Kicked In The Dicebags!

Hey all! Our first Side Project with Nick in a REALLY long time, and we have invited a few friends along! Meet Matt, John, and Aubrey, several more from our host of gamers in our group. I did ZERO EDITING on this, and it's awesome JUST THE WAY IT IS! First, we BS about the city of Duluth drowning itself. You can find the pictures here. It's pretty amazing. Oh, and terrifying. Next, meet John's new pet:  Next, we welcome our future overlord, Cleverbot. Somewhere in there we talk about character depth. Here is the character background I devised. And lastly, the article that spawned the Xanitos Gambit discussion.

My love letter to the quarter slot coin operated side scroller arcade games of the 1980's. This is a teaser trailer I put together for an upcoming sandbox Savage Worlds campaign that will run at the most bi-monthly over Skype for your listening pleasure. If you wish to have a walk on role in the game in progress just email me at chris@kickedinthedicebags.com and you will be "another commando to join the battle" for that session! Join the resistance....

Balls Dragons and Jenga Towers Oh My! Adams internet is junked up again, so this week we get some help from Noble Bear. Our Topics this week Include  DNDNExt early impressions. Keith talks about his tatical dm Weakness hoping to get some help.  VATICAN ASSASSIN WARLOCKS are scary..... Keep it classy, Stay Trashy -keith

Tonight Chad, Keith and Chris pull in special guests Pat from Fear the Boot and Jenny from http://godawfulvlog.com/Tonights Topics Fear the Con 5 wrap up Charcter sheets suck Keeping secrets from other players  Character conept of the week is the failed revenge monkey. This is a long episode  nearly 2 hours! -cheers  Keith

In which the show welcomes John Scott Tynes, writer and game designer on such titles as Delta Green, Unknown Armies, Over the Edge, and Call of Cthulhu D20. Mr Tynes website About 45 minutes in, my computer shits the bed, and we had to restart. Mr Tynes was beginning to speak of a book called Wildest Dreams, but we never got back to it. Check it out. 

We did a "live" episode at the lobby of the Drury Inn after the first day of Fear the Con.  We ended up having 13 people around the mics, but it's werid that once skype is out of the mix our quality goes up.  We had people from Action Nerd: Go!, Danger Brewery, godawfulvlog.com and the Fear the Boot forums. The con was the frist time for Keith to meet Adam and Chad in person and do a podcast all in the same room.  Fear the Con was amazing you should all go next year! Topics: Community Wank Cheers! 

Check us out on our forum boards, in the Fear the Boot Networks.Also, Keith plays with the soundboard. Topic #1 [6:40]: Alpha Players Derail #1: Cat Butt Tattoo Tattooed Disney Princesses Topic #2 [16:45]: Diversity in RPGs Article on Boing Boing DeRail #2: White Gnoll Women in Realistic Armor Much love, Morgan Freeman (on Black History Month) Seelah’s Backstory Topic #3 [40:10]: Fear the Con 5 Adam’s Slot 1 Game: La Belle Dame Sans Merci Chad’s Slot 1 Game: Silent MemoriesChad’s Slot 3 Game: Silent MemoriesReik’s Slot 4 Game: Rage and RegretJess’ Slot 4 Game: It All Went WrongAdam’s Slot 5 Game: The Train JobKeith’s Slot 6 Game: Bad Omens Topic #4 [46:30]: Preparing for our Games DeRail #3: Colombian Prostitutes DeRail #4: Make It Tso Fear the Competition Fear the Noun Episode

CharityiInformation on the forums can be found here.  Gamers Outreach Letter Information: If people want to write their own letter, please address it to “Dear Soldier” and place it in an unsealed blank envelope. I have to request an address at the time of sending the letters, so I have no idea who it will go to right now. People can also use the website to send packages as well. (From much hunt and peck) - simplified instructions: 1. Read the information here. 2. And more information here. 3. Go to this page and select someone from the left (The capital letters designate branch) and read their requests. 4. Once you find someone who you wish to donate to, click the link on the main side of the page to request the address. 5. Use the info from steps 1 and 2 to put together a package of requested items or send a letter. They have suggestions about where to find things the soldiers want on this page, however the person putting together the package really needs to read the requests first. One request I read s

