So I have managed to sort out my uploading problems with my podcasts and it seems to be working.
So here is one from last year from Dragonmeet 2008.
This is the first in a series of special recordings from Dragonmeet 2008.
This was recorded at Dragonmeet 2008 at Kensington Town Hall, London, UK on Saturday 29th November 2008.
Ken Hite and Robin Laws talk about writing roleplaying games and their experiences in the roleplaying game industry and hobby. Insightful discussion as the panellist field questions from the audience.
Panellists were Robin Laws, and Ken Hite.
Running Time: 01:02:05.
Dragonmeet 2008: 'Robin & Ken on Roleplaying Games'
Dragonmeet 2008: 'Robin & Ken on Roleplaying Games' MP3 version
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Monday, 1 December 2008
Dragonmeet 2008 Con Report
What another great convention!
It seems so short but sweet.
For the first time in a few years I didn't run two games back to back only running a single game in the morning slot only.
I spent most of the afternoon attending the seminars or catching up too briefly with people.
It was an early start with catching the 05:00 AM train to London but I was able to get to Kensington Town Hall without getting swamped in the crowds. Most of the traders got to the venue early so it didn't take long to get them all loaded into the main hall. Pushing a few trollies in and out is one of my ways of giving back to the con. Also stuffing the Goodie Bags with the programme books and other goodies was a big help.
The Main Trade Hall
I then set up my table, located on the upper floor in a little sealed off area, ready for my game. The sign-up sheet was filled in very fast as soon as the doors opened!
I ran the latest episode in my Serenity: HeroQuest saga titled 'Rocks and Hard Places'
It was the first time I had ran this episode and I hadn't really finalised the plot. I was hoping that the players themselves would direct where and when the action would take place as I would follow their lead more.
I started the game in Deadwood, just as in the HBO series of the same name as I think it would fit in the 'verse no problem. Channelling Al Swearengen proved to be a problem, possibly due to the early morning, and the start of the game floundered a bit. Also I did expect there to be a shoot-out in deadwood but the players [with one notable exception] seemed to want to avoid any violence at any cost.
There was a lot of role-playing in character which over-ran a little so I had to rush the ending a little. The addition plot points and distractions worked well with the players getting paranoid over the conspiracies. All the players were very surprised by the big reveal and manufactured their own surprise ending involving the whole crew leaving Johner behind to have a shootout with all the Feds at his insistence.
I did record this game so expect it soon to be podcast on One Man and His Dice.com.
I spent the afternoon attending the seminars.
I walked into John Wick's Seminar halfway through so I was unable to record that one. Very interesting and it seems I share similar GM style and theories. I will have to look up his 'Houses of the Blooded' as only then was it explained to me what it was about despite asking on a few forums.
John Wick
I then spent the next half hour wandering about the whole complex taking photos of the gaming groups. There were some fantastic looking games. The Phoenix Games club had a great looking Dungeon game in action, the Shadow Warriors had a Great War biplane battle game that just simply gorgeous, there was a very detailed Camelot diorama, a BattleStar Galactica board game that looked cool, and many more excellent models and games.
I then went to the Robin Laws and Kenneth Hite seminar that I did manage to record. It didn't have an overall theme, just an open Question & Answer session and didn't suffer for it. Some excellent questions were answered and there was some great discussion that was very interesting.
Robin Laws and Kenneth Hite
That was followed by a Guest of Honour free-for-all seminar. At first there was only Robin Laws and John Wick but then Kenneth Hite and James Wallis each joined later.
A great seminar that by accident seemed to focus on the fantastic work of Greg Stafford.
We also learnt how each guest started off into this hobby of ours with some funny results.
Again I managed to record this and it will be podcast on One Man and His Dice.com.
Kenneth Hite, Robin Laws, John Wick and James Wallis
So a very good convention where I got to catch up with a few people though unfortunately far too briefly and run a good game. I do have a few recordings that I hope to get up over the next couple of weeks.
More photos at:
Dragonmeet 2008 photo set on my Flickr Site
It seems so short but sweet.
For the first time in a few years I didn't run two games back to back only running a single game in the morning slot only.
I spent most of the afternoon attending the seminars or catching up too briefly with people.
It was an early start with catching the 05:00 AM train to London but I was able to get to Kensington Town Hall without getting swamped in the crowds. Most of the traders got to the venue early so it didn't take long to get them all loaded into the main hall. Pushing a few trollies in and out is one of my ways of giving back to the con. Also stuffing the Goodie Bags with the programme books and other goodies was a big help.
