1d4cast Podcast - Gaming Topic Discussions, Actual Play One Shots for Review, and System Reviews

AND WE ARE BACK ON A MONTHLY ROTATION… at least we have a strong start. Our main topic for this short episode is about “Avoiding the Murderhobo Trope” in tabletop roleplaying games. Check out our discussion and send us any feedback you may have:

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Google Play Music, or send us a tweet! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 7/16/2018 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Look for V20 – Session 5 (the finale and still in editing stages) and other APs to come.

The Background music is Plastic Submarine, courtesy of The Grammar Club. Visit their Patreon page for this song and more!

Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* 1d4Con | May 3-5, 2019 @ Clarion Inn & Conference Center in Shepherdstown, WV (Convention)

[Podcasts]

* Bonus Experience Podcast (Monica’s other podcast) (Podcast)

* Bonus Experience Podcast (EP 3 – Player Engagement and Trust) (Podcast)

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* Bundle of Holding (Ponyfinder) (Bundle of Holding)

[Games Mentioned]

* Godbound (Game)

* World Wide Wrestling RPG (PbtA) (Game)

* Palladium Games/RIFTS (Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* Apocalypse World Engine Games (Games)

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After an almost 5 month hiatus, we at 1d4Cast come back strong with all of the crew on this episode. We start with some light talk about 1d4Con 2018 (held April 13-15), drop the date for 1d4Con 2019, read a comment sent to us by Russ, and plug a few things until we reach our main topic. Different ways to “Level” or “Advance” in roleplaying games. Check out our discussion and send us any feedback you may have:

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Google Play Music, or send us a tweet! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 6/18/2018 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Look for V20 – Session 5 (the finale) and other APs to come.

The Background music is Plastic Submarine, courtesy of The Grammar Club. Visit their Patreon page for this song and more!

Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* 1d4Con | May 3-5, 2019 @ Clarion Inn & Conference Center in Shepherdstown, WV (Convention)

[Podcasts]

* Bonus Experience Podcast (Monica’s other podcast) (Podcast)

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* Roll20.net (Online RPG Suite)

* Hero Muster – Social Network for Gamers (RPG Social Media)

* Bundle of Holding (Bundle of Holding)

[Games Mentioned]

* Beneath Nexus (Board Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* Apocalypse World Engine Games (Game)

* GUMSHOE System (Game)

* Fate Core/Accelerated...

1d4Con 2018 is less than two months away! It all happens on April 13-15 at the Holiday Inn of Martinsburg, WV.

We have a ton of games posted, whether you are looking for board games, miniatures games, LARPs, and Tabletop RPGs!

If you are into Oraganized Play (where you can use the same character in multiple adventures), we have a huge amount of Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League, Pathfinder/Starfinder Society, and Shadowrun Missions to choose from! If that is not your thing, we have a plethora of other traditional and indie games to try out! Don’t forget about our ever growing Board Game Library!

Convention Shirts are only available until March 15th

Preregister today! Everything closes up March 31st!

Hope to see you there!

This is the first episode of 2018! In this first month of 2018’s episode, we talk about all manner of ways that one can play Tabletop RPGs on the internet. We discuss various platforms and talk about our experiences with all of them. Is is very apropos as James has currently picked up the V20 Actual Play series again with other new and exciting APs to follow in 2018.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Google Play Music, or send us a tweet! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 1/30/2018 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Look for V20 – Session 4 and other APs to come.

The Background music is Plastic Submarine, courtesy of The Grammar Club. Visit their Patreon page for this song and more!

Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy this episode.

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* 1d4Con | April 13-15, 2018 (Convention)

[Kickstarter]

* Fate Dice and Fate Points (Kickstarter)

* Trinity Continuum – AEon RPG (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* Roll20.net (Online RPG Suite)

* Fantasy Grounds (Online RPG Suite)

* d20 Pro (Online RPG Suite)

[Games Mentioned]

* Godbound RPG (Game)

* Legend of the 5 Rings BETA rules (Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* GUMSHOE System (Game)

This is December 2017’s Episode. In this final month of 2017, we talk about handling and working with power scale in various RPGs and formats. Many of the discussion questions were created from a conversation that James and David Havelka had prior to the episode’s discussion.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or even Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 12/18/2017 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. There is a little bit of a quality issue with Steve’s mic that I was unable to correct. He sounds like he’s on the toilet. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Hoping to add more AP content soon.

Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy.

Here are the show notes:

[Kickstarter]

* Zero Signal Kickstarter (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* Dracula Dossier (GUMSHOE) (Bundle of Holding)

* The One Ring (Bundle of Holding)

* The One Ring +2 (Bundle of Holding)

* Cypher System (Bundle of Holding)

* The Strange (Bundle of Holding)

[Games Mentioned]

* Godbound RPG (Game)

* Legend of the 5 Rings BETA rules (Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* Fate Core/Accelerated (Game)

* GUMSHOE System (Game)

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This is November 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Character Building subsystems within various RPGs. We ask ourselves (and each other) the tough questions and take a few small walks down Memory Lane.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or even Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 11/20/2017 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. There is a little bit of a quality issue with some weird pops and noises around Monica’s and Steve’s mics that I was unable to completely remove. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Hoping to add more AP content soon.

Thank you for listening! We hope you enjoy.

