Kicked In The Dicebags!

Sorry guys, totally spaced. No show notes except the link to Greg Christopher's Bog (errantgame.blogspot.com) for access to Synapes. Enjoy guys, it was fun to record!

Hey guys: No Player's Edition today, we have one in the can but Keith (who does the editing) is moving this week and can't work his magic. As soon as he gets that edited, we'll release the next episode. In the meantime, hwere is a Side Project that Nick and I recorded some time ago. Hope you enjoy it! Nick's Blog

In which Jim and Travis discuss where they get ideas for GMing.   The Palavr Network of podcasts - http://www.palavr.com/forum.php  TV Tropes - http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage Amazing Spiderman Classics Podcast - http://amazingspiderman.libsyn.com/     

I'm going to drop this a day early because I won't likely have a chance to. For this episode we had SO MANY Skype issues that I am amazed we managed to get the hour and twenty minutes of content we did. As such, we lost Jesse twice in the course of the episode (though thanks to Keith's editing you can barely tell save that we mention it), and there are some sound quality issues that come along with using crappy Internet phone. But on the whole, it was a successsful episode and SO MUCH FUN to record, so I turly hope you enjoy it. In this episode: Adam, Jesse and Keith are joined by Chris from the Mastercast and Chad from Fear the Boot. Topic #1 [4:30]: Memories from Fear the Con Topic #2 [18:52]: What to Bring when Packing for a Con Topic #3 [37:35]: What Works Best for a Con Game At Fear the Con 5, the third and final chapter of Chris Mais’ Blacksploitation Epic: Lawd Have Mercy, There Be Cotton on the Moon Group Template Sample [1:03:40]: Serving Time Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

This is an ACTUAL PLAY from Fear the Con 4: Chris Mais rarn his very own blacksploitation game (something he has run every year he has been at Fear the Con) and its awesome. So awesome, that we had to record it, and share it with you! Special thanks to Joe Rossi for recording the session.

In which we talk about alot of stuff, most of it being science fiction. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction

  We were short on hosts this week, so at the last minute Adam and Keith are joined by Chad from Fear the Boot, and then there was awesome.  PS: Dear Chris Hussey: Don’t listen to this episode. Topic #1 [2:40]: Gaming Horror Story from Daniel in SerbiaIron GM Topic #2 [8:54]: Fan FictionAmanda Hocking: Making millions publishing through Kindle.Star Wars Kid Tangent Topic [23:49]: Zombies Topic #3 [29:35]: Metagming Topic #4 [44:48]: Top 5 Most Frustrating Television/Movie Endings and/or Cancellations (SPOILERS! SO MANY SPOILERS! WHY GOD, WHY?) Adam My Name is Earl Arrested Development Pushing Daisies Better Off Ted Firefly Tangent: Wonder Woman television series by David E. Kelley Keith Quantum Leap StarGate Universe Dead Like Me Sopranos Lost Chad I, Robot Daybreakers Twin Peaks Sandbaggers Group Template of the Week [1:23:45]: Amy Buddies E-Mails ktdplayersedition@gmail.com adam@kickedinthedicebags.com chad@feartheboot.com keith@kickedinthedicebags.com(fixed from "feartheboot.com" because Adam is stupid)www

I'm dropping this a little early because I won't have time to upload the files tomorrow. Enjoy! Full house this week! Adam, Jake, Jesse, Keith are joined by Chris Hussey from Fear the Boot, and naturally a lively discussion ensues. Also a very special thanks to all the Fear the Boot hosts for both appearing on our noisy little upstart of a podcast, and for supporting us on their show and shilling us on their forums. Topic #1 [2:25]: Getting Into to the Hobby from the Back-Ass of Nowhere – an e-mail from Liam in Ireland. Topic #2 [17:45]: Does Trust Go Both Ways? Topic #3 [32:35]: Transitioning from Player to GM Topic #4 [47:46]: Top 5 Written Media We Wish Were Made Into Movies or Re-Made Into Better Movies Adam’s Rant [1:09:32]: Why Zack Snyder sucks Character Concept of the Week [1:14:10]: Redemption Stories Please e-mail us!KTDPlayersEdition@gmail.comAdam@kickedinthedicebags.comChris@feartheboot.comJesse@kickedinthedicebags.comKeith@kickedinthedicebags.com     

