probably one of the most controversial Kickstarter project to date. The Emperor’s New Clothes. By now this project is well and truly over, but its quirky and unique approach to boardgames has meant is indeed not for everyone.

We also discuss, well… argue… about the qualities of the art direction in the latest series of games by AEG; Mercante, Dominare and Courtier.

And lastly, the Game Buffet. This buffet’s theme: Guilty Pleasures. This is a new thing we’re trying, so your feedback could be very much appreciated.

Each one of us proposes a series of games and tell the reasons why that game should be featured in the top 10 of the list. Then we discuss why the game should or shouldn’t be in the list, and if it should be in a high or low position.

As usual, your feedback is most appreciated, so please do feel free to email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com and let us know what you think!

I realise that the attractive might be less for you if you can’t speak Spanish, but I have recently been very gladly surprised by La Puerta de Ishtar, as you might know if you’ve read my review here. Taking advantage that Jenn and Vickey were going to be around for a chat, I thought I’d talk with them about it.

We also talked about Gigax Magazine and take a close look at the first issue, what we liked, what we didn’t like and what we hope the magazine will have to offer in the future.

As always, we’re more than happy to receive your feedback and to do so you can email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com or leave a voice message by clicking the tab to the side!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!

Role Playing Games publishers come and go all the time. To the point that it is very difficult to keep up with the influx of new titles and the companies behind them.

This means that grabbing my attention is certainly not easy, but when you grab my attention… well, you’ve got it!

That is what Len Pimentel did before he created his company Lakeside Games with the idea of bringing new ideas and new games into the RPG scene.

With an emphasis on short preparation time and quick gameplay that leaves plenty of room for the players and GMs to play the game the way they want to, rather than the way they’re “meant” to.

With Hughesville High now out, this is your chance to play in the decade that needs a lot of taking the mickey of. The 80’s!

But don’t take it from me. Listen to the interview and make up your mind!

And then came Torn Armor. Firstly it was recommended to me by my friend Jonathan Roberts. Wen I looked into it, I was properly hooked. The lovely miniatures and the fact that is very easy to get to grips with were winners.

But this is a Kickstarter project and we all know that, no matter how nice they look, sometimes they don’t turn up to be as good as they appear, so I had to talk to the designer, Alyssa Faden.

Alyssa is a well known cartographer. Her maps are truly stunning and she’s been commissioned to do too many maps to mention.

That work indeed reflects in Torn Armor, but she’s also shown to have a truly terrific taste for miniatures, which is also very reassuring. With some breath-taking Behemots and a gorgeous Clockwork Dragon from Reaper Miniatures, Torn Armor promises to be really, really cool.

But don’t take it from me, take it from the lady herself and listen to the interview. You might be surprised, and hopefully inspired, by what you hear!

What I think people mean though, is that too many games with a zombie theme have been published to date. I guess that means that for someone to want to come out with yet another Kickstarter project for a game wit a zombie theme is, to say the least, brave.

Yet, that’s what Jeremiah Lee has done. He’s set up Stupid Awesome Games and launched Zombie House Blitz, a fast paced card game in which you have to get out of the house to survive, even if you  have to leave your grandma behind…

Dr Mike Reddy interviewed Jeremiah to find out more about this project… see what you think!

Also our dear doctor has had a nostalgia attack and he muses on games long gone from his childhood (also long gone).

Having said that, this episode is nearly 50 minutes, but I assure you is well worth it!

Tabletop Day is the latest initiative from the Geek and Sundry team, who are hell bent on making sure as many people as possible are aware and, hopefully, join the board and role playing game fan-base.

Tabletop Day invites gamer to get out and play games in a public space. At your local games store, your library, a pub, in the street… Any game you like (be sensible!) and that you think people will like. Get it out there and start enjoying the crowd.

To hear and learn more about it, I interviewed Boyan Radakovich, associate producer of the show Tabletop. I got to talk to him about the how and why of Tabletop Day, the genesis and the ideal future the whole production team would like to see coming true.

And a couple of announcements about some very special places where some games could be played. And I kid you not when I tell you some are out of this world!

For the last few minutes, we have a message from our site and I explain what to do if you’d like us to take a look at your game and review it!

As always, we’re more than happy to receive your feedback and to do so you can email us on podcast@gmsmagazine.com or leave a voice message by clicking the tab to the side!

Look forward to hearing from you and hope you enjoy the show!