Hey guys Keith here again doing all the work.  This episode features Me, chad and chris mother fuckin Mais.  We talk about furries, winning the lotto and player emporwerment !  Kinda a crazy episode to edit.  Fear the Con 5. Get into it!!!!! My Game for Fear the Con Promo vid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVeyqJDf2cY con planner link : http://www.conplanner.com/ActivityView.aspx?c=71&a=704 Join us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/groups/kickedinthedicebags/ or on the fear the boot forums!! PEACE!

drake121.blogspot.com There is something else I'm supposed to link, but I can't remember what it was... OH WELL!

In which we welcome back host Chris Mais and have a rambling late-night talk, so not too much in the show notes department... Eroll Flynn - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroll_Flynn  The Graduate - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/ There are over 52 D&D 4th edition core books Kickstarter Order of the stick - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive  That's the first quarter-hour. I don't remember much after that...     

We actually finally answer one of the topics from our topic request thread in our fourms. http://tinyurl.com/7hteuxh  Adam apparently also hates classic french literature.  Keith hates epic games and All of chads games are epic!  We are all going to fear the con 5 which is happening in may.  Also are live streaming our recordings at  www.twitch.tv/dirtyxbyrd Join our facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/kickedinthedicebags/ Also review us on itunes we haven't had any reviews in a while, help a bro out will ya? -keith 

No show notes. Just sit back and enjoy the ride.

Supervillain or Newt? Topic #1 [4:12]: Finding Your Character’s Voice Topic #2 [23:00]: PS9, Steam, and D&D 6e PS2 Commercial Topic #3 [29:20]: The Future of RPGs and Digital Formatting and the Death of Brick and Mortar Superstores Pathfinder SRD Character Concept of the Week [59:54]: Deconstructing Magic Question of the Week [1:02:10]: Fight the fact that the United Nations represents the interests of the world’s worst regimes by massively interrupting an annual UN meeting. Newt or Supervillain?

The Mastercast, with 25% added value from visiting Players Edition host Adam, discuss the pending fifth edition of Dungeons and Dragons.

Welcoming Keith, Adam, Chad, Noble Bear, and Jenny (Lime-Wielding Ninja) Vegan Jerky (http://www.fakemeats.com/Primal_Strips_Teriyaki_Meatless_Vegan_Jerky_Seitan_p/pri-j001b.htm) Topic #1 [4:21]: Canada Sucks! Topic #2 [20:50]: New Pathfinder Games Question of the Week [1:05:00]: Creamy or chunky?

In which our faithful podcasters reveal their guilty pleasures. And other stuff happens too.

Happy Holidays everyone!This episode was supposed to have dropped Christmas Eve, but due to the holiday craziness (and me going on a post-Christmas vacation), it isn't dropping until... TODAY! Right now.We have a usual suspects on the show, but with a surprise visit from Dan, fearless leader of the Fear the Boot clan. ~Adam  Topic #1 [1:55]: Retail Christmas RantsChad's awesome gift and the source of Adam's LEGO envy:  Topic #2 [16:30]: Bullying Topic #3 [32:04]: What pushes your buttons in a game? Character Concept of the Week [1:03:09]: A Bully

Topic #1 [4:40]: Black Friday and Other Hijunx Topic #2 [15:15]: Red Knave’s Fortune Retrospective Topic #3 [18:00]: Music and Sound Effects in RPGsAdam’s Sound Effects:I’m a Bad MommyChant of the DeadThe Voices on the Phone Topic #4 [50:05]: How to Execute a Successful Group Template Character Concept of the Week [1:03:02]: Aggressively Illiterate Porn Star Literacy Advocate

In this sphincter-tightening episode, our heroes discuss Fiasco, Eclipse Phase, Running Adventure Modules outside their native systems, and other ephemera. I put no indicia in this episode, so visit our forums to contact the hosts and continue the conversation.