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| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #31 | 14 May 2026 | 01:40:11 | |
Play Greater Podcast — Episode #31: We're Back! We've been away for a while (okay, a long while), but the Play Greater Podcast has officially returned from its extended hiatus! We aren't here to dwell on the past; we're looking at the new state of things and everything exciting on the horizon for Greater Than Games. In this episode, we talk about our big return, special collaborations, and even manage to make time to spin the wheel! Topics of Note:
A massive shout-out to Trevor for all the help in getting this show back on the air and into your ear holes! We couldn't have done it without the technical wizardry. Subscribe & Follow Make sure to check out the rest of the new content on our site, and stay tuned for more episodes (now both bi-weekly AND bi-monthly, somehow!) as we exchange stories, tell tales, and — as always — Play Greater. | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #30 | 03 Apr 2025 | 01:04:33 | |
What are some of YOUR most loved cards? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:04:33 Pleasant Greetings, Playgreatarians! Welcome to the latest episode of the Play Greater Podcast!!! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul make sure their group chat is entirely and intentionally filled with the exact number of reporters they were hoping for… Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Board In Brief is a weekly youtube show about board games that will be hosted by M'Bender on this FRG Youtube Channel. It is due to begin releasing episodes soon! (Hopefully by the end of the month!) Looking for a link to the Digital Dawn of the Shardborn Adventure? That's here! Musical Recommendations:
Do you need to give a PSA about fostering cats? Do you require more musical theatre recommendations?? Or are you still curious about the disparate aspects of M'Bender's job??? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #22 | 01 Aug 2024 | 01:35:03 | |
It's the first day of Gen Con! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:03 Well aren't you just a splendid, spiffy ol' sport for dropping on by… Welcome to another episode of the Play Greater Podcast! It may be bad radio, but it's a podcast, I guess… Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul intro-slash-banter so hard and so long that they almost get recast by Producer and Axis-upon-which-all-podcasts-rotate, Trevor Casterline. This boisterous banter includes but is not limited to topics such as: granola gaffes, macho mallards, and Martin Sheen. Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Read the literary epic that is Christopher's French Burned Peanut article here! Recommendations (for future Mark):
Local St. Louis Eatery:
GTG Gen Con Sign-ups and FYI:
Would you describe yourself as Auntie-Panelling or Uncle-Panelling, perhaps? Do you leave a little dirt under your pillow for the dirt man? Are you a nineties kid who just understands? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" Also! Stay awhile; play Compile! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #21 | 04 Jul 2024 | 01:26:32 | |
Gen Con Looms! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:32 A jubilant July to all of you demure Denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome to another episode of the Play Greater Podcast. Have we got an episode for you! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul share yucks about knucks and tats, discuss their positive and definitely non-toxic traits, and workshop acronyms for international gaming conventions. Check below for Gen-Con-related info mentioned in this episode: Hey Look! The live show of this very podcast is on the GenCon Schedule here! Oooooooo… I bet another podcast in the GTG Podcast Cinematic Universe can be found here! MOST IMPORTANTLY: Sign up for the Spirit Island Mega Events here! (Seriously, please sign up while there are still spots open!) Check below for non-Gen-Con-related links and/or info mentioned in this episode: Want to know more about thrust stages? Check that out here! (and/or ask Matt Bender about it at Gen Con!) Curious about the moonshine tv show referenced in this episode? Check that out here! At timestamp 00:28:52, the hosts subtly and without direct reference debuted the legendary "Jordan Voice." Do you feel like a hotdog isn't a taco? Are you curious about the subtle "Jordan Voice" reference? Is there concern about your contractual obligation to "not be shy"? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! We'll see what we can do to help you out… maybe even in a satisfactory manner. Who could say? And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #20 | 06 Jun 2024 | 01:09:12 | |