The Main Trade Hall
I then set up my table, located on the upper floor in a little sealed off area, ready for my game. The sign-up sheet was filled in very fast as soon as the doors opened!
I ran the latest episode in my Serenity: HeroQuest saga titled 'Rocks and Hard Places'
It was the first time I had ran this episode and I hadn't really finalised the plot. I was hoping that the players themselves would direct where and when the action would take place as I would follow their lead more.
I started the game in Deadwood, just as in the HBO series of the same name as I think it would fit in the 'verse no problem. Channelling Al Swearengen proved to be a problem, possibly due to the early morning, and the start of the game floundered a bit. Also I did expect there to be a shoot-out in deadwood but the players [with one notable exception] seemed to want to avoid any violence at any cost.
There was a lot of role-playing in character which over-ran a little so I had to rush the ending a little. The addition plot points and distractions worked well with the players getting paranoid over the conspiracies. All the players were very surprised by the big reveal and manufactured their own surprise ending involving the whole crew leaving Johner behind to have a shootout with all the Feds at his insistence.
I did record this game so expect it soon to be podcast on One Man and His Dice.com.
I spent the afternoon attending the seminars.
I walked into John Wick's Seminar halfway through so I was unable to record that one. Very interesting and it seems I share similar GM style and theories. I will have to look up his 'Houses of the Blooded' as only then was it explained to me what it was about despite asking on a few forums.
John Wick
I then spent the next half hour wandering about the whole complex taking photos of the gaming groups. There were some fantastic looking games. The Phoenix Games club had a great looking Dungeon game in action, the Shadow Warriors had a Great War biplane battle game that just simply gorgeous, there was a very detailed Camelot diorama, a BattleStar Galactica board game that looked cool, and many more excellent models and games.
I then went to the Robin Laws and Kenneth Hite seminar that I did manage to record. It didn't have an overall theme, just an open Question & Answer session and didn't suffer for it. Some excellent questions were answered and there was some great discussion that was very interesting.
Robin Laws and Kenneth Hite
That was followed by a Guest of Honour free-for-all seminar. At first there was only Robin Laws and John Wick but then Kenneth Hite and James Wallis each joined later.
A great seminar that by accident seemed to focus on the fantastic work of Greg Stafford.
We also learnt how each guest started off into this hobby of ours with some funny results.
Again I managed to record this and it will be podcast on One Man and His Dice.com.
Kenneth Hite, Robin Laws, John Wick and James Wallis
So a very good convention where I got to catch up with a few people though unfortunately far too briefly and run a good game. I do have a few recordings that I hope to get up over the next couple of weeks.
More photos at:
Dragonmeet 2008 photo set on my Flickr Site
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
One Man and His Dice Update
I have posted up a new podcast from Continuum 2008 called Rune Magic.
This is a seminar by the authors and developers of the new Gloranthan HeroQuest 2.0 line and covers the magic system of Glorantha. They do go into some detail of how this magic system works with a return to using the Core Runes.
One Man and His Dice.com
This is the seventh in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Sunday 3rd August 2008 at 14:00 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
A discussion on the new Gloranthan Magic system for HeroQuest 2.0, a return to using the Runes as the core part of the system.
Panellists were Jeff Richard, Ian Cooper and Lawrence Whitaker. Additional discussion points by David Scott, Mike Gibb, Alex Ferguson, Ed McDonald, and Nick Brooke.
Running Time: 01:06:47.
More details here
This is a seminar by the authors and developers of the new Gloranthan HeroQuest 2.0 line and covers the magic system of Glorantha. They do go into some detail of how this magic system works with a return to using the Core Runes.
One Man and His Dice.com
This is the seventh in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008. This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Sunday 3rd August 2008 at 14:00 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
A discussion on the new Gloranthan Magic system for HeroQuest 2.0, a return to using the Runes as the core part of the system.
Panellists were Jeff Richard, Ian Cooper and Lawrence Whitaker. Additional discussion points by David Scott, Mike Gibb, Alex Ferguson, Ed McDonald, and Nick Brooke.
Running Time: 01:06:47.
More details here
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
One Man and His Dice Update
Just a reminder that the One Man and His Dice website has been updated.
New podcasts from Continuum 2008 and my own home HeroQuest campaign 'Air & Motion' Tarsh Civil War including recordings of a HeroQuest 2.0 play-test.
New podcasts from Continuum 2008 and my own home HeroQuest campaign 'Air & Motion' Tarsh Civil War including recordings of a HeroQuest 2.0 play-test.
