Pulp Gamer Out of Character

This just might be our last Out of Character for the year. We have many more games to talk about and can only squeeze in a few before the gift giving season concludes.

We start by talking about some of the news surrounding Gen Con. The responded to an anonymous request to buy them before Anthony Gallela revealed his acquisition group on icv2. References in this discussion were also made to Matt Forbeck's blog post and the money paid by Gen Con to the Make a Wish foundation.

At least some of the games discussed on today's show took on a Mad Scientist theme. These include Mad Scientist University, MWAHAHAHA!, and Theophrastus. We also talked about Monopoly, Rorschach, Express, and Sutter's Mill. For roleplaying games, we talked about Prime Time Adventures, Pathfinder, Promethean, Vampire, and Changeling. We also learned some about D&D Insider and the Character Generator as we recorded.

Several roleplay reference materials were brought up by the listening audience. These include PC Pearls, GM Gems, Play Unsafe, Play Dirty (by Lord Strange/John Wick), and Things We Think about Games. We were also given a link to Invisible City's print and play games. And finally, we were directed to a board game designers forum.

It's the season to be generous. We learned and shared Wapcaplets' charity to buy livestock for 3rd world countries. Fear the Boot has also been doing the same thing.

Don't forget our most recommended gift for the season, Accent Your Character. This dialect training CD for young actors, roleplayers, cosplayers, and other casual pretenders is available at Paizo, Lovecraftianna, and RPGNow.

We played a promo during today's show for DiceCast from the guys at Polymancer.

We'll see you next year! Don't forget to book your trip for the Caribbean Cruise!