Last week, we delved into the topic of Horror in Gaming on the podcast, so, in the spirit of Halloween and in keeping with our creepy theme for the month I figured I would revisit my “Are *blank* Settings the Best Settings” opinions and go a little more in-depth into my thoughts on the topic. Also, the fact that we’ve restarted Karen’s World of Darkness / Hunter: The Vigil game, it seems to be more than appropriate.
Posted in Gaming, Horror, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, The Creative Process
Tagged Alien, Call of Cthulhu, Campaign Settings, Creepy, Dracula, Dues Ex Machina, Dungeons and Dragons, Frankenstein, Gaming, Gaming Tropes, Halloween, Horror, Horror Genre, Horror Settings, Hunter: The Vigil, Ravenloft, Roleplaying Games, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Cabin in the Woods, The Walking Dead, The World of Darkness, Transylvania, Zombies
As I’ve been working through the backlog of Gamerstable podcasts, a recent episode on maps in gaming really got me thinking of their importance and impact on me. While I am definitely no cartographer, I think that, when given enough time, motivation, and printer ink, I can churn out some decent gaming maps. Not only do I try to make the maps aesthetically appealing, I definitely make a concentrated effort to provide a utilitarian tool for my players as well.
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Gaming, Geek Gear, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, The Creative Process
Tagged AD&D 2nd Edition, AD&D Box Sets, Campaign Cartographer 3, Campaign Worlds, Cartography, Central London, Dungeons and Dragons, Eberron, Faerun, Faerun Map, Fantasy Maps, gamerstable, Games, Gaming, gaming maps, gaming props, Keith Baker, Khorvaire, Khorvaire Map, Map Making, Map of Central London, Maps, Podcast, ProFantasy, Role Playing Games, Role-Playing, Roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, RPG, RPGs, Stanford's Map of Central London, Steampunk, Steampunk Map, Tabletop, The Forgotten Realms, The Society of Odin, Toril, Toril Map, Victorian London, Victorian Map, Wizards of the Coast
Now that I have seen GenCon come and go another year without getting even remotely close to Indianapolis to get my game on, there is no lack of buzz on the internet in regards to the keynote address given at the original, largest, and longest running gaming convention the world. Most notably during the address to attendees was the presentation given by Mike Mearls, the lead designer of DnD Next, on what fans of the most well-known tabletop RPG on the market can expect in the very near future. Seeing as I jumped the shark with the roll-out of 4th Edition, I felt it was important to not only fully explain my dislike the current incarnation, but also look to the future in hopes of being brought back into the fold.
Posted in Conventions, Gaming, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games
Tagged 3.5 edition, 3rd Edition, 4E, 4th Edition, AD&D 2nd Edition, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Bards, CenCon 2012, Cleave, Controllers, D&D, Defenders, DnD, DnD Next, DnD Next Playtest, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Edition Wars, Feat System, Feats, Fighters, Gencon, Indianapolis, Keynote Address, Menzoberranzan, Mike Mearls, MMORPG, Power Attack, Rogues, Roleplaying, Roleplaying Games, RPG, RPGs, Savage Worlds, Strikers, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, Tactical, Tactical Wargaming, thac0, Warhammer, Warhammer Fantasy, Wizards, Wizards of the Coast, World of Warcraft, WOTC, WoW
Let’s face it. If it wasn’t for books, we could hardly classify ourselves as geeks. From the stacks of tomes in our tabletop roleplaying libraries to the shelves lined with everything from history to science fiction, if a geek is anything, they are well read. Join us this week as we discuss our favorite books and authors, as well as the works that have been most influential on our creative minds. Be sure to grab your custom bookmark, set aside those reading glasses, and put that awesome book back on the shelf (just for a bit!) as you settle into that comfy reading chair and listen to a whole new episode of Monkey in the Cage!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:38 — 31.9MB)
Posted in Apps, Art, Books, Comics, Food, Gaming, Horror, Movies, Podcast, Pop-Culture
