Episode Thirty-Three: Preparation GM
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Todd
Sponsor: Chicagoland Games (Located at 5550 N. Broadway Avenue, Chicago, IL )

(00:05) Jank is a Dork Word, our new Theme Song
(01:30) The Episodes first high five
(01:35) Lexx calls out gamer to come to Chicagoland Games on New Year’s Eve
(02:00) Holiday Discussion/Canada
(04:25) MAIN TOPIC: GM Preparation
(04:45) Lexx’s Preparation Techniques
(07:00) Todd’s Preparation Techniques
(10:00) JOHNKELLY’s Preparation Techniques
( 12:00) Ending Your Games
(14:30) SEVEN DEADLY SAINTS
(16:40) Lexx’s one piece of advice
(19:30) Starblazer Adventures
(21:05) Seven Sentence NPCs
(26:30) Spirit of the Century
(29:35) Maid the RPG
(30:00) Mechanics in your prep.
( 33:00) The GM’s Notes
(41:40) PCs playing NPCs

Rants
(48:30) JOHNKELLY: A few years ago, in a Galaxy far far away
(50:00) Lexx: Details
(51:30) Todd: People on Airplanes
(54:00) JOHNKELLY’s Airport adventures

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 to feedback@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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Maid the RPG · Spirit of the Century · Starblazer Adventures · Todd

Episode Thirty-One: Pass the Stick
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Lexx, Scott, Todd, Timo

SEVEN DEADLY SAINTS by Power Wolf

Bat Boy the Musical

Main Topic: Story Games

Lexx gets academic.

Spirit of the Century

Sorcerer

Dogs in the Vineyard

Rants
Scott: Cody, this one’s for you
Todd: DM railroading
Timo: No.
JOHNKELLY: Clowns
J.P. (replacing Lexx):  Story gaming is euro-roleplaying

We decided to cut J.P. off before he alienated our entire audience.

The Jank Cast is copyright 2009. Feel Free to use our content in any non-commercial way. All our music is by Streetlight Manifesto, Visit their website at Streetlightmanifesto.com. We are a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions, find more awesome shows for them at spookyouthouse.com. Send Feedback to feedback@jankcast.com

Now go out and roll some dice.

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Dogs in the Vineyard · Sorcerer · Spirit of the Century · story games · Todd

Episode Thirty: Attack of the Walking Eye!!!
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Scott, Lexx and Kevin

Special host: Kevin Weiser from The Walking Eye Podcast

Dresden Files RPG
The Blue Snowball
Kicked in the Dicebags Episode 36

Main Topic: GM preparation in Story Driven Games

Discussion of the difference between a Story Game and a Story Driven Game
Spirit of the Century
Dogs in the Vineyard
Sorcerer
Burning Empires

Rants
Scott: Special Effects
Lexx: Story Games are not Scary
JOHNKELLY: College Theatre
Kevin: Weapons of the Gods

Put an index in your book.

Quote of the Episode: “Why won’t JP return my calls?”

The Jank Cast is copyright 2009. Feel Free to use our content in any non-commercial way. All our music is by Streetlight Manifesto, Visit their website at Streetlightmanifesto.com. We are a member of Spooky Outhouse Productions, find more awesome shows for them at spookyouthouse.com. Send Feedback to feedback@jankcast.com

Now go out and roll some dice.

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Burning Empires · Dogs in the Vineyard · Kevin · Kicked in the Diebags · Sorcerer · Spirit of the Century · The Dresden Files · The Walking Eye · Weapons of the Gods

Episode Twenty Five: Second Chance
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Dylan, Lexx, Mike the Pro-Champion

Our quality this episode is pretty bad beacuse our mixer broke. Please forgive us, it’ll be better by next episode with any luck.

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Main Topic: Player Second Chances

We discuss player second chance, or points that players can spend to “bend” the rules of the game.

Spirit of the Century

Burning Wheel

Cortex

Rants
Lexx: General Zod
Dylan: Nobel Prize (send hate mail to dylan@jankcast.com)
Timo: Waldo
JOHNKELLY: Why am I surrounded by crazy people?

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Burning Wheel · Cortex · Mike · Spirit of the Century

The Jank Cast Episode 13: Size Matters
Hosts: JOHNKELLY, Timo, Scott, Dylan, Lexx, Autumn

Jim Butcher
DucKon
Naperville is far away.
Dread
The Downunder Gamers

What did we play this week?
Timo: In a Wicked Age, Spirit of the Century, Britannia
Scott: In a Wicked Age, Spirit of the Century, Hollow Earth
Dylan: NOTHING!
Lexx: Hollow Earth, In a Wicked Age
Autumn: Spirit of the Century, In a Wicked Age
JOHNKELLY: Britannia, Chess, Tetris

Main Topic: Group Size
4
Mage
Dogs in the Vineyard
The A Team
Big Bill
Dungeons and Dragons
The Erotic Handbook
Wraith
3:16

Rants
Scott: Time
Dylan: Suburbs
Lexx: Quick Shooters
Autumn: Chicago
JOHNKELLY: The best Joss Whedon fanboy rant ever!
Timo: Centaurs

Bear Swarm!

The Jank Cast is copyright 2009. Feel Free to use our content in any non-commercial way. Our intro and outro music is favorite song by MU330 which we found on the Podsafe Music Network. Send feedback and comments to feedback@jankcast.com and as always we are sponsored by Chicagoland Games located at 5550 N. Broadway Ave. in Chicago, Illinois. Contact them at 773 728 3656 or visit their website and forums at www.chicagolandgames.com. Now go out and roll some dice! (We know you want to)

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3:16 · Autumn · Bear Swarm · Big Bill · Britannia · Chess · Dogs in the Vineyard · Downunder Gamers · Dread · DucKon · Dungeons and Dragons · Hollow Earth · In a Wicked Age · Jim Butcher · Joss Whedon · Mage · Spirit of the Century · Tetris · World of Darkness · Wraith