Continuum 2008: 'Pavis: Gateway to Glorantha'
This is the second in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 12:00 noon in the Oakham Seminar Room.
A discussion on the new Gloranthan setting for HeroQuest 2.0, a return to the old classic Pavis and the Big Rubble.
Panellists were Simon Bray, Jeff Richard, Lawrence Whitaker, Rick Meints, and Oliver Dickinson. Additional discussion points by David Scott.
Running Time: 00:55:18
Continuum 2008: 'Greg Reads Harmast Saga'
Book Reading
This is the third in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 14:00 in the Rotherley Seminar Room.
As part of the ‘Friends of Glorantha’ group, Greg Stafford reads an excerpt from his forthcoming novel 'Harmast Saga'. This section is titled 'Ten Women Well Loved' and details an Orlanthi myth from the God Time.
The second half is an open Question and Answer session with Greg talking about writing and creative works as well as his current situation.
Running Time: 00:55:18.
Continuum 2008: 'State of the Mongoose'
This is the fourth in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 15:00 in the Rotherley Seminar Room.
Introduced by Lawrence Whittaker, Matthew Sprange talks about how Mongoose Publishing is doing. The current lines are discussed and about new and future products in the pipeline.
The Flaming Cobra line is for small press publishers to have full use of the Mongoose Publishing machine and distribution while allowing development to remain in-house was mentioned.
The Holy Grail of Mongoose Publishing was *almost* discussed as well!
Running Time: 00:23:13.
Continuum 2008: 'So You're New to Glorantha?'
This is the fifth in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 17:00 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
An introduction to the Gloranthan setting for players that have had none or very little exposure to it. The panellists hope to get a basic idea of this huge world of Glorantha to the audience within an hour!
Panellists were Lawrence Whitaker, Jeff Richard and Mark Galeotti.
Running Time: 01:02:53.
Continuum 2008: Role Playing and History
This is the sixth in a series of special recordings from Continuum 2008.
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 19:30 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
An open discussion about history and using it in role playing games.
The first 29 minutes suffers from background noise from the air conditioning so the recording had to be *tweaked* to get the discussion audible.
Panellist and chair was Mark Galeotti.
Running Time: 01:21:56.
HeroQuest 2.0 Play-test EMD&DMUG part 1.
Actual Play
This is a play-test game of the new HeroQuest 2.0 rules that took place at the East Midlands D&D Meet Up Group's monthly meet that took place at The Brunswick Inn, Derby on Saturday 14th June 2008 at 14:00.
This scenario is called 'Winter Warriors' and deals with player characters that worship the Goddess of Snow, Inora and their dealings with the long and cold Fimbelwinter. The players are Chris and Simon.
Part 1 suffers from a technical hitch as half the sound was lost so you only really hear me and not the players. I tried my best to boost the sound so I hope that you can manage to hear the other players.
Running Time: 01:28:26.
Air & Motion-Session 2 part 1.
Actual Play
This was recorded on Sunday 17th August 2008.
This is the fourth session in the Air & Motion Campaign though this is the second session recorded.
This session is using the HeroQuest 2.0 rules and features a player new to role-playing, my kid sister Amy, making up a player character As-You-Go.
Caracal has brought home the headless body of Knowledge Priest Bromar Greybeard and has thrown the clan into disarray as the ruling ring is broken by his death. The heroes have to work out the mystery of the vile secret murder of the Priest.
Just who could of done this hideous act?
The heroes decide to go to the scene of the crime- a ruined tower that dates back to the Empire of the Wyrms Friends!
Just what will they find there?
Running Time: 01:12:32.
HeroQuest 2.0 Play-test EMD&DMUG part 2.
Actual Play
This is a play-test game of the new HeroQuest 2.0 rules that took place at the East Midlands D&D Meet Up Group's monthly meet that took place at The Brunswick Inn, Derby on Saturday 14th June 2008 at 14:00.
This scenario is called 'Winter Warriors' and deals with player characters that worship the Goddess of Snow, Inora and their dealings with the long and cold Fimbelwinter. The players are Chris and Simon.
The first 40 minutes Part 2 suffers from a technical hitch as half the sound was lost so you only really hear me and not the players. I tried my best to boost the sound so I hope that you can manage to hear the other players.
Running Time: 01:31:23.
Sunday, 14 September 2008
One Man and His Dice.com
I now have a mirror site containing MP3 versions of my Tentacles 2008 and Continuum 2008 podcasts.
