Episode 5
August 15th, 2005
We have a full house this week on the podcast. My wife sits in with us to discuss how to make random encounters more interesting, and a couple of other gamers from our group offer their viewpoints as well. Here’s what we cover:
- We mention a couple of Podcasts - Starting Now and the Knights of the Dinner Table
- We also give a plug to Sword’s Edge Publishing and World Works Games
- We also allude to some very interesting interviews coming up after GenCon…More on that later
- We look at some of the great stuff available on the Wizards of the Coast Website, including
- The System Reference Document
- The Download Section with free downloads of older modules and source materials
- Web enhancements
- Campaign specific material for Forgotten Relams and Eberron
- NPC Background Generator
- Instant Dragon Generator
- Random Name Generator
- Random Tavern Generator
- Peter Adkinson’s NPC Generator
- Map updates for the Forgotten Realms Atlas CD-ROM
- We discuss how to make use of limited space for playing with miniatures, and mention a magnetic dry-erase board from Kling Magnetics
- We discuss some ways of make random encounters more meaningful to the game
- Our poll this week asks “What Kind of gamer are you?“
And in other news, we are now proud members of the Sci-Fi Podcast Network! There are some great podcasts over there covering everything from gaming to sci-fi and fantasy books to Star Wars and Firefly. If you are a Sci-Fi/Fantasy geek at all (and I have a feeling that some of you, like me, are), head over there and check out the available podcasts.
Also, I want to give a quick mention to Games to Order, a great site for buying RPGs, comic books, and board games online (and I’m not just saying this because I’ve known the owner since we were 11 years old!) They are also developing some games that are set to be released early next year, and we plan to get Jordan, the owner, on the podcast to talk about them a little when they come out.
And, ummmm….Yeah. I think that’s about it.
