Breaking the Ice review and Jennifer Rodgers interview

Show notes:

• 0:31 - Paul and Brennan are back with another episode, this time the list of new things on the site is pretty full.
  • 1001 Nights
  • Solipsist
  • Trail of Cthulhu
  • Monsters and Other Childish Things
  • Sceaptune Games
  • Bliss Stage: Interim Stage
  • Truth and Justice: More Power
  • A Dirty World podcast preview
  • Reign
  • Spirit of the Season
  • Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
  • Profane Miracles
• 6:27 - Breaking the Ice, by Emily Care Boss, is a game about the first three dates of a couple.
• 14:07 - Jennifer Rodgers, the artist behind such visually distinctive games as Mortal Coil and The Dictionary of Mu, talks about what excites her about doing art for games.
• 24:04 - In Pravda, Paul talks about a few problems his groups have had recently about clashes in play expectations, the idea of working in order to have fun together, and interacting outside of the game.
• 32:09 - As usual, Brennan and Paul finish things off with their Currently Playing lists, which (aside from one surprise) is business as usual.

Other Games

• Passages
• Bulldogs!
• Tomb of Horrors
• Burning Empires

Other Links

• Jennifer's interview with Ryan Macklin on Master Plan

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The Princes' Kingdom review and Jonathan Walton interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - After a brief respite last episode, Brennan has a host of new games (and comics!) to share with us, including:
  • A host of comics titles from Archaia Studios Press and Olotheros Publishing
    
  • Sons of Liberty
  • Thousand Suns
  • Avenues and Alleyways
  • Ghostories
• 5:43 - The Princes' Kingdom by Clinton R. Nixon is a reworking of Dogs in the Vineyard for children (though it's fun with adults as well).
• 12:46 - Jonathan Walton talks about his non-commercial approach to game design and the future of PUSH.
• 21:50 - In Pravda, Brennan talks about the multiple meanings of the term "indie," and Paul compares him to Stalin.
• 28:10 - As usual, Paul and Brennan conclude with what they're currently playing, which sounds very familiar.

Other Games:

• Faery's Tale
• In a Wicked Age
• Spirit of the Century
• Bulldogs!
• Burning Empires
• Reign
• Ticket to Ride: Switzerland

Other Links:

1. Water Margin
   
2. PUSH, Vol. 1

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With Great Power... review and Chad Underkoffler interview

• 0:29 - Live from Dreamation in Iselin, NJ, Paul and Brennan break form by starting with review of With Great Power..., Michael S. Miller's game of superheroic drama.
• 9:55 - Chad Underkoffler of Atomic Sock Monkey Press talks about playtesting S7S, the possibility of a second edition of Dead Inside, and the evolution of the PDQ system.
• 19:48 - In Pravda, Paul and Brennan talk about the social function of gaming conventions and the process of community building.
• 26:00 - To make up for missing time at the beginning of the show Brennan and Paul share their extensive Currently Playing lists.

Other games

• Spirit of the Century
• Questers of the Middle Realms
• Ninja Burger
• Bulldogs!
• Burning Empires
• Reign
• Grey Ranks
• Kingdom of Nothing
• The Upgrade!

Other links

• Chad's LiveJournal
• Master Mines
• Jeepform
• The Durham 3
• Sons of Kryos

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Blood and Bronze review and Shane Ivey and Benjamin Baugh interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - Welcome to the final Voice of the Revolution for 2007. Brennan talks fast to fit in all of the new games.
  • Battlelords of the Twenty-Third Century
  • Legends Walk
  • Trail of Cthulhu (pre-order)
  • GUMSHOE bundle deal
  • Monsters and Other Childish Things (pre-order)
  • Bulldogs! Psionics
• 3:53 - Blood and Bronze is a strategy game of alliances and treachery among the Greek city-states.
• 9:41 - Shane Ivey and Benjamin Baugh from Arc Dream Publishing are the creators of Monsters and Other Childish Things.
• 24:15 - This month on Pravda, Paul and Brennan share their Gaming Resolutions for 2008.
• 34:47 - Before they go, Paul and Brennan talk about what they're currently playing, which is entirely on Brennan's side this time.

Other Games:

• GODLIKE
  
• Dogs in the Vineyard
• Primetime Adventures
• Polaris
• Dirty Secrets
• Bulldogs!

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Fastlane review and Carl Rigney interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - Brennan starts things off with IPR news. New on the site:
  • Aeternal Legends
  • Blood and Bronze
  • Colonial Gothic
  • Ninja Burger Honorable Employee Handbook
  • Hard Nova: Sovereign Space
  • The Esoterrorists
• 5:57 - Fastlane, by Alexander Cherry, is the "Everything, All The Time" RPG.
  
• 12:29 - Carl Rigney, game master extraordinaire, talks about running Dogs in the Vineyard and other indie games at conventions and minicons.
• 25:42 - In Pravda, Paul and Brennan talk about deadline problems in game development.
  
• 30:22 - Before they go, Brennan and Paul share their currently playing lists, which look about like they did last time
  
Other games:
• Best Friends
• Burning Empires
• Primetime Adventures
• Mortal Coil
• Shock:
• Spirit of the Century
Other links:
• Endgame Oakland
• Philcon
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The Committee of the Exploration of Mysteries review and Seth Ben-Ezra interview

Show notes:

• 0:30 Paul and Brennan are back to start year two of the podcast. As usual, it starts with Brennan telling us what's new.
  • Bliss Stage
  • Journeying West
  • Piledrivers and Powerbombs
  • Bulldogs! Robots PDF
    
• 3:28 - The Committee of the Exploration of Mysteries is a GM-less game of competitive storytelling from Eric J. Boyd.
• 13:05 - Seth Ben-Ezra is the creator of Dirty Secrets and Legends of Alyria.
• 24:53 - In Pravda, Paul talks more about the development process for A Penny For My Thoughts.
• 36:25 - Brennan and Paul talk about what they're currently playing (which is more than last time).

