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This time, Ross and Darryl talk about the films making up the current DC Expanded Universe aka the Snyderverse aka the Murderverse, Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Spoiler Alert: If you've only seen Man of Steel, we don't get into BvS spoilers until about the 45 minute mark so you're safe to listen up to that point. After that, we have spoilers for that film plus the comic series The Dark Knight Returns and A Killing Joke. Our Sponsor Please support our Patreon! Geek N Gamer Gear: Amazing nerdy apparel and decor at rock bottom prices The DC Expanded Universe Films Man of Steel Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Suicide Squad (see below) Wonder Woman SF Debris history of Marvel Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever Hollywood Accounting (Seriously, everyone who is remotely a fan of film should read up on this topic as it explains a LOT) Suicide Squad Trailer 1       Suicide Squad Trailer 3          

Legendary game designer Mike Pondsmith joins us to talk about his illustrious career in the gaming industry, from Mekton to Cyberpunk to Teenagers from Outer Space and far, far more and how Mike managed to hit every major pop culture trend before it made it big. Mecha, cyberpunk, anime, steampunk, and more, Mike was there creating games just as the trend started.   Our Sponsors Please support us on Patreon DriveThruRPG: The internet’s largest source of digital roleplaying games   Our Guest Mike Pondsmith R Talsorian Games Cyberpunk Mekton Castle Falkenstein Teenagers from Outer Space Cybergeneration Dragonball Z GAMA   What We’ve Been Playing Lately Here Kitty Kitty (Darryl) Pathfinder (Mike) Dungeons & Dragons 5e (Mike, Ross) Mekton (Mike) Amber (Mike) Firefly (Mike) Out of the Abyss (Ross) Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Ross)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWOEFkauoYY  

Welcome to Gamer's Tavern News! This is a pilot episode for a new show where we bring you the latest news from all aspects of gaming. If you have any feedback, please let us know in the comments below! Our Sponsors Gamer's Tavern Patreon - Support us and help bring more new shows to the Gamer's Tavern network! Audible - Get a free trial and your pick of the largest selection of audio books anywhere, yours to keep Our Guest Sean Bircher Wine and Savages Four-in-Hand Games The King is Dead Savage Insider   RPGS One Ring brings Middle Earth to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Curse of Strahd is out in all markets 7th Sea is the biggest tabletop RPG Kickstarter ever at over $1.3 million ENWorld Breakdown of RPG Kickstarters Tabletop Library throws its had into the digital RPG distribution ring, competing directly with DriveThruRPG/RPGNow/D&DClassics ICV2 Fall 2015 Sales Numbers RPGs Collectible Games Board Games Card/Dice Games Non-Collectible Miniature Games   BOARD GAMES AlphaGo beats Lee

From Collectible Card Games to Deckbuilders to Living Card Games and more. This week, we go over the different types of card games out there, the history of the genre, and how Magic: The Gathering may have save the industry. Justin Gary JustinGary.com Stone Blade Entertainment Former Magic: The Gathering World Champion Ascension Deck Building Game SolForge Labyrinth Collectible Card Game Versus System World of Warcraft CCG   What We've Been Playing Lately South Park: Stick of Truth (Darryl) Alien: Isolation (Darryl) Codenames (Justin) Betrayal at House on the Hill (Justin) Borderlands 2 (Ross) (it took him 25 minutes to start playing after finished) XCOM 2 (Ross) Dungeons & Dragons (Ross) Savage Worlds (Ross) Star Wars (West End Games) (Ross)   Card Games Magic: The Gathering Yu Gi Oh Pokemon Hearthstone Fluxx Cards Against Humanity Apples to Apples Sentinels of the Multiverse Smash Up Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Planet Money Magic: The Gathering episode Jyhad aka Vampire:

Time to make the chimi-fuckin'-changas! Ross and Darryl talk about their feelings on the new Deadpool film and pull no punches! TORONTO, ON - SEPTEMBER 10: Actress Keira Knightley arrives at "A Dangerous Method" Premiere at Roy Thomson Hall during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2011 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/WireImage) *** Local Caption *** Keira Knightley

