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Let’s Play Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear #8

This episode: We get turned down by several possible party recruits (really needed a cleric, dang) and have a trippy encounter with a fire elemental, man.

From developer Beamdog‘s marketing copy:

A major new expansion to Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition adds areas, action, and adventure to the original!

“Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.” -Plutarch

Though Sarevok is dead and his plan for war averted, peace eludes the citizens of Baldur’s Gate. A crusade marches from the north, seizing supplies, forcing locals into military service, and disrupting trade along the Sword Coast. A charismatic warrior known as the Shining Lady leads this army, her background shrouded in mystery. Can the rumors be true—is she, like you, the child of a god?

The closer you get to the Shining Lady, the more you realize your father, the dead Lord of Murder still casts a long shadow upon your path. Baldur’s Gate has put its faith in you, but you must determine whose interests you truly serve before you face the Shining Lady among the ruins of Dragonspear Castle…

Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear adds a new chapter to the Bhaalspawn saga. The events occurring between Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II are at last revealed in this 25-hour expansion pack for Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition.

Attack of the D&D / RPG Memes III!

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These posts have proven popular to you, the ravenous gaming public, so here’s another one. Yer welcome.

If you missed the first one, here it is. And while you’re at it, don’t miss the second one 🙂

And now on with the show my droogies.

An army of one. In a well balanced group. Credit to @BadDiceBad via Twitter

May have signed up for too many this semester

Fortunately the new DMG has a weasel availability table, with subtables for town type

It’ll be ok

And speaking of ok…

It’s the right thing to do, no bones about it

The glass was a mimic – The DM

d&d meme that moment when you have to ask

Inconceivable!

d&d meme hit him with your crossbow steve

Steve and his crossbow. I tell ya.

Some therapist in Baldur’s Gate is going to make their career off of this one.

A howling bad fumble

This fumble has everyone’s shorts in a twist

A brainy move, but still a fumble

Does my character still get XP if I’m not there?

These are the basement voyages…

Blue suede shoes of stealth

d&d meme you cannot improve on perfection

Sometimes you get it right the first time

1979, remember?

d&d meme in my day we colored in our own dice

Uphill both ways in the snow and we LIKED it

d&d meme no that would unbalance the game

Can’t believe the guy even asked

It all spends the same

Chugalug chugalug

The nerd’s Rorschach test

$d&d meme this is math$

I guess the cat’s finally out of the bag

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #13

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This episode: Working in surprise new players with bonus magic missiles. Does Shane protect a player from his own unwise actions? An obelisk, a derro savant, and a spectator as the Whorlstone Tunnels continue!

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.

Captain America! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 50

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 5/14/2016:
Captain America!

Highlights: Geek news; Captain America, the movie and the character, plus Captain America trivia!

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/

Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_5-14-2016_podcast.mp3
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SHOW NOTES

GIVEAWAY! Like and Share the following Facebook post (ON FACEBOOK) for a chance to win a Castles & Crusades Players Handbook from show sponsor Troll Lord Games!

Like and share this FB post ON FACEBOOK to enter!

AND Castles & Crusades has a cool new Kickstarter!
Monsters & Treasure of Aihrde
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/castles-and-crusades-monsters-and-treasure-of-aihr

NEWS ITEMS

Eisner Winner Darwyn Cooke Has Passed Away
http://comicbook.com/2016/05/14/eisner-winner-darwyn-cooke-has-passed-away/

Little Rock Comic Con May 14-15
https://www.facebook.com/LittleRockComicCon/timeline

Disney Infinity Discontinued, Developer Shuttered With Nearly 300 Jobs Lost | Gamespot
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-infinity-discontinued-developer-shuttered-w/1100-6439677/

Civilization VI is coming in October
http://store.steampowered.com/app/289070

Bryan Cranston to star in Philip K Dick Channel 4 sci-fi TV series | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/10/bryan-cranston-philip-k-dick-channel-4-sci-fi-tv-electric-dreams

Supergirl renewed and moving to The CW | EW.com
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/12/supergirl-renewed-cw

ABC Has Canceled Marvel’s Agent Carter | io9
http://io9.gizmodo.com/abc-has-cancelled-marvels-agent-carter-1776366639

The First Reviews of X-Men Apocalypse Are In, and They’re ‘Meh’ | io9 http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-first-reviews-of-x-men-apocalypse-are-in-and-theyr-1775617115

Voltron Legendary Defender trailer (Netflix, June 10)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXW1waqRCb0

TOPIC: CAPTAIN AMERICA

Captain America, both the movie and the character! Plus Captain America trivia!

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #24

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This episode: It’s a surprise venture back into the Luskan sewers and a meeting with Bregan D’aerthe.

