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Gen Con Survivors 2011: Gareth Michael Skarka     Things of Which We Speak     * Go check out Far West.     * You only have until August 25 to get in on the Kickstarter!     * And don't forget that the Buckaroo Banzai Adventure Game is on its way     * Check out more products from Adamant Entertainment.     Feedback     * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.     * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them!     * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.     * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast. 

Chris, Fraser, Brett and Rob drive through Indiana and Michigan, and talk about our trip to Gen Con, what we liked, what we didn't like, and what we may have liked. Also, Brett gets sprayed in the face by a sticky mess. What we talk about; We met a metric shit ton of cool people and ran into some old friends Gears of War board game Blood Bowl Team Manager gets sold out Penny Arcade CCG Ross Watson from FFG is a robot Meeting cool people and gaming with strangers ENnie-award winning Kirin Robinson (@koboldstyle) ran a Old School Hack game for us with Cory Reid (@barsoomcore) and Victor Wyatt (@vjwyatt) Rob bought  Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games and played it with Rob Justice from The Bear Swarm (@bs_rob) Brett commissioned artwork of naked cat girls Kiss My Axe and Sword Noir at Games on Demand rocked hard What Happens in Indianapolis stays in Indianapolis, unless it's VD Brett recommends Game of War (or The War Game) Chris recommends the Five-Hour Energy Drink ("It's good stuff. I can't blink.") Spoke with

Collateral 30: Gen Conning     Things of Which Fraser Speaks     * You can find my Gen Con schedule at the Sword's Edge Publishing website.     * If you can find me at Gen Con, you might be able to get a copy of Black Gate #15 which includes my story "A Pound of Dead Flesh."     * Go check out Games on Demand at their Facebook group     * Sword Noir: A Role-playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery is already available and I'll have copies with me at Gen Con. Kiss My Axe: Thirteen Warriors and an Angel of Death will be out after Gen Con, but you can grab the "Quick & Dirty Gen Con Edition" if you can find me at Gen Con. Gen Con, Gen Con, Gen Con.     * You might want to rock some Old School Hack using Jenn Wong's Fiasco playset "Quest for the Golden Panda" with the addition of some OSH Wuxia characters thanks to barsoomcore!     * You might know of the Khorforjan Gambit and I'll be running a True

The Accidental Survivors are going to GenCon. Want to meet up with us? Send us a message on Twitter - @accidentalrob or @accidental_frase!

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 62: Hackin It Old School     Things of Which We Speak     * You need to try out The Innes & Gunn Rum Cask.     * Go read my story "A Pound of Dead Flesh" in Black Gate #15.     * the Just By Chance GamesFacebook group     * Rob's Pathfinder One-shots thread on the forum.     * Stan Lee's new Soldier Zero comic.     * And the Gutters' take on Stan Lee's creativity.     * We once again salivate over Fiasco from Bully Pulpit Games.     * For your urban adventuring needs, try Vornheim for something very different.     * Check out redoing the Fiend Folio by Zak S. from Playing DND with Pornstars.     * Go buy Howard Andrew Jones' novel Desert of Souls now. Right. Now.     * Give a listen to CBC Radio 2, especially weekday's Drive at 3:30 PM local (that'd b

The Accidental Survivors: Special Episode"The Pathfinder Triangulation"  Rob and the players of his Pathfinder game sit around and talk about the game, their characters, how things are going, order pizza, talk with Rob's son about Minecraft (mostly edited out) and generally shoot the breeze. If you want to comment about this (or any other episode) you can always email Rob at rob@accidentalsurvivors.com or catch him on Twitter @accidentalrob.

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 61: Rewards     Things of Which We Speak     * Sword Noir, a Role-Playing Game of Hardboiled Sword & Sorcery.     * The Vigilance Press Podcast episode with your's truly talking Sword Noir.     * If these Game of Thrones TV     * Basil Exposition is all about the exposition.     RewardsIn which we discuss ideas rewarding one's players.     * D&D 3.5     * 4E     * Pathfinder     * Old School Hack     * Warhammer Fantasy RPG 3E     * RPG Net thread     * the Odyssey     Feedback     * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.     * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join