From Conan to Elric to Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser to Thieves' World, the stories of sword and sorcery fantasy have been seminal in defining fantasy gaming. But what about the games based on those stories? What makes the genre different than other types of fantasy gaming? What kind of stories can you tell in the genre? This week, Richard Baker and John Dunn join us to discuss exactly that. Our Sponsors Strike Force Kickstarter - Help update this important campaign setting and knock out the last stretch goals Robert E. Howard's Conan Roleplaying Game Kickstarter - What is best in life? To back a Kickstarter for a game rooted in sword and sorcery from an award winning line up of game designers and Howard historians Geek n Gamer Gear - Use the code TAVERN to get 10% off every order Our Guests Rich Baker Sasquatch Game Studios Primeval Thule Dungeons & Dragons: Princes of the Apocalypse Birthright Atomic Dragon Battleship John Dunn Accursed Melior Via Games Shadowrun Warhammer 40K Roleplay Star Wars:

We revisit the topic of superhero roleplaying games. The overlap between Western comic book fans and tabletop gamers, it's no surprise that superhero games are one of the largest genres of roleplaying games out there. We've talked about the different games in Episode 23, but how do you play and run a superhero game? And what impact have the games had on the industry at large? Our Sponsor Gamefly: Get the biggest releases in console games delivered right to your door for one low monthly fee. Try it now for 30 days free! Our Guest Michael Surbrook Surbrook's Stuff Fantasy HERO Complete Strike Force Larger than Life Superhero Games Strike Force Kickstarter HERO System Champions Mutants & Masterminds Icons Marvel Heroic Roleplay (Note: It does use the Cortex Plus system, though highly modified. So Ross and I were wrong.) Justice Machine DC Adventures Necessary Evil Wild Talents Progenitor Villains & Vigilantes   Monkey House Legal Defense Fund BAMF Podcast (Ross and Michael recorded w

Dating back to the 1930s, Lankhmar may have the oldest pedigree as a gaming setting of all time. Evolving from wargames and eventually becoming a setting for Dungeons & Dragons, Runequest, and Savage Worlds, Lankhmar is the prototype for urban roguish fantasy decades before Waterdeep, Thieves World, or Freeport were a twinkle in their creators' eyes. Get ready for the original sandbox setting that's more relevant today than ever before, Lankhmar: The City of Thieves! Our Sponsors Accursed: World of Morden Kickstarter You only have until January 26 to get in on more worldbooks for the Accursed campaign setting. Audible Want to find out more about Lankhmar? Or keep up with any other books? You can get a free audio book by signing up for a free trail. Our Guest TS Luikart  Twitter Cubicle 7 Skull and Bones Warhammer 40K Old World Bestiary Dragon Age Cthulhu Britannica: London Ruins of the North (One Ring) What We've Been Playing Lately Darksiders 2 (Darryl) Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edit

Gaming has always taken its cues from other fiction, as Dungeons & Dragons itself comes from classic fantasy fiction. But what makes a game an homage to another work of fiction? What parody games are fun to play outside the joke? Where do you draw the line between influence and homage? Our Sponsors Accursed: World of Mordin Kickstarter - Expanding the award winning dark fantasy setting for Savage Worlds where you play the monsters fighting the witches who cursed you and the world itself Drive Thru RPG - The largest source of digital downloads of your favorite games Our Guest Robert Morris Roan The Game Mechanic Tumblr What We've Been Playing Lately Double Feature (Darryl, Ross) Cards Against Humanity (Darryl, Ross) Mass Effect (Darryl) Shadowrun: Returns (Darryl) Shadows Angelus (Robert) HERO System (Robert) Pathfinder (Robert) Kingmaker Adventure Path (Robert) Shaintar (Ross) Valkyria Chronicles (Ross) Homage and Parody Games Jovian Chronicles Paranoia Delta Green Traveller Villains and Vigilan

This episode, Ross and Darryl talk about the new film Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. Here there be spoilers, so you have been warned! Our Sponsors: Accursed: World of Morden - Help fund up to three new worldbooks for the Accursed campaign setting designed by Ross Watson Audible - Get a month long free trial of Audible and get a free book right away

Do you want to go the long haul with your gaming session? I'm not talking weeks or months, but years with the same characters in the same world? Michael Surbrook joins us to help you realize that dream with advice on how to plan out long campaigns, how to avoid over-prepping, how to push through the quagmire, and more. Note: This episode was recorded on December 23, 2014. Yes, over a year ago. Our Sponsor Audible The internet's largest source of audio books Our Guest Michael Surbrook Surbrook Stuff Fantasy Hero Complete Larger Than Life: Folklore Legends of America (Hero System) Larger Than Life: Folklore Legends of America (Savage Worlds) (Note: At the time of recording, Larger Than Life was in the Kickstarter stage of publishing. The Kickstarter was successful and it is out now!)  What We've Been Playing Five Nights at Freddie's (Darryl) Pathfinder (Darryl) Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (Ross) Birthright (Ross) Grand Theft Auto 5 (Ross) Star Trek Online (Ross) Shaintar (Ross) Savage Worl

