The Dragon’s Landing podcast began in July 2005. With podcasting becoming more and more popular and new podcasts springing up daily, we noticed a distinct lack of podcasts dedicated to tabletop RPG gamers. We aim to fill that void.
Our goal is to deliver ideas for both players and game masters, interviews with authors and game designers, and reviews of gaming products, with a little humor and entertainment thrown in for good measure.
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Lonnie Ezell (he’s the guy in the photo to your left) has been a Role-Player for more than 20 years, even after his mother forced him to burn all of his D&D books as a child because they were “evil”. He is the father of twin boys, and in his professional life he is a freelance writer and web mechanic. His real passions in life, however, lie in gaming, playing music, and writing. He has recently completed his first novel, Daughter of the Sun , and it is available for purchase at his website . He has also informed Chuck that within three years, he intends for the two of them to cut a CD of original music. Chuck is skeptical on this point… |
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Chuck Tinsley(The guy in the photo with the outrageous hat) started out his college career as a Theatre major, switching majors to an English Literature major when he was only 9 credit hours short of graduating with a Theatre Degree and insuring that he would remain in school an additional two years. No one is certain why he did this. After spending way too many years working at a marketing firm, he decided to be laid off from two jobs in a row (within the span of 3 months) so that he could return to school and get a degree in computers. He now spends his days sitting in front of a computer screen programming COBOL. Chuck has been an avid gamer since he was eleven years old. He never had to burn any of his books. In fact, getting him to let go of any of the tomes he has kept for more than two decades would probably require an act of God. While he has a writing degree, his job, side projects (::cough:: Podcast ::cough::), wife, and kids leave him little time for writing. They also are a convenient excuse, since he could really find time to write if he would just get off his butt and do it. |
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| Our studio… Ok so this isn’t really our studio, but imagine if it was…ahh the Sultan Game table…one can dream! In reality though our studio, while not as grand as this, doubles as our gaming room on Saturday nights. It is decked out with old recliners, every role-playing book I own, miniatures, several sculptures of dragons, lots of posters of dragons and wizards, paraphernalia from past gaming sessions, and (for some reason) a water softener. It is the most quiet and comfortable room in the whole house, and it seemed appropriate to use it as the podcast’s studio. |
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| The Mixer is from Behringer, a Eurorack MX802A. It has eight channels, three-band EQ, phantom power, and more little bells and whistles than we can possibly use right now (I expect that will change in the future, though). The microphones we use are Avlex DV69 cardioid dynamic vocal microphones. |
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| We run all this through my trusty Compaq Presario R3000 laptop computer, and edit the show together using some very good and inexpensive editing software from Acoustica called Mixcraft. For our interviews, we prefer to use Skype, which is freely available Voice Over IP software, and we record the interviews using a Skype add-on called Hot Recorder. |
NPC Guest Hosts
While feverishly waiting for long awaited 100th episode, some fans and longtime listeners of the show contacted Chuck and Lonnie about guest hostings. They graciously agreed to allow them to tend the bar while they quested about the realms for some as yet unknown item that will assist them with the 100th Episode and beyond. The last dispatch from the Chuck, Lonnie and History Dave was from a Centaur asking for Iron Rations and something about Black Hills Goblins. Though rumors circulate that Chuck & Lonnie are multi-classing as Bards.
Rob aka “TheMetal1″
An avid gamer throughout the 1980s, Rob took a break just before college. After a hiatus of some years, he rekindled his interest in all things gaming starting first with minature war gaming which inevitabley brought him back to the Roleplaying arena. He is currently working on the tail end of a Masters degree program, when not reading the lastest gaming supplement, ruleset, gaming blog or painting minatures.
Steve aka “Glinbog”
From the land that has given the world Shakespeare, the King James Bible, the English Language and Warhammer 40,000, so too now has the United Kingdom given rise to the Epic podcasting personality known as Glinbog. Steve has been a gamer for many years now and when not playing World of Warcraft he has a huge passion for game and adventure design.
NPC Studio:
Rob and Steve record their sessions from their respective residences via Skype, using Tapur and editing with Audacity on their home computers.
