Talk like a pirate day is upon us, and we are adding some flavor with a variety of pirate themed games, but we can't stop there. We talk about a bunch of titles to include Seventh Sea (and Swashbucker), Plunder, Treasure Fleet, Jamaica, Pirate's Cove, Pieces of Eight, Anno 1503, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Tomb, Hunter, and Delta Green.

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Our travel itinerary is filling up. We are delighted to be sponsoring the open gaming for Tucson's premier gaming convention, RinCon, and will be hosting the Chaos Challenge there. We will also be setting sail for a Caribbean Gamer Cruise in March. We invite you to join us on both of these occasions. As an added benefit to joining us on the cruise, you will have a chance to win a trip to Gen Con for the North American Settlers of Catan Championship.

We talk about a host of friends on today's show, to include Ron from The Game's the Thing, and Yog-Sothoth. Paul (of Cthulhu) is putting together a massive collection of Yoggie stuff for a DVD and invites you to participate in the production and to be privie to some added benefits. We also mention Fear the Boot and World-Wide Wing Night on November 8th.

Jeremiah also sings praises to another favorite game store of his. Games by James has shown him excellent support in demonstrating games in their store and helping him make a selection for a gift. Jeremiah usually frequents The Source and is always pleased to shop there as well.