The Tome Show

This episode features a review of Heroes of Shadow including the excellent regular Quinn Murphy.

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Pick of the Episode - Heroes of Shadow

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Contest

At-Will Blog (which Quinn runs and Jeff contributes to)

Fighter renaming article

In this episode we talk about using puzzles in your game with the help of Marcelo Dior.

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Noble Knight Pick - Open Grave

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New Life Contest

Sly Flourish

Gamecrafters - where Marcelo occasionally blogs

Voices of The Third Earth - Marcelo's Portuguese language network

Fighting Fantasy books - used for inspiration at least once

In this episode we are joined by Mike Shea from Sly Flourish, who recently wrote a book about running epic tier games. So we thought it would be nice to bring him in to join us for a chat about how to run epic games. He also decided to throw in copies of his epic book into our contest...enter now to win!

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Noble Knight Pick of the Episode - Death's Reach (epic tier adventure)

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Sly Flourish

Sly Flourish - DM Tips Book

Sly Flourish - Epic Book

Sly Flourish - Twitter

WotC's new Monster Builder

Amazon.com Widgets

At-Will

Critical Hits article on the “out”

WotC has recently been releasing a whole bunch of D&D-related accessories that aren't sorucebooks. Fortune Cards, a DM screen, and even a board game.

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Noble Knight Pick of the Episode - Lots

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New Life Contest

Tracy's Adventure

D&D Website with the new Monster "Builder"

WotC Encounter Design Contest

Gold's Guide to Competitive Game Mastering (featuring Jeff and Tracy)

At-Will Speed of Decision article

Icosahedraphelia post on Fortune Cards

Gale Force 9

Litko Aero Systems

Wolfgang Baur and Matt James talked to us in this episode to talk about the three great products that Open Design gave us to give away to you in the Tome's New Life Contest. Hear about Courts of the Shadow Fey, Soldiers of Fortune, and the Kobold's Guide to Game Design Vol. 3.

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Pick of the Episode - Flip Mat Keep

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Open Design/Kobold Quarterly

Greg Bilsland joins Tracy and Jeff in this episode to talk about monster design as we build a Nilshai and then talk about House Rules.

Sponsor:

Pick of the Episode - Q-Workshop's Giant d20s

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Greg's Blog

Contest Page

Greg's Appearance on Tiger Beat Magazine!

In this episode Jeff and Tracy are joined by Dave Chalker and Mike Shea as they explore Gamma World

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Picks: 4e D&D Gamma World and 24 box of Gamma World booster packs

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Contest Page

Mike Mearls - An Introduction

Chris Perkins - Surprise! Epic Goblins!

Gamma World Junkulator

WotC Gamma World Interactive Character Sheet

GW Condition Cards

GW Char Origin Cards

Great Debate Podcast

The Weapon Shoppe: Expanded Weapon Tables for D&D Gamma World

Bart Carroll, the big web guy over at D&D joined us in this episode to talk about playing dark PCs and then answering rapid-fire questions from Twitter.

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Pick of the Episode - Plague of Spells

Amazon.com Widgets

Links

Bart Carroll's Twitter

Jeff's latest Loremaster article about using Fortune Cards

Tracy's latest Loremaster article about enhancing your story

Sly Flourish

Forum

Contest Page

Ethan Parker joins me in this episode where we build an Essentials Druid to capture an old school feel and discuss strategies to incorporate published adventures into your game.

Sponsor:

Pick of the Episode - Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdom

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KantCon Pre-Pre-Registration on Kickstarter

Gamer's Haven Podcast

KantCon

New Life Contest

Forums

Gold

There are a few good options for tracking your campaign online, both of which are supporting the Tome's New Life contest and both of which talked to us in this episode. So check out Epic Words and Obsidian Portal in this episode of the Tome Show!

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Pick of the Episode - Lords of Madness Case

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Obsidian Portal

Epic Words

Tome Show Forum

Tome's Cast Page

WotC's Organized Play Announcement

New Life Contest Page

The Dumpstat - blog where Organized Play Announcement was brought to our attention