This month's episode is sponsored by PLA and other printing filaments. Show Notes: Run Time: 1:09:12 Hey there cool cats and cucumbers! It's just so spiffy to welcome to another episode of the Play Greater Podcast. We're full of chaotic goofs and zany spoofs all for the sole purpose of your listening pleasure, so we hope you treasure this little measure of one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul. Listen as your hosts engage in a Meisner-esque repetition exercise with the name of this podcast, discuss the finer points of pre-Y2K tissue taglines, and teach the important distinction between letters-from-listeners letters and wheel-of-topics topics. Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Find the 1st Tiktok link in question here! Find the 2nd Tiktok link in question here! Have scintillating cicada questions? Here's the link! Toronto's soccer club is named: The Reds. Bradley Cooper has only ever been nominated for an Oscar Award. The actor that two of your hosts Paul was talking about who was on Brooklyn Nine-nine is Joe Lo Truglio. Now that you know the distinction between letters-from-listeners letters and wheel-of-topics topics, send us a letter with either by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #19 | 02 May 2024 | 01:03:33 | |
Big news! HUGE news, even! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:03:33 Well, well, well… fancy running into you down here, dear reader-of-the-Play-Greater-shownotes. Oh, that's right; I'm talking to little ol' you! Hi. =) Thanks for checking out this month's episodes and this month's shownotes. We missed you, and we're chuffed to bits that you're here. Hope you have a spiffy time while you're with us! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul embark on a journey to discover what news they could possibly have to share that's both big and HUGE. Will Christopher and/or Paul discover the proverbial news? Will it be both big and also HUGE? Will it be definitively proven once and for all that they have more opinions about ducks than Matt Kroll has about Dune? Tune on in to find out in this week's episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: According to the interwebs, Gen Con Indy Event (Ticket) Registration:
Looking for a link to quickly read all of The Lord of the Rings mid-episode as directed? We got you! Looking for a link to quickly listen to all of the Lord of the Rings Podcast that friend-of-the-show J.R.R. recently started? We also got you! Do you have Star Trek or Lord of the Rings questions for Paul? Do you have up-rocks or down-rocks questions for Christopher? Do you have a hankering to sow chaos into an already chaotic podcast? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" Stay awhile; play Compile! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #18 | 11 Apr 2024 | 01:28:38 | |
We're kinda useful but dorky! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:38 Holy howdy dear Play-Greaterians and other denizens of Podcast Land, we here at the Play Greater Podcast are back with another episode! We sure missed you last week, and we cannot wait to get into this latest episode with you! (Cause, as you surely know, anytime any one of you listens to an episode of the podcast, we are actually there listening with you too… Them's the rules!) Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul go slightly overboard with slightly overwrought bits artisanally crafted to be nonsensical without their visual components. In other words, we're back, and we're right on track for another typical episode! Hope you enjoy! Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Curious about the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and would prefer an actual map instead of a theatre-of-the-mind thing? Check that out here! (it is likely that this is the EXACT article read by two of your hosts Paul!) Can confirm, your hosts and their made-for-any-medium-but-radio bits are doofus-canoes. (It's a technical podcasting industry term.) Want to know more about the gestures that Paul and Christopher might be making? Check out more about those potential gestures here! Want to read an interesting article about sea shanties? (how could you NOT?!) Check that out here! Want to get more pedantic? Do so here! Want to read about Danny Kaye? We recommend learning more here! Local St. Louis Eateries:
And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" Stay awhile; play Compile! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #17 | 07 Mar 2024 | 01:17:02 | |
Aaaaaaaaaand we're back! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:17:02 Hello, hello and welcome back delightful and (hopefully) delighted Play-Greaterians! We've got one punchy episode of the Play Greater Podcast ready just for you. Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul banter their hearts away and make up for an entire month's worth of lost banter! Woot woot! Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: If you're around for PAX East, remember not to be shy and also to come say, "hi" to Paul Bender at or around the Greater Than Games booth. If you do, just like he said in the episode, he'll definitely have presents in his pockets given to him by Christopher for the purpose of gifting to you! Come see us in booth #11097! Legends of Sleepy Hollow errata pack lives here! St. Louis Eatery Recommendations:
Do you pine to present the podcasters your piping-hot perspective? Do you quiver with questions for three of your kind-of-useful-but-dorky hosts? Do you know off the top of your head the episode(s) in which they talk about Legends of Sleepy Hollow? If so, send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" (specifically to Paul Bender at PAX East!) | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #16 | 01 Feb 2024 | 00:08:34 | |