Here are the show notes:

[Kickstarter]

* Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition Kickstarter (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* L5R 5th Edition Open Beta (OPEN BETA)

* King Seras Cosplay (Monica’s Cosplay page on Facebook) (Cosplay)

[Games Mentioned]

* Godbound RPG (Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* Blades in the Dark (Game)

* Fate Core/Accelerated (Game)

* GUMSHOE System (Game)

* Exalted 3rd Edition (Game)

* ORE System (Game)

* Reign RPG (Game)

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This was supposed to be August 2017’s episode, however between personal things and crazy work hours for James, it wasn’t recorded until September. Also due to crazy work issues, James hasn’t been able to edit it until now. There were some issues with Katie dropping and reconnecting to Mumble, but hopefully the post editing helped lessen the effects of that. So, without further ado, we finally present an episode to commemorate a Happy 7th Anniversary of Podcasting to us and and a Happy Halloween to you! This episode will be in both the normal feed and the AP feed. We hope you enjoy!

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or event Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 9/25/2017 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. Discord chat was used to dice rolling. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix continuity when Katie dropped and reconnected tothe recording here and there.

If you enjoyed this, don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, as they are typically provided on a separate feed.

Game Master:

* Henry

Players:

* Ushat – Katie (Orc)

* Bunion – Paul (Orc)

* Bundük – Stephen (Dwarf)

* Unit 2 – Monica (Clockwork)

Here are the show notes:

[Games]

* Shadow of the Demon Lord (Game)

[Media References]

* Glove and Boots YouTube Channel (YouTube Channel)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

 

This is June 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Combat and other Conflict Resolution subsystems within various RPGs.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or event Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 6/26/2017 using Mumble and edited in Audacity. Due to a system meltdown after updating to Windows 10 “Creator’s Update”, James’ laptop took a huge dump, so we were unable to record originally on 6/19/2017. Anyway, there is a little bit of a quality issue with some weird pops and noises around Monica’s and Henry’s mics that I was unable to completely remove. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio after editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Another Vampire episode has been posted (Session 3) and a Mouse Guard Playtest will be appearing there soon (hopefully).

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* TsunamiCon 2017 (Convention)

* GenCon 50 (Convention)

[Kickstarter]

* TsunamiCon 2017 Kickstarter (Kickstarter)

* Cortex Prime RPG (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Other Goods]

* CyberPunk 2020 (Bundle of Holding)

* WW Blog Post – Vampire 5th Edition Pre-Alpha Playtest Materials (Pre-Alpha Playtest)

[Games]

* StoryTeller System [New WoD] (Game)

* Shadowrun 4th Edition (Game)

* Fate Core/Accelerated (Game)

* Dresden Files Accelerated [Fate Accelerated] (Game)

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This month we talk about our favorite Skills subsystems within various RPGs. We also discuss our time at and running 1d4Con 2017 as well.

Thank you to Zac C. for writing in!

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or event Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 5/15/2017 using G+ Hangouts and recorded by routing the sound through a mixer and into Audacity. There is a little bit of a quality issue with this episode as there are some weird pops and noises around Monica’s and Henry’s mics that I was unable to completely remove. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Don’t forget to check out our 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes, they are on a separate feed. Another Vampire episode on its way as well as a Mouse Guard Playtest.

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* 1d4Con 2017 (Convention)

* TsunamiCon 2017 (Convention)

[Kickstarters]

* TsunamiCon 2017 Kickstarter (Kickstarter)

* Cortex Prime RPG (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

[Games]

* Mind’s Eye Theatre: Vampire the Masquerade (Game)

* Fate (Game)

* Shadowrun 5th Edition (Game)

* Exalted 2nd Edition (Game)

* Apocalypse World System (Game)

* Wild Talents: The Kerberos Club (Game)

* Stars Without Number 2nd Edition Beta document (Game)

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This month we talk about our favorite Magic subsystems within various RPGs. We discuss and play a promotional plug for 1d4Con 2017. We also play a promotional plug for TsunamiCon 2017.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a topic you want us to discuss; either leave a comment on this episode’s post, send us an email, or use our Contact Page! You can also post to our Facebook Community and/or Google+ Community You can even leave us feedback on Stitcher Radio, iTunes, or event Google Play Music! We’d love to hear from you and will read your message on the next episode!

This episode was recorded on 4/10/2017 using G+ Hangouts and recorded by routing the sound through a mixer and into Audacity. There is a little bit of a quality issue with this episode as there are some weird pops and noises that I was unable to completely remove. We used Levelator to level and normalize the audio before editing in Audacity. This show has been minimally edited to remove a few gaps of silence and fix some quality issues here and there.

Here are the show notes:

[Conventions]

* 1d4Con 2017 (Convention)

* TsunamiCon 2017 (Convention)

[Kickstarters]

* TsunamiCon 2017 Kickstarter (Kickstarter)

* Alternity SciFi RPG (Kickstarter)

* Five Seals of Magic Board Game (Kickstarter)

* Sly Flourish’s Fantastic Adventures (Kickstarter)

[Podcasts]

* Prismatic Tsunami (Podcast)

* Podcast: The Wreckening (Podcast)

* 1d4cast Actual Play Episodes in iTunes (Actual Play Series)

[Games]

* Fate (Game)

* Reign (Game)

* Slayers d20 (Game)

* Through the Breach (Game)

* Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2nd Edition (Game)