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#1 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Random Encounter
Welcome to Random Encounter #1. These will be shorter than our normal episodes and feature our discussion of current news or releases and possibly a game review or two. This first episode we touch on the news about D&D Beyond, Exploding Kittens, and what we thought of the D&D Direct announcements. We finish with our review of the Ryan Laukat game The Ancient World.
Random Encounter #1 – Playin' & Slayin'
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Things
- D&D Beyond
- Exploding Kittens Netflix
- Marvel Multiverse RPG playtest rulebook by Matt Forbeck
- D&D Direct
- The Ancient World by Ryan Laukat
#60 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Adepticon 2022
Adepticon is back! Troy, Brice, and Ty share their time at the World’s Premiere Wargaming Convention. Before that the guys cover everything they have been playing, hobbying, and consuming in the last month+.
#60 – Adepticon 2022 – Playin' & Slayin'
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Kemet Blood and Sand
- Galaxy Trucker
- HeroQuest
- Space Hulk
- D&D
- Milwaukee by Night – Vampire 5E https://www.twitch.tv/mr_mephisto
- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfSfHo1hSnhzhaeY68RXAut8ZRDXTDzWp
- ARcana
- Conquest: Last Argument of Kings
- Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands
- Elden Ring
- Blood Rage on Boardgame Arena
- Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
- Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Day of Ascension by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Angels of Death on Warhammer+
- DMZ on HBO / comic by Brian Wood
- Age of Ash – Daniel Abraham of James SA Corey
- An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1) by Hank Green
- A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor (The Carls, #2) by Hank Green
- The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
- GamingGeek – Adepticon 2022: What I Played & VIG Loot Haul
- Sepulchre of Heroes
- Geek Nation Tours
#59 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Brice is Back
The whole gang is here! We welcome Brice back and discuss our hobby objectives for 2022.
#59 – Playin' and Slayin' – Brice is Back – Playin' & Slayin'
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Magnate
- My City
- D&D – Rime of the Frostmaiden
- HeroQuest
- Guess Who
- World of WarCraft: Wrath of the Lich King Boardgame
- Relic
- Pokemon TCG Rumble
- Floorplan
- Chronicles of Crime
- The Crew
#58 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Favorites of 2021
Happy Holidays! It’s the end of the year so the trio shares their favorites of 2021.
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- My City
- Gloomhaven (PC)
- HeroQuest
- Shotguns & Sorcery for 5E
- Fables D&D Campaign
- Vox Machina – Kith and Kin
- Rangers of Shadow Deep
#57 – Playin’ and Slayin’ Matt and Marty Forbeck Shotguns and Sorcery
In this episode we decided to double down on the RPG theme and enjoyed a great discussion with author and game designer Matt Forbeck and his son Marty. In the midst of a Kickstarter campaign for Shotguns and Sorcery for 5E Matt and Marty sat down to talk about the game, the development process, and all things gaming with the crew. Be sure to check out their Kickstarter which is open until November 16th at 9:00 PM CST https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/forbeck/shotguns-and-sorcery-for-5e
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
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Shotguns and Sorcery Kickstarter
- Matt Forbeck
- Marty Forbeck
#56 – Playin’ and Slayin’ – Mr. Mephisto
In episode we are joined by the Maestro of ChatGang, Ranter of RantCasts, Mr. Mephisto! After a super-size banter, we rant with Meph on RPGs and the “forever” GM syndrome. Listen to the end to hear Mephisto give brief answers for the first time ever in the Quickfire challenge!
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Things we’ve been playin’ and slayin’ (show notes)
- Mr. Mephisto
- Chronicles of Crime
- Undaunted
- The Crew
- PC – New World MMO
- Zombie Dice
- Marvels
- Midnight Mass
- The Guilty
- Books
- Warhawk by Chris Wraight
- (Annotated) American Gods by Neil Gaiman
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- Wisdom of Crowds by Joe Abercombie
- The Blade Itself by Joe Abercombie
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