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• Episode 100

  Send us a textOur 100th Episode.Jen and I were walking through the hallways of the Indianapolis Convention Center. We had just finished setting up the booth for GenCon and we had been talking about all things roleplaying.“Hey, do you think you or Mike would be interested in doing a podcast. We could tie Oddfish Games into it and just chat about roleplaying in general.”I threw out the question hoping she would be interested. I had done some podcasting already so it wasn’t a foreign concept to me and I figured a fun game podcast would be interesting to put together.A few more conversations later, a demo recording of the introduction, and finding some time in our already hectic schedule and Mike, Christina, and I sat down and started talking about the OGL scandal.Now here we are 100 episodes later.That’s right, this is our 100th episode of the Epic Adventure Podcast, and that’s pretty cool.For those of you that don’t know, only a little over 5% of podcasts reach 100 episodes. Most fizzle out before the reach 8 episodes. Hitting 100 episodes is a solid benchmark and one we are proud of so in this episode Mike, Christina, and I are going to talk about the podcast. We are also going to be hearing from a few of our listeners throughout the episode.Mike, what do you think about reaching 100?Kick to MikeChristina, did you even realize we were getting close to 100?Kick to Christina

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• You Heard it Here Last S3E13

  Send us a textWelcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.We are going to start with an article from Wolfgang Baur the CEO of Kobold Press. Now this doesn’t really constitute news, but I found it very interesting and thought Mike and Christina might agree.https://koboldpress.com/state-of-play-in-it-to-print-it-what-to-know-to-get-your-game-printed/The article: State of Play: In It to Print It. What to know to get your game printed. Is designed as a primer for first time game publishers looking to get their product printed. I thought it was informational not only for the publisher, but for the buyer as well. Baur lays out the printing options and talks about costs and mistakes. With GenCon coming up where you will likely see the results of every type of printing possible, this just seemed relevant. Mike, talk to us about printing?Kick to MikeChristina, anything to add?Kick to Christina Next up isn’t really a news story either, more a conglomeration of observations. Ok, that’s not fair, it started with a news story, so keeping with the show lets lead with that;https://www.rascal.news/dungeons-cabins-registration-is-open-and-filling-fast/In an announcement through Rascal News, Dungeons and Cabins is open for registration. Dungeons and Cabins is a 4-day immersive D&D summer camp for adults. The outing takes the traditional summer camp with everything you would expect from that and layers a D&D campaign on top of it. To give it all a twist the things you do during the summer camp activities might affect the D&D campaign. The event takes place in Running Springs California and the dates are in September.Now for my observations. What’s up with all the D&D Vacations.We have D&D in a Castle, where players spend a lot of money to play D&D…you guessed it, in a castle. The locations are in the United Kingdom and surprisingly several in the US. These events are going to set up back anywhere from 3 to 5 thousand dollars.https://www.dndinacastle.com/Green Dragon Fest is another one. This one takes place in a fantastical fantasy village inspired by Tolkien located just outside Knoxville Tn. With some of the most well-known online personalities running games. This one also runs for 3-5 thousand bucks.https://greendragonfest.com/Then we have D20 Cruise. That’s right a week of playing D&D on a cruise ship. What could possibly go wrong. This one is basically a mini convention set onboard a cruise ship and has more options than just playing D&D. This one is the cheapest of the bunch starting at 2,350 dollars for the week and then going up based on cabin choices.https://event.cruises/d20-cruise-a-ttrpg-vacation/Christina, what do you make of the roleplaying vacation events, you up for it?Kick to ChristinaMike, would you spend 5k to roleplay in a castle?Kick to MikeAnd there you have it, all the news, you’ve already heard.

