The Game Table: a tabletop gaming show – Details, episodes & analysis

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Welcome to the cold, cold north of the Forgotten Realms! You’ll be needing some friends and a few warm inns to make it through, but it’s OK. The worst that can happen is the endless winter finally consumes one and all.

The latest D&D campaign book, Rime of the Frostmaiden, is all about the ruthlessly cold, constant foreboding of Icewind Dale in the midst of a greater crisis than usual. It’s always cold, it’s always difficult. But now there’s something a little extra behind why the Dale is oh so hard on warm bodied life.

No spoilers here! Just flavour and vibes and what you can expect from the style of game you'll bring to your table through this book.

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Recovering videogame journalist and boardgame nerd, Nathan Cocks, visits The Game Table to talk about his love of boardgames, the health of the scene, and deliver a litany of game and genre tips for those wondering where to start.

Stay tuned for Nathan’s new site: Flying Solo Games (and Twitter)

Find Nathan on Twitter: @ElPrezAU

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Events:

BorderCon

MeepleCon

BunnyCon

PAX Australia

Sites:

BoardGameGeek

Shut Up & Sit Down

Dice Tower

/r/boardgames

Nathan’s hot tips:

Deception: Murder in Hong Kong

Resistance (Avalon)

Mafia de Cuba

Werewolf

Just One

Escape Plan

Vinhos

The Gallerist

Charterstone

Die Macher

Fireball Island

Lords of Vegas

Ice Cool / Ice Cool 2

Pandemic

Cthulhu: Death May Die

Blood Rage

Carnival Zombie (and 2nd Edition)

Middara: Act 1

Ganz Schön (Pretty Clever)

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Chris Perkins and Joe Manganiello sit down with The Game Table for a conversation at D&D Live 2019. We explore the nature of D&D being an improv game that has long-term continuity, and how the stakes are raised when there's an audience. How Chris feels about being a celebrity in his own right now. And how D&D actually is a game where we spend a lot of time 'playing' it on our own between sessions.

A fantastic and fun conversation with two of the most prominent D&D names around. One embedded within the art of the game for decades, the other one of the games most prominent super fans who has a character that is now becoming canonical (Arkhan the Cruel).

Find Chris Perkins on Twitter: @ChrisPerkinsDND

Find Joe Manganiello on Twitter: @JoeManganiello

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

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Mike Mearls, Dungeons & Dragons Creative Director and lead developer on the 5th Edition rules, and B. Dave Walters, storyteller, writer, Dungeon Master, Maze Arcana cast member, and co-host of Geek & Sundry's Ask Your Black Geek Friend, sit down with Seamus for another episode of The Game Table.

Another of our great D&D Live 2019 sessions, we explore why being geek has become perfectly acceptable in the mainstream, and what the 5th Edition rules have done so well to open the hobby up to so many new players.

Two great guys, one great chat. Let's do it.

Find Mike Mearls on Twitter: @mikemearls

Find B. Dave Walters on Twitter: @BDaveWalters

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

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Matthew Lillard is best known for his acting career, but now he runs a D&D special edition workshop called Beadle & Grimm's. Along with one of the team from WizKids, this episode explores why we love jazzing up the games we play and the hard work that goes into bringing those accessories to life.

Find Matthew Lillard on Twitter: @MatthewLillard

Find Beadle & Grimms: @BeadleAndGrimm

Find WizKids: @wizkids

Find Seamus: @seamus

The official websites for B&G and WizKids are here:

www.beadleandgrimms.com

wizkids.com

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Another D&D Live 2019 conversation for you! Today it's Kate Welch, Game Designer at Dungeons & Dragons, and Patrick Rothfuss, bestselling author.

Both play characters in the Acquisitions Incorporated universe of games, Kate as Rosie Beestinger in the C Team game, and Patrick as Viari in the core Acquisitions Inc liveplay games.

We discuss the art of making characters and that morphs into a discussion on the easy choices you can make on the path to being a great DM.

Find Kate on Twitter: @katewelchhhh

Find Patrick on Twitter: @PatrickRothfuss

Find Seamus on Twitter: @seamus

Check out the official D&D podcast, Dragon Talk: https://dnd.wizards.com/dragon-talk/podcast-hub

Check out the gloriously old school Acquisitions Inc website: http://www.acq-inc.com

Check out Patrick's Worldbuilders non-profit: https://worldbuildersmarket.com/pages/about-us 

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