In this episode:

• Dungeons & Dragons (Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, 1974)
• Pendragon (Greg Stafford, 1985)
• Gurps (Steve Jackson, 1988)
• Amber Diceless Role Playing (Erick Wujcik, 1991)
• Civilization (Sid Meier, 1991)
• C°ntinuum: roleplaying in The Yet (Chris Adams, Dave Fooden, Barbara Manui, 1999)
• Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002)
• Mutants & Masterminds (Stephen Kenson, 2002)
• Dread (Epidiah Ravachol, 2004)
• Burning Empires (Luke Crane, 2006)
• Best Friends (Gregor Hutton, 2007)
• The Blossoms are Falling (Luke Crane, 2007)
• Mouse Guard (Luke Crane, David Petersen, 2008)
• Diaspora (Brad Murray, C.W. Marshall, Tim Dyke, Byron Kerr, 2009)
• Freemarket (Jared Sorensen, Luke Crane, 2009)
• Apocalypse World (D. Vincent Baker, 2010)
• Microscope (Ben Robbins, 2011)
• Time & Temp (Epidiah Ravachol, 2012)
• Fate Core (Leonard Balsera, Brian Engard, Jeremy Keller, Ryan Macklin, Mike Olson, 2013)
• The Clay that Woke (Paul Czege, 2014)

In which we discuss playing to your audience, delicious and piping hot rules in only three microwave minutes, hack Shakespeare, alternate universe Firefly, and a surprise finish.

Games mentioned in this episode:

• Moldvay D&D (Tom Moldvay, 1981)
• Once Upon a Time (Richard Lambert, Andrew Rilstone, James Wallis, 1993)
• The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Michael Cule, Derek Pearcy, James Wallis, 1998)
• Universalis (Mike Holmes, Ralph Mazza, 2002)
• Dread (Epidiah Ravachol, Nathaniel Barmore, 2004)
• Primetime Adventures (Matt Wilson, 2004)
• Here I Stand (Ed Beach, 2006)
• Fiasco (Jason Morningstar, 2009)
• The Play’s the Thing (Mark Diaz Truman, 2012)
• Virgin Queen (Ed Beach, 2012)
• Cuba Libre (Volko Ruhnke & Jeff Grossman, 2013)
• Circle of Hands [PDF] (Ron Edwards, 2014)
• The Clay that Woke (Paul Czege, 2014)
• Legion of Honor (Richard Kane, Mike Ruttler, 2014)

In which we wax respectful of translators, reference many versions of D&D, and eventually settle the question of underrated game once and for all.

Games mentioned in this episode:

• En Garde! (Darryl Hany and Frank Chadwick, 1975)
• The Adventures of Indiana Jones (John Byrne, David “Zeb” Cook, 1984, all copies destroyed.)
• Gurps 3e (Steve Jackson, 1988)
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Frank Chadwick, 1990, out-of-print.)
• Dungeons and Dragons (Many, many awesome people, editions discussed are from 2000 and on.)
• Tenra Bansho Zero (Junichi Inoue, 2000)
• Deadlands d20 (John Goff, Shane Lacy Hensley, John R. Hopler, 2001)
• Burning Wheel (Luke Crane, 2002)
• Call of Cthulhu d20 (Monte Cook, John Tynes, 2002, out-of-print.)
• Sorcerer (Ron Edwards, 2002)
• Trollbabe (Ron Edwards, 2002)
• My Life With Master (Paul Czege, 2003)
• F.A.T.A.L. (Byron Hall, 2004)
• Mouse Guard (Luke Crane, David Petersen, 2008)
• Microscope (Ben Robbins, 2011)
• Dungeon World (Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel, 2012)
• Apocalypse World: Dark Ages (Vincent Baker, first look 2014)