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• LARP

  Send us a text“Live Action Roleplaying, you’ve love it. We get together the first Saturday of the month and everybody is really cool.”“I don’t know, I mean it’s one thing to play around a table, but I’m not sure about getting all dressed up and acting it out.”“It’s not like that. Dress however you want; nobody judges you and everybody is chill.”“Fine, I’ll give it a try”That was the recruiting pitch I got for my first ever LARP. Live Action Roleplaying. The guy who was helping run the events was really enthusiastic and he convinced me to give it a try. I grabbed a rulebook, put together a character, got it approved, and then showed up for my first ever LARP.Now I am sure most LARPs out there could easily be described the way that guy pitched his LARP to me. Today, having the experience I have in a wide variety of games and conventions I know that most people will be welcoming, you will fit right in and I don’t doubt you will have a great time.Not so much for my first one.You see it was a Vampire the Masquerade game and it was a crappy experience.The costume you wore did matter, everyone was clickier then a spoken word club on meth. And nobody was chill.That experience put me off LARPing for a long time, but over the years I have learned that I just had a bad first experience. LARPing has a lot going for it and a lot of permutations out there that might not seem like LARPing, but are.On this episode Mike, Christina and our special guest, Jen will be talking LARPing. What it means to LARP, what types of LARPs are out there and how to take advantage of this version of our great hobby.Mike, have you done a lot of LARPing?[Kick to Mike]How about you Christina, are you a LARP enthusiast?[Kick to Christina]Jen, You are the subject matter expert. Talk to us about Larping.[Kick to Jen]https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/channel/K450+Heroes_+Villains_+and+Kinesiology/195190183

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• You Heard it Here Last S3E12

  Send us a textWelcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo70cy9?Gen-Con-Preview-BlogYou may not realize it, but GenCon is just around the corner, and while the online chatter wants to turn the tariff issues into doom and gloom for GenCon, I tend to believe it will be as big as ever. Paizo’s recent announcement about GenCon events seems to bear out my sentiment.Paizo has announced they are running a Starfinder Society Second Edition event with their new 4-5 hour scenario “Collisions Wake.” They also will be hosting a Pathfinder Society adventure “Under the Eye of Mantis.” Finally, they will be releasing “Battlecry!”, official skirmish rules for leading armies.While I don’t play much official Pathfinder, I think this just illustrates that GenCon will be as active as ever, not only with the games you love, but with new things as well.Dust off the credit cards, put on those compression socks, and get to GenCon.Mike, What do you think of Paizo’s lineup for GenCon?[Kick to Mike]Christina, What about you?[Kick to Christina]Now onto something a little more heavy hitting.https://www.enworld.org/threads/goodman-games-revives-relationship-with-anti-semitic-publisher-for-new-city-state-kickstarter-updated.713282/In 2020 Judges Guild owner Bob Bledsaw II posted a variety of racist, homophobic and antisemitic statements online. These statements rightfully created a bit of a stir at the time and various game publishers including Bat in the Attic, Frog God Games, Goodman Games, and Drivethru RPG cut all ties with Judges Guild.It should be noted that these statements were all made by Bob Bledsaw II, not by Bob Bledsaw Snr, who co-founded Judges Guild and passed away in 2008.Fast Forward to today. Goodman Games has announced a new version of “City State of the Invincible Overlord” will be coming to crowdfunding this summer. The original version was written by Bob Bledsaw Snr and the license for “City State of the Invincible Overlord” is still owned by Judges Guild. Goodman Games will be publishing this new version through a license with Judges Guild Games.Understandable this has caused a bit of concern.EN World has a great article outlining the original issues and statements along with a current response from Goodman Games.Let’s start with Christina on this one, thoughts?[kick to Christina]Mike, is this problematic or is this just business?[kick to Mike]And there you have it, all the news, you’ve already heard.

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• Cyberpunk Red

  Send us a textWilliam Gibson described Cyberpunk as a fusion of high-tech and low-life, exploring the intersection of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on human society in a near-future, often dystopian setting.If you don’t know who William Gibson is then shame on you.Like most people out there, my first exposure to Cyberpunk was Blade Runner. The 1982 movie by Ridley Scott blew me away. After that I watched movies like Freejack and Johnny Mnemonic, Akira, and Ghost in the Shell. it wasn’t until the late 90’s that I started diving into the literary world of Cyberpunk with Nuromancer and Snowcrash.I loved the setting, the style, the tech, and the action, but I never got into the roleplaying games. I heard about Cyberpunk, and Cyberpunk 2020. But for some strange reason I never picked them up.Then Mike asked me if I was interested in playing Cyberpunk Red.I jumped at the chance.Mike ran our group though almost a year of Cyberpunk using the Cyberpunk Red rules and we have recently started up again focusing more on the Edgerunner 2077 expansion for Cyberpunk Red.After that much game time, we got opinions.In this episode Mike, Christina and I are going to give you an honest, unbiased review of Cyberpunk Red.But before we do that, Christina, break down the legalese for us.[Kick to Christina so she can go on about how we haven’t been paid or compensated in any way for our opinion and we bought the shit with money out of our own pocket.]Now Mike, Start us off on our review of Cyberpunk Red.

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