Category Archives: RPG

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D&D Tomb of Annihilation Notes #9 – Firefinger

Crossing a river. Firefinger and pterafolk. Shield guardians are heavy. Azaka tigers out! When do turned undead actually turn? Climbing speed. Carrying capacity. Falling damage. Smacking someone as they fall past you.

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The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity with Jon Peterson

The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity – Episode 235 – 12-22-2020

The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity with Jon Peterson
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #235 - 12/22/2020
The Elusive Shift: How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity with Jon Peterson

Highlights: Jon Peterson discusses The Elusive Shift, his newest in-depth book about role-playing game history. The importance of fanzines ...

Asunder RPG with Adam Lawson & Robert J. Schwalb – Episode 233 – 11-25-2020


Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #233 - 11/25/2020
Asunder RPG with Adam Lawson & Robert J. Schwalb

Highlights: Asunder is the dark fantasy RPG (powered by the Shadow of the Demon Lord system) set in a dying world with no metal where humans have transformed plants and insects into living ...

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Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon: Fan-created Final Episode “Requiem” – Episode 231 – 11/2/2020

Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon: Fan-created Final Episode Requiem shane plays podcast title 11-2-2020
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #231 - 11/2/2020
Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon: Fan-created Final Episode

Highlights:  The unproduced final episode of the 80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon now exists thanks to superfans Ryan Nead and Marshall Hubbard and ...

The Kill Journal with Adam Lawson – Episode 230 – 10/23/2020


Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #230 - 10/23/2020
The Kill Journal with Adam Lawson

Highlights: Writer, director, and producer Adam Lawson (Snakes on a Plane, Escape the Night, The Eighth, TableTop) joins to talk The Kill Journal, a horror graphic novel about survivors of supernatural slashers who band together to ...

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D&D Tomb of Annihilation Notes #8 – Vorn & Yellyark

Vorn the shield guardian and the goblins of Yellyark take front and center this episode. Is it a village, a spring trap... or both?? Invisible shenanigans. An unappreciated ambush. Bear traps can backfire. Surprising velociraptors.

Main recap starts at 19:40

The audio clips in places, mea culpa. That was the first time I've used that ...