Other games:

• Unknown Armies
• Spirit of the Century
• Burning Wheel
• Burning Empires
• Primetime Adventures

Other links:

• Legends of Alyria blog
• Joshua BishopRoby's outline guide
• Fist Full of Comics and Games

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Grey Ranks review and Julia Ellingboe interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - Brennan starts things off with IPR news. New on the site:
  • Og
  • Grey Ranks
  • Blossoms are Falling
  • Burning Sands: Jihad
  • The Roach Returns
  • Dirty Secrets
  • Steal Away Jordan
  • Reign
  • Death's Door, Brick Battles, Blood and Bronze
• 5:57 - Grey Ranks, by Jason Morningstar, is coming of age story set during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.
  
• 19:05 - Paul and Brennan talk with Julia Ellingboe, author of Steal Away Jordan.
  
• 30:06 - In Pravda, Paul gives us another installment of Confessions of a First-Time Game Publisher.
• 39:02 - Brennan and Paul share their currently playing lists, which this time are rather short.

Other games:

• Full Light, Full Steam
• Know Thyself
• Sons of Liberty
• Primetime Adventures
• The Shadow of Yesterday

Other links:

• Joshua BishopRoby
• The Ashcan Front
• Finis
• Sons of Kryos
• House of the Harping Monkey
• The Gamer Traveler
• Canon Puncture

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Live from GenCon 2007!

Show notes:

• 0:38 - Simon J Rogers joins Paul and Brennan at the Embassy Suites at GenCon 2007 to talk about new games that will be showing up on IPR soon.
• 2:12 - Blood and Bronze by James Brown is a diplomacy-based board game of competitive boasting. Will your Greek city-state be Without Peer?
• 5:00 - Dirty Secrets by Seth Ben-Ezra is a single-player, multiple-GM game of Raymond Chandler-esque mysteries.
• 10:32 - Steal Away Jordon by Julia Bond Ellingboe is a harrowing exploration of the history of slavery.   
• 12:27 - Simon talks about his GenCon and the impact of the D&D 4th Edition announcement on the gaming software industry.
• 16:25 - Blossoms Are Falling, a new supplement for Burning Wheel, brings the Burning Wheel core system to Heian-era Japan.
• 19:29 - Reign by Greg Stolze takes the One Roll Engine from Godlike and Wild Talents and applies it to epic fantasy.

Other games:

• The Esoterrorists
• Spirit of the Century

Other links:

• Pelgrane Press
• ProFantasy Software
• Matt Snyder’s podcast, The Score
• The Indie RPG Awards

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Perfect review and Fred Hicks interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - As usual, Brennan brings us IPR news. New on the site:
  • ORX
  • Godsend Agenda
  • Burning Empires
  • Shock 1.1
  • Mob Justice
  • Truth and Justice
  • Cold City Companion
  • Two-Fisted Tales Revised
  • Og Unearthed Edition
  Also, check out the new buying guides.
• 5:32 - Perfect, by Joe MacDonald, is a game of crime and criminals in a dystopian Victorian world.
• 24:50 - Fred Hicks puts on his Evil Hat hat to talk with Paul about managing your brand as an indie publisher and importance of treating fans as peers.
• 38:49 - With Brennan’s series on publishing your game concluded, Paul begins a new series on how he’s applying those lessons to publishing his first game, A Penny For My Thoughts.
• 52:37 - Paul and Brennan discuss what they’re currently playing. They haven’t had a lot of time recently, with GenCon approaching quickly. Speaking of which, come see us at GenCon!

Other Games:

1. 1001 Nights
2. The Shab-al-Hiri Roach
3. Spirit of the Century
4. Burning Wheel
5. Full Light, Full Steam

Other Links:

1. The Game Master Show
2. Endgame Oakland
3. Game Chef
4. Master Plan
   
5. Master Mines
6. The Ashcan Front
   

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Covenant review and John Harper interview

Show notes:

• 0:29 - Brennan starts things off with IPR news. New on the site:
  • Ninja Burger (PDF)
    
  • Faery's Tale
  • Active Exploits Diceless Roleplaying
  • Classroom Deathmatch
  • Finis: A Book of Endings to Give People New Beginnings
  • Urchin
• 5:02 - Covenant, by Matt Machell, is a roleplaying game of failing conspiracies.
• 20:12 - Paul sits down with John Harper, the designer of Agon, to talk about Go Play Northwest.
• 31:22 - In Pravda, Brennan discusses the process of printing your game.
• 40:35 - Brennan and Paul share their currently playing lists, which turn out to be rather long.

Other games:

• Dogs in the Vineyard
• Burning Wheel
• Memoir '44
• Blokus
• HeroQuest
• It Was A Mutual Decision
• The Shab-Al-Hiri Roach
• Cas$h 'n Gun$
• Mexican Standoff
• A Penny For My Thoughts
• Death's Door
• 1001 Nights
• Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries
• Perfect
• Primetime Adventures

Other links:

• Ryan Macklin's Master Plan podcast

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