The Jank Cast

Episode Forty: JOHNKELLY!!!!!!!!
Hosts: Timo, Allen, Scott, Lexx, Todd
Edited by: JOHNKELLY

BTW: They didn’t plug the mixer in.

(01:30) JOHNKELLY is sick.
(02:00) What we played this week: Doctor Who, Starblazer Adventures, Furry Supernatural, Apocalypse World,  Bayonetta
(05:00) Ron Edwards, Little Ronny, and the forum topic that inspired our topic
(06:30) The Forge
(10:00) Dungeons and Dragons marketing
(18:00) A Comic Store Comparison
(24:00) Indie Games as a “gateway drug”
(25:30) The Jank Cast does not support the use of illegal drugs
(30:00) Doctor Who
(31:00) TMNT
(34:15) Supernatural: The Roleplaying Game
(41:00) Theme
(42:20) 4th Edition
(46:30) Blasphemy: The Board Game

Rants
(48:15) Lexx: To Ron Edwards…
(49:30) Todd: Convince me
(51:15) Scott: “I play D&D.”
(52:30) Allen: The ancient British of Greece / Ninja Poop
(55:10) Timo: People are not responsible for their fanboys

(57:00) A message from JOHNKELLY

You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback tofeedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.

 

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Episode Thirty-Eight: ADMs
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Rick (Mustashio), Lexx

(00:30) Degrees of Gayness
(01:00)Who is Rick?
(02:30) What we played this week: Supernatural, Lexx LARPed, Left 4 Dead 2, Bayonetta, Kafka , Dungeon Lords, Les Miserables: the Arm Joe
(03:15) Cloak, and the other good things about Marvel
(07:30) Main Topic: Adversarial GMs
(18:00) Knights of the Dinner Table
(28:00) Dogs in the Vineyard, Black Cadillacs, Apocalypse World, Poison’d
(50:00) Dungeons and Dragons

Rants
(52:30) Lexx: I am so goddamn popular [Gorbo the Destroya]
(53:35) Timo: Bring back Lexx?
(54:45) JOHNKELLY: Lexx…….
(55:20) Rick: Be Afraid young Goblins

 

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Episode Thirty-Seven: Where are you Character?
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Allen, J.P.

(00:05) Lexx is dead….not really but he should be.
(00:45) What we played this week: Starblazer Adventures, Dungeons and Dragons 4E, Serenity, Supernatural, Bayoneta, Dragonage
(02:00) Traditional Gaming Spaces
(05:30) Stubbs the Zombie
(07:00) Main Topic: Where is your character?
(07:50) “I can edit this out” but I won’t
(08:30) AD&D
(13:20) J.P.’s Forest Gump example
(14:00) What else is on your character sheet?
(17:00) Dread
(20:00) Shadowrun & Character Journals

Rants
(45:21) Allen: British Accents
(48:00) JOHNKELLY: “It’s hard to die in Roleplaying Games” (A LexxPhrase)
(49:45) Timo: Muggles
(51:30) Pokemon is about dog fighting.
(52:00) J.P.: Combat time

You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback tofeedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.

 

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Episode Thirty-Six: Mechanical
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Kevin, Allen, Todd, Timo

(01:20) The Walking Eye
(02:00) Des Moines, Iowa
(03:40) What did we play this week: Mouse Guard, Batman: Arkham Asylum, D&D 4th Edition, Battle Raper 1 & 2, Spirit of the Century, Supernatural
(04:50) What’s wrong with Japan?
(09:30) The JOHNKELLY Filter
(10:00) The Main Topic: Favorite Mechanic
(11:00) Godlike
(11:30) Millennium’s End
( 13:20) JOHNKELLY talks
(14:50) Dogs in the Vineyard
(19:20) Dust Devils
(23:30) Deadlands
(25:20) Marvel Superheroes
(27:00) Mutants and Masterminds
(28:00) Rollmaster
(29:20) Burning Wheel
(32:00) JOHNKELLY is pretty
(32:30) Weapons of the Gods
(32:30) Prime Time Adventures
(33:40) Burning Wheel & Mouseguard
(35:00) Todd leaves
(35:30) Call of Cthulhu
(36:30) Cortex
(37:00) Dread
(41:40) Burning Wheel
(50:00) Warhammer Fantasy Role Playing
(53:00) My Life With Master

Rants
(55:15) Allen: Naruto is good for the soul
(56:30) Kevin: Colonel Speedy McQuickFast
( 57:45) Lexx: Games are not cereal
(58:30) JOHNKELLY: Superman IV (now with Repair the Great Wall of China Vision)
( 1:00:15) Timo: I want my books back

You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback tofeedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.