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.

https://swordcoast.com/

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #12

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This episode: Secret tunnels and water weirds in the Whorlstone Tunnels. When players miss (and almost miss) obvious stuff. That one player who always has unusual requests.

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.

No Thank You, Evil! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 49

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Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 5/7/2016:
No Thank You, Evil!

Highlights: Geek news; Shanna Germain of Monte Cook Games talks No Thank You Evil!, the creative, imaginative RPG for kids as young as 5 but fun for all ages.

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/

Direct Download:
http://traffic.libsyn.com/shaneplays/Shane_Plays_5-7-16_podcast.mp3
Listen Here via Embed:

SHOW NOTES

GIVEAWAY! Like and Share the following Facebook post (ON FACEBOOK) for a chance to win a Castles & Crusades Players Handbook from show sponsor Troll Lord Games!

Like and share this FB post ON FACEBOOK to enter!

AND Castles & Crusades has a cool new Kickstarter!
Monsters & Treasure of Aihrde
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/castles-and-crusades-monsters-and-treasure-of-aihr

NEWS ITEMS

Today (May 7) is Free Comic Book Day!
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/

Admins of shut down World of Warcraft server say they will meet with Blizzard | Polygon
http://www.polygon.com/2016/5/1/11551766/nostalrius-world-of-warcraft-shut-down-blizzard-vanilla-servers-solution

It’s like peanut butter and chocolate! D&D meets Magic: The Gathering in Plane Shift: Zendikar D&D 5E free PDF supplement
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/plane-shift-zendikar-2016-04-27

Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time fantasy novels to be adapted for new TV series | Blastr
http://www.blastr.com/2016-5-2/robert-jordans-wheel-time-fantasy-novels-be-adapted-new-tv-series

Nintendo is foregoing a digital event at E3 2016 | PixelDynamo
https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2016/05/05/103062/nintendo-foregoing-digital-event-e3-2016/

Nintendo NX coming March 2017: Nintendo President claims launching NX next year is “proper” | PixelDynamo
https://www.pixeldynamo.com/news/gaming/2016/04/29/102829/nintendo-president-claims-launching-nx-next-year-is-proper/

New Star Trek Series To Stream Weekly, Debut in January 2017 | StarTrek.com
http://www.startrek.com/article/new-series-to-air-weekly-debut-in-january

Report: CBS Considering Dropping SUPERGIRL Over Budget Issues | Newsarama
http://www.newsarama.com/29136-report-cbs-considering-dropping-supergirl-over-budget-issues.html

GUEST: MONTE COOK GAMES

Shanna Germain of Monte Cook Games and No Thank You, Evil!, the creative, imaginative RPG for kids as young as 5 but fun for all ages.

Monte Cook Games:
http://www.montecookgames.com/

No Thank You, Evil!:
http://www.nothankyouevil.com/

Shanna Germain on Twitter:
@ShannaGermain

Captain America: Civil War Reaction Review – Spoiler Free!

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What did Shane think of Captain America: Civil War??? Is it a dud or a major milestone in comic book movies? Is Shane Team Cap or Team Iron Man?

Check out this reaction review video for some spoiler free views on both the quality of the film and the philosophy involved!

Also: was it a Captain America movie or an Avengers movie?

Free Comic Book Day Crowd

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I decided to use this year’s Free Comic Book Day to check out a local comic book store I had heard of several times but never actually visited. I stepped through the doors of Kapow! Comics in Sherwood, AR to this rather enthusiastic scene.

And yes, that’s a full size Silver Surfer in the corner 🙂

In case you’re wondering, yes I did visit my normal friendly local comic book store (Collector’s Edition in North Little Rock) which was rather busy itself, and yes I picked up my reserve list and supported them. As a regular, the rawkin’ employee working the counter had made sure I got a copy of the FCBD Civil War II comic from Marvel. You won’t get that from digital… support your local comic book store!

Let’s Play Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper #9

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This episode: We finish the Separatist stronghold on Ord Mantell and get betrayed by our own. On the plus side we get a sweet grenade that makes big boom boom with flames, which is nice.

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/

SHANE PLAYS

A journey into the things we love: Podcast + blog! Get your geek on or discover your inner geek: games, video games, RPGs, comic books, movies, TV, books, oh so much more!

Author Archives: Shane

Let’s Play Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear #8

Attack of the D&D / RPG Memes III!

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #13

Captain America! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 50

Let’s Play Sword Coast Legends Story Mode #24

D&D Out of the Abyss Notes #12

No Thank You, Evil! – Radio Show / Podcast Ep. 49

Captain America: Civil War Reaction Review – Spoiler Free!

Free Comic Book Day Crowd

Let’s Play Star Wars The Old Republic Trooper #9