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Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper

Let’s Play Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper #10

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This episode: Our boss gets a demotion. We get a promotion. We finally get a companion (guess who?). Mail call brings another vanity pet and a sweet ride. Some quest cleanup and now we’re on the verge of heading off planet!

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™.

http://www.swtor.com/

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D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #18

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This episode: Lots of DM improvisation. A carrion crawler. The final session in Gracklstugh ends on a cliffhanger!

Gracklstugh Help Sheets by PurpleVermont:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3pf0ga/oota_gracklstugh_help_sheets/

Gracklstugh Encounter Map by Robus:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1302

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.

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Let’s Play Serpent in the Staglands #34

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This episode: We explore the Woods Edge map which has lots of nice traps and encounters, and then find a surprise right when we think we’re almost done with the area.

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/

Shane Plays DC Rebirth Review 2

DC Rebirth Review #2: 10 Comics (Spoilers)

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Review of 10 DC Comics rebirth related books with SPOILERS:
Flash: Rebirth #1
Titans: Rebirth #1
Wonder Woman: Rebirth #1
Aquaman: Rebirth #1
Action Comics #957
Superman #1
Batman #1
Detective Comics #934
Green Lanterns #1
Green Arrow #1

Note: The Titans character referred to in the video seems to be Lilith / Omen.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Rebirth –
DC Rebirth is a 2016 relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Using the end of The New 52 initiative in May 2016 as its launching point, DC Rebirth is intended to restore the DC Universe to a form much like that prior to the “Flashpoint” storyline while still incorporating numerous elements of The New 52, including its continuity. It will also see many of its titles move to a twice-monthly release schedule, with all titles releasing at US$2.99.

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Michael and Sam Witwer talk RPGs

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I had the unexpected pleasure of talking RPG games and their history with author Michael Witwer (Gary Gygax biography Empire of the Imagination) and actor Sam Witwer (Battlestar Galactica, Once Upon a Time, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Star Wars Rebels) over the weekend during a Google hangout with my friend Matt Barton of Matt Chat.

These guys truly love RPGs and have a long history with them. Great geekout session. Witwers join at the 19:35 mark.

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Axanar & Star Trek Fan Film Guidelines! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 56

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 6/25/2016:
Axanar & Star Trek Fan Film Guidelines!

Highlights: Alec Peters of Axanar on the new Star Trek fan film “guidelines” and the future of Axanar.

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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SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

Anton Yelchin, ‘Star Trek’ Actor, Dies at 27 | NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/arts/anton-yelchin-star-trek-actor-dies-at-27-in-an-accident.html

CBS / Paramount Declare War on Star Trek Fan Films w/ Draconian Fan Film Guidelines | Krypton Radio
https://kryptonradio.com/2016/06/23/cbs-paramount-drop-hammer-trek-fan-films/

Star Trek: Axanar Producer Criticizes Paramount’s Fan-Film Guidelines
http://screenrant.com/star-trek-axanar-fan-film-paramount-controversy/

GUEST: STAR TREK AXANAR

Alec Peters of Star Trek Axanar!

https://twitter.com/StarTrekAxanar

Prelude to Axanar on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1_8IV8uhA

AXANAR Teaser Trailer “Honor Through Victory”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_PVbW6y64

AXANAR Teaser Trailer “Stands United”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_4W5ywBTpE

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The CRPG Book Project! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 55

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 6/18/2016:
The CRPG Book Project!

Highlights: Geek news; Felipe Pepe and the CRPG Book Project (Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games).

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

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Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi.
http://kryptonradio.com/


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SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

Free RPG Day is June 18th!
http://www.freerpgday.com/

Free RPG Day Retailer Locator 2016:
http://www.freerpgday.com/stores.htm?v=2016

GUEST: FELIPE PEPE & THE CRPG BOOK PROJECT

@FelipePepe Twitter https://twitter.com/felipepepe

Felipe’s Gamasutra Blog:
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/author/FelipePepe/982590/

The CRPG Book Project – Sharing the History of Computer Role-Playing Games
(currently with 350 pages and 200 reviews)
https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/

NEXT WEEK: 

Alec Peters of Star Trek Axanar!

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D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #17

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This episode: No plan survives first contact with the players. Random madness tables. A dragon, stone giants, and a player with another unusual request. What is the fate of the dragon egg?!

Gracklstugh Help Sheets by PurpleVermont:
https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/3pf0ga/oota_gracklstugh_help_sheets/

Gracklstugh Encounter Map by Robus:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/rpgdownloads.php?do=download&downloadid=1302

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.

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River City Comic Expo 2016! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 54

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 6/11/2016:
River City Comic Expo 2016!

Highlights: Brief geek news; Comic book sales ranks; Live remote from the River City Comic Expo in Little Rock, including “man on the street” interviews with cosplayers, VIPs and vendors!

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

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SHOW NOTES

NEWS ITEMS

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Recruits John Boyega to Re-Cancel the Apocalypse | Slashfilm
http://www.slashfilm.com/pacific-rim-2-casts-john-boyega/

Warcraft Review: All That Could Have Been | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/9/11895050/warcraft-review-all-that-could-have-been

2015 Comic Book Sales Figures | The Comics Chronicles
http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2015.html

2016 Comic Book Sales Figures | The Comics Chronicles
http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/2016.html

TOPIC: LIVE FROM THE RIVER CITY COMIC EXPO

Shane broadcasts live from the RCCE and does “man on the street” interviews with cosplayers, VIPs and vendors!

River City Comic Expo

River City Comic Expo in Little Rock, AR June 11-12, 2016. Back at the Statehouse Convention Center! Now with 90,000 square feet of Guests, Artists, Dealers, Gaming, Panels, and Entertainment!

Comics, pop culture, Little Rock Picture Show, cosplay, gaming and more!

http://rivercitycomicexpo.com/

RCCE on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/864970530247751/

Game Goblins: https://www.facebook.com/GameGoblins/
(multiple events at RCCE including Magic: The Gathering and Warhammer 40K)

RPG Games at RCCE (with Game Goblins & Shane Plays):  https://www.facebook.com/events/1571131839851959/