Merry… different episode! Show Notes: Run Time: 0:08:34 Howdy hey, denizens of podcast land! We here at the Play Greater Podcast are coming at you with a bit of a truncated episode this month. (I know… we are sad about it too. Hopefully, it'll only be a one-off, so that we're back with regular-length programming next month!) Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul wax on and wax off about a handful of topics, included but not limited to: health, new employees, Defender's of the Realm playtesting, tiks and/or toks, spirits and their requisite islands, and a compiled list of other topics! We hope you enjoy this month's different episode, and we literally cannot wait to chat more again next month! Got big-butt feelings about something?! Oof… you can send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #15 | 04 Jan 2024 | 01:26:47 | |
Merriest of New Years! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:26:47 Welcome to a new year and to a new episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul pun their way through another episode, dabbing and air quoting into the microphone for added zest. Fun Fact: Canonically, Spirit Island spirits have no butts. Curious about Christopher's Bender Brother Jabberwocky? Below is a key:
Do you want to ask one of your hosts Christopher to turn off his ears and turn on his mouth? Do you have a villain name for two of your hosts Paul? Do you have an opinion about ducks? Send us an individualized letter about each of these by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #14 | 07 Dec 2023 | 01:49:01 | |
Well, look where you've found yourselves… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:49:01 …in another episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Welcome to all of you Play-Greaterians and would-be Play-Greaterians; it is absolutely spiffing that you're here! This episode is but the latest entry into the extended Greater Than Games cinematic podcast universe. Listen, as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul discuss left-hand-drive yaris preferences, tire-roundness percentage anecdotes, and altogether more automobile banter than might be expected. Hear, as your hosts proceed to pratfall into a chronometrical convention corrigendum. Marvel, as your hosts use intense and intentional grammatical goofery in the face of calendar clarity. Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Looking for the 2 episodes from your hosts' "other podcast" where Christopher tells his injury story? Check out the first episode here. Check out the second episode here. (Good memory Christopher!) Looking for the GtG Booth Number at Pax Unplugged 2023? It was #2837! Looking for holiday sales on the webstore? Get 25% off your purchase with HOLIDAY25 at check out! Shop here. Wondering how many seasons there are of the show Fringe? Five. Are you weighed down by queries and need some theories? Are you not sure what the point of your existence is and need someone to weigh in? Are you hung-up on hanging prepositions? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #13 | 02 Nov 2023 | 01:36:41 | |
Spoilers: This podcast was actually a dream the ENTIRE TIME! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:36:41 Howdy, howdy, and another howdy! Welcome one and all to this month's rendition of the Play Greater Podcasts. There's one of your hosts Christopher, and there's even two of your hosts Paul. Who could have guessed?! Who WOULD have guessed?! Who, in fact, might have guessed?! (Spoilers again: Probably you!) Listen as your hosts begin with some B+ banter (getting higher marks from these shownotes than they anticipated) before jumping into some more serious topics. On that note… Content Warning: There is a tonally heavier segment dealing with serious world news which starts at 0:17:38. If you'd like to jump past this heavier segment and stick to the lighter segments full of jokes, skip to 0:32:25. Jumping back into jokes, listen to riveting discussions of games and how to play them greater. Learn about the original hipsters of legacy components. And, hear yet another obligatory plug for the RPG Burning Wheel. (It's seriously that good!) But, before we go any further, we must pause to ponder… Christopher climbed the Swiss Alps. It was upon these mountains that he recognized a righteous recommendation for all of you. Christopher's Righteous Recommendation: Watch "For All Mankind" on Apple TV (mistakenly referred to as being on HBO MAX on the air, due to Christopher misremembering which streaming service it was on). If you have some righteous recommendations, radical reactions, or reasonable responses for these ribald rapscallions. Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… Don't jumpscare Jed! Also… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #29 | 06 Mar 2025 | 01:27:23 | |
