This episode: The Blingdenstone Council is fraught with tension. JimJar returns and makes a big gamble. Toy earth elementals just don’t last these days. Can you choose to fail a saving throw? The final fate of Ogremoch’s Bane. Up next: Entemoch’s Boon.
This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.
Each video follows the most recent session with his group.
This episode: Ice spiders and more ice spiders in Ista Cale Camp. Translating runes doesn’t always solve the puzzle. We meet a group of Bloodless hunters and they ask for our help.
Join Shane as he plays through a hardcore computer RPG that has the mechanics and style of a 90s CRPG, and that’s just dripping with beautiful atmosphere!
Thanks for watching!
About Serpent in the Staglands:
A true role-playing adventure.
A campaign within the world of Vol, a fully realized setting inspired by the late bronze age in a Transylvanian landscape, with unique politics, races and gods steeped in history. Featuring a chosen party of five, you role-play Necholai, a minor god of a celestial body who descends to the Staglands for a moonlit festival only to find the way home blocked and immortality slipping away. Seeking answers and aid, you take on a mortal body and the guise of a traveling Spicer. This isn’t a story of good and evil, saving the world or being a hero, it’s about intrigue and your adventure of survival in a harsh land.
Buy on GOG:
https://www.gog.com/game/serpent_in_the_staglands?pp=6a3236f5f213960de5c415fd15c6d1cb5a46d04e
Buy on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/335120/
This episode: Saying yes to players, the Rule of Cool, game balance and the willing suspension of disbelief. Nonlethal damage in 5E. Is that a pommel on your sword or are you just happy to see me? Blingdenstone has much bigger problems than the wererats. Chipgrin’s offer.
This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.
Each video follows the most recent session with his group.
I’ve been posting a semi-regular series called Attack of the D&D / RPG Memes (find ’em here) and it has proven very popular so I thought I would expand the concept with an Attack of the Geek Memes post. I often find a lot of memes that tickly my geeky funny bone that don’t quite fit into the D&D / RPG category but we’re not going to let them go to waste, are we? Oh no, my precious, we won’t!
So strap in, hold on, and find someone else to sue for any psychological damage that you may incur. Lots of Star Trek and Star Wars with this one, but some other geeky goodness, too 🙂
Don’t even try to pretend you didn’t try it…
Facebook ain’t fooled by no glasses
You’re a bunch of sheeple!
Sad mecha is sad
Heat up to stay cool
Plus the bartender always serves really good Timey Wimeys
I always loved to catch these when I was a kid
I swear by your pretty floral bonnet this made me laugh
“It was… pun”
The dread pirate Picard
“The Captain’s so smart, he’s always three steps ahead of the enemy. Let’s stick close to him and we’ll be fine.”
Boldly believing where no one has believed before
Let’s be honest, that’s one fine specimen of a button. You were just looking at it, weren’t you?!
That’s what a mind trick feels like
And you don’t even need a navicomputer (or a wookiee)
Unsee it, you never will
He’s the fun parent
Imperial Walker
And not all are equal
I hear he killed at Millionaire
Aaaaand that’s all this time around, folks! Thanks for memeing with Shane Plays airlines.
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 1/14/2017:
Top 5 Geek Movies of 2017!
Highlights: Geek news; Shane and radio veteran Dave Elswick count down their top 5 anticipated geek movies of 2017.
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.
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Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays
Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
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NEWS ITEMS
Nintendo Switch price set at $299, launching March 3 | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/12/14244400/nintendo-switch-price-release-date
Justice League Photo Finally Unites the Team | Gizmodo
http://io9.gizmodo.com/justice-league-photo-unites-the-team-in-ominous-fog-1790953002
Here’s Why ‘Rogue One’ Failed to Take Off in China | The Wrap
http://www.thewrap.com/heres-rogue-one-failed-take-off-china/
‘Rogue One’: Darth Vader’s Final Scene Was a Last-Minute Addition | Collider
http://collider.com/rogue-one-darth-vader-scene/
Star Wars will not digitally recreate Carrie Fisher for next film | Entertainment Weekly
http://ew.com/movies/2017/01/13/star-wars-carrie-fisher/
TOPIC: TOP 5 GEEK MOVIES OF 2017
Shane and his friend and radio talk show veteran Dave Elswick (daily Dave Elswick Show) count down their top 5 must see geek movies of 2017.
Helpful 2017 geek movie articles:
Our 40 Most Anticipated Films For 2017 | Geek Exchange
http://www.geekexchange.com/editorial/our-40-most-anticipated-films-for-2017/
The Most Anticipated Movies of 2017 | Den of Geek!
http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/2017-movies/260264/the-most-anticipated-movies-of-2017
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 1/7/2017:
Indy Dev PixelMetal & Sombrero!
