The D6 Generation

In this lost chapter Stephen Buonocore of Stronghold Games joins us as we have a book club episode and discuss what we liked about the Expanse Series by James S.A. Corey.

Raef "Hollywood" Granger returns to the third chair as we talk about the often tricky topic of "Game Group Dyanamics."  How do you keep a long running game group together.

Later we dive into Space Cadets: Dice Duel from Stronghold games.  Can a box of fancy dice and some bits of cardboard simulate the tension and drama of a starship bridge during combat? We'll tackle this and other pressing questions!

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: 

- Total Fan Girl

- Do You Ever Notice 

- The Hollywood Minute

- News

- & More

If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.

, latest gaming news, great stores, & more!

 

 ==Quick Reference==

The News:  1 hr 8 min

Game Group Dynamics:  1hr 16 min 

Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 16 min

Hollywood Minute: 2 hr 22 min

Space Cadets: Dice Duel detailed review: 2 hr 34 min 

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

Craig's Blog:

Russ's Blog: 

Total Fan Girl Blog: 

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Raef "Hollywood" Granger returns and helps Craig and Russ talk about various  campaign mechanics seen in boardgames.

Famed Welsh storyteller Own Staton joins Craig and Russ this week in the third chair! Since we have a story teller we thought it might be fun to see what happens when you throw out a character concept and let him run wild creating an on-the-spot backstory.  Join us as Russ grabs character key words from a variety of RPG systems and Craig and Owen try to create compelling backgrounds with no prep time!

Later it's time to dive into one of Russ's favorite finds at GenCon 2013: Level 7: Omega Protocol from Privateer Press.  What makes this game so innovative? And is it really fair to call it "X-Com the board game?" 

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: 

- Total Fan Girl

- Do You Ever Notice 

- The Hollywood Minute

- News

- & More

If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.

, latest gaming news, great stores, & more!

 

 ==Quick Reference==

The News:   54 min

Live Character Backgrounds:  1 hr 

Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 47 min

Hollywood Minute: 1 hr 53 min

Level 7: Omega Protocol detailed review: 2 hr 2 min 

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

Craig's Blog:

Russ's Blog: 

Total Fan Girl Blog: 

Pulp Gamer Network:

In book 63 Owen Staton, famed Welsh story teller, joins Craig and Russ discuss story telling in games.

 to view the full Lost Chapter collection.

Colen McAlister of Lone Wolf Development puts on his brown coat and joins us in the third chair for a Firefly episode!

We aim to misbehave and talk a long spell about Firefly: The Game from Galeforce 9.  Does GF9 have a sophmore slump or another fantastically themed game? Our detailed review which covers all the components and mechanics will give you enough info to decide for yourself.

But up first: Since Colen is on the show we ask him to give us an update on Lone Wolf Development. How is Realm Works coming along? And how is all that other great software doing?

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: 

- Total Fan Girl

- Do You Ever Notice 

- The Hollywood Minute

- News

- & More

If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.

, latest gaming news, great stores, & more!

 

 ==Quick Reference==

The News:   1 hr 0 min

Realm Works & Lone Wolf:  1 hr 10 min

Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 49 min

Hollywood Minute: 1 hr 56 min

Firefly: The Game detailed review: 2 hr 12 min 

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

Craig's Blog:

Russ's Blog: 

Total Fan Girl Blog: 

Pulp Gamer Network:

In book 62 Craig and Russ discuss the games reviewed way back in episodes 44-70 and determine "where are they now?"

 to view the full Lost Chapter collection.

We went to Gen Con 2013 and filled the third chair with an entire mob of fanatical gamers!  

The mob tells us not only what is hot at Gen Con this year in Achievements in gaming, but they also are fantastic sports and come up with all kinds of crazy silliness in our annual "Play by Mob" event.

Later Crag and Russ catch up with Matt Wilson, the creative mind behind Privateer Press.  We chat with him about what he and PP are up to as we walk the streets of Indianapolis.  

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: 

- Total Fan Girl

- Do You Ever Notice 

- The Hollywood Minute

- News

- & More

If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.

, latest gaming news, great stores, & more!

 

 ==Quick Reference==

The News:   43 min

Play by Mob:  48 min

Total Fan Girl: 1 hr 20 min

Hollywood Minute: 1 hr 27 min

Matt Wilson Interview: 1 hr 39 min 

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

The Stephen Hawking Video: 

Craig's Blog:

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Total Fan Girl Blog: 

Pulp Gamer Network:

Colen from Lone Wolf Development joins Craig and Russ to discuss the best ways to attract folks to your booth and engage gamers in your games and products.  With samples from GenCon 2013.

It's a Megasode with David Weber, best selling author of the Honor Harrington series, in the third chair!

Up first, Craig and Russ chat with David and the folks at Evergreen Films about their work on the upcoming Honor Harrington movie, games, and other properties.

Later the three get to chat with David about writing process and methods, how does he do it?

And we listen to some fantastic listener contest entries and award the prize for Stronghold Games Crude and Core Worlds contest.

All that and our other not-too-horrible segments including: 

- Total Fan Girl

- Do You Ever Notice 

- The Hollywood Minute

- News

- & More

If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .

 

The following fine organizations help make this show possible:

 , on behalf of friendly, professional gaming stores everywhere.

, latest gaming news, great stores, & more!

 

 ==Quick Reference==

The News:   1 hr 10 min

David Weber and Evergreen on Honor Movie & More:  1 hr 17 min

Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 26 min

Crude/CoreWorlds Contest Results: 2 hr 47 min

David Weber on Writing: 3 hr 26 min 

 

 Links Discussed in the show:

Craig's Blog:

Russ's Blog: 

Total Fan Girl Blog: 

Pulp Gamer Network: