Out of Character

We shout out to a bunch of regions around the world. The one that stood out in our minds most was Wilbraham, MA. More locations are highlighted at the very tail end of the show after the credits. We also touch upon some crazy news for some local events, such as Family Night and Ides of Gaming. Conventions mentioned include Stratigicon, New York Toy Fair, The Rath of Con, and Con of the North.

The dialect training series is now available as digital downloads. So far they are only available at paizo.com. You can download each presentation individually and don’t have to buy the packaging. They are also still available on CD. Learn to use accents such as British, Cockney, Irish, and Scottish with Accent Your Character.

We have been doing some early beta testing with our friends in the world of Catan. Germany has benefited from playing Catan games online for a while now. The English version is imminent. As it is being translated, we find out how easy it is to play with someone that doesn’t speak your language.

Boyan Radakovich has graduated to his very own show now called Point Blank. PSI is making the cutting edge move by providing audio for their clients. These are some busy folks so I am sure they will find out very quickly how powerful it is to make use of their drive time with his new program.

During feedback, several other things are mentioned that are worth linking. For podcasts, we talk about Heroic Cthulhu and The Vintage Gamer. For games, we talk about Chicago Poker, Ticket to Ride, Lascaux, and World in Flames.

Polymancer gives us some ideas on how to bring canned campaign settings to life. Polymancer magazine is a multi-genre magazine about roleplaying games (RPGs), miniature wargames, LARPs, and more. Articles are written so that they can be useful to gamers of all kinds, no matter which rules they prefer to use. This is done by making the articles “system-independent.” There is a complete adventure scenario in every issue. This is not an e-zine, but the real thing: an honest to goodness, printed magazine for gamers. Find out more at www.polymancerstudios.com.