A summary of Star Wars Day deals, with links to the megathread, and a rundown of June’s candidates for the RPG Publisher Spotlight. In this podcast we touch on two different cosmic futures expressed in the form of tabletop games.
Audio EXP Podcast: #239 – Indie TTRPGs mock billionaires as Embracer’s billions fail
We talk to indie and anti-capitalist TTRPG game designers even as the collapse of the $2bn deal between Embracer and Savvy Games causes the former to split into three.
Audio EXP Podcast: #238 – Who should D&D’s next boss be?
Audio EXP discusses who might replace Cynthia Williams as the D&D and Magic: The Gathering boss after her resignation from Wizards of the Coast.
Audio EXP Podcast: #237 – Adventure of the Black Company Apes
Adventure Time picks 5e for its new RPG, Planet of the Apes will use a variant of West End Games’ D6 System for its RPG while Arc Dream Publishing won’t use either for the new The Black Company RPG. Also, in this podcast, we talk about Hasbro cashing in on Monopoly in a way that might highlight the dangers of capitalism.
Audio EXP Podcast: #236 – Gremlins and Conpulsion
A catch-up after a week off at Scotland’s old tabletop games convention that gets into D&D beyond year 50, loads of bundles, and branded shoes that seem a little weak.
Audio EXP Podcast: #235 – Gary Con 16 at 50
A round-up of trailers with aliens and ghosts, plus a hype analysis of Gary Con 16 where Luke Gygax is running a bigger D&D festival than Wizards of the Coast have. That and the Tomb Raider TTRPG, and a time war we lost.
Audio EXP Podcast: #233 – RPG in Spaaaace
When NASA does RPGs, and the makers of the Dune roleplaying game slyly time their bundle deal with the blockbuster movie hit. Oh, and there’s some Fallout.
Audio EXP Podcast: #232 – Unknown scares
Predators in the darkness, the challenges of IP RPGs, The Tomb of Gyzaengaxx and the unknown scares.
Perception Check: Trailer Edition, Episode 2 (Podcast)
Welcome to the second episode Perception Check: Trailer Edition podcast! This new, just finding-its-feet series is headed up by myself (Bronwen Winter Phoenix) and Adam ‘Fenn’ Fenton (we just call him ‘Fenn’). It’s your weekly roundup of movie, TV and video game trailers – or, at least, the ones we’ve found interesting enough to cover […]
Perception Check: Trailer Edition, Episode 1 (Podcast)
Welcome to the first ever Perception Check: Trailer Edition podcast! This is a brand spanking new series headed up by myself (Bronwen Winter Phoenix) and Adam ‘Fenn’ Fenton (we just call him ‘Fenn’) – who you’ll also be seeing more of in our upcoming blogs! This is your weekly roundup of movie, TV and video […]