The Show Notes are MINE! (Temporarily.) Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:22 Hello, everyone! It's me, one of your hosts, Christopher! Matt has left the room... and the country! Our intrepid Audio Technician and Show Note Writer is in a far-flung land... actually, he's on a boat, so it's more like far-flung water. Anyway, he's not here, so you're stuck with me for writing the show notes! Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! I cannot be controlled, only unleashed! Me and two of your hosts Paul talk about goofs, the lack of a Matt Bender, and we claim that he'll put certain information in the show notes... but that's impossible! And I have no ability to answer that Matt Bender specific question, so these show notes have no answers! Then, I tell a story about dryers. (With a lot of rabbit trails.) The story ends on a cliffhanger! Who could say what happens next? We finally get into GTG News and World Report! Disparation things are going well! The Sentinel Choices Zine layout is complete! Paul is on a cruise! (With Matt Bender!) The Spirit Island accessories survey is probably coming out in a week or two! The Defenders of the Realm crowdfunding campaign is happening later this year! Bad things are happening in Rwanda! A very cool building in St. Louis is going to go away, but replaced with a hella cool building! Round buildings are cool! Gen Con is in several months and we're working hard on stuff for it! And that's everything you need to know. Then, we move onto your letters, which are delightful, but not plentiful enough! More letters, please! We start off with a fantastic quiz game to see how up on Sentinel Comics and pop culture our very own Paul Bender is. The answer: somewhat! To both! We also discuss pronunciations, beverages, food, and more! The Wheel of Topics generates a very early "Classic Christopher Story"! Spoilers: Christopher doesn't get injured in this one! (But someone does!) We'll be back in a month with another episode! Write in more letters! We need more! And, as always, don't be shy! COME SAY HI! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #12 | 05 Oct 2023 | 01:39:39 | |
…and the Cascade in the Caucasus! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:39:39 Hey there, delightful and delighted denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome, welcome to the greatly anticipated (we assume) next installment of the Play Greater Podcast. In celebration of Essen Spiel 2023, this is the Germany episode! That's right, folks! For this episode, we've curated a list of all things German for our discussion today and made most certain to exclude anything not germane! Are you at Essen Spiel 2023? Come to the Greater Than Games and Flat River Group booth: Hall 4, J110 For a complete explanation of the 90's sitcom referenced in this episode, click here! Matt Bender's fun memories from this summer include, but are not limited to: Shakespeare in the Park and getting to see a friend of his perform in the touring production of Wicked. Artists recommendations from Paul:
Artist recommendations from Christopher:
Do you have a burning question for our hosts? Do you have a piping-hot, low-stakes hypothetical that's been tearing your friend group apart? Do you have too much time on your hands and would like to send in a list of all St. Louis eateries previously mentioned on the podcast? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, please remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" (especially if you're in Germany this time!) | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #11 | 28 Aug 2023 | 01:41:37 | |
An Episode of Chronometric Chicanery Show Notes: Run Time: 1:41:37 Hello and welcome lovely listeners, one and all! Thanks for stopping by this podcast of goofs, giggles, and gargantuan glee! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul spit facts with wild abandon, covering wide-ranging truths like: proper scoring system nomenclature, how-to correctly coup & crime, and the definitely-accurate-and-not-at-all-incorrect release date of this episode. For those lovely listeners among you who came and said "hi" at PAX West… thanks! But, like, how'd you know, yo? For those lovely listeners among you who would have liked to say "hi" but who now find themselves in temporal tumult upon listening to this episode… from PAX we may be gone, but come say "hi" next Con! Looking for a picture of rad minis?! Look at the bottom of show notes! Have a query, question, comment, complaint, or point of order? Send us a letter about it. Come on, send us a letter about it. Do it. Dooooooooo it. Like. Right now. Please? You may respond to the above whinging with a letter by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember what one of your hosts Christopher said this episode… Don't you dare be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Gen Con 2023 LIVE | 17 Aug 2023 | 01:38:59 | |
You came to say "hi!" Show Notes: Run Time: 1:38:59 Greetings, you denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome to this LIVE Gen Con 2023 recording of the Play Greater Podcast. Last episode we could taste Gen Con in the air, but this episode we can taste Gen Con in the flesh! Listen as some number of hosts talk about wide ranging topics like: inexplicably being in Indianapolis, the inherent mirth of milk tents, and real-life-exemplary-human-being Andy Arenson. Want to know the copious details of what we did at Gen Con 2023?! As revealed later in the episode, we spent most of our time here! Want to know in what episode two of your hosts Paul shared opinions about The Rings of Power? Frankly, so would we! If you happen to know and/or would like to ask a follow-up question, send us a letter by following this artisanal hyperlink. And in case we haven't said in a while… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #10 | 03 Aug 2023 | 01:15:35 | |
Meanwhile, whilst climbing in the alps… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:15:35 We recorded another podcast! Holy smokes, folks, and welcome back to the Play Greater Podcast! Can you taste the Gen Con in the air?! We sure can, and we cannot wait to sink our teeth into a slice of proverbial Gen Con pie. Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and at least two of your hosts Paul tear through introductory banter and news with wild abandon reaching a potpourri of podcastian postage and their popular pinwheel of prompts. Looking for something referenced in the podcast? Find the mentioned info and links below:
(Oh hey there, you know that direct message Christopher references then says he'll bring up later? He never brings it up later, and it bothers these show notes too.) Awesome sea shanties Paul likes and also sings on a semi-frequent basis: Northwest Passage, Old Maui, Wellerman (yes, like the kids are singing these days, but he was a hipster about it before it was cool on TikTok), Santiana, Bully in the Alley, All for my Grog. According to this peer reviewed wikipedia article, the AMX-10's classification as a tank technically has been disputed… would you like to know more? (read in the TV propaganda voice from Starship Troopers) Did you notice anything missing from the show notes? Have big, chaotic feelings or questions to share? Write a letter about it and send it in to us by following this artisanal hyperlink! Well awe shucks now, thanks for all the listening, folks. It's been a hoot and a half! Oh! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" . . . to us at GEN CON! We're doing a live recording of this very podcast on this very same day this episode releases, and we'll be around all weekend in booths 1321, 1429, & 1521, and demo rooms 140 & 141! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #9 | 06 Jul 2023 | 01:28:40 | |
It's July! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:28:40 It's genuinely July! An earnest welcome to this most sincere of monthly episodes! Listen as our hosts barrel through the Intro-Slash-Banter Segment and GTG-News-And-World-Report Segment in order to spend maximum time on crowd-pleasing micro-segments like: pantomime, describing pantomime, observing a schedule adjacent to a microphone, and of course the community crunch along! FYI, the Gen Con live recording of the Play Greater Podcast IS 2 hours long and will transpire on August 3rd from 3-5pm (Central). Looking for something referenced in the podcast? Find the mentioned info and links below: Christopher and Paul are doing a livestream with Penny Arcade to show off some new upcoming games!
Link for GenCon badge? That'll be here! Link for Pax West badge? That's right here! Link to redbubble merchandise site that we don't plug enough? We got it right here! (Thanks Russ!!!) Link to a breakdown of every "Spirit Island Mega Event" reference in Play Greater Podcast history? No problem, right here! Fun Fact: Christopher recommends fermented shark. Christopher loves fermented shark. If you would like to become best friends with Christopher at conventions, bring him fermented shark… so that he makes happy faces! Also, we are now the canonical apex predator of deer. Your move now, deer. Care to crunch along with Christopher's mischievous mastications? Check out this episodes' snack here! Wondering what the legally distinct "zorrm" looks like? Check it out: A relic of a time gone by! Matt Bender's Final Words: lickety-split, lugubrious Finally, do you have a question or request? Send us a letter about it. Do it. I bet you won't. You may respond to this goading with a letter by following this artisanal hyperlink! Anyway, thank you for listening! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #8 | 01 Jun 2023 | 01:42:27 | |
Welcome to the Mark-isode! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:42:40 Oh hi folks! Can you believe it's already time for a brand new episode of the Play Greater Podcast? We certainly can't… but we're pumped that we're wrong! So, buckle in for another bonanza of boisterous banter with one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul! Join our intrepid hosts on this podcast journey: Hear about hitherto unknown holidays, discover as exclusive deals become inclusive deals, and learn of the long-anticipated campaign for the upcoming title "License to Grill"! But that's not all! You'll also get to meet marvelous mister Mark and ride his epistolary ferry of chronological letters. Finally, before the journey's end, you'll get to feel the unreal zeal of our whimsical and topical wheel. All this and MORE in this latest installment of the Play Greater Podcast! Do you find yourself with a burning question for one or two of your hosts? Has Mark's postal prowess piqued the interest of your quarrelsome and querying nature? We hope so! Send us a letter about it! You may do so by following this artisanal hyperlink! As always, thank you for listening! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!"