Over the next couple of months this will be updated with the latest Continuum podcasts plus the Air & Motion Actual Plays as well.
One Man and His Dice.com
One thing I have noticed is that the MP3 files are almost twice as big as the M4A versions yet the MP3 do not have the accompanying images that go with every chapter.
Over the next couple of months this will be updated with the latest Continuum podcasts plus the Air & Motion Actual Plays as well.
One Man and His Dice.com
One thing I have noticed is that the MP3 files are almost twice as big as the M4A versions yet the MP3 do not have the accompanying images that go with every chapter.
Saturday, 9 August 2008
Continuum 2008 podcasts are up!
The first of the Continuum 2008 podcasts is up!
http://web.mac.com/darransims/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
One Man and his Dice
'The Future of Glorantha'
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 10:00 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
Covering new and future products from Moon Designs and Mongoose Publishing plus a discussion on the current state of Glorantha as a game setting.
Panellists were Ian Cooper, Simon Bray, Jamie ‘Trotsky’ Revell, Jeff Richard, Rick Meints, Matthew Sprange, Greg Stafford, and Lawrence Whitaker. Addtional discussion points by David Scott.
Running Time: 01:27:32.
http://web.mac.com/darransims/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
One Man and his Dice
'The Future of Glorantha'
This was recorded at Continuum 2008 at John Foster Hall, University of Leicester, Manor Road, Oadby, Leicester, UK on Saturday 2nd August 2008 at 10:00 in the Oakham Seminar Room.
Covering new and future products from Moon Designs and Mongoose Publishing plus a discussion on the current state of Glorantha as a game setting.
Panellists were Ian Cooper, Simon Bray, Jamie ‘Trotsky’ Revell, Jeff Richard, Rick Meints, Matthew Sprange, Greg Stafford, and Lawrence Whitaker. Addtional discussion points by David Scott.
Running Time: 01:27:32.
Monday, 16 June 2008
Thursday, 12 June 2008
[Actual Play]HeroQuest: Air & Motion podcast part 2
The second part is now uploaded to my website at One Man and his Dice HeroQuest: Air & Motion Campaign
Monday, 2 June 2008
[Actual Play]HeroQuest: Air & Motion podcast
I have recorded my HeroQuest Air & Motion game from Sunday 27th April 2008.
The first part of that session is up on my website in the form of a podcast.
HeroQuest: Air & Motion Session 1 part 1
Worth having a listen?
Part 2 will be posted up about this time next week.
The first part of that session is up on my website in the form of a podcast.
HeroQuest: Air & Motion Session 1 part 1
Worth having a listen?
Part 2 will be posted up about this time next week.
Thursday, 29 May 2008
[Actual Play] HeroQuest: Into the Puzzle Canal
Here are the links to a Podcast of an Actual Play that took place at Tentacles 2008.
The game is HeroQuest 2.0, the yet unreleased new edition of HeroQuest. The setting is Pavis in Glorantha.
There were eleven players, some of the big movers and shakers of the Glorantha publishing and gaming.
It does get a little noisy especially when all the beer bottles are opened!
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 1
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 2
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 3
Character Sheets
The game is HeroQuest 2.0, the yet unreleased new edition of HeroQuest. The setting is Pavis in Glorantha.
There were eleven players, some of the big movers and shakers of the Glorantha publishing and gaming.
It does get a little noisy especially when all the beer bottles are opened!
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 1
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 2
Jeff's Huge Gloranthan HeroQuest Game part 3
Character Sheets
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
First Tentacles Podcast is up!
So the first podcast I did at Tentacles Fumble 2008 is up!
http://web.mac.com/darransims/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
The first one is the 'Great Glorantha Gathering' and covers new and future Glorantha products from Moon Designs and Mongoose Publishing.
Panelists were Robin Laws, Lawrence Whitaker, Jeff Richard, Rick Meints, Simon Bray and Jamie ‘Trotsky’ Revell. Further contributions by David Durham, Neil Robinson, Ian Cooper, Alex Ferguson, and Charles Corrigan.
Worth a listen?
http://web.mac.com/darransims/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html
The first one is the 'Great Glorantha Gathering' and covers new and future Glorantha products from Moon Designs and Mongoose Publishing.
Panelists were Robin Laws, Lawrence Whitaker, Jeff Richard, Rick Meints, Simon Bray and Jamie ‘Trotsky’ Revell. Further contributions by David Durham, Neil Robinson, Ian Cooper, Alex Ferguson, and Charles Corrigan.
Worth a listen?
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