This Episode: Exploration of the Reef begins. We deceive some thugs and then have to choose between our companions as their bickering becomes much worse. OK seriously, how do you NOT choose Callistege? Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing ...
This Episode: We're born as we plummet to the Earth and begin character creation soon after apparently dying. The world and rules of Numenera are introduced as we run from the Sorrow and encounter two companions.... are they friend or foe?! Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: ...
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 2/25/2017:
Neal Adams & the Growing Earth!
Highlights: Comics legend Neal Adams discusses his multi-decades research into an alternative geological theory of the nature of our planet. He’ll be the first to tell you it sounds whackadoodle until ...
This Episode: We go a little off the rails with a T-Rex and a... Deck of Many Things?! War plans on the eve of the Battle of Blingdenstone. Rules for travel paces and forced marches. Dorbo says everyone can have butt nuggets. It's a very special episode of Out of the Abyss. Elven Tower's Out of ...
This episode: We thought we had finished storming the bad guys' fortress, but get thrown a curveball at the last minute. Hungry dogs make good allies. An inquisitive inquisitor asks his last question. Bryn Lightfingers shows up. This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in ...
This episode: We continue storming the Gilded Eye chapterhouse, find some sweet loot and discover that reading books pays off. 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 ...
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 2/18/2017:
RPG Designer Rodney Thompson & Dusk City Outlaws!
Highlights: Geek news; Game designer Rodney Thompson (D&D 5th Edition, Star Wars Saga system, Lords of Waterdeep, Destiny video game) discusses his Dusk City Outlaws fantasy heist RPG.
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This episode: We go bear hunting and then begin storming the castle of our enemies the Gilded Eye. Looks like their leader may be under the influence of... a succubus?! This a let's play of the single player campaign of Sword Coast Legends. Set in the lush and vibrant world of the ...
This episode: Basilisk battle in Entemoch's Boon. Adjusting encounters for party capability. More notes on Leomund's Tiny Hut. Balancing DM rulings against having fun. Unfortunately there are some players you just can't trust. This is an ongoing series of Shane's notes, thoughts and tips for running the D&D adventure Out of ...
Podcast for the Shane Plays radio show from 2/11/2017:
2016 CRPG Game of the Year!
Highlights: Richard Hatch tribute; Felipe Pepe (The CRPG Book Project) and Matt Barton (Dungeons & Desktops, Matt Chat) discuss the RPG Codex Game of the Year voting results and related carnage.
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