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| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #7 | 04 May 2023 | 01:32:35 | |
Are you too shy to say "hi"? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:32:47 The Play Greater Podcast might be for you! Only here can you get your monthly dose of one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul. Mavericks in the field of pantomime podcasting, these hosts live to bring you only the finest of visual radio moments. This episode starts off with some of the usual banter and goofs. You might even hear a story or two. But! Most notably, this month we received more letters than ever before in Play Greater Podcast history. Great job and keep it up! Our hosts are most happy! In our questions section this month, as well as discussing many important topics, we learned that there's essentially no difference between Ed McMahon and Vince McMahon. Who knew? This episode we also welcomed a special guest to spin the Wheel of Topics for us. You'll never be able to guess this guest… so you'll have to listen to find out! Can't get enough of our hosts and their groundbreaking pantomime podcasting? Join us again, first thing next month! Do you have questions for our hosts to answer? We hope so! Send them to us by following this artisanal hyperlink! As always, thank you for listening! And, remember… Don't be shy; come say "hi!" | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #6 | 06 Apr 2023 | 01:14:26 | |
Have we got some April Fools for you… Show Notes: Run Time: 1:14:36 That's right folks! Your very own April Fools are back: Christopher and Paul, the hosts of this very podcast! They're here with an entirely new sixth episode, bringing banter, tomfoolery, and complex feelings about the handling of Lord of the Rings lore in mass-media. Taking a break from tomfoolery, there's also a sober segment about social injustice and about what we can all do to help those most affected. Specifically, in the letters segment this month, there was a reference to an article about the unjust, anti-trans laws being passed in Missouri. That article can be found here. If you'd like to help support those affected in the St. Louis metro area; or if you are in the area and need support yourself, there's a resource for you here. If you'd like to help support mental health and suicide prevention resources for LGBTQ+ youth; or if you or someone you know needs this type of support, there's a resource for you here. We take these things very seriously. We hope you do, too. Later on in the letters segment, there's a spoilery discussion about the Rings of Power series on Amazon (Starting at approximately: 0:36:15). If you want to avoid spoilery type of things in that segment then we would recommend skipping ahead! (Skip ahead to: 0:54:08) Finally, if you find yourself with a query and/or question OR if you just want to help our hosts avoid mail-less melancholy next month, this handy dandy form is for you! More tomfoolery and jerryfoolery to come! (And, hopefully, fewer praline precans...) | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #5 | 02 Mar 2023 | 01:16:07 | |
Merry March! Did you miss us? Show Notes: Run Time: 1:16:17 Hey there, denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome back to the greatly anticipated next installment of the Play Greater Podcast. This time 'round the horn, I bet you're wondering if we're changing things up. But, why on earth would we do that?! We're coming at you with just as much Christopher and an equivalent amount of Paul, hosting and bantering away. Our audience killed it this month, sending in a metric cavalcade of letters (not to be confused with an imperial cavalcade of letters). As a special thank you for all of your hard work scribbling letters for us, here's some non-fiction book recommendations courtesy of our humble hosts:
Until our next rendezvous, you dashing denizens of Podcast Land! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #4 | 02 Feb 2023 | 01:45:25 | |
A new episode just for you! Goodness gracious, great balls of fire! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:45:39 This here episode of the Play Greater Podcast comes to you piping hot off the editorial press! To counterbalance last month's extended banter segment, this episode begins with a mere smattering of truncated banter… But! Have no fear! There is still banter a-plenty sprinkled throughout the episode for your listening pleasure. In the GTG News and World Report(s) section, we also annouce and drop some info about this thing. And other games! Get hype! Our delightful (and hopefully delighted) audience came through this month with a truly astronomical amount of letters. So thanks to all you scribes and scriveners out there in Podcast Land… we love your insatiable curiosity this month! Next month, if you, dear listener, find yourself with any curiosity that you wish were satiated by one of your hosts Christopher and/or two of your hosts Paul, submit your question(s) with this handy dandy form. During the course of answering letters, Christopher mentioned a fabled Gathering of Heroes in times long past… we thought there was info online about that historical event, but only this GTG forum thread, in which the link to a photo is long lost to the sands of internet time. Good news: long-time friend of ours Russ had photos! Also, for the record, Russ is great! (Though not pictured in any of those photos.) There were also topics… found on a wheel… a wheel of topics one might say… listen to this episode if you'd like to learn more about this most topical of tires! Until next month's thrilling episode! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #28 | 06 Feb 2025 | 01:35:17 | |
