With a new 5th edition Ravenloft book coming out next month, we thought it was high time we did another Ravenloft episode. This time we go deep on the metaplot of Ravenloft during it's main run in 2nd edition, and give our Top 5 adventures/supplements that can still be found on DriveThruRPG, though the Top 5 sort of turns into a Top 20, sorta. SPOILERS, like ALLLLLL the way through the episode! If you think you're going to be a player in any of these 2nd edition metaplot events ever, maybe skip this episode. Also sorry about the recording quality. I really messed up with the recording this time, but with some Audacity magic I was able to make it somewhat listenable. Sorry for it being a bit sub-quality though.

Today we go over our Pokemon origin stories, some thoughts about the real world implications and the ethics of the Pokemon phenomenon, and we battle our top 12 Pokemon to found out who is the very best in a totally "objective" and "scientific" way.

In this episode, we discuss Asian Creativity with Benjamin Teh, in the wake of the Atlanta shootings in March 2021.

Please note regarding the list of names: The version of the news story that Ben found and read misspelled the first name of Delaina Yaun. The story also misspelled Xiaojie Tan's last name based on information provided by the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office. The story was also updated to include full and correct names for Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant and Soon Chung Park.

Here is a charity to donate to to support the Asian American community in Georgia during this difficult time: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-georgias-asian-american-community/

Here is another charity cause to donate to from artist Shaun Yu Yong Jian: https://fortifystr.myshopify.com/products/standard-postcard

Here is the Spinoff’s article about Anti-Asian hate in New Zealand: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-03-2021/anti-asian-hate-and-violence-is-not-confined-to-america-it-is-right-here-in-nz-too/

Recommendations made in the episode:

Golden Threads can be purchased and downloaded at: https://allanxia.itch.io/golden-threads

Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall is available here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/338920/Jiangshi-Blood-in-the-Banquet-Hall

Asians Represent podcast can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/aznsrepresent/featured

More info about Ten Thousand Coins can be found here: https://www.tenthousandcoins.com/

The Islands of Sina Una is available here: https://hitpointpress.com/the-islands-of-sina-una-campaign-pdf/

You can find the Dumplings and Dragons podcast, hosted by our friend and guest Benjamin Teh, here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoRRuYeg0Eqbu9vsl2TYfWg

Today we finally bite the bullet and do an episode all about Magic the Gathering, which we have a complex relationship with. We cover its strengths and weaknesses, and our completely subjective Top Five sets.

Today we deep dive into the D&D setting Dark Sun: its history, major details, and our top five favourite monsters!

Today we give you our top tips on how to create greater immersion in your tabletop roleplaying games.

This episode we get to have a conversation with Alex and Eric, the hosts of the Bundle Buddies podcast, a weekly game review podcast focused on the contents of the itch.io bundle for Racial Justice and Equality. They are absolutely crack up and well worth tuning into. Look up Bundle Buddies on I Heart Media, Podbean, and many more podcast distributors.
We talk with them on many topics, loosely based around the keyword 'Nostalgia'.
Apologies for the issues with the sound from our end. We have learnt a few more lessons of what not to do when recording! We have done our best to tidy it up but there are a few moments where we are not as clear as Alex and Eric are.

In this quick episode we go over our six favourite licensed games: two roleplaying, two board/card, and two electronic games.

This week we have our special guest Lauren Wilson - producer, voice actor, sound engineer, work wife, cheerleader, you name it! - talking with me about the plans Sky Bear Games have in store for 2021. We had a fun conversation, but unfortunately large chunks of it got corrupted through me being terrible at all this recording guff. I've learnt a few lessons, that's for sure! But I have stitched together what I could, so please enjoy!

There have been developments in the story about Dragonlance! Join us for this short episode of James's hot takes and theories.
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Hosted by Claire and James Dunning. Music by Brent Ahuriri.