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Welcome to Audio EXP episode 355. This week, we examine a Discord discoverability overhaul that exposes historical tabletop chat logs to automated search scrapers without retroactive protections, and review Itch.io purging terabytes of AI shovelware with mandatory disclosure tags. We celebrate Arcane Brewery winning our November spotlight, open December voting, and check in on Wyrm Watch surpassing 47,000 incinerated rogues. Plus: Hal Greenberg on the RPG Creators Relief Fund, Julien Frid on Sine, BlackMilk entering administration, and Warhammer Fantasy bundles.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/244198/audio-exp-355-ai-and-sleeping-dragons/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 354, our Halloween special. This week, we reflect on BioWare closing its doors and trace how the studio shaped tabletop gaming rules from Baldur's Gate to modern 5E projects. We launch our interactive procedural SVG diorama Wyrm Watch, report on Atlas Games halting EU direct sales over packaging regulations, and cover the Diamond bankruptcy resolution freeing Paizo stock. Plus: Comic Con Scotland venue logistics, Scratchpad's box set relaunch, forgotten 90s vampire RPGs, and Halloween bundles.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/243976/audio-exp-354-halloween-bioware-and-sleeping-dragons/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 353. This week, we analyse why Palladium Books walked away from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licence to refocus resources on Rifts, and look ahead to 2000 AD opening early bird tickets for its 50th anniversary celebration in Shoreditch. We examine Ben Robbins updating Microscope 2e by dropping Legacies, recap our trip supporting indie creators at Edinburgh's TAGS Fest in the Out of the Blue Drill Hall, and cover Pelgrane Press stepping in to support The Role Play Haven in Liverpool. Plus: Renegade's Interview with the Vampire rules, our review of the Street Fighter movie, and three huge digital RPG bundles.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/243690/audio-exp-353-licensing-departures-2000-ad-milestones-and-timeline-craft/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 352. Reporting from Edinburgh's TAGS Festival, Girdy examines Hasbro filing a Christmas Eve redundancy notice for 587 staff while outsourcing physical production to Renegade. We look at UK Games Expo apologising after an official promo breached its own generative AI ban, Kelsey Dionne partnering with Kobold Press on Dark Halls, and Matthew Mercer leading Hololive VTubers in a canonical Exandria Daggerheart session. Plus: data showing 12 players for every GM, Dundee's Cake or Dice cafe winning Scotland's top venue, and Blue Fox Cthulhu solo gamebook bundles.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/243456/audio-exp-352-corporate-layoffs-convention-ai-slips-and-crossovers/

Audio EXP podcast: October 10th - Community aid, space opera mechanics, and YouTube copyright fallout

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 350. This week, we mark the Day of Dredd as Rebellion expands Judge Dredd across tech, apparel, and high-end collectables ahead of his 50th anniversary. We investigate the sudden publishing split between Renegade Game Studios and White Wolf over the World of Darkness, celebrate Slithy Tove Games winning October's RPG Publisher Spotlight, and dive into an interview with Sixmorevodka's Marko Djurdjevic on Degenesis and his new fantasy project Orken. Plus: Critical Role co-publishing Rockbeasts, 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan earning the Woman Grandmaster title, and Solodark fairy tale horror.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/242946/audio-exp-350-day-of-dredd-world-of-darkness-fractures-and-deconstructing-orcs/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 349. This week, we examine UK Games Expo's strict ban on generative AI across all NEC exhibition halls and break down our interview with QuestXR on adapting Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying for outdoor augmented reality using the ORC licence. We also cover EN World battling 90,000 automated AI scraping bots, look at Sirius Dice releasing resin-ship Star Trek polyhedrals despite WotC cancelling the MTG beginner box, and discuss Kazakh billionaire Timur Turlov winning the World Chess presidency. Plus: Sekiro getting a Crunchyroll anime, Ballads of the Lilypond, and the Heavy Gear 4e bundle.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/242669/audio-exp-349-ai-bans-ar-tabletop-under-orc-and-star-trek-dice/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 348. This week, we analyse the major leadership transition at Steve Jackson Games as Steve steps down to return to game design, evoking memories of the 1990 Secret Service raid. We examine Dan Ayoub’s strategy to de-risk Dungeons & Dragons through external licensing, discuss Red Ruin Publishing's non-commercial Dragon Warriors agreement, and evaluate executive changes across the UK convention circuit as Mark Cooke joins UKGE and Dragonmeet heads to ExCeL London. Plus: Modiphius's 95% price cut on Dune, AR tabletop experiments, and a towering Lara Croft in Derby.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/242467/audio-exp-348-secret-service-echoes-convention-realignment-and-fire-sales/

Back after a two-week break on the ground at the Royal Highland Centre, Girdy recaps Tabletop Scotland breaking attendance records with over 5,000 unique visitors and explores what Gamehole Publishing bringing their organised play to UK Games Expo 2027 means for British D&D. We also examine the routine Companies House paperwork that triggered an online crowdfunding panic for Steamforged Games, celebrate Red Ruin Publishing as our September spotlight studio, and share an exclusive from Handiwork Games on their upcoming open licence for Cold City and Hot War. Plus: IWGB union advocacy, Monte Cook’s Black Sun adaptation, origami corruption mechanics in Death to the Technomancer, Munchkin 5.5e, and Le Creuset sending cookware into space.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/242204/audio-exp-347-convention-records-organised-play-and-backer-anxiety/

Welcome to Audio EXP episode 346. This week, we expose how AI tech companies are buying up and physically destroying out-of-print tabletop RPGs for model training, and look at Chaosium launching an original IP with the Time Without Tide d6 quickstart. We also sit down with Paul Vincent of Table Cat Games to discuss Street Wolves, cover Dark Sun veterans reuniting on Dragon Kings 5e with native psionics, and review White Wolf dropping the Drama mechanic from Vampire 6e.

About Audio EXP

Audio EXP is Geek Native's podcast. Each week, there's some favourite or exciting geeky news, conventions, interviews, and thought pieces. The average length of the podcast is around 10 minutes.

You will find a transcript of this week's podcast and links to the stories mentioned here: https://www.geeknative.com/241612/audio-exp-346-book-destruction-chaosiums-new-ip-and-fringe-finales/