Tagged A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice in Wonderland, Anita Blake, Assassins Code, Bane, Bane's Voice, Bardic Voices, Batman, Battle Royale, Black Hawk Down, Bram Stoker, Catching Fire, Christopher Nolan, Criminal Macabre, D&D, Days of Future Past, Die Hard, Discworld, DnD, Dracula, Dream within a Dream, Drizzt Do'Urden, Drowning City, Dungeons & Dragons, Eiji Yoshikawa, Gary Gygax Memorial, Geek, Good Omens, Guillermo Del Toro, Harry Potter, I Am Legend, Inception, Iron Man, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Keith Baker, L. Frank Baum, Laurell K Hamilton, Lemony Snicket, Lewis Carroll, Mark Bowden, Mark Sehestedt, Mercedes Lackey, Mike Mignola, Miyamoto Musashi, Musashi, Mystique, Neal Stephenson, Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere, OZ, Patrick Rothfuss, R.A. Salvatore, Richard Adams, Richard Matheson, Robert Jordan, Roleplaying, Romeo and Juliet, Shadowrun, Snow Crash, Step Up Revolution, Steve Niles, Surrogates, Tabletop, The Bard's Tale, The Book of Five Rings, The Book That Can't Wait, The Cleric Quintet, The Dark Elf Series, The Dark Knight Rises, The Dragon Factory, The Great and Powerful OZ, The Great Gatsby, The Harry Potter Series, The Hobbit, The Hunger Games, The King of Plagues, The Kingkiller Chronicle, The Lord of the Rings, The Name of the Wind, The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Strain Trilogy, The Tale of Desperaux, The Tales of The Last War, The Vampire Diaries, The Wheel of Time, The Wicked Witch of The West, The Wizard of OZ, Through The Looking Glass, Tony Diterlizzi, Ultimate X-Men, Warehouse 13, Watership Down, Wicked
So, a few weeks back, I wrote about how the Fantasy genre has served as the gateway to tabletop roleplaying games for many of us who enjoy the game. However, in this day and age of social media, internet inundation, and video game mania, what’s a younger generation of gamer new to the hobby to do in order to truly get a taste of the wonderment that is the realm of pen and paper gaming? Why, start with a Modern Setting of course!
Posted in Gaming, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games
Tagged 4E, 4th Edition, Amazon, d20 Modern, Dungeons & Dragons, Dungeons and Dragons, Fantasy Settings, Fireball Spell, Gaming, Generation Y, Generation Z, GMing, GMing Advice, Google, Grenade Launcher, guns, GURPS, GURPS Modern, Metagaming, MMORPG, Modern RPG, Modern Settings, Multiple Grenade Launcher, Nathan Drake, Old School, PCs, Player Characters, Players, Roleplaying, RPG, Second Life, Smartphone, Spycraft 2.0, Tablet, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, technology, Uncharted
Tabletop roleplaying games are all about stepping outside of yourself and wreaking havoc…er… having fun with your friends in fantastic and action packed ways. But what happens when the geek by day / PC by night saddles up to the gaming table brimming with real-world knowledge and challenges the game, or worse, the other players? Join us this week as we discuss the oft controversial and absolutely annoying facet of metagaming know as player vs. character knowledge. Butch up those acting skills, leave the day job in the car, and just live in the (Player Character) moment as you enjoy a brand new* episode of Monkey in the Cage!
*Now with super-awesome better sound quality! Yay for figuring out technology!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:16 — 29.0MB)
Posted in Apps, Board Games, Card Games, Comic Books, Conventions, Food, Gaming, iDevice Games, Podcast, Pop-Culture, Role Playing Games, Table Top Games, Video Games
Tagged 4th Edition, AD&D 2nd Edition, Arkham City, Assassin's Creed, assassin's creed 3, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Batman, Batman: Arkham City, Cards Against Humanity, Cryptozoic, Cryptozoic Entertainment, DC Comics, Duels of the Planeswalkers, Dungeons & Dragons, Harley's Revenge, i4E, Magic: The Gathering, Mouseguard RPG, Paizo, Paizo Publishing, Pathfinder, Pathfinder RPG, Penny Arcade, Player Character, Podcast, Roleplaying, RPG, RPGs, San Diego Comic-Con, SDCC, Spiderman, Squids: Wild West, Supernatural, Tabletop, Tabletop Roleplaying Games, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spiderman, The Death of Joker, The Joker, The World of Darkness, Tweet RPG
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