Every gamer knows there are rules not written in any book. How to act at the table, how to treat your dice, what to do when you order food. But what are those rules and how does everyone seem to know them? And what do you do with players who don't know the rules? Bandwidth Sponsor: Pinnacle Entertainment Group’s Savage Worlds – Fast! Furious! Fun! Our Sponsors Noble Knight Games: Where out of print is available again – RPGs, Miniatures, CCGs, and more Drive Thru RPG: The internet's largest source of digital roleplaying games Evil Beagle Games: Home of Shaintar and Savage Rifts - Bad Dog, Good Games Our Guest Ivan Van Norman Outbreak Undead Hunters Books Geek & Sundry Twitch King of the Nerds What We've Been Playing Lately Star Trek Attack Wing (Ivan) Werewolf: The Forsaken (Ivan) Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition (Ivan, Ross) Savage Rifts (Ross) Shaintar (Ross) Valkyria Chronicles (Ross) Strike Force (Ross)

Ross, Darryl, and Lauren recorded live in front of an audience at Comicpalooza in Houston, TX! They talk about the convention, what they experienced, and did a Q&A helping the audience with their gaming questions. Bandwidth Sponsor: Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Savage Worlds - Fast! Furious! Fun! Our Sponsors Noble Knight Games: Where out of print is available again - RPGs, Miniatures, CCGs, and more Audible: Your first story is free with a 30 day trial Craft Beer Club: The finest craft beers delivered right to your door Our Guests  (Apologies for misspellings, call me a dick in the comments when you correct me) Daniel Reed Paul Schward Dwayne Fox Comicpalooza 2015! Comicpalooza Gaming Full list of Comicpalooza gaming guests Dark Nova D3 Adventures UNIgames Skirmisher Publishing Dungeons & Dragons 5e Shadowrun Double Feature Marvel Legendary Zombie Dice Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Betrayal at House on the Hill Love Letter Twilight Imperium Munchkin Star Fluxx Cr

Torg is a game long ahead of its time. We have designer Ed Stark to talk about this lost gem of a roleplaying game in a frank discussion of both the ways it innovated the gaming hobby and where it went wrong in some pretty spectacular ways. Bandwidth Sponsor: Savage Worlds - Fast, Furious, Fun! Our Sponsors Drive Thru RPG: The largest selection of role playing games on the internet AC Lens: Quality glasses, frames, and contacts at low prices with free returns Evil Beagle Games: Bad Dog, Good Games Ed Stark Dungeons & Dragons 3.x Birthright Elder Scrolls Online What We've Been Playing Lately Cards Against Humanity (Ed) Acquire (Ed) Circus Maximus (Ed) Dungeons & Dragons 5e (Ed, Ross) Pathfinder (Darryl) Sentinels of the Multiverse (Ross) Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery (Ross) Birthright (Ross) Star Trek Online (Ross) Torg Torg Revised Edition Torg Introductory Pack West End Games Paranoia Star Wars (D6 game) Rifts Jennifer Government Ross's Blog on

Ravenloft is the one of the most popular campaign settings created for Dungeons & Dragons. Tonight, we talk about the history and the fun that comes with roleplaying in the Demiplane of Dread! Bandwidth Sponsor Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Savage Worlds - Fast! Furious! Fun! Our Sponsors Craft Beer Club - Real craft beer delivered to your door Accursed - The dark fantasy Savage Worlds setting where you play the monsters Drive Thru RPG - The internet's largest collection of digital role playing games Special! Meet the hosts of Gamer's Tavern and both our guests on tonight's show at Comicpalooza in Houston, TX THIS WEEKEND! Our Guests Stan! Stannex Stan!'s 10,000th tweet West End Games Star Wars (D6) Paranoia Dragonlance 5th Age Pokemon JR Adventure Game (Best selling RPG of all time) Japan's International Gamer's Guild William Thrasher d-Infinity Heroes of the Wild Skirmisher Games Kettle of Fish Productions What We've Been Playing Lately Wings of War (Stan!) Call of Cthlhu (Stan!) Shadowr

