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This week on the DM’s Round Table.

• NewbieDM decided to drop by and say hi, but not before we discussed how awesome and totally rad rituals are. At least that’s how I remember it happening.
• We also discussed the new rating system Wizards of the coast will be adding to magic items in upcoming 4th edition publications.
• What it means to have a successful blog in the RPG community and why I (thadeous) think you suck if you are in it to make a quick buck. That’s not to discredit all the people who are putting out quality work who have earned their chops.
• We round out the night telling NewbieDM what a stud we all think he is, and then he makes Tracy (Sarah Darkmagic) cry tears of joy.

All in all I think it was a great night of discussion. And now for DMSamuel’s Show notes, because I’m too lazy to do them mah self.

T.

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LOL, thanks Thadeous…  Here are links to the stuff we talked about and the people we mentioned in this episode!

• @ChrisSSims GenCon Dark Sun DM Extraordinaire
• @NewbieDM Awesome Ennie-Award nominated blogger and podcaster
• 4eHomeEncounters.com where the community driven home-play version of #dndenc will be posted
• LoreMaster.org where @SarahDarkmagic wrote an awesome article for @Matt_James_RPG
• BensRPGPile where Ben lives (Ben is writing an awesome article for RPGMusings.com this week)
• RPGMP3 where @DMSamuel posts up his actual play podcasts (some of which include Aaron, @WolfSamurai)
• MyDnDGame.net where @deadorcs will be posting a conversion of Star Frontiers into the 4e ruleset
• SarahDarkmagic’s site, where the Downloadable Delves live

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Cheers!

Welcome to the next episode of the DM Roundtable!

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It’s the week before Gen Con and most of us are not going, so we thought we would sit around and talk about RPGs for a while and hate on all the people who get to go.  In this episode I think I make my players sound a lot more blood thirsty than they are but it makes for great conversation. We also do a half assed job at trying to explain what the Dresden Files RPG is. We are trying to get one of the writers to join us some night to answer our questions and tell everyone what the game is really all about.

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Enjoy the podcast, and to all the jerks who got to go to Gen Con, I’ll get you next year.

T.

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Topics Discussed in this Episode:

• Shirts! (Where we ask the question, “Exactly what IS a girly shirt?“)
• GenCon and Puppies (thanks @Bartoneus)
• Alternate Win Conditions in Combat (Bloodthirsty Players?)
• Dresden Files RPG
• MetaGameShow and the TPK
• Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series of books
• Aspects and Compels in the Dresden Files RPG (Evil Hat Productions, @FredHicks, @RDonoghue, FATE, Fudge)
• Comparison of Elements of 4e DnD and Dresden Files RPG

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Your Hosts’ Aspects:

• @ThadeousC: Pisses People Off
• @WolfSamurai: Listens Too Well
• @SarahDarkmagic: Prone to Blushing
• @DMSamuel: Bad Moderator
• @deadorcs: Elitist Gamer
• @JesterOC: Easily Flustered

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Welcome back to another episode of the DM’s Roundtable.  Your hosts for this episode are Tracy (@SarahDarkmagic), Randall (@deadorcs), Thadeous (@ThadeousC), and Sam (@DMSamuel).  We are also joined by Quinn (@gamefiend), another member of The Fellowship of the Tweet (and therefore a default host here at DM Roundtable).  Our special guest this week is Mike Shea (@slyflourish), back for the second time to talk with us.  Thanks to Quinn and Mike for joining us this week! And by the way, @MichaelRobles is a GOD among men, a GOD I TELL YOU!

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Here are this week’s main topics:

• How do you spell “mausoleum’?
• How Betting at the Racetrack can be used in game design (or how playing bingo with old people improves your game)
• The Monster Builder and Compendium updates
• Lethality vs Sterility in 4e D&D
• Conditions and Effects in your game
• Martial Controller: The missing class? Or the unnecessary class?

