Noise from the Basement Episode 2 – Gen Con 2014

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Better late than never Ty and Troy get together in the B.o.D. to share their highlights of this year’s GenCon and discuss some books they are reading.

We ended up recording this in about four parts due to my issues with Garageband on the iPad so the conversation jumps around a little bit.

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Interesting Links:

Space Hulk

Thunder Road

Dead Of Winter

Star Realms

National Novel Writing Month

Extra Life

Jo Walton’s Patrick Rothfuss re-read

21 Days to A Novel by Micheal Stackpole

30 Years of D&D – Pat Rothfuss Blog

Books we talked about:

Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who

The Slow Regard of Silent Things  

Half a King 

Wool by Hugh Howey

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Rogues by George R.R. Martin

Cibola Burns by James S.A. Corey

Daemon 

Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez

Wild West Exodus: The Jesse James Archives – Honor Among Outlaws by Craig Gallant

the Road to Gen Con (the RPG)

On August 13, members of the Basement of Death crew departed in three overland vehicles from Milwaukee and one aircraft from Seattle.  The destination Indianapolis and Gen Con 2014.  This is their story…

 

More Gen Con 2014 coverage coming soon.

Games, Booze and the Art of… Episode 13

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The GenCon “Prepisode”!  Josh, Ty, John and Troy preview GenCon 2014 and share tips and tricks from their 60+ years of combined GenCon experience.

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** Listener Beware! ** GBatAo sometimes contains explicit language and themes. It’s not safe for work, children or the easily offended.

GBatAo theme music is by FADEBACK

 

Links to things we talked about (sometimes called “show notes”):

 www.GenCon.com

and too many items to put in the notes…

 

Apologies for the background noise in the recording.  The B.o.D. is a great place to play games but maybe not the best to record a podcast 🙂

Games, Booze and the Art of… Episode 12

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All three Weis brothers Troy, John and Ben join Ty and Josh in the BoD Brewhaus.  They talk about Ty and Josh’s recent trip to  New Orleans, video games, the lack of game playing, the bee’s knees and Ty and Josh’s trip to New Orleans.

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** Listener Beware! ** GBatAo sometimes contains explicit language and themes. It’s not safe for work, children or the easily offended.

GBatAo theme music is by FADEBACK

Be sure to check out our sponsor Fat Kid Revolution

 

Links to things we talked about (sometimes called “show notes”):

Pokemon Rumble

Bachelor Challenge

Sails of Glory

Heroes of the Storm

Eternal Crusade (4oK MM0)

Blood Bowl for tablet

Deathwing

Tinder

Seasons

Heroes of Cosplay

 Zombicide Season 3

WH40K Conquest

 Ty and Josh’s Trip to New Orleans

 

Games, Booze and the Art of… Episode 11

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Tommy is back! He joins Josh, Ty, Troy and John for a few words in the BoD Brewhaus.

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** Listener Beware! ** GBatAo sometimes contains explicit language and themes. It’s not safe for work, children or the easily offended.

GBatAo theme music is by FADEBACK

Be sure to check out our sponsor Fat Kid Revolution

 

Links to things we talked about (sometimes called “show notes”):

 Nexus Game Fair

 

 

Noise from the Basement – Episode 1

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** Warning! ** NftB sometimes contains explicit language and themes. It’s not safe for work, children or the easily offended.

Books we talked about:

The Martian: A Novel 

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse) 

Caliban’s War (Expanse 2) by James S. A. Corey 

Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse) 

 Daemon 

Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez

The Gunslinger: The Dark Tower I by Stephen King

The Wind Through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel  

Betrayer (Horus Heresy) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden