The Sky Bear Games Podcast

Today we take a trip down memory lane to James's original obsession, Dragonlance. Come with us as we deliver a scathing review in the most loving way possible!

Credits:
Brought to you by patrons Dave Agnew and Lauren Wilson. Thank you for your support!
Hosted by Claire and James Dunning of Sky Bear Games
Theme song by Brent Ahuriri

Wizards of the Coast are in the news for bad faith business practices yet again! We explore the news items, as well as how the ethics of the company creep over into the game itself, and wrap with coverage of alternative companies and systems that have different ethics at their heart.

Credits:
Brought to you by patrons Dave Agnew and Lauren Wilson. Thank you for your support!
Hosted by Claire and James Dunning of Sky Bear Games
Theme song by Brent Ahuriri
Sound effect 'Ambient battle noise: swords and shouting' by pfranzen https://freesound.org/people/pfranzen/sounds/192072/ , used under CC BY 3.0 licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Today we cover the ubiquitous Forgotten Realms. Often considered the generic kitchen sink of settings, we go into why it isn't just that, covering its history, recommending some books and games to get into, and doing a retrospective of our most Forgotten Realms campaign experience, Storm King's Thunder.

Sorry about the fuzzy sound quality today. We tried a thing. It did not work.

Claire and James outline what happened with their Dragons of Tirenia campaign at Armageddon Expo, the Siege of Medilano. Covering both the storyline and the mechanics behind it, this deep dive is followed by a reflection on what went right and what could be improved in the future. Check us out on www.skybeargames.com

Tonight we talk about 6 of our complete favourites as a nice break. Check it out!

This episode, we have a lovely long conversation with our friend and fellow podcaster Benjamin Teh (https://www.facebook.com/benjamintehcreative/), DM of the Dumplings and Dragons podcast (https://dumplingsndragons.podbean.com/ and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoRRuYeg0Eqbu9vsl2TYfWg) . We talk about his DMing experiences, Asian representation in gaming, and lots more.
The video we reference a lot at the beginning is this one, Weaving Asian Stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWg4k8Yl0KA&t=2s

Claire and James get all heated about recent gaming news and give some hot takes, and then delve into their back catalogue of failures and mistakes made while running tabletop RPGs.

This week James and Claire interview River Brooking, an admin for the Dungeons & Dragons NZ Facebook page about the cultural appropriation that has taken place in the community, and the fallout after a new rule was introduced to the group to try and combat it.

Claire and James cover a couple of news stories and some suggestions for gaming in the time of Covid-19, including Marvel Champions, Spring Falls, A Short Hike, Celeste, Lone Wolf, Doh, Fabled Lands, and replaying old favourites with a new spin - try roleplaying!

Some resources mentioned in this episode:
The Fabled Lands free game: http://flapp.sourceforge.net/
The Lone Wolf free website: https://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Books
The Marvel Champions fan-make website: https://hallofheroeslcg.com/

Claire and James of Sky Bear Games do a deep dive on Ravenloft past and present.