In which Noble Bear Schools us on 70's TV. The NewFourth Edition Dungeons and Dragons4e D&D Quick Start and two level 1 Adventures, one in the Nentir Vale 4e 'default' setting and one in Eberron: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/TryDnD.aspx 4e character sheets and some Essentials line premades if you want to try the “retro-new” character classes with the quick start instead: http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Tool.aspx?x=dnd/4new/tool/charactersheet Savage WorldsA ton of SW downloads including the Test Drive rules, character sheets, templates and setting specific pre-gen characters: http://www.peginc.com/downloads.html A ton of One-sheet adventures to get you running fast: http://www.peginc.com/onesheets.html New World of Darkness/Exalted:Quick starts come with test rules, an adventure and pregenerated characters. They used to have a nice convenient downloads page to get all the quick starts and character sheets which seems to be gone now. Just pick the game that interests you and there should be a free quick start for

No show notes, just awesome. Enjoy!

A few weeks back, one of the players in Adam's regular group recorded their World of Darkness: Innocents game from near-start to finish. Adam doesn't believe in releasing actual plays as a rule, but he listened to the session in all of its glorious 4.5 hours and put every one-liner, non sequitur, and humorous anecdote (that wasn't an inside joke) got added to a beat track. This was the result. We here at Kicked in the DiceBags hope you find it amusing. You have been warned.

No real show notes this week as this episode was pretty organic. We were joined by Pat and Chad from Fear the Boot for this episode and it was an absolute blast. ENJOY!

  Update: The sound quality on this one was shit.  I reran it through normalization and exported it at a higher bit rate and it seems better but I was only able to listen to a few bits at random points in the episode.  Hopefully this one is a lot more pleasant to listen to. Got a nice long one for you this time [0:32] Banter: Switching opinions and affiliations [14:50]Geekery: Half-assed, barely informed musings about international role-playing scenes [38:30] R-E-S-P-E-C-T, I'll tell you what it means to me... err us [01:02:10] Running non-combat action encounters and the mechanization of role-playing [01:43:40] Tangent: Palladium horrible refuse that won't go away, or brilliant marketing?  

This was a blast to record! We were joined by Chad from Fear the Boot, and had a fantastic time! I hope you enjoy listening to the episode as much as we enjoyed recording it. Topic #1 [2:15]: How We Got Into RPGsAdam: Jake. His name was Jake. Topic #2 [33:59]: Common GM MistakesJesse: “Make it Reactive, Not Restrictive” Topic #3 [54:06]: Favorite Systems (or Parts of Systems) Character Concept of the Week [1:15:01]: The Man Out of Time  

Topic #1 [1:38]: The future of RPG books vs. eBooks and other related paperless optionsRPG Toolkit is an iPhone (and only iPhone presently) application meant to assist with character management, note-taking and die-rolling. There is a free version and a full version. (Special thanks to Dan from Fear the Boot for providing the link). Topic #2 [14:59]: Top 5 People We’d Love to Game With (Living, Dead, or Fictional)Adam (the new guy)Morgan FreemanDr. Who (Dr. Who) or Captain Jean-Luc Picard (ST:TNG)Stephen ColbertThe Hot Girl (Scarlett Johansson)Joss Whedon (added late)KeithBruce CampbellWil WheatonMatthew LillardSheldon Cooper (Big Bang Theory)Patrick Steward (GM)Honorable MentionsIan McKellanSeth McFarlaneOld AdamPatrick StewartGary GygaxData (ST:TNG)Harry Dresden (The Dresden Files)Nathan Fillion Topic #3 [29:37]: House Rules Character Concept of the Week [46:20]: Playing the Fool ktdplayersedition@gmail.com Kicked in the DiceBags Forums  