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Things we mention in this episode:

Sly Flourish’s Dungeon Master Tips Book

Star Frontiers

4e D&D Monster Builder

Orcus Mini

4e D&D Compendium

Collecting souls for Bruce Cordell (@brucecordell)

The Yeti Microphone

Worldbreakers

Demonomicon

Dwarven Forge

PAX and PAXEast (and a shout out to the DM Challenge)

@DaveTheGame

Tomb of Horrors 4e Super-Adventure and the Tomb of Horrors DM Rewards Adventure (which is a different product)

The Tome Show

OD&D (Original Basic Dungeons and Dragons)

D&D Encounters Program

GenCon (hosting a panel or seminar, and Tracy Hickman’s Killer Dungeon)

@ChrisSSims (P.S. Randall is an awesome guy to follow on twitter, and not a tool at all, his twitter handle is @deadorcs, kthxbai!)

BensRPGPile

Tracy’s Bio (featuring awesome campaign ideas, e.g. kitten in a vase and cat-on-a-turtle)

The Amethyst Campaign World published by Goodman Games

The Noble, 3rd party martial controller class by Modeus Publications

The Martial Controller conversation on twitter that included @Bartoneus, @chattydm, @adamjford, @rdonoghue, @phaezen, @DaveTheGame, @Greywulf, @deadorcs, and @SarahDarkmagic (if I missed anyone, I’m sorry – DMSamuel)

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How to Reach Your Hosts:

Quinn: At-Will Blog, and the SkillCast, featuring new co-host @ryvencedrylle

Thadeous: ILovePuppies.com and his blog, MyDnDGame.net featuring guest articles this week

Tracy: TemporaryHitPoints (featuring Jeff Greiner of the Tome Show), and her own SarahDarkmagic Blog

Randall: InitOrWhat? Blog, featuring Creature Comforts, a new series of posts to improve your game

Sam: RPGMusings Blog, the 4Geeks4e podcast, and RPGMP3 where he will soon be submitting 4e actual play podcasts

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P.S. And of course, we can’t forget to mention @MichaelRobles because he is so damn awesome – hi Michael, when is your awesomeness going to grace our presence with a guest spot here on the dm-roundtable?

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We just finished up episode 4 of the DM’s Round Table and man was it awesome! Mike Shea from Slyflourish joined the group to talk about the new D&D updates, the new Monster Manual 3, his kick ass book and much much more. I’m sure DM Samuel will come along and put some detailed podcast notes and other fun stuff up in just a bit. Until he does have a listen

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This episode features special guest Mike Shea, from SlyFlourish.com.  He’s not on the episode to sell his book or market anything, but we think you should check it out anyway, at Slyflourish.com/book. The other hosts of this episode are @SarahDarkmagic, @deadorcs, @WolfSamurai, @ThadeousC, and @DMSamuel (with special guest listener @KatoKatonian).

Also, Thadeous wants to remind you  that you can still buy his shirts at MyDnDGame.net.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

• D&D Updates (the Magic Missile, and the new monster damage tables)
• Conditions in 4th Edition D&D (Stun, Daze, and Dominate)
• What do you do when a player freezes during role-play?
• Do DM’s give enough information during the game?
• The Dungeons and Dragons Essentials Line and what it means to the game

Mentions (with links):

The RPGA and LFR

D&D Encounters

@gamefiend and his Worldbreakers

Lulu.com

Hammerfast

Dresden Files RPG

We’d like to say thank you to Mike (@SlyFlourish) for joining us for an awesome conversation, and also to @KatoKatonian for being a stellar guest listener.

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This episode is brought to you by the giant squid-like, octopus loving, tentacled, shift 3 squares and fall prone, fear aura 3, +23 to att, immediate save against low self esteem size of DM Samuel’s ego.  You see, Sam was in the mountains and wasn’t able to participate in the last DM Roundtable.  Yes, he was sad, but then he wanted to schedule another recording.  Everything was fine until one of the cast members was called to work at the last minute and another was too tired to participate.  So what did Sam do?  He let the aforementioned ego take over and called up some friends to have a podcast-worthy conversation anyway.  The result is this special edition DM’s Roundtable podcast.