 

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Episode Thirty-Five: Random Encounter!
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Timo, Scott, Todd

(01:30) What We Played This Week
(02:00) Todd’s Starblazer Adventure’s Game
(03:00) J.P.’s Podcast: Unwanted Opinion
(11:45) JOHNKELLY’s Supernatural Game
(13:00) Full Metal Alchemist
(14:15) Main Topic: Creating Interesting Encounters
(15:40) Pandas & Koala & Second Edition D&D
(16:30) Fear the Boot
(17:30) Defining Encounters
(48:00) Dresden Files RPG, City Creation

Rants
(1:00:40) Scott: 30 Rock, Stone Mountain
(1:02:30) Lexx: Southern Detail
(1:03:40) JOHNKELLY: Mike the Pro-Champion
(1:04:50) Todd: Dashing, Handsome, Gay Men
(1:06:30) Timo: What is wrong with me?

You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback tofeedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.

 

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Episode Thirty-Four: To Game or Not to Game?
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Allen, Juan, Timo

(00:00) “I love short hair Lexx.”
(01:55) Allen’s intro
(03:00) Timo comes in late
(03:15) Juan’s intro
(05:45) What did you game this week?
(06:00) The Slanket (aka Snuggie)
(06:45) Supernatural RPG
(08:30) Assassin’s Creed 2/Half Life
(12:30) Shard/Furry Discussion
(16:15) Main Topic: Theatre and Role-playing Games
(18:45) Scott’s “Consider Yes” philosophy
( 26:00) The Owl Bear is now the Monojolo
(31:00) MouseGod
(36:00) Eddie Izzard
(41:20) The 1 good thing Theatre has brought gaming
(41:30) Juan’s rookieness
(45:00) MacBeth Spoilers
(48:00) Battlestar Galatica discussion
(50:00) Feng shui

Rants
(54:20) Timo: Avatar
(56:10) Lexx: Darcy Burgess
(58:00) JOHNKELLY: Plot Point Complaint
(58:45) Juan: Hate on the Apocalypse
(1:02:15) Allen: Tradition Fantasy

(1:05:30) “Man, why you guys always gotta fight whitey?”

You have been listening to The Jank Cast, copyright 2009 under the creative commons license. You can find out more about us at jankcast.com. All the music in the show is from the song, “Jank is a Dork Word” written and recorded by Todd and is used with his permission. You can send comments and feedback tofeedback@jankcast.com Again, we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games, and this is JOHNKELLY reminding you to support your local gaming store. Now go out and roll some dice.

 

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An interview with Steve Townshend
RPG Meetup Chicago set up this event, special thanks to Nate

Here is a list of questions that Steve was asked:
1. Tell us about your history in playing D&D.
2. Tell us about your writing background.
3. How do you bring your writing style into your campaign?
4. What current projects have you been contracted for and what have you published in the past?
5. How did submissions to Dungeon and Dragon magazines work in the ’90’s?
6. Tell us about writing for D&D Insider.
7. How did you first get involved in writing for WOTC?
8. What books are you working on for 2010?
9. What could we learn from the 3rd DMG for 4e that we couldn’t learn from the 2 DMG’s in 3.5?
10. Kevin says that DMG’s arent’ worth buying since 1st Ed, then Steve continues the discussion about the DMG3 and other books he’s working on for 2010.
11. How do you get your assignments?
12. 3.5 or 4e, which do you prefer?
13. How long does it take to write a book?
14. Do know about any future projects?
15. if you were an RPG (other than D&D) what would you be?
16. With all the books published for 4e, we aren’t getting the fluff for Forgotten Realms. Where is it?

 

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Episode 24: th Edition
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, The Great Old One (Scott), Lexx

JOHNKELLY’s most romantic date ever

Come January something will happen at Chicagoland Games.
Timo was gone, now he is back.

Main Topic: Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition
Initial Impressions

Rants
Timo: “I missed GenCon!!!”
Scott: Overly Complex Game Systems
Lexx: Veteran Players
JOHNKELLY: “I want to get beat by Timo”

 

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Episode Twenty Three: point five
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Lexx, Brandan

Contest Winners: Brandan (Pirate Killing Ninja), Mike (Pro-Champion)
Brandan made Dragon Ball Z characters for Arkham Horror.
Mike composed a wonderful ballad for the Jank Cast which will soon be our theme song.
What did we play this week? Aces and Eights, Battlestar Galatica, Battle Tech, Living Forgotten Rhealms, Star Wars, Ghost Stories, Apples to Apples

Main Topic: Dungeons and Dragons 3, 3.5 + Pathfinder
What does 3rd edition and 3.5 mean to you?

Rants
Scott: Gamer Ediquite
Lexx: Pathfinder
Brandan: Dragon Ball Kai
JOHNKELLY: Timo I miss you

 

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Hosts: Lexx, JOHNKELLY, Scott, Sex E. Beast (J.P.), Woody
What Games did we play this week?
D&D 4E, Ghost Stories, Battlestar Galatica, Space Hulk, Warhammer 40K

Main Topic: Dungeons and Dragons Discussion part 1
Woody replaces J.P.
We talk about Dungeons and Dragons, what it means to us, how we were introduced and how it has changed.

Rants
JOHNKELLY quad rants:
Kicked in the Dicebags
(500) Days of Summer
Scott is old

 

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