You Can Hack It

This episode is about the life cycle of NPCs, from creation, to their use in the game, to their removal from the game. If you have any comments you can go to the You Can Hack It Forum located at Spooky Outhouse Productions. Also check out the website for You Can Hack It.

This episode explores the fight mechanics of Burning Wheel, and explores some alternatives to this complex system. Update: This is the last Episode of Season 1 to be recorded (4 or 5 months ago) and Season 2 is on its way!

This episode has two segments. Segment one is about the role of antagonists in a game, and running them effectively. Segment two is an interview with Kyle and Katie, a married couple who game together regularly.

This episode is about managing the social expectations at the gaming table. Recording update: We are recording on a monthly to semi-monthly schedule right now. We will have another episode out in week or two. Show mentions: We haven't got them yet, but since we haven't got a podcast out in a month, we are pushing this one through and get the show notes up later If you have any comments you can go to the You Can Hack It Forum located at Spooky Outhouse Productions. Also check out the website for You Can Hack It.

This episode is about our experiences with the Warhammer 40,000 miniatures wargame. Show mentions: One World Night Sang Nordique Games Workshop Space Hulk Video Game Mouse Guard Dungeons and Dragons Imagine Games and Hobbies Miniwargaming Army Builder Games Workshop Attacks Fans Ravellry Warhammer 40K Forums Dakka Dakka Heresy Online If you have any comments you can go to the You Can Hack It Forum located at Spooky Outhouse Productions.

This episode is some banter about our Christmas holidays, and a look at social fallacies and how they relate to gaming. Show mentions:  The Five Geek Social Fallacies Social Fallacies The Podge Cast Rifts  *This podcast is a little late in coming out. I know everybody understands the Christmas madness. And as they say, better late than never. Enjoy! *Edit: This podcast is later than Jan 6th, but that is when it was posted, but we have been having a lot of problems with our feedsite lately, so thank you for listening!

The website is officially up! Woho! I finally found out about server side include (thank you Wil), and found some time to make a go of it. Not all the links are up yet (Jon's and I personal pages for example), but all the episodes and external links are working just dandy. The official website is now http://members.shaw.ca/hackit/ We are also officially part of Spooky Outhouse, and I would like to thank David Pinilla for welcoming us to the communitty there. We are looking forward to being supporting, and supporting our fellow podcasters there. Christmas is fast approaching, and it does not look like our forum space will be up before then, but look for it in the new year (Spooky Outhouse Forums)! This will be where we will be soliciting feeback for all our episodes. So just hold a bit longer, and then you will be able to inundate us with your thoughts, feelings, and generally feedbackery. Merry Christmas all, and look for Episode 9 coming out in a few days (I have included a promo add we did for our podcast, just for your enjoyment). ~Kyle

This episode is a preview of the Role Playing Game Freemarket, by Luke Crane and Jared A. Sorensen. The release date of Freemarket is set for March of 2010. Show mentions:  Freemarket Website Story Games Freemarket thread RPG.net Freemarket Thread Sons of Kryos Scott Westerfeld Aldous Huxley Brave New World Cory Doctorow Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Maslow's hierarchy of needs

This episode we discuss solutions to three barriers that get in the way of playing RPGs: Learning the game, finding gaming space, and setting a time to play. Show mentions: Google MailGoogle DocumentsGoogle CalendarFreeMarketPrimeTime Adventures

This episode is about learning a new game and teaching others how to play it. It features our friend Jeff Steinke, and we make use of his experience as an elementary school teacher to help us with the thorny issue of teaching the game. This is part two of a two part discussion. Show mentions: In a Wicked Age Burning Wheel Freemarket Dungeons and Dragons 4E Learning Styles Phases of Learning Primetime Adventures Xorn Warhammer 40,000 Dan Abnett Swashbucklers of the Seven Skies Louis Riel Abraham Lincoln