Magic has burned the world, and you're left trying to survive this world of dangerous monsters, psionic powers, and Sorcerer Kings. Dark Sun is one of the first non-traditional fantasy campaign settings published by TSR in 1991 for Dungeons & Dragons. One of the original creators, Timothy Brian Brown, joins us to talk about this iconic world. Bandwidth Sponsor Pinnacle Entertainment Group's Savage Worlds - Fast, Furious, Fun! Our Sponsors Drive Thru RPG: The largest source of roleplaying games on the internet Craft Beer Club: Get real craft beer delivered directly to your door cheap AC Lens: Get the best prices on your glasses, frames, and contacts with free returns Our Guests Timothy Brown Traveller 2300 AD Space 1889 Dark Sun Mage Knight Fast Forward Entertainment Petrogylph Games Savage Worlds: Last Parsec Dragon Kings Brandon Gensemer Gamer's Tavern Game Table: Shadowrun Malifaux: Through the Breach In Defense of Innocence Reddit's RunnerHub    What We've Been Playing Lately Pathfinder 

Codename: Van Buren. This cancelled video game was what Fallout 3 would have been. But did you know that the design team made a pen and paper RPG to test? Chris Avellone takes over the Gamer’s Tavern thanks to our generous Kickstarter backers in order to tell us all about the history of the development of the Fallout 3 that never happened and the unpublished pen and paper RPG they used in development. Listen to this episode and you have a chance to WIN the original pen and paper Van Buren RPG files from Chris Avellone! Chris wanted us to add the following to the show notes: Fun fact from Van Buren: Elijah (the villain in Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money) was supposed to be one of the companions in the first iteration of Fallout: Van Buren (along with Sulik's sister, who ironically enough, was a slaver). Elijah was a genius-level BoS member who deserted the organization, which was becoming increasing xenophobic due to faction politics, rigid adherence to tech over community, and continual, dangerous use of

What role does humor play in gaming? How much is too much? How do you add humor to your games? We have some legends in gaming comedy, Scott Kurtz and John Kovalic, here to tell you all you need to know about humor and gaming. Bandwidth Sponsor Pinnacle Entertainment - Fast, Furious Fun Our Sponsors Easy Roller Dice Use the code GAMER to get 10% off your order Craft Beer Club Get craft beers delivered to your door every month AC Lens Cheap glasses, cheap contacts, free returns, everything you want for your eye care needs Our Guests Scott Kurtz PVP Table Titans Acquisitions Inc. Mines of Madness John Kovalic Dork Tower Munchkin Apples to Apples Kobolds Ate My Baby ROFL! Double Feature What We’ve Been Playing Lately Pathfinder (Darryl) Dungeons & Dragons 5e (Darryl, Scott, Ross) Lords of Waterdeep (Scott) Ticket to Ride (Scott) Fortune and Glory (Ross) Savage Worlds (Ross) Gaming Humor Gamma World Central Casting Munchkin Chez Geek Ross’s Panel on Wo

Gamer's Tavern plays through the Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set adventure. The group makes it to Phandalin to settle up their accounts, learn more about the town, and meet a new ally.   Morgan - Ross Watson Jovus - Sean Patrick Fannon Bellianne - Andrea Perez Magni - Gary Dowling Crownshield - Robert Scott Sullivan Our Sponsors Easy Roller Dice – Cheapest dice on the internet! Use the promo code GAMER for 10% off your order! AC Lens – All your vision care needs in one place – glasses, contacts, special effects lenses, and more!

Author Elizabeth Moon joins Ross, Darryl, and Gamer's Tavern Social Media Coordinator Lauren Reber to talk about the siminal fantasy novel series about paladins, The Deed of Paksennarion! Bandwidth Sponsor: Savage Worlds – Fast! Furious! Fun! Sponsors Audible - Listen to the amazing works of Elizabeth Moon and get your first book free! Easy Roller Dice - Cheapest dice on the internet! Use the promo code GAMER for 10% off your order! AC Lens - All your vision care needs in one place - glasses, contacts, special effects lenses, and more! Our Guests Elizabeth Moon Elizabeth's Website Paksworld Deed of Paksenarrion Elizabeth Moon's Amazon Author Page What We’ve Been Playing Lately Munchkin Panic (Darryl, Lauren) Cards Against Humanity (Darryl, Lauren) Star Fluxx (Darryl, Lauren) Pandemic (Darryl, Lauren) Magic: The Gathering (Darryl, Lauren) Sentinels of the Multiverse (Ross) Icons: Assembled Edition (Ross) The Deed of Paksennarion Society for Cre