For the first time Carlos and Ben have 3 guest hosts on the podcast to discuss board games and League of Legends. It may be a crowded room, but there’s a diverse experience where it comes to the hobby with this group (except for League of Legends, which is apparently the only MOBA game they all play).
Monthly Archives: May 2012
COTB 007 – Game Master tips and classic anime
Carlos and Ben discuss the Tupac hologram, the Avengers movie domination, tips and tricks for new game masters, and great anime suggestions.
Dice Tower Awards 2011
Honestly, I almost don’t want to mention this, given that we’re trying to add a board game section to our podcast, and Dice Tower is the king of board game podcasts, but here goes…
They have an awards event every year. It’s a bit under promoted for no apparent reason, so here’s a small attempt to correct that…
http://www.dicetowernews.com/dice-tower-awards-for-2011/
Check them out, listen to all 250+ episodes, then subscribe! Â Then come back here once we get our podcast rolling with board games…
Note that this list has completely become my “must buy” list. Some really good stuff on there.
The full list, if you’re lazy, is here
Speaking of isms in geekery…
Lots of things have come up this week.
- Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting – Author John Scalzi attempts to talk about privilege in a gamified way, because a lot of people get freaked out by the term.
- A Look at Sexism in Fantasy by Sarah Darkmagic. This is in reaction to the Sexism in Fantasy article at WotC that BJ and I briefly touched on at the end of the last podcast. (Also, the Prismatic Art Collection Kickstarter that she’s running will be over soon, so check it out.)
- (Trigger warning: sexual assault.) Finally, Kickstarter Cancels Tentacle Rape Card Game, from the Border House blog. Links to a lot of related discussion there. (I believe there will be additional commentary from Geek Girls Rule soon.) This one brings up lots of issues, so I’m really interested in what she’s going to say.
COTB 006 – Geek music and DnD 5th edition news
Carlos and BJ cover the world of geek music and then spend some time discussing the recent news and changes coming from Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.
COTB 005 – Guild Wars 2 and Tables Top Games
Carlos and BJ discuss the upcoming Guild Wars 2 massive multi-player online role playing game and the sea of table top games out there. Special thanks for Terrence Vitali for helping clean up the audio file (we’ll get Carlos’s mic fixed for the next episode).