Highlights: Geek news; Indy video game developer Nick Robalik of PixelMetal talks Sombrero, the Spaghetti Western party game.
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.
Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays
Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/
SHOW NOTES
NEWS ITEMS
‘Star Trek’ Fan Film Dispute Goes to Jury Trial in Big Ruling | The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/judge-makes-big-ruling-sending-star-trek-fan-film-dispute-jury-trial-960703
New D&D Book Coming April 4th: Tales from the Yawning Portal
http://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/tales-yawning-portal
WoW’s Diablo Anniversary Celebration Includes a Secret Cow Level | GameSpot
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/wows-diablo-anniversary-celebration-includes-a-sec/1100-6446630/
The mesentery: A ‘new’ organ you didn’t know you had | CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/04/health/new-organ-mesentery/
GUEST: PIXELMETAL
PixelMetal is a strong, independent videogame company
located somewhere in New York City.
http://site.pixelmetal.com/
Gritty Gets Pretty in Spaghetti Western Sombrero | The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/binging-indie/14811-Pixelmetal-Sombrero-Indie-Local-Multi-Western#&gid=gallery_4885&pid=1
Sombrero: Spaghetti Western Mayhem on Steam
This episode: Ghostbusting in Blingdenstone at the behest of another ghost. Can you do nonlethal damage to a lycanthrope? The art of messing with NPCs heads. The psychology of icebergs.
This is an ongoing series of Shane’s notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of the Abyss, which is the tabletop portion of the Rage of Demons story line.
Each video follows the most recent session with his group.
This episode: We tangle with priests of Demogorgon and recover the infernal relics while the Mysterious Stranger decides to remain mysterious. Oh yeah we find a room in the Luskan sewers we missed previously.
This a let’s play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends.
Set in the lush and vibrant world of the Forgotten Realms, Sword Coast Legends offers an all-new way to enjoy the time-tested magic of playing Dungeons & Dragons as a shared storytelling experience. With a deep narrative developed by a team of long-time industry veterans and a partnership with Wizards of the Coast, the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends brings the world of Faerûn home like never before.
This episode: We get duped into a shady quest but then get out of it, expose a corrupt senator, and talk to a droid on drugs. Ok, he’s not really on drugs but it sure sounds like it. Next up: fun with Black Sun.
This is a let’s play series of the Trooper story line in Star Wars The Old Republic.
Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ is the only massively-multiplayer online game with a Free-to-Play option that puts you at the center of your own story-driven Star Wars™ saga. Play as a Jedi, a Sith, a Bounty Hunter or as one of many other Star Wars iconic roles and explore an age over three-thousand years before the classic films. Become the hero of your own Star Wars adventure as you choose your path down the Light or Dark side of the Force™.
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 12/31/2016:
Rogue One!
Highlights: Carrie Fisher tribute; Rogue One: A Star Wars Story deep dive with Michael Brown and Stephen Chenault including likes, dislikes and easter eggs.
Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1:05 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com and on the Tune In Radio app and iHeart Radio apps. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show!
Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on iTunes, Google Play Music and Stitcher (and other fine podcast directories) after the live show.
Like what you hear?
Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays
Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio!
Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/
SHOW NOTES
NEWS ITEMS
Carrie Fisher, ‘Star Wars” Princess Leia, dies at 60 | CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/27/entertainment/carrie-fisher-obit-star-wars/
‘Rogue One’ Set to Close Out 2016 With Third Straight Weekend at #1 | Box Office Mojo
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4254&p=.htm
Lucasfilm Responds to Rogue One CG Character Backlash | Movieweb.com
http://movieweb.com/rogue-one-tarkin-leia-cg-character-backlash-lucasfilm/
27 Secrets You Probably Didn’t Catch In “Rogue One” | BuzzFeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/rogue-one-easter-eggs?utm_term=.lkd9yBZAP#.dm74MmvVG
TOPIC: ROGUE ONE
Deep dive into Rogue One: A Star Wars Story including spoilers, easter eggs and likes and dislikes.
Recurring guests Michael Brown of Brain Trust with Michael Brown and Stephen Chenault of Troll Lord Games join.
NEXT WEEK: PIXELMETAL
PixelMetal is a strong, independent videogame company
located somewhere in New York City.
http://site.pixelmetal.com/
Gritty Gets Pretty in Spaghetti Western Sombrero | The Escapist
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/editorials/binging-indie/14811-Pixelmetal-Sombrero-Indie-Local-Multi-Western#&gid=gallery_4885&pid=1
Sombrero: Spaghetti Western Mayhem on Steam