The Podcast where YOU write the script! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:35:17 Well howdy hey howdy there! Welcome to another episode of the Play Greater Podcast!!! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul accurately assess that there are three types of show notes–the first type being what you're reading right now, the second type being the printed lister letters you hear read on the show, and the third type being an E natural. Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Lo, the note in question was indeed an E natural. But if you want, we could call it an F flat so that it feels like one of your hosts Christopher was closer to being right with his guess! IS Compile available?! It's scheduled to arrive VERY close to the release of this episode! Check back next week and it SHOULD be here! Sign up for the newsletter to get alerted as soon as it goes live! Tiki Drinks Paul Likes:
Local St. Louis Eatery:
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| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #3 | 05 Jan 2023 | 01:27:48 | |
Happy New Year from GTG to you! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:27:59 This third episode of the Play Greater Podcast starts off with, frankly, too much banter. But here we are! It's not entirely unexpected. In the GTG News and World Reports segment, we mention that a GTG game was covered in an article in... US News and World Reports! Check it out! Christopher did a couple of livestreams last month with the Penny Arcade people. One about Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition (including new content from the upcoming Rook City Renegades) and one about Spirit Island (including the Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs). Very cool! Then we answer questions! Submit more questions for us with this form! We also spin the Wheel Of Topics a few times and manage to talk about a couple topics. See you next month! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #2 | 01 Dec 2022 | 01:06:57 | |
We're back! Back again! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:06:56 The Play Greater Podcast is back, this time with a similar amount of Paul Bender and Christopher Badell as the last time! But not the exact same amount — just fairly similar. Paul talks about his home! Christopher talks about a cave! They also talk about what Greater Than Games has been up to in the last month. AND! They spin a wheel? Indeed! The Wheel of Topics, in fact! Is that catching on yet? It's part of our logo now, so we're obviously leaning into it. Fingers crossed. (We also talk about TikTok. You're welcome/we're sorry.) Join us for another episode, first thing next month! Do you have questions for us to answer? We hope so! Send them to us by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, as always, thank you for listening! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #1 | 03 Nov 2022 | 01:01:33 | |
A shining new era is tiptoeing nearer! Show Notes: Run Time: 1:01:32 Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast: the Play Greater Podcast, featuring your hosts, Christopher Badell (designer of Deck Building: The Deck Building Game) and Paul Bender (lead story developer for Galactic Strike Force)! They both also happen to be founders of Greater Than Games, and have helped bring many hit games to the market, including Sentinels of the Multiverse, Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game, Spirit Island, and more! Join them on this exploratory first episode! Savor its many segments, from banter, to news, to the fabled Wheel of Topics! What secrets might they divulge? Listen and find out! Content Warning: At the 50 minute mark, Paul tells a story that you might want to skip ahead by 55 seconds if you don't want to hear a story about a gross thing involving a baby and vomit. Consider yourself warned. If you'd like your questions to be read in a future episode of the Play Greater Podcast, submit a question using this handy form! And thanks for listening! | |||
| Christopher and Paul talk about Flat River Group | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:52:17 | |
As of December of 2021, Greater Than Games is now a part of Flat River Group! Christopher wrote about it here on the GTG website. Paul and Christopher did a livestream on the GTG YouTube channel, which was plagued by video quality issues, but the audio survived well, and is available here to you as a podcast episode! | |||
| The Definterview: Christopher and Adam talk Sentinels of the Multiverse Definitive Edition | 25 Mar 2021 | 00:20:07 | |
Christopher Badell and Adam Rebottaro (creators at Greater Than Games) talk with Trevor Casterline (Letters Page Podcast producer) on the eve of the Kickstarter launch for the Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse. They discuss the culmination of years working at their craft, storytelling, and designing a game about comic book heroes. Sign up for the Greater Than Games newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/greaterthangames/sign-up-for-more-information | |||
| Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition | 02 Feb 2021 | 01:34:23 | |