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Joining DM Samuel is @WolfSamurai (Aaron), @mhasko (Mike), and @countingku (Gordon, the giant Ku).

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We talk about such things as:

• LeBron James
• Campaign Settings and their associated Canon
• Tweaking D&D Adventures
• Speculating on the next setting to be released by Wizards of the Coast

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There is also a special station-break featuring the spirit of @SarahDarkmagic.

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Here are links to the various things we mention this episode:

LeBron James

Chris Sims’ Article on Critical-Hits.com

Lord of the Rings (the Peter Jackson movies, and the MERP game)

Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

Rescue at Rivenroar (From Dragon Mag issue 156)

Greyhawk and Mystara Campaign Settings

d20 Modern, Dark Matter, Alternity

Magic Missile!

WolfSamurai’s Blog (Phelanar’s Den)

psychopez’s Blog

4Geeks4e Podcast Website

Sarah Darkmagic’s Blog

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And that about wraps it up!  We hope you enjoy this special edition of the DM Roundtable.  Thanks to @ThadeousC, @SarahDarkmagic, and @deadorcs for letting DMSamuel seize their places at the roundtable and replace them with his own special guests. Oh, and, for the record, Sam actually does like the Lord of the Rings books and movies. And seriously, check out the Magic Missile!

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That’s right, the Fellowship of the Tweets was off for another week which means you get to listen to another round table. We were short a few contributors this week but we still managed to have a great time.

This week we discussed:

• The July Dungeons and Dragons Errata
• Clash of the Titans – the semi new release
• The D&D essentials line & the up coming red box
• Chris Tulach – he is a really cool guy
• Dark Sun – Thadeous ” I’m still not interested in it.”
• Dresden Files RPG -Thadeous fumbles his way through explaining the game
• NewbieDM’s player info sheet
• Black Blade Blues – a crazy awesome book that Sarah Darkmagic just read.

I’m sure I missed tons of stuff on the notes but Samuel will come along and fix all that for me. For now you should

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DM\’s Round Table Episode 2

This weeks contributors are:

1. Tracy Hurley from the Sarah Darkmagic blog
2. Randal Walker from the Initiative or What? Blog
3. Thadeous Cooper From his couch and Mydndgame.net

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Yeah that’s right, listen to us (Sarah Darkmagic of the freaken New Hampshire Dark Magics, DeadOrcs, DMSamuel, and Thadeous) because what else are you doing with your time right now? I mean you could be listening to the Tome Show, or The DM Guys, Skill Cast, Combat Cast, NewbieDMs Mini Cast; but why would you do that when you can listen to a bunch of DMs sit around and just talk about gaming?

This isn’t a produced podcast. There isn’t an agenda or a format. We don’t really even have a clue what we are doing or what we are going to talk about until we hit the record button. But if you have some time to kill and want to hear our views on things like:

• Hirst Arts terrain building.

• The New Orcus Mini

• A home base for your characters

• How to make Paragon Tier work

• Cooperative group building (52 Pickup)

• Dark Sun (and some hating on FR)

• The new Raven Loft game

• and much much more.

Then you should click here to download the podcast and freakin listen to us! (Right click to save)

Here are links to other things we mentioned!

• Android App by Sylloge that pulls info from D&D Insider (must have subscription)

• i4e App for iPhone

• iPlay4e web browser application

• New website focused on 4e D&D players: Temporary Hit Points

• Rob Donoghue’s excellent blog

• New DM focused podcast: 3geeks4e.com

• Jeff Greiner’s awesome podcast: The Tome Show

• Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting

• The Vorpal Network Website and Forums (specifically the post regarding Amethyst Giveaway)

• Amethyst

• Penny Arcade

• Eberron Campaign Setting

• Castle Ravenloft boardgame

• Dungeons of Dragonfire Mountain/Wrath of Ashardalon boardgame

• BoardGameGeek Website

• RPG Geek Website

• D&D Miniatures Gallery Archive

• Reaper Miniatures

• New Redbox, Dungeons and Dragons Essentials Line Red-Box

• Fellowship of the Tweets Website