We explore the series of events that led to the formation of the gaming hobby as we know it going all the way back to the very origin of the concept of "roleplaying games".

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The Gamer's Tavern Theme Song is "Faked Reality" by Melodic in Fusion, used with permission.

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Darryl takes an in-depth look at the Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner Box from Catalyst Game Labs going into detail on the new Sixth Edition rules including what’s changed, what’s the same, what's new, and what we'll have to wait for the Core Rules to know about for sure.

Darryl’s text review from EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/shadowrun-sixth-world-beginner-box-review.666327/

Gamer’s Tavern Shadowrun Beginner Box Unboxing Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5__GmIlgZ6A

Pre-Order the Shadowrun Sixth World Beginner box on Amazon https://amzn.to/30UQYJs

Pre-Order the Shadowrun 6th Edition Core Rules on Amazon https://amzn.to/2YVtC4B

Official Shadowrun Sixth World Website https://www.shadowrunsixthworld.com/

Shadowcasters Network https://shadowcasters.network/

Arcology Podcast interview with Jason Hardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDlq9TW31-w

Video game background footage is from Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director’s Cut https://www.humblebundle.com/store/shadowrun-dragonfall-directors-cut?partner=gamerstavern&charity=1326853

Disclosure: Catalyst Game Labs, developer and publisher of this title, provided a free copy of this product for the purposes of review. No other considerations were involved in this review.

Dragonlance is one of the most popular settings for Dungeons & Dragons. And, like most things in tabletop gaming, there’s a lot of history behind the scenes that shaped the products over the years. Even very minor decisions made huge impacts as the line progressed, and we’re going to look at some of them!

Video game footage is of Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara https://www.humblebundle.com/store/du...

Art for "Soth on his Throne" and "Sturm" by Lady Loth https://www.facebook.com/lady.loth/

Footage used from Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, used under Fair Use for review and education. https://amzn.to/2UVw0Xh

What does the classic, award-winning film Rashomon have in common with Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu? More than you might think as I untangle the web of stories to uncover what really happened to AD&D 1st Edition's Deities & Demigods.

Art and Photography Credits:

Eric Lofgren - https://www.redbubble.com/people/EricLofgren/shop [Used with permission]

Gwabryel, Illustrator of Weird Fiction - http://gwabryel.blogspot.fr [CC BY-SA 3.0]

BenduKiwi [CC-BY-SA-3.0]

leothefox - leothefox.deviantart.com [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Mihail Bila (MCrassus Art) [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Nottsuo - http://nottsuo.deviantart.com [CC-BY 3.0]

Borja Pindado borjapindado.com, borjapindado.deviantart.com [CC BY-SA 3.0]

Ninjatic - http://ninjaticart.tumblr.com [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0]

Futurilla - https://www.flickr.com/photos/futurilla [CC BY-SA 2.0]

All other art and photos are either Public Domain or covered under Fair Use.

Music Credits:

"Merry Go" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) [CC-BY 3.0]

Gamer's Tavern Theme is "Faked Reality" by Melodic in Fusion (melodinfusion.bandcamp.com) [CC BY 3.0, Used with permission]

BattleTech celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, but for 25 of those years, a good deal of the BattleMech designs were caught in a legal quagmire. Why did so many classic mechs of the game disappear? This is the story of the history of the BattleTech license, Harmony Gold, Robotech, and the Unseen.

All art and photos are either Public Domain or covered under Fair Use.

Gamer's Tavern Theme is "Faked Reality" by Melodic in Fusion (melodinfusion.bandcamp.com) [CC BY 3.0, Used with permission]

Footage from the 2009 Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries trailer owned by Smith & Tinker/Piranha Games, used under Fair Use.

Footage from BattleTech is owned by...someone, I assume, but I doubt even they know it...used under Fair Use.

All images not public domain are used under Fair Use or used with permission.

Gameplay footage from BattleTech from Harebrained Schemes, published by Paradox Interactive, archived from footage on Twitch at http://twitch.tv/GamersTavernShow

I cannot stress enough that as absurd as this episode gets, this actually happened. The Secret Service raided Steve Jackson Games because they thought the GURPS Cyberpunk sourcebook was a real-life hacker manual.

Find out more about the raid and lawsuit including copies of legal documents from http://sjgames.com/SS

Find out more about the raid plus the overall law enforcement efforts in the early 1990s against hackers called "Operation Sundevil" in the book The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling at http://amzn.to/2zaNfIZ

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Clip from the film Hackers is copyright 1995 United Artists, MGM, used under Fair Use (also they didn't bother to credit Blankenship when they read out his work so I figure turnabout is fair play)

The Gamer's Tavern Theme Song is "Faked Reality" by Melodic in Fusion, used with permission.

For more from Gamer's Tavern, visit our website at http://gamerstavernshow.com

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