This episode: Coruscant continues. Another request from a Senator and this one may be shady. The Migrant Merchants' Guild seems to be the focus of a lot of attention, and they're about to get Effen's. Woody Allen makes a Star ...

This episode: We explore Lebez, jump forward in time, drop the hammer on a bounty hunter (and consider stealing his bounty), and dive into a pit fight for money and glory. Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer ...

This episode: The party explores The Lost Tome of Khaem. Wild magic is fun (for the DM). Specters are not fun (for the party). A curse puts most of the party at a disadvantage. Will they find the secret door? ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 9/24/2016: Spa-Con With Battlestar Galactica's Michael Hogan & Richard Hatch! Highlights: On site broadcast from Spa-Con; interviews with Richard Hatch and Michael Hogan of Battlestar Galactica. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at ...

This episode: Finally on the road to Dragonspear Castle! We meet our camp and its characters (including a certain famous / infamous new NPC) and pick up some quests. More potential party members to choose from. We sing at a ...

This episode: The party goes on a camping trip through the Underdark with a bunch of myconids. Dangers and interesting encounters abound. Fostering a sense of drama and suspense for your players without being a jerk. A mysterious voice in ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 9/17/2016: Escape Rooms! Highlights: Geek news; Cat cosplay?!; Escape Rooms with Stephanie Straw. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can ...

This episode: More horrid madness revealed in Neverlight Grove. The party commits the cardinal sin in D&D and splits the party. Myconid movement rates vs. gelatinous cube movement rate. The Dread Beagle of Doom appears. Does a party member... attack ...

This episode: We continue storming the lair of the Dragonbloods, finally kit Jarhild out, and disarm about thirty million traps. This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in the lush and vibrant world ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 9/10/2016: Transformers The Movie 30th & Comics Creator Tom Scioli! Highlights: Transformers The Movie 30th anniversary; Transformers vs. G.I. Joe creator Tom Scioli; Star Trek 50th. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at ...

Review of 9 DC Comics Rebirth related books with SPOILERS: Supergirl: Rebirth #1 Supergirl #1 Batgirl & The Birds of Prey #1 Deathstroke #1 The Hellblazer #1 Suicide Squad #1 Suicide Squad Special: War Crimes #1 Blue Beetle: Rebirth #1 ...

This episode: Neverlight Grove continues. Just how welcoming is this whole Garden of Welcome thing, anyway? Monsters with legendary abilities are fun (for the DM, anyway). And hey, who doesn't love a good wedding? This is an ongoing series of ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 9/3/2016: Invisible Sun RPG With Monte Cook Games! Highlights: Geek news; Monte Cook Games COO Charles M. Ryan talks their innovative new Invisible Sun RPG. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central ...

This episode: Neverlight Grove begins. The myconids are acting bizarre, but is that sinister or just normal for them? Shane struggles as DM to present a race that is innocent and doesn't have a concept of ethics and morals while ...

To Fight Giants, You Must Be Giant From the back cover of Storm King's Thunder: "Ages ago, giants and dragons waged war across the Savage Frontier. These battles are long forgotten by the human civilizations of today, but ancient relics ...

This episode: We leave war ravaged Ord Mantell behind and head to the thriving planetary metropolis of Coruscant. We're asked to pick an advanced class but... we already have? A senator leans on us the moment we land. Crafting skills ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/27/2016: D&D / RPG Historian Jon Peterson! Highlights: Geek news; D&D and RPG scholar / historian Jon Peterson, author of Playing at the World. Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM ...

This episode: We finish the Wood's Edge map with possessed children and nasty scalps (no, not the children's), meet a shady character who wants to sell us virgins blood, and stumble upon the somewhat storied city of Lebez. Join Shane ...

This episode: The epic conclusion of the Oozing Temple. Did the characters survive? Did Glabagool survive? Vrocks have been known to shock. How does Shane handle a player's request to use a custom feat? This is an ongoing series of ...

Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 8/20/2016: Comics Veteran John Beatty! Highlights: Geek news; comic book artist and industry veteran John Beatty (Punisher, Secret Wars, Captain America, Batman). Special guest local comics artist Stuart Berryhill. Shane Plays airs ...