Plot Points

How do you have a normal life after being transported to a magical world, meeting fairies, and being a hero? Well, Becky Annison thinks you'd be likely to end up in therapy. She explores this in "When the Dark is Gone" from Seven Wonders, a story game collection from Pelgrane Press!

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Of Dice and Men is "The story of Dungeons & Dragons and the people who play it." Is it a first stab at a new kind of literature, or too basic for the veteran gamer? Ben, Sarah, and Brad come near blows discussing it!

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Rules Cyclopedia was a 1991 compendium of Basic Dungeon & Dragon rules. The rules are fast, light, and fun as hell. Hear Ben Riggs talk about why that's so, and the history of the Basic D&D line. 

Also, Ben talks about his research for his book, and learning something about Gen Con owner Peter Adkison he didn't know.

Check out Designers & Dragons, Shannon Appelcline's history of the RPG industry. 

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What happens when an assassin, a murderer, a dark cleric, and elf Hitler go into a dungeon? To find out, listen to this actual play podcast put out by Plot Points! The gang uses the rules as laid down in the Rules Cyclopedia, which compiled the D&D rules contained in the boxed sets everybody loved back in the 1980's!

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Ben hit the Midwinter Gaming Convention yesterday and talked to a number of fascinating makers. Ben talked to Todd Nicholas of Wheel Tree Press, and his new game of of dark fantasy, politics, and intrigue called The Sword, the Crown, and the Unspeakable Power, Sean Jaffe, creator of a game of 1980s suburban horror, Rememorex, Erikka Kroeger of SeWeird Galactic Accessories who makes beautiful dice bags, and Peter Petrusha, creator of Dreamchaser, a story-building game.

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Ben Riggs happened to watch Greg Stafford doing some good at Gen Con in 2015. This episode tells that story. 

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Flying gangsters. Superspeed thieves. FBI agents who can sense your lies. All these wonders and more await between the covers of Capers, the superpowered RPG of 1920s action! The Plot Points gang takes a hard look at the game, and it's revolutionary mechanics. 

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Halflings and gnomes are D&D staples, but does the game really need two short races of tinkerers and tricksters? The Plot Points gang discusses in their final look at Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.  

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Brad and Sarah interview the players of the Theatre of the Mind Players. Get to know the whole cast and hear what they plan to do down the road. A healthy dose of laughter is included in this interview as well. We hope you all enjoy and thanks for listening! 

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The Plot Points gang continues their chapter delve of Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. This month, they take a good hard look at the Gith. 

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