The Bear's Grove Podcast

This podcast is part of the Goblin Broadcast Network at GBNCOM.COM

Ryan Macklin has a podcast called The Master Plan. And he usually complains if a podcast is longer than his commute.

Check out the new forum about GMs and players working together to make gaming awesome, There Is No Screen. And there is no spoon, either!

Silken’s influences are Here

Theory from the Closet

The Bear’s Grove 30

Check out Indie Press Revolution to buy all the cool story games I mentioned in this episode.

Feedback: Daniel from The Digital Front Podcast

Promos in this episode:

The Escapistcast
The 3.5 Private Sanctuary
and an unauthorized promo for
Stabbing Contest

Closing music from Hannah at The Sixty One

 

 The Bear's Grove #39: Gaming Failures and One-Shots Redux: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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I had a great conversation with two members of the team responsible for the True 20 Blood Throne supplement “Blight Elves: Architects of Despair,” about the book and about their play habits.

You can find out more about this book at Reality Deviants Publications and more about the Were-Cabbages here.

In case you were wondering whether the explicit tag on this podcast is real, IT IS. THIS PODCAST IS EXPLICIT. It is NOT for children! Listen without headphones at work at your own risk.

The Blight Elves are very icky creatures and some of their nihilist, entropy-worshiping practices are downright offensive. To be clear, the book doesn’t hold them out as paragons, either.

I think it’s pretty clear that these Blight Elves are EVIL! But not in the “They’re evil because they are” sort of way. No, no, there’s a lot of reasons why they are. Some of them are cultural and some of them are religious. But they’re all out to make you commit suicide. Basically. Evil.

Also in the podcast you’ll hear an unauthorized promo I made for The Independent Insurgency and an authorized promo for The Game Master Show

Music is from the Podsafe Music Network at http://music.podshow.com

 

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Warning: this show is about 1 hour, 5 minutes long!

Promo: 12 Volt Theater

Chris Chinn

Gamers Of Color Live Journal community

Oriental Adventures

Dirty Secrets, from Dark Omen Games

My rough-draft Voodoo Rules

The Shattered Gates of Slaughtergarde

Wyrd is Bond

The Blossoms Are Falling

Steal Away Jordan by Julia Bond Ellingboe from her Stone Baby Games.

Dog Eat Dog, by William Burke

The Emperor’s Heart

Inspiration for Star Wars, The Hidden Fortress, by Kurosawa

Feng Shui RPG

Socratic Design 19 Questions

Promo: The Plitone Revisionist

 

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Be welcome to the Bear’s Grove podcast.

Today on the program is part 2 of a two part interview with John Wick of the Wicked Dead Brewing Company John talks about his game design theories and also about Houses of the Blooded, the latest Big Game he has designed. He mentions the Sons of Kryos, as well.

In the “News and Notes” section, I talk about a few new podcasts you may be interested in:

Discussions from the Closet on the same feed as “Theories from the Closet”

Stabbing Contest
Geek Girls Rule
The Independent Insurgency
Playing for Keeps by Mur Lafferty
Murder at Avedon Hill by PG Holyfield
Nocturnal by Scott Sigler
Space Casey by Christiana Ellis

A reminder: the Bear’s Grove is considered an adult podcast; that’s part of why we have an EXPLICIT tag in iTunes. Don’t listen around kids, or at work, without headphones.

 

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Be welcome to the Bear’s Grove podcast.

Today on the program is part 1 of a two part interview with John Wick of the Wicked Dead Brewing Company John talks about his game design theories and also about Houses of the Blooded, the latest Big Game he has designed.

Part 2 will be out next week. Thanks for listening!

 

 The Bear's Grove Podcast #35: John Wick Interview Part 1: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Please enjoy Episode 34 of The Bear’s Grove

Links for You

Find out more about the new Podcasts by going to the Goblin Broadcast Network

Socratic Design’s Power 19 Questionnaire

Prime Time Adventures

Pendragon

Vampire: the Masquerade

Spirit of the Century

Story Now

Donate if you Wish

Music link

From the Podsafe Music Network at http://music.podshow.com

Nick Murray’s Stratosphere

 

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Please enjoy The Bear’s Grove Episode 33!

Today on the program I go into my plans for Dragon*Con and talk about how I like to design modules (when I do design them).

Promos for the show are:

Nuke Town Radio Active
Geek Acres
The Wandering Geek
The Art of Roleplaying Podcast

This show is part of the Goblin Broadcast Network

Special thanks to Dante and Cobwebs for writing in!

If you are going to Dragon*Con and would like to get my schedule, don’t hesitate to contact me at bearsgrove at gmail dot com and I’ll send you access to my D*C schedule.

 

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Please enjoy Episode 32 of The Bear’s Grove.

In this episode:

Sam introduces you to the Fireheart Foundry family of podcasts, just in case.
Sam talks a little about his Spirit of the Century game.

A promo for Theory from the Closet plays.

Sam has a segment about one of his favorite movies, Joe Versus the Volcano.

A promo for the Canon Puncture podcast plays.

There is a segment with Sam and JC Hutchins from the Seventh Son podcast novel trilogy. This is part of his 50/50/50 podcast tour. We talk about foreshadowing, story structure, visceral details, and other important storytelling techniques.

Please give us feedback!

 

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Please enjoy The Bear’s Grove #31.

In it, I talk about my recent computer disaster, bring you up to date on the podcasts I’ve been working on, talk to you about some of my favorite podcasts, talk about natural character generation and secrets held around the gaming table.

Just in case you are wondering: yeah, I had backups. My backups were on a second huge disk. That disk died at the same time. I am kicking myself. I recommend everyone get offsite backup, and get it soon. That is all.

The promos for this episode are:

Foretress Draconis podcast, by Mike Stackpole,
a commercial for The Geek Label Podcast (Happy Anniversary, guys!), and a promo for The Gamer Traveler Podcast.

I also mention:

Cory Doctorow’s Podcast
The Game Master Show
The Rolemonkeys and Misfit Brew
The Sons of Kryos

Please don’t forget to visit The Goblin Broadcast Network at GBNCOM.COM and use our lovely master feeds to subscribe to a whole slew of amazing RPG-related podcasts, OK?

 

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Show Notes

I take you into one shot scenario design, showing you step by step how I designed the “To Dance Upon The Dawn” scenario for the Old World of Darkness Vampire: the Masquerade.

Also, I give some hints as to how you might work the Urban Fantasy genre into your roleplaying game.

Podcast Shout-Outs in this Episode

The Basics of the Game
Villain Talk
Gamer: the Podcasting
The Game Master Show
International Detective Dragons from Outer Space
The Rolemonkeys

Special Thanks to our Sponsor, Khepera Publishing, with their game Godsend Agenda

 

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