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I talk about day 2 of Mythic Con, the games I played, and some thoughts about the whole convention experience.

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Music - "The Night Begins to Shine" by B.E.R.

#170 - S06E06

I attended Mythic Con 2024 in Charlotte, NC recently. This is my report and thoughts of the day 1 experience.

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Music - "The Night Begins to Shine" by B.E.R.

#169 - S06E05

As I announced previously, this is my putting together a podcast using some new software. The app is Podcast Maker: Home Studio App by Vulcan Labs. Almost all of the audio was recorded in the app and the tail end of the podcast was finished in the Anchor app to note something after I finished recording. If you have questions about what I experienced, I suggest contacting me via Discord or the email below.

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Music - "Regime Change" by Disciple

#160 - S05E35

We are now into Part 4 of the BX Companion Deep Dive, this is The Adventure .  What does 15th-36th level adventurers have to do?  What is special about those levels?  Let's take a listen.

The quest for this deep dive is simple - Will this rules set work for expanding play beyond the 14th level cap in the original B/X rules or make a mess of things?  Is it different enough from the Rules Cyclopedia that one should use it instead of the former?  Listen along with me over the next several podcasts to see what the outcome will be.

The format of this deep dive was inspired by Rob C of the Down in a Heap podcast. This series of podcasts was started from a general comment and (sorta) challenge from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast.

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!

Music - "Cobalt" by Massivivid

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Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail blog/podcast, Daniel of Bandit's Keep media empire, and B.J. of The Arcane Alienist podcast. Let's see what everyone wanted to say about critical hits and fumbles.

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!  Vocals in the intro courtesy of Minion Delta, vocal in the outro courtesy of Minion Gamma.

Music - "Block Rocking Beats" by The Chemical Brothers.

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Herein continues the deep dive, now onto Part 3 which is the spells section.  This time, I look at the magic user spell list, noting similarities and difference between the 1st through 6th level spells.  I then look at the similarities and differences between the newly added 7th, 8th, & 9th level spells.

The quest for this deep dive is simple - Will this rules set work for expanding play beyond the 14th level cap in the original B/X rules or make a mess of things?  Is it different enough from the Rules Cyclopedia that one should use it instead of the former?  Listen along with me over the next several podcasts to see what the outcome will be.

The format of this deep dive was inspired by Rob C of the Down in a Heap podcast. This series of podcasts was started from a general comment and (sorta) challenge from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast.

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!

Music - "Cobalt" by Massivivid

Want to leave me a message?  Click Message Evil Jeff!

Herein continues the deep dive, now onto Part 3 which is the spells section.  I look at the general rules for casting and the the cleric spell list, noting similarities and difference between the 1st through 5th level spells.  I then look at the similarities and differences between the newly added 6th & 7th level spells.

The quest for this deep dive is simple - Will this rules set work for expanding play beyond the 14th level cap in the original B/X rules or make a mess of things?  Is it different enough from the Rules Cyclopedia that one should use it instead of the former?  Listen along with me over the next several podcasts to see what the outcome will be.

The format of this deep dive was inspired by Rob C of the Down in a Heap podcast. This series of podcasts was started from a general comment and (sorta) challenge from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast.

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!

Music - "Cobalt" by Massivivid

Want to leave me a message?  Click Message Evil Jeff!

Biggest call-in of the season.  Hear from Daniel, B.J., Kevin, Che, and Rob C.  Right, Jason called as well.  I appreciate the support and there are some interesting bits from my guests in here.  Let's have a listen!

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!  Vocals in the intro courtesy of Minion Delta, vocal in the outro courtesy of Minion Gamma.

Music - "Block Rocking Beats" by The Chemical Brothers.

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Herein continues the deep dive, this time with classes.  Let's look at the  differences between the Halfling, Magic User, and Thief, plus any material that is additional.

The quest for this deep dive is simple - Will this rules set work for expanding play beyond the 14th level cap in the original B/X rules or make a mess of things?  Is it different enough from the Rules Cyclopedia that one should use it instead of the former?  Listen along with me over the next several podcasts to see what the outcome will be.

The format of this deep dive was inspired by Rob C of the Down in a Heap podcast.
This series of podcasts was started from a general comment and (sorta) challenge from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcast.

New logo artwork is from the hand of Minion Bravo!

Music - "Cobalt" by Massivivid

Want to leave me a message?  Click Message Evil Jeff!