http://www.pulpgamer.com The Paper Game Pod Show - Master Feed. Our gig is gaming. We cover non-electronic games such as role playing games (RPGs), card games (TCGs/CCGs), and board games. We review games on Kings Court and conduct industry interviews on Inside Track leaving special topics and banter for Out of Character. Tue, 13 May 2008 21:09:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Derek had the long awaited opportunity to talk to Aaron Williams at the GAMA Trade show. We have all been fans of Aaron's work for a long time. You have probably seen it on a variety of products but most directly from Nodwick, Full Frontal Nerdity, and PS238. ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/05/13/inside-track-044-aaron-williams/ Jeremiah presents La Strada. We recently talked to Martin Wallace about La Strada, making it that much more fun to check out for ourselves. Everyone is making money from the economy of the game, but how much depends on what markets you share and how many times ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/05/09/the-game-kennel-010-la-strada/ The Game Manufacturer's Association's Trade Show (GTS) was an awesome good time and as always packed full of good information. Several seminars were captured and will soon be made available online. It was great to see everyone and we will certainly be looking for you at the next ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/05/07/out-of-character-048-gts-2008/ What started out as a training interview turned into a discussion made public on fitting games into the right hands. The intent is to provide insight to anyone that sells or promotes games on what to present and who to present them to. This is the premise of ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/05/05/finding-good-homes-for-great-games/ We welcome Anthony Gallela to todays show and get involved in a lot of conversation about the benefits of the Game Manufacturer's Association (GAMA). We had a great time at the GAMA Trade show. You can expect to see the seminars posted very soon. Anthony has been involved in ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/30/inside-track-043-anthony-gallela-and-the-game-manufacturers-association/ You can never go wrong with the Catan series of games. This time, Ron presents Entdecker. Its a tile exploration game of area control. It is packed with decisions that will make or break your success. Entdecker: Exploring New Horizons Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Tile Game Designed by: Klaus Teuber Players: 2-4 Play ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/28/the-game-kennel-009-entdecker-exploring-new-horizons/ There are more and more groups meeting all over the Southern Arizona area to try out new games. If you know anyone in the area, be sure to refer them to our meetup group or the Southern Arizona Gamers Association. Todays topic is about reading and comprehending informational ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/23/family-night-006-comprehension/ If you are joining us for the first time, we welcome your visit with an overview of the network. We'll see you next week for the GAMA Trade Show in Las Vegas. We have a lot of things planned and hope to see you there. Stop by ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/17/out-of-character-047-network-overview/ We were very excited to have arranged a meeting with Skip Williams. He had an impact on many years of our lives. Skip is a co-owner in Crystal Unicorn Enterprises where you can find his forums. A bunch of his and Penny's work can be found in ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/15/inside-track-042-skip-williams/ We are delighted be in discussion today with the Catan Online moderators, KayakPete, Aero, and Sloejack. Each of them are strong community members and add a lot of value to our experience online. They keep the forums in check and spend a lot of time helping new players ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/12/the-cow-catan-online-world-radio-meet-the-moderators/ We are joined today by Ron and Veronica Blessing. They are hosts of The Games the Thing, a podcast about table top games. Ron also manages the Tucson Mall location of Game Daze. We follow up on some demographic discussion and then go right into a wish ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/09/out-of-character-046-wish-list/ Bacchus' Banquet is a card game with a Roman dinner party theme. Everyone comes to the dinner with their own agenda making variable winning conditions for each player. Its a light hearted fun game of deception, scandal, and intrigue. Bacchus' Banquet Publisher: Mayfair Games Style: Card Game Designed by: Frederic Moyersoen Players: 3-5 Play ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/07/the-game-kennel-008-bacchus-banquet/ Martin Wallace has been designing some outstanding game titles since the mid 90s. Some you will recognize include La Strada, Runebound, Age of Steam, and Struggle of Empires. His work can be seen on the shelves from several different publishers, including his own company, Warfrog Games. ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/04/01/inside-track-041-martin-wallace/ We have a lot of fun today talking about cheating at the game table. We have all been witness to such a blight of character and it makes for some great stories. We talk about quite a few games today to include China Rails and Pillars of the ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/27/out-of-character-045-gaming-infidelity/ Episode 2 of POINT BLANK gears up for the GAMA Trade Show and invites listeners to participate in our PSI Game Night event Tuesday evening during the show. I also explain the details of the exciting new promotion that White Wolf is running called Exalted: Graduate your Game where I ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/24/point-blank-episode-2/ Every episode of POINT BLANK features a recorded interview with the creative team at White Wolf that gives listeners a sneak peak at the new releases coming out in a segment called White Wolf Confidential. For episode 2, I had the pleasure of interviewing the lead developer for Vampire: The ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/24/point-blank-special-presentation-joseph-carriker/ Bo is a huge fan of Domaine. We haven't seen him leave the house without it since we have known him. When the opportunity came up to spotlight Domaine, we had to ask him to do the honors. He jumped at the opportunity. It is a ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/21/the-game-kennel-007-domaine/ The show goes on. There are hundreds more games to play and billions more people to meet. Our main topic today is about building community. We are delighted to announce in today's show that our community in Sierra Vista has found a new home. We have ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/19/family-night-005-community/ Jeremiah joins us from a new location in Georgia as he undergoes some National Guard training. Bo joins us to catch us up on a bunch of news, such as the Toy Fair and his new podcast, Point Blank, for PSI. We start our show by saying goodbyes ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/14/out-of-character-044-superstar/ We have been looking forward to talking to Guido Teuber and Gavin Allister of Catan, LLC. We have been enjoying a variety of games at PlayCatan for a while now and now have the chance to let Guido and Gavin share them with you. We even have some ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/03/07/inside-track-040-guido-teuber-and-gavin-allister-of-catan/ Con season is winding up. Jeremiah touches on a few games he played at Con of the North to include Call of Cthulhu, Promethean, Union Pacific, and China Rails. We also make a rule clarification on Lascaux and touch on one of last year's favorites, Bison. Community building is ... http://www.pulpgamer.com/2008/02/29/out-of-character-043-rolling-for-resources/