Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/26/2017: Marvel Messes Up (Again) & The RPG X-Card! Highlights: Marvel Legacy is already off on the wrong foot as Marvel does retailers wrong; The RPG X-Card grinds Shane's gears; Defenders TV ...

We wrap up the old lady ghost and sticha invasion quests in Sagus Cliffs and then FINALLY head to the Valley of Dead Heroes. Callistege likes us now, evidently. Tybir begs to come back. Torment: Tides of Numenera is the ...

Finally, it's Part 2 of Out of the Abyss! An unexpected summons and a friendship renewed. The reclaimed dwarven kingdom of Gauntlgrym (how do you pronounce that, anyway?) and an audience with King Bruenor. It's a hot time at the ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/19/2017: Kevin Eastman & Drawing Blood! Highlights: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman on his Drawing Blood graphic novel Kickstarter; Geek news with friend of the show Stuart Berryhill. Shane Plays ...

This episode: THE EPIC CONCLUSION! An unexpected final encounter challenges the party and proves deadly at "High Noon". How to make an archmage lose their crap. Players quibbling over loot. Shane reveals his lore for the dungeon. The guild comes ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/12/2017: What if D&D Had Never Been Published! Highlights: D&D and RPG authors and historians Michael Witwer and Jon Peterson ponder what the hobby and pop culture would look like today if ...

Oooooooooh yeaaahhhh, more geek memes so fascinatingly terrible you'll want to share them with your friends after your doctor says you're ready for discharge! Make sure to check out all the other posts in the Shane Plays memes series. That's ...

This episode: We fight a bunch of spiders in the Evermoors, find Rhylfang's Lair but can't get in, and stumble across a broken down "hamlet" in the middle of nowhere. Lady Andra seems a mite suspicious. This a let's play ...

This episode: We enjoy some nice combat courtesy a drone with delusions of grandeur in the Anechoic Lazaret, put in a good word for Qorro, enjoy some nice banter between Rhin and Callistege and get reminded that the the Cult ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/5/2017: Geek News Tsunami! Highlights: It's an all geek news episode with friend of the show Neale Carter. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer ...

This episode: The party might just end up as hard boiled heroes after a giant crab, a force field, and a boiling lake are finished with them. Does Keraptis return from the mists of legend? The "Indoctrination Center". The lowdown ...

This episode: We have a nice bit of combat and make headway on a couple of quests. The Ghostly Woman's story begins to unfold, and we finally help the sculptor finish his piece by finding the information he desperately needed ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 7/29/2017: Monte Cook & Invisible Sun RPG! Highlights: Veteran RPG designer Monte Cook talks about his innovative new deluxe RPG, Invisible Sun! Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on ...

This episode: The spinning cylinder and its related dynamics, unexpected flaming arrows, spellcasting werewolves, booby-trapped spell books and illusionary rooms. It's just another day in White Plume Mountain. Plus: Lightning bolts used to bounce back! What about rolling initiative every ...

What is the exciting new D&D Greyhawk Initiative system from D&D lead Mike Mearls? Shane fills you in on the details and also offers his thoughts after playtesting! Special shout out to DM Wes Taylor ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 7/22/2017: The Twilight Zone! Highlights: Author Gene DeRosa joins to talk about the classic sci-fi thriller anthology TV show The Twilight Zone! Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on ...

This episode: Drains, kelpies and censorship hair. A troubling interlude that bodes ill for the future. "That player" who always wants to push the established boundaries. Do allies not count as cover in combat? Are wishes just opportunities to troll ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 7/15/2017: Shroud of the Avatar! Highlights: Portalarium's Starr Long and Mathew Anderson join to talk about Richard "Lord British" Garriott's fantasy MMO Shroud of the Avatar! Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at ...

This episode: The Glass Globes room and the loyalty and intelligence test of the "ring scenario". Random encounters in the dungeon. House rule for ranged attacks and cover. Turning undead. Shane asks for help with Red Wizards of Thay. What's ...

This episode: The Evermoors continue as we fight even more bog worgs, trolls, ogres and oni mages. We also explore a cave, stick a skull in a hole, fight some cultists, and then meet some cowardly drow. Where the heck ...