Hey everyone, we're back after a short break. We were having an argument with our account but Chris beat it into submission with the Baseball Bat of Justice (+2) and it all worked out. You should see another MasterCast episode soon too. Enjoy! Topic 1 [1:56]: Our favorite RPG systems Topic 2 [14:19]: Playing Something Different (Playing Children, Crossing Gender Lines, and Aliens) Topic 3 [26:25]: Top 5 Favorite Video GamesAdamLegend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64)Star Wars Battlefront (PS2)Final Fantasy X (PS2)Baldur’s Gate I & II (PC)Knights of the Old Republic (XBox)Honorable MentionsLEGO Star Wars (PS2)Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds (PC)Sims (PC)Beyond Zork (PC)Oregon Trail (Apple 2e)KeithStreet Fighter IV (XBox 360)Call of Duty 4 (XBox 360)Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (XBox 360)Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (N64)Diablo II (PC)Mass Effect 2 (XBox 360)NickLegend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)Wrestlemania 2000 (N64)Red Dead Revolver (XBox)Soul Calibur III (PS2)Metal Gear Series (PS)Batman

Hey guys, Jim here.  We had some technical difficulties with the recording so there are a few bad editing cuts where I was forced to try and splice together us picking up from dropped calls.  Hopefully it isn't too bad and you still enjoy the show.  If not well, mea culpla. [0:30ish] Movies we've been watching Frozen Alien Resurrection - I have since watched it and stand by my original assertion of its awfulness Tron Legacy [3:55] Geekery: Our Guilty Pleasures Travis: Rutger Hauer (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/) Freedom Force (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Force_(2002_video_game)) Jim: Tomb Raider (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5-Tomb-Raider-Anniversary) Uwe Boll (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/)   [15:32] Finding Inspiration Crazy News stories (http://www.vietnewsonline.vn/News/Society/5914/Explorers-find-worlds-largest-cave-in-Vietnam.htm) [28:20] Miniatures and why all you people that don't like them are wrong [51:50] GM's Tool Box: Carrying around your shit

Topic 1 [1:48]: Common Player Mistakes Topic 2 [18:18]: The Group Dynamic Topic 3 [40:22]: Top 5 SuperheroesNick5) Superman4) The Darkness3) Robin (Tim Drake)2) Batman1) NightwingListener Challenge: Is there an ongoing comic book hero who has grown and developed on the page to the same extent as Dick Grayson?Adam5) Captain America4) Power Girl (because I heart boobies)3) Batman (because he’s the fucking Batman)2) Green Lantern (Hal Jordan)1) SupermanMarvel/DC: After Hours #6 (1 of 2) (for a little pretext, the second one is the one we were talking about in the episode)Marvel/DC: After Hours #7 (2 of 2)Jesse1) Major Bummer2) Blood Hound3) Midnighter4) Apollo5) Doctor StrangeKeith5) Multiple Man4) Mutherfuckin’ Nightcrawler3) Deadpool2) Spider-Man1) The Motherfuckin’ BATMAN

 There are no show notes today as I am nearly concussed but the show was damn fun! Enjoy!

Hey guys! This episode was a good time, but there is a lot of background noise that we couldn’t edit out (my fault: My wife was cleaning the house in preparation for a party we were having the following night), so I apologize for that, but the episode turned out extremely well. Nick’s Rant [2:00]: Physical Aesthetic vs. Charisma  Topic 1 [6:50]: Living Vicariously through your Avatar (Virtual Life through MMOs) Topic 2 [21:34]: Girl Gamers: A Man’s PerspectiveSide Project Episode 3 Topic 3 [31:00]: Top 5 Geek Holy GrailsJesseGenConComiConSkywalker RanchArea 51American Classic Arcade Museum NickMeeting Hulk HoganHave a character appear in a novel.Being in a geek movie.Have a character appear in a movie or television show.Have a character appear in a RPG book.MET BRUCE CAMPBELL! KeithMEETING BRUCE CAMPBELLPlaying in an RPG with Wil Wheaton. Dear Wil Wheaton: Please e-mail us at ktdplayersedition@gmail.com.Punching George Lucas in the neck