Recorded before a live studio audience with the lovely and talented Jenn, from The Jennisodes.   WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 60: Player Honesty and Trust     Things of Which We Speak    * We are joined by Jenn from The Jennisodes in an attempt to bring intelligence and credibility to our podcast.    * We're also joined by Rob's mother-in-law, via telephone machine.    * Sword's Edge Publishing is excited to announce the release of Sword Noir.    * Rob continues to pimp Fantasy Grounds 2.    * Jenn discusses her gaming group's Dresden game and gives a shout out to her RPG message forum, RPG Crosstalk.    * Lots of chat about Fiasco and GenCon 2011.    Player Honesty and Trust     * In which we discuss further ideas of honesty and trust at the gaming table, spurred on by the conv

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 59: GM Honesty and Player Trust     Things of Which We Speak     * Stonehammer Pilsner, recommended by Craig     * Untap'd if you've got that peeping beer tom thing going on.     * If these SEP sales numbers do not depress you, you have no heart. Let's get some pity sales going.     * Fantasy Grounds     * Inferno online RPG community (in beta)     * d20 Provirtual game table     * Pathfinder which Rob is now playing     * Fiasco which Rob would like to play     * Buy cool stuff at IPR listen about it on the Jennisodes     * Video gaming with Bulletstorm     * And MMOing with DDO     * As much as Rob loves Warhammer FRPG, he's ready for something different     * Fraser is still loving the Old School Hack     * E

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 58: Game Prep     Things of Which We Speak     * Merchants and Marauders     * Pimping for Arcane Kingdoms. Also? For Simple Coin is out now. It took that long to get this episode released. If you want to support this podcast . . . you could sponsor us or you could buy some SEP products. It pays for the libsyn account.     * Canadian National Steampunk Expo     * Gryphcon     Game Prep for GMs     * In which we discuss our particular GMing preparation techniques     * Obsidian Portal     Feedback     * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.     * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave commen

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.Episode 57: Villains You Love and HateThings of Which We Speak    * Old School Hack    * Viking Campaign Actual Play (which will have OSH AP soon)    * Fiasco    * Jennisodes. Unfortunately the Golden Panda contest has ended.    * Pathfinder    * Mutants & Masterminds    * A Song of Ice & Fire RPG (has been out for awhile . . . silly Chris) and TV series    * the CapeThose Sympathetic Villains    * That hostage-taker might be facing the officers from Flashpoint.    * Like that darn Sandman in Spider-man 3.    * Snatch has no sympathetic villains    * But Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Oddysey both do.    * Yes, he did change his name to Charles Bronson.    * Asymmetric whatsit?    * I meant Denzel Washington rath

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.Episode 56: CottageCon: the Reign-ingThings of Which We Speak    * Greg Stolze’s Reign    * And by Enchilada I mean Enchiridion    * One Roll Engine    * Could this be the Cubicle 7 BJ-cast?    * Arc Dream    * Now I remember! It’s Judd Karlman and the Githyanki DiasporaFeedback    * If you want to contact us, you can email us individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.    * If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them!    * You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.    * You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase, Accidental_Rob, and AccSurvPodcast

  WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors Episode 55: CottageCon RapFest, Part Two; The Deuce.Sword Noir, beer, Kiss my Axe, Thirteenth Warrior, beer, the Rape Moose, Omar Sharif and more. Here's what we blabber on about; We're drunk, so please keep that in mind. We've cleared close to 15 beers. Muskoka Premium Lager; The Taste of Cottage Country. How to properly open a beer bottle Sword Noir and Kiss My Axe; http://swordsedgepublishing.ca/?p=761 Which movie is worse? Max Payne or Hitman? Ed Northcott, Illustrator. A historical recounting of the myths and legends of the Vikings. Get a brain, morans! Go, USA! Bear Grylls vs. Les Stroud. Go, Les Stroud! Instead of role'ing, people are rolling. Less descriptive playing in RPGs. Who the fuck played Melchisidek in "13th Warrior"? Chris finally got NextWave, Agents of HATE and Planetary. Beowülf movies. Feedback   If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublis

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Accidental Survivors Episode 54: CottageCon RapFest, Part OneCannibalism, inappropriate behaviour of Muskoka wildlife, terrible beer, vulverines and the games we brought to CottageCon. Here's what we blabber on about; Top Secret, S.I. and http://www.modus-operandi.co.uk/ The Superband; Pete Townsend, Jimmy Page, Lars Ulrich and Geddy Lee Advanced Marvel Superheroes and http://www.classicmarvelforever.com Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition; http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite_sec.asp?eidm=93&esem=1 Castle Ravenloft Board Game; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59946/dungeons-dragons-castle-ravenloft-board-game Tales of the Arabian Nights; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34119/tales-of-the-arabian-nights Our "lost episode" Space Hulk: Death Angel; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/71721/space-hulk-death-angel-the-card-game Race for the Galaxy; http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgam

  WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. Episode 53: Beer, MiniCons, and Questions  Things of Which We Speak Shout out to Gaming Asylum Rob is now a part of the Combat Cast. Sadly, no Shieldmaiden of Rohan Beers Jaws of the Six Serpents by Tim Gray from Silver Branch Games is an outstanding sword & sorcery RPG using PDQ from Atomic Sock Monkey. DC Adventures from Green Ronin, which has evolved from Mutants & Masterminds 2E, looks super awesome. More when I actually get a chance to play it. Castle of Ravenloft, the D&D boardgame Minicons Modern games such as World of Darkness, Nemesis, Godlike, Savage Worlds, Top Secret, GURPS, and Champions. Chewbacca vs. Nazis . . . with Squirrel! Mundus Novit is now out . . . not that anyone would know this. Deathwatch from Fantasy Flight Games, from whence also comes Rogue Trader and Warhammer FRPG. Feedback If you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris

Collateral is a production of the Accidental Survivors. You can hear more episodes of the Accidental Suvivors at Libsyn.The title music was Oxygenated by Mindscape Music available at RPG Now.Collateral 29 - Reviewing Rome: the Life and Death of the RepublicLinksYou can purchase Rome LDR from Cubicle 7 games.You can read a written review at Sword's Edge.FeedbackIf you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.caIf you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there.You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.You can find Fraser on Twitter.

​WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.Episode 52: In Which The Heroes Discuss D&D 5eThings of Which We SpeakIron Sky and the trailer on Youtube. They need money to finish the movie - but invest in our podcast, first.Red Dead RedemptionSupernatural and SmallvilleThe post from Mike Mearls in which he speaks of taking over the helm and then the cries of fanboys on both sides of the fence; http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/24065909/Mike_Mearls_new_DD_Manager?pg=1Chris, once again, regurgitates his love-juice all over Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Edition.Rob nearly falls asleep during the show.FeedbackIf you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments fo

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners.Episode 51: Ramblers Get RamblingThings of Which We SpeakCubicle 7Daring Tales of AdventureRome: Life and Death of the RepublicStarblazer AdventuresDresden Files RPGSword's EdgeThe Maltese FalconThe Big SleepKoboMad IrishmanHeadless HollowLouis L'AmourMutants & MastermindsSword's Edge PublishingWarren EllisPlanetarythe AuthorityThe Losersand the movie adaptationChris Hemsworth as ThorGreen ZoneFeedbackIf you want to contact us, you can email us at accidental@swordsedgepublishing.ca or individually at chris@accidentalsurvivors.com, fraser@accidentalsurvivors.com, and rob@accidentalsurvivors.com.If you're signed up on Facebook you can join the Accidental Survivors Podcast group and leave comments for us there, though we likely won't see them!You can hop on over to our message forums at www.accidentalsurvivors.com.You can find us on Twitter as AccidentalFrase and Acc

WARNING: Instances of very strong language may offend some listeners. The Accidental Survivors Episode 50; Video-Game Takeover We discuss classic video games from "the good old days", and talk about why they're our faves. DARCY:The NeverhoodWing Commander SeriesCivilizationLucasfilm SCUMM engine gamesSierra Online library - LSL and other AGI gamesBattle of BritainSecret Weapons of the LuftwaffeTIE Fighter, X-WingCHRIS:SSI gamesOddworld - Abe's Odyssey / Abe's Exodus / Stranger's WrathCrimson SkiesDAVID:Commander Keen seriesPrince of Persia / BlackthorneUnder a Killing MoonTIE FighterThief II: The Metal AgeEternal Darkness: Sanity's RequiemROB:Robot Odyssey (Apple II+) A java version is available here; http://mysite.verizon.net/thomasfoote/DQ/id35.htmAlien Mind (Apple IIgs)Flashback / Another WorldFreelancerMicrosoft Flight SimulatorX-Wing AllianceBeneath a Steel SkyF-117A Stealth FighterComanche: Maximum Overkill If you want to contact us, you can email us by writing us at rob, chris, fraser, david or