Christopher and Adam talk about the Definitive Edition of Sentinels of the Multiverse on an episode from their weekly podcast, The Letters Page. | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #6 Rising Flame | 05 Feb 2020 | 02:12:31 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #5 Threading The Needle | 05 Feb 2020 | 02:06:34 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #4 Hindsight Is 2019 | 24 Jan 2020 | 02:09:31 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #3 A Stitch In Time | 15 Jan 2020 | 01:27:56 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #27 | 02 Jan 2025 | 01:40:34 | |
Inanity is a theme of this podcast… Show Notes: Merriest of New Years, denizens of Podcast Land! Welcome to the latest episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Listen as Juan of your hosts Christopher and too of your hosts Paul accurately predict the actions of their long-lost audio technician, answer letters about assorted pronunciations with reckless abandon, and discuss the word 'oft.' Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode: Look up Modern Lucky Charm info here! Query? Question?? Quibble??? Send us a letter about it by following this artisanal hyperlink! And, remember… | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #2 Hanging By A Thread | 08 Jan 2020 | 01:53:27 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Issue #1 Midwest Weather | 08 Jan 2020 | 02:49:17 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - GM Prep | 08 Jan 2020 | 01:29:53 | |
Major Spoilers for the entirety of Season 3!!! Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Sentinel Comics RPG Season 3 - Hero Creation | 08 Jan 2020 | 02:20:00 | |
Preorder Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook: https://sentinel-comics-rpg.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders Season 3 of Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game is a production of Greater Than Games. Everything played on screen uses the system found in the core rulebook, Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game, and associated products. The world of Sentinel Comics was created by Adam Rebottaro and Christopher Badell for the co-operative card game Sentinels of the Multiverse. Game Moderator: Adam Rebottaro | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2019 - Frieght & Shipping Logistics | 05 Sep 2019 | 01:01:27 | |
Paul Bender, Jodie Wagner, and Matt Kroll discuss the logistics of shipping tabletop games. | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2019 - Illustrating Tabletop Games | 03 Sep 2019 | 01:46:42 | |
Jennifer Closson, Adam Rebottaro, and Lucas Durham discuss what it is like to be an artist working in the tabletop industry. | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2018 - From Kickstarter to Distribution | 29 Aug 2019 | 01:26:49 | |
Greater Than Games (and associates) discuss what it takes to bring a tabletop game to market after the conclusion of a Kickstarter campaign. | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2019 - Twenty Years of Cheapass | 27 Aug 2019 | 01:05:23 | |
James Ernest, founder of Cheapass Games, reflects on 20 years of designing and publishing tabletop games. | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2019 - State of Greater Than Games | 22 Aug 2019 | 01:38:33 | |
Greater Than Games talks about the year in review and upcoming plans! | |||
| Gen Con Panels 2019 - Sentinel Comics RPG One-Shot | 20 Aug 2019 | 02:44:36 | |
Christopher & Paul team up to moderate as Adam, Maggie, Jenn and Chris find themselves in the middle of a thrilling space adventure! | |||
| Play Greater Podcast: Episode #26 | 05 Dec 2024 | 01:32:00 | |
Dallas and Seattle? Exactly the same city. (Except for weather and pants!) Show Notes: Oh hey there, cool cats and carnivorous crustaceans crustaceans! It's time for another episode of the Play Greater Podcast! Listen as one of your hosts Christopher and two of your hosts Paul try to split their banter equitably betwixt segments, valiantly attempting to take the note given to them by famed-flame-Producer and Axis-upon-which-all-podcasts-rotate, Trevor Casterline. Check below for links and/or info mentioned in episode:
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| Interview with Chris Kirkman | 14 Dec 2018 | 00:10:49 | |
We sat down with Chris Kirkman (@dicehateme) and discussed the following topics:
Enjoy this quick look at some upcoming Greater Than Games products. -Trevor Casterline (podcast producer at Greater Than Games) | |||
| PAX Unplugged: Interview with Handelabra's Jeremy Handel | 05 Dec 2018 | 00:14:39 | |
Trevor Casterline of Greater Than Games sat down with Jeremy of Handelabra Games to talk the release of OblivAeon, Bottom of the 9th, producing digital games, and the upcoming development of the digital version of Spirit Island! | |||
| Interview with Prime War designers Lore Forge Games | 13 Nov 2018 | 00:29:02 | |
GTG's Maggie Clayton sits down with Lore Forge Games to talk about the development of Prime War - the upcoming tactical miniatures game set within the world of Sentinel Comics. | |||
| Interview with Spirit Island designer R. Eric Reuss | 22 Oct 2018 | 00:14:07 | |
Before the Spirit Island: Jagged Earth Kickstarter went live, the game's designer, R. Eric Reuss, stopped by the Greater Than Games headquarters for an interview with Maggie Clayton, GTG's marketing manager. | |||