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I waved goodbye to Mike and Christina and made my way through the throngs of people getting their last chance to shop in the exhibit hall. By 1pm on Sunday of GenCon 2025 I was tapping out.

I was exhausted, hungry, and my capacity for patience was at an all-time low.

By the time I got back to my car and put Indianapolis in the rearview mirror I started to settle down and even though GenCon was only an hour behind me I r...

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/godzilla-franchise-enters-new-era-with-multiple-sequels-in-the-works/ar-AA1ISBUf

Oh No, there Goes Tokyo, Go Go Godzilla.

No, this story isn’t about Blue Oyster Cult, but we could do a full episode on the Long Island Psychedelic Rock Band that gave us Don’t Fear the Reaper and of course Godzilla. No, this story is about Godzilla himself. There are 33 Japanese movies about Godzil...

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I have a thing for Kickstarter. I find myself backing a lot of roleplaying games so it’s not unusual for me to browsing the new Kickstarters looking for something that might spark my imagination.

And that’s when I saw it. 

Singularity.

A brand-new massive adventure for Mongoose Traveller.

Longtime listeners know our love of Traveller on this show and you might have even listened to our three part “Anatomy of a Campaign” s...

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Let’s start with something different.

https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/2023/09/04/learning-brain-make-ai-more-energy-efficient/

This article from the Human Brain Project outlines the power requirements for the human brain and the results are staggering. The human brain uses only 20 watts of power to work. That’s the equivalent of a computer monitor…on sleep mode.

In contrast an AI requires 2.7 billion ...

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Sisterhood: Nuns with Guns.

What a great title for a game. You’ve already heard Mike, Christina and I talk about this game when we saw it drop on Backerkit. We didn’t have a ton of information on the game, but the imagery and the concept were so evocative that both Christina and I backed it on the spot.

Fast forward to our 100th episode where we talked about wanting to do more interviews and the first interview I knew I...

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You know that news crawler that pops up in the right-hand corner of your computer screen for those of us two dumb to turn it off. Well, an article popped up that got my interest.

The 15 Best TTRPGs For One-Shot Sessions

MSN pulled an article from CBR that listed the 15 Best TTRPGS for One-Shot Sessions. It lists games like Crash Pandas, Alien, Mork Borg, Blades in the Dark and Dread. It also has D&D listed along wit...

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If you’ve followed the podcast from the beginning, you might notice a theme. We aren’t fans of D&D.

Sure, we started with the OGL Scandal and ever since then we have made fun of, complained about, and down right called out Hasbro, Wizards of the Coast, and Dungeons and Dragons. But, that’s just business, right? We must actually like D&D I mean everyone does. It’s the grandaddy of all roleplaying games.

Nope we h...

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Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

We start this week off with news about a game world that both Mike and Christina love. The World of Darkness.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/jason-carl-on-white-wolfs-return-mage-the-ascension-plans.713655/

Paradox Interactive announced that it was rebranding its World of Darkness group to White Wolf, with further plans to build out the g...

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Our 100th Episode.

Jen and I were walking through the hallways of the Indianapolis Convention Center. We had just finished setting up the booth for GenCon and we had been talking about all things roleplaying.

“Hey, do you think you or Mike would be interested in doing a podcast. We could tie Oddfish Games into it and just chat about roleplaying in general.”

I threw out the question hoping she would be interested. I had d...

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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

We are going to start with an article from Wolfgang Baur the CEO of Kobold Press. Now this doesn’t really constitute news, but I found it very interesting and thought Mike and Christina might agree.

https://koboldpress.com/state-of-play-in-it-to-print-it-what-to-know-to-get-your-game-printed/

The article: State of Play: In It to Print It. W...

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“Live Action Roleplaying, you’ve love it. We get together the first Saturday of the month and everybody is really cool.”

“I don’t know, I mean it’s one thing to play around a table, but I’m not sure about getting all dressed up and acting it out.”

“It’s not like that. Dress however you want; nobody judges you and everybody is chill.”

“Fine, I’ll give it a try”

That was the recruiting pitch I got for my first ever LARP. Li...

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Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo70cy9?Gen-Con-Preview-Blog

You may not realize it, but GenCon is just around the corner, and while the online chatter wants to turn the tariff issues into doom and gloom for GenCon, I tend to believe it will be as big as ever. Paizo’s recent announcement about GenCon events seems to bear out my sent...

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William Gibson described Cyberpunk as a fusion of high-tech and low-life, exploring the intersection of technology, cybernetics, and computer networks on human society in a near-future, often dystopian setting.

If you don’t know who William Gibson is then shame on you.

Like most people out there, my first exposure to Cyberpunk was Blade Runner. The 1982 movie by Ridley Scott blew me away. After that I watched movies lik...

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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

Well it’s finally happened. 

I don’t want to talk about it. I said you can’t make me talk about it. But I guess when I started down this podcast road it kinda became my job to talk about it. So here we go.

Tariffs.

https://www.enworld.org/threads/do-tariffs-apply-to-rpg-books-maybe-maybe-not.712908/

EN World posted an article titled Do Tariff...

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I think it was the James Bond Roleplaying game, or maybe it was Twilight 2000. My memory is a little fuzzy on this one, but there was a point in my roleplaying past where I started running adventures set in the modern era,

And I loved it.

Traditionally table top roleplaying games have focused on the Fantasy. Tolkien’s world or some variation of it has the been the centerpiece for TTRPGs from the beginning and many of yo...

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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

We are starting with a special request from Christina

https://www.mythicalmeats.com/snacks/dungeons-dragons-variety-pack/

She sent me this link along with the following sentence; “I will say I just got a targeted ad for official D&D branded 'adventure snacks' and was overcome by the need to rant at Hasbro.”

The Advertisement in...

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In 2003 Shane Hensley and Pinnacle Entertainment released a brand-new generic roleplaying game. The game was called Savage Worlds and it kinda made a splash.

The game emphasized speed of play over detail. That may not seem like much today, but at the time it was revolutionary. You see Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 was also released in 2003, which would go on to birth Pathfinder. Steve Jackson Games had 5 years’ worth of sou...

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Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.

Professor Dungeon Master on his YouTube channel Dungeon Craft announced that the New D&D 2024 Players Handbook only sold 3,773 books in its opening week. That’s right, what was announced as the fastest selling D&D book in history only sold 3,773 physical copies. The rest of those sales were digital over on DnD Beyond.

https://youtu...

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I couldn’t tell you the date, but I remember sitting in my parent’s basement, my buddy Dave was over and spending the night. We were staying up late, drinking why too much Dr. Pepper and eating all the popcorn we could get our hands on. We were watching late night movies and having a blast like most 10-year-olds.

That’s when we watched what I would later figure out, was my first Post Apocalyptic Film…The Omega Man with...