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Inside Track 004: Alexei Othenin-Girard

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Alexei Othenin-Girard joins us today from TableStar Games. Alexei was born in Switzerland before moving to the US to attend Berkeley. His studies led him to spend some time in Japan giving him even more experience to pull from when developing HeroCard Rise of the Shogun.

Hero Card Rise of the Shogun has just been released. Set in late 12th century Japan, it is one of a variety of games that use the central HeroCard combat system.

Out of Character 003: Monkey’d Over

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Another week of gaming and podcasting has encouraged some correspondence so new news is brought up about Wits and Wagers, Pieces of Eight, and Classic Battletech. The five star rating philosophies have again surfaced to discussion. We also touch upon some coming interviews.

Pieces of Eight will be given away to all of the attendees of BoardGameGeek.CON.
FanPro would like to share Total Warfare with you, new version of the core Classic BattleTech.
Whil Weaton’s blog is and some of his work is mentioned.

Jesters Court 003: Pieces of Eight

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Jeremiah reviews Pieces of Eight, a coin game with a pirate theme. This unique game is very portable and extremely entertaining.

Pieces of Eight: Publisher: Atlas Games; Players: 2+; Ages: 10+; MSRP: $19.95; Play Time: 10-30 minutes; Designed By: Jeff Tidball

Inside Track 003: Rob Boyle

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This week, Rob Boyle joins us to tell us about FanPro’s games to include the Shadowrun line he is responsible for. Rob started as an editor for FASA in 1997 and has kept Shadowrun alive after the close of FASA.

Shadowrun is a fantasy-cyberpunk roleplaying game and one of our old favorites. Rob has brought it into a new fourth edition, upgraded to meet the times and streamlined for easier play. Rob also invites us to visit his delicious links relevant to the game.

Rob also introduces us to Degenesis, a future apocalyptic roleplaying game that has peaked our interest. It’s out in Germany now and should be seeing the US early in 2007.

As well as Shadowrun and Degenesis, FanPro LLC also publishes the classic BattleTeach wargame and The Dark Eye. Their seat of power is in Germany while Rob runs the US office.

Out of Character 002: The Transition

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The transition has begun for Don from software engineer to podcast producer as pulp gamer finishes a second week of new podcasts. In this episode, we talk about some of the coming pulp gamer shows and share a healthy does of recently received feedback. We also give away Monkeys on the Moon from a drawing announced on an earlier show.

Podcasters – download and play our National Games Week promo on your show and direct your listeners to nationalgamesweek.net.
Don gives a special goodbye to all of his friends at Edgenet. Software Engineers are encouraged to send Edgenet your resume and don’t forget to tell that that Don sent you. Great opportunity awaits you there.
Gen Con SoCal is coming up quickly. Many of your favorite podcasters will be there and if you’re lucky, you will be too.
We will soon be presenting games and gaming goodies for Christmas gifts and ask that you send us your ideas. Christmas is just around the corner and we want to send you into the wild shopping season with a degree of preparedness.

Jesters Court 002: Wits and Wagers

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Jeremiah reviews Wits and Wagers, a trivia game crossed with betting. This game is easy to love and backed up by multiple awards.

Wits and WagersPublisher: North Star GamesPlayers: 3-21Ages: 10+

MSRP: $29.99

Play Time: 25 minutes

Inside Track 002: Brian Kibler

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Inside Track welcomes Brian Kibler from Upper Deck Entertainment. Brian has been with Upper Deck Entertainment for over two years now and started by working on the Vr. System.

We talk largely about World of Warcraft TCG, of which Brian is the lead developer. This trading card game based off of the popular online game World of Warcraft and captures the same look and feel. Players build their deck around their hero and battle each other to determine victory.

Jesters Court 001: Its Good to be the King

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Derek reviews Its Good to Be the King, a light hearted card game about brown-nosing the king. You will be pleasing him daily with the cards in your hand as he whimsically plans the week’s events.

Its Good to Be the KingPublisher: 3AM GamesPlayers: 3-6Ages: 12+MSRP: $16.95

Play Time: 30-40 minutes

Inside Track 001: Mark Simmons

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We launch our new series with Mark Simmons of Matthews Simmons Marketing who is as entertaining as informative. Mathews Simmons Marketing is responsible Games Quarterly Magazine, Games Expo, and the launching of National Games week.

Games Expo 2007 is being held March 18-22 at the South Coast Hotel in Las Vegas and brings all of the game industry professionals together under one roof. You can attend by signing up for National Games Week.

National Games Week is November 19-15 this year; always over thanksgiving. Get your friends together and spread the good word of gaming.

We also discuss Games Quarterly and the value it provides to retail store owners as a comprehensive guide to the entire game industry.

Out of Character 001: Women in Gaming

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Our new format has launched! We invite you to listen to all of our shows. In “Out of Character” we will be keeping you up to date with Pulp Gamer and entertain topics fitting of the non-electronic gaming culture. Our main game reviews will be on Jesters Court while our interviews will be on Inside Track.

Also joining us today is Jeremiah’s wife, Erin Lynch. With that opportunity we decide to tackle the topic of women in gaming. Erin not only keeps up but takes the opportunity to put us in our place. She was great to have on